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Monday Overnight Open Thread (1/27/20)
Quote I
"Anyone with any doubt who the bad guys are here ... be certain it is the City of Tempe, City of Phoenix, and police forces valleywide. There is no excuse for pointing an AR-15 in the face of a non-violent offender."Dustin Shomer
Quote II
“No, no, the country’s finished,” Actor Hugh Grant
Quote III
Never in human history have so many rich, pampered, cosseted people of all colors steadfastly refused to see how good they have it, or been so unwilling to defend the very system that gave them every single privilege and comfort they enjoy. They are still looking for the Magic Victim Lotto Win, even if they have to pay their own attackers, deface their own property, or put vulgar epithets on their own birthday cakes.Ammo Grrrll
Quote IV
That folly has deformed our politics. Now, in 2020, voters are faced with a choice between two parties led by conspiracy theorists and gaslighters. Instead of saving America from Trump, the Resistance may have reelected him. Eli Lake, Bloomberg Opinion.
Quote V
"The pole stigma is associated with sex work, but sex workers whether they're on a pole or not are humans, too, and shouldn't be discriminated against for providing a service as old as time," Steven Retchless, 2010 American Pole Fitness Champion.
Quote VI
If the political culture forbids respectable politicians from raising certain topics, then the electorate will turn to unrespectable politicians. Mark SteynThis is what Steyn is talking about.
Yup, President Hillary Clinton would have been proud of her SCOTUS nominee and his decision. Justice Gorsuch rips activist judges a new anal opening.
On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's public charge rule to go into effect, striking down a nationwide injunction from a New York judge. The rule allows the government to deny green cards to immigrants who receive public assistance and are therefore considered a "public charge." In addition to the 5-4 decision allowing the rule to go into effect, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a concurring opinion rebuking activist judges and their rush to apply "nationwide injunctions" against Trump administration policies. "Today the Court (rightly) grants a stay, allowing the government to pursue (for now) its policy everywhere save Illinois. But, in light of all that’s come before, it would be delusional to think that one stay today suffices to remedy the problem. The real problem here is the increasingly common practice of trial courts ordering relief that transcends the cases before them. Whether framed as injunctions of 'nationwide,' 'universal,' or 'cosmic' scope, these orders share the same basic flaw—they direct how the defendant must act toward persons who are not parties to the case," Gorsuch wrote.
Last week, GM-subsidiary Cruise unveiled the Origin, its first self-driving car without a steering wheel or pedals. At the time, the company’s CEO Dan Ammann promised to reveal production details in the days to come. Well, today’s the day, with GM announcing plans to spend $2.2 billion to retrofit its Detroit-Hamtramck plant for the production of autonomous and electric vehicles. In addition to the Origin, the facility will also produce all-electric SUVs and pickup trucks. The automaker plans to release 20 electric nameplates by 2023, the first of which will be an electric truck slated to go into production in 2021. This will be followed “soon after” by the Cruise Origin, a shared, electric, self-driving vehicle unveiled in San Francisco last week. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first “fully-dedicated” electric vehicle assembly plant, the company said. (The news was first reported by The Detroit News last week.)Even carnival rides have "some" supervision.
The Washington Post has suspended a journalist after she tweeted about Kobe Bryant’s historical sexual assault case shortly after the basketball player and his daughter died in a helicopter crash. Felicia Sonmez was put on leave after posting a link to an article about the 2003 rape allegation against the former LA Lakers player, with the newspaper saying her “poor judgment” in sharing the story had undermined the work of her colleagues. It raises questions about how to deal with the media legacies of much-lauded individuals and which aspects of their lives to highlight in the immediate aftermath of their deaths. Sonmez did not write the piece, which was published by the Daily Beast in 2016 and is entitled “Kobe Bryant’s Disturbing Rape Case: The DNA Evidence, the Accuser’s Story, and the Half-Confession”. Nor does she cover sport – she writes for the Washington Post’s politics team.
One fewer mouth to feed on the Arkansas welfare system.
Hunter Biden has agreed to pay monthly child support retroactive to November 2018, ending a standoff that began after the judge in his Arkansas paternity case ordered him to appear in person for a hearing to explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt. The court redacted the amount of child support that Biden agreed to pay, pursuant to his agreement with plaintiff Lunden Alexis Roberts. However, Independence County Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer noted that she "lacks sufficient information" to determine the appropriate amount of child support "based off the defendant's income," and that modifications to the child support owed each month could be made based on additional evidence. Contempt proceedings over Biden's failure to turn over relevant financial documents have been delayed until March 1, giving Biden an opportunity to resolve the issue in the meantime by turning over the information.
If there are any Lefties reading tonight's blog. This is what Facism and Nazis look like. Auschwitz Death Camp liberated this day in history.
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there. Auschwitz was really a group of camps, designated I, II, and III. There were also 40 smaller “satellite” camps. It was at Auschwitz II, at Birkenau, established in October 1941, that the SS created a complex, monstrously orchestrated killing ground: 300 prison barracks; four “bathhouses” in which prisoners were gassed; corpse cellars; and cremating ovens. Thousands of prisoners were also used for medical experiments overseen and performed by the camp doctor, Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death.”ICE Detention Centers are not Nazi facism.
NEW YORK – Everyone has seen warnings at the end of email saying, “Please consider the environment before printing.” But for those who care about global warming, you might want to consider not writing so many emails in the first place. More and more, people rely on their electronic mailbox as a life organizer. Old emails, photos and files from years past sit undisturbed, awaiting a search for a name, address or photo of an old boyfriend. The problem is that all those messages require energy to preserve them. And despite the tech industry’s focus on renewables, the advents of streaming and artificial intelligence are only accelerating the amount of fossil fuels burned to keep data servers up. Right now, data centers consume about 2 percent of the world’s electricity, but that is expected to reach 8 percent by 2030. Moreover, only about 6 percent of all data ever created is in active use today, according to research from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. That means 94 percent is sitting in a vast “landfill” with a massive carbon footprint.
What's as bad as TDS? Anything Brexit, including coins.
It is a debate that has torn the nation in two, ripped friends and family apart, and entrenched deep and uncrossable lines throughout the land. Should the Royal Mint have used an Oxford comma on its Brexit 50p piece? Three million coins bearing the slogan “Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations” are due to enter circulation from 31 January, with Sajid Javid, chancellor of the exchequer, expressing his hope that the commemorative coin will mark “the beginning of this new chapter” as the UK leaves the European Union. However, early responses include His Dark Materials novelist Philip Pullman’s criticism of its punctuation. “The ‘Brexit’ 50p coin is missing an Oxford comma, and should be boycotted by all literate people,” wrote the novelist on Twitter, while Times Literary Supplement editor Stig Abell wrote that, while it was “not perhaps the only objection” to the Brexit-celebrating coin, “the lack of a comma after ‘prosperity’ is killing me”
The good old days, no cell phones, no GPS units. Just good old maps.
Gone are the days of printing out directions or following physical maps. If you’re trying to go somewhere and need directions, there are plenty of apps to update you while you travel in real-time. But nothing is foolproof and that’s what drivers using the Google-owned, navigation app Waze are finding out after they were sent many miles away from the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey, according to Jackson Police Department’s public information officer Lt. Christopher Parise.
Do we have the new Jusse Smollet? Meet Dr. Joseph Sakran, anti-gun activist. And fake hate crime perpetrator?
Is a Prominent Anti-Gun Physician Lying About Receiving a Death Threat From Gun Owners? Dr. Sakran could not be reached for comment on the over 250,000 people who die annually — more than six times the number of firearms deaths — due to medical mistakes and malpractice (that’s according to, er, Johns Hopkins). He’s been the subject of fawning profiles and interviews by Gun Control, Inc.’s adjuncts at The Washington Post, Forbes among others. But it appears that Dr. Sakran may crave still more attention. The good doctor issued a flurry of tweets yesterday announcing that he’d been threatened and implied that he suspects the culprit is targeting him due to his gun control advocacy.
UPDATE
That's odd, Dr. Jusse errrr I mean Dr. Sakran removes the entire thread of his life horrifying experience.
Militant atheists once again ruin a good thing. Say goodbye to dog tags with Bible verses.
A battle is brewing in the military over dog tags that contain Bible verses. A dog tag is basically a nameplate used to identify injured or dead soldiers. Every military soldier carries two, one usually worn around his or her neck, and the other usually kept within his or her shoes. According to the First Liberty Institute, a legal non-profit that defends religious liberty, secularists with the notorious Military Religious Freedom Foundation are actively seeking “to undercut our troops’ spiritual readiness by denying them the ability to obtain replica dog tags with Bible verses inscribed on them.”
If snakes don't bother you. If you are competitive. The Florida Python Bowl might be the sport for you.
Once again, we have a winner in the annual contest of your dreams -- your very, very bad dreams, that is. More than 750 people from 20 states turned up for Florida's 2020 Python Bowl, catching 80 of the giant invasive snakes, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a release.
The grand prize winner in the 10-day contest is Mike Kimmel, who caught eight Burmese pythons, the commission said Saturday. His prize was a Tracker 570 Off Road all-terrain vehicle.
It's all fun and games until some classless idiot ends up injured or worse.
The simple website “Selfies with Homeless People” shows people taking pictures with homeless people. They collect and share images from people around the web who have posted pics of themselves with homeless people, as if being homeless is something to laugh at. Needless to say, it’s disturbing and offensive. You’ll feel your blood start to boil the more and more you look at these pictures.
Brotherly love! A fun click, I promise. Would I do something contrary?
Born on this day: 27 Jan 1951
Brian Downey, Irish drummer and founding member of Thin Lizzy, who had the 1973 UK No.6 single 'Whisky In The Jar' and hits with 'Jailbreak' and 'The Boys Are Back in Town'. via thisdayinmusic.com
On this day: 27 Jan 1973
British Glam Rock group Sweet appeared at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland and were driven offstage by a barrage of bottles. The incident inspired their song ‘The Ballroom Blitz’ which went on to reach number one in Canada, number two in the UK and the Australian Chart, and number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.via thisdayinmusic.com
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis alderman is in the hot seat again, accused of driving without a license. St. Louis police cited Alderman John Collins-Muhammad Tuesday for "speeding in a safe zone" and “driving while revoked.” Fox 2 asked Collins-Muhammad on Thursday if he’d gotten his license. He didn’t answer. Our news crew saw him leave city hall, get into his car, and drive off.
A man in Alberta rescued three kittens that were frozen into the ice. Kendall Diwisch says he was doing the rounds near one of his wells near Drayton Valley when he discovered the helpless kittens. "So today I found these three fellows on one of the back roads near one of my wells. Most likely dropped off. Poor things were frozen into the ice so they had to have been there all night," Diwisch said.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 27, 2020 09:55 PM (P+uW0)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 27, 2020 09:56 PM (P+uW0)
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 09:56 PM (A7tBu)
Posted by: wing at January 27, 2020 09:56 PM (JFzNN)
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Posted by: RTW at January 27, 2020 09:56 PM (jJlJu)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at January 27, 2020 09:57 PM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Filipino Louis Vitton Vendors at January 27, 2020 09:56 PM (Vy7tf)
I believe you wrote that before reading the content.
You may want to revise your remarks at a later time.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 09:57 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 09:57 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 09:57 PM (QLPEO)
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 09:58 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Gmac- The light at the end of the tunnel is the Trump 2020 train. at January 27, 2020 09:58 PM (jruDi)
Posted by: John Bolton at January 27, 2020 09:58 PM (2N7oZ)
Posted by: E at January 27, 2020 09:59 PM (BiNEL)
Fuck Jonah Fatberg in particular. He's getting acutely insufferable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 09:59 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 09:59 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:00 PM (A7tBu)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:00 PM (QLPEO)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:00 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 27, 2020 10:01 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 27, 2020 10:01 PM (nfcV2)
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:02 PM (A7tBu)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto
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Just barely! I'm here now.
Evening Horde!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2020 10:03 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2020 10:03 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:03 PM (QLPEO)
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:03 PM (A7tBu)
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:02 PM (A7tBu)
Yikes...did you just wake up?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (85Gof)
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (nfcV2)
Posted by: Infidel at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (MTxDQ)
Posted by: Aviator at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (2cuLk)
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That's easy for him to say - nothing makes him throw up.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2020 10:05 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Oh Yeah! at January 27, 2020 10:05 PM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: Last transmission of Kobe's helo pilot at January 27, 2020 10:05 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: Jmel at January 27, 2020 10:06 PM (OeWgo)
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (RfzVr)
So you and I are in the same club?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:07 PM (aA3+G)
Yikes...did you just wake up?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (85Gof)
My super power is that during the daytime, I work so that the lazy don't have to.
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:07 PM (A7tBu)
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2020 10:07 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2020 10:08 PM (UUkQp)
Posted by: Dr. T at January 27, 2020 10:08 PM (2PXwn)
Posted by: BluesFish at January 27, 2020 10:08 PM (WQZ1O)
Posted by: Jmel at January 27, 2020 10:06 PM (OeWgo)
Probably.
Tweet to Charlie 3 wives Sykes and he'll block you.
Tweet to Jake Taper #LearnToCode and you'll get a time out.
No charge for this info
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:08 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 27, 2020 10:08 PM (nfcV2)
It's going to take me all night to get through all the links.
Thank you!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:08 PM (TdMsT)
Thank you for your prayers. Husband and daughter are home with bruises and a hairline fracture in her arm. The lady who hit them had sneezed, and lost control of her car. If she had been two inches to the left, she would have hit them head on, and they would not be home right now. As it was, the car was in pieces over 50 feet, the undercarriage completed ripped off the frame.
God is good, and he gave me you guys. I am so grateful to you all.
Posted by: Moki at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (bg4sf)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:07 PM (aA3+G)
I was about to post "What could possibly go wrong?" and score a top ten, but I had to reboot my computer!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Oxford Comma Division at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: wing at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (JFzNN)
The voice of experience?
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (A7tBu)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 27, 2020 10:10 PM (JCrfD)
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at January 27, 2020 10:10 PM (XzVUd)
I missed this whole mess. I'm glad your husband and (mostly) your daughter are okay. Best wishes to a speedy recovery for the latter.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:10 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 27, 2020 10:10 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:11 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:11 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:02 PM (A7tBu)
Felicia Sonmez. Her dying were hard, but she deserved it.
Posted by: The Ol' Claim Jumper at January 27, 2020 10:11 PM (2N7oZ)
Fuck Jonah Fatberg in particular. He's getting acutely insufferable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear
Getting? Naw, I think he's been there for awhile.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:11 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Moki at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (mFoNl)
I am saying a prayer for you all!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:11 PM (BiNEL)
The voice of experience?
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (A7tBu)
Yup
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:12 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 27, 2020 10:12 PM (PUmDY)
This is almost verbatim what Prof. Reynolds, the Instapundit, has been saying since the Tea Party days-
*Paraphrase*
"if the political class ignores and rejects citizens who are polite and respectful, they will get citizens who are much less polite and much less respectful"
Posted by: Miklos, polite as a Winter's day is long at January 27, 2020 10:12 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Moki at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (mFoNl)
So glad that their injuries were minor. Hugs!
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:12 PM (A7tBu)
Posted by: ALH
That's the media for you. The star is focused on, everyone else who died is an afterthought.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:12 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:12 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 27, 2020 10:10 PM (JCrfD)
Unless he considers a 3 some with Mayor Buttplug and his hubby
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:12 PM (aA3+G)
Thank God.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 27, 2020 10:13 PM (M/9m0)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:11 PM (4a9Vv)
They were inventive bastards when it came to disposing of bodies, you have to give them that!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:13 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2020 10:13 PM (Y4EXg)
Brotherly love - exactly as I recall from childhood.
GM must be out of their minds. Or I am hopelessly out of touch with those tens of millions of people clamoring for electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles. The market will settle this one as it always does.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 10:13 PM (fNFgo)
Posted by: Dr. T at January 27, 2020 10:13 PM (2PXwn)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:13 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 27, 2020 10:13 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Toni at January 27, 2020 10:14 PM (RdRuc)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:14 PM (TdMsT)
90% of that from Hubei province. It's a lot more.
Amazingly planes are still flying from Wuhan. Mongolia and, get this, the Norks have closed their borders with China.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 27, 2020 10:14 PM (JCrfD)
Thank you for your prayers. Husband and daughter are home with bruises and a hairline fracture in her arm. The lady who hit them had sneezed, and lost control of her car. If she had been two inches to the left, she would have hit them head on, and they would not be home right now. As it was, the car was in pieces over 50 feet, the undercarriage completed ripped off the frame.
God is good, and he gave me you guys. I am so grateful to you all.
Posted by: Moki at January 27, 2020 10:09 PM (mFoNl)
That is great. Happy for you....but that must have been one hell of a sneeze?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2020 10:15 PM (85Gof)
Posted by: Dr. T at January 27, 2020 10:15 PM (2PXwn)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:15 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 27, 2020 10:13 PM (NWiLs)
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Like his panniculus.
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:15 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Hughie Grant, lng time LA, you go now at January 27, 2020 10:16 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:16 PM (QLPEO)
I am so happy your husband and daughter are ok. I lit a candle for all y'all at the cathedral at lunchtime.
Praise be to God!
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 10:16 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 27, 2020 10:16 PM (PUmDY)
Moki, praise God everyone is ok!
Hugs to you snd yoir family.
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 10:16 PM (G546f)
Wow, that's freaky. Glad everyone's doing okay.
Posted by: Dr. T at January 27, 2020 10:17 PM (2PXwn)
On the other, is there any band who's played Scotland who hasn't been bottled?
Going to see the Rollers, going to see the Bay City Rollers...
Anyway, great day thanks to But Gorsuch. It's not just him, Thomas is well on record about Hawaii Judges and I'm guessing there's more support for throttling these shits. Can someone just offer RBG an island somewhere to clear out?
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2020 10:17 PM (8erNz)
RE: Kobe Jim had some cromulent points last night about celebrity privilege My Pimp on the complacency of the bored upper class.
Posted by: Al Jugzera at January 27, 2020 10:17 PM (w3OLr)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2020 10:17 PM (0TbLI)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:17 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:17 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:17 PM (QLPEO)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach
I listened to a talk by a WWII vet who was in a unit that liberated one of those death camps. IIRC, he said that his unit was under the command of Patton, who he said vomited at the sight of what they found in that camp.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
That is great. Happy for you....but that must have been one hell of a sneeze?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
It totaled our Rav 4, so...yeah.
(Husband is laughing and groaning because the laughing is making him hurt. His drugs haven't kicked in yetl)
Posted by: Moki at January 27, 2020 10:18 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 10:18 PM (RfzVr)
https://tinyurl.com/sjt27cd
Pull time time-slider up to the 2:44 mark.
*pours bourbon*
You'll want to archive the thing. Save it to some external media, for posterity's sake.
As Slapweasel would say, it's a Restaurant Grade Tour de Force of Constitutional Law, Logic, Rigor and Argument.
An historic presentation for the ages.
*sips bourbon*
Cheers!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2020 10:18 PM (QzJWU)
I missed this news until just now. Prayers for all and a thorough healing.
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at January 27, 2020 10:18 PM (Tt761)
Hardest hit: Paolo. He needs some time off, maybe spending some time doing landscape painting or practicing his cooking skills.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:18 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:18 PM (6dCNw)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 10:19 PM (fNFgo)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:19 PM (TdMsT)
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That would have been a concentration camp, not a death camp.
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:19 PM (XVuno)
Aye, there's nought lik' a definitive wurd from a Brit poofter!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:19 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:19 PM (EKicJ)
Scary as hell, did not catch anything earlier, good to hear a...well, as good an outcome as we could have hoped for.
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2020 10:19 PM (8erNz)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 10:20 PM (K22Va)
Yet the Senate shamwowpeachment trial opened with a prayer. If prayer is good enough for the dogs sitting in the Senate, it's good enough for dogs serving in the military.
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 10:20 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 27, 2020 10:20 PM (NWiLs)
I clicked on that Jonah article underneath the Mark Steyn box.
PDT is not presidential? He is an awesome, very successful American that chose to run for our Leader. He is working to make a more prosperous country for all of us who want to work and improve.
When the Founding Fathers wrote about what a prospective good president would look like, they are describing Donald J Trump. A very successful businessman, knowledgeable and experienced with national and international laws, business, finance, and powerful people, President Trump is exactly the kind of guy they envisioned.
Goldberg instead pines for the trappings and comfort of the Deep State, all the cogs that make it up, and how very small and unimportant his part of it truly is.
There comes a time when a loser has lost their losing position. Goldberg has surpassed that long ago. What a dick.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 27, 2020 10:20 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 27, 2020 10:20 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (BiNEL)
I hope you all have a fantastic rest of the week.
Posted by: Moki at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (6dCNw)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:22 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (4a9Vv)
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Maybe Uncle was a Russian commissar.
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:22 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Joe "My word as a Biden" Biden at January 27, 2020 10:22 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (4a9Vv)
Thought he did it single handed
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2020 10:22 PM (85Gof)
Finished off the Tremors movies (as far as I know). The last was Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell. Getting through the first part was a slog. Once they get to the worms and boomsticks, it's OK, and has a few funny moments.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 27, 2020 10:22 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:22 PM (QLPEO)
Thus, there is actually nothing unconstitutional about Congress passing a law that encourages the free exercise of religion.
Posted by: Schuler at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (ySdHR)
Now 107 deaths and 4,474 cases.
90% of that from Hubei province. It's a lot more.
So Hubei has:
Confirmed2,714Deaths100Recovered47
That's 66+% mortality ... more like MERS than SARS.
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (XzVUd)
You can look it up.
Posted by: Joe "My word as a Biden" Biden at January 27, 2020 10:22 PM (QzkSJ)
Fuck off
I was there first
And Hillary took incoming
Posted by: Brian Williams at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (eASYU)
Posted by: Ben Had
The worst part? Abner broke his tail. He can't wag and it frustrates him, so he gets up in our faces and yells. He also has no balance. It's pitiful around our house tonight.
Posted by: Moki at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (6dCNw)
Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (UUkQp)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (BiNEL)
Wave that around, Maxine.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 10:24 PM (fUKvD)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:24 PM (EKicJ)
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That would have been a concentration camp, not a death camp.
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:19 PM (XVuno)
I believe that may have been Buchenwald. I remember reading once about him, Eisenhower, and Bradley visiting the camp right after its liberation, and Patton vomited at the end.
I also recall reading he didn't bother to push for charges against the GIs who shot a bunch of SS men out of hand at Dachau.
Posted by: Dr. T at January 27, 2020 10:24 PM (2PXwn)
Has anyone talked to Slap tonight?
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:23 PM (6dCNw)
I talk to him earlier and he sounds much better.
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:24 PM (TdMsT)
TuCa as Otter! Ted Cruz as Bluto!!
*There's your Republican Party Animals (tm PJ O'Rourke).
Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at January 27, 2020 10:24 PM (phslw)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:21 PM (BiNEL)
See comment #97, above.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2020 10:25 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 10:25 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Bert G at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (phslw)
An historic presentation for the ages.
*sips bourbon*
Cheers!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
*considers proposing mercy for certain ex-Harvarders to Lord Barron*
Posted by: Miklos, "cause it's SANCTIFIED (now Marvin Gaye hand clap* at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (I2/tG)
Prof. Dershowitz gave an amazing and historic presentation.
He did give these idiots an out to not vote for more witnesses and just end this farce now. I doubt they'll take that option.
My take on his speech: The House did a crappy job.
The House still sent this turd here and expects the Senate to do the House's dirty work.
To the Senate: You are defending the Constitution. Don't fuck it up.
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (Tt761)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (K22Va)
If they are reporting deaths, you can bet there are many more that aren't being counted.
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (A7tBu)
-Clinton potentially selling spaces at Arlington to donors- and Arlen Spector wants to get to the bottom of it!
-The Oklahoma City Bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh.
-Death of Princess Diana
-Death of James Michener
-Global Warming (I do not remember it being that big of a thing that early.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 27, 2020 10:27 PM (2B9A/)
She was texting. I wasn't there but she was texting.
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:17 PM (QLPEO)
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Eh, I sometimes sneeze so hard my eyes start to water (and I usually sneeze three times in a row). I wouldn't want to have a sneezing fit while driving.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 27, 2020 10:27 PM (CAJOC)
133 Ladyl, darlin- Look for an email in the am.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:24 PM (EKicJ)
{{{Ben Had}}}. Dahlin!
I responded to your earlier email!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:27 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Infidel at January 27, 2020 10:27 PM (MTxDQ)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:27 PM (6dCNw)
It's true. I watched all unfold on tv in 1945.
Posted by: Paste-eatin' joe at January 27, 2020 10:27 PM (Vy7tf)
If they are reporting deaths, you can bet there are many more that aren't being counted.
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (A7tBu)
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A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real numbers.
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:27 PM (XVuno)
My 2002, F-150 has about 200k on it and my mechanic says another client has 500k on his and my should do the same.
Maybe by then they will have this problem sorted out.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (RKPlw)
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (kFkpX)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2020 10:25 PM (QzJWU)
Yes indeed, thanks for posting a link, and best to copy the video before our "betters" manage to disappear it!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Infidel at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (MTxDQ)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (ykYG2)
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That would have been a concentration camp, not a death camp.
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head
Yeah, it was quite a few years ago. I don't remember a lot of the details, including the name of the camp. The main thing I remember was his talking about how sickening it was, and the soldiers had already been involved in a lot of combat so they'd seen a lot of awfulness.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (TdMsT)
I read 2 more sentences and just closed it up. Who the hell does he think he is? He better hope that the measure with which he measures is not used to measure him when the time of reckoning arrives.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (RfzVr)
...and so, here I am.
Oh, look! It's the TOOT! Woot! toot!
Posted by: mindful webworker - rambling, man! at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (0mP7b)
Amazingly planes are still flying from Wuhan. Mongolia and, get this, the Norks have closed their borders with China.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 27, 2020 10:14 PM (JCrfD)
Well, to be fair, unlike other countries, the Norks don't have a very complicated process to make a national government decision.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (sy5kK)
***
A respectable politician will not support
Drag Queen Story Hour
Paying off our enemies
Allowing the country to be invaded from south of the border
Abortion on demand on the taxpayer dime
Trump is one of the few decent men in DC.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (7WaWV)
Aye, there's nought lik' a definitive wurd from a Brit poofter!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
Well, he did play a prime minister in some RomCom, so I guess that makes him some kind of expert.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (+lVUW)
A little bit of hacking, and a whole lot of packing, autonomous car bombs courtesy of GM.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:30 PM (6dCNw)
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Chinese viruses are just doing the jobs American virus won't.
Posted by: Jeb Bush at January 27, 2020 10:30 PM (WdocV)
Confirmed 2,714
Deaths 100
Recovered 47
It is only 60% from Hubei province, not 90%. That's consistent with the huge number of people who fled before the quarantine. Probably means the spread within China will be faster then they initially anticipated.
Also means spread outside China will depend on how good each government is at containing the influx.
Britain has had 2000 return from Wuhan and has not bothered to check them.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7933471
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 10:30 PM (XzVUd)
Patton, Military Governor of Bavaria, refused to bring charges against the soldiers at Dachau, despite recommendations from senior officers that he do so.
American soldiers liberated Dachau, and were so incensed by the conditions there that they distributed arms to the prisoners, and both soldiers and prisoners then spontaneously executed most of the guards. (A number of the guards were spared because prisoners vouched for them.)
A fitting retribution.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:30 PM (I2/tG)
***
If Mr Grant want more Brussels and less England there is NOTHING stopping him from moving to Brussels
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2020 10:31 PM (WdocV)
The Conservative Case for electing the Democratic nominee, Bernie Sanders.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (6dCNw)
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (kFkpX)
i've decided that when someone assigns a programmer to work on a 'report', that is cruel and unusual punishment. at least, i wish it was less usual.
it is a never ending cycle of batting requirements with the end-user over the presentation of data which the end-user would be better off doing herself. (it's a her in this case)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Brian Williams at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (a4EWo)
G'Evening, 'Rons
Also, LOL at Hugh Grant having Teh Sadz.
Also, screw the NR.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Your betters in the uniparty at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:33 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:33 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 27, 2020 10:33 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:30 PM (6dCNw)
And it was a delightful experience to meet you as well. I hope all is well with you?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:33 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:34 PM (4a9Vv)
There's an annual festival, Roots 'n' Blues 'n' BBQ, which is just what it sounds like--lots of good music and food. Kinda pricey, but worth going to at least once. Anyhow, the owners have announced that this year will have an all-female lineup, to rectify, as they put it, the fact that women aren't represented enough in the blues genre. Also, they're removing "BBQ" from the official name, because reasons. Not inclusive of other foods, or something.
So that's one more thing ruined.
Posted by: Dr. T at January 27, 2020 10:34 PM (2PXwn)
The Chinese government does not always tell the truth.
If they are reporting deaths, you can bet there are many more that aren't being counted.
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (A7tBu)
The data is being vetted by many outside groups and they have a real problem on their hands that everyone already knows about. There is very little incentive to cheat, IMO.
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 10:34 PM (XzVUd)
"hearted that"
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 27, 2020 10:34 PM (kFkpX)
Posted by: Jonah The Hutt! at January 27, 2020 10:34 PM (I2/tG)
***
A respectable politician will not support
Drag Queen Story Hour
Paying off our enemies
Allowing the country to be invaded from south of the border
Abortion on demand on the taxpayer dime
Trump is one of the few decent men in DC.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2020 10:29 PM (WdocV)
Those aren't the hills to die on
Posted by: Capt. Bill Kristol at January 27, 2020 10:34 PM (aA3+G)
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Let's look at his likely opponents...
Bad Touch Biden - made rich off his pay for play schemes
Lying Beaver Warren - who launched her career by pulling a Rachel Dolezal.
Bernie Sanders - a life long communist who thinks gulags are cool, choice is bad, and that his wife deserves all the kick backs she can get.
These are our moral paragons folks.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2020 10:35 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:30 PM (I2/tG)
If only we had REMF JAG officers writing proper RoE, this would never have happened!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:35 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Ben Had
+ 1. Moki, please take good care of yourself as well as your husband and daughter. All y'all are precious to the Horde. And prayers up for you.
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 10:35 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Capt. Bill Kristol at January 27, 2020 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
That's because by the time most politicians are nominated for president, they are facades put together by public relations type people. Trump isn't like that. What we are seeing is the real Trump, not an act designed to be inoffensive.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:35 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Bottom Pic at January 27, 2020 10:35 PM (VpRka)
The Conservative Case for electing the Democratic nominee, Bernie Sanders.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:32 PM (I2/tG)
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Yeah. Because a brash loudmouth who exaggerates but is generally truthful, pursues a conservative agenda and tries to keep his promises is *much* worse than a literal communist - a rich one with lots of houses and who drips in hypocrisy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:36 PM (9kgSk)
That's a lot of cowardly running and not a lot of fight'n.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2020 10:36 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:36 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:36 PM (6dCNw)
Well speaking as a member of the Stock Exchange I would suck their brains out with a straw, sell the widows and orphans and go into South American Zinc.
Posted by: Mr. Hilter at January 27, 2020 10:36 PM (w3OLr)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:33 PM (ykYG2)
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Bullshit. As a conservative, I think Goldberg should earn that job on his own merits.
He doesn't have a prayer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:37 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 10:34 PM (XzVUd)
Commies cheat even if there is a negative incentive, because they're commies!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:37 PM (BiNEL)
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PDT never gave the public the finger, called a female opponent a pig, or send $2B to America's enemies. He also never raped a nurse, sexually assaulted a supporter, f*cked an intern in the white house and sold a pardon for sex (and money).
He is the most presidential man in the office since 1989.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2020 10:38 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:38 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:38 PM (XVuno)
Jonah and his ilk would say the same thing about Jesus. Jesus hung out with sinners!
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 10:38 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 27, 2020 10:38 PM (6dCNw)
Posted by: Mr. Barky at January 27, 2020 10:38 PM (vLXme)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:39 PM (aA3+G)
BTW, whoever did that rant about Peking vs. Beijing... did you ever stop and think, "It's supposed to be pronounced Khanbalique!"
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, Underemployed in Greenland at January 27, 2020 10:39 PM (dwojT)
Good to hear that, I'm doing reasonably well my own self.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:39 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:35 PM (+lVUW)
Point of Order - Trump offends Leftists on an hourly basis.
Posted by: ALH at January 27, 2020 10:39 PM (A7tBu)
It is of a colt that we bred and trained and it is from his very first show.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:39 PM (EKicJ)
Glad it was not worse. So you all have a story, even the dog. May you all heal quickly, and dine on that story.
The moral of the story will be head on a swivel and wear seat belts.
Did air bags deploy, and were there any injuries from that?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 27, 2020 10:40 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 10:40 PM (K22Va)
Leadership and greatness on display, from a man who is truly a great American.
Not to mention that he is getting things done in spite of having to fight every step of the way. God has truly given us this man at this point in our history.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 10:40 PM (fNFgo)
BTW, whoever did that rant about Peking vs. Beijing... did you ever stop and think, "It's supposed to be pronounced Khanbalique!"
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, Underemployed in Greenland at January 27, 2020 10:39 PM (dwojT)
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Their airport code is PEK. I'm sticking with "Peking"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:40 PM (9kgSk)
It is of a colt that we bred and trained and it is from his very first show.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:39 PM (EKicJ)
Every photo of a pet is worth sending in to the Ace of Spades Pet Thread.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (u82oZ)
One of the reasons why I hope that Sanders gets the nomination (aside from the fact that he'll be slaughtered in the general election), will be watching the Never Trumpers lining up to endorse Sanders.
Jen Rubin had a fit on Twitter a few days ago, as she noticed that Bernie is probably going to win the Democratic nomination, and it dawned on her that she is going to have to write articles supporting Bernie against Trump.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (I2/tG)
It is of a colt that we bred and trained and it is from his very first show.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:39 PM (EKicJ)
I am sure MisHum will fast track it!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:40 PM (9kgSk)
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Don't forget to duck.
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (XVuno)
I just popped in to say goodnight. It's been a terrible week, and you morons are my dose of alcohol!
Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 27, 2020 10:42 PM (/+bwe)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 27, 2020 10:42 PM (CjFDo)
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 10:42 PM (XzVUd)
Wonderful! I'm looking forward to seeing the picture of your colt.
And I have to say that I really liked the Feel Good story of the day. I'm glad that the rescued kittens found a home with a family that took all three of them.
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 10:43 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 10:33 PM (ykYG2)
I think His Royal Flatulence would be better off with a job at Chipotle's. Wendy's is too good for that Never Trumper piece of shit.
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 10:43 PM (Y8PSl)
She was texting. I wasn't there but she was texting.
Posted by: eleven
There is a lot of concern about car accidents being caused by texting. After an accident do the police check into that as a cause?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:43 PM (+lVUW)
I mean we could all be dead by then.
Them Chinee weaponized pixellated virus could be all up in our kbdabear quiet minding our own bidnis bidnis.
Oh this is the ONT.
*uses the old funeral home fans they always give to everybody*
*it's when the Family owned Funeral Home Local "here for 117 Years" gives out "free" calendars that I have questions about being on the potential customer base".
Posted by: Miklos, prolly me at January 27, 2020 10:43 PM (QzkSJ)
Damn straight there will be ONTs until this laptop is taken from my cold dead fingers.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:44 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Miklos, prolly me at January 27, 2020 10:43 PM (QzkSJ)
Death and taxes, my friend. Death and taxes.
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 10:44 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: Al Jugzera at January 27, 2020 10:44 PM (w3OLr)
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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Stick around, we don't break out the good stuff until midnight.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 10:45 PM (fUKvD)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:35 PM (+lVUW)
++++++++++++++
It is the *the* key to Trump's success. What really stuck with me, from fairly early on, was a campaign rally he did in New England, I think in New Hampshire. He had just been given Secret Service protection.
He complained about it (jovially, of course) because he knew that if he got this far he was going to win and he would have a protective detail for life - and as a result, he would never be able to drive his Rolls Royce again.
The crowd went nuts. Laughing and clapping, etc. The next days, one of the news bobble heads was shocked that the rubes were so accepting of a man who complained about not be able to drive a car the likes of which they would probably never see in person.
It's called "authenticity." I strongly advise all politicians to give it a shot. Be yourself. Not "I'm gonna get me, uh, a beer" like Warren.
Authenticity is good.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:45 PM (9kgSk)
241 I just popped in to say goodnight. It's been a terrible week, and you morons are my dose of alcohol!
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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Query: what's wrong with real alcohol?
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:45 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 10:45 PM (fUKvD)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:46 PM (EKicJ)
Yes, but have you ever placed one of those in the casket with the deceased and loudly proclaimed, "You're gonna need it more than me!"?
Posted by: Bert G at January 27, 2020 10:46 PM (OMsf+)
If you tell the stories, they create less pressure in your life. You then have a colorful life, not a terrible week.
Unless you are in with NotSoThoreau. She is having a terrible week. But she is getting stronger.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:46 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:44 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *
Yay!!!!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (fNFgo)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (I2/tG)
+++++++++++
Then maybe the dishonest scrunt should consider having a position. Or some values. Or some integrity. Or some honesty.
Sympathy meter reading: no signal.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (9kgSk)
I just popped in to say goodnight. It's been a terrible week, and you morons are my dose of alcohol!
Posted by: NaughtyPine
........
Holy crap! terrible week?'It's only Monday!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (CjFDo)
I wonder if any of the Senators who don't like Trump even listened to a single word of today's expert presentation by the Defense Team.
heck, who am I kidding?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 10:37 PM (BiNEL)
Hmm... that reminds me. I wonder how much their organ harvesting program is being disrupted by this. According to the Kilgour-Matas reports they have dedicated hospitals doing something like 100,000 ops / year. I wonder if any of those resources are being applied to this problem. LOL.
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (XzVUd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (2B9A/)
Nice big paper maps tell you where you are in relation to the city, the state, or the specific and general area in which you are traveling.
Stupid digital maps give such a myopic view one actually does not know where he is.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (RKPlw)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Miklos
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Meh. Do the math, three score and ten.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 10:48 PM (fUKvD)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:46 PM (EKicJ)
* * * *
Ben Had, you send in the horse pics and I will send in the sheep pics. Technically livestock, but once you have a bottle baby, they might as well be a pet! Plus, I love horses!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 10:48 PM (fNFgo)
Nice big paper maps tell you where you are in relation to the city, the state, or the specific and general area in which you are traveling.
Stupid digital maps give such a myopic view one actually does not know where he is.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (RKPlw)
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Man, how old ARE you anyway?
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:48 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:48 PM
Fortunately, no!
Posted by: Bert G at January 27, 2020 10:48 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: NaughtyPine
...............
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
Posted by: Homer Simpson at January 27, 2020 10:49 PM (CjFDo)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 27, 2020 10:49 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 10:49 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Man got fast fingers
So we ain't all dead yet.
I wanna go on the cart, if it is my own damn cart.
1965 Suicide door convertible.
Won't go unless it's paid for, and I get to drive it on Route 66.
Posted by: Miklos, therefore immortal at January 27, 2020 10:49 PM (QzkSJ)
A local income tax - but only on people making more than $100,000 a year (to be added to the already high state income tax).
The northern suburbs of Portland are in Washington, which has no income tax. A lot of affluent people in Oregon have moved north for that reason (it's a little tricky, since Oregon will still tax you if your employment is in Oregon), but I guess the Portland political class wants to see how many more people they can get to move.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:49 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 10:45 PM (fUKvD)
Valu-Rite Gold Label Private Reserve!
I have heard rumors of its existence.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2020 10:50 PM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:50 PM (XVuno)
Nice big paper maps tell you where you are in relation to the city, the state, or the specific and general area in which you are traveling.
Stupid digital maps give such a myopic view one actually does not know where he is.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (RKPlw)
++++++++++++++
Yes! GPS is *awesome* for getting you from A to B, but it tells you where neither A nor B are with any context.
My parents recently moved to a small city in TN. I lived at their new house working from home for a month so I could take care of all of the stuff the new house needed before they moved in (fair amount of maintenance, some upgrades, etc.).
After the first week of using my GPS to navigate to stores and the like, I got really frustrated because I didn't *really* know where anything was. I went to the local CoC (hey, they're good for something!) and got a local map. After an evening hunting down stuff I knew and had been to and marking it on the map, I sat down and studied it. Made all the difference in the world. I actually know my way around now.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:50 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (RKPlw)
* * * *
And that bitch on the GPS will send you to the wrong place if you are not careful! Paper maps FTW!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 10:50 PM (fNFgo)
Posted by: DBCooper at January 27, 2020 10:50 PM (bttOm)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I rely on Random Alley. No GPS, no gulag maps.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 10:50 PM (fUKvD)
They do now because there is a respectable amount of case law on the issue. For a riveting read about the very first court case about texting while driving, see Matt Richtel's A Deadly Wandering, about an accident in Utah in 2006 in which a teenager driving on his way to work drifted over the yellow line while texting and caused the deaths of two scientists. What makes the book compelling is Richtel's discussion of the impact of new technologies on humans' ability to focus attention as well as the forensic dimension of the case.
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 10:51 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Bert G at January 27, 2020 10:26 PM (OMsf+)
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I'd rather catch the kung flu than wear that dumb shit.
Posted by: SMH at January 27, 2020 10:51 PM (RU4sa)
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Query: what's wrong with real alcohol?
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:45 PM (XVuno)
Do not take when taking cold medicine.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 27, 2020 10:51 PM (/+bwe)
Vancouver WA, your new high tech hub in the PNW.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 27, 2020 10:51 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I would say that the correct solution is 29, but NO MATHS
Posted by: Miklos, the Moron algorithm creator, well marketer maybe at January 27, 2020 10:52 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:49 PM (I2/tG)
+++++++++++++++
Likely outcome: More than they think, fewer than who should.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:52 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 10:52 PM (fUKvD)
Is he doing like our actors, and threatening to move to Canada because he didn't get his way?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 10:52 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:52 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head
Can you nutshell that Copenhagen thing? Busy.
Two slit experiments get me all like whatever.
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:52 PM (QLPEO)
man this thing with the Vindman twins--can you all believe it?
Here's a link I want to share with you. A pretty blonde who is an independent researcher on You Tube did a fantastic dig on the Vindmans and more. unbelievable. it's called "Growing up Deep State."
https://youtu.be/pSN_sZZovFA
Posted by: booknlass at January 27, 2020 10:52 PM (xIKXj)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:46 PM (EKicJ)
Well get over those misgivings.
That's an order.
Please
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:53 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:53 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM
Rubbish! I'm a great fan of GPS navigation and it's infinitely helpful that "digital maps" actually do give one a rather accurate depiction of where, precisely, he is -- down to a few metres!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 10:53 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 10:53 PM (9kgSk)
Vancouver WA, your new high tech hub in the PNW.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 27, 2020 10:51 PM (xkSJa)
Huh, I thought Vancouver was Portland's red neck sister city.
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 10:53 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:54 PM (QLPEO)
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 10:54 PM (VpRka)
Posted by: Dionne Warwick at January 27, 2020 10:54 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 10:54 PM (fNFgo)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head
The idiot Brit cousins had the "Real Ale" campaign, with some success. So not complete idiots.
*scans for Ska Tunes of Yore*
Posted by: Miklos, former Publican at January 27, 2020 10:55 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:44 PM (aA3+G)
Not sure what brought this on, but glad to hear it.
Thanks for all you do here.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 10:55 PM (i+qnA)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I rely on Random Alley. No GPS, no gulag maps.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 10:50 PM (fUKvD)
Years ago I carried approximately 25 different city and county maps in my car. The joys of being an adjuster.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:55 PM (aA3+G)
a shot. Be yourself. Not "I'm gonna get me, uh, a beer" like Warren.
Authenticity is good.
Yep, they're so full of bullshit they can't do it.
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 10:55 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 27, 2020 10:55 PM (WEBkv)
Thanks, I was responding to a comment from Miklos
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 10:56 PM (aA3+G)
I know a bunch of consultants. Thirty years ago, most of them had offices in central Portland.
Now, most of them work out of their houses or have offices in income-tax free Washington.
The internet has made it a lot easier to work somewhat remotely, if there are significant incentives to do so.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:56 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Miklos, un Sendero Luminoso (no homo or commie) at January 27, 2020 10:56 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 10:46 PM
No, Thank God. So sad for notsothoreau.
Mom diagnosed with cancer Friday and Dad needs operation next week. And chaos at work which I can't bring up except to super-trustworthy coworker because complaints are not teamwork.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 27, 2020 10:57 PM (/+bwe)
Mis Hum, I have misgivings because these horses are not pets. I love
them and take pride in them but they are ultimately a consumer product.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:46 PM (EKicJ)
That's what my daughter would say. Except. Any horse she has a personal relationship with she treats like any of her other pets. Moreover, it doesn't take more than a few minutes for her to develop such a relationship.OTOH, she was like that with the Hippos, giraffes, and cheetahs when she worked at the zoo.
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 10:57 PM (XzVUd)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 10:50 PM (fNFgo)
One time, my ex was in a car with a friend of hers as the passenger. The driver gave her a map and told her to see what exit they needed to take. She held the map and stared at it a long time. Her friend noticed she was holding the map upside down and asked her, 'You don't know how to read a map, do you?' But she was a super smart NYU grad.
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 10:57 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:57 PM (EKicJ)
:Her face is 99% filler and 1% skin":
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7935367
Gwen Stefani has apparently had some work done.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 10:57 PM (f1Vqw)
Portlanders like to think so, ignoring the fact that the suburban Washingtonians are noticeably more affluent than people who live in Portland.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Miklos, for the Estate of Amerigo Vespucci at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Miklos, un Sendero Luminoso (no homo or commie) at January 27, 2020 10:56 PM
Sendero Luminoso?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (7WaWV)
In other news, Vermont is considering allowing emojis on license plates.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (QLPEO)
Only until Portland taxes it's high earners out of the state. Kind of like businesses fleeing California if they can.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (xkSJa)
Well at least with Jen we got a response, better than slipping it to Ana Novarro, who kept screaming "Is it in yet?"
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (a4EWo)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (I2/tG)
yeah, I got that line from a cousin that lives in Portland.
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (aS1PU)
some people are just dismapsic
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (G546f)
I got no problem with atheists. If you don't believe in a Deity it doesn't pick my pocket or break my leg.
Anti-religious bigots are another issue altogether. What they want is a hostile separation of church and state, where your private beliefs can never have a public face. So bake that cake and abort that fetus. Or else.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 10:57 PM (Y8PSl)
++++++++++++++++
Millenial? Z?
I am an older millenial and people just a bit younger than me tend to struggle with maps. I learned how to drive before GPS navigation was anything but a very rich person's accessory.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:00 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 11:00 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - member of the seven others tribe at January 27, 2020 11:01 PM (nfcV2)
https://tinyurl.com/v8evqfh
https://tinyurl.com/qoqg9sd
https://tinyurl.com/s4rhd6f
https://tinyurl.com/rjgohfo
https://tinyurl.com/t84jr6h
Posted by: kbdabear at January 27, 2020 11:01 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:47 PM (RKPlw)
You can expand the screen and thus the area.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 27, 2020 11:01 PM (2DOZq)
Proposed nickname for various people here at the ONTs:
- DCers...Deep Staters
- Portlanders...Porta-Potti-Landers
- San Franciscans... San Franshitcans
- Los Angelenos... Los Fruits & Nutsos
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:01 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 11:02 PM (EKicJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (7rVsF)
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Yup. If you're an atheist, that is up to you. If your atheism is itself a religion you pursue militantly to my detriment, you can get fucked.
When I was slogging through some of the last Democrat "debate" shit show on CNN, they had a regular advertiser encouraging me to support the "Freedom From Religion Foundation" - which seeks to evict religion from public life.
No sale. Screw you.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:02 PM (9kgSk)
some people are just dismapsic
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (G546f)
* * * *
Great word that "dismapsic"! Totally borrowing it...at an appropriate time, of course.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 11:02 PM (fNFgo)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - member of the seven others tribe at January 27, 2020 11:02 PM (nfcV2)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (f1Vqw)
That'll be a pain for the prisoners to produce.
Posted by: Surfperch at January 27, 2020 11:02 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:47
Fist bump.
Give me paper maps and I can find my way to anywhere. I have no doubt that I could drive to my sister's house (where I have never been) 3,000 miles away and be fine with paper. GPS crap - oh hell no.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 11:02 PM (RfzVr)
Laura Ingraham
Posted by: deplorable unperson - member of the seven others tribe at January 27, 2020 11:01 PM (nfcV2)
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What don't you understand about, "and the rest"?
Posted by: The Professor and Mary Anne at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: DBCooper at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (bttOm)
Will all the emojis look like Bernie?
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (pPNCa)
https://tinyurl.com/tgz7pey
https://tinyurl.com/s7q7jda
https://tinyurl.com/uvukvo8
https://tinyurl.com/rh5cegj
https://tinyurl.com/w2gz5hk
Posted by: kbdabear at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (7WaWV)
I have heard rumors of its existence.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
*slides open a slit in the door*
Who sent ya?
Posted by: Miklos, flunky aspiring to be Lackey 1st Class at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (QzkSJ)
I've seen a couple of posted positions for jobs that I have an acquaintance of the subject matter but I'm missing a couple of the qualifications. Considering the mauling I got in my last job for not being instantly experienced, should I apply?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 11:04 PM (aS1PU)
Big animals, big poop, small animals, small poop.
Animal lovers are poop tolerant.
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 11:04 PM (QLPEO)
There's a reason CNN has the knives out for Sanders.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 11:04 PM (+lVUW)
It's on the top shelf between the 20/20 Silver and the aged Ripple.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:04 PM (L2ZTs)
acquaintance of the subject matter but I'm missing a couple of the
qualifications. Considering the mauling I got in my last job for not
being instantly experienced, should I apply?
Worst thing that can happen is you get more than one offer.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 27, 2020 11:05 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: Surfperch at January 27, 2020 11:05 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:00 PM (9kgSk)
Nope. Born in 1962. Vmom is correct: She was very dismapsic.
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 11:05 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:33 PM (XVuno)
Brahe! Brahe I say!
Posted by: Not Really Hugh Grant at January 27, 2020 11:05 PM (6rS3m)
I've been just about anywhere you can drive in America. Always had a map. Never really needed one, though.
How can you not get by with just heading the general direction you need to go and work the rest out from there is beyond me.
Invariably, the only time I have to actually pull out and open a map is to prove to someone that we are exactly where I know we are and headed in the right direction.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:05 PM (VpRka)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 27, 2020 11:05 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Basement Cat
All emojis have always looked like Bernie.
He was young, once, and a human like us.
Posted by: Miklos, for IPR of Soviet Berniestan at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (7WaWV)
++++++++++++
I like GPS to get me to a part of town I don't know, or far away from me, etc. But not to learn a place - it quickly becomes a crutch and I don't learn where anything else.
+1 on the offline GPS. You can go get a little dashboard one, etc. that tend to work well. If you like using your phone but want an offline SatNav that doesn't seem to call home all the time and spy on you and require the internet, I use a package called "iGo" for Android. It isn't especially cheap but it works really well and doesn't need data.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (9kgSk)
Keep trying and you'll find a good spot.
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (7rVsF)
YES. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and the worst they can say is no.
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (aS1PU)
a shot. Be yourself. Not "I'm gonna get me, uh, a beer" like Warren.
Authenticity is good.
Yep, they're so full of bullshit they can't do it.
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 10:55 PM (K22Va
You know a politician has made the big time when they learn to fake sincerity!
Note: Paraphrased and stolen, from someone.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (i+qnA)
The coverage here in LA/SoCal re Kobe is just wall-to-wall and never-ending. I understand it's a big story, he was admired and respected by a lot of people, but enough already.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (L2ZTs)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7935367
Gwen Stefani has apparently had some work done.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 10:57 PM (f1Vqw)
Just haters. I think she looks better because she wasn't using as much make up. Twitter was created by the devil.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - a man at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (nfcV2)
How can you not get by with just heading the general direction you need to go and work the rest out from there is beyond me.
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Yeah? Try telling that to idiot Lewis.
Posted by: Clarke at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (PkVlr)
++++++++++++
Ditto. Waiting for this season's MLB.TV subscription to go on sale.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (9kgSk)
But the cool thing is that a lot of Sanders supporters are violent and vengeful. Let's see Antifa go after Democrats, for a change.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at January 27, 2020 11:08 PM (IB++I)
Adan Ant, I'll bet the zoo work was fascinating.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 11:02 PM (EKicJ)
My wife arranged to go in to see the cheetah cubs at about 3 weeks old. So it kept everyone amused.
Daughter is now at a university working in the animal facility caring for pigs, used for surgery practice and also breeding them for other Canadian facilities (otherwise they have to be sourced from the US and that involves customs).
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 11:08 PM (XzVUd)
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 11:08 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (7rVsF)
* * * *
I was in a similar situation once. And I finally decided, what the heck, I will apply. What do I have to lose? I was honest about my education, qualifications and experience. The decision was theirs to make. It worked out well, and led to more fulfilling work.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 11:08 PM (fNFgo)
I would love to have that natural sense of direction. I need a map. And a compass. I've been disoriented in the backcountry and it's frightening. But I had a topographical map and a watch, so we figured it out.
Kudos
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:08 PM (PkVlr)
GPS once told me to make the next legal U-turn. I did so and the next command was to make the next legal U-turn.
Another time we were driving from Cincinnati to Louisville. It pitched a fit when we stayed on the interstate instead of going through Kallikak, Mushrat Dell and Possum Snot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:09 PM (7rVsF)
Well, now we know the Eloi will be at the mercy of the rest of us Morlocks because we'll be the only ones with steering wheels.
Posted by: there are only three star wars films at January 27, 2020 11:09 PM (67XdO)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 27, 2020 11:09 PM (2DOZq)
Well at least with Jen we got a response, better than slipping it to Ana Novarro, who kept screaming "Is it in yet?"
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (a4EWo)
Ok, pass the paper towel
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 11:09 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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In my view - yes! Job postings always ask for the dream candidate whether they truly exist or not.
ps - I finally found a parish offering extraordinary form mass locally. Yea!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2020 11:09 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (K22Va)
Interesting, I recently read "Flatland" and that is exactly how those 2 dimensional people navigate.
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 11:09 PM (aS1PU)
I wandered off into the Auschwitz articles. My mind cannot encompass the monstrous horror, the awful toll.
The efforts the murderers made to cover up their crimes as the liberators approached certainly reveals they knew just how evil they really were.
Posted by: mindful webworker at January 27, 2020 11:09 PM (0mP7b)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 11:04 PM (QLPEO)
* * * *
Same could be said for kid lovers... I mean, parents.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (fNFgo)
At least they haven't stated that they would prefer the mass murderer Joseph Stalin to Trump, the way Max Boot has.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (I2/tG)
Maybe by then they will have this problem sorted out.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 10:28 PM (RKPlw)
My 2001 F-150 has 211k *fistbump*
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (7rVsF)
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going in with 80% (obviously just a guess on my part) of the qualifications means you have a chance to grow, gain new experience and the job will remain interesting.
Go for it.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 11:04 PM (QLPEO)
My daughter had an "Equine Excrement Engineer" shirt.
Posted by: Adam Ant at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (XzVUd)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (KP5rU)
They have placed the razor at their throats, and have drawn true.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - a man at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (nfcV2)
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (pPNCa)
They'll probably choose a wider range of symbols popular with Vermonters. ☭ comes to mind.
Posted by: Surfperch at January 27, 2020 11:11 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Not Really Hugh
Tycho! Tycho!
Tycho an-dey
Tycho fi-na-ne
Carnival season is underway-I defer to the Dixie Cups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKAfaroVP_8
Posted by: Miklos, Krewe of Magyaricans at January 27, 2020 11:11 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (7rVsF
Hadrian, those lists are an employer's dream. I have written many over the years. Never found anyone with "all" the qualifications. But did find good folks that knew, what to expect and were teachable.
You will be a great, just let yourself do it.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:11 PM (i+qnA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:03 PM (7rVsF)
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Not sure about your industry, but in mine (high tech) I would definitely go for it. They use job requirements/experience/education/etc. as gating questions so there's no guff when they reject a candidate. They're always ludicrous and rarely necessary in my experience. Plus, they also let the employer play the "no experienced people, gimmie an H1B" game.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:11 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:11 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (PkVlr)
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Ditto. Waiting for this season's MLB.TV subscription to go on sale.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (9kgSk)
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*fistbump*
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 27, 2020 11:11 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 27, 2020 11:12 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:11 PM (9kgSk)
^This is true.
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 11:12 PM (aS1PU)
The way to the airport was looking more and more sketchy, and we were not even on the recommended road.
Commissar Hrothgar looked up and said "Da plane!" So that is how we got to Love Field while in Dallas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 11:12 PM (u82oZ)
ps - I finally found a parish offering extraordinary form mass locally. Yea!
Woot! Go to an EF Mass and you know it's something important. I leave in awe of the experience.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:12 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (K22Va)
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I have a brother who refuses to believe that rivers can flow from the south to the north. Nevermind that we have a couple of 'em in America.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (9kgSk)
map went south in any way, it would be going down hill. Deal with that
on a cross country trip without committing suicide.
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (K22Va)
Interesting, I recently read "Flatland" and that is exactly how those 2 dimensional people navigate.
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 11:09 PM (aS1PU)
My gf prefers her car's nav system map with the car headed up
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (PkVlr)
Same here. OTOH, I know of one Mets fan threatening to boycott the season because of the impact of the 'Stros' scandal on Carlos Beltran.
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (pPNCa)
However, work those Plan Bs. We may need them. And remember -- OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (PkVlr)
Where does one find baseball in Seattle?
Let me know.
Well, there is a decent AAA park about 35 miles south, the Rainiers. But that's all I'm aware of.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 27, 2020 11:14 PM (sy5kK)
Got a lot of little things checked off my list. Stepson goes home tomorrow.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 27, 2020 11:14 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 11:15 PM (aA3+G)
She was a piece of work but had "talents" that would make one overlook getting lost in the desert.
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:15 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - a man at January 27, 2020 11:07 PM (nfcV2)
I guess death can be an adventure.
Remembering back to stories in the 90's of foreign tourists in Miami driving rental cars and getting lost in the hood and being greeted with warm lead.
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 11:15 PM (Y8PSl)
How can you not get by with just heading the general direction you need to go and work the rest out from there is beyond me.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:05 PM
lol - Indeed garret. My sister lives in Long Beach. Guess all I have to do is head west and when I get to the Pacific, make a left to go south. When I get to Long Beach I might need to check a map.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 11:15 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:16 PM (PkVlr)
not pets. I love them and take pride in them but they are ultimately a
consumer product.\Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2020 10:46 PM (EKicJ)
you turn them into jerky?
The Belgians like it, but really?
Posted by: Not Really Hugh Grant at January 27, 2020 11:16 PM (6rS3m)
Posted by: Typical Vermont Vanity Plate c. 2021 at January 27, 2020 11:16 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 11:16 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (9kgSk)
Most famous river in the world runs south to north.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 27, 2020 11:17 PM (2DOZq)
Thanks Chavez, I held out on my commentary
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 11:17 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (9kgSk)
I think if it is Android, Goolag knows where you are!
Posted by: Hrothgar, just Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 11:17 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 27, 2020 11:17 PM (ilTjN)
Posted by: vmom 2020
Horses are fast pretty cows.
Posted by: eleven
Another way to look at it, dogs are predators, horses and cows are prey.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 11:17 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (9kgSk)
I grew up on one- Red River of the North. Flows from Wahpeton, ND north into Manitoba
Posted by: free tibet at January 27, 2020 11:17 PM (lK7fO)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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If you argue that fact would it be denial?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2020 11:17 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (9kgSk)
Most famous river in the world runs south to north.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 27, 2020 11:17 PM (2DOZq)
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The Nile literally defies gravity.
Posted by: Clarke at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:05 PM
lol - Indeed garret. My sister lives in Long Beach. Guess all I have to do is head west and when I get to the Pacific, make a left to go south. When I get to Long Beach I might need to check a map.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 11:15 PM (RfzVr)
Try getting from the 101 in Santa Barbara to the coast. The friggin' train tracks are like the Rhine with no bridges.
Posted by: DR.WTF at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (9kgSk)
LOL, got one 6 miles from here.
Posted by: Don Q at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (i+qnA)
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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I can throw a rock and hit the French Broad.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 11:19 PM (fUKvD)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (f1Vqw)
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I hope they've tested that in dev/test.
Buddy of mine was a database consultant and they had a serious problem when a parent for some reason entered an emoji as her kindergarten child's middle name (which it apparently was, on the birth certificate - extremely bizarre). Crashed the database. Totally couldn't handle it.
The vendor called in *everyone* to try to fix it. The emoji caused all kinds of totally insane behavior and corrupted the entire registration database. They restored it, developed a patch to keep that from happening, and then had to tell everyone in the district that if they registered on that day then they'd have to redo it because they lost data.
Oops.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:19 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:19 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (9kgSk)
I live near a river that flows South to North.
Posted by: Surfperch, capable of surviving brackish water, look it up at January 27, 2020 11:19 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Clarke at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (XVuno)
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That is more or less his position, yes.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:11 PM (9kgSk)
such a gyp, as most H1B resumes are 80% fictional
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (G546f)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (I2/tG)
At least when Hillary spent time in the bars drinking with the common people it wasn't entirely for political purposes.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 11:15 PM (RfzVr)
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I40 or I10 will get the job done.
Though, I40 might put you a tad further north than you care to be.
I40 is an easy drive, though there are lots of semi's and motorhomes.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:19 PM (K22Va)
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*clink*
*hic*
*brrrraaaaaaapp*
Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Clarke at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (XVuno)
This proves that the aliens made 1st contact with the nomadic tribes of northern Africa. Before they became Egyptians.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (i+qnA)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (G546f)
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Yes, but they have a degree from Hindustan Polytechnic that is tailor-made for that job description...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: tbodie
I*m okay with that.
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 27, 2020 11:21 PM (ilTjN)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (9kgSk)
He's not a plumber.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at January 27, 2020 11:21 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: vmom
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"I have multiple experience doing the needful."
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2020 11:21 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at January 27, 2020 11:22 PM (qgWvD)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2020 11:21 PM (Y4EXg)
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Wha? You don't kindly do the needful?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:22 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Send him to most of asiatic Russia, with a canoe, and let him figure it out.
Posted by: Miklosov, dilettante cartographer at January 27, 2020 11:22 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Clarke at January 27, 2020 11:18 PM (XVuno)
This proves that the aliens made 1st contact with the nomadic tribes of northern Africa. Before they became Egyptians.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:20 PM (i+qnA)
Well, Aliens could well explain Calif Central valley.
You know, where all the rivers flow north to the Delta and San Fran?
Posted by: Don Q at January 27, 2020 11:22 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 11:22 PM (XVuno)
The vendor called in *everyone* to try to fix it. The emoji caused all kinds of totally insane behavior and corrupted the entire registration database. They restored it, developed a patch to keep that from happening, and then had to tell everyone in the district that if they registered on that day then they'd have to redo it because they lost data.
Oops.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:19 PM (9kgSk)
Apparently this blog is far more advanced than the school's database.
Posted by: Surfperch 🐟 at January 27, 2020 11:23 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 11:23 PM (aA3+G)
Good night, Hordians. Take care. When I read of the sorrows and difficulties some of you have, I'm ashamed of my own petty annoyances. Really, I pray for you every day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2020 11:23 PM (7rVsF)
Praying for ya buddy. Raised one for you last week at Barrio Brewery on the flight line. Squadron of AV-8 Harriers touched down that night. Epic
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 27, 2020 11:23 PM (Fmk9M)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:23 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: NaughtyPine
I'll be praying for you all.
I don't always mention it, but when any of you morons and ettes tell about this stuff, I do keep you all in my prayers.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 27, 2020 11:24 PM (+lVUW)
The way to the airport was looking more and more sketchy, and we were not even on the recommended road.
Commissar Hrothgar looked up and said "Da plane!" So that is how we got to Love Field while in Dallas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2020 11:12 PM (u82oZ)
And you were on time! Knights in shining armor to me and Jewells!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (RfzVr)
+++++++++++++++++
:: Holds envelope to head ::
Loss of control, arbitrary shutdown, ambiguous AI, continuous location tracking and spying
:: Opens envelope ::
A self-driving car!
Posted by: Carnac The Magnificent's Lamer Younger Cousin at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (qgWvD)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (K22Va)
There's one 200 yards from me as I type this.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (5uY/L)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 10:41 PM (XVuno)
Darnold Duck: Wait, are you saying "Darnold, Duck!", or are you saying "Darn..."
*WHAP*
Posted by: As told by A. E. Neuman, c. 1956 at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (YqED9)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 11:26 PM (fNFgo)
Pretty much how I do it.
Florida? OK. We can go east or we can go south then go east, later. Sound like a plan?
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:27 PM (5uY/L)
You know, where all the rivers flow north to the Delta and San Fran?
Posted by: Don Q at January 27, 2020 11:22 PM (NgKpN)
Don't forget the Salinas and Guadalupe Rivers.
And all the rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean.
Posted by: Surfperch at January 27, 2020 11:27 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 27, 2020 11:27 PM (Lqy/e)
Hope I will get a chance to meet up with you then.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 11:27 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
I have been on a river that, as the Slovaks say (they're all Hungarian or Gypsies there, but Treaty of Trianon, what ya gonna do) tell me is the only river in the world that has no origin and no end.
Posted by: Miklos, it is also the Tokay wine region at January 27, 2020 11:28 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:28 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member
So much racism, sir.
Posted by: H1B applicant as named on cv at January 27, 2020 11:28 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (7WaWV)
I wish they had one the more closely resembled a perch.
Posted by: Surfperch at January 27, 2020 11:28 PM (tVQUs)
In my mind, Kobe's pilot missed 2 chances to re-consider his flight plan.
The first was going past Burbank airport as the soup was closing in and getting the "special"....with a caution I'm hearing
Don't know what the tower at Van Nuys said...but had he not had such a high profile client on a direct flight to Thousand Oaks....dime to a dollar...bet he was thinking about bailing out there just for how bad it was getting.....such is that one in a million bad choice...
I was at the Van Nuys Airport observation area that morning...soup was down below 1000 ft. Only the IFR boys in the G-6's and equal taking off that morning... even LAFD had their Agusta's pulled into the sheds...
old saying.... "There are Bold pilots and there are Old pilots, but there are no Old, Bold Pilots."
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 27, 2020 11:28 PM (kFkpX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 10:58 PM (f1Vqw)
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I hope they've tested that in dev/test.
Buddy of mine was a database consultant and they had a serious problem when a parent for some reason entered an emoji as her kindergarten child's middle name (which it apparently was, on the birth certificate - extremely bizarre). Crashed the database. Totally couldn't handle it.
The vendor called in *everyone* to try to fix it. The emoji caused all kinds of totally insane behavior and corrupted the entire registration database. They restored it, developed a patch to keep that from happening, and then had to tell everyone in the district that if they registered on that day then they'd have to redo it because they lost data.
Oops.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:19 PM (9kgSk)
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There's an XKCD cartoon about this. Kid's name was Robert ';DROP TABLE 'Students';
So they were either using dynamic SQL in the backend, or just running code from the front end. My guess would be the latter.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 27, 2020 11:29 PM (CAJOC)
I knew Red River of the North flowed uphill. Did not realize there were so many other rivers around the country that did so as well.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:29 PM (i+qnA)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2020 11:04 PM (QLPEO)
* * * *
Same could be said for kid lovers... I mean, parents.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2020 11:10 PM (fNFgo)
Poop, snot, piddle and puke.
And any combination thereof.
"And who the HELL fed this child raisins?!?"
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2020 11:29 PM (vVOK2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:29 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 27, 2020 11:27 PM (Lqy/e)
I'm still praying for you, Notsothoreau. I've been through it and I know it's terribly hard. {{{Hugs}}}
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:30 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 11:30 PM (G546f)
Might want to double check that; several SoCal beaches are south facing! Pretty sure the actual beach is Long Beach is.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 27, 2020 11:30 PM (foerM)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at January 27, 2020 11:30 PM (qgWvD)
It's like dealing with a giant weight. My stepson's situation seems to
be improving a bit. I still have to set up a memorial service. I have no
idea how my financial situation will shake out. I did speak with our
lawyer, but need to sit down and talk with him.
I hope things smooth out for you soon and you can get along financially.
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:30 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 27, 2020 11:29 PM (CAJOC)
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I don't remember the final cause. But he spent his evenings on-site and one or two when he got back drinking and cursing at the condition of that system and the rank incompetence of its designers.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:31 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: Al Jugzera at January 27, 2020 11:31 PM (w3OLr)
some people are just dismapsic
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM
Is it still being taught? It is a learned skill.
You have to figure out where you are on the map. This involves knowing your general location (town / county / state) and the street / highway you are on. (hopefully the street / highway is on the map)
Once you find that, you have to orient the map to your direction of travel. It helps to know your compass heading. You also have to know the map's orientation (usually north but not always)
Then, you can figure out the next cross street, and read that out either by reading the text at an angle, or re-orienting the map, keeping your place on it, and realizing that your movement is now no longer straight up.
I learned this so young that I don't remember if it was taught in school or by my dad or grandparents. I have no idea if this is still taught or being passed on.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 27, 2020 11:31 PM (r6GXX)
I impressed my dad once when he and I were touring the Chickamauga battlefield in Georgia. He was a big Civil War buff, and for research there was one monument that he really wanted to visit, but it was remote and no road ran reasonably close to it. So I got out the battlefield map marking where it was, reckoned where I was, and took note of where the sun was over my shoulder. We took off walking cross country through some freshly downed timber, pretty rugged, and after about a half mile of that, when he was getting discouraged that we were walking aimlessly in the woods, we came out into a little clearing and I had hit my goal within 25 yards.
I was always kind of proud of myself for that one.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2020 11:31 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (qgWvD)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member
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That was my experience also. Even then, a couple of our hires simply subcontracted out their assignments to other folks back in the home county. Huge breach of security.
Still took a few weeks to fire their asses.
White guilt in management is a hell of a thing.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Al Jugzera at January 27, 2020 11:31 PM (w3OLr)
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Is the entire show just sexy time with Kate Upton? 'Cause I'd be down with that...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (9kgSk)
At a guess, they just thought, cool, got a fancy lift to the game and next thing you know, tragedy.
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (G546f)
Posted by: sal at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (bo8pf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:23 PM (L2ZTs)
Take the SR-71. You'll be there in no time.
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: PENIS MAN at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:32 PM (i+qnA)
old saying.... "There are Bold pilots and there are Old pilots, but there are no Old, Bold Pilots."
Posted by: Nightwatch
I haven't followed up on this. Any info on whether it was a mechanical failure? Or more likely weather?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (ilTjN)
It's Peiping. Bunch of whippersnappers.
You get used to a few of the city names, but our masters in journalism have sworn to make the world better by never giving the "former" names of Chinese places, those used, you know, by the imperialist conquerors.
Except that China invented imperialist conquest.
So everything you knew about Chinese culture and history is obsolete, see?
That will teach you, round eye.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (oRpiG)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:25 PM (TdMsT)
Oh ye of little faith!
Trust your navigator!
Posted by: Hrothgar, just Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: irongrampa at January 27, 2020 11:34 PM (KATBx)
Trust your navigator!
Posted by: Hrothgar, just Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (BiNEL)
{{{Hrothgar}}}
I'd trust you and Salty Dog with my life!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:35 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:13 PM (9kgSk)
*****
Heh -
Better not show him a map of the Northern coast of South america, particularly Colombia (Rio Magdalena anyone?), or a map of Germany! The Rhine, and the Elbe I believe, have defied this so called law of physics for tens of thousands of years at least!
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 27, 2020 11:35 PM (8altC)
Posted by: PENIS MAN at January 27, 2020 11:35 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:35 PM (PkVlr)
There is Zero information for you.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:35 PM (5uY/L)
The flip side is this. I have ever flown in a helicopter. Had it gone down it would have been an unmitigated tragedy and everyone would have felt sorry for my survivors.
This guy was famous so people are saying fuck that 1%er and his schmancy helicopter rides. Ain't right, and I say this as a guy who didn't know what team Kobe played for.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (vVOK2)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 27, 2020 11:30 PM
Oh yes Tammy! I get that. Just in general I mean, when I get to the Pacific, turn left and cling to the coast till I hit Long Beach, no matter what actual physical direction I might be going at any one moment.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:35 PM (TdMsT)
Well, you've done it once and survived so...
Posted by: Hrothgar, just Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (BiNEL)
I cannot figure out how to copy & PASTE a link.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (i+qnA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (KP5rU)
Always wanted a Bluesbreaker of my own.
Man i don't love the pricetag, though.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:37 PM (5uY/L)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP
If it is, then I am right there with you.
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 27, 2020 11:37 PM (ilTjN)
Autonomous vehicles will never be viable on public roads.
They can only work on completely closed circuits where the variables can be controlled sufficiently.
IN the open world, not so much.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 27, 2020 11:37 PM (KATBx)
Speaking of unable to read a map related, Army Special Forces 'Green Berets' 18-E Communications Specialists are no longer taught Morse Code.
Seriously.
The worlds premier guerilla warfare military specialist who even now are rebuilding their Cold War capabilities in various warm and cold places can't punch out a car engine spark gap transmission.
Most are learning it on their own.
Even in SF the Big Green Weenie chokes you.
Posted by: Some Dude at January 27, 2020 11:37 PM (w3OLr)
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (ilTjN)
If you're talking of the Kobe krash, I read a report that said the pilot had just been told that he was flying too low when he flew into a hillside in the fog.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2020 11:37 PM (V2Yro)
"There are no wrong turns. Only new adventures."
I guess death can be an adventure.
Remembering back to stories in the 90's of foreign tourists in Miami driving rental cars and getting lost in the hood and being greeted with warm lead.
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 11:15 PM
Now you can be led there by the GPS so it wouldn't be considered a "wrong turn"
Posted by: Chuck C at January 27, 2020 11:38 PM (r6GXX)
Posted by: JTB at January 27, 2020 11:38 PM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 11:38 PM (pPNCa)
I hate karaoke, and have never been drunk enough to perform, but when that day comes, the song will be The Boys Are Back In Town.
And as most probably do, regret it until the day I die.
But #tribute, or however the hashtag shit goes.
Posted by: Gunslinger at January 27, 2020 11:38 PM (0EC+8)
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:38 PM (5uY/L)
Posted by: shibumi, in Ohio making sammiches at January 27, 2020 11:38 PM (ZCiJZ)
Posted by: irongrampa at January 27, 2020 11:39 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:35 PM (TdMsT)
Well, you've done it once and survived so...
Posted by: Hrothgar, just Hrothgar at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (BiNEL)
And thank you for that!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:39 PM (TdMsT)
Dammit
I had almost forgotten, probably too late to make a claim against the estate.
But Walt's nephew (from the business side of the family) still owes me for beer in Hungary. He didn't have Hungarian forints.
Apparently I felt my faith so seriously, that that I could not let a thirsty billionaire pass by of the other side.
Then again I was pretty thirsty too, and the local place in Hungary is always just around the corner from the Factory.
Posted by: Miklos, Lawd I must be OLD at January 27, 2020 11:39 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at January 27, 2020 11:39 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (ilTjN)
Mechanical failure occurred when the helicopter plowed into the side of a mountain.
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 11:39 PM (Y8PSl)
You think the above is something, you ought to see Flat-earther arguments about water seeking its own level. The earth couldn't be spherical, 'cause all the water would run down to the south pole.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 11:39 PM (f1Vqw)
Certainly true in the UK. More than a third of doctors in the UK were trained outside the UK.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 11:40 PM (I2/tG)
The Glam thing seemed overtly gay to me...
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:40 PM (5uY/L)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 27, 2020 11:40 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 11:39 PM (f1Vqw)
++++++++++++
:: headdesk ::
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:41 PM (9kgSk)
Man v Mountain usually ends pretty predictably.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:41 PM (5uY/L)
or by my dad or grandparents. I have no idea if this is still taught or
being passed on.
Shit, there are kids in the trades that can't read a ruler. 2 big marks past 6 type stuff. I think we might be in trouble.
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:41 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Got it. Just didn't know if there was more to it, as I read that the speed was 184 and rate of decent was 4000/min.
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 27, 2020 11:41 PM (ilTjN)
Except that China invented imperialist conquest.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (oRpiG)
City names should always be called by what its inhabitants call it.
Posted by: Nueva York at January 27, 2020 11:41 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Ernst Schreiber at January 27, 2020 11:41 PM (xmKbk)
I can say that the difference between riding in a commercial aircraft and that Huey is like the difference between riding in the back of a Cadillac limo and riding on the back of a Harley with ape-hanger handlebars. Damn, that was a hell of a ride but I don't think I'll do it again!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2020 11:42 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:42 PM (7WaWV)
There were some "macho" guys around here who liked Kiss.
Bowie overtly played with the sexuality and made it a challenge. Kiss just said we're going to play to your inner homo and let you pretend you're not gay.
Also Bowie made great music. So did the Dolls. There was some good glam rock and then there was fag rock. They're not the same.
Kiss was fag rock in case it's not clear whose fans I'm insulting.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 27, 2020 11:43 PM (gd9RK)
Another flat earth experiment: guy takes a level on an airplane. He aligns it to level bubble on take off and then notes it's still level when he gets to his destination.
Obviously, the earth's surface is flat, otherwise that bubble would move.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 11:43 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at January 27, 2020 11:43 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: PENIS MAN
*considers, as with the wisdom of the Ancients*
Add Florida and you'll be famous.
Posted by: Miklosian Florida Man/Woman Marketing, S.r.o.o at January 27, 2020 11:43 PM (QzkSJ)
There are a growing number of MLB guys who play for the other team as well as some who are switch hitters.
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 11:44 PM (pPNCa)
I can say that the difference between riding in a commercial aircraft and that Huey is like the difference between riding in the back of a Cadillac limo and riding on the back of a Harley with ape-hanger handlebars. Damn, that was a hell of a ride but I don't think I'll do it again!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2020 11:42 PM (V2Yro)
When I go to Maine, I take a Cape Air 9 seater from Boston to Owls Head. We've had some hair-raising experiences on that plane...
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:44 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at January 27, 2020 11:45 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at January 27, 2020 11:45 PM (qgWvD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 11:46 PM (aA3+G)
And Bowie is heinously overraated. His great stuff is brilliant. But not all Bowie was good, let alone great.
I will give him this, every era of Bowie had some great tunes.
Something not everybody with a career as long and varied as his was able to pull off.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:46 PM (5uY/L)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 27, 2020 11:46 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:46 PM (L2ZTs)
Glad to see so many here know that lots of yuuuuge rivers in Asiatic Russia flow north to the Arctic (favorite one, due to name: the Ob).
So why do all those rivers have much steep western banks, and basically flat eastern banks, smart guys?
Recall "Enemy at the Gates" - the hairy Volga-crossing scene - the troops walk/load onto the boats on a basically flat shoreline, and a few steps off the boat on the other side they're climbing a hill (very accurate depiction).
Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2020 11:46 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at January 27, 2020 11:46 PM (IYHxL)
Seriously.
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Some while back, the FCC eliminated the Morse Code requirement for Expert grade amateur radio operators, i.e., no code.
This led to the proliferation of t-shirts for us older Experts, 'Know Code Expert'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 11:47 PM (fUKvD)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2020 11:47 PM (9kgSk)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 27, 2020 11:47 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 27, 2020 11:48 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 11:47 PM (fUKvD)
so, yer saying they need to
Learn to code?
BAN HIM!
Posted by: Don Q at January 27, 2020 11:48 PM (NgKpN)
No need to be insulting, I have Bowie, Kiss & NY Dolls in my collection.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 11:49 PM (aA3+G)
I blame Glaciers for everything Geologic that I don't know the answer to.
If that doesn't work, I go with Plate Techtonics.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2020 11:49 PM (5uY/L)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:49 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 27, 2020 11:49 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at January 27, 2020 11:50 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 11:51 PM (G546f)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 27, 2020 11:51 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 27, 2020 11:44 PM (TdMsT)
I remember being on some Air Midwest puddle jumper years ago who came in hot on the runway and bounced back and forth from tire to tire 3 or 4 times before he finally got it all the way on the ground.
And I remember one Braniff flight on a perfect weather day coming in to Phoenix, big plane, we're approaching the runway, I got a window seat, I'm thinking "wow look at those people in their pools in their backwards, they're sure close" and I'm thinking runway better be coming up fast. And then I feel the pilot go absolute full throttle on every engine while we're just about brushing the tree tops in peoples back yards, and then finally there's the perimeter fence which I'm sure the landing gear cleared by about 12 inches, and he managed to touch down on the absolute first scrap of asphalt on that runway. Asshole.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2020 11:51 PM (V2Yro)
In my defense I was trying to start a fight. But I'm not going to be awake long enough to fight it, so it really wasn't fair.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 27, 2020 11:52 PM (gd9RK)
Obviously, the earth's surface is flat, otherwise that bubble would move.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 11:43 PM (f1Vqw)
Damn it is late and I am getting tired.
For a second there, I thought you were telling a true story.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:52 PM (i+qnA)
I've read something not as bad but similar happened with President Nixon; he was once asked what his favorite Mexican restaurant is, and he named someplace (I believe in San Clemente), that had a Mexi name and a few dishes but actually also had a much wider-range menu.
But after Dick named it his fave Mexican place, they had to change over to all-Mexican fare.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 27, 2020 11:52 PM (RKPlw)
May you & your family be Blessed with Strength and Courage for these difficult times ...
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 27, 2020 11:52 PM (LPnfS)
I understand the single pilot on this flight (the S-76 most times has 2) was a top drawer stick man with massive hours in this air frame.
Still, even the best sometimes fly into some nastiness that for that very instant, overwhelms their skill sets.
Based on what I've seen, he knew he was in the shit and attempted to make a Left 180 out of his predicament to go back to better vis and ended up starring into a hillside at a 100+ mph's....thinkin "I should a" in the last 2 seconds of his flight....
yep, it goes just like that.....and the post crash debrief always points to 1 or 2 "last chances" to make a better decision. Pilot error of the most tragic type.
That's my call....
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 27, 2020 11:53 PM (kFkpX)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 27, 2020 11:06 PM (PkVlr)
Too bad all you have are the Mariners.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2020 11:53 PM (6rS3m)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 27, 2020 11:53 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:52 PM (L2ZTs)
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And thus, Taco Bell was born.
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 11:53 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 27, 2020 11:54 PM (7WaWV)
Nah. Even if it were true, I don't particularly care - the shit will well and truly hit the fan if Trump is defeated, even by a so-called "moderate" Democrat.
And Bernie won't win - Trump mobilizes working-class whites in the Upper Midwest, Bernie mobilizes millennials in Brooklyn with nose rings who borrowed six figures for a worthless degree. Slight difference.
Bernie's message might have a chance if we were in an economic depression, but not in the current economy.
This is why Democratic professionals are panicking - they know that Bernie will likely take many other Democratic candidates down with him if he's the nominee.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 11:54 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2020 11:16 PM (pPNCa)
The Snake and the Willamette
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2020 11:55 PM (6rS3m)
Perch are banging hard, there's enough now for a fish fry during Super Bowl, to go with the other delectables.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 27, 2020 11:55 PM (KATBx)
Actually it was this place, El Adobe de Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano:
https://www.ocweekly.com/the-great-mexican-unifier-6434185/
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:55 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:46 PM (L2ZTs)
It was a joke, son, it was a joke.
(SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane around.)
Posted by: RickZ at January 27, 2020 11:56 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:56 PM (L2ZTs)
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Sooner or later, an unanticipated conspiracy of circumstances will cause you to make a mistake.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 11:57 PM (fUKvD)
Posted by: Mike Hamme
"will teach coding for SF real estate"
I could make this work.
Posted by: Miklos whose mama went Brevard College at January 27, 2020 11:57 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2020 11:58 PM (Y0RHt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 27, 2020 11:58 PM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 11:58 PM (fUKvD)
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at January 27, 2020 11:58 PM (gDKGD)
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:59 PM (i+qnA)
572 Still, even the best sometimes fly into some nastiness that for that very instant, overwhelms their skill sets.
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Sooner or later, an unanticipated conspiracy of circumstances will cause you to make a mistake.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2020 11:57 PM (fUKvD)
Or when God calls you home He doesn't care about the details
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 27, 2020 11:59 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: dartist at January 27, 2020 11:59 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 27, 2020 11:59 PM (f1Vqw)
Perfectly....put.
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 27, 2020 11:59 PM (kFkpX)
Posted by: Walt Disney's Frozen Head at January 27, 2020 11:59 PM (XVuno)
Don't rule out "made it up". There is precedent. See Adam Schiff reading a phone call "transcript".
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 28, 2020 12:00 AM (xkSJa)
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 28, 2020 12:00 AM (kFkpX)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 28, 2020 12:01 AM (RKPlw)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (KP5rU)
Don't I know it. I have a small pile of them. They run from '67 up to '73. When I started they were still the amp to have, although metal started getting real aggressive shortly after, so they kinda fell out of favor. Shame really, they really cut through the mix nice back in the day. If you're going to do old classic rock or metal or AC/DC they are the shit. I'll never get rid of them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2020 12:01 AM (9Om/r)
Such a tragedy for the families that were just excited to go to the championship games.
He probably flew in enough bad fog that he thought he'd mastered it. Maybe coupled with celebrity client pressure. Who knows but tragic.
We had a dear friend who was a pilot who died by overestimating what he could do in a new plane.
Kind of like in sailing we always say: they're are two kinds of captains. Those who've run aground and those who will.
Posted by: keena at January 28, 2020 12:02 AM (RiTnx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Thank you for reminding me of my first little boy laugh about "stuff" that my parents heard.
Posted by: Miklos who had to go go all the way to France to meet what I thought I was promised at January 28, 2020 12:02 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 27, 2020 11:33 PM (ilTjN)
Controlled flight into the ground.
Listened to the flight tape earlier today, Pilot to Controller.
Pilot had asked for "Flight Following", which is a dedicated Radar Lock on the aircraft, so that the Controller can advise the pilot as to routing and known hazards on an ongoing basis.
Last transmission of the exchange, was the Controller advising the Pilot that the aircraft was too low for Radar to track it.
There was no reply. Impact had occurred.
Here's what I don't get. That Pilot had to have carried a Pilot's License, endorsed with an Instrument Flight Rating, Multi-Engine Rating, Turbine Rating, Commercial Rating and ATP (Air Transport Pilot) Rating.
He was a Flight Captain carrying Human Passengers for Revenue. ATP is required, and you don't get an ATP till you get all those other tickets punched, first. In the order I'd typed 'em, too.
Now, it might've been that that particular S-76 wasn't fully IFR equipped, but I'm also pretty certain that it carried at least the basic required IFR instruments and navigation radio.
Finally, it's on the Pilot to find a suitable patch of land, be it Little League field, Wal Mart parking lot, or whatever.. it's on the Pilot to choose to put he thing on the ground NOW, when conditions close in like that.
And the FAA would've blessed his every move, had he done so.
Paperwork for an Emergency Landing would be a pain in the ass, but at least he and eight others would've been alive.
Gonna be interesting to see what he NHTSB puts out in their Initial and Final Reports.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 12:02 AM (QzJWU)
Don't rule out "made it up". There is precedent. See Adam Schiff reading a phone call "transcript".
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 28, 2020 12:00 AM (xkSJa)
But I'd bet dollars to donuts it was Vindy's twin who leaked it, true or not.
And if so? Bolton can sue the shit out of him.
Posted by: Don Q at January 28, 2020 12:03 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:04 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: The Venerable Miklos at January 28, 2020 12:04 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 27, 2020 11:47 PM (l9m7l)
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Does anyone remember laughter?
Posted by: Robert Plant at January 28, 2020 12:05 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2020 12:01 AM (9Om/r)
I see a future American Pickers episode in there somewhere.
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 12:06 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:08 AM (KP5rU)
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Methodist School. Nice small campus.
Did she ever mention the albino squirrels down there in Transylvania county?
Brevard is the home of an excellent gun shop, Bear Arms (I hear, don't own any myself), pics, note the Charlie Brown cartoon :https://beararmsbrevard.com/gallery
As I've posted before, guy killed a yuge wild hog down there a year or so ago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2020 12:08 AM (fUKvD)
...that fellow with the wax wings and his folly to close to the sun....DAMMN...getting old.
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 28, 2020 12:08 AM (kFkpX)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:04 AM (KP5rU)
I believe so, well last I saw them they did. It was a while back, but it is their sound, sooo..
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2020 12:08 AM (9Om/r)
The plane was on approach but the field was socked in. Pilot descended but then called an abort because the clouds were not clearing. It seemed he was going to go around bu then the low altitude warning kicked in after the co-pilot expressed concern. The plane augured into the ground killing all aboard.
It turns out, even with what he knew the pilot still lost track of the conditions and flew the plane into the trees.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2020 12:09 AM (Y0RHt)
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 28, 2020 12:10 AM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: fly gal at January 28, 2020 12:11 AM (n/gpg)
...that fellow with the wax wings and his folly to close to the sun....DAMMN...getting old.
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 28, 2020 12:08 AM (kFkpX)
You thinking of Icarus?
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 12:11 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Jim S. at January 28, 2020 12:12 AM (ynUnH)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2020 12:01 AM (9Om/r)
I see a future American Pickers episode in there somewhere.
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 12:06 AM (Y8PSl)
not unless berserker stores them in an old vw bus. mike would never find them.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:08 AM (KP5rU)
Yeah, not happening. The wife has clear instructions on what to do with all that stuff. The american nose pickers wouldn't get 3 feet onto the property. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2020 12:12 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: AnnaS at January 28, 2020 12:14 AM (l4l/z)
his last chance was bailing into Van Nuys and calling for limos
he chose death....ego?...never know that ultimate pilot think right before packing it into a hillside...
not judging but the NTSB will probably be less forgiving than I
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 28, 2020 12:15 AM (kFkpX)
Was. Do search on "diversity" and oh yes.
Well at the time, in the 50's, the baby girl got the big money. Two years at Brevard. Grandaddy's Moonshine and tobacco money only went so far.
Posted by: Almost orphan son of an orphan at January 28, 2020 12:15 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: John Bolton at January 28, 2020 12:15 AM (ykYG2)
The only 2 bush pilots I ever knew died the same way. Crazy fuckers.
Posted by: dartist at January 28, 2020 12:15 AM (K22Va)
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 28, 2020 12:16 AM (kFkpX)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at January 28, 2020 12:16 AM (0OmEj)
Dad called this morning and said he was coming down from Stevens Point, we haven't had our Christmas gathering yet due to ill-health on our part. Well this was short notice but why put it offl off so we soldiered up and cleaned the house as much as we could to make it presentable.
He came down and we had a great exchange of gifts and a great meal we did take out from the best Italian restaurant around, it's tits. The cool thing is his gift to us was a new generation robotic vacuum, because he understands that shit cripples us. It's a Neato D7, especially mentions it deals with pet hair, we will see. It's wireless so you can program it to run on certain schedules like everyday at night, that sounds cool. That said J is going to have to program it cuz I don't think I'm capable.
So sorry to hear about the accident with moki's family . Has anyone heard from slap weasel lately I'm wondering how he's doing?
The best part was he said he called impulsively. He was getting that kind of Wisconsin winter Blues. Said he really had to get out of town and we hadn't seen him for ages. I just feel great that we actually can enhance his life a bit. His sick as we've been lately I ldon't know how much we've been Hanson anybody's life but we did it today, very cool.
Posted by: Farmer at January 28, 2020 12:17 AM (Mitn+)
In short, what Goldberg misses is that Trump is only as Presidential as the #resistance allows him to be.
And whose fault is that?
Posted by: Ernst Schreiber at January 28, 2020 12:18 AM (xmKbk)
Posted by: booknlass at January 28, 2020 12:18 AM (xIKXj)
I've read something not as bad but similar happened with President Nixon; he was once asked what his favorite Mexican restaurant is, and he named someplace (I believe in San Clemente), that had a Mexi name and a few dishes but actually also had a much wider-range menu.
But after Dick named it his fave Mexican place, they had to change over to all-Mexican fare.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 27, 2020 11:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Didn't Dick Cheney have it pronounced more like Cheen-ee, but W. always pronounced it more Chane-ee and so that's how it always was after.
Posted by: buzzion at January 28, 2020 12:19 AM (Z7lwY)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/vmfyfm4
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2020 12:19 AM (Y0RHt)
I sail. We have a chart and a compass and a depth sounder. I don't run aground.
Isn't a pilot afforded similar a tools? A compass, a topographical map and a watch? How hard is it?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:19 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: fly gal at January 28, 2020 12:19 AM (n/gpg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.
Free range organic ethically sourced sustainable bacon.
This might *might* work.
Posted by: Miklosian Ethical Gluten-Free Bacon at January 28, 2020 12:20 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:20 AM (KP5rU)
I sail. We have a chart and a compass and a depth sounder. I don't run aground.
Isn't a pilot afforded similar a tools? A compass, a topographical map and a watch? How hard is it?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:19 AM (PkVlr)
I don't understand it, either.
Posted by: Fog at January 28, 2020 12:21 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:22 AM (PkVlr)
One was a deputy that arrived on the scene of a person who was taken away by EMS to local hospital.
WSB-TV out of Atlanta reported at 11pm. See their twitter.
Posted by: Ahwoo Flu at January 28, 2020 12:23 AM (sdctx)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:23 AM (PkVlr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtuOAnsuZBY
whoa
Posted by: deplorable unperson - a man at January 28, 2020 12:23 AM (nfcV2)
Posted by: booknlass at January 28, 2020 12:23 AM (xIKXj)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:24 AM (KP5rU)
Techno Fog and Undercover Huber (2 twatters you should follow if you want to get your stuff direct instead of from a few commenters here who bother to follow them) have found a delightful factoid.
The guy, Kris, that the FISC just appointed to be there outside honcho on "reforming" the FISA process, not only beclowned himself with totally discredited attacks on Nunes when the latter was correctly crying "wolf" at the outset, but submitted his op-ed excrescences to several of the perps for their amendment approval - and penned his initial attack on Nunes *before* having read his famous memo.
Nice.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 28, 2020 12:25 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Summer of Love at January 28, 2020 12:27 AM (FJrl0)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:27 AM (KP5rU)
Just a gentle reminder that people are terrible, celebrities are garbage and athletes are giant pieces of shit.
https://tinyurl.com/vqjo7s7
But he dribbled some balls good. Or something. Why not let them rape little white girls in hotel rooms if it means the bring home the chamionship? YEAH, BOIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!
Kobe Bryant, May he rot in hell.
Anyway...
Good night!
Posted by: Robert at January 28, 2020 12:27 AM (3IkGD)
Posted by: Farmer at January 28, 2020 12:28 AM (Mitn+)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:23 AM (PkVlr)
You could probably slow down to be safer on the water in fog. Hard to slow down a helicopter in flight.
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 12:28 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2020 11:54 PM (I2/tG)
----
I may just spend the next 9 months in eucharistic adoration praying that your prediction pleases His will.
Posted by: Ernst Schreiber at January 28, 2020 12:28 AM (xmKbk)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 28, 2020 12:28 AM (NWiLs)
The terrorist threat to the main airport set the chain in motion because the planes were diverted to Tenerif. Then the German captain requested a refueling. Then two things happened, the other airport reopened and Tenerif's fog rolled in. The radios in the airliners were such that they could cancel out receiving directions from the tower simply by keying them. Then the German captain, who was known for brooking no dissent even as he was the airline's safety pilot, fearing they were going to run out of flight time before completing the flight failed to hear tower directions, rammed the throttles forward, and ran over the other 747 that had become lost on the runway in the fog.
And that is how a lot of people needlessly died.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2020 12:28 AM (Y0RHt)
Also sailboat goes boom on a rock you get to put your Mustang suit on and face the next challenge. Controlled flight into terrain not so much.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2020 12:29 AM (gd9RK)
Didn't Dick Cheney have it pronounced more like Cheen-ee, but W. always pronounced it more Chane-ee and so that's how it always was after.
Posted by: buzzion
Chris Matthews liked to brag that he was one of the only people on TV to properly pronounce it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 28, 2020 12:30 AM (aKsyK)
https://mobile.twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/ 1222004689006407680
Posted by: Ahwoo Flu at January 28, 2020 12:31 AM (sdctx)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:32 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:20 AM (KP5rU)
There sitting on all their speaker cabs. Its kinda like a 7'X20' monolith of doom. A monument from a better time. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2020 12:32 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Ahwoo Flu at January 28, 2020 12:32 AM (sdctx)
some people are just dismapsic
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 27, 2020 10:59 PM (G546f)
I think I had the record low score on the Navigation part of the Air Force Officer Qualification Test in 72 or 73. I can still get lost with GPS and a map.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 28, 2020 12:32 AM (qyH+l)
If you lose your bearings in the mountains, slow the fuck down and figure it out.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:33 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Ahwoo Flu at January 28, 2020 12:31 AM (sdctx)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/rt53rkv
Posted by: 404 at January 28, 2020 12:33 AM (/LQkF)
Posted by: rhomboid
Sir-
You may by chance be one of the Olde Fartes who, based on "old maps" sent an All-American product through the windows of an old Post Office that had-sorry, so sorry-become the Chinese Embassy in Belgrad?
I would collect my own tears, but they are few as to be not worth the effort.
Posted by: Ye Olde Miklos at January 28, 2020 12:34 AM (QzkSJ)
Renegade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= GK-dCIiVkVclist=RDBtuOAnsuZBYindex=8
Posted by: deplorable unperson - a man at January 28, 2020 12:34 AM (nfcV2)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 28, 2020 12:34 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2020 12:34 AM (Y0RHt)
Gary Larson did a rather famous (and dark) little explanation of that:
https://tinyurl.com/ud4el2q
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2020 12:35 AM (V2Yro)
You shall hover in place and chant. The Horde will tell you what to shout out.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2020 12:36 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Kobe! at January 28, 2020 12:36 AM (ykYG2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:36 AM (KP5rU)
Gary Larson is a genius.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:39 AM (PkVlr)
https://tinyurl.com/ud4el2q
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2020 12:35 AM
I cackle like hyena!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 28, 2020 12:40 AM (7WaWV)
Yikes.
Posted by: Ahwoo Flu at January 28, 2020 12:40 AM (sdctx)
Just finished watching that. Thanks. That was good.
Makes me faintly wistful for that five minutes I once toyed with the idea of going into law. (Thanks to the one good teacher in college.)
Now...
I am belated. Sleep leads to coffee and breakfast.
A♠❚❙❙❘❘❘
Posted by: mindful webworker at January 28, 2020 12:42 AM (0mP7b)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 28, 2020 12:42 AM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Hungarian Phrasebook Miklos at January 28, 2020 12:42 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: booknlass at January 28, 2020 12:23 AM (xIKXj)
This I had not heard. Going 1200 means he would've automatically lost his Flight Following by ATC.
1200 is the Transponder Code for Visual Flight Rules. ATC Radar can still "see" you, but your Transponder is no longer telling THEM, what particular aircraft and "N" number is being reflected back to their Radar.
In other words, you're now anonymous to ATC.
/BREAK
Nurse Ratched. There are more IRF equipped light aircraft flying WITHOUT Radar, than there are WITH. With some exceptions, you start to see Radar on piston twins, and on to turboprop twins and jets.
Radar on single engine fixed wing aircraft aren't "rare", but they're not prevalent, either.
And frankly, I have no idea if that S-76 carried a radar, anyway. Oh, and this. An aircraft radar is *primarily* calibrated to see other aircraft, and weather.
Unless a Pilot specifically adjusts the Radar Set in pitch, range and power-level, an aircraft radar isn't very effective ground-finder.
And Radar Altimeters are a separate transponder, facing downward. Again, equipment more common from the light twins, upward.
Plus this. When we sail, most of us are crankin' right along at something under ten knots.
The pilot is almost always on the high side of 100 knots. Shit just happens so very much faster, up there. Reaction time is often tragically, only enough to utter "oh shit" before the recorder stops.
Plus, navigation in three dimensions, vs. two. I never have to look at a boat's instruments to determine where I am in relation to Sea Level.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 12:43 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 28, 2020 12:43 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac
Sir!
Your eels are ready!
Posted by: Hungarian Phrasebook Miklos at January 28, 2020 12:42 AM (QzkSJ)
Bouncy bouncy!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 28, 2020 12:44 AM (NWiLs)
Know someone who did. But that was the least of the things that should have meant early switch to corporate boards and consulting.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 28, 2020 12:44 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Wile E. Coyote at January 28, 2020 12:45 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 28, 2020 12:45 AM (NWiLs)
I sail. We have a chart and a compass and a depth sounder. I don't run aground.
Isn't a pilot afforded similar a tools? A compass, a topographical map and a watch? How hard is it?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:19 AM (PkVlr)
When you're sailing you have a lot more time to double-check everything.
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 28, 2020 12:46 AM (wGeit)
Ok I don't get it then. But why would you risk so many lives and go so fast blindly?
Why would a father do that?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:47 AM (PkVlr)
Quebec politician and radio talk show host Luc Ferrandez has suggested that the coronavirus has had one "positive" outcome for the city of Wuhan, China--it's reduced the carbon footprint.
On Saturday, he tweeted: "Wuhan. No automobile traffic. No air flights. The only city on the planet that will meet its GHG reduction targets. The way to this necessary degrowth will happen when all the debates have been in vain."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 28, 2020 12:47 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus
With all respect, Sir-
It's really up to them.
Posted by: Hungarian Phrasebook Cap'n Miklos at January 28, 2020 12:47 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 28, 2020 12:47 AM (ABuva)
What is the vector Victor?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2020 12:48 AM (Y0RHt)
Of course they only know what's reported.
Difficult to believe US won't bring the travel hammer down if needed (because Trump is president, not in character for him not to be aggressive about protecting the US).
And as I keep noting, China's economic situation will only worsen from this. Bad timing. Trump is winning this trade war, bigly.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 28, 2020 12:48 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: booknlass at January 28, 2020 12:49 AM (xIKXj)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 28, 2020 12:49 AM (NWiLs)
Ah yes, the way they sneeringly call it "The Couve"
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at January 28, 2020 12:50 AM (L106N)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 28, 2020 12:50 AM (KP5rU)
*looks down*
*plummets*
It's always the looking down that gets you.
Posted by: Wile E. Coyote at January 28, 2020 12:45 AM (gd9RK)
*Hands Wylie E. Coyote an Acme Deluxe Lead Umbrella.*
Here. It might arrest your descent just a bit. And it'll also shield you from the falling boulder that's following you in your downward plunge.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 12:51 AM (QzJWU)
We all naively wonder how one can get disoriented and not know which way is up, how high off the ground one is, etc, etc.
When we stay on the surface of the earth, it's easy to think it's easy. Now, get in three dimensions without a reference, and it all goes to hell.
Pilots in small private planes sometimes will demonstrate just how easy it is. One thing they'll do is put someone in the jump seat. Now, we're flying level right? Yes. Then they'll do some maneuvers, putting a little g this way and that, in all 3 dimensions.
They then ask the passenger to tell them are they level. The passenger will fail miserably. He will be totally screwed up.
One I remember hearing described. They were out over the water at night. Pilots did the maneuvering, then put the plane in a gentle dive toward the water.
Passenger though the lights on a boat the pilot was aiming at were stars in the sky. The passenger, were he flying, would've have driven that plane right in the drink.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 28, 2020 12:51 AM (f1Vqw)
If this Bondi woman were to get a cold or flu I would offer her a hot toddy, and a vaporizer with eucalyptus, and a long, deep, tender, loving massage with lavender oil.
I'm a giver.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 28, 2020 12:52 AM (gd9RK)
2020 and we need to pull that brass ring again on the merry-go-round....for reals.....KAG 2020!
night
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 28, 2020 12:53 AM (kFkpX)
Posted by: rhomboid
But air launched TOW is so much fun!
The bastards at the time were willing, on their way out, to serve the country despite the President.
The current bastards only serve themselves, and their money masters, the country be damned.
That swamp is big
Deep too
Posted by: Miklosian basz meg at January 28, 2020 12:53 AM (QzkSJ)
I cannot figure out how to copy & PASTE a link.
Posted by: tbodie at January 27, 2020 11:36 PM (i+qnA)
SUMMARY:
1. The true "Kings of Speed" were vindicated.
2. The Navy was put in its place.
3. He and his RSO became a crew.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 28, 2020 12:55 AM (qyH+l)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 12:55 AM (r/mKb)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 28, 2020 12:56 AM (El6T/)
What is the vector Victor?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2020 12:48 AM (Y0RHt)
San Francisco bathhouses were where AIDS got going. Gay Air Canada flight steward.
I remember a creepy story about that Patient Zero (in more ways than one). He'd have anonymous sex in a bathhouse then tell his 'partner', 'I have gay cancer. Now you have it, too.' A real piece of work that guy was.
I still hate that gays ruined the word 'gay'.
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 12:56 AM (Y8PSl)
Quebec politician and radio talk show host Luc
Ferrandez has suggested that the coronavirus has had one "positive"
outcome for the city of Wuhan, China--it's reduced the carbon footprint.
On Saturday, he tweeted: "Wuhan. No automobile traffic. No air
flights. The only city on the planet that will meet its GHG reduction
targets. The way to this necessary degrowth will happen when all the
debates have been in vain."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
A fascist leftist who accidentally told the truth and said what he really wants, and that's to have the Earth all to himself and his like-minded comrades. And, then the "thinning" will continue under new criteria.
I would like to see people like be true to their convictions and just kill themselves to "save the planet."
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 12:57 AM (dkRAv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2020 12:48 AM (Y0RHt)
San Francisco bathhouses were where AIDS got going. Gay Air Canada flight steward.
We'll always have Paris.
Victor/Victoria
Posted by: Miklos-Goldwyn-Mayer-Strasser at January 28, 2020 01:00 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 28, 2020 12:51 AM
I'd read, not sure if it's true, that the only physical instrument in the cockpit of an F-22 is an ADI ball -- it's so important that a basic electromechanical instrument is deemed necessary to complement multimillion-dollar electronics!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 28, 2020 01:00 AM (7WaWV)
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 10:04 PM (RfzVr)
But - but, it comes with GM reliability. That's gotta count for somethin'
Posted by: Boomer Redneque likes steering wheels. And brakes. at January 28, 2020 01:01 AM (KXHve)
1. The true "Kings of Speed" were vindicated.
2. The Navy was put in its place.
3. He and his RSO became a crew.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 28, 2020 12:55 AM (qyH+l)
Imagine that an orbiting U.S. Spacecraft had been part of that conversation.
Tower, Apollo 14, approaching Mesosphere. Speed Check, please?
Tower: Apollo 14, I show your speed at Twenty Four Thousand Miles Per Hour, over?
Heh!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 01:01 AM (QzJWU)
My Two Simple Questions quickly dispatch the entire Global Warming hoax:
1. If you truly wanted to "save the planet," why don't you act like it?
2. Besides pestering and hectoring Other for what they're not doing to "save the planet," what else are you doing to "save the planet?"
Apparently, 99% of the "saving the planet" is demanding Other People do
the things You Want.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:03 AM (dkRAv)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:07 AM (dkRAv)
Bonus question: explain the hundreds of catastrophic changes in earth's climate that occurred prior to the existence of humans, thereby showing a complete understanding of all the variables and an ability to segregate natural variation from extraordinary events.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 28, 2020 01:09 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:11 AM (dkRAv)
They even played the videos of Biden bragging about "sonofabitch, he got fired. and the dogeater telling Medvedev to tell Vlad he'd have more flexibility after his election
in the Senate.
Posted by: booknlass at January 28, 2020 01:11 AM (xIKXj)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 28, 2020 12:56 AM (El6T/)
I thought is was Florida State's Attorney Angela Corey who was the driving force behind Zimmerman being tried for murder/manslaughter.
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 01:11 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:11 AM (dkRAv)
Posted by: Incitatus at January 28, 2020 01:12 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:13 AM (dkRAv)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at January 28, 2020 01:15 AM (HuH1F)
but i just got to the part where Bondi's playing the Biden sonofabitch clip. video I linked above, at 26:34
Posted by: booknlass at January 28, 2020 01:17 AM (xIKXj)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:13 AM (dkRAv)
YES!
And driven home with a sledgehammer.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 01:18 AM (QzJWU)
Autonomous vehicles will never be viable on public roads.
They can only work on completely closed circuits where the variables can be controlled sufficiently.
IN the open world, not so much.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 27, 2020 11:37 PM (KATBx)
Then we will just shut off the streets to those pesky cars.
See how easy this is?
- Seattle City Council
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 28, 2020 01:19 AM (rpaHr)
Posted by: booknlass at January 28, 2020 01:20 AM (xIKXj)
Good evening, all. So Andy McCarthy, who repeatedly attested to the fine and honorable character of Robert Mueller, says Bolton is about to blow up Trump's very weak defense abou--
I stopped reading. I don't have any stomach for this overly-lawyerly shit.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2020 01:23 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2020 01:27 AM (13CQC)
With respect to the "homeless selfies", I see a lot of people that could benefit from a good old-fashioned beatdown.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 28, 2020 01:27 AM (qUFPp)
I've just read at the Daily Mail that The Dowager Empress of Chappaqua is feeling the 'urge' again...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 28, 2020 01:30 AM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:31 AM (dkRAv)
Rubbish! I'm a great fan of GPS navigation and it's infinitely helpful that "digital maps" actually do give one a rather accurate depiction of where, precisely, he is -- down to a few metres!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto
GPS routinely sends Fed Ex on a 15 mile dirt road around the back of the lake I live by when delivering to my address. Adds about 30 minutes to their trip. Guess that must be operator error.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 01:31 AM (r/mKb)
Posted by: Probably Stupid at January 28, 2020 01:33 AM (W4M6f)
Correct, only implicitly, in that none of the various versions of events constitute improper behavior of any kind.
The necessary (and obvious, though to a dumbed-down country and public square, it's almost unmentioned) premise of the entire farcical impeachment effort is that political figures enjoy special immunity from investigation.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 28, 2020 01:34 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:35 AM (dkRAv)
Stipulating the absurd premise of AGW and engaging in dumb ad hominems validates it.
Forcing people to explain and defend it invalidates it.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 28, 2020 01:35 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 01:38 AM (r/mKb)
Posted by: Probably Stupid at January 28, 2020 01:33 AM (W4M6f)
Pilot was trying to fly below the fog, which obscured every terrestrial feature.
Climbing to 2,000 ft. agl, would've put said pilot into the beating heart of the fog, with zero external reference, whatsoever.
Finding a place to land from there? Might've been possible, had the Pilot not squawked 1200 on the transponder. See above.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 01:40 AM (QzJWU)
Apparently, 99% of the "saving the planet" is demanding Other People do
the things You Want.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip
That's their doxology
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 01:43 AM (r/mKb)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:48 AM (dkRAv)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 01:31 AM
In my own area, there's a "road" on the ("digital") map that's actually someone's driveway now... On older (paper) maps, it seems there actually was a public road there at one time...
Shit happens! Maybe the Fed-Ex drivers are choosing to take the 'scenic route'?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 28, 2020 01:48 AM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 28, 2020 12:23 AM
Well, that is all well and good until you play chicken in the fog with a Washington State ferry headed for Friday Harbor.
Damn, those ferries look real big close up. And they make loud noises when irritated.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 28, 2020 01:49 AM (e1mEI)
I still hate that gays ruined the word 'gay'.
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 12:56 AM (Y8PSl)
We're not sure he actually said any of that, since the only support for it is Randy Shilt's book. The story has been mostly debunked anyway, since AIDS had been in the US since at least the 1950s. Dugas came along decades too late to be "patient zero".
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 28, 2020 01:52 AM (wGeit)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto
Nope. I usually laugh and tell them the " quick" way back to the highway. Almost always seem pissed. UPS driver has been on this route for about 10 years. He laughed when I related their escapades. His comment was Fed Ex is run by dumb asses.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 01:55 AM (r/mKb)
WTF I was going to respond to this post but it's disappeared. I don't recall it was anything offensive by any means. And maybe it's time for me to go to bed.
Anyways whatever rhomboid said was very insightful and I just wanted him to know that I think his posts are very thoughtful. I know he used to work in DC, but can you give us a little more hints about who he work for?
Posted by: Farmer at January 28, 2020 01:55 AM (p2rA0)
It's really different to the pilot.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 28, 2020 01:56 AM (rpaHr)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip
Their religion makes the Jehovah's Witnesses look rational.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 01:57 AM (r/mKb)
FUUIUUUUJJCK HER!
Posted by: Concerned People's Front at January 28, 2020 01:59 AM (vGJY7)
Saw him three timesover the years. Always excellent, always a
different persona.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 27, 2020 10:18 PM (RfzVr)
----------
I missed many chances to see him and regret it. Always different personas but always seemed to connect with his audience in a genuine way. It's totally not the type of music that would usually turn me on but 'Heroes' live has always been a favorite. Maybe it's the subject (Berlin wall), maybe it's just his simple delivery of a love song. Not sure. He's the rock star I'd invite to Thanksgiving dinner to hang with the family.
Heroes live (queued up past the live banter):https://youtu.be/bsYp9q3QNaQ?t=100
Posted by: Passing Commenter at January 28, 2020 02:04 AM (uahdT)
It's really different to the pilot.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 28, 2020 01:56 AM (rpaHr)
2nd half, post #661. Enjoy!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 02:04 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Passing Commenter at January 28, 2020 02:05 AM (uahdT)
It's really different to the pilot.
Difference is dealing with topography at about 8 times the top speed of a sailboat with the added little irritant of constantly changing air currents. Been sailing on multiple sail ships several times. Flown on a helicopter 3 times fighting forrest fires. Never got off the sailboat wondering about the "captain's" sanity. Can't say the same about helicopters.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 02:07 AM (r/mKb)
FUUIUUUUJJCK HER!
Posted by: Concerned People's Front at January 28, 2020 01:59 AM (vGJY7)
Wanna bet she had about 60% of that speech in the can already "just in case" for previous shuttle launches?
Speechwriters are in the "anticipation" profession. Never forget that.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 02:08 AM (QzJWU)
It's not "lawerly" at all, Blonde M. It's McCarthy once again showing his (surprisingly poor) limitations. He's almost half-right, in a way. He's wrong that the alleged Bolton claim, if true, changes anything - not only does it not change anything legally, but it looks ridiculous against the established factual record (by the HPSCI, oops) that none of the line officials involved had his understanding of Trump's desires.
========
Yes, by "lawyerly" I mean McCarthy's self-styling. Sometimes he reminds me of an elephant in search of a penny. I'm just sick of all this mental energy being expended on minutiate arguments against Trump.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2020 02:20 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2020 02:20 AM (13CQC)
I would not hire McCarthy to argue a jaywalking ticket, much less a major crime..
"Best and Brightest".
Yeah, and Iron Pyrite is GOLD, too!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 02:24 AM (QzJWU)
Never got off the sailboat wondering about the "captain's" sanity. Can't say the same about helicopters.
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Heh. Rode once in a Huey. Coming in to pick me up, I noticed debris caught in the skids, scratched paint, etc. Departing, we just sort of casually flew through a treetop. Show off.
I'd had the opportunity to tend bar for a gaggle of helicopter pilots at that exercise; they are nuts. Just ask 'em.
Posted by: Gooshy at January 28, 2020 02:30 AM (7adSh)
* puts tuba down*
* scans grey boxes for bic lighter salute*
Heh morans wouldn't know unique musical talent if it showed up on your doorstep in daisy dukes and a halter top.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 02:37 AM (r/mKb)
I would not hire McCarthy to argue a jaywalking ticket, much less a major crime..
"Best and Brightest".
Yeah, and Iron Pyrite is GOLD, too!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
=======
What, you're not impressed by his sterling judgment? His phalanx of honorable friends?
Lord, I wouldn't want him defending me against a jaywalking ticket either. He'd probably recommend a guilty plea since his friend, the judge, already thinks I did it and besides, he is one of the finest men ever to graduate from Harvard.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2020 02:38 AM (13CQC)
Well, I have to get up early. Good night all, and I wish I could hang out on the day threads more. Damn Trumponomics and this full-time job.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2020 02:39 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Gooshy
Did the helicopter thing in the late 70's. Both pilots were ex Nam pilots. Both flew like charlie was still shooting at them.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 02:39 AM (r/mKb)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at January 28, 2020 02:40 AM (qu1px)
Jungle Penetrator.
Tx Air National Guard crewman, sent down to rescue me from rescuing a local firefighter, trapped in a raging flood.
Went out in my boat, boat got swamped, we're all up various trees in the flood.
From a tall Live Oak, down came the Penetrator and the ANG trooper.
I had to calm HIM down to effect the evolution.
At that time, I had been rappelling down tall buildings for a living.
And he had "drilled" once a month for minor things, and once a year for the heavy stuff.
When I was "aerial", every freakin' day of the week.
He was just a bit confused as to why I was calm and un panicked in the progression, that morning.
I got a major cudo from Bexar County, TX for that one.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 02:42 AM (QzJWU)
And yep, that Bexar County flood thing cost me a 12' ft. fiberglass boat and 20 hp Evinrude.
Two fireman and me were hoisted from trees, to the Huey. And that got me a Hildago Certificate from the Bexar County Comissioners Court.
Big recognition.
Witch which, combined with about four dollars, would buy me a lousy covfefe at Swhore Bucks.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
zzzzzz , hordee
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 02:51 AM (QzJWU)
the things You Want.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 28, 2020 01:03 AM (dkRAv)
~~
I'm saving the planet through carbon sequestration. I use and bury as many plastic bottles as I can. If I can't bury them myself I make sure they end up in a landfill.
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at January 28, 2020 02:53 AM (qu1px)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Obfuscation and deflection. Deliberate attempt to glaze everyone's eyes over. My response is to remove the details with simple questions. Do you believe that Adam Schiff is an honest and truthful person? If you do, why? Does that matter? If the response to that is yes then why did Mr. Schiff not produce his evidence of PDT's russian collusion during the Impeachment process?
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 02:53 AM (r/mKb)
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 02:58 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2020 03:25 AM (mpXpK)
https://tinyurl.com/rc3u2jh
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2020 03:26 AM (mpXpK)
https://tinyurl.com/vnpf6gq
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2020 03:27 AM (mpXpK)
https://tinyurl.com/v7b7e26
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2020 03:27 AM (mpXpK)
https://tinyurl.com/wn2x9eu
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2020 03:28 AM (mpXpK)
https://tinyurl.com/r7ybbrq
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2020 03:28 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2020 03:30 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2020 03:27 AM (mpXpK)
WI's DPI (Dept of Public Instruction) has determined that whole lanuage instruction for reading doesn't work and is endorsing phonics.
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel link:
https://tinyurl.com/ulozqj4
Hmmm, only took 'em 40 years to figure that out
Posted by: My life is insanity at January 28, 2020 03:42 AM (aJnRB)
Posted by: My life is insanity at January 28, 2020 03:43 AM (aJnRB)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 02:37 AM
I know, right?
Posted by: zombie Le Petomane at January 28, 2020 03:53 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: JT at January 28, 2020 04:03 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: My life is insanity at January 28, 2020 04:04 AM (aJnRB)
Wonder if any of the cucks who want more witnesses listened?
Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2020 04:06 AM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2020 04:10 AM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Skip
Those little things that get you through the day....
Posted by: My life is insanity at January 28, 2020 04:13 AM (aJnRB)
Posted by: Skip
So, the stagecoach made it through Indin territory ?
Posted by: JT at January 28, 2020 04:18 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 02:37 AM
I know, right?
Posted by: zombie Le Petomane
Somebody crack a window!
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 28, 2020 04:19 AM (r/mKb)
Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2020 04:22 AM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2020 04:29 AM (ZCEU2)
The car was using maps from before they finished the Ohio river bridges. I watched on the map as I went 'off road' and apparently sailed through the sky over the Ohio river. I like maps, but that kind of gives one pause about always trusting them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at January 28, 2020 04:54 AM (oXJmp)
https://tinyurl.com/w4cyn6w
One point here and elsewhere is these are still reports on what the book has not the real book to read.
Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2020 04:55 AM (ZCEU2)
Wonder what else they got, maybe just closing or maybe drag Ciaramella into it finally.
Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2020 05:29 AM (ZCEU2)
Dow futures up 70.
I told my husband yesterday to buy the dip.
Did he listen to me?
Nooooooo....
*Stomps foot!*
Posted by: Tami at January 28, 2020 05:37 AM (cF8AT)
No opinion either way on Bryant. I know he played sports ball and probably paid off a rape victim. That's it.
But I am beyond weary of a media that wants my attention so badly that it demands I be very aware famous people dying, when they were no better and no worse (probably) than most of the others who happened to die the same day.
Posted by: Citizen of Bureaustan at January 28, 2020 05:43 AM (ldmQR)
Posted by: Miklos, minimum wage ONT housekeeping staff at January 28, 2020 05:49 AM (QzkSJ)
The Hueys and Blackhawks weren't bad. It was riding in the Sh*thooks (CH47s) that had me on edge, but that is because of the leeky hydraulics and dropping like a brick every so often. Someone always puked in their helmet after those rides.
Posted by: Buckye Abroad at January 28, 2020 05:56 AM (4ZhMv)
Posted by: lizabth at January 28, 2020 05:57 AM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: bill in arkansas at January 28, 2020 06:02 AM (C1Lsn)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2020 06:03 AM (gR+IE)
Good morning, Hordians.
Let's get out there and enrage the lunatics by living a good life today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2020 06:09 AM (7rVsF)
Wonder what else they got, maybe just closing or maybe drag Ciaramella into it finally.
Posted by: Skip
That's not who we are.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2020 06:11 AM (gR+IE)
Let's smile and be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:11 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:13 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip
That's not who we are.
Posted by: rickb223
*cue Mission Impossible theme*
*removes very lifelike but sweaty latex mask*
That is who we are.
Posted by: Miklos, from season two at January 28, 2020 06:15 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:18 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:24 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2020 06:09 AM (7rVsF)
Can't we just enrage the lunatics by seriously wounding them?
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 06:25 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Brut or Hai Karate.
The ladies love both.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwh3nQP5Uo
Posted by: Miklos, much in demand at January 28, 2020 06:25 AM (QzkSJ)
Go for those jobs that are 80% away. The rest is personal growth.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:13 AM (u82oZ)
I think the personal growth I was getting when the partner was beating the stuffing out of me has made me chary of being anything but perfect.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2020 06:27 AM (7rVsF)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:28 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas at January 28, 2020 06:02 AM (C1Lsn)
I've read that those two airframes have killed more serviceman than any other aircraft ever built by the US. On a two engine plane, if one engine goes out, it can probably still make it to a strip and land. On the CH-46/47, one engine goes out, everyone on board dies, guaranteed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2020 06:29 AM (V2Yro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtuOAnsuZBY
whoa
Posted by: deplorable unperson - a man
Damn Yankees! I liked them. I apologize for nothing!
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 28, 2020 06:29 AM (h8ICz)
I say this with reverence, but that is real personal growth. You survived, and have stories of office brutality to share for the future.
I had a CO nicknamed Mad Dog. Got some stories about my service under him, for sure. And eventually, my survival was a source of strength.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Never was a Special Guest Star on any Aaron Spelling crap neither.
Posted by: Miklos, with extra maps to the Homes of the Stars at January 28, 2020 06:32 AM (QzkSJ)
Thanks for that laugh. Aftershave never worked for me like that.
I'll leave it to you to fight the women off.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: saf at January 28, 2020 06:32 AM (5IHGB)
Posted by: squeakywheel at January 28, 2020 06:33 AM (flfWz)
Posted by: Jack Lord's Hair with Special Guest Miklos at January 28, 2020 06:34 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Coochie Coochie!
Posted by: Charo at January 28, 2020 06:38 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2020 06:29 AM (V2Yro)
*snort*
I'm just guessing you left off the sarcasm tag. Phrogs (46s) are more than capable of flying SE and every Jarhead pilot who flies one routinely trains for dual and single engine failures.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 28, 2020 06:38 AM (aIRv9)
Posted by: Bald Telly Savalas Sucking a Lollipop at January 28, 2020 06:38 AM (Y8PSl)
Have a serene day, with that special smile that makes people wonder what you've been up to.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2020 06:38 AM (u82oZ)
I was told the first 5 inches were totally consensual.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 06:39 AM (JFO2v)
Too soon?
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 06:42 AM (Y8PSl)
FUUIUUUUJJCK HER!
Posted by: Concerned People's Front at January 28, 2020 01:59 AM (vGJY7)
Wanna bet she had about 60% of that speech in the can already "just in case" for previous shuttle launches?
Speechwriters are in the "anticipation" profession. Never forget that.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 02:08 AM (QzJWU)
Reading through the thread, saw that post from earlier. And it made me remember that anyone who watched late night TV in the 70's and early 80's, when they still had night time station signoffs, knew the phrase "slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God" by heart. (High Flight,1941)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2020 06:44 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Miklos, buting Cannon's 19th wrecked car at auction at January 28, 2020 06:45 AM (QzkSJ)
I think the response to the reporterette bringing up the Kobe rape case was visceral. The glitteratti and their hanger-ons got a little reminder people always see them as dirtbags when they do something like that no matter what they do afterwards.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 28, 2020 06:46 AM (aIRv9)
Posted by: RobM1981 at January 28, 2020 06:47 AM (Olw56)
You were always my favorite.
Posted by: Jerry Nadler's Gastric Band at January 28, 2020 06:50 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Case at January 28, 2020 06:50 AM (GFT37)
He died within hours of attending Mass and partaking of Holy Communion (look up the word "viaticum.") After receiving Justification at Baptism, all Christians spend the rest of their lives here working on Sanctification. If they repent of their sins and reform their lives, at death they receive Glorification.
So, he may never become a canonized saint. But there's a good chance he is a saint.
Posted by: JAS at January 28, 2020 06:51 AM (DBGf/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2020 06:51 AM (V2Yro)
...John Collins?
Posted by: hogmartin at January 28, 2020 06:51 AM (t+qrx)
Never saw Nadler's Gastric Band open for anybody. Not even at the Cow Palace.
Posted by: Miklos, living in a sublet trailer from Jim Rockford at January 28, 2020 06:54 AM (QzkSJ)
Heh! More cofeve! *fist bump*
Rotor failure for ANY helicopter is a day ruiner.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 28, 2020 06:55 AM (aIRv9)
Posted by: Miklos, living in a sublet trailer from Jim Rockford at January 28, 2020 06:54 AM (QzkSJ)
They toured with The Grateful Dead.
Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2020 06:56 AM (Y8PSl)
In a 5-4 ruling issued today, the Supreme Court will allow the Trump administrations public charge rule to take effect.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 06:57 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Miklos, living in a sublet trailer from Jim Rockford at January 28, 2020 06:54 AM (QzkSJ)
They once opened for... Grand Master Ass-Blaster and the Pimp-Slap Crew
Posted by: Bruce at January 28, 2020 06:58 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2020 06:51 AM (V2Yro)
I think the problem was cumulo granite.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 06:59 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Miklos, 80's decade is best decade at January 28, 2020 07:00 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: jsg at January 28, 2020 07:00 AM (S9ODh)
Posted by: Bruce
Oh yeah..had that one song.."You Won't Touch This"
Posted by: Please Miklos Don't Hurt 'Em at January 28, 2020 07:03 AM (QzkSJ)
@SteveKrak
The arrogance, the dismissiveness, the smug cackling, the accents.
If Donald Trump wins re-election this year, I'll remember this brief CNN segment late one Saturday night in January as the perfect encapsulation for why it happened.
https://tinyurl.com/t8zqzbx
Posted by: Tami at January 28, 2020 07:04 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: rhennigantx
Had kitchen countertops made of that.
You can read my comments on Yelp.
Posted by: Miklos, which has nice "woody" sound at January 28, 2020 07:05 AM (QzkSJ)
The masked woman nervously approaches her target, shuffles into position and then unleashes a flurry of lashes proving herself as the newest member of the first female flogging squad in Indonesia's Aceh province.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 07:06 AM (JFO2v)
And Antibiotics.
Posted by: jsg at January 28, 2020 07:00 AM (S9ODh)
Oh, you just wait.
Posted by: Viral infections everywhere at January 28, 2020 07:06 AM (wGeit)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 28, 2020 07:06 AM (hx3Q8)
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 06:59 AM (JFO2v)
He left SNA and had to circle for a while (12 minutes) waiting for his special V clearance. Apparently ATC showed him leaving the airspace then climbing to 2300 before making a descending LH turn, and no further contact.
I suspect he either had some kind of emergency that required immediate landing, or he became spatially disoriented.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 28, 2020 07:07 AM (aIRv9)
https://tinyurl.com/t8zqzbx
Posted by: Tami
Unbundle cable
Ze probleme she is sol-ved
Posted by: Miklos, is not my minkey at January 28, 2020 07:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Fliends? Bros n hos?
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 07:09 AM (JFO2v)
She said she will try to post to the HQ but I bet it will be hard. I couldn't do it from the March for Life because the cell service was so crowded.
Posted by: bluebell at January 28, 2020 07:10 AM (/669Q)
President Trump saw firemen saluting ahead, he stopped the motorcade and walked over to thank them, shake their hands and take a pic with them. Thank you Man. Source Fireman's cell phone camera. (Turn up audio)
https://tinyurl.com/tvo48lp
If you're in a hurry skip ahead to approx. :30 seconds
Posted by: Tami at January 28, 2020 07:13 AM (cF8AT)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 28, 2020 02:51 AM
Is that county in TX pronounced like Maude's last name on the View?
Posted by: clutch at January 28, 2020 07:15 AM (OaT4b)
Posted by: Tami
It's nice when girls say that.
Posted by: Miklos, self denouncing at January 28, 2020 07:16 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Case at January 28, 2020 07:17 AM (GFT37)
Dow futures up 70.
I told my husband yesterday to buy the dip.
Did he listen to me?
Nooooooo....
*Stomps foot!*
Posted by: Tami at January 28, 2020 05:37 AM (cF8AT)
Although market timing is a bitch to execute successfully, and all it would take is another alarming report from China to re-flush the toilet, I still think the market has further to grow after the eight long years of Gaylord.
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2020 07:17 AM (y7DUB)
Dow futures up 70.
I told my husband yesterday to buy the dip.
Did he listen to me?
Nooooooo....
*Stomps foot!*
Posted by: Tami at January 28, 2020 05:37 AM (cF8AT)
Although market timing is a bitch to execute successfully, and all it would take is another alarming report from China to re-flush the toilet, I still think the market has further to grow after the eight long years of Gaylord.
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2020 07:17 AM (y7DUB)
rhythm method and market timing always work!
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 07:18 AM (JFO2v)
remember this brief CNN segment late one Saturday night in January as
the perfect encapsulation for why it happened.
https://tinyurl.com/t8zqzbx
Posted by: Tami"
Never forget, they hate you, want to you dead and to take all your stuff and brainwash your kids.
Posted by: Ripley at January 28, 2020 07:20 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Case at January 28, 2020 07:20 AM (GFT37)
@realDonaldTrump
Don Lemon, the dumbest man on television (with terrible ratings!).
Posted by: Tami at January 28, 2020 07:20 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: clutch at January 28, 2020 07:21 AM (OaT4b)
Loesch is doing a story on The First and the chyron says simply FLORIDA MAN. Someone here a lurker for The First? Buck Sexton definitely has a mole here; he was going on about otters a few weeks ago.
And Dana is wearing a Kel Tech hat. Very cute.
Posted by: Gooshy at January 28, 2020 07:22 AM (7adSh)
Unhinged by Omarosa
Fear: Inside the Trump White House by Bob Woodward
A Warning by Anonymous
A Higher Loyalty by James Comey
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 07:23 AM (JFO2v)
A devotional from the International Fellowship Of Christians and Jews:
https://tinyurl.com/tul2b7a
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2020 07:24 AM (WI7YS)
Posted by: Case at January 28, 2020 07:24 AM (GFT37)
Posted by: Tami at January 28, 2020 07:20 AM (cF8AT)
F Chuck a bridesmaid again!
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2020 07:24 AM (y7DUB)
remember this brief CNN segment late one Saturday night in January as
the perfect encapsulation for why it happened.
I always find the "dumb hillbilly" accent adorable. I'm live in Northern Illinois. Part of my job was working with and buying peanuts from South Georgia, you know, dumbshit country to theses a-holes.
Most of the people I worked with could have bought and sold you, Killed you, and buried you in a peanut field
Posted by: Bruce at January 28, 2020 07:26 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 28, 2020 07:27 AM (JoUsr)
Posted by: freaked at January 28, 2020 07:27 AM (Tnijr)
https://earthporn.org/
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2020 07:27 AM (WI7YS)
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 28, 2020 07:28 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Case at January 28, 2020 07:29 AM (GFT37)
Posted by: Bruce at January 28, 2020 07:26 AM
I cannot seem to be able to convince my wife that it is SOUTHERN Georgia. South Georgia is a direction, not a region.
Posted by: clutch at January 28, 2020 07:30 AM (OaT4b)
https://tinyurl.com/tul2b7a
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2020 07:24 AM (WI7YS)
---------
That's a good one, Fen. Thank you. I always enjoy those when you post them.
Posted by: bluebell at January 28, 2020 07:30 AM (/669Q)
Posted by: freaked
I'm sure I did. We bought from Birdsong, Golden, Damascus and a few others.
About 30 million pounds a year
Posted by: Bruce at January 28, 2020 07:30 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at January 28, 2020 07:30 AM (muI26)
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2020 07:31 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2020 07:31 AM (kjKrC)
"Art if the Deal" is ranked higher on Amazon than any of those (just checked that), probably all put together (won't bother cause Math).
Posted by: Miklos, nothing could be finer than winning the lottery in Carolina at January 28, 2020 07:32 AM (QzkSJ)
https://tinyurl.com/tg327to
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2020 07:32 AM (WI7YS)
Posted by: Gooshy at January 28, 2020 07:32 AM (7adSh)
Posted by: freaked at January 28, 2020 07:32 AM (Tnijr)
remember this brief CNN segment late one Saturday night in January as
the perfect encapsulation for why it happened"
That moment when you realize the Republican elite hate you as much as the Democrat elite
Posted by: Ripley at January 28, 2020 07:34 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: freaked
That's for sure. Great people to deal with and have as friends
Posted by: Bruce at January 28, 2020 07:34 AM (vd8XM)
https://tinyurl.com/snut3aj
====
Some patients are more infectious than others who have the same disease.
This group of people is called super-spreaders, and are a crucial
factor in the accelerated spread of a contagious disease.
====
Also details the "cover up" in Wuhan.
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at January 28, 2020 07:56 AM (XzVUd)
God, the utter disgusting and unnecessary absurdity of this entire spectacle. Just think where we could be as a country after the last three years of Trump's prodigious work ethic with at least a serviceably honest media and a not-treacherous democrat party.
So disgusting.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 28, 2020 08:00 AM (H8QX8)
They know what it looks like, the ran the show.
Posted by: Ultra-Staunch Democrat at January 28, 2020 10:21 AM (lGdXo)
First she tweeted the article about Kobe
Then she received about 10,000 death threats
Then she posted a screen capture of her in box, revealing the names of some of people who expressed outrage
Then WaPo suspended her, citing the reveal of names as something that could get WaPo in trouble with Twitter
So, it is technically correct to say she was suspended "after" linking to the article, but it is misleading because it implies it was because of the article and not the twitter violation of revealing names.
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John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)