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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (7/4/20) Happy Independence Day Edition
I'm horrible at estimating crowd sizes. However, I estimate the crowd size at about 2,000-2,500 people that spanned the parade route of 3/4 of a mile. Not a Karen to be spotted. People of all ages were there, smiling, giving us waves and or the thumbs up. Children gathering candy that we were tossing at them. Just Americans celebrating the birth of our great country. Yeah, Mr. Fake News wanted to start up with the Covid Kung Flu crap. But, I wouldn't let him ruin an enjoyable portion of my day. We all forgot about our nations troubles and gathered to celebrate the goodness, after all we are Americans. I guess that's what the 4th of July means to me.
1. My partner’s American and whenever we travel to the States I’m always struck by how ridiculously friendly everyone is. I’ve had long conversations with people I’ve only just met who are just genuinely interested in what life is like in other countries/how I’m finding America etc. And people tend to be very giving of themselves as well. In Britain the standard response to ‘How are you?’ is ‘Fine/great’ whatever, whereas American’s can give you a complete breakdown of their life at the momen. It’s nice though.
A couple of years ago I was flying in to meet my b/f, a blizzard hit and I got stranded in Newark. The airline was NO help (‘act of God’and I ended up spending 6 hours in a blizzard trying to catch various trains to Philadelphia. Everyone I met along the way was so helpful. When I finally got to the Philly suburb where my bf was he insisted on taking me to his cousin’s party at a bar before we went home. I was tired, soaking wet and pissed off, but as soon as I walked through the door a barful of people I hadn’t seen in a year all yelled my name, ran up and treated me like a long lost sister. I cried �� That’s what I like about Americans. 2. Americans think “in trial balloons”. They always explore new ideas, ways of doing things. A lot of times, silly and mediocre stuff comes out of it, but when a balloon flies, boy, does it go a long way.
As another birthday comes to an end. I feel so much better knowing we are safe thanks to the FBI. Roger Stone is a different story.
“Hushpuppi,” a Nigerian scammer suspected of trying to launder hundreds of millions of dollars, was taken into FBI custody in Chicago on Thursday evening.
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a. “Ray Hushpuppi” and “Hush,” a Nigerian national, had just been expelled from the United Arab Emirates for various suspected crimes after his arrest last week. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that Abbas will face criminal charges “alleging he conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from business email compromise (BEC) frauds and other scams, including schemes targeting a U.S. law firm, a foreign bank and an English Premier League soccer club.”
TEL AVIV/ZURICH (Reuters) – Israeli start-up Redefine Meat plans to launch 3D printers to produce plant-based steaks mimicking real beef next year in a bid for a slice of the fast-growing alternative meat market. Meat substitutes are increasingly popular with consumers concerned about animal welfare and the environment, boosting sales at Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and Nestle. Redefine Meat, based in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, will first market test its “Alt-Steak” at high-end restaurants this year before rolling out its industrial-scale 3D printers to meat distributors in 2021. “You need a 3D printer to mimic the structure of the muscle of the animal,” CEO Eshchar Ben-Shitrit told Reuters. The machines to be launched next year will be able to print 20kg an hour and eventually hundreds, at a lower cost than real meat.
You don't need a machine to mimic, just buy the Goddamn steak, you know you want to.
Isn't America great? Oh hell yeah.
Let's face it, the name "2021 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat" really lacks length and gravitas, especially for something with 707 horsepower. Luckily, Dodge has rectified that situation, adding one more word to the moniker—Redeye—while also pouring 90 more horsepower into this four-door doom sled. Still, you had to see this coming. After all, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat offers a Redeye version (the most powerful iteration since the demise of the Demon) and shouldn't the mechanically similar, four-door Charger sedan be extended the same opportunity? It's also in keeping with the Dodge playbook of keeping its relatively aged lineup of cars fresh by constantly pumping them full of 'roids. And so the 2021 Dodge Charger Redeye offers 797 horsepower and 707 lb-ft of torque from its 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi V-8, all of which is shuttled to the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission that's received a beefier torque converter to handle the greater output.
Mental illness is a bitch.
THE PEOPLE WHO DREAM OF BEING AMPUTEES
People who suffer from BIID — Body Identity Integrity Disorder — go through life believing their arms or legs don’t belong to them. How far will they go to feel ‘complete’? Sofi didn’t hate her feet, she just never really felt like they belonged to her. In fact, everything below her knees seemed more like stilts, due to an ever-present identity dysphoria causing lifelong, emotional anguish. Even a passing glance at her toes could incite months of depression and suicidal ideation. And so, in 2005, at the age of 19, Sofi began contemplating ways to chop them off. The freight train was an option. It hauled cement and trundled past her seaside home in Scotland at 2 p.m. every day. She considered draping her shins across the tracks, but envisioned being dragged by her legs for miles and opted against it. A shotgun could work, but firearms are nearly impossible to obtain in the U.K. She even thought about staging a car crash, but the unpredictability of an “accident” that could injure others seemed imprudent.
I believe we have the next spin off of Sharknado. Thanks to redc1c4.
Born on this day: July 4, 1938 - Bill Withers
Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter who had the 1972 US No.1 single 'Lean On Me', 1988 UK No.4 single 'Lovely Day', which was first released in 1978. Toward the end of the song, Withers holds a note for 18 seconds. This is believed to be the second-longest note in UK chart history. Morten Harket of A-ha's 20-second note in "Summer Moved On" is the longest. Withers died from heart complications in Los Angeles on March 30, 2020 age 81. via thisdayinmusic.com
Born on this day: July 4, 1958 - Kirk Pengilly
Kirk Pengilly, guitarist from Australian rock band INXS, who had the 1988 UK No.2 & US No.1 single 'Need You Tonight'. Their 1987 album Kick has sold over 10m copies in the US alone and features four Top 10 singles; 'Need You Tonight,' 'Devil Inside', 'New Sensation,' and 'Never Tear Us Apart.' INXS has sold over 55 million records worldwide. via thisdayinmusic.com
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Charles the Simple at July 04, 2020 09:56 PM (HuH1F)
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Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2020 09:57 PM (6f16T)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at July 04, 2020 10:01 PM (AJ6Fc)
Happy 4th of July!!
Posted by: wing at July 04, 2020 10:02 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 10:02 PM (OCRKH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 10:02 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2020 10:02 PM (Tdjxx)
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:02 PM (RU4sa)
I wonder if he knows any good places to get a sub sandwich and some clothesline at 2am.
Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 10:02 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 04, 2020 10:03 PM (5ZeI1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 10:02 PM
'Murica. Fcuk yeah!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2020 10:03 PM (Tdjxx)
God Bless America
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 10:03 PM (hmNVd)
Posted by: Mookie at July 04, 2020 10:03 PM (3vIkC)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (Ifz4f)
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (Ifz4f)
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Yeah, whatevers.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (Z+IKu)
No fireworks.
Just another day here.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:02 PM (RU4sa)
That is sad
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:05 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at July 04, 2020 10:05 PM (5bg3W)
All I could think to say was, "Oh Hell no!" And he shook his head and we rolled on.
I'm proud of you for not calling him a pathetic pussy. These people really believe that we are all going to die of the Dreaded Chinese Lung Rot Disease.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:05 PM (+lVUW)
https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/
1279590652200849409
Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 10:05 PM (OCRKH)
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 10:06 PM (dYmWY)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 04, 2020 10:07 PM (JVgnl)
Posted by: Muad'dib at July 04, 2020 10:07 PM (MAF74)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:05 PM (aA3+G)
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It is what it is.
*shrugs*
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:08 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: Muad'dib at July 04, 2020 10:07 PM (MAF74)
We also had a flyover! That was cool that wouldn't have happened with the JEF in office.
Glad you had a wonderful time on the lake!
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:09 PM (aA3+G)
Soon.
Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll be on the...4th of July?
Posted by: Last Days of the Republic. at July 04, 2020 10:10 PM (KgzRF)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:10 PM (dUJdY)
People who suffer from BIID - Body Identity Integrity Disorder - go through life believing their arms or legs don't belong to them. How far will they go to feel 'complete'?
And I think we all know that this is similar to people who mutilate their genitals to be something they aren't.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:11 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: skywch at July 04, 2020 10:11 PM (Y/Ps0)
Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 10:11 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 04, 2020 10:11 PM (2atLJ)
35 Sending big fat hugs to SMH whether she wants them or not. {{hugs SMH frontways and sideways}}
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:10 PM (dUJdY)
MEDIC!!!!!!
Posted by: Muad'dib at July 04, 2020 10:12 PM (MAF74)
https://tinyurl.com/yalegllp
https://tinyurl.com/yd4aj5yc
https://tinyurl.com/yas2prr9
https://tinyurl.com/ybh8tc7c
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2020 10:12 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Friends, Romans , Countrymen !
Cut off yer balls !
And throw away those weedwhackers !
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:13 PM (arJlL)
That sounded awful. Was that a turbo constantly spooling up? Nice numbers, though.
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 10:13 PM (OFJlJ)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 10:13 PM (w7KSn)
https://tinyurl.com/y7m7h236
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2020 10:13 PM (StBSJ)
I hear you, sister.
Everything canceled out here as well.
There are loads of folks at the beach. But with half of them wearing masks, it sort of dampens the mood.
Hopefully, when the sun goes down we will get some illegal fireworks going. Even sparklers are illegal in Seattle. I kid you not.
Smooches.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 04, 2020 10:14 PM (U2p+3)
God Bless America
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 10:03 PM
Same here! (Southern Tier, Occupied Newyorkistan)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at July 04, 2020 10:14 PM (AJ6Fc)
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:15 PM (arJlL)
Your response to the "reporter" was more than correct, and very well stated!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:15 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2020 10:15 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: KSB at July 04, 2020 10:15 PM (QJTm7)
God Bless America
We didn't cancel fireworks here and the dude across the street is putting on quite a show.
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:16 PM (dUJdY)
Ten knots of wind from the Southeast, ain't no virus gonna grab 'holt of nothing in those conditions, but cowardly fucks have gotta coward.
God Bless each and every one of you here, God Bless the Horde, and GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 04, 2020 10:16 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:05 PM (+lVUW)
They hope that we are going to die.
Posted by: AF at July 04, 2020 10:16 PM (RsPQq)
I temember when the NHS in scotland were cutting off healthy limbs to appease nutters. They soon stopped it but they still whack of penii.
Posted by: MHK at July 04, 2020 10:16 PM (iQIUe)
Thank you for the ont. I alwyas enjoy your musical interludes.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 04, 2020 10:17 PM (U2p+3)
God Bless America
Posted by: Shoey
I love fireworks myself, but they're hell for the doggie. My poor, dumb beagle crawled under the bed, then got stuck trying to get out. I almost called the fire dept. because I was afraid that if I lifted the bed, I might drop it on her. Anyway, I gave it a slight lift and it wasn't so bad, so she got out. Now she's cowering between the back of my recliner and the wall.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2020 10:18 PM (M/9m0)
Tonight my town is completely lit up with fireworks and I distinctly heard USA USA! shouted over the neighborhood...but Biden is leading by 100 points!
Posted by: Boswell at July 04, 2020 10:19 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:19 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:19 PM (arJlL)
Rednecks are natural engineers.
"Hell, don't cost nothin' "
Pretty good economists too.
Posted by: Miklos, Hell YEAH at July 04, 2020 10:19 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Panhandler at July 04, 2020 10:19 PM (S/rwf)
Posted by: Case at July 04, 2020 10:19 PM (JKDz7)
God Bless America
Posted by: Shoey
I love fireworks myself, but they're hell for the doggie. My poor, dumb beagle crawled under the bed, then got stuck trying to get out. I almost called the fire dept. because I was afraid that if I lifted the bed, I might drop it on her. Anyway, I gave it a slight lift and it wasn't so bad, so she got out. Now she's cowering between the back of my recliner and the wall.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
Fireworks and thunder are hell
Posted by: Zombie Lucy, The Brittany Spaniel at July 04, 2020 10:20 PM (aA3+G)
about to grill Wagyu burgers from our friends that own Haig's Kabob House in NoHo...
he gave them to me because i showed up with some different Wagyu burgers and two YUGE heritage pork chops for him and his family, who w*rked all day yesterday and today, so others could grill with family and friends.
they are AWESOME Americans, and i am proud to call them friends.
if you are ever in the AO, check them out: you won't be sorry. if you want cooked food, call ahead: they are basically a butcher shop, but they do do catering, as in you pick up cooked food to go.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 04, 2020 10:20 PM (d/JTO)
One fella would meet you in a motel room and for a few hundred dollars snip, snip.
People are crazy.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 04, 2020 10:20 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2020 10:21 PM (YynYJ)
Best of all was that when Old Glory came down the street, folks stood and paid their respects. Every time.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:21 PM (WFcrO)
Shook lots of hands to greet and say 'hello'. All of the owners were out of shits to give.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2020 10:21 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Eromero
My first car was a dodge dart. It was a yellowish tan with a fake leather roof. After it had over a hundred thousand miles it was pretty rusty. I went to a body shop and the guy said not to bother doing rust repair. But he said "The car will rust around it, but that slant six engine will go on forever."
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:21 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: mikeski at July 04, 2020 10:21 PM (P1f+c)
He ain't black!
Posted by: Joe Biteme at July 04, 2020 10:21 PM (6CtMt)
On certain days, Americans must consider matters even bigger than Kate's tits.
Posted by: Revolutionary Miklos at July 04, 2020 10:22 PM (QzkSJ)
https://tinyurl.com/ybxf9buk
Posted by: KSB at July 04, 2020 10:22 PM (QJTm7)
Posted by: Carter at July 04, 2020 10:18 PM (QNuYi)
Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays.
Posted by: blaster at July 04, 2020 10:22 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2020 10:23 PM (StBSJ)
Best of all was that when Old Glory came down the street, folks stood and paid their respects. Every time.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:21 PM (WFcrO)
Looking at the faces today as if there were no problems.
What a nice escape, sounds like your parade was a hoot as well.....
As far as fireworks go, someone has to man The ONT
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:23 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: fly gal at July 04, 2020 10:23 PM (6CtMt)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has Your Spirit Of '76 Masks!! at July 04, 2020 10:23 PM (0QYMt)
Posted by: blaster at July 04, 2020 10:22 PM (ZfRYq)
Leave the troll alone, I sent the hamsters a wake up call.........
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:24 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (Ifz4f)
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Yeah, whatevers.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:04 PM (RU4sa)
Sorry to hear that. Fireworks shows were canceled around here too. Fortunately a lot of people brought their own.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:24 PM (Ifz4f)
Yeah it is full of the meat version of carob, but what does the 3d printer accomplish?
Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 10:24 PM (hHxp2)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2020 10:24 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Carter at July 04, 2020 10:18 PM (QNuYi)
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"roger Mike Hotel lead, target area marked with Willie Pete... bring the damn damn, over"
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 04, 2020 10:25 PM (d/JTO)
I'm probably taking it more seriously than it deserves but the question is who would he take them from? I can imagine reasonable arguments either way.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 04, 2020 10:25 PM (qc+VF)
Posted by: Muad'dib at July 04, 2020 10:25 PM (MAF74)
Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 10:25 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 10:25 PM (t+qrx)
Burned myself on one once. Once.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:26 PM (Ifz4f)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:26 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 10:25 PM (t+qrx)
I've heard that they hurt like hell when you step on one barefooted......
For the kids
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:26 PM (aA3+G)
deserves but the question is who would he take them from? I can imagine
reasonable arguments either way.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 04, 2020 10:25 PM (qc+VF)
Much more likely to take from Biden than from Trump but probably not much impact either way.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2020 10:27 PM (StBSJ)
I can't really express how GLAD I am to hear the fireworks. It's like picking up a broadcast from a free country.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 04, 2020 10:27 PM (Oi/Ev)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
Chasing the moose that bit your sister ?
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:27 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: fly gal
UNLESS IT SPARKLES NEAR MY HOUSE
Posted by: Mayor Durka-Durka at July 04, 2020 10:27 PM (QzkSJ)
He's probably missed all the relevant ones.
This is a nothingburger.
Posted by: LOL at July 04, 2020 10:28 PM (KgzRF)
Wasn't he a preacher of his own mega church ?
Will he wear his MAGA Hat?
I have questions.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at July 04, 2020 10:28 PM (5bg3W)
Came in handy for fishing.
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 10:28 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2020 10:28 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: blaster at July 04, 2020 10:28 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has Your Spirit Of '76 Masks!! at July 04, 2020 10:29 PM (0QYMt)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
Chasing the moose that bit your sister ?
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:27 PM (arJlL)
Used a Roman candle for that.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:29 PM (Ifz4f)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:29 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:30 PM (arJlL)
The populace is restless.
We've got the Wisconsin state line just about 20 miles north of here. Are aerial bombs legal there? Pritzhole won't allow it here, but no one seems to heed.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at July 04, 2020 10:30 PM (4ZE6o)
Posted by: blaster at July 04, 2020 10:28 PM (ZfRYq)
That's ok blaster.
He was not Hector caliber...........
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:30 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:30 PM (WFcrO)
A quick search showed it originated during the Revolutionary War, first flown by a squadron of 6 US cruisers. Obscure, but cool.
Posted by: Grimaldi at July 04, 2020 10:31 PM (dmWPe)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:31 PM (L2ZTs)
Smooches.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Figures. The jokes write themselves. I won't even bother.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:32 PM (+lVUW)
"Kanye West, I know who that is. Donald Trump, I know who that is. Joseph Biden? Who dat?"
Posted by: mikeski at July 04, 2020 10:32 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2020 10:33 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:33 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2020 10:33 PM (dLLD6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvxxdZpMFHg
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:34 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:34 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2020 10:33 PM (dLLD6)
* * * *
Don't worry... another opportunity is bound to be along any moment now...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:35 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 10:35 PM (Fc5rx)
As often happens, my favorite track on the album wasn't one of the hits.
"Tiny Daggers"
https://youtu.be/d_diXkAIiL8
Posted by: Hands at July 04, 2020 10:35 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 10:35 PM (Fc5rx)
* * * *
Hear, hear!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:35 PM (WFcrO)
What was the other song in the running for our National Anthem? Hint : It's still used today in an official capacity .
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 10:36 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Mookie at July 04, 2020 10:36 PM (3vIkC)
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 10:36 PM (hmNVd)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8ezcfdg
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at July 04, 2020 10:36 PM (AJ6Fc)
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:36 PM (TdMsT)
Beagles are my fave dog.
Give her a hug from me, please.
Posted by: JT
Sweetest dogs in the world but not particularly easy to train, because hounds. Don't care about anything but chasing small animals. I got around the training issues by getting a 2 or 3 year old from rescue. She had been with a foster who did the hard work for me.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:37 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 10:35 PM (Fc5rx)
Huzzah!
[Although...while I agree with the sentiment, it's not a very good limerick...]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2020 10:37 PM (dLLD6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvxxdZpMFHg
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:34 PM (L2ZTs)
Thats why I have you, isn't it?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:37 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
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Louie, Louie?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2020 10:37 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 10:37 PM (hHxp2)
Also saw a ton of cars parked up the street for a full-fledged Independence Day barbecue. No masks in sight. I love South Carolina!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 10:37 PM (rCwaK)
Let the adults, who have been drinking all day, play with fireworks.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 10:38 PM (lidPb)
City of New Orleans.
Steve Goodman, popularized by Arlo Guthrie.
Good mornin' America how are ya?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2020 10:38 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:38 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Menack at July 04, 2020 10:38 PM (buTO7)
Tonight my town is completely lit up with fireworks and I distinctly heard USA USA! shouted over the neighborhood...but Biden is leading by 100 points!
Posted by: Boswell at July 04, 2020 10:19 PM (32YRo)
This could only be better if they had all been set off from the asshoe's front lawn.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM (0ReGO)
Join your Lakewood neighbors in a "Candlelight for Community" moment in your front yard on July 4th at 830pm. At that time, light a candle and join your fellow residents in singing "God Bless America" throughout Lakewood. Since our nation's founding, Americans have faced challenges and continually strived to make our nation better, building on the sacrifices and advances made by those who came before us. We continue to do so today.
The City of Lakewood hopes that this showing of community solidarity through a candlelighting ceremony brings us all closer, despite the need for social distancing to maintain health and safety for all."
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad
Very hard to find M80s in my area of Mass, but we did get one. After firecrackers and bottle rockets aplenty, that one M80 under a plastic bucket...when it went off, we all looked around like when are the authorities arriving? But they never did.
Posted by: MikeM at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM (jVBo5)
131 Driving home tonight about half an hour ago, I admired the full moon (full in another 2 hours). As I emerged from stretches of woods, wide swaths of pasture and farmland revealed at least 5 separate fireworks displays simultaneously. Ain't America grand?
Also saw a ton of cars parked up the street for a full-fledged Independence Day barbecue. No masks in sight. I love South Carolina!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 10:37 PM (rCwaK)
You are so lucky to live out in the country in a red state! I spent the day in rural Ohio and it was glorious!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:40 PM (TdMsT)
A 3-D printer adds fake meat texture.
It's for sanctimonious people that are glad to tell you how pure they are.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2020 10:40 PM (u82oZ)
People who suffer from BIID - Body Identity Integrity Disorder - go through life believing their arms or legs don't belong to them. How far will they go to feel 'complete'?
How is this different than 'trans?' One's a mental illness, the other is a cause celebre.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 04, 2020 10:40 PM (oVJmc)
I suspect the "secondary" death rate from the idiotic overreaction to wuhan flu ought to classify this whole sordid ordeal as an epidemic of stupidity...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 04, 2020 10:40 PM (ldXQZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2020 10:37 PM (Rvt8
Once the newness of the Louisiana Purchase passed it was dropped from the running.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 10:40 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at July 04, 2020 10:40 PM (IBMDj)
Gov Newsom announced restaurants had to close again, but that if there's any outdoor/patio dining, that can stay open and available.
Result: at least a few restaurants have, in frustration/desperation, just gone ahead and dragged tables and chairs out to the parking lot to serve customers there. Hard to blame 'em IMHO.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:41 PM (L2ZTs)
He joined the Merchant Marine at 16, then entered the U.S. Navy in '41 and served with the Atlantic Fleet until the end of hostilities.
Happy Birthday Uncle Bill !
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:41 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Muldoon
There was once a man born free
Who needed no judicial referee
Did not wear a mask
Too much to ask
Said "hey, Governor, bite me"
Posted by: Miklosian Tributes at July 04, 2020 10:42 PM (QzkSJ)
I'm trying to cover up the boom booms by playing the Classic Country channel on cable tv.
Lots of heartbreak songs. Then there are the booze songs. They played "I Like Beer".
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:42 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (ldXQZ)
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (MVjcR)
gonna watch out of shadows on YouTube to see if it answers me
Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (OCRKH)
Posted by: Mookie at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (3vIkC)
*************
Best Seat In the house - a limerick
At a baseball game in 2003
A Mexican kid snuck in for free
And it really warmed his heart
When at the very start
People stood and sang, "Jose, can you see?
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: nerdygirl
My dad raised them to hunt rabbits.
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Removal of tags ist STRENG VERBOTEN
Posted by: Mattress Tag Miklosstaffel at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (QzkSJ)
As a barefoot lad, I learned why the adults had a bucket of water to dispose of the burned out wires, and the consequences of ignoring that directive.
Quite possibly there's still a wire-shaped brand on the sole of my foot.
Marinated a whole bag of chicken breast tenders and grilled 'em. Tasty stuff.
Now I'm thinking about going for one of the hot dog for dessert, as well as adding a good slug of the burny stuff to my frosty soda.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (8u1cU)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2020 10:44 PM (StBSJ)
What's going on on the ONT?
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 10:44 PM (trev9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:41 PM (L2ZTs)
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No restaurants or bars opened here.
Depressing to see, especially with all the flags lining the little main street.
Independence, indeed.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:45 PM (RU4sa)
Celebrated Independence Day at Mom's here in OilTown. Son grilled hot Dogs and hamburgers. Lots of sides, including of course baked beans. Watermelon. A great American feast. And swimming.
A brief hearty rain at sunset has not dampened the 4th. Sounds like a war zone in every direction. Thumps and bangs and whistles and snaps. Going on and on and on.
'Merica.
By the way, if you didn't catch Trump's full speech at Mt. Rushmore, I recommend it.
Right Side Broadcasting on YouTube has it.
https://youtu.be/l7iVsdRbhnc
OOOps. No, here's the RSB link
https://youtu.be/yfW06NDyTUc
Posted by: mindful webworker in the city at July 04, 2020 10:45 PM (ECLlc)
Which BTW caused our one resident lefty in the city group to throw a tantrum in the comment section. She's delusional.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:45 PM (L2ZTs)
pretty impressive, there's no way the cops could even stop a fraction of this
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 10:45 PM (hmNVd)
Who needed no judicial referee
Did not wear a mask
Too much to ask
Said "hey, Governor, bite me"
Posted by: Miklosian Tributes at July 04, 2020 10:42 PM (QzkSJ)
"Thanks, King"
-- Jim Thorpe, All American
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 04, 2020 10:45 PM (AiZBA)
154 Sup, y'all? Happy Independence Day!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (MVjcR)
Happy Independence Day, Weasel!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (TdMsT)
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JK Rowling, in her other mystery series (writing as Galbraith) uses that as a subplot in one book
her main character, a private investigator, is an amputee, and he encounters, to his disgust, this subculture
Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (OCRKH)
It isn't different in the slightest.
Give 'em ten years and you'll be forced to treat a guy who thinks he's Napoleon or Jesus Christ as if he actually was that person.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (8u1cU)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (dUJdY)
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I live in a town of sheeple.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (RU4sa)
A real feel-good day.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has Your Spirit Of '76 Masks!! at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (0QYMt)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (dUJdY)
The Bossier City Police Department received the complaint from Bass Pro Shop which claims they will need to empty and clean the 13,000-gallon aquarium "which features species of fish local to the region."
You're telling me that local fish are so delicate that one schmuck swimming by will contaminate them? Don't they live...in the wild?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (oVJmc)
Besides the obvious political bs, his nasal whiny voice is like a cat playing the bagpipes.
Posted by: Hands at July 04, 2020 10:48 PM (786Ro)
154 Sup, y'all? Happy Independence Day!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 10:43 PM (MVjcR)
Happy Independence Day, Weasel!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (TdMsT)
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Hi Ladyl! We had a nice cookout with the less annoying elements of the in-laws, sparklers in the backyard, and ice cream cake for dessert. Fun day!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 10:48 PM (MVjcR)
"People who suffer from BIID -Body Identity Integrity Disorder -go through life believing their arms or legs don't belong to them. How far will they go to feel complete? "
We try to cure these people that feel their body isn't right?
We counsel them. We try to help them realize their legs, or hands, or whatever are really theirs. We do NOT allow a doctor to mutilate their body.
Why do we allow, nay, ENCOURAGE other people to mutilate their bodies by cutting off their own sexual organs? Why do Doctors cater to their delusions? Shouldn't we treat a person that wants to remove a breast or penis the same as someone who wants to remove a leg?
In twenty years, I think these sex change doctors and therapists will be treated as the quacks and monsters they really are.
Posted by: rd at July 04, 2020 10:48 PM (+0uDE)
Much to my surprise it was great! Stuff went 15' in the air with lots of different colors and fun stuff. And it lasted way longer than expected (that's what she said).
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2020 10:49 PM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (dUJdY)
I sure hope so. People were firing off a shit-ton of big boom starting around nine here. They had the good stuff.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:49 PM (Ifz4f)
Tonight my town is completely lit up with fireworks and I distinctly heard USA USA! shouted over the neighborhood...but Biden is leading by 100 points!
Posted by: Boswell at July 04, 2020 10:19 PM (32YRo)
This is a beautiful story. I'm a little choked up.
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:49 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (dUJdY)
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Happy Fourth to you too, Jewells! Don't be sad. You live in America!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 10:49 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:50 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Miklos, friend of All Noble Pithily Speaking Peoples at July 04, 2020 10:50 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 04, 2020 10:50 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:46 PM (dUJdY)
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I live in a town of sheeple.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (RU4sa)
Ewe need to move to a better town.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:50 PM (Ifz4f)
Drank some bubbly, which paired PERFECTLY with the meat. From now on I'm having prosecco or cremant de limoux for all my barbecues.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 04, 2020 10:51 PM (Oi/Ev)
"President? Oh Joe fer sher!! He's so dreamy!!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:51 PM (L2ZTs)
Lots of fireworks in our part of the country tonight. It's been going on for quite a few hours, already.
"You need a 3D printer to mimic the structure of the muscle of the animal..."
No. No. Nope.
Posted by: Flyover at July 04, 2020 10:51 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 10:51 PM (Ypqc1)
Posted by: Hands at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (786Ro)
Got in a round of golf in the am; the course was immaculate and not crowded at all... played in 3.5 hours. I even played well.
The beers were icy cold too. I've definitely had worse days.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (RU4sa)
Ewe need to move to a better town.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:50 PM (Ifz4f)
* * * *
*SNORT*
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Les Kinetic
Most of them used to be illegal in Michigan. So, when you crossed the border from Michigan to Indiana, the first thing you came upon were big fireworks stores.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...Made in the USA at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (4EpZ5)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (aKsyK)
I know.. and I am forever grateful. As a Brit who has dual citizenship... THIS is my country..THIS is where I belong and THIS is my home and I will defend her with every ounce of my being.
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (dUJdY)
I think he would have to be a write in, in many states.
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (Z4rgH)
I cannot understate the number of places, large tents usually, selling fireworks. Often there is a large cargo container along side. Direct from China I guess. There is no shortage of buyers either. I have heard and seen fireworks on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th starting as early as an hour before sunset. People have an increasing love of fireworks and cannot wait to shoot them out. We no longer need baseball games nor government displays of fireworks to celebrate our independence. I see that as a good thing. And now back to watching the citizenry shooting of fireworks.
Posted by: The man who would be Paul Drake at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (//2Pb)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs)
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You mean Gen Z.
Pretty much all millennials are allowed to vote.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (RU4sa)
How good was your aim, Mis Hum?
Posted by: Hands at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (786Ro)
Mrs. Mis Hum smoked a couple of the little
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (aA3+G)
Grilled bratwursts, kielbasa, and italian sausage for the Fourth -- a real sausage party. Except for my wife.
Drank some bubbly, which paired PERFECTLY with the meat. From now on
I'm having prosecco or cremant de limoux for all my barbecues.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 04, 2020 10:51 PM (Oi/Ev)
you should try it with fried chicken. It sounds funny but it is considered by many to be a perfect pairing. I bet if you duck duck go'ed it, you would get a lot of hits.
Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 10:53 PM (hHxp2)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:54 PM (Ifz4f)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2020 10:54 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 04, 2020 10:54 PM (ldXQZ)
Doctors aren't stupid. They know damn well it is unethical to lop off dicks or perform an addadicktome, but the surgery is very lucrative.
"It is difficult to get someone to understand something, when their paycheck depends on them not understanding it."
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 10:54 PM (lidPb)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:55 PM (dUJdY)
Happy 4th Weasel!!
How many Weasels are there?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (aKsyK)
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Good Lord, only one! Those other three guys are imposters!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 10:55 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Joe, my husband and self at July 04, 2020 10:55 PM (buTO7)
Posted by: Trimegistus
No respect, I tell ya. No respect.
Posted by: Miklos Dangerfield at July 04, 2020 10:55 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 10:06 PM (dYmWY)
That burger would be better if they left out the potato chips, and all but once slice of lettuce and 'mater.
And added some grilled mushrooms.
And got the blonde to bring it to me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2020 10:56 PM (iP9EL)
Hi Ladyl! We had a nice cookout with the less annoying elements of the in-laws, sparklers in the backyard, and ice cream cake for dessert. Fun day!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 10:48 PM (MVjcR)
That sounds wonderful, Weasel!
I had the best Fourth of July ever!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:56 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: George Kaplan at July 04, 2020 10:56 PM (MX4n0)
Happy 4th Weasel!!
How many Weasels are there?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (aKsyK)
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Good Lord, only one! Those other three guys are imposters!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 10:55 PM (MVjcR)
Weesel, Wiesel, Wheezle and Weasel. Only the original Weasel will do.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:56 PM (Ifz4f)
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:57 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:57 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 04, 2020 10:57 PM (fz0iQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Having the local Watermelon Queen in the back of the truck was mildly evil, but apparently effective.
Posted by: Miklosian Tactics LLP at July 04, 2020 10:58 PM (QzkSJ)
Who needed no judicial referee
Did not wear a mask
Too much to ask
Said "hey, Governor, bite me"
Posted by: Miklosian Tributes at July 04, 2020 10:42 PM (QzkSJ)
that's worth repeating
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 10:58 PM (hmNVd)
Good times.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 10:58 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:59 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 10:59 PM (hHxp2)
I live in a town of sheeple.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (RU4sa)
Ewe need to move to a better town.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:50 PM (Ifz4f)
Ha!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:59 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: MHK at July 04, 2020 10:16 PM (iQIUe)
Amputate their heads, and their problems are over. Works for trannies, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2020 10:59 PM (iP9EL)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 10:59 PM (dUJdY)
Give me a call when you can.
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 11:00 PM (TdMsT)
Let the adults, who have been drinking all day, play with fireworks.
Posted by: Common Tater
The real problem is how will the hospital emergency rooms be able to handle all the people blowing themselves up with fireworks, what with their being so overwhelmed with all those cases of Dreaded Chinese Lung Rot.
Guess they'll have to make all those people with blown up hands wait in the parking lot.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:00 PM (+lVUW)
Watched some of the DC ceremonies, and in these times of leftist assholes trying to destroy our country I found the ceremonies more moving than ever.
I want one of those hats that says "America Fuck Yeah"!
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 11:01 PM (trev9)
Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 04, 2020 11:01 PM (fz0iQ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:01 PM (Ifz4f)
Weesel, Wiesel, Wheezle and Weasel. Only the original Weasel will do.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:56 PM (Ifz4f)
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Accept no imitation!
OK, I just popped in to say howdy. It's way past my bedtime, so goodnight you all. God Bless America.
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 11:01 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 04, 2020 11:01 PM (fz0iQ)
What variety of cole slaw should i bring?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 11:01 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 11:02 PM (hHxp2)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:02 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 11:02 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Insomniac
"I was gonna ...but I got high"
Posted by: MiklosLaw (Tuvalu) S.A. at July 04, 2020 11:03 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (RU4sa)
Ewe need to move to a better town.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:50 PM (Ifz4f)
Ba Ram Move
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 11:03 PM (2DOZq)
132 Kids - Never play with Fireworks! Fireworks are dangerous.
Let the adults, who have been drinking all day, play with fireworks.
Posted by: Common Tater
The real problem is how will the hospital emergency rooms be able to
handle all the people blowing themselves up with fireworks, what with
their being so overwhelmed with all those cases of Dreaded Chinese Lung
Rot.
Guess they'll have to make all those people with blown up hands wait in the parking lot.
Here in Indiana there is no waiting. We flattened the curve all to hell - lots of ICU beds to spare. Of course, that doesnt stop the Karens from reminding us how we need to social distance and stuff
Posted by: Mookie at July 04, 2020 11:03 PM (3vIkC)
Posted by: George Kaplan at July 04, 2020 10:56 PM (MX4n0)
Fireworks still going off here. Real West Virginia stuff.
Posted by: Apollonius of Flavortown at July 04, 2020 11:03 PM (2N7oZ)
You'll get used to it. Just give it some time.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 04, 2020 11:03 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 04, 2020 11:04 PM (fz0iQ)
Big juicy hamburgers on the grill with fresh jalapeño slices, bacon under white cheddar cheese, sliced tomatoes, fresh sliced onions and lettuce on a toasted bun for dinner.
Afternoon thunderstorm with lightning for fireworks. Fly-by provided by a squadron of hummingbirds in a veritable feeding frenzy.
Now just chilling.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 11:04 PM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:02 PM (kuNgM)
Or two eyes
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 11:04 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Menack at July 04, 2020 11:05 PM (buTO7)
Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 10:24 PM (hHxp2)
Sounds hi-tech, so they can suck in stupid investors?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2020 11:05 PM (iP9EL)
Join your Lakewood neighbors in a "Candlelight for Community" moment in your front yard on July 4th at 830pm. At that time, light a candle and join your fellow residents in singing "God Bless America" throughout Lakewood. Since our nation's founding, Americans have faced challenges and continually strived to make our nation better, building on the sacrifices and advances made by those who came before us. We continue to do so today.
The City of Lakewood hopes that this showing of community solidarity through a candlelighting ceremony brings us all closer, despite the need for social distancing to maintain health and safety for all."
Gag me with a spoon. I prefer the war zone BANG BANG. It sounds like most people spent a weeks pay at the fireworks store.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:05 PM (+lVUW)
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Today was no different from any other here.
Helps with the highs.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 11:05 PM (RU4sa)
One of my favorite meals.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:05 PM (kuNgM)
True, but they had a blast.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 04, 2020 11:06 PM (SchxB)
What works good is starting a "sponge", about a third of the flour, and yeast + the water and let that do its thing for 24 hours. Way better flavor.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 11:06 PM (lidPb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:06 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 11:06 PM (hmNVd)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Me too. Every year I tell myself that next year I'm going to get some drugs for the dog. Every year I forget.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:06 PM (+lVUW)
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Steve McQueen's ghost applauds.
So glad you asked that question.
"Mohmed Ahmed Abu-Shlieba, 25, pleaded guilty to evading arrest stemming from the October 2017 chase, which started in Houston (Galleria) and wound up in a cow pasture two counties away in Jefferson County. (He couldn't make it to Beaumont because he was running out of gas)
The cops couldn't catch him, - he rarely put on the brakes even in heavy traffic (driver) - on the open highway the helicopter couldn't keep up.
here's the article along with a 4 minute short.
https://tinyurl.com/y7mxdnvw
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y7mxdnvw
Here's the chase.
If you enjoy watching hard getaway driving this is the ticket:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMxjFTtTquc
53 minutes
They caught him when he had to dump the gasless car and ran into the brush.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 04, 2020 11:07 PM (46KNC)
Posted by: Apollonius of Flavortown
Nitro WV must be a blast.
Posted by: Miklos, recalling Uncle P at July 04, 2020 11:07 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:01
That happens. If you want to call and chat I'm around. Glad you had a good day.
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 11:07 PM (trev9)
Every party has a pooper.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:07 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Do you have to buy them from a drug dealing dog ?
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 11:08 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at July 04, 2020 11:08 PM (4so1w)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs)
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You mean Gen Z?
Because millennials are all voting age now --- most could vote in 2016.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2020 11:08 PM (M/9m0)
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 10:40 PM (TdMsT)
I know! Plus, I have a man who was dripping in sweat, laying water pipe for our new home. I brought out some ice water and a towel, and draped his head in it.His sweat doesn't even smell stinky. He's all man, this guy - competencies galore. God has blessed me!
I'm gonna feed him now. Massage later.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 11:08 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM
Christ! The faggotry -- it burns!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at July 04, 2020 11:08 PM (AJ6Fc)
One of my favorite meals.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:05 PM (kuNgM)
Medium rare amirite?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (Fc5rx)
"When something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it.
The first to admit it
But the last one to know
When something goes right
Well it's likely to lose me
It's apt to confuse me
Because it's such an unusual sight"
- P. Simon
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (gd9RK)
Queen Elizabeth
Posted by: Hawkpilot at July 04, 2020 11:08 PM (4so1w)
We might still be British subjects if King George hadn't been such an idiot.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:06 PM (+lVUW)
We get trazodone from the vet for our dogs as they are terrified of thunder storms. Plus our neighbors shoot fireworks off all year round.
Posted by: Apollonius of Flavortown at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (2N7oZ)
********
A meth Lab
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (Fc5rx)
Shut 'er down. we have a winner.
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (AiZBA)
It seems odd to me that fireworks are legal in so many localities. I "grew up" in a suburb of Louisville, KY in the 1950-1970 era and fireworks were illegal. You had to drive to Tennessee to buy them. Now they are legal in KY and IN where I now reside. With all the safety freaks in charge it just seems they would not have allowed fireworks to be legalized. Firecrackers aren't as good as they used to be. They weakened them in 1967.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (aA3+G)
You know me so well! How was your day, MisHum? Were you in a parade?
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (kuNgM)
California's governor banned praising God in church.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (KZzsI)
********
A meth Lab
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (Fc5rx)
Shut 'er down. we have a winner.
Posted by: DR.WTF
Concur !
Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (arJlL)
I'm entering this in the First World American Problems Professional Category.
Posted by: Miklos, that smae starving Ethiopian kid who must be 60 by now at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (QzkSJ)
Oh, good grief. I like the singing God Bless America part, though, kinda.
Roman candles will be okay, right?
Posted by: mindful webworker in the city at July 04, 2020 11:11 PM (ECLlc)
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 11:06 PM (hmNVd)
I think my city feels the same. We are used to kick-a$$ fireworks preceded by demonstration teams of either B-2's, A-10's, Bone's, or F/A-18's.
Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 04, 2020 11:11 PM (fz0iQ)
We might still be British subjects if King George hadn't been such an idiot.
Posted by: ALH
The Beatles would have started in Cleveland.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK)
Maybe you all with pups could try one.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:12 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (Fc5rx)
Shut 'er down. we have a winner.
Posted by: DR.WTF
Drinks all 'round!
Posted by: the Saint Bernard, in an off season at July 04, 2020 11:12 PM (QzkSJ)
I know! Plus, I have a man who was dripping in sweat, laying water pipe for our new home. I brought out some ice water and a towel, and draped his head in it.His sweat doesn't even smell stinky. He's all man, this guy - competencies galore. God has blessed me!
I'm gonna feed him now. Massage later.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 11:08 PM (rCwaK
You are living the dream, girl!
Give my love to Publius, if he's still awake!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)
We counsel them. We try to help them realize their legs, or hands, or whatever are really theirs. We do NOT allow a doctor to mutilate their body.
Why do we allow, nay, ENCOURAGE other people to mutilate their bodies by cutting off their own sexual organs? Why do Doctors cater to their delusions? Shouldn't we treat a person that wants to remove a breast or penis the same as someone who wants to remove a leg?
_______________
Yeah, it really doesn't make sense. These BIID people feel that their arms or their legs don't belong on their bodies, just like "transgender" people feel that their penises or their breasts don't belong on their bodies. No doctor in the U.S. will amputate a healthy person's arms or legs just because they don't want them and believe the limbs should not be on their bodies. But many U.S. doctors will happily chop off a penis or remove the breasts of a person who believes they were born in the "wrong" body, in terms of their biological sex.
What makes one of these body dysmorphic conditions surgically "treatable" and one not? They both involve people whose beliefs about what they are do not match the observable biological reality. Why are the "transgenders" treated as heroes for their delusional thinking about their bodies, while the BIID people are just treated as nuts?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 04, 2020 11:12 PM (k4dH2)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:09 PM (kuNgM)
Actually King George wanted to do a 'surge' but Parliament voted it down. If the British had done it we were toast.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 11:12 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: pookysgirl, channeling her inner Zoidberg at July 04, 2020 11:13 PM (XKZwp)
We need to flatten the curve by limiting celebrations on the 4th!
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 11:13 PM (4EIFd)
FREE BIRKENSTOCKS
Posted by: Miklos, not allowed to visit CA at July 04, 2020 11:14 PM (QzkSJ)
"Do you really need all five fingers?" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:14 PM (L2ZTs)
You'll get used to it. Just give it some time.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 04, 2020 11:03 PM (SchxB)
I'd rather not. What I need is to have more positive experiences so that they aren't such a rarity and an extreme contrast to the norm.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:14 PM (vtNpt)
Ooh- I know this one!! Because shut up, that's why.
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 11:14 PM (4EIFd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:14 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Menack at July 04, 2020 11:14 PM (buTO7)
Posted by: JT
Usually after dark I take her out for her business on a leash. Even thought the yard is fenced, I'm afraid a skunk might get in. So one night I got lazy at 1:30 AM and just let her out. Then I heard this extremely loud, high pitched howling. She was tearing across the yard after a rabbit.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:15 PM (+lVUW)
Lots of artillery fire around here. We put the dogs up early tonight and gave them dinner.
The rescues are doing well. Beast has a bad neck and bad teeth; he got some soft soaked kibble that was easier for him to eat. Musya is a little spitfire and gobbles down anything you put in front of her.
Doppel is the worst off mentally, flinchy and very uncertain of his situation but willing to be touched. His sons, whom we've named Rocket and Blaze, are more curious about us and accepting. They didn't know what to do with dinner last night but happily dug in tonight.
It's a long road for all of them, poor things, but they're doing as well as can be expected.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2020 11:15 PM (mht8P)
through a candlelighting ceremony brings us all closer, despite the need
for social distancing to maintain health and safety for all."
Please tell me this is not Lakewood, CO where I resided for 20 years????
Posted by: Mookie at July 04, 2020 11:15 PM (3vIkC)
Lakewood California.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:16 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 11:07 PM (trev9)
Much appreciated but I'm not in a position to talk right now. It was a really good day. And tomorrow should be pretty good too. So that's something to look forward to.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:16 PM (vtNpt)
The difference, such as it is, is that those who celebrate trans also suffer a mental illness.
Posted by: respek muh authoritay at July 04, 2020 11:16 PM (ECLlc)
Like every rock has a roll
Like every hippie has an awesome bong
Every thread has its troll...
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has Your Spirit Of '76 Masks!! at July 04, 2020 11:17 PM (0QYMt)
Like every rock has a roll
Like every hippie has an awesome bong
Every thread has its troll...
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has Your Spirit Of '76 Masks!! at July 04, 2020 11:17 PM (0QYMt)
Whoa.
Posted by: Neo at July 04, 2020 11:17 PM (AiZBA)
Mookie, it's my hometown.
Lakewood California.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:16 PM (L2ZTs)
qdpsteve, ah I am sorry. Sucks either way.
Posted by: Mookie at July 04, 2020 11:17 PM (3vIkC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK)
All time worst Beatles song: Cleveland Steamers Forever.
Posted by: Alternate Uinverse George III at July 04, 2020 11:18 PM (2N7oZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:18 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 04, 2020 11:18 PM (L6ZYH)
Posted by: Menack at July 04, 2020 11:18 PM (buTO7)
Arizona and Nevada are looking better and better. And I found out a brand-new affordable apartment complex was just built in Laughlin.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:19 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at July 04, 2020 11:19 PM (AJ6Fc)
I spent the day in Dana Point today, in Orange County CA, a former conservative bastion but not so much in the last decade. The turnout for the Fourth was huge, and the marina was full of boats, paddleboarders, kayaks, dinghys, trailer boats, yachts, you name it. Even though our imperial overlords had closed the beaches, people were crowded onto anything that floats and almost nobody except a few old people was wearing a mask.
What was even better is that I must have seen at least 30 big TRUMP 2020 flags flying from boats and dinghys, along with maybe a hundred American flags and five or six Gadsden flags. I saw about 10 people wearing MAGA hats too. I never see people in MAGA hats! OTOH, the was nothing, NOTHING, that showed support for Biden.
Driving home I swung through Huntington Beach and found lots of houses bedecked with bunting and several with big TRUMP signs or flags. Again. Biden supporters must have been hiding in their basements (just like their man).
This is purely anecdotal but honestly, I've never seen such a one-sided political display in OC. I'm really starting to believe that the normals have had ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT and they're going to turn out for Trump in some really big numbers.
I'll go out on a limb and predict that Biden is heading for a train wreck, along with his disgusting party of terrorists.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 11:19 PM (wPVhA)
Like every rock has a roll
Like every hippie has an awesome bong
Every thread has its troll...
Posted by: Mikey NTH
MoFos get Bofors
Posted by: Miklos, Troll tail gunner at July 04, 2020 11:19 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad
In my area the public fireworks displays were canceled, so people are doing their own. And they are really going to town.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (aKsyK)
This is purely anecdotal but honestly, I've never seen such a one-sided political display in OC. I'm really starting to believe that the normals have had ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT and they're going to turn out for Trump in some really big numbers.
I'll go out on a limb and predict that Biden is heading for a train wreck, along with his disgusting party of terrorists.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 11:19 PM (wPVhA)
More stories like this, please!!!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad
In my area the public fireworks displays were canceled, so people are doing their own. And they are really going to town.
Posted by: nerdygirl
I wouldn't be surprised to see bomb craters all over the neighborhood tomorrow morning.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve
This man thinks like an AMERICAN
Posted by: Miklusa at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (QzkSJ)
Fireworks going on all around our neighborhood. Nonstop.
It was like this last night as well. Some really nice big star bursts that must have cost a fortune.
No cops patrolling tonight. Last night we watched the cops cruise back and forth for a couple hours trying to find the guy that was setting off BIG BOOMS on a regular basis....city must of got an earful from the local Karens about those..... hehe
Fireworks are good harmless fun......as long as somebody doesn't lose an eye....or finger.....or a toe.....um.....eh......or their dangly bits. Yikes. Be careful with the splodey stuff out there Horde.
Happy 4th!!
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at July 04, 2020 11:21 PM (YdyjY)
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 04, 2020 11:21 PM (AiZBA)
Maybe you all with pups could try one.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:12 PM (kuNgM)
We tried the thunder jackets, but they didn't work. I guess our dogs are too high strung. They would hide in the bathtub, and they hate baths.
Posted by: Apollonius of Flavortown at July 04, 2020 11:21 PM (2N7oZ)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad
In my area the public fireworks displays were canceled, so people are doing their own. And they are really going to town.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
Here, too, in leftist-land!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 11:21 PM (TdMsT)
Eh. Somethings don't need re-publishing.
So rather than keep it going we should just cut it off?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 04, 2020 11:22 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:22 PM (vtNpt)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 04, 2020 11:22 PM (46KNC)
Maybe you all with pups could try one.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:12 PM (kuNgM)
My wife hates it when I do the thunder blanket.
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 04, 2020 11:22 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (KZzsI)
--------------------------
Yes, I hear you.
*sigh*
I said something like that to my son yesterday.
He asked, "Does that mean when you are really old, decrepit, and have one foot in the grave we won't celebrate your birthday anymore?"
He has a point. We can celebrate the republic's birthday even if it is very sick.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2020 11:23 PM (M/9m0)
Eh. Somethings don't need re-publishing.
So rather than keep it going we should just cut it off?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 04, 2020 11:22 PM (SchxB)
I'm completely stumped on why they would do this.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:23 PM (vtNpt)
or
the 1812 Overture
Suggestions?
Posted by: Braenyard at July 04, 2020 11:22 PM (46KNC)
Stars And Stripes Forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRn9chmRAY
If that doesn't get your blood flowing nothing will.
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 04, 2020 11:24 PM (AiZBA)
So rather than keep it going we should just cut it off?
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Nip it
Bud nip
Posted by: Barney "Miklos" Fife at July 04, 2020 11:24 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Insomniac
*********
Those surgeries are very expensive. It'll cost you...
(wait for it)
... an arm and a leg
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 11:24 PM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 04, 2020 11:25 PM (DUIap)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 04, 2020 11:10 PM (KZzsI)
---
This^
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 11:25 PM (RU4sa)
Suggestions?
Posted by: Braenyard at July 04, 2020 11:22 PM (46KNC)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
Malcolm Arnold: A Grand, Grand Overture
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2020 11:25 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:22 PM (vtNpt)
Dang, now I want to start a power metal band called Thunder Jacket.
Posted by: Apollonius of Flavortown at July 04, 2020 11:25 PM (2N7oZ)
Stars And Stripes Forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRn9chmRAY
If that doesn't get your blood flowing nothing will.
Posted by: DR.WTF
Reminds me of Popeye beating the crap out of Bluto.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 11:26 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 11:26 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad
In my area the public fireworks displays were canceled, so people are doing their own. And they are really going to town.
Posted by: nerdygirl
I wouldn't be surprised to see bomb craters all over the neighborhood tomorrow morning.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
Same here. Although it's legal to purchase in our city, it's illegal to shoot off. That's not stopping anybody tonight. America, eff yeah!!!
Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 04, 2020 11:26 PM (fz0iQ)
Posted by: 80s Preppy Miklos at July 04, 2020 11:26 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 11:09
Happy 4th to you MH. Thanks for the ONT.
I aimed for MR, but just as everything was getting done Jules took a nap. So I tried to delay it but overdid the steak.
We had sirloin, baked taters and her cauliflower augratin. Despite the overdone steak it was all delicious.
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 11:26 PM (trev9)
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 11:27 PM (hmNVd)
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2020 11:27 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 11:27 PM (dUJdY)
Soy candles, no doubt.
We need to get back to the OG Fourth of July celebration, in which everyone went out and shot their guns, to send a message.
The fireworks were introduced as a pale imitation of that laudable custom.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:28 PM (hKLpI)
Posted by: Old dad joke at July 04, 2020 11:28 PM (buTO7)
(wait for it)
... an arm and a leg
Posted by: Muldoon
I tole you peoples!
Posted by: B. Hussein, you can call me Barry at July 04, 2020 11:28 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2020 11:28 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Ike Turner at July 04, 2020 11:28 PM (z79tQ)
My wife told me today that she heard some guy saying that Columbus, OH wants to change the name of the city to Flavortown.
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 04, 2020 11:28 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 11:29 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 10:47 PM (RU4sa)
Ewe need to move to a better town.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 10:50 PM (Ifz4f)
This is why I love Teh Horde.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 11:29 PM (rCwaK)
My favorite part is where the Tyrants require the face diaper even though right on the box it says "Does not protect against Covid".
So we have three possibilities here:
1) The Veil protects no one.
2) The Veil protects you.
3) The Veil protects others.
(both 2 & 3 is possible)
The first one we toss out because how does one justify wearing a device that everyone agrees does not good?
The second one is falsifiable if the wearer still comes down with Covid.
The third is the one our betters are using since it is not falsifiable. That is, if people get the 'rona despite you wearing The Veil the argument is "they got it from that guy over there not wearing The Veil".
There is no way for the individual to confirm the efficacy of wearing the face diaper.
Yet another way to know it has nothing to do with public health and safety, and all about power and control.
Posted by: 🐧 at July 04, 2020 11:29 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 11:29 PM (w7KSn)
Celebrate yourself, celebrate and know that your heart and mind is free. Project your freedom.
And remember.
When they are in the dungeons, or exiled, or hanged.
We will still be free.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 04, 2020 11:29 PM (46KNC)
Posted by: Old dad joke at July 04, 2020 11:28 PM (buTO7)
My daughter would not appreciate, but I'd laugh my butt off, none the less.
Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 04, 2020 11:29 PM (fz0iQ)
Arizona and Nevada are looking better and better. And I found out a brand-new affordable apartment complex was just built in Laughlin.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:19 PM (L2ZTs)
With your stated enjoyment of gambling, seems to me that living in a casino town would definitely be a moral hazard. Probably best to maintain a respectful distance, so that a gambling session requires a road trip, and not just a stroll down the street.
I am not accusing you of having a problem, understand. Just suggesting that you might want to avoid a situation that enables you to fall into one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2020 11:29 PM (7KZWW)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM (DUIap)
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)
I will - he's pigging out on hash with rice, and corn on the cob.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM (rCwaK)
We lived."
Sort of like every Jewish holiday
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 11:29 PM (w7KSn)
"They tried to kill us. We survived. Let's eat."
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM (vtNpt)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM (hKLpI)
Seriously - celebrate the Fourth of July and piss the commies off.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has Your Spirit Of '76 Masks!! at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM (0QYMt)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 11:31 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 11:31 PM (w7KSn)
Kanye West just announced his candidacy for President in 2020.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM
of what country?
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 04, 2020 11:31 PM (DUIap)
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 11:32 PM (hmNVd)
Bud nip
Posted by: Barney "Miklos" Fife at July 04, 2020 11:24 PM (QzkSJ)
You gotta nip it, nip it - nip it in the {i]buuuuud.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 11:32 PM (rCwaK)
Kanye West just announced his candidacy for President in 2020.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM
of what country?
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 04, 2020 11:31 PM (DUIap)
Peruvia!!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at July 04, 2020 11:33 PM (8/7u2)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 11:33 PM (rCwaK)
The Leningrad Cowboys are actually Finnish
The Red Army Choir is...Rooskie
This is absolute proof that USA RULES!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5GRpA5H3CI
Posted by: Miklosian Cuktural Observations SA de CV at July 04, 2020 11:33 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 11:34 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:34 PM (vtNpt)
I will - he's pigging out on hash with rice, and corn on the cob.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM (rCwaK)
Good grief. Now I'm hungry again!
Posted by: Ladyl--now mask-free! at July 04, 2020 11:34 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 11:34 PM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
Well, then don't turn on the country channel, everyone's cheatin' and heartbroken. Sob.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:35 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2020 11:34 PM (Fc5rx)
I don't want to merely persevere. I want to live. I want to thrive.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:35 PM (vtNpt)
Pulling votes from Biden. Method to the madness. I
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2020 11:35 PM (gLRfa)
The Red Army Choir is...Rooskie
This is absolute proof that USA RULES!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5GRpA5H3CI
Posted by: Miklosian Cuktural Observations SA de CV at July 04, 2020 11:33 PM (QzkSJ)
That's the weirdest thing I've seen in 2020.
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 04, 2020 11:35 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Emmie at July 04, 2020 11:36 PM (clsJu)
Came in handy for fishing.
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 10:28 PM (w7KSn)
M250 is quarter-stick.
Blow a garbage can placed over one hundreds of feet into the air. Among other damage, quite fun with enough distance.
Posted by: Ike Turner at July 04, 2020 11:36 PM (z79tQ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:23
You are one sick, funny MFer. LOL Be well you sicko.
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 11:36 PM (trev9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:35 PM (+lVUW)
Pickup truck broke down, the dog died and the honky tonk ran out of beer.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:36 PM (vtNpt)
There was one guy who drove into the remote neck of our neighborhood and stopped in front of a bunch of people cooking off some serious ordnance.
They instantly stopped what they were doing because his car looked like an unmarked highway patrol car.
After a few moments of nothing happening, he rolled down the window and yelled/slurred "Keep it up man, don't stop what your doin!"
Then he proceeded to do maneuvers in a drunken manner. and eventually left.
Me: "yep, that guy is drunk - shouldn't go watching fireworks in a blacked out Dodge Charger"
Person next to me: "I think they took the wrong turn to the drug deal meetup".
That is probably what it was.
Posted by: 🐧 at July 04, 2020 11:36 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Miklosian Cuktural Observations SA de CV at July 04, 2020 11:36 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
Same here! No idea how Pookette sleeps through it, it must be her early years living on an AFB.
Posted by: pookysgirl, boom bang boom at July 04, 2020 11:37 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 11:36 PM (trev9)
*bows humbly*
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:37 PM (vtNpt)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:30 PM (hKLpI)
The Biden campaign just collectively shit themselves.
Posted by: Apollonius of Flavortown at July 04, 2020 11:38 PM (2N7oZ)
'Kanye West just announced his candidacy for President in 2020. ''
Pulling votes from Biden. Method to the madness. I
Posted by: Tuna
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Yeah. People got kind of excited here when Kanye "converted."
I think there's more madness than method.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2020 11:38 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 04, 2020 11:38 PM (zqs/f)
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2020 11:38 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:02 PM (kuNgM)
Or two eyes
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
Losing an eye used to be a rite of passage for boys. One of my brother's friends, a cousin, and my dentist all lost an eye to bb guns.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:39 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:39 PM (kuNgM)
Was burning some brush and scrap lumber. Piled a little too high. Lit it off and started on dinner.
Hour or so later, went out front to watch some fireworks. Odd, I was still smelling the smoker. I thought maybe I had not turned it off.
40 ft of wood pile and more brush that was drying out was immolated.
Got a couple hundred feet of hose and a rake and had at it. Lost a couple of fence posts. *sigh*
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 04, 2020 11:40 PM (8C7+r)
Posted by: Insomniac
Wasn't that Jeff Goldblum's line in "The Fly"?
Posted by: Miklosian Moving Picture Observations SA de CV at July 04, 2020 11:40 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at July 04, 2020 11:40 PM (+3rQF)
I think there's more madness than method.''
I don't know. If he's serious it about making sure Biden loses I think. Who knows. It could all be a joke.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2020 11:40 PM (gLRfa)
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Posted by: Braenyard at July 04, 2020 11:41 PM (46KNC)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 04, 2020 11:34 PM
Firefox, properly hammered into shape, isn't too shabby, either!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at July 04, 2020 11:41 PM (AJ6Fc)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:42 PM (kuNgM)
Because the Big Civic Authorities/Government Numpties aren't doing the show, the Citizens have said, "Fukkit, hold my beer. WE'LL show you what fireworks are all about!"
And instead of passively watching the Government Show, the citizens are not only doing their own thing, freedom-style, but HEARING from other parts of the field that Americans are alive and well and Fed Up to the Back Teeth with all this control-freak shit. Because sound waves travel, baby. This is better than the jungle telegram: hearing all that defiant celebration is red-pilling millions from coast to coast!
Another anecdote: a friend of mine in New York City says that THREE women she knows who are staunch Democrats and "hated Trump" the last election have now said they are rethinking everything because of the Lockdown and the Riots -- and beginning to discover they've been lied to all their lives and they are definitely going to Vote for Trump this fall.
In fact, two of them said they had had vivid dreams that God told them Trump is "chosen," and they Must vote for him [as president, not a prophet or anything.] And that the dreams were so vivid, they dare not disobey.
There is something in the Zeitgeist, friends....
Posted by: Beverly at July 04, 2020 11:42 PM (DRbHJ)
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Mrs. Franpsycho kept shushing me as I was muttering this louder and louder at the other park-goers on our morning walk.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2020 11:43 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Miklosian Moving Picture Observations SA de CV at July 04, 2020 11:40 PM (QzkSJ)
All I remember was the Vanilla Wafer scene. Never been able to eat them since.
Posted by: Apollonius of Flavortown at July 04, 2020 11:43 PM (2N7oZ)
Industrial plastic trash can liners taped together into one large balloon, two filled with natural has, two filled with hydrogen.
Eight feet of cannon fuse and a nice wind.
Swat Team on site within 20 minutes.
Posted by: 🐧 at July 04, 2020 11:43 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Do you have to buy them from a drug dealing dog ?
Posted by: JT
That pitbull that gets walked up the street at least twice a day, I knew he was up to no good.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:43 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 11:43 PM (dUJdY)
He's half the right demographic.
Posted by: ALH
A mewling bitch?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2020 11:43 PM (ycxIH)
Wait for autonomous vehicles. Then his pickup truck can leave him, along with his woman and his dog.
Apparently the guy who used the Seattle commies for speed bumps last night is...black.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:44 PM (hKLpI)
Posted by: Beverly at July 04, 2020 11:42 PM (DRbHJ)
Nice!
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 04, 2020 11:44 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 10:39 PM
Christ! The faggotry -- it burns!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto
Probably scented soy candles.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2020 11:45 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:45 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 11:45 PM (OCRKH)
Posted by: Sharkman at July 04, 2020 11:45 PM (1YlHz)
Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 11:45 PM (OCRKH)
He's got the dragon energy.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:46 PM (kuNgM)
Everybody just stay calm and no one has to get hurt.
Now, get up and dance!!
Love you Morons & 'Ettes. Bro'ishly.
BOOM
Posted by: mindful webworker in the city
Consent of the governed
at July 04, 2020 11:46 PM (ECLlc)
Posted by: jakee308 at July 04, 2020 11:46 PM (cW5Gl)
If it helps improve the image of my city... :-)
Right now? It sounds like a war zone outside. So many explosions and sounds of fireworks, it's spooky. (I haven't heard one person singing God Bless America yet, OTOH.)
People every year in our town ignore the edicts against "illegal" fireworks, and this year is no exception.
Hopefully this is a good sign.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:46 PM (L2ZTs)
I guess I've been an involuntary lurker tonigyt, hope to interact tomorrow
Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 11:47 PM (OCRKH)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:47 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:47 PM (L2ZTs)
Going to be an early night with any luck.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:48 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 11:48 PM (w7KSn)
It was the last 30 seconds this morning before I left the house. Running around turning off lights, checking locks. Heard water running somewhere -- what's on? Looked at the floor -- hot water all over the place. Dove under the kitchen sink.
Some line has detached and it's fsshhking around shooting hot water all over soaking me, I can't even see to get to whatever valve I need to shut off. I start yanking things out from under the sink blindly until I can feel my way around the bottom and I start turning things. Finally it's the valve. It's off.
I just got home and fvck, I wish I knew how to reconnect lines like that. I think whatever went wrong happened about two months ago when I got a new dishwasher installed.
Damn I wish I was handy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2020 11:49 PM (G51Gf)
They'll keep drawing out the suspense. "Well, if Joe can just take the next 27 states in a row, he's in!!..." :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:49 PM (L2ZTs)
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 04, 2020 11:49 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 04, 2020 11:49 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Shoey at July 04, 2020 11:49 PM (hmNVd)
Posted by: Miklos, might be some glass shattered at July 04, 2020 11:49 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2020 11:49 PM (G51Gf)
There is a YouTube How To Video for everything.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:50 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: Gwyneth Paltrow at July 04, 2020 11:51 PM (2N7oZ)
Posted by: attilla
Most commonly known as "insurance claims".
Posted by: Miklos, short order risk analyst cook at July 04, 2020 11:51 PM (QzkSJ)
After weeks of canceled fireworks displays, warnings by the local govt and requests for stasi informers, my city sounds like a glorious war zone. The sound of freedom.
America! F yeah! Happy 4th!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 04, 2020 11:51 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 04, 2020 11:38 PM (zqs/f)
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AMEN.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2020 11:51 PM (M/9m0)
I say Biden.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:52 PM (hKLpI)
The old saying was "It was spontaneous combustion, caused by the mortgage rubbing against the insurance policy."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:52 PM (hKLpI)
First, he needs a political party.
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:53 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:44 PM (hKLpI)
Nice! I'll bet they never saw him coming.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2020 11:53 PM (7KZWW)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2020 11:53 PM (H3MF8)
The Kanye party! ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:53 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 04, 2020 11:54 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:54 PM (kuNgM)
Posted by: Tawana Brawley at July 04, 2020 11:54 PM (iM0Se)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:54 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2020 11:55 PM (ycxIH)
Does he? Does any state actually require a stated political party to get on the ballot?
The Constitution itself is totally silent with respect to parties.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:55 PM (hKLpI)
Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2020 11:39 PM (kuNgM)
That makes ZERO sense. Kanye is a California resident. California is not a swing state.
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 04, 2020 11:55 PM (zqs/f)
Time to go do some other stuff before bed.
Everybody just stay calm and no one has to get hurt.
Now, get up and dance!!
Love you Morons 'Ettes. Bro'ishly.
BOOM
Posted by: mindful webworker in the city
Consent of the governed
at July 04, 2020 11:46 PM (ECLlc)
Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance!!!!
Posted by: Mookie at July 04, 2020 11:55 PM (3vIkC)
Posted by: fly gal at July 04, 2020 11:56 PM (6CtMt)
All the TwitComs who were blaming it on a "white supremacist" earlier are getting dragged now.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:56 PM (hKLpI)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 04, 2020 11:40
Sorry to hear that IMG.
On different fire incident, do NOT try to light you grill w/ gasoline. The can caught on fire and as I threw it it spwewed flames across the yard. Good times as a young stupid F#*k.
T
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 11:56 PM (trev9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
As well they should.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2020 11:58 PM (ycxIH)
Food coma coming on, plus was up early doing food prep.
Enjoy the rest of the Glorious Fourth!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 04, 2020 11:58 PM (hKLpI)
Unless "Columbia" is the name of a former Miss Venezuela, probably not.
Posted by: Miklos, about this [ ] far from anther Columbia at July 04, 2020 11:58 PM (QzkSJ)
Classic show, from the really old-school days of TV tech. It was recorded on videotape and edited with a razor blade.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 11:59 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Dieter von Miklos at July 05, 2020 12:00 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 04, 2020 11:40
Sorry to hear that IMG.
On different fire incident, do NOT try to light you grill w/ gasoline. The can caught on fire and as I threw it it spwewed flames across the yard. Good times as a young stupid F#*k.
T
Posted by: Farmer
Don't use Coleman Camp Stove Fuel either.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2020 12:00 AM (ycxIH)
Posted by: Headin' for Home
Wait. What?
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 05, 2020 12:01 AM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:01 AM (L2ZTs)
Had to be done at about a 45 degree angle otherwise the audio would go ka-chunk.
All the tape machines had mitered jigs.
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 05, 2020 12:01 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 05, 2020 12:01 AM (UUBmN)
People need something to celebrate in a normal way right now, I'm guessing. It's a little act of defiance from normal, decent, law-abiding citizens, and it makes me happy.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 05, 2020 12:02 AM (H3MF8)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:02 AM (L2ZTs)
There is something in the Zeitgeist, friends....
Posted by: Beverly at July 04, 2020 11:42 PM (DRbHJ)
This does not surprise me. God is moving in our midst.
Posted by: Emmie at July 05, 2020 12:03 AM (clsJu)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 05, 2020 12:03 AM (w7KSn)
Isn't that just straight kerosene?
Posted by: qdpsteve
White gas. Way more flammable than kerosene. Whole lot less smell.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2020 12:03 AM (ycxIH)
grill w/ gasoline. The can caught on fire and as I threw it it spwewed
flames across the yard. Good times as a young stupid F#*k.
T
Posted by: Farmer at July 04, 2020 11:56 PM (trev9)
Years ago I had some neighbors that had an old gas grill, but the tank was empty, so they loaded up the grill with charcoal briquettes and poured gasoline on it to light it. The result was exactly like you would expect.
Posted by: Apollonius of Flavortown at July 05, 2020 12:03 AM (2N7oZ)
Had to be done at about a 45 degree angle otherwise the audio would go ka-chunk.
All the tape machines had mitered jigs.
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad
As long as the U-joint flange and blinker fluid are OK.
Posted by: Grease under the nails Miklos, honest at July 05, 2020 12:04 AM (QzkSJ)
Classic show, from the really old-school days of TV tech. It was recorded on videotape and edited with a razor blade.
Surprised they could get a blade away from the coke long enough to edit a show.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 12:04 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:05 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 04, 2020 11:40
Sorry to hear that IMG.
On different fire incident, do NOT try to light you grill w/ gasoline. The can caught on fire and as I threw it it spwewed flames across the yard. Good times as a young stupid F#*k.
T
Posted by: Farmer
Don't use Coleman Camp Stove Fuel either.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2020 12:00 AM (ycxIH)
Hah, thanks, you Morons. Cheered me right up!
Got the soot washed off and heading to bed.
Silver lining: I think all the brush I needed to burn is gone now. Have to look in the morning.
Be seeing you!
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 05, 2020 12:05 AM (8C7+r)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:05 AM (L2ZTs)
The wind was fierce, taking small limbs off the trees. I went and hid out in the bar for an hour, and spent time with friends there. By the time I got home, it was nice again, so I fed the dog, and spent an hour on the riding mower. But I noticed stuff had been blown over. Some scrap truck doors. some steel shelving leaned up against the north wall of the shop.
Weirdly, there was a tub near the garage that was full of empty cans and bottles. They all got blown out, but the tub remained upright, and the empties only went a yard or two. Must have been a vertical microburst did that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2020 12:05 AM (7KZWW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:06 AM (L2ZTs)
Surprised they could get a blade away from the coke long enough to edit a show.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive
It was in the sixties.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2020 12:06 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 05, 2020 12:07 AM (46KNC)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2020 12:03 AM (ycxIH)
Check your privilege.
Posted by: Black Gas at July 05, 2020 12:07 AM (2N7oZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Is "vertical microburst " Canadian for dog fart?
Posted by: Oxford Miklos Dictionary at July 05, 2020 12:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Hi Ladyl! I'm worn out and will soon go to bed, but I'm still awake.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 05, 2020 12:08 AM (rCwaK)
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 04, 2020 11:55 PM (zqs/f)
Speak for yourself!
Posted by: Katie (Throuple) Hill at July 05, 2020 12:08 AM (7KZWW)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
Which is really rough because the honky tonk is where you go after your man cheated on you. I'm not kidding, they had a song about that a few minutes ago.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 05, 2020 12:08 AM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:09 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 05, 2020 12:10 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2020 12:10 AM (9Om/r)
A young Dabny Coleman is on tonight's episode of the Invaders on MeTV I see. It took me a while to recognize him, he's so young.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 05, 2020 12:10 AM (rCwaK)
Uber weird experience this afternoon. Was driving around Dworshak reservoir and a guy on a motorcycle rode by in a full head-to-toe ghillie suit... And not to send commercial bulshit either. This thing was full wookie...
Posted by: Tactical Jack at July 05, 2020 12:10 AM (+3OJb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:10 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 05, 2020 12:11 AM (rCwaK)
I think there's more madness than method.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
If I'm not mistaken he's manic depressive, or something similar. I suspect that the religion and getting away from substance abuse, helps keep him on an even keel.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 05, 2020 12:12 AM (+lVUW)
Isn't that just straight kerosene?
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:01 AM (L2ZTs)
There are kerosene-burning pressure stoves, but classic Colemans use "white gasoline", also sold as "naptha". It has a more pungent odor than motor gasoline.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2020 12:12 AM (7KZWW)
Posted by: Insomniac
Wasn't that Jeff Goldblum's line in "The Fly"?
Posted by: Miklosian Moving Picture Observations SA de CV at July 04, 2020 11:40 PM (QzkSJ)
No idea. But it's the truth.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 05, 2020 12:12 AM (Ifz4f)
At Casa de Clinger, we made homemade ice cream that we took to the church, where our Pastor read the DoI, a fellow parishioner read Patrick Henry's A Call to Arms and I got to honor grill hot dogs for 3 dozen military veterans and police officers.
Later, Little and my nephew and I went to watch the fireworks, which the citizens of our county organized to put on and fund because the leftoid Mayor of the city that usually puts on fireworks kiboshed the usual celebration over the alleged COVID threat.
As we watched the fireworks, nephew, Little and I discussed contingency plans in the event of a total societal breakdown where the two of them discussed wood burning generators, the availability of AK-47 rounds versus AR-15 rounds, and how to set explosive devices to blow the bridge near where our position would be.For my part, I chimed in that we would need to identify leadership targets instead of simply picking off the liberal zombies at the gate, soft lawyerly targets first.
It's was an all-around great American day.
Happy Birthday America and JJ Sefton!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 05, 2020 12:14 AM (38/p9)
Posted by: Insomniac
"Mon truck est casse
T'est m'on oublie
You took every cent
I can't pay my rent
And can't to see my landlord crying"
Posted by: Miklosian Cajun Lyrics at July 05, 2020 12:14 AM (QzkSJ)
ASHEVILLE - Ten deaths in a Buncombe County long-term care facility were misidentified as caused by COVID-19 when they were not, meaning the total number of deaths in the county due to the illness is 30, not 40, as of the afternoon of July 2.
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So, 30 people (maybe) out of 265,000.
Economy:Crushed
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 12:14 AM (WD9ZA)
Captain Mead of the WA State Patrol said it is illegal for pedestrians to be on the freeway, and he hoped the incident will persuade protesters to protest someplace safer.
WHY DON'T YOU REMOVE THEM FROM THEIR UNSAFE PLACE?
Posted by: fly gal at July 05, 2020 12:14 AM (6CtMt)
I was hoping for some civil disobediance and some fireworks in my hood. It is usually pretty crazy.
I got nothing.
A couple firecrackers. No booms. Seattle is dead.
I hate the quiet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2020 12:15 AM (U2p+3)
Want to live? Practice yoga until you become flexible enough to suck your own dick. It's not gay if you don't make eye contact...
Posted by: Joe Blowme at July 05, 2020 12:15 AM (+3OJb)
I need to borrow some 'e's or something. It's Dabney Coleman and Anne Francis for goodness' sake.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 05, 2020 12:16 AM (rCwaK)
Isn't that just straight kerosene?
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:01 AM (L2ZTs)
There are kerosene-burning pressure stoves, but classic Colemans use "white gasoline", also sold as "naptha". It has a more pungent odor than motor gasoline.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Have a dual fuel Coleman stove and lantern. Can use Coleman fuel of regular unleaded.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2020 12:16 AM (ycxIH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:16 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 05, 2020 12:16 AM (H5knJ)
God Bless America.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:17 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: enzo at July 05, 2020 12:17 AM (AY0BI)
Captain Mead of the WA State Patrol said it is illegal for pedestrians to be on the freeway, and he hoped the incident will persuade protesters to protest someplace safer.
WHY DON'T YOU REMOVE THEM FROM THEIR UNSAFE PLACE?
Posted by: fly gal at July 05, 2020 12:14 AM (6CtMt)
Non-binary? Octal, decimal, or hexadecimal?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2020 12:17 AM (7KZWW)
Economy:Crushed
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Well, no need to deal with them Asheville lowlanders nohow.
Posted by: Miklos, hearing about a certain French Broad at July 05, 2020 12:17 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 05, 2020 12:17 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 04, 2020 11:55 PM
Could he siphon off enough votes to give the state to Trump ?????
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at July 05, 2020 12:18 AM (qM84C)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 05, 2020 12:18 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Miklos, tryina help at July 05, 2020 12:18 AM (QzkSJ)
Chevron "Blazo" was the popular brand of white gas here in Alaska for many years. No longer readily available. Old-timers swear it was way better than Coleman fuel (plus you could buy it in bulk, while Coleman fuel is usually packaged for small retail sales).
There's many an old cabin with kitchen cabinets made from wooden Blazo crates, and shingled with flattened-out Blazo cans.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at July 05, 2020 12:19 AM (hKLpI)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2020 12:16 AM (ycxIH)
Yeah, now that "regular gas" is all unleaded, it's safe to use in Coleman appliances. Those stoves rock; put out a lot more heat than propane does.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2020 12:19 AM (7KZWW)
Posted by: James at July 05, 2020 12:19 AM (qM84C)
FIFY
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 05, 2020 12:20 AM (38/p9)
Probably neither, he's known for being erratic.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 05, 2020 12:20 AM (+lVUW)
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Don't forget murdering babies. God probably doesn't like that either.
Shithead.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 05, 2020 12:20 AM (wPVhA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2020 12:20 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:21 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Miklos, beginner Seattle prepper at July 05, 2020 12:21 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: ibguy at July 05, 2020 12:23 AM (EHVbt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:21 AM (L2ZTs)
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*curtsies smartly*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 05, 2020 12:23 AM (wPVhA)
You could imagine the excitement among reporters across the country when the freeway accident was announced - why, it was going to be a second Charlottesville!
The editorials denouncing Trump were already being written, and then the driver had to be an Ethiopian immigrant, ruining the reporters' dreams.
The white woman from Portland who was hit follows a lot of left-wing organizations on Facebook, including "Popular Mobilization", which is the front group for Rose City Antifa.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:23 AM (I2/tG)
Do Coleman camp stoves burn?
Posted by: Miklos, beginner Seattle prepper at July 05, 2020 12:21 AM
there is an open flame, if that's what you mean
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 05, 2020 12:23 AM (DUIap)
Oh well. At least the rest of America isnt dead.
Posted by: nurse ratched
THX should be the designator for an airport that they pay you to fly to, and thank you when you arrive.
Posted by: Miklosian Concepts Ltd. at July 05, 2020 12:23 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: ibguy at July 05, 2020 12:24 AM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Joe Blowme at July 05, 2020 12:25 AM (+3OJb)
It's amazing how many transgenders and sexually ambiguous people are at these demonstrations, given that they are a tiny fraction of the actual population.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:25 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Uncle Miklos, eccentric but mainly peaceful at July 05, 2020 12:25 AM (QzkSJ)
https://tinyurl.com/yarlgtbe
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yarlgtbe
https://twitter.com/i/status/
1279548809807306752
Posted by: Braenyard at July 05, 2020 12:25 AM (46KNC)
Posted by: ibguy at July 05, 2020 12:26 AM (EHVbt)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 05, 2020 12:26 AM (/UQ/R)
Let's defeat the idiots/leftists who want to destroy this country.
Posted by: Farmer at July 05, 2020 12:26 AM (trev9)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:25 AM (I2/tG)
Batshit en unum, batshit en omnium.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2020 12:27 AM (7KZWW)
Because, after all, that's what large groups of white people do.
Seems like an air-tight defense in Seattle.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:27 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 05, 2020 12:28 AM (qM84C)
Posted by: Joe Blowme
No. That's usually the camper making the sound.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2020 12:28 AM (ycxIH)
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There was an old tv commercial that stated Americans want to succeed, not just survive. I always liked that commercial.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 05, 2020 12:28 AM (IDhUW)
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"I thought I saw a noose. It was like To Kill A Mockingbird all over again!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 05, 2020 12:28 AM (wPVhA)
Posted by: ibguy
The "X" is for kickass.
Do I have to explain EVERYTHING
Posted by: Miklosian Concepts, amended and revised at July 05, 2020 12:29 AM (QzkSJ)
But Twitter gave big play to the fact that it was Malia Obama's birthday today, so there's that.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:29 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:29 AM (I2/tG)
That explains the turkey baster handing out cigars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2020 12:31 AM (7KZWW)
Posted by: ibguy at July 05, 2020 12:31 AM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 05, 2020 12:31 AM (Ifz4f)
I envy you with local shows.
Good to see so many people breaking the rules/laws.
The rules/laws that are meant to be broken, occasionally.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 12:32 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Joe Blowme at July 05, 2020 12:32 AM (+3OJb)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 12:32 AM (KAi1n)
Mary is too shy to tell how much Mr. Hussein Biden depends on her Holistic Herbal Cleanse! His wife (who is a Doctor) says it keeps him on the throne like a King!
Posted by: Concerned Woman of Brattleboro at July 05, 2020 12:33 AM (QzkSJ)
I don't recall the Bush twins getting that much attention three and a half years after W left office.
Weird, huh?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:34 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 12:34 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: raimondo at July 05, 2020 12:32 AM (TfCyO)
God doesn't believe anything. He knows a fetus is a baby.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2020 12:35 AM (7KZWW)
Posted by: Joe Blowme at July 05, 2020 12:35 AM (+3OJb)
City of New Orleans.
Steve Goodman, popularized by Arlo Guthrie.
Good mornin' America how are ya?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2020 10:38 PM (gd9RK)
My favorite version...
https://youtu.be/zM1MJkAigbs
Posted by: Al Bundy at July 05, 2020 12:35 AM (Z7toj)
Posted by: ibguy at July 05, 2020 12:36 AM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 05, 2020 12:37 AM (wPVhA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2020 12:37 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2020 12:37 AM (I2/tG)
FFS...
Kanye West was born in 1977. The oldest millennials were born in 1981. The youngest were born in 1996.
The YOUNGEST millennials anywhere in the world are 24 this year.
Posted by: Apostate at July 05, 2020 12:37 AM (z2FAZ)
Posted by: ibguy at July 05, 2020 12:37 AM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Miklos, drunk the day his ma got out of prison at July 05, 2020 12:37 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2020 12:37 AM (aKsyK)
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Forget it. He's a retard.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 05, 2020 12:38 AM (wPVhA)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 05, 2020 12:39 AM (LWu6U)
https://youtu.be/zM1MJkAigbs
Posted by: Al Bundy
I like their...attitude.
Posted by: Miklosian Opinions, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit at July 05, 2020 12:40 AM (QzkSJ)
Assume Mexico is the source, don't know where else people are getting them.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 12:40 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Miklosian Geometry LLC at July 05, 2020 12:40 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...Made in the USA at July 05, 2020 12:40 AM (4EpZ5)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 12:41 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Indian Reservation! at July 05, 2020 12:41 AM (I2/tG)
Prayer of course, with gratitude for the many blessings in my life.
Bad decisions have got me to a place where the holiday celebrations are mostly alone. Again a personal preference because I'm only mostly comfortable around family and they are many miles away.
Thanks for being my family away from family.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 05, 2020 12:41 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 05, 2020 12:41 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 05, 2020 12:42 AM (YynYJ)
Hearing more right now, than in all the past 10 years combined!
Something's happening... ain't it grand?!
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2020 12:42 AM (whOIk)
Posted by: Miklosian Musical Opinions (USVI) Ltd at July 05, 2020 12:44 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 05, 2020 12:41 AM (H5knJ)
Glidden paint, and LePage's paste. You could have a fun weekend in Vegas with that.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 05, 2020 12:44 AM (7KZWW)
I would suggest another Steve Goodman song.
Posted by: Miklos, drunk the day his ma got out of prison at July 05, 2020 12:37 AM (QzkSJ)
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"Go, Cubs, Go!"
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 05, 2020 12:44 AM (M/9m0)
Johnny-Cash_That-Ragged-Old-Flag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlkfEns1gO4
Posted by: Braenyard at July 05, 2020 12:45 AM (46KNC)
Another national brand made a version with sour powder coating, but they are not available anymore.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 05, 2020 12:46 AM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Miklos "Nikki" Haley at July 05, 2020 12:46 AM (QzkSJ)
There was a Barona guy at a shootin' match a few years back. He talked about how great it was, he and few buddies had set up their own range and steels area at the reservation.
We brainstormed during the match, and I thought convinced him that a nice shooting range, tailored towards fun and people who'd pay $ for it - steels matches, interactive targets, etc - would be a great business idea for the reservation. Never saw him at a match again, but I wonder if he brought it up with the tribal council.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 12:47 AM (El6T/)
Fascinating evening.
Sitting high on a hill on the back patio of a hotel overlooking the river valley. The entire valley is full of privately shot off fireworks some very high-quality. The municipal show starts in 20 minutes.
two tables away a mixed group of guys and gals are discussing the benefits vs downsides of Crimson Trace laser grips.
the soccer moms at the table in front of me, who look very much like Karen, but aren't, are keeping an eye on the little ones while discussing which kind of alcohol makes them the most horny. Too bad I'm married... High value targets here tonight.
little ones are at the edge of the property absolutely fascinated by all of the fireworks down in the valley.
Weather is perfect.
Despite being in Idaho, none of Aces ubiquitous klansmen boogeymen are present. mostly whites a couple blacks a couple Asians and a couple mutts are in the group. all are totally integrated and happily chatting with each other sharing food and booze.
I love my country more than ever.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 05, 2020 12:47 AM (+3OJb)
Berserker - wonder if you saw the DC air parade, and it just went north?
Hard to imagine more than one B-2 scrambled for today's festivities.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 12:34 AM (El6T/)
Yeah I was wondering about that seeing I'm only about 1/2 hour from DC by plane. They flew over somewhere around 3:30 give or take. It was pretty sunny and they were flying somewhat in the direction of the sun, so it was a little hard to see exactly what the planes were. There were probably 4 fighters in the first pack in a fairly tight formation, almost like the f-22s that were in DC. The commercial looking plane I couldn't make out. It might have been a tanker, which might make sense. Not sure what fighters were on the wings of the B2, or they few that came after. Maybe they were the F-15, 2 escorting the B2, and 2 flying behind. I would have been able to identify them all if it wasn't for the sun. It was really something to see though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2020 12:48 AM (9Om/r)
https://tinyurl.com/y9oq2oya
and this is okiko
https://tinyurl.com/ybnb2v8a
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 05, 2020 12:49 AM (LWu6U)
Yowzah.
This is better customer service than I get from my favorite car mechanic.
Actual answers, and a 24 hour turn-around.
Thanks so very much. Available only in Okinawa certainly sounds right - we've asked at Family Marts and similar places all over Kyushu and Honshu - no dice.
Well now I have my target acquired. No current connections in Oki, if I did I'd pay them to buy a case or two and ship. But at least I have a name to go after.
Domo arigato gozoyimas-ta!
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 12:50 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: IDAHO at July 05, 2020 12:50 AM (X8GWW)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer
If Barry White had written the National Anthem...
Posted by: Miklos, oh baby at July 05, 2020 12:50 AM (QzkSJ)
Holy crap! People have been blasting away for three days now. Been in this house 15 years and it has never rocked from concussions as tonight. Even the wooden slats on the blinds fluttered.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 05, 2020 12:51 AM (eBRhe)
Posted by: The B-52's feat Miklos at July 05, 2020 12:51 AM (QzkSJ)
Just Lefty blog assertion.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 12:52 AM (GBHAb)
I think the problem was when I added the margarine it cooled the oil, and although it came back up to full temperature, it took too long. The kernels need quick heat to pop.
I tried again today with oil and all popped no problem. Then I tried again using the kernels which would not pop yesterday, and they too all popped! (I only did this because i had a couple old kernels stuck to the spoon and they popped unexpectedly.)
I still need to work on technique since they pop too quick and the ones on top don't get any sugar coating.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 05, 2020 12:52 AM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 12:53 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Miklos, oh baby at July 05, 2020 12:50 AM (QzkSJ)
Seek help...
Or, write some tv scripts & best of luck !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 05, 2020 12:53 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 05, 2020 12:41
Glad the folks here can supply some succor to you. While I have some family around they are distant. I'm always happy to converse w/ you morons. Be well AK.
Ace has created a very cool community.
Posted by: Farmer at July 05, 2020 12:53 AM (trev9)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2020 12:54 AM (WyVLE)
Aww, c'mon... "Dick" Butler (may he roast in hell!) never had that many followers, and they scattered like roaches years ago. They were *never* welcome or even generally accepted by most Idahoans!
A stain upon this great state, they all were. Good riddance to them!
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2020 12:54 AM (whOIk)
I gotta put this one in the First World Problem folder.
Posted by: That same eternal starving Ethiopian kid, now a grandfather at July 05, 2020 12:55 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Kindltot
Not. So.
Posted by: Karen from the HOA at July 05, 2020 12:56 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Beartooth at July 05, 2020 12:51 AM (eBRhe)
If this is an indication of how little folks are adhering to the "if you fire off fireworks you're racists!" rule in my town passed down by the mayor - then all my neighborhood is KKK because they are shooting them off like I have not seen in 25 years of living here....
Posted by: Boswell at July 05, 2020 12:56 AM (32YRo)
Steve Goodman, popularized by Arlo Guthrie.
Good mornin' America how are ya?
Posted by: Bandersnatch
I said, "Don't you know me? I'm your native son."
Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 05, 2020 12:57 AM (LPnfS)
My Pimp Shot My Dealer - awesome! America, eff yeah!
Gentlemen, this is democracy - my nihon-go is very limited but I have access to a native speaker, so to speak, so maybe I can buy some of them shikwasa gummies - thanks so much! (for Horde-splanation: shikwasa is one of many bitter or semi-sweet citrus fruits from east asia/Chi-Nah that are common in Japan - makes a fantastic gummi flavor)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 12:58 AM (El6T/)
Again, happy Independence Day!
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 05, 2020 12:58 AM (L2ZTs)
I always appreciate the generosity and kindness you have shown in your comments.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 05, 2020 12:59 AM (IDhUW)
It's WW3 out here! Has been for an hour and a half.
It would be even better but the Eureka cops busted 10,000
pounds of illegal fireworks yesterday.
Posted by: george at July 05, 2020 12:59 AM (uvQqn)
Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 05, 2020 12:59 AM (LPnfS)
The reservation across the river in the land of fruits and nuts has fireworks stands. Any excuse for fireworks they suddenly appear.
Posted by: AlmostYuman at July 05, 2020 12:59 AM (fP8Xt)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2020 12:59 AM (WyVLE)
adhering to the "if you fire off fireworks you're racists!" rule in my
town passed down by the mayor - then all my neighborhood is KKK because
they are shooting them off like I have not seen in 25 years of living
here....
Posted by: Boswell at July 05, 2020 12:56 AM (32YRo)
Shit, I'm in jersey and its been like a war zone all day. People were in the streets blowing off some big ass shit. Somebody at the car show remarked that this is what WWI must have been like. it was like every 3 houses were blowing shit up. Its still going on. When I was driving the car home I had to stop 3 frigging times because of people blowing shit off in the streets. Its frigging Awesome. America, fuck yeah.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2020 01:00 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:02 AM (El6T/)
City of New Orleans.
Steve Goodman, popularized by Arlo Guthrie.
Good mornin' America how are ya?
Posted by:Bandersnatchat July 04, 2020 10:38 PM (gd9RK)
Hail Columbia. It's the song played before the Vice President enters.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 05, 2020 01:02 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2020 01:02 AM (WyVLE)
Posted by: Boswell at July 05, 2020 01:02 AM (32YRo)
Is an actual train, for many years operated by AMTRAK (the government).
Well.
If you don't expect much, you won;t be disappointed.
Posted by: Miklos, liking trains of the armoured variety at July 05, 2020 01:03 AM (QzkSJ)
Happily they're making up for it tonight!! Ahhhh....defiant little buggers.
Plus ShopNephew texted me this afternoon, and emoji-laughed at last Saturday's MisHum coffee photo. Our relationship has suffered due to KungFlu, so any break in the weather makes me happy.
Great time watching the Rushmore speech w/last night's ONT!! I might have said that last night, but it's worth repeating.
Posted by: Shopgirl at July 05, 2020 01:04 AM (FhHsi)
My neighbor had a nice display. He didn't bother with bags of fireworks. He brought them in on a pallet.
Cats are all cringing on the bed. I think I'll join them, minus the cringing.
'Night, hordelings.
Posted by: creeper at July 05, 2020 01:05 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 05, 2020 01:05 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 01:06 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 01:06 AM (KAi1n)
Some like to look at turnout in primaries.
Some like to look at the results of special elections.
Some like to look at party registration.
Maybe we have a new tea leaf - fireworks?
Time will tell but of course it would warm my heart-shaped cavity packed to the density of plutonium with righteous resentment if this were an indicator of American spirit struggling against the ignorance and stupidity of our lessers.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:07 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Ha at July 05, 2020 01:07 AM (KgzRF)
Posted by: rhomboid
All I know is, I need an Okinawan ginger grater plate (you probably know what I mean), which I used for garlic, when I had one.
Posted by: Miklos-san at July 05, 2020 01:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 05, 2020 01:08 AM (ABuva)
In that case, I'd like to place a delivery order for Portland and Seattle.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 01:09 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 05, 2020 01:10 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:11 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: The Royal and Ancient Artillery Corps of Miklos at July 05, 2020 01:11 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miklos-san at July 05, 2020 01:07 AM (QzkSJ)
If they have been burned down, Uwajimiya in Seattle used to have nice Japanese things ...
Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 05, 2020 01:13 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2020 01:14 AM (pNxlR)
Just send me an email, Blanco.Basura at, well, you know. I'm upgrading my OS right now and browser tabs are randomly crashing, so I can't check if your account is still there or not. If it is, password reset and go. If not, I can create a new one for you.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 01:14 AM (SchxB)
Or, online.
I forget the name of my favorite Japanese BedBath and Beyond equivalent store, but they're probably online. Mujiroshi is my favorite home-goods store, and they have cool kitchen tools, and a store in Santa Monica (probably SF too, dunno).
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:15 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Adriane
So.
Are we talking salvage or looting?
Posted by: Miklosian Dime-on-the-Dollar Deals at July 05, 2020 01:15 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:17 AM (El6T/)
moronhorde.com
Same thing you get if you hover the mouse pointer over my nic.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 01:18 AM (SchxB)
I will not.
That nearby county (around Ft. Jackson) has such.
And now requires masks for pursuit of civil commerce.
So no.
Posted by: Miklos, as complaint as your typical Scotch-Irish Magyar at July 05, 2020 01:18 AM (QzkSJ)
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=rtEkqSif5IQ
needs work on the lyrics, but hey ...
: -))
Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 05, 2020 01:19 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: betty at July 05, 2020 01:21 AM (/QabR)
Question: does ace have one?
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:21 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Miklos, as complaint as your typical Scotch-Irish Magyar at July 05, 2020 01:18 AM (QzkSJ)
Get some "food-safe" rated polymer clay and make your own ???
Posted by: Adriane the Happy Hobby Critic ... at July 05, 2020 01:21 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:22 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jugashvili at July 05, 2020 01:23 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Headin' for Home
Wait. What?
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 05, 2020 12:01 AM (+lVUW)
The state allowed the the purchase of fireworks. But it left it up to each municipality to determine whether it was legal to set off.
Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 05, 2020 01:24 AM (fz0iQ)
Posted by: megthered at July 05, 2020 01:25 AM (yoe9p)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 01:25 AM (KAi1n)
Just tossin' ya some generic info.
Posted by: rhomboid
I offer brand-name thanks, tavarish.
Posted by: Miklosov "Bubba" Miklosevich at July 05, 2020 01:26 AM (QzkSJ)
I've been trying to figure out how to bribe my Kadena-stationed nephew to bring me some shikuwasa gummies or, even better, juice when he comes back to the States later this month. Obviously, a BX card would be good, but I need to be very persuasive. I'd knit something, but it doesn't get that cold there.
Posted by: pookysgirl believes that heaven's fridge stocked with shikuwasa juice at July 05, 2020 01:27 AM (XKZwp)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 01:29 AM (KAi1n)
Question: does ace have one?
I'm not sure ace knows moronhorde.com exists. The web site is not affiliated, authorized by, or supported by AoSHQ in any way, shape, or form. But I appreciate that the cobs haven't told me to STFU about it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 01:30 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 05, 2020 01:31 AM (pAKEP)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 01:33 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Nothing and nobody is "affiliated, authorized by, or supported by AoSHQ in any way, shape, or form".
Which is why it works, and seems rather, if I may say, American.
Oh. The Cobs.
Be nice to them, I think they fear the Dental Plan.
Posted by: Radio Free Miklos at July 05, 2020 01:35 AM (QzkSJ)
This is true.
A Russian speaking girlfriend named Holly was called by the Russians, "Golly".
Posted by: Miklosian Linguistic Fun Facts at July 05, 2020 01:37 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 01:33 AM (KAi1n)
But they can snicker ...
Posted by: Adriane the Happy Hobby Critic ... at July 05, 2020 01:38 AM (LPnfS)
SFGoth - Daiso, the Japanese dollar store - and so Japanese. We have 2 in San Diego, there are some in LA and the OC. And Russian "o" has three values/pronunciations, depending on placement of stress in the word. In "tovarishch", one syllable before the stress, it goes to "ah", so "tavarish" in transliteration would be closest.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:39 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: SFGoth
They can only laug
Or drink
One begins to understand the mysteries of the Slavic Soul
Posted by: Miklosian World Problems (BVI) Ltd. at July 05, 2020 01:41 AM (QzkSJ)
Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2020 01:41 AM (s8dHv)
I think you can even get it online, fairly easily.
It's the gummies that are unobtainium. Kind of odd. You'd think the company would, you know, want to sell MORE.
And if you know the Japanese Starburst - Hi-Chew - they have a shikuwasa flavor, apparently, but I've never had it, and never seen it in Japanese stores in the US.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:41 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 05, 2020 01:43 AM (l6b3d)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 01:45 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: banana Dream
Now see?
The Republic Survives.
Posted by: Miklosian World Problems Solved SA de CV at July 05, 2020 01:45 AM (QzkSJ)
Would not be the FBI, it was wire fraud, which is he Secret Service.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2020 01:45 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: banana Dream
Now see?
The Republic Survives.
Posted by: Miklosian World Problems Solved SA de CV at July 05, 2020 01:45 AM (QzkSJ)
Maybe in movies.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2020 01:46 AM (NgKpN)
Oh, my.
Jun 22, 2020 · PROVIDENCE — Governor Gina M. Raimondo on Monday signed an executive order to remove “Providence Plantations” from the full state name …
Seems 'Plantation' is racist. There will be many renamings...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 01:47 AM (bk3Sg)
Posted by: Miklos, thinking it's who watches which movies at July 05, 2020 01:49 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 01:47 AM (bk3Sg)
Interesting, so do they have to reapply to be admitted to the Union?
Seems like this is not just a STATE issue.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2020 01:49 AM (NgKpN)
Seems 'Plantation' is racist. There will be many renamings...
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
I think the "raimondo" part explains it.
Posted by: Ye Venerable Miklos at July 05, 2020 01:50 AM (QzkSJ)
I think the "raimondo" part explains it.
Posted by: Ye Venerable Miklos
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She's being touted as VP for Biden.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 01:53 AM (GBHAb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
I think the "raimondo" part explains it.
Posted by: Ye Venerable Miklos at July 05, 2020 01:50 AM (QzkSJ)
Interesting, amending the State Constitution, by Executive Fiat.
OK then.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2020 01:55 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Whatever.
Raimondo needs to tell her kid to get out of the basement of the Governor's Mansion and get a damn job, and not 15 hours a week at Starbucks either.
Posted by: Irascible Old Man Miklos at July 05, 2020 01:56 AM (QzkSJ)
OK then.
Posted by: Romeo13
Pen, phone.
I got a Plantation pen and phone.
Posted by: Gov. Gina Hussein raimondo at July 05, 2020 01:57 AM (QzkSJ)
He arrived with his son at 2. I wrapped the ribs in foil and added fresh coals for another hour to sweat them as we hit the community pool. Met some neighbors and enjoyed a blissful time of non-COVID recreation. A couple with two very young kids carried on in the way of parents from the time before the Tyranny. It was a healing time for me and my friend.
At around 4PM, I unwrapped the ribs and mopped them with my sauce, adding more coals to cook it in. My friend brought a Ravage cabernet that he strongly suggested I serve with the ribs.
The ribs were ethereal (no surprise, really - I've done this a time or two). We mourned our friend's weaknesses, praised God for our good health and fortune, and recovered a wonderful 4th of July from what could have been a depressing day of isolation.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2020 02:00 AM (5WpEK)
I think the "raimondo" part explains it.
Posted by: Ye Venerable Miklos
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I knew that I had seen that name before.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 02:01 AM (830x5)
One has to wonder, why in the holy fuck would anyone risk being on Twitter, especially someone in the public eye, and especially an overt right-winger like Allen?
I don't believe in cancel culture, but Allen should have been smarter. Or at least, funnier.
https://tinyurl.com/ychnczrj
Posted by: Guy Smiley at July 05, 2020 02:05 AM (FtO5h)
Yeah, this 4th has outdone anything in the past. May boost GDP a point.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 05, 2020 02:06 AM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
raimondo may our favorite pet troll.
Hogmartin even set up something Very Special.
Posted by: Miklos on tap at July 05, 2020 02:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Anyway, yeah, the distant (mostly) booms continue. Good to hear.
Nothing earth-shaking.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:08 AM (El6T/)
I wouldn't join any social media site that would have me.
Posted by: Miklos "Groucho" Marx at July 05, 2020 02:09 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: pookysgirl believes that heaven's fridge stocked with shikuwasa juice at July 05, 2020 02:12 AM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Miklosian Coordinates Bt. at July 05, 2020 02:13 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 05, 2020 02:13 AM (IYHxL)
Hogmartin even set up something Very Special.
Posted by: Miklos
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*?*
Did it have a 10 Ring?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 02:14 AM (pK7cg)
Posted by: Miklos, Promoter, Agent, and General Factotum at July 05, 2020 02:14 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miklos "Groucho" Marx at July 05, 2020 02:09 AM (QzkSJ)
That's the most ridiculous logic I've ever heard!
** twitches bushy eyebrows **
Posted by: Adriane the Happy Hobby Critic ... at July 05, 2020 02:16 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
No, Hogmartin chose mockery as his Weapon of Choice.
(I am allowed to use it)
Posted by: Miklos, en garde and touche at July 05, 2020 02:16 AM (QzkSJ)
Shutdown RI and fold them into Massachusetts after a 10 year stint as a territory.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 05, 2020 02:16 AM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Eisenhorn at July 05, 2020 02:16 AM (F6tBH)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:18 AM (El6T/)
** twitches bushy eyebrows **
Posted by: Adriane
You look so sexy in those glasses!
(Hopes the moustache is fake)
Posted by: Miklos, the neglected sixth Marx Brother (and 6th Stooge) at July 05, 2020 02:18 AM (QzkSJ)
Anyway, yeah, the distant (mostly) booms continue. Good to hear.
Nothing earth-shaking.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:08 AM (El6T/)
Militia never throw anything away.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 05, 2020 02:19 AM (e1mEI)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:19 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Eisenhorn at July 05, 2020 02:20 AM (F6tBH)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:21 AM (El6T/)
Kind of related - pookysgirl, a quick look online reveals ridiculous prices for shikuwasa juice - WTF? I don't recall it being expensive, at all, at Japanese stores in the US.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:23 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:25 AM (El6T/)
Outside of the fireworks shit is dead.
Nobody is trying anything as far as I know.
Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 05, 2020 02:28 AM (IYHxL)
Posted by: Miklos "B.A." Baracus at July 05, 2020 02:28 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at July 05, 2020 02:29 AM (CLteG)
Steve Goodman, popularized by Arlo Guthrie.
Good mornin' America how are ya?
Posted by: Bandersnatch
I said, "Don't you know me? I'm your native son."
Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 05, 2020 12:57 AM (LPnfS)
I
like the Willie Nelson Version. BTW, because of this commentary I
revisited a song I knew I did not like but a lot of
conservative/libertarian commenters on the web seem to like. I Just
listened to Alice's Restaurant.
I
have in the past, particularly during the W years referred to myself as
a libertarian-conservative. Some here used to take shots at
libertarians for various reasons. I am not a Libertarian or even close
to one. I am still a libertarian-conservative because that
differentiates my views from the worn out views of W, Frist, the old
Huckabee, Virgil Goode and Ridge.
With
all that being said. I don't get why many love that song Alice's
Restaurant. I guess it is idealistic is some ways, but no better than
Imagine by Lennon. It is nihilist to me and nothing more. I would say
more but it will only get more caustic. I will leave it at the point
where I say I do not like that song.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:30 AM (hHxp2)
Gee, I just found this. Am I the last one to know that the actual name
of Rhode Island is 'State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation'?
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well that would be impossible. It is not possible to be the last to know something in this country really. Have many known this for years even though they have never stepped foot in the state? Yes. I would bet most of the Horde knows the official name of Rhode Island.
How many Americans know the official name of the UK? It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:34 AM (hHxp2)
But I always remember the full expansion of POLISARIO.
Or the Cheka.
(no cheating, now)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:36 AM (El6T/)
But I always remember the full expansion of POLISARIO.
Well, the official name is Rhode Island and Polisario Colony.
Posted by: The Miklosian Peopls' Liberation Front (Mozambique) Ltda. at July 05, 2020 02:39 AM (QzkSJ)
But none can sing like Cesária Évora.
.
Posted by: Miklos, Friend of African Portuguese music at July 05, 2020 02:43 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:43 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:44 AM (hHxp2)
But you would only know the legal specifics if you were arrested there.
Posted by: Miklos, record expunged at July 05, 2020 02:45 AM (QzkSJ)
For afficionados of obscure west African conflicts of the 80s and 90s.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:46 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Quint
The Commonwealth gets a bit tricky there, bud.
Status of Gibraltar is what, without looking it up?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 05, 2020 02:47 AM (L6ZYH)
Posted by: Quint
Good grief.
Now do FRELIMO
Posted by: Miklos, who wants no part of the Sahara at July 05, 2020 02:47 AM (QzkSJ)
But you would only know the legal specifics if you were arrested there.
Posted by: Miklos, record expunged at July 05, 2020 02:45 AM (QzkSJ)
if you get arrested, they send you to Providence Plantations.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:47 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:48 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: rhomboid
I was waiting for the hint "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead"
Posted by: Teddy "Miklos" Roosevelt at July 05, 2020 02:48 AM (QzkSJ)
I can't ever muster a guess on Polisario. Poland and Sarajevo?
Posted by: Quint
Good grief.
Now do FRELIMO
Posted by: Miklos, who wants no part of the Sahara at July 05, 2020 02:47 AM (QzkSJ)
hey, at least i played long and tried lol.
French Liberian Missouri?
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:50 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:51 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: rhomboid
so SOF readers
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:51 AM (hHxp2)
That's it's given name. It usually answers to "Rhodie".
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 02:52 AM (SchxB)
Oh - that was Morocco vs the newly independent/formerly Spanish (hence
the "Rio de Oro") Western Sahara. Vaguely recall some innovations
occurred in that dust-up - use of Toyota pick-ups, later called
"technicals" in Somalia etc., I think started there.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:51 AM (El6T/)
Spain still has two small landing areas on Morocco. They are to this day considered Spanish soil. Yet the Spanish still bitch about the GIb.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:53 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: Miklosian Band Brands and the Blowfish at July 05, 2020 02:54 AM (QzkSJ)
The Commonwealth gets a bit tricky there, bud.
Status of Gibraltar is what, without looking it up?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 05, 2020 02:47 AM (L6ZYH)
i have been there. It is a British colony or protectorate of some sort for its strategic value. The people there are more British that the Brits.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:55 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Yeah?
JackStraw knows the real story.
Posted by: Deferential Miklos Effendi at July 05, 2020 02:55 AM (QzkSJ)
Starting before sundown the pyrotechnics began and grew in ever increasing decibel and frequency the darker it became.
It came to a point around 9 PM that one of my sons standing in the backyard with me getting GoPro clips asked.."Dad, is this what war sounds like?" Caught me off guard but I recovered......
"It may be this sound," But there is none of the mayhem, slaughter and horror like what your brother went through in Iraq and the Afgan." "We are celebrating our Independence with the sound of battles." Because we need to be reminded that if it were not for the battles....this country would have never existed.
Son could only nod and say....Oh...thanks Dad..
Posted by: The Nightwatch in Quarantine at July 05, 2020 02:58 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Quint
The Brits have allowed (and encouraged) the Gibraltarians to vote UK or Spain.
Well.
Stay with UK got Saddam Hussein numbers.
Posted by: Miklos, a Transferable Voter at July 05, 2020 02:58 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miklos, a Transferable Voter at July 05, 2020 02:58 AM (QzkSJ)
yeah they are Uber British. I stood on that mountain, the prudential mountain, and you could see Spain, the UK, and Africa.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 02:59 AM (hHxp2)
No particular reason, would just be bad-ass to have that perch at the chokepoint of the Med, plus it would infuriate the Spanish, who are great folks with awesome food and wine, but sadly dominated by socialist dumbassery.
Well, there are the Basques, who at least were violent, and there's that national divorce thinggy that Catalan is working on. So maybe there are some there we can work with.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:59 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 03:01 AM (KAi1n)
Basically you're right. Though the "technicals", instead of being the lightest units used for raids and recon, were their "heavy" machinery.
Toyota pickup - ZSU-23 mounted in back.
Call it what you will - I call it fun!
Though the genre was probably permanently topped by Black Rifle Coffee's mini-gun mounted on a Prius.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:03 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 03:05 AM (bPH26)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:05 AM (El6T/)
In LA we just have LT's or Looter Technical's. They usually just have 2-3 BLM types popping out the sunroofs with high end cell phones and maybe a GAT or two among them.
Posted by: The Nightwatch in Quarantine at July 05, 2020 03:06 AM (u1WYs)
No particular reason, would just be bad-ass to have that perch at
the chokepoint of the Med, plus it would infuriate the Spanish, who are
great folks with awesome food and wine, but sadly dominated by socialist
dumbassery.
Well, there are the Basques, who at least were violent, and there's
that national divorce thinggy that Catalan is working on. So maybe
there are some there we can work with.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 02:59 AM (El6T/)
where does it stand today? I would guess Rajoy got ousted as he was pretty feckless. Zapatero was God Awfull but Aznar was pretty good. Too many lefties there, kind of like another country we know. I like Andalucia. It is traditionally conservative and anti leftist. The wine and food are the best.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:07 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: rhomboid
If there are Basque equivalents of Gurkhas, I say GO!
If not, make Nepal the 51st state and GET SOME DAMN GURKHAS.
Posted by: Miklosian GeoStrategery at July 05, 2020 03:07 AM (QzkSJ)
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Sabotage and Counter-Revolution
(breath)
and in transliteration
Vsye-Rossiskiya Chrezvichainaya Commissiya po Borbe s Kontr-revolyutsiye i Sabotazhem - or, "Cheka", Extraordinary Commission.
But I forget what VSOP means on brandy.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:09 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I deeply suspect that no one has ever called Mike Hammer "Homes". Or vice versa.
Posted by: Miklos, 'sup bro? at July 05, 2020 03:10 AM (QzkSJ)
Another one for that garden of heroes. Not an American, but he would have fit right in. Rafal Gan-Ganowicz:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y7uc92u6
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 05, 2020 03:11 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: rhomboid
Very Special Old Production
Now do Sovetskoye Igritskoye
Posted by: Miklos, will now have a drink at July 05, 2020 03:12 AM (QzkSJ)
Portugal, twice, though not for long visits.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:13 AM (El6T/)
Point of Order
I know we're not supposed/allowed to sock regulars, but does that etxend to trolls?
I ask because that one is too obtuse/stupid even for a troll.
Posted by: ibguy at July 05, 2020 03:13 AM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Miklos Knows at July 05, 2020 03:13 AM (QzkSJ)
Survey says...DA!
Posted by: Miklos Knowshas done it without enbanmination at July 05, 2020 03:14 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:15 AM (El6T/)
My guess is "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" - it's " God Save the King/Queen" with lyrics changed.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at July 05, 2020 03:15 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:16 AM (El6T/)
If not, make Nepal the 51st state and GET SOME DAMN GURKHAS.
Posted by: Miklosian GeoStrategery at July 05, 2020 03:07 AM (QzkSJ)
you can never have enough Gurkhas.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:17 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:19 AM (El6T/)
Never been to Spain (but I kinda like the music - is that how it goes).
Portugal, twice, though not for long visits.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:13 AM (El6T/)
it is always out there to do. The only country in Western Europe i have not been to is Portugal. Of course I define W. Europe in my own way lol. I guess I should count Austria, Andorra, and San Marino to be technical about it.
I do want to go to Portugal for sure. I could hang out in the Madeira island and well, drink a lot of Madeira.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:21 AM (hHxp2)
But fireworks at least are fun, and don't cause social and economic harm.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:22 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: rhomboid
Sir-
Sparkling white wine from USSR/Russia.
Called "Shampanski" but cannot say that on the label because of conditions of French support for New USSR in the 20's.
I am not much of a champagne drinker, but the dry version is not bad.
It was a staple of underage drinkers in the Hungarian People's Republic. They still sell it today with the same label (modified to EU requirements).
Posted by: Sparking Bubbly Miklos at July 05, 2020 03:23 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:23 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: raimondo at July 05, 2020 03:25 AM (QzkSJ)
My guess is "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" - it's " God Save the King/Queen" with lyrics changed.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at July 05, 2020 03:15 AM (SRRAx)
i am not so sure there was one. Not saying there wasn't but I don't recall a vote with two choices. Sure there was a second in theory.
So here is my factoid. Francis Scott Key's son was murdered by the infamous Union General Daniel Sickles. Sickles was one of the first in Western Law to successfully argue the defense of temporary insanity. After that, he rose even higher and became one of the most colorful Americans in history. Read a Sickles bio and you will not be disappointed.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:26 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2020 03:27 AM (LxTcq)
After that it was right on to cheap vodka (normal Soviet stuff, 3 rubles, "3 on a bottle").
I didn't drink all that much - some people on the program matched our Russian friends, it was unbelievable.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:28 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Quint
The Brits retired two (2) regiments.
And we didn't hire them.
Stupid American DoD.
(This is true)
Posted by: Mildly embarassed Miklos at July 05, 2020 03:28 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:29 AM (hHxp2)
Portugal, twice, though not for long visits.
Doesn't reallly scan, does it? But hey, what does it matter? What does it matter?
Posted by: The drummer, chipping in at July 05, 2020 03:30 AM (YqED9)
Posted by: Quint
The Brits retired two (2) regiments.
And we didn't hire them.
Stupid American DoD.
(This is true)
Posted by: Mildly embarassed Miklos at July 05, 2020 03:28 AM (QzkSJ)
stupid Brits too. They were going to cashier the Blackwatch regiment too until they got too much backlash. They still cut it down big time as I recall.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:30 AM (hHxp2)
Rather bad-ass and stylish, if you're gonna have a personal army.
We probably should have let Japan keep that part of Borneo after the surrender.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:30 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: rhomboid
Early lesson, well learned-
Do NOT attempt to out drink a Russian on vodka (or a Finn for that matter)
Bring a bottle of bourbon, which being an acquired taste, allows the American to out-drink the Rooskie (once).
Take your trophy and go home.
Posted by: Miklosian Life Lessons at July 05, 2020 03:31 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint
Well, the Black Watch are Lowlanders.
*Highlander spit*
Posted by: McMiklos at July 05, 2020 03:33 AM (QzkSJ)
Won't Scotland Yard bust into your home in the middle of the night with a "hate crime" warrant, otherwise?
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:34 AM (El6T/)
Definitely Gurkhas.
And a 1962 Lincoln suicide door convertible.
I figure with all that, the chicks will come around.
Posted by: Miklos, aspiring Emir at July 05, 2020 03:35 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid
Early lesson, well learned-
Do NOT attempt to out drink a Russian on vodka (or a Finn for that matter)
Bring a bottle of bourbon, which being an acquired taste, allows the American to out-drink the Rooskie (once).
Take your trophy and go home.
Posted by: Miklosian Life Lessons at July 05, 2020 03:31 AM (QzkSJ)
lesson taken, I believe you.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:36 AM (hHxp2)
I was hoping for some civil disobediance and some fireworks in my hood. It is usually pretty crazy.
I got nothing.
A couple firecrackers. No booms. Seattle is dead.
I hate the quiet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 05, 2020 12:15 AM (U2p+3)
30 miles south in Puyallup, at a brother's with fresh clams, oysters, and steak.
It was a war zone, just had to walk outside to the road, and big shows in every direction for well over an hour. I can't remember it being like that, ever.
Sure felt good.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 05, 2020 03:38 AM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Quint
Well, come to Budapest, you will drink among friends.
Here, try this Unicum.
Posted by: Miklosian Hospitality Bt. at July 05, 2020 03:38 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2020 03:39 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: rhomboid
Sir-
Sparkling white wine from USSR/Russia.
Called "Shampanski" but cannot say that on the label because of conditions of French support for New USSR in the 20's.
I am not much of a champagne drinker, but the dry version is not bad.
It was a staple of underage drinkers in the Hungarian People's
Republic. They still sell it today with the same label (modified to EU
requirements).
Posted by: Sparking Bubbly Miklos at July 05, 2020 03:23 AM (QzkSJ)
If I recall correctly in my Russian/USSR studies. The Commissars made a push to plant a lot of vineyards so as to get people more into wine and less into the water of life. I think the higher ups did the same thing in Australia at one point decades ago. . That place makes a lot of wine these days.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:41 AM (hHxp2)
Central Calif. LOTS of illegal fireworks tonight.
In fact, for the last 4 nights.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2020 03:42 AM (NgKpN)
We talked about those books. A year ago?
Apparently we were talking about different books.
Which are you reading?
Posted by: Miklosian Speed Reading LLC at July 05, 2020 03:42 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid
Early lesson, well learned-
Do NOT attempt to out drink a Russian on vodka (or a Finn for that matter)
Bring a bottle of bourbon, which being an acquired taste, allows the American to out-drink the Rooskie (once).
Take your trophy and go home.
Posted by: Miklosian Life Lessons at July 05, 2020 03:31 AM (QzkSJ)
lesson taken, I believe you.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:36 AM (hHxp2)
Russians?
Rum, Naples Italy.
nuf said.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2020 03:43 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Miklosian Musical Opinions (USVI) Ltd at July 05, 2020 03:44 AM (QzkSJ)
abort me! pretends exodus here vague trump! bible thumping week. explicit read refute! raimondo 1:1:1
Posted by: raimondo at July 05, 2020 03:50 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2020 03:54 AM (WD9ZA)
Posted by: Quint
Well, come to Budapest, you will drink among friends.
Here, try this Unicum.
Posted by: Miklosian Hospitality Bt. at July 05, 2020 03:38 AM (QzkSJ)
i have had Zwack but not the real stuff.
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:55 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 05, 2020 03:56 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
And it ain't even accurate.
What "I" say
Now sing along
Posted by: Ray Charles at July 05, 2020 03:56 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint
Last I checked, the Zwack product (Zwack is the family name) in the US is a sweeter version of the original.
Not the same.
Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV at July 05, 2020 03:59 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 04:04 AM (hHxp2)
Posted by: Brian Stelter at July 05, 2020 04:06 AM (vGJY7)
Posted by: Miklos, suddenly wanting to buy some pot at July 05, 2020 04:08 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at July 05, 2020 03:17 AM (hHxp2)
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imagine the end result of cross breeding between Ghurkas and roof top Koreans...
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 05, 2020 04:32 AM (d/JTO)
tandori chicken with kim chee ???
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic ... at July 05, 2020 04:52 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Citizen at July 05, 2020 05:02 AM (ldmQR)
The whole fake meat thing is about gradually fooling, then guilting, non-vegetarians into accepting non-meat "meat."
Posted by: Citizen at July 05, 2020 05:02 AM (ldmQR)
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#FAIL
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 05, 2020 05:09 AM (d/JTO)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 05:13 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2020 05:20 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Citizen at July 05, 2020 05:25 AM (ldmQR)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 05, 2020 05:34 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2020 05:51 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Eromero at July 05, 2020 05:53 AM (XhWtx)
Good morning horde
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AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
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George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)