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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (9/26/20)
Thank you Legally Sufficient for tonight's joke.
Otters! Rival Otter Gangs Recreate West Side Story H/T redc1c4
I don't know about you. But, I'm happy to curse and swear in one language. I don't need fourteen others. What about you?
Learn How to Swear in 15 Languages From Samuel L. Jackson It’s not unusual for celebrities to lend their voice and their talents to help get out the vote—especially in presidential election years. But this one is a little different, because it involves Samuel L. Jackson offering a masterclass in swearing in 15 different languages. If that’s not enough of an incentive to check your voter registration status, we don’t know what is. Here’s how to learn international cursing from the best in the biz.
The beer-and-brandy soaked state consistently leads or places among the top contenders in America’s Drunkest States round-ups, and this past January, the Badger State clocked in with 12 of the top 20 entries of the Nation’s Drunkest Cities as compiled by 24/7 Wall Street. Overconsumption of alcohol is a serious matter and can be problematic on many fronts, and most states might try to quickly bury such headlines from the daily news cycle, but Wisconsinites wear this black eye like a badge of honor after a bar fight. “Drinking is part of the state identity. In a weird way they’re perversely proud of it. It’s a part of life,” says Milwaukee native Robert Simonson, an acclaimed drinks writer and author who now lives in Brooklyn but makes it back to his home state three to five times a year. (He also famously dons a glittery green-and-gold Green Bay Packers Santa hat at his annual Christmas party as he mixes up Tom & Jerry’s for guests.)
While we are on drinking............Our pal Winston, the dreg of society forwarded this onto The ONT. Everything you wanted to know about the top bum wines but were afraid to ask.
Call them bum wines, street wines, fortified wines, wino wines, or twist-cap wines.
Whatever you call these beverages for the economical drunkard, this page explores the top five.
So curl up on a heating duct and enjoy...
Will we see a 4 day work week in our lifetime?
It’s an idea that’s getting a lot of airplay as the world reimagines the post-pandemic working week. But will employers ever make such an expensive leap of faith? “If only Marx were still by my side to see this with his own eyes!” So quivered journalist and revolutionary theorist Friedrich Engels, in a state of euphoric anticipation on May 1, 1890. He was penning the preface to a new edition of The Communist Manifesto, some 42 years after he had put his name to that somewhat influential pamphlet’s first printing, and seven years after the death of his famous collaborator, Karl Marx. “Today as I write these lines,” Engels proclaimed in his foreword, “the European and American proletariat is reviewing its fighting forces, mobilized for the first time, mobilized as one army, under one flag, for one immediate aim.” And what was this world-shaking upheaval that had him sermonizing about a new world order like a steampunk General Hux? It wasn’t the overthrow of a czar, or the abolition of all property, or anything quite so dramatic (not yet anyway). It was a coordinated peaceful protest — the international forerunner to Labor Day — which was taking place in cities across two continents that day, in which workers were demanding the eight-hour day become the legal standard in their respective countries.
On this day: 26 Sep 2003
English singer, songwriter Robert Palmer died of a heart attack aged 54 in Paris France. He was a member of Vinegar Joe and Power Station (with Duran Duran members Andy Taylor and John Taylor with drummer and former Chic member Tony Thompson). As a solo artist had the 1986 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'Addicted To Love' and the 1988 hit 'Simply Irresistible'. via thisdayinmusic.com
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:00 PM (R5lpX)
The accumulated knowledge and experience of a million years of humankind has led to this, this peak of civilization, this capo de cabeza, this billowing evenutation... another ONT.
Posted by: mindful webworker at September 26, 2020 10:00 PM (+sA7q)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:00 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:01 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:01 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:01 PM (9beqF)
Posted by: AZ deplorably isolated at September 26, 2020 10:01 PM (gtatv)
Posted by: Zettai at September 26, 2020 10:01 PM (0QY/j)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2020 10:03 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:04 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at September 26, 2020 10:04 PM (yHHWj)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:04 PM (R5lpX)
You should be back any second.
Content? Ha, not much.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 26, 2020 10:05 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 26, 2020 10:05 PM (mNhhD)
Posted by: Corona-refugee at September 26, 2020 10:06 PM (5Vxpw)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:06 PM (TdMsT)
(raises hand)
And what did you do, and how did you get out of it?
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:07 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Miklos, glass five-eights full at September 26, 2020 10:07 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (Cssks)
There was a Trump/Republican rally in rural (and I do mean rural) Virginia this afternoon, that I and some friends attended, even though it meant that I would miss the Pet Thread.
The weather was rainy/showers all morning and only stopped at about the planned start time of the rally, my hope was that the sun would come out for the rally proper, but alas that did not happen. However, the rain held off for several hours, and our estimate was that at a minimum there were a thousand plus vehicles there, and some had Maryland plates (not an easy drive), so it was very well attended. Side note, this would be about the equivalent of 15-20 % of the entire population of the county.
They even had a ferry system set up so you could anchor your boat offshore and be dropped off at the pier and walk to the event.
The really great part was that there looked to be many many youngish people (20-30) in attendance, and many had brought their children!
Everyone was polite, happy, and neat (but after all, they were responsible Republicans) and easy to chat with! Very few masks in sight and minimal social distancing, what it was almost like a civilized pre-plandemic event!
Great afternoon, and gave me hope for the future!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (mNhhD)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (DMUuz)
Great afternoon, and gave me hope for the future!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (oqV6o)
Good stuff!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:09 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 26, 2020 10:09 PM (mNhhD)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 26, 2020 10:09 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs
It's very very very relaxed.
And there is lots of booze.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:09 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (DMUuz)
And apparently a ton of great waterparks.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:09 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:10 PM (9beqF)
I was just thinking today how watching the Democrats and fellow commies is like watching Fail videos - the really injurious and painful ones I try to avoid.
Posted by: mindful webworker at September 26, 2020 10:10 PM (+sA7q)
Posted by: wing at September 26, 2020 10:10 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: mindful webworker
Truly an incredible time to be alive!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at September 26, 2020 10:10 PM (2ygtH)
I can affirm that the joke set in New Braunfels, Texas, could actually happen! We lived there until last year and it is very German, and very conservative.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 26, 2020 10:11 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:11 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:11 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 26, 2020 10:09 PM (mNhhD)
And I have a final exam! And I didn't study for it!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:12 PM (NWiLs)
Another Big Bear Hot Shot has disappeared and his wreaked truck was found on Hwy 18 between Big Bear and Lucerne Valley...... A Hot Shot team like "Bounty" incident or something worse.
My spider senses were triggered by the way this "Crew Boss's " death was first reported. He died during the fire but that was all the details the MSM ever reported.
How did he get separated from his crew (that he was in charge of no less) in the 1st place?
This thing starting to stink biggley......
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 26, 2020 10:12 PM (u1WYs)
Posted by: wing at September 26, 2020 10:12 PM (JFzNN)
Wow, a wife sale! How much is her ex-hubby asking for her?
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:11 PM (L2ZTs)
Free to a bad home.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:12 PM (NWiLs)
Wow, a wife sale! How much is her ex-hubby asking for her?
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:11 PM (L2ZTs)
If you have to ask you can't afford her.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: qdpsteve
How much is he willing to pay to get rid of her?
Posted by: Aviator at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (0FTCx)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs
It's very very very relaxed.
And there is lots of booze.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:09 PM (TdMsT)
and bacon
and boomsticks
You'll be fine!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (/kh7m)
Obviously, the husband in the last picture is the perfect example of this statement.
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (9beqF)
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (CjHGv)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (u1WYs)
(raises hand)
And what did you do, and how did you get out of it?
Posted by: Attila the unready
I was never arrested in a foreign country, but when I was on a cruise, passengers were warned not to buy weed in Jamaica. Apparently, a lot of people had the idea that the thing to do was to buy weed in Jamaica, mon. So the cruise personnel explained that these places didn't have the same laws and protections as the US, and getting arrested could be a pretty miserable thing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (+lVUW)
In Los Alamitos there's a stretch of I-405 marked,
"Hotshot Firefighter Kevin Woyjeck Memorial Highway."
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs)
You must be a seer of some kind. "Sheer Terror" is the well-grade bourbon you'll find at the open bar at the Mo Meet.
/snrk
Cheers!
(I can't toast a bourbon tonight. 3 am alarm, 4 am rollout.)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs)
*grabs Insom by the lapels*
*shakes*
Dude! Chill! You must chill!
I got booze. And I am just as nervous. Normally I hate gatherings.
But MoMes are fucking awesome. Much better than office parties, or birthday parties. or weddings.
We got this.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Big Dumb Weirdo at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 26, 2020 10:15 PM (mNhhD)
If you live long enough to retire, you get a 0 day workweek. ooops, sorry, i used up all the social security.
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:15 PM (qpX6U)
https://notnotright.com/
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at September 26, 2020 10:15 PM (iydjf)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:06 PM (TdMsT)
Would not work with all cars, obviously.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 10:15 PM (3n1kC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:15 PM (L2ZTs)
I'm actually good at this.
Posted by: Artisanal Custom Cussing by Miklos, basz meg at September 26, 2020 10:16 PM (QzkSJ)
I was just reading some stuff about ACB's opinions on the 7th Circuit. One good one was she's not a fan of lying cops.
The case involved some detective who had just about flat-out framed a defendant for a murder. He left out exculpatory evidence, put in all the bad-looking stuff, and left the reasonable explanations for the bad-looking stuff.
The case was dropped, and the defendant sued the detective for framing him. He invoked the (dubious) doctrine of "qualified immunity". ACB had none of it, and ripped the argument to shreds.
Qualified immunity has been created by the courts, and has allowed a lot of bad actors to get away with bad behavior.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 26, 2020 10:16 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs)
* * * *
Oh, for heaven's sake! There is absolutely nothing to be afraid of. You will be among friends, old and new, for a very enjoyable break from your regular routine. Change that sheer terror to "meh" and you are halfway to "excited anticipation"!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 26, 2020 10:16 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: CMU VET at September 26, 2020 10:16 PM (SYVOv)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:12 PM (NWiLs)
I haven't been to class since the beginning of the semester! I don't remember which building it's in!
Posted by: Sal at September 26, 2020 10:17 PM (KTdeA)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:17 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
My oldest took me to Cooper's last time I was there. Haven't tried anywhere else yet.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2020 10:17 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (+lVUW)
You do NOT want to get arrested in a third world country. The only upside is that the cops can sometimes be bribed to let you go - and in fact that's a side hustle for cops in some places, like Mexico. Though if you do get arrested, be prepared to grease the palms of the cops, the judge, the lawyers and the jailers if you hope to see the light of day ever again.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:17 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:12 PM (NWiLs)
And Insom's naked, and his crush is teaching the class, and he didn't bring his scantron and #2 pencil... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:18 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: CMU VET at September 26, 2020 10:16 PM (SYVOv)
Yep.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:18 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:08 PM
Dude. Y'all got this. By Sunday, and likely very much sooner, y'all will realize you've never been in a better place.
My word as a Dumcanthrax.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 10:18 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Artisanal Custom Cussing by Miklos, basz meg at September 26, 2020 10:16 PM
*inserts picture of 'shocked face' here...
Posted by: Zettai at September 26, 2020 10:19 PM (0QY/j)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
The future belongs to those who show up!
Posted by: Miklos quoting somebody at September 26, 2020 10:19 PM (QzkSJ)
*shakes*
Dude! Chill! You must chill!
I got booze. And I am just as nervous. Normally I hate gatherings.
But MoMes are fucking awesome. Much better than office parties, or birthday parties. or weddings.
We got this.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Big Dumb Weirdo at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (x8Wzq)
*wobbles a bit from all the shaking*
*rights self*
OK, OK...I'll try to take y'all's word for it...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:19 PM (NWiLs)
1979. Leningrad (that was the name before it was St. Petersburg).
I went to the bank to change dollars to rubles.
Saw a line 150 people deep waiting to do the same thing. Not moving at all.
Jumped in a cab, gave the driver a pack of Marlboros.
Told him I needed rubles.
He exchanged with me.
Then he informed on me.
I spent 2 weeks in a Soviet jail.
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:19 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (wZCJ5)
Pleasant day here in N IL. I love fall, don't like it portends wiinter.
Posted by: Farmer at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (LthQw)
Remember, if you really get stressed, there is a designated corner where you can stand and look at your shoes, then, once you have relaxed a bit, you cam move to the other corner and up your game and look at other people's shoes!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:17 PM (oZuI0)
Somebody should tell Joe. Multiple times. Just so he might remember he has a debate on Tuesday after the normal lid hour.
I'm still thinking Joe will be 'live by remote from Joe's basement'. Easier to cheat that way.
Posted by: RickZ at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 10:18 PM (DMUuz)
Very clever, getting out of giving your word by using a name not your own.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (9beqF)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (0OmEj)
Makes it real easy for them to estimate payoff potential and calibrate their level of pressure, I suppose.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 26, 2020 10:21 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:21 PM (L2ZTs)
In Los Alamitos there's a stretch of I-405 marked,
"Hotshot Firefighter Kevin Woyjeck Memorial Highway."
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (L2ZTs)
In the oilfield, "hotshot" refers to on-call truckers who will deliver badly-needed parts any time of the day or night.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 10:21 PM (3n1kC)
What's the price? Thirty thrice.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 26, 2020 10:21 PM (0LaWm)
Posted by: JuJuBee
With his wife apparently.
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (wZCJ5)
The garage and wife had the same defect. They both kept opening up for everybody but him.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:21 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:12 PM (NWiLs)
If you get social anxiety, I'll stand off to the side with and we can stare at our shoes.
Or I can go get you another drink.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:22 PM (TdMsT)
What's the price? Thirty thrice.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 26, 2020 10:21 PM (0LaWm)
How's it sold? Good and cold!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:22 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China
So we've reached the 'racket' stage then?
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:22 PM (wZCJ5)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (0OmEj)
The designated liquor for the Horde is Val-U-Rite Vodka.
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:22 PM (9beqF)
His argument:
1) Stop insulting Trump, he plays that better then the media does
2) Trump exists because Obama didn't deliver "meaningful change" even though Obama was awesome!!!! of course
3) The media is only distracting people from the real issues.
And where he can't get put it all together it Obama did exactly what the left wants and gave the left exactly the "change" it wanted - which was more of everything that made the Bush administration bad.
Trump exists because transnational progressivism is bad for the middle and working class. You can't have leftwing politics and a more "equal" access to power and wealth. More centralization of power will inherently leads to greater concentrations of power and wealth. And also forces the sole central authority to force a "one size fits all" solution on the population it rules. Which will always be the one best for said ruling elite.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 10:23 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (oqV6o)
I usually look at my drink, while occasionally bobbing my head slightly to the music, then look at my drink again.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Big Dumb Weirdo at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (rt0xh)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Nobody at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (NShXP)
Posted by: CMU VET at September 26, 2020 10:16 PM (SYVOv)
Yep.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:18 PM (NWiLs)
Nobody said you had to marry her. Just bang the bottom out, and move on.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (3n1kC)
Actually it tastes pretty good. Mix it 50-50 with Robitussin DM for a bitchin robotrip. If MD 2020 is too lowbrow for you, try Cherry Kijafa. Same stuff at five times the price.
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: CMU VET
THAT is a lesson in life. I knew a woman who had an affair with a married man. She broke up his marriage, and he married her. She acted shocked and offended that the man's daughter hated her guts and showed it. Constantly. And then of course they ended up divorced because he cheated on her.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (0OmEj)
I may add a bottle of each of those five bum wines to my list of stuff to bring to the TxMoMe. I mean, what's the worst that could happen if I do it?
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (AMIL/)
(raises hand)
And what did you do, and how did you get out of it?
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:07 PM (w7KSn)
Well since you asked, I got busted for smuggling HashHish in Tried, Germany. I bought some to bring back with me from my trip to Amsterdam. Got strip searched on the train and they found 7 grams on me. I had it stuffed down my sock. They took me off the train and turned me over to Army CID. CID guy told me...yeah, we've been watching that place where you got the Hash.
He gave me my pass back, put me on the next train and instructed me to return straight to my unit and report to my commanding officer. He also told me going AWOL would be an automatic 5 years in Leavenworth.
Fortunately I was able to get out with an honorable discharge, about a month and a half before the hostages got taken in Iran.
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (R5lpX)
Yo, Jinx, you missed a nice rally!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:25 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:25 PM (R5lpX)
Understand the elevated skill sets completely. But it's like I stated previously, there is something just not right about the circumstances under which the Big Bear Crew Boss Hotshot just happened to die. Because there has been zero from the MSM on this...and with the recent disappearance of another Big Bear Hotshot not related to any fire as he was off-duty, well I'm just sayin something stinks on this.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 26, 2020 10:26 PM (u1WYs)
If you get social anxiety, I'll stand off to the side with and we can stare at our shoes.
Or I can go get you another drink.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:22 PM (TdMsT)
You don't have to do that, I can stare at my shoes by myself. It's the anticipatory anxiety mostly. But for now my defective brain is obsessively feeding me worst case scenarios of rejection and embarrassment.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:26 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Nobody at September 26, 2020 10:26 PM (NShXP)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled
Bonus-Tuesday is Pants Day!
Hope that's on Dr. Jill's Outlook Calendar.
Posted by: Miklos , almost looking forward to the pants wearing at September 26, 2020 10:27 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (+lVUW)
Karma is a bitch.
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:27 PM (9beqF)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China
So we've reached the 'racket' stage then?
Pretty sure BLM just started there to save time.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 26, 2020 10:27 PM (SchxB)
One of the best videos evah!!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2020 10:27 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:27 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2020 10:28 PM (qAR6u)
Learn some magic tricks. Makes you the life of any party.
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:28 PM (qpX6U)
Nobody said you had to marry her. Just bang the bottom out, and move on.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (3n1kC)
I was just agreeing with the statement, nothing more. However, your advice is sound.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:28 PM (NWiLs)
The people running the show don't believe in a damn thing they preach (Al Gore with his mega mansion, Bill Clinton using political office to have sex with women, Nancy Pelosi running around without a mask on, etc). But it is easier then honest work isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 10:28 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:26 PM (NWiLs)
Make sure not to eat White Castle or Taco Bell beforehand.
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 26, 2020 10:29 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:29 PM (NWiLs)
[X] Smart Phone
[X] Machismo
[X] Genius Award Winner.
Gospodin is not wear korrekt Adibas attire.
Posted by: Miklosov "Bubba" Miklosevich at September 26, 2020 10:29 PM (QzkSJ)
It's the most fappable non-nude video ever
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2020 10:28 PM (qAR6u)
--Actually, the vid for "Simply Irresistible is better."
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:22 PM (wZCJ5)
Quite a ways back, it started with FDR, but became really efficient I n the reign of Slick Willie Clinton!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (0LaWm)
I'm actually good at this.
Posted by: Artisanal Custom Cussing by Miklos, basz meg at September 26, 2020 10:16 PM (QzkSJ)
Always the 1st words I learn nom de Dieu!
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (rt0xh)
https://tinyurl.com/y288s9f2
https://tinyurl.com/y3xbfyse
https://tinyurl.com/y67xnewm
https://tinyurl.com/y4aoscz8
https://tinyurl.com/y3urmghl
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (AMIL/)
But I have been to 2 Colorado meet-ups. I have never felt more comfortable and at ease. The Horde is good people. Rilly, rilly good people.
Even my wife sees this, but she also rolls her eyes whenever I start any sentence with "saw the funniest thing on AoS today..."
But really, and truly, best folks in the world.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Big Dumb Weirdo at September 26, 2020 10:31 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Stacy's Mom at September 26, 2020 10:31 PM (0LaWm)
Posted by: davidt at September 26, 2020 10:31 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:29 PM (NWiLs)
You know you're right about her in that last thread. She has at least one interesting story.
Involving creepy politicians and dancing.
Posted by: buzzion at September 26, 2020 10:31 PM (vMCab)
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:07 PM (w7KSn)
===
I was never arrested, I was invited to answer some questions about my whereabouts associates and activities.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, Heaven, Hell or Houston. at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (n/szn)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM
LOL. Blame my crappy two thumb tablet typing skills. And I have zero worries, zero, that you won't have a great time.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (AMIL/)
I am, barring utter disaster.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: ALH
Trump is clever. He's already prepared for that by suggesting the drug testing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (+lVUW)
https://tinyurl.com/yy7mwnor
Posted by: Obligatory at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:20 PM (oqV6o)
I'd better make good shoe choices.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Zettai at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (0QY/j)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM (+lVUW)
I have not been to Jamaica, but I know people who have, and they told me two things in particular about it:
1) The cops are extremely thorough about searching for drugs at the airport, coming in and going out; and
2) That is not a country you want to spend any amount of time in apart from the resorts.
So yeah, I would advise not doing that.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (pxDdN)
But I have been to 2 Colorado meet-ups. I have never felt more comfortable and at ease. The Horde is good people. Rilly, rilly good people.
Even my wife sees this, but she also rolls her eyes whenever I start any sentence with "saw the funniest thing on AoS today..."
But really, and truly, best folks in the world.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Big Dumb Weirdo at September 26, 2020 10:31 PM (x8Wzq)
I have no doubt of this. The problem lies with me, not with y'all.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (AMIL/)
I am, barring utter disaster.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (NWiLs)
I am too.
And I will be dead last, no need to worry about that.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: davidt at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Zettai at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (0QY/j)
I'm way to cheap to miss a flight.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Sal at September 26, 2020 10:17 PM (KTdeA)
I hate this one!
Posted by: tbodie at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (AY/TT)
Posted by: Nobody at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (NShXP)
But it was a nice rally even with the marginal weather!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (+lVUW)
***SNORT***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 26, 2020 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: davidt at September 26, 2020 10:35 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: USNtakim
When I was in college my boyfriend was going to buy a bottle of wine. I suggested Mogen David, but he wouldn't get it because it was too expensive a wine. Boones Farm was the cheapo wine of choice.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:35 PM (+lVUW)
............
In my younger days, Richards Wild Irish Rose was our wine of choice for getting that buzz pronto!
I shiver remembering those times! And count myself lucky to be alive!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 26, 2020 10:36 PM (CjFDo)
Involving creepy politicians and dancing.
Posted by: buzzion at September 26, 2020 10:31 PM (vMCab)
I was victimized!!! I'm a victim!
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:36 PM (TdMsT)
- Are you Rastafarian? If so, smoke all the weed you want.
- Not Rasta? Then no weed. No, we don't have any CBD either.
Midnight Express is a good movie to show people who are thinking of trying to smuggle their drugs either in or out of any country other than the US.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:36 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (TdMsT)
You might be known forever by the shoes you wear, so choose wisely!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:36 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (TdMsT)
I'm not concerned about keeping score at the rifle clinic, other than as an indicator of sharpening the skillz. I haven't been on a rifle range in ages anyway.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:36 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (NWiLs)
142 *too cheap
Posted by: Insomniac
The Court finds this error curable under the statute.
Proceed
Posted by: Judge and copy editor Miklos at September 26, 2020 10:37 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Hillary! at September 26, 2020 10:37 PM (z36Kd)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:37 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:33 PM (+lVUW)
That would make a great GIF.
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:37 PM (9beqF)
Posted by: Sal at September 26, 2020 10:17 PM (KTdeA)
I hate this one!
Posted by: tbodie at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (AY/TT)
I hate it with a passion. I think everybody's had that fucking dream though, in one form or other.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:37 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (L2ZTs)
Not arrested per se, but detained and deported. For "walking on the wrong side of the road" from gringo pass, arizona to soinita mecico for cheap booze. The "Federale" and his 9 year old son laughed and carried on in spanish (pinche gabachos) so my two chem/minerology student pals began discussing in the german (...schieskopf...) which panicked mex boy who hit high speed to dump us at the border. No money changed hands, but he directed us to his cousin's border liquor store. Circa 1975.
Posted by: banned at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (eutLR)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (ZjU14)
(raises hand)
And what did you do, and how did you get out of it?
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:07 PM (w7KSn)
I came damn close in 2017. What with all my anxiety about going over to Germany for my year-long study fellowship, I never even thought about getting a visa, and didn't think about it once I was over there...until I was at the airport in Frankfurt trying to fly back over here for a short visit, and my passport set off alarm bells with the Polizei. Once they explained it, I got so panicked I fainted for the only time in my life, which probably saved me from getting arrested--I assume that convinced them I had been stupid and not deliberately criminal.
Moral: if you go to Europe for more than 3 months, get your visa.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (pxDdN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:35 PM (+lVUW)
--In college, I was "The Cisco Kid."
A friend of mind told me, "I gotta hand it to you: you know how to get drunk cheap!"
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (oZuI0)
That would be the 50000 who attended Franklin Graham's National Day of Prayer march today at the National Mall in DC.
What's that you say? You never heard of it? Even though Vice President Pence was there?
There's a reason for that! You weren't supposed to... (cough) you ignorant Jesus peasant! (cough)
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (Cssks)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (CjFDo)
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 10:30 PM (AMIL/)
I am, barring utter disaster.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:32 PM (NWiLs)
I did Weasel's clinic last year. Super low-key. A good way to dip your toe into the MoMe. Conversation was sparse a lot of the time because everyone was a stranger. Weasel is terrific and I think anyone will- find him comfortable to be around.
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:37 PM (TdMsT)
You do that too? And I thought I was the only weirdo who did that. A kindred weird soul!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (0LaWm)
Twenty years ago, the corrupt police force on a Caribbean tourist island decided to supplement their incomes by occasionally planting drugs in the luggage of random Americans leaving the island, "finding" the drugs during the pre-departure baggage search, arresting them, and demanding large "fines" to let them go.
Unfortunately for the cops, they weren't very discriminating on which Americans they pulled this scam on, and arrested several departing Mormon missionaries for drug smuggling.
The US government decided that it didn't believe that multiple Mormon missionaries had decided to take up drug smuggling, and informed the island's government that the US would wreck the island's tourist trade if they didn't stop this.
They stopped.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 26, 2020 10:39 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 26, 2020 10:39 PM (LxTcq)
The victim card is always a good one to play!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:39 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: Tim at September 26, 2020 10:39 PM (kXgIY)
Posted by: Hillary! at September 26, 2020 10:37 PM (z36Kd)
But seriously, Hillary LOVES Haitian children. (Especially with fava beans and a nice Chianti.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:39 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:39 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, Heaven, Hell or Houston. at September 26, 2020 10:39 PM (TL6qR)
They can't take any chances. Superglue will be involved.
Posted by: t-bird at September 26, 2020 10:40 PM (KDCRD)
I'm not very smart, so one of you sophisticates will have to explain this to me in words of two syllables or less.
I am bombarded on all sides by declarations that this is the most consequential election in our history and that there can be no greater priority than ousting the proto-Hitlerian Donald Trump from office.
However, the candidate they're running goes back to bed at 9:30 every morning and his side piece hasn't exactly been on the hustings either, not to hear about it.
What the hell's going on?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2020 10:40 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:40 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Sal
*glares*
*really glares*
Posted by: Future Senator Bluto Blutarsky at September 26, 2020 10:40 PM (QzkSJ)
From your first little oyster to your last dying day.
**dances in a row. Snaps paws**
Posted by: Diogenes at September 26, 2020 10:41 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:41 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Nobody at September 26, 2020 10:41 PM (NShXP)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:36 PM (L2ZTs)
Funny you should mention that movie. It came out right around the time I got busted. My buddies gave me a hard time about it.
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:41 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Ronald Wilson Miklos Reagan at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (qpX6U)
(Oh, umm, she drove thru the Trump counter-protestors, but whatever)
Posted by: Rip and Roll at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (BBWrU)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (L2ZTs)
Trump is Hitler and as everyone knows the only way to get rid of a Hitler is to constantly complain about him in public.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: a.moron at September 26, 2020 10:43 PM (bjCNA)
I call it Cardboardeau.
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:43 PM (9beqF)
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 10:43 PM (Cssks)
Posted by: buzzion at September 26, 2020 10:31 PM (vMCab)
"dancing"
Katshit was/is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2020 10:44 PM (Rvt88)
And if that doesn't work, there is a Great Horde Game called "What's My Problem?"
Its fun and lighthearted. You will be sent into a room and the rest of us will discuss what we think your worst problem is. Once we have decided we will call you out and you can spend the rest of the evening guessing what the horde believes is your deep hidden insecurity.
its relatively safe, I think there was only one suicide, but that was an anomaly.
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 10:44 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:44 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: lin-duh en-nui at September 26, 2020 10:44 PM (UUBmN)
Is this part of your permanent record?
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (9beqF)
I am bombarded on all sides by declarations that this is the most
consequential election in our history and that there can be no greater
priority than ousting the proto-Hitlerian Donald Trump from office.
However, the candidate they're running goes back to bed at 9:30
every morning and his side piece hasn't exactly been on the hustings
either, not to hear about it.
What the hell's going on?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2020 10:40 PM (mht8P)
Douchebags. Thats 2 syllables.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:24 PM (+lVUW)
Karma is a bitch.
Posted by: ALH
She was one of those people who was always looking for an angle, instead of just doing the right thing. No real values. She ended up with 3 divorces and lost multiple jobs.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (+lVUW)
That would be the 50000 who attended Franklin Graham's National Day of Prayer march today at the National Mall in DC.
What's that you say? You never heard of it? Even though Vice President Pence was there?
There's a reason for that! You weren't supposed to... (cough) you ignorant Jesus peasant! (cough)
Posted by: mnw
Me and my sister went. It was amazing. 50,000+ is pretty good for an event that was organized at the last minute.
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (wZCJ5)
As we always lament, whenever some new histrionic slander of Trump occurs - what, exactly, are they talking about?
It's really quite depressing and scary, though it's probably not entirely new, it's just more dramatic this time. And the contrast between the reality (a personally unconventional president who is a tireless maniac mostly pursuing/implementing policies that have been very successful, and benefit everyone) and the outlandish cartoon so many people seem to believe in ..... wordless here.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (OTzUX)
Biden will claim that someone on his staff or he came into contact with a person that tested positive and as a result he must be isolated and suggest they do the debate virtual so he can cheat ----- OR ------
Suggest Trump debate the CA Whore in his place because of this problem........... Just saying
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (nOJDr)
Its fun and lighthearted. You will be sent into a room and the rest of us will discuss what we think your worst problem is. Once we have decided we will call you out and you can spend the rest of the evening guessing what the horde believes is your deep hidden insecurity.
its relatively safe, I think there was only one suicide, but that was an anomaly.
Posted by: at September 26, 2020 10:44 PM (C+evo)
These MoMes are starting to sound suspiciously like a cult. Maybe I should rethink my plans for next month....
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 10:46 PM (pxDdN)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 10:46 PM (OTzUX)
Katshit was/is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2020 10:44 PM (Rvt8
He was a pimple-faced dweeb back in the day.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:46 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 26, 2020 10:46 PM (i6uJ1)
Posted by: 370H55V at September 26, 2020 10:46 PM (fslDK)
No, I didn't know that.
I read the source material, & the movie didn't f around with it at all. so I assume Stone's hands were tied. He must not have had creative control back in those days.
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 10:46 PM (Cssks)
Posted by: CMU VET at September 26, 2020 10:47 PM (SYVOv)
* Propaganda works
* Voter fraud
* Utterly corrupt courts and election officials.
Basically a completely normal election in a third world Shithole nation.
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 10:47 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (+lVUW)
Her karma was well deserved, then. I just love a story with a happy ending.
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:47 PM (9beqF)
Explain it to me like I'm five.
Posted by: Michael Scott at September 26, 2020 10:47 PM (oZuI0)
Pretty sure BLM just started there to save time.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again
There have been psa's on tv networks encouraging people to donate to BLM. I guess the "protestors" haven't made enough money selling looted tv's and need donations to fund transportation to their next riot.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:47 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:48 PM (L2ZTs)
And no, I literally hadn't heard about it (but I maintain a nearly implausibly pristine separation from the "press" and myself).
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 10:48 PM (OTzUX)
So you want a career in public education?
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 10:48 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:14 PM
I imagine the bail process for pot in Jamaica for non-residents is "what do you got, including jewelry, plus what is your cash advance limit"?
Posted by: Chuck C at September 26, 2020 10:48 PM (d/5jB)
Posted by: dacama at September 26, 2020 10:48 PM (mwDnq)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:49 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:44 PM (L2ZTs)
--Stone may be cray-cray, but he's not a compete idiot.
See also Scarface.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:49 PM (oZuI0)
Only drink the Koolaid from a freshly opened container and you will do fine !
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:49 PM (oqV6o)
Nahhh, go. Just stay away from the grape Flavor-Aid.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 26, 2020 10:49 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:49 PM (wZCJ5)
(raises hand)
And what did you do, and how did you get out of it?
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:07 PM (w7KSn)
As a consular officer, I have had to visit a lot of American citizens who have been arrested overseas. My favorite was the fellow who was part of an "international crime gang" in Chios, Greece, who got drunk with a Greek, an Aussie, and a German and decided to rob the Greek guy's boss. Of his safe. Which weighed 500 lbs.
They put it in the Greek guy's car, and it dropped the back end of the car. American was driving and was too drunk to get out of the car when the cops showed up. He spent six months in the Chios jail, which was a little piece of heaven, literally.
I show up for the US Consul visit, and they have banners and a police car with American flags on it to bring me to the prison. The prisoners had little huts on a fenced compound where they gardened and took care of a bunch of strays and farm animals, and they and the warden put on a huge feast for me. Some of the best food I have ever eaten, to be honest.
The guy didn't want to leave, and cried when Greece deported him back to the US. I didn't blame him, tbh.
The worst was the vicious murderer who attacked and killed a special needs girl while he was on vacation in the islands in Greece, and when I went to visit him, threatened me. With murder. He was from a wealthy NY family, and said he could find out where I lived and make sure it was painful.
My boss told me it was my fault I was threatened because I was too blonde.
Posted by: Moki at September 26, 2020 10:50 PM (+X9Vs)
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:50 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:50 PM (9beqF)
Midnight Express makes a great double-bill with Clint Eastwood's classic flick Escape From Alcatraz.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:50 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (9beqF)
Thankfully, no. If you volunteered for rehab, they struck it from your record. This was during the Carter administration and what with all the Nam vets, they were trying not to kick people out for one mistake, depending on what a person was busted for.
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 10:50 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:50 PM (NWiLs)
I'm not very smart, so one of you sophisticates will have to explain this to me in words of two syllables or less.
I am bombarded on all sides by declarations that this is the most consequential election in our history and that there can be no greater priority than ousting the proto-Hitlerian Donald Trump from office.
However, the candidate they're running goes back to bed at 9:30 every morning and his side piece hasn't exactly been on the hustings either, not to hear about it.
What the hell's going on?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2020 10:40 PM (mht8P)
Trump must be banished ASAP because he blocks modern-day Leninists and Stalinists from ruling not just the USA but the world. They use tools that fool the rubes (Biden, Obama) into voting for a promised Utopia, but it's just the old bait-and-switch scam.
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 10:51 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:51 PM (L2ZTs)
Me and my sister went. It was amazing. 50,000+ is pretty good for an event that was organized at the last minute.
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:45 PM (wZCJ5)
I would have loved to have gone to that. I bet it was incredible.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:51 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:51 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 10:51 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:51 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (CjFDo)
So, like you! ;-)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 26, 2020 10:52 PM (rt0xh)
I hope you all are doing well. Was fun watching the President announce Amy Coney Barrett. She has a nice family. I hope and pray she is confirmed and settles in and keeps true to the the law and doesn't become a Roberts or some squishy pants.
Posted by: turambar at September 26, 2020 10:52 PM (Gylu/)
Sure enough the lefties ended up being Trump into it (it was about local politics) and as they are all independent minded people who are well read they all decided the problem with Trump is that he told everyone he grabbed unwilling women by the kitty.
And this is where we are in 2020 - the left is going to vote for some local level politician because they believe the presidential candidate of the other party groped a woman even though their candidate in fact groped a women (which either way has NO effect on the local politicians in question).
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 10:52 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: dacama at September 26, 2020 10:48 PM (mwDnq)
--As did the Sooners.
As an aside, I love that The Donald pretty much shamed the "Big" "10" and the Pac 12 into playing ball this year.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:52 PM (oZuI0)
He must be able to do more than is apparent from his few appearances, which are horrible. And I really do not accept that running a Basement Strategy is a choice they've made based on their ridiculous "referendum on the incumbent" rationale.
*Every* re-election is a referendum on an incumbent. Even with disastrous incumbents (Trump is the opposite), the challenger runs a vigorous campaign to introduce himself/demonstrate he's a viable alternative.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 10:52 PM (OTzUX)
Someone had to take a dive for the team, no one wanted to do it, so they put in Joe, who won't even remember any of it.
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:53 PM (w7KSn)
Small budget film, based on a true story, about a kid who tried to smuggle drugs into Turkey & got caught & went to prison.
It's agonizing. He finally opted for "the midnight express" (escape) because he decided he had nothing left to lose.
The soundtrack is brilliant, too. Real 1970's trippy!
You'll love it. It's depressing as hell.
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 10:53 PM (Cssks)
44 I've heard it said that no matter how good she looks, some other man is tired of her shit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 26, 2020 10:53 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:50 PM
Well, except for that penchant to collect Primus Noctii.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 10:53 PM (DMUuz)
My boss told me it was my fault I was threatened because I was too blonde.
Posted by: Moki at September 26, 2020 10:50 PM (+X9Vs)
Jeez. Please tell me you ended up wiping the floor with that guy.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 10:53 PM (pxDdN)
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:53 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:49 PM (wZCJ5)
* * * *
If the MSM is not there, they cannot report. Easy peasy excuse! *spit*
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (WFcrO)
Only drink the Koolaid from a freshly opened container and you will do fine !
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:49 PM (oqV6o)
223 These MoMes are starting to sound suspiciously like a cult. Maybe I should rethink my plans for next month....
Nahhh, go. Just stay away from the grape Flavor-Aid.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 26, 2020 10:49 PM (SchxB)
Talk about the Horde Mind!
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
You've never been in Hillary's bedroom after a big Mexican dinner.
Posted by: Huma at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (0FTCx)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 10:53 PM (DMUuz)
Everybody needs a hobby.
Hi Duncanthrax! Where have you been hiding lately?
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (9beqF)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 10:52 PM (OTzUX)
Can't put a 9:30AM lid on being Leader of the Free World...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (NWiLs)
Nahhh, go. Just stay away from the grape Flavor-Aid.
Though we have real cool looking Nike high-top shoes.
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (C+evo)
The idea is to have Biden as rested as possible, shoot him up with stimulants, and then declare victory when he manages to talk in complete sentences at the debate.
Then cancel the remaining two debates.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 26, 2020 10:55 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Max Power at September 26, 2020 10:55 PM (QCc6B)
Posted by: James at September 26, 2020 10:55 PM (nOJDr)
I had rubles but had no proof, no bank receipt for them.
Da slammer awaiteth.
Cost me 2 weeks out of my life, plus maybe $3,000
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:55 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: James at September 26, 2020 10:55 PM (nOJDr)
I don't know, but I can't wait to find out!
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (9beqF)
Nahhh, go. Just stay away from the grape Flavor-Aid.
Though we have real cool looking Nike high-top shoes.
Hale-Bopp
Do wop
Ba doo wop
Hale-Bopp
A doo wop
Do wop a doo
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (OTzUX)
The 'moderators' will be the teleprompters. They'll feed him all the lines he forgets.
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (qpX6U)
Don't talk about MoMe's and cults if jewells is around! (takes way too long to explain)
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (AMIL/)
Small budget film, based on a true story, about a kid who tried to smuggle drugs into Turkey & got caught & went to prison.
It's agonizing. He finally opted for "the midnight express" (escape) because he decided he had nothing left to lose.
The soundtrack is brilliant, too. Real 1970's trippy!
You'll love it. It's depressing as hell.
Posted by: mnw
The actor (Brad Davis) in it died of AIDS in the early 90s sometime. He was a drug addict and probably gay. His wife denied that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (wZCJ5)
Posted by: JuJuBee
Yeah.
And Nadler and Trigglypuff can't WAIT to meet YOU !
Posted by: JT at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Max Power
I'm with you. I simply cannot imagine Joe's campaign allowing a live, in person 'debate' under any circumstances.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (L2ZTs)
Well, at least I didn't give a televised interview saying he was my favorite living rock singer.
That would be mortally embarrassing.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (1YlHz)
Posted by: tbodie at September 26, 2020 10:34 PM (AY/TT)
I hate it with a passion. I think everybody's had that fucking dream though, in one form or other.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
For some reason I only have good dreams. I don't think I've ever had a nightmare. Even the ones where I'm being chased are like action movie scenes and I don't feel scared.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 26, 2020 10:38 PM (CjFDo)
So, like you! ;-)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov
.............
Fabulouth obthervation!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (CjFDo)
Tell them that you hope they enjoy voting for a continual lock-down.
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (C+evo)
A "Vote for Joe" sippy-cup with extra wide handles optional braille indents for the majority of his voting block....
A "Harris Biden 2020 " pink lumbar support as it is well known she made most of her political career advancements while on her back.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (u1WYs)
Small budget film, based on a true story, about a kid who tried to smuggle drugs into Turkey & got caught & went to prison.
It's agonizing. He finally opted for "the midnight express" (escape) because he decided he had nothing left to lose.
The soundtrack is brilliant, too. Real 1970's trippy!
You'll love it. It's depressing as hell.
Posted by: mnw
I don't love automatically love things that are depressing, but it does sound like a good movie.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: James at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (nOJDr)
Do wop
Ba doo wop
Hale-Bopp
A doo wop
Do wop a doo
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (NWiLs)
--Go easy on Hanson
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM (TdMsT)
Rather scary, eh?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (NWiLs)
The idea is to have Biden as rested as possible, shoot him up with stimulants, and then declare victory when he manages to talk in complete sentences at the debate.
Then cancel the remaining two debates.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 26, 2020 10:55 PM (I2/tG)
I don't think Biden has been able to complete a sentence in the last 12 months.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (9beqF)
This....really isn't as encouraging as you seem to think it is.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (pxDdN)
Posted by: runner at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: JT at September 26, 2020 10:56 PM (arJlL)
*projectile vomits*
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: CMU VET at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (SYVOv)
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (w7KSn)
What the hell's going on?
The plan is to steal it.
Posted by: DB- just DB. at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (iTXRQ)
This....really isn't as encouraging as you seem to think it is.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (pxDdN)
I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (TdMsT)
Attila, this was my first tour as an FSO, and I was all of 25. There are so many more stories of poor unfortunate souls who have crossed paths with the law whilst outside US borders, I could create a criminal of the week sitcom. But I'm sure there is some secrecy agreement I'm abrogating by talking about it.
Dr. T, no, I was completely taken aback. My boss hated me, because apparently blond was bad. I saw him many years later, at a different post, and he was still an asshole, both to me and my husband.
Posted by: Moki at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (+X9Vs)
Posted by: James at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (nOJDr)
Then cancel the remaining two debates.
So they are planning on Biden getting a stroke from being all coked-up for the event?
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 11:00 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (L2ZTs)
And the boatman only accepts gold coins!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:00 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 10:54 PM
Work and building projects around the homestead have really cut into my time. How are you?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 11:00 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Moki at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (+X9Vs)
Should've planted drugs in his car or something.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 11:00 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at September 26, 2020 11:01 PM (EgshT)
***
Oh to continue the story, I was driving to pick up food and drove by a house with a big "Candidate Karen" sign, and yes the local candidate is a complete Karen, and they were having a big mask free party.
But you rubes the science says social distancing! Masks! Why do you have grandma!!!!
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 11:01 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 10:43 PM (Cssks)
The prison was based on the one in Sinop. I've lived there. Sinop, not the prison.
Some of the stone walls date back to the times of the Hittites. It's friggin ancient.
They had a riot there once. Somewhere down in the lower levels the prisoners rioted and started burning shit.
The fires burned for a week.
The Turks took three days to haul out the bodies. All at night.
A thoroughly grim place.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 26, 2020 11:01 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 10:57 PM (L2ZTs)
I'm not exactly sure what to think of that. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 26, 2020 11:01 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at September 26, 2020 11:01 PM (EgshT)
Turkish baths are very appealing. Very.
Posted by: Baracky O'Cracky at September 26, 2020 11:02 PM (zr5Kq)
He wrote that, "From now on I go through life double-knit. I belong to AA & Triple A both!"
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 11:02 PM (Cssks)
No mention of the $3.5 million bribe that the wife of the mayor of Moscow paid him, and it contains this howler:
He has been the subject of debunked right-wing conspiracy theories concerning his business dealings in Ukraine.
The new standard for Democrats is that it's not a bribe, unless you can point to a specific US government policy change that occurred as a result of the bribe.
Wikipedia looks out for the D's.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 26, 2020 11:02 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 11:00 PM (DMUuz)
I'm doing very well, thank you for asking. I retired in May, and enjoying it immensely.
What building projects are you working on?
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 11:03 PM (9beqF)
This....really isn't as encouraging as you seem to think it is.
Posted by: Dr. T
It's OK, just relax.
Struggling makes it worse.
Posted by: Aviator at September 26, 2020 11:03 PM (0FTCx)
This....really isn't as encouraging as you seem to think it is.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (pxDdN)
Just don't watch "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" between now and the Texas Mo Me.
Posted by: Gref at September 26, 2020 11:04 PM (AMIL/)
Rubles on exit, no receipts - so, Era of Glorious Soviet Power, yes?
No rubles (well, a few, brand new bank notes, stashed somewhere as souvenirs), but ..... was wearing a Soviet Army summer field dress uniform *under* my regular clothes (itched like a muthascratcha - typical Soviet quality and comfort). Also a souvenir.
In the post-Soviet era, only one incident. Exit customs guy at Baku airport tried to hassle/shake me down for one of my rugs. They were obviously *not* antiques, the only thing regulated.
Only time in my life I decided to escalate/broaden the problem. So I raised my voice and (in Russian) said something like "what is this? These are not antiques! I have the receipt. Do you even know what an antique rug looks like? I got them at the store with the round room down by the waterfront, check with them!".
Before I'd even finished that, the guy was blushing and showing "defeat". He waved his hands, "it's OK, it's OK" .... and one small shake-down was averted.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:04 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 26, 2020 10:09 PM (mNhhD)
I'm the governor of your dreams!
Posted by: Stacy "tank" Abrams at September 26, 2020 11:04 PM (Ojki1)
I think BenHad is still cussing out the campaign manager because they scheduled Trump to visit on Friday when it should be Saturday.
Eventually they will understand who really is ruling this event. and get this all straightened out.
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 11:04 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Moki at September 26, 2020 10:59 PM (+X9Vs)
Goodnight. That's not just being an asshole, that's professional misconduct in my book. With all the islands in the Aegean, surely it wouldn't have been too hard to strand him on one.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 11:05 PM (pxDdN)
Posted by: Jmel at September 26, 2020 11:05 PM (bVhJi)
Great tales from you overseas times. Thanks.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:05 PM (oqV6o)
The plan was to keep the election close, steal the election, throw it into the courts, and have Roberts cast the deciding vote for Biden in the Supreme Court.
The death of RBG screwed that up - Roberts will no longer be the deciding vote, assuming ACB gets confirmed.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 26, 2020 11:05 PM (I2/tG)
What's that you say? You never heard of it? Even though Vice President Pence was there?
There's a reason for that! You weren't supposed to... (cough) you ignorant Jesus peasant! (cough)
Posted by: mnw
Not surprised. The unbiased journalists decide which news stories to cover, how much coverage to give the story, and how to slant the story. Something like this gets almost no coverage, but that ridiculous business with the Covington high school students got weeks of coverage, all bullshit.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 11:05 PM (+lVUW)
Dangerous Ocean Blobs on the Rise Off the West Coast
Scientists are concerned about effect on marine life
Ocean blobs, eh?
Posted by: Emmie at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (4JM5Y)
Posted by: lin-duh en-nui at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (UUBmN)
Yikes.
Posted by: rhomboid
yep. This was a huge case in Greece, and my boss should have been the one to go deal with this guy, but he couldn't be bothered. So I went.
There was also a guy in jail in Sparta (!) for drug dealing who had been running a cult, I think. He had about ten different women trying to come for conjugal visits, and the Greek prison guards told me to tell this guy to knock it off. He claimed he was their spiritual leader, and would I like to learn about enlightenment too?
I told him I was Baptist. We shun enlightenment and dancing.
I have some stories...
Posted by: Moki at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (+X9Vs)
What's that you say? You never heard of it? Even though Vice President Pence was there?
There's a reason for that! You weren't supposed to... (cough) you ignorant Jesus peasant! (cough)
Posted by: mnw
Not surprised. The unbiased journalists decide which news stories to cover, how much coverage to give the story, and how to slant the story. Something like this gets almost no coverage, but that ridiculous business with the Covington high school students got weeks of coverage, all bullshit.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 11:05 PM (+lVUW)
They do that to the March for Life every year.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 26, 2020 11:02 PM (I2/tG)
--Use infogalactic.com instead.
Fuck Wikipedia.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (oZuI0)
This....really isn't as encouraging as you seem to think it is.
Posted by: Dr. T
It's OK, just relax.
Struggling makes it worse.
Posted by: Aviator
You'll be fine. I went to my first MoME a few weeks ago. It's like dropping acid while listening to Ummagumma. Just stay away from the Picts and you'll be fine. Probably....
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 11:07 PM (wZCJ5)
It isn't really a party until you have a Gender Reveal.
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 11:07 PM (C+evo)
point to a specific US government policy change that occurred as a
result of the bribe.
***
This is the way the left has been for a while.
How do you know claim is false!
This leftwing person says it is.
And they won't listen to any counter argument. It is the perfect insulation for the propaganda they get fed.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 11:07 PM (qlFIA)
Dangerous Ocean Blobs on the Rise Off the West Coast
Scientists are concerned about effect on marine life
Ocean blobs, eh?
Posted by: Emmie at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (4JM5Y)
If they just give them some crayons they'll get along fine.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 11:07 PM (NWiLs)
1979 USSR, you can fill in the blanks.
But I needed rubles to go to a balalaika joint to have dinner. Or so I thought. They probably would have loved to have taken my dollars, but I didn't know that. That was a blast.
So, I figure the taxi driver, who traded some rubles to me, informed to his brother in law, the customs agent, who was awaiting me upon my return to my hotel.
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 11:08 PM (w7KSn)
I didn't know she had buckteeth.
I'm serious. She does, & I was unaware.
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 11:08 PM (Cssks)
Dangerous Ocean Blobs on the Rise Off the West Coast
Scientists are concerned about effect on marine life
Ocean blobs, eh?
Posted by: Emmie at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (4JM5Y)
--The Ocean Blue: "Between Something and Nothing"
https://youtu.be/SCIEv73PF4Y
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:09 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 11:09 PM (wZCJ5)
***
I've got a leftwing acquaintance on farcebook that often goes on about how hot Satan (from that show) is all the time.
And I just sit there and wonder what people even 20 years ago would say about today.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 11:10 PM (qlFIA)
I wonder if anyone has asked Franklin Graham what his thoughts are on Matthew 6:6.
* "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 11:10 PM (C+evo)
I got shaken down by a cop at the Novosibirsk airport en route to Moscow, who claimed that my local registration stamps were out of order.
He worked himself into a fine lather about my crimes, and I stopped him, and simply asked him in Russian: "How much?".
The answer was sixty bucks - I paid it, and departed Novosibirsk.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 26, 2020 11:10 PM (I2/tG)
I didn't know she had buckteeth.
I'm serious. She does, & I was unaware.
Posted by: mnw
Don't get any ideas. It's illegal to deal in elephant ivory.
Posted by: Aviator at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (0FTCx)
Junior year of high school, I leave my house after a nasty shouting match with my dear mother.
Head off with friends to watch a wrestling match. I mention that I've got a wicked headache, and a friend offers up a painkiller he has on him.
We stop at a known establishment that sells to the underaged, and pick up an assortment of beer, Boones Farm, and MD 2020.
Off to the match, and pound a few beers
Leave the match, head to a party at a country club where there are girls we know: find girls, drink BF
We leave CC, drive around aimlessly drinking MD 2020. Decide to go to a friend's house, drink more beer on the way.
As we pile out of the car, I lose my footing and fall into a snowbank. The rest of the pack dogpiles me, and I lose my glasses in the commotion.
Into the house we go, drink more beer and MD 2020. I complain that " I don't feel so good" , and I'm escorted upstairs to a bedroom to lay down for a while.
You can see where this is going I'm sure. Girls bedroom, all white decor...spins begin, and I don't know where I am. Can't find the door, look for a window. Can't open the window, look for a wastebasket. No wastebasket, have no choice but to use a blanket.
PURPLE BARF EVERYWHERE!!!
Feeling somewhat better, I bundle up the barf, wander downstairs ( very proudly I might add), and hand my host the BLANKET OF BARF.
All hell breaks loose, we're told to leave. One of my friends takes me home to his house and sneaks me up to his room, and puts me to bed.
Some time around 2:00am, my friends father shakes me awake: Browndog, your father's on the phone...he sounds angry!
I am immediately sobered up. I'm to!d to be at a specific location in just minutes, don't be late. So I hastily put my clothes on, run out of the house and up a few blocks to meet my doom.
I see my father has beat me to the rendezvous, I get in the car. He's about to backhand me, when he smells the booze and barf...
He smiles, and says: I think I'll let your mother handle this.
Grounded for a month. And those glasses, well they didn't show up till spring.
To this day it's a story that gets told at many a house...and I'm still persona non grata at the house with the white bedroom.
MD 2020 and I, discontinued our budding relationship shortly thereafter.
Thus ends the tale of bumwine and the browndog. I thank you...
Posted by: browndog at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (NWiLs)
Oh, man. If I have this dream tonight you will hear from me!
Posted by: tbodie at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (AY/TT)
***
When the tentacles come down from the sky, the fun starts!
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (qlFIA)
Scientists are concerned about effect on marine life
Ocean blobs, eh?
Posted by: Emmie at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (4JM5Y)
What's this, eh? A Size 90 bikini bottom?
Posted by: Some beachcomber at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (3n1kC)
Scientists are concerned about effect on marine life
Ocean blobs, eh?
Posted by: Emmie at September 26, 2020 11:06 PM (4JM5Y)
Comrade, can you prove that they are NOT dangerous when trained scientists have clearly determined with infallible geometric logic that they are indeed dangerous blobs, and in the ocean to boot?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (oqV6o)
I had rubles but had no proof, no bank receipt for them.
Da slammer awaiteth.
Cost me 2 weeks out of my life, plus maybe $3,000
Posted by: Attila the unready
I nearly got arrested in Burma for the same thing. Scared the devil out of me and I didn't relax until that Burma Air Fokker was off the ground.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (0LaWm)
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: RustyG at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (QLE2D)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 26, 2020 11:12 PM (ZjU14)
Posted by: Pete Seria at September 26, 2020 11:12 PM (7ZQe3)
Posted by: Jerry "Comedy Gold" Nadless at September 26, 2020 11:12 PM (EgshT)
Posted by: Captain Oveur at September 26, 2020 11:13 PM (d/5jB)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 11:14 PM (wZCJ5)
Posted by: Pete Seria at September 26, 2020 11:14 PM (7ZQe3)
Scientists are concerned about effect on marine life
Ocean blobs, eh?
SCIENCE!
Posted by: Thomas Dolby at September 26, 2020 11:14 PM (rt0xh)
Posted by: browndog at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (BgMrQ)
Heh. LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 11:14 PM (3n1kC)
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 11:03 PM
Finished a deck, working on a chicken coop and run, which is taking way longer than I'd like, and then a list of stuff the wife would like, and new front porch railings. I'd like to retire in the next year or two, and retreat to my shop full time .
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 11:15 PM (DMUuz)
Biblically speaking, yes Lucifer was supposed to be quite fetching. But to glamorize evil is just appalling to me. Apparently the tag line for the show is as Satan climbs out of a swimming pool, it says He is Risen. So blasphemous I want to scream
Posted by: Jmel at September 26, 2020 11:15 PM (bVhJi)
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 11:15 PM (C+evo)
Anxiety dreams!
I have those almost every night. I'm either lost in a hotel & can't find my room, or I have an overdue term paper.
The last overdue term paper I had would've been around 1970, but... I still have the dreams!
Why can't I be shacked up with the young Anna Netrebko instead? Huh? Term papers, zh*t!
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 11:15 PM (Cssks)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 26, 2020 11:12 PM (ZjU14)
I didn't do consular in Riyadh- I was political there. But I was ...adjacent to a case for an AmCit who was arrested for "smuggling" liquor, when in fact he was smuggling liquor for one of the big Princes. It was nasty, and pre-9/11, so part of the build-up to all of that.
Posted by: Moki at September 26, 2020 11:16 PM (+X9Vs)
Be well good friend.
I'm off to bed knowing
Trump has made a great appt to the SC.
Posted by: Farmer at September 26, 2020 11:16 PM (LthQw)
Thus ends the tale of bumwine and the browndog. I thank you...
Posted by: browndog at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (BgMrQ)
Browndog--holy cow.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 26, 2020 11:17 PM (TdMsT)
All dressed up.
Black pants.
Black jacket
Balaclava
Black shoes.
Headed out to steal some Biden/Harris signs.
Can't friggin find any.
Oh well. Bier time.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 26, 2020 11:17 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 26, 2020 11:18 PM (rt0xh)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Primus Noctii pendants.
Hmmm
Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV at September 26, 2020 11:18 PM (QzkSJ)
Wonderful. Biden will crib that for the "debates".
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 11:18 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 26, 2020 11:09 PM (wZCJ5)
--Immediately takes me back to high school.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:18 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: JT at September 26, 2020 11:18 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Pete Seria at September 26, 2020 11:12 PM (7ZQe3)
Sheboygan FTW
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
This is the identical plot to Kurt Vonnegut's novel Player Piano.
Director of the most important company in an incredibly regimented somewhat fascist country is called back to Jr. High to pass a PE class that he didn't score well in.
Unfortunately, he's way outta shape so he starts a revolution to take down the entire system.
Great read.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (1YlHz)
This....really isn't as encouraging as you seem to think it is.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 26, 2020 10:58 PM (pxDdN)
There's real answers and Horde answers....
This is the same group that recommends slapping a hot iron to *every* injury.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (/kh7m)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Farmer at September 26, 2020 11:16 PM (LthQw)
True, but I think we can count on Lindsey G to play nice and make this confirmation into an unnecessary sh!tstorm.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 10:52 PM (qlFIA)
There's got to be a name for this phenomenon. It's like ... instead of reasoning by logic, they "reason" by contagion or contamination. Some random lie they've heard can be associated with something else, which makes the second thing bad.
Posted by: Emmie at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (4JM5Y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (3n1kC)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2020 11:15 PM (DMUuz)
Hubs is also retired. He has a stack of projects lined up for when the weather gets too bad to go anywhere. He loves piddling in the basement.
Posted by: ALH at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (9beqF)
Be well good friend.
I'm off to bed knowing
Trump has made a great appt to the SC.
Posted by: Farmer at September 26, 2020 11:16 PM (LthQw)
You too, amigo.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 11:20 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (/kh7m)
What, you mean that is wrong?
If only someone had told me...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:20 PM (oqV6o)
I was there for quite a while, so waited a decent interval before selling jeans ($200, in rubles, so ..... 480?). After some of us had established relationships with some local outcasts.
Taxi drivers. The actual "underground", or rebel sub-culture of the late-period USSR. Independent. Had a car! Dealt in cash. Knew all kinds of people. So - "biznyess" was a natural for them. Some of the people among our Soviet friends were taxi drivers.
I traded 2nd pair of Levis for the Soviet Army uniform (not a "deal" for me, but who cares - pair of jeans?).
One guy in our group - whose Russian was way below the level appropriate for the program - brought almost nothing in his luggage *except* new Levis, Beatles records, Marlboros, women's stockings, and cosmetics. He it all in one batch to some "yasheritza" (lizard - black marketeer) and ate at hotels and restaurants the rest of the program.
But I'll always remember him for his perfect comment, as we were walking off the plane - airstair, then walking between painted lines, with route lined every 20 feet by border guards in their ill-fitting uniforms, looking miserably insecure. With the primitive construction quality of the terminal (Sheremetyvo) readily apparent even as we approached it.
"We're afraid of THESE guys???"
Height of the Cold War. But it was perfect. (as the joke went at the time - the Soviets are incapable of anything, except conquering the world - a profoundly truthy joke)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:20 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 26, 2020 11:18 PM (rt0xh)
--Curse you!!!!
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:20 PM (oZuI0)
Said Karen made sure to note They are not affiliated in any way with the Church of Satan. which apparently does overtly worship Satan.
Can you even imagine having this discussion a generation ago?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 11:20 PM (qlFIA)
Last time I looked, Lindsey's career was hanging by a thread. It may not be the best time to play devil's advocate.
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 11:21 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 26, 2020 11:21 PM (ZjU14)
As do I.
Posted by: gp, the retired boomer
People like Pelosi are looking for excuses to not have it. However, Biden's ego won't let him cancel it. I think he will go forward with it, because not doing so would be admitting he can't handle it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 26, 2020 11:22 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 26, 2020 10:42 PM (NWiLs)
Oh, man. If I have this dream tonight you will hear from me!
Posted by: tbodie at September 26, 2020 11:11 PM (AY/TT)
And its gym class for the win.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 26, 2020 11:22 PM (9dzlp)
Black jacket
Balaclava
Black shoes.
Headed out to steal some Biden/Harris signs.
Can't friggin find any.
Oh well. Bier time.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 26, 2020 11:17 PM (axyOa)
Throw in a white sports coat, and pink carnation, and maybe it will scan.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 11:22 PM (3n1kC)
As an aside, I love that The Donald pretty much shamed the "Big" "10" and the Pac 12 into playing ball this year.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 10:52 PM (oZuI0
I really think a big part of that is that after the end of basketball season, and those first two or three weeks when they should have been selling tickets and instead having ZERO money coming in that way. And then calling their alumni and being told they can fuck off with asking for donations until they start sports back up made them change their minds.
Posted by: buzzion at September 26, 2020 11:22 PM (vMCab)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 26, 2020 11:19 PM (/kh7m)
If it's good enough for Josey Wales...
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 26, 2020 11:23 PM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 11:24 PM (w7KSn)
Said Karen made sure to note They are not affiliated in any way with the Church of Satan. which apparently does overtly worship Satan.
So we have a Jewish version, a Christian version, so when do we have someone joining the Mosque of Satan?
Posted by: 🐧 at September 26, 2020 11:24 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: buzzion at September 26, 2020 11:22 PM (vMCab)
--I think you're onto it.
I also still think Trump accelerated the process.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:24 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Jmel at September 26, 2020 11:05 PM (bVhJi)
It started on Fox. Its based off a comic book. I just remember that Supernatural's Lucifer mocked the show.
Posted by: buzzion at September 26, 2020 11:24 PM (vMCab)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 11:22 PM (3n1kC)
I recommend a white sports cost and a pink crustation
Posted by: Jimmy Buffett at September 26, 2020 11:25 PM (BgMrQ)
Even The Dark Lord knows ugly when he sees it, I bet. Lousy luck for your lefty friend.
Posted by: mnw at September 26, 2020 11:25 PM (Cssks)
Can you even imagine having this discussion a generation ago?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 11:20 PM (qlFIA)
Splitters!
Posted by: Satanic Liberation Front and Cornhole Club at September 26, 2020 11:25 PM (3n1kC)
It'll be interesting to see how the Repubs manage to fuck it up
I predict the SCOTUS will still be at 8 on election day
Posted by: DB- just DB. at September 26, 2020 11:25 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 11:21 PM (w7KSn)
Boy do I hope I am wrong, but I surevfeel like Lindsey has never let me down before!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:26 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: JT at September 26, 2020 11:26 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:26 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: James at September 26, 2020 11:26 PM (nOJDr)
It'll be interesting to see how the Repubs manage to fuck it up
I predict the SCOTUS will still be at 8 on election day
Posted by: DB- just DB. at September 26, 2020 11:25 PM (iTXRQ)
29 is far too young to be so cynical!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 26, 2020 11:26 PM (/kh7m)
Best reaction was at the checkpoint into South Ossetia, from Georgia (just up the hill from Stalin's home town).
We were legit and had papers, etc., but I decided to give the young "soldiers" some Marlboros because it was a beautiful day (and the Caucasus is quite beautiful in the summer) and I felt like it. You'd think I'd given them US green cards. They were stoked.
And South Ossetia is beautiful. Mountains. Though you can sprain a muscle trying to properly pronounce the capital - Tskhinvali.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:27 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:27 PM (OTzUX)
That would be a great name for a nudist colony.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 11:28 PM (3n1kC)
Posted by: Sharkman at September 26, 2020 11:28 PM (1YlHz)
You could have lots of rubles, but no Marlboros.
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 11:29 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: The MN Viking football franchise at September 26, 2020 11:30 PM (GIeIM)
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 11:30 PM (w7KSn)
Amerika!
Most people don't imagine the reach and power of American culture and commerce.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:31 PM (OTzUX)
***
The left will throw EVERYTHING they have up to stop ACB.
Expect most Republicans Senators they can dig dirt up on to be blackmailed.
And we, collectively, should still promise to vote for they R no matter what they come up with, true or false, for this election. You have to end the blackmail option for the left (why hello Justice Roberts)
This was the most disheartening thing about Roy Moore. They made up stuff, that he had sex with a minor, and mixed it with true, nominally embarrassing stuff - his wife was 14 years younger then him 38 v 24.
And Republicans let them win over that.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 11:31 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:26 PM (oqV6o)
Legion are the disappointed that thought that Graham was going down in the past - and he has always played the "I'm in trouble, please contribute!" card to his advantage. This race is pretty typical for him. No one, I mean no one, does retail politicking in South Carolina better than Lindsey. He's a pro at it and his ties to community leaders there are really pretty deep, especially in the low country.
He wins in a 10 point runaway, as usual.
Posted by: Boswell at September 26, 2020 11:32 PM (w2LAm)
In Romania, it was Kents. Never understood why.
Posted by: Tales of Miklosian Youth at September 26, 2020 11:32 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 26, 2020 11:32 PM (ZjU14)
Posted by: The MN Viking football franchise at September 26, 2020 11:32 PM (GIeIM)
Damn it. My typing is for shit tonight.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
========
I used to bother about my typing. I was like Christopher taylor! Then I thought Oh never mind, it's an internet forum and I'm not going to backspace around to capitalize the "T."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2020 11:32 PM (G51Gf)
Amount of histrionics etc up to the Dems, more or less, but GOP can shut it down if needed.
Not really expecting any real problems on this.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:33 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: AlmostYuman at September 26, 2020 11:34 PM (wvQJ5)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:35 PM (OTzUX)
Amount of histrionics etc up to the Dems, more or less, but GOP can shut it down if needed.
Not really expecting any real problems on this.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:33 PM (OTzUX)
If the Dems raise too much of a ruckus, could the Turtle simply recess the Senate, and allow Trump to make it a recess appointment?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 11:35 PM (3n1kC)
Posted by: Frustrated Dem Media cabal at September 26, 2020 11:36 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: The MN Viking football franchise at September 26, 2020 11:32 PM (GIeIM)
--Send her a link to the old country song "How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?"
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:36 PM (oZuI0)
For over 2 decades now, I have owned a New Braunfels stick burner BBQ in my back yard. It is showing it's age to be certain, been through a re-furb once with new grates and a black BBq paint to freshin up the look. And though the side pot is about to fall off the barrel, it is such a well seasoned beast, it remains my go-to for ribs and roasts. Bought it back in the 90's when Texas was suffering mighty from the oil collapse.....
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 26, 2020 11:37 PM (u1WYs)
Trump has made a great appt to the SC.
Posted by: Farmer
========
Do we know this? Here's a guy with a few complaints about her.
>>If #Barrett is such a "textualist", then why did she write the Fourteenth Amendment right out of the Constitution in the decision that approved lockdowns and said you have no "protection of liberty" whenever a government says it needs to take away your rights for "public health."
https://twitter.com/Barnes_Law/
status/1308785786255360000
He also has a thread citing a bunch of authoritarian decisions.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2020 11:37 PM (G51Gf)
Marlboros were better than dollars, or pounds, or just about anything else, even rubles.
You could have lots of rubles, but no Marlboros.
Posted by: Attila the unready at September 26, 2020 11:29 PM (w7KSn)
It used to be a common trope that the Cold War was won by Levi Strauss.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 26, 2020 11:37 PM (EGyGV)
Mitch can get her confirmed with no Dem votes, and that includes every procedural step.
Several key players have made matter-of-fact statements about the confirmation happening, and before the election, and I see no reason they're not correct.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:38 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Not for a judge, no.
Recess appointments are only for Executive Branch positions.
Posted by: Miklos, sheepskin holding Political Scientist at September 26, 2020 11:38 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 26, 2020 11:38 PM (YynYJ)
--I'm also not sure how squishy she is on immigration, especially given her having two Haitian adoptees.
The commentariat at vdare.com is divided on her as well.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:40 PM (oZuI0)
Bad optics, so I think that would be a desperation move!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:40 PM (oqV6o)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at September 26, 2020 11:41 PM (3P/5p)
But I'm agnostic on all the tea-leaf reading for court nominees. The judiciary needs to have its influence reduced by about 87%, tomorrow, regardless of which glorified clerks, er, "justices" and "judges" are hired.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2020 11:42 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 26, 2020 11:43 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Boswell at September 26, 2020 11:43 PM (w2LAm)
I think BenHad is still cussing out the campaign manager because they scheduled Trump to visit on Friday when it should be Saturday.
Trump's coming to the MoMe?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 26, 2020 11:44 PM (sd8p8)
status/1308785786255360000
He also has a thread citing a bunch of authoritarian decisions.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
There's another attorney poster on Twitter called @shipwreckedcrew who does a fantastic job explaining what's up with Barr and Durham and the FBI and shit, among other things.
He's been ripping Barnes to shreds over his anti-ACB posts. Apparently Barnes likes to mischaracterize the decisions he's talking about. It's an interesting flamewar.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 26, 2020 11:45 PM (1YlHz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 11:46 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 26, 2020 11:48 PM (0LaWm)
In what way? I haven't really kept tabs on it because I'm farther south in SoCal.
Posted by: keena at September 26, 2020 11:49 PM (RiTnx)
It's not bad, kind of lifeboat meets Vanishing Point.
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at September 26, 2020 11:50 PM (CjHGv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Not for a judge, no.
Recess appointments are only for Executive Branch positions.
Posted by: Miklos, sheepskin holding Political Scientist at September 26, 2020 11:38 PM
Judges have been recess-appointed.
However, the Senate cannot adjourn for more than three days without approval from the House (and vice-versa), and the Supreme court has ruled that the adjournment needs to be more than three days to be a valid recess appointment.
Posted by: Chuck C at September 26, 2020 11:51 PM (d/5jB)
Turtle simply recess the Senate, and allow Trump to make it a recess
appointment?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2020 11:35 PM (3n1kC)
If the Dems raise too much ruckus, Yertle can just hold a vote. ACB has already been vetted by the Senate for her current position.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at September 26, 2020 11:52 PM (nAiE/)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 26, 2020 11:53 PM (0OmEj)
Long story short, in the past, I was basically 'swatted', by a local, by the Royal Bahamian Police. Badasses, guns (no muzzle discipline), and dog. They was out to put a white boy in Fox Hill prison. (Google that shit hole)
Made them search every inch of the island. No joy for them, because there never was anything to find.
Scary shit
Posted by: boynsea at September 26, 2020 11:54 PM (Fks5r)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2020 11:37 PM (G51Gf)
--I'm also not sure how squishy she is on immigration, especially given her having two Haitian adoptees.
The commentariat at vdare.com is divided on her as well.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:40 PM (oZuI0)
So who do they suggest instead of ACB? If they don't have someone specific in mind, someone specific and REALISTIC, then I'm willing to trust Trump's judgement.
Because let's face it, as much as I'd love to see a complete right-wing deathbeast added to the Court, it simply isn't going to happen.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 26, 2020 11:54 PM (EGyGV)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 26, 2020 11:54 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Mishdog at September 26, 2020 11:54 PM (xZYGI)
Because let's face it, as much as I'd love to see a complete right-wing deathbeast added to the Court, it simply isn't going to happen.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 26, 2020 11:54 PM (EGyGV)
--Tom Cotton
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 26, 2020 11:55 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at September 26, 2020 11:52 PM (nAiE/)
If this is true, why not do it?
I cannot imagine any benefit to the Nation by delaying this confirmation for even a a day, let alone beginning the start of a vitriol filled hearing of unknown length!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:57 PM (oqV6o)
I was just reading about Buried, it sounds worthwhile.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2020 11:58 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2020 11:58 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Menack at September 27, 2020 12:00 AM (buTO7)
Posted by: 18-1
Did they say he was Polly Esther ?
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 12:00 AM (arJlL)
Is this game relevant to you?
This game doesn't look like other things you've played in the past. As such we don't have much information on whether or not you might be interested in it.
Well, I have actually bought several similar games on Steam before. But I think I see what they're getting at. I've also bought a lot of titty games there, and I suspect they're thinking, "This is not a titty game. Are you sure you'd be interested in something like this?"
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at September 27, 2020 12:00 AM (H3MF8)
Heads up, Kolchak is up on MeTV, S1E3.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 27, 2020 12:01 AM (rCwaK)
Driving around North Georgia counting political signs...Biden is number 4 behind Trump, Collins, and boiled peanuts.
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 27, 2020 12:01 AM (rt0xh)
Heads up, Kolchak is up on MeTV, S1E3.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 27, 2020 12:01 AM (rCwaK)
Dick van Patten guest stars
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at September 27, 2020 12:03 AM (CjHGv)
I cannot imagine any benefit to the Nation by delaying this confirmation for even a a day, let alone beginning the start of a vitriol filled hearing of unknown length!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:57 PM (oqV6o)
Because every other member of the SCOTUS has gone through the committee. The population believes that is how it is done. If they just buy passed it the press/dems would have their talking point, "what are they trying to hide".
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at September 27, 2020 12:03 AM (Rz2Nc)
The left claimed he was a fake and some right wing chickenhawk wrote the article.
And then when his tour of duty was over Cotton went around stateside continuing to claim the left was full of shit. It was great.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2020 12:04 AM (qlFIA)
If the Dems raise too much ruckus, Yertle can just hold a vote. ACB has
already been vetted by the Senate for her current position.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at September 26, 2020 11:52 PM (nAiE/)
If this is true, why not do it?
I cannot imagine any benefit to the Nation by delaying this
confirmation for even a a day, let alone beginning the start of a
vitriol filled hearing of unknown length!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 26, 2020 11:57 PM (oqV6o)
I would imagine they are stupidly trying to cling to a (modern) Senate tradition. Until 1916, the Senate never held committee hearings for justice nominees. Fun fact: the nominee that prompted the first hearings (Louis Brandeis) refused to attend the hearings.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at September 27, 2020 12:04 AM (nAiE/)
Is this game relevant to you?
This game doesn't look like other things you've played in the past. As such we don't have much information on whether or not you might be interested in it.
Well, I have actually bought several similar games on Steam before. But I think I see what they're getting at. I've also bought a lot of titty games there, and I suspect they're thinking, "This is not a titty game. Are you sure you'd be interested in something like this?"
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at September 27, 2020 12:00 AM (H3MF
"There is a significant lack of waifus in this game. Are you sure you want to play a game with no anime tittehs?"
Posted by: buzzion at September 27, 2020 12:04 AM (vMCab)
I had a New Braunfels offset smoker for ~25 years. Finally gave it away last year in anticipation of our move, since we got a Big Green Egg and knew we couldn't take them both. That thing was built like a beast...
Posted by: Average Guy at September 27, 2020 12:05 AM (b2diN)
Posted by: Menack at September 27, 2020 12:06 AM (buTO7)
Posted by: CMU VET at September 27, 2020 12:07 AM (SYVOv)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at September 27, 2020 12:08 AM (H3MF8)
Posted by: CMU VET at September 27, 2020 12:09 AM (SYVOv)
Well before my post got corrupted, The "Crew Boss" of a Big Bear Hotshot crew "died" in the El Dorado fire in San Bernardino while on the fire line. No details bout how or why by the MSM. Just vid from the scene showing charred inch and a half forrest service hose going up an apparent forest service road with crime scene tape. Now Hotshots are elite ground crews and know their stuff so...how did the crew Boss get ?separated? from his crew?
And then less than a week after, an off-duty Big Bear Hotshot crewmember (?same crew?) goes missing and his wrecked truck is found below Big Bear on HWY 18?
Like I have stated, something stinks biggley on this.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 12:10 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at September 27, 2020 12:10 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Stout at September 27, 2020 12:11 AM (EHSFD)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at September 27, 2020 12:03 AM (Rz2Nc)
Like they won't try something like that no matter what?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 27, 2020 12:11 AM (oqV6o)
So who do they suggest instead of ACB? If they don't have someone specific in mind, someone specific and REALISTIC, then I'm willing to trust Trump's judgement.
Because let's face it, as much as I'd love to see a complete right-wing deathbeast added to the Court, it simply isn't going to happen.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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I'm not necessarily going to just "trust Trump." Re the SCOTUS pick, he only knows what other people tell him. Also cf. Reagan and Sandra Day O'COnnor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 27, 2020 12:11 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: USNtakim
How is Mrs. Kim doing?
Posted by: Sharkman at September 27, 2020 12:12 AM (1YlHz)
Ike did three recess appointments to the Supreme Court, which were then confirmed, Brenna, Earl Warrne, and Potter Stewart.
According to the Internet, there have been 300 recess appointments of federal judges, and 10 Supreme court justices.
Consider Ike's above three, recess appointments don't look good for the Supreme Court.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 27, 2020 12:12 AM (rCwaK)
If this is true, why not do it?
Republicans want their time to grandstand just before an election, especially Lindsey Grahm.
Posted by: Rioting Genius at September 27, 2020 12:13 AM (PtOP4)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol
Sounds like the firefighter equivalent of a "fragging".
Posted by: Sharkman at September 27, 2020 12:13 AM (1YlHz)
If this is true, why not do it?
Republicans want their time to grandstand just before an election, especially Lindsey Grahm.
Posted by: Rioting Genius at September 27, 2020 12:13 AM (PtOP4)
Probably also a demand from some of the squishy cucks like Romney.
Posted by: buzzion at September 27, 2020 12:14 AM (vMCab)
He's been ripping Barnes to shreds over his anti-ACB posts. Apparently Barnes likes to mischaracterize the decisions he's talking about. It's an interesting flamewar.
Posted by: Sharkman
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Aha. Thank you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 27, 2020 12:14 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 27, 2020 12:14 AM (0OmEj)
If Ibram X. Kendi were named, say, Joe Washington, I don't think his grift gets off the ground at all.
Posted by: Stout
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Same story as Barack Obama.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 27, 2020 12:15 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Sharkman at September 27, 2020 12:13 AM (1YlHz)
Maybe somebody's wife was getting the hose.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 12:16 AM (hbiWb)
This thing starting to stink biggley......
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol
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Are you talking about the firefighter who died in the El Dorado fire, and... someone else, it seems?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 27, 2020 12:16 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 27, 2020 12:11 AM (oqV6o)
Yes, they will try all type of shit, there is no reason to give them ammo. Every current Supreme Court Justice went through the committee, the voting public expects it. Go with that, let the dems and media foam at the mouth. It's nothing for us to be concerned about.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at September 27, 2020 12:16 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Rioting Genius at September 27, 2020 12:13 AM (PtOP4)
Another congressional hearing where we will know less after it is over than we did before it started, and, even worse, have probably lost a few IQ points by just watching !
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at September 27, 2020 12:17 AM (oqV6o)
Mrs. Kim is back home on the mend. Not perfect but much better.
Posted by: USNtakim
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Yay!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 27, 2020 12:17 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 27, 2020 12:14 AM (0OmEj)
That's good news!
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at September 27, 2020 12:18 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: The MN Viking football franchise at September 27, 2020 12:19 AM (GIeIM)
The judiciary needs to have its influence reduced by about 87%, tomorrow, regardless of which glorified clerks, er, "justices" and "judges" are hired.
Posted by: rhomboid
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I hope ACB is the type to see this and step back when the opportunity for social engineering beckons.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 27, 2020 12:20 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in 'occupied' Ca at September 27, 2020 12:20 AM (FnwlK)
But Kamala Harris is not smart.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 27, 2020 12:20 AM (M/9m0)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at September 27, 2020 12:21 AM (H3MF8)
Well, must sign off for a nap. Starting the swing shift in a few hours.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 27, 2020 12:22 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Here is attorney Harmeet Dhillon discussing the "statist" decision that Barnes whined about (though she doesn't call him out by name):
https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1309933909719670784?s=19
Posted by: Sharkman at September 27, 2020 12:24 AM (1YlHz)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 27, 2020 12:24 AM (YynYJ)
Posted by: USNtakim
Very glad to hear that.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 27, 2020 12:24 AM (1YlHz)
Posted by: Warden Gavin (auntie pelosi) Newsome, mmm german sheppard bukkake at September 27, 2020 12:25 AM (EbPWx)
https://tinyurl.com/y2xabaw7
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 27, 2020 12:25 AM (rt0xh)
Right? Either way, I'm thinking the "Crew Boss" got taken out and that "missing" Hotshot was going to turn a dime on the rest of the crew.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 12:25 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Always possible knowing human beings.
More likely someone thought: "This fucking guy is way too loose with our lives out here. He's going to get us all killed."
Posted by: Sharkman at September 27, 2020 12:27 AM (1YlHz)
See frog v scorpion
Posted by: banned at September 27, 2020 12:27 AM (EbPWx)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at September 27, 2020 12:28 AM (H3MF8)
Yes Blondie.....most certainly am.....Forrest Service keeping a welded down lid on this for certain.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 12:29 AM (u1WYs)
in a place I should know well. Everything is familiar but the order is
wrong. Directions are off. The more that I move about the more things
are wrong. I keep going only to be more lost in familiar surroundings.
Posted by: USNtakim at September 26, 2020 11:53 PM (0OmEj)
If you see rod serling then run muthafucka run. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2020 12:33 AM (9Om/r)
At the risk of politicizing the ONT, couldn't Trump have nominated someone that was more than an A cup?
Does anyone know what Lagoa's measurements are?
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 12:34 AM (1Yy3c)
Very interesting. Were those hotshots killed known to make daring decisions for their teams? Even if none of this pans out it's a great idea for a screenplay. Because it's so creepy to think about. You'd think they would have gotten a call or text out before they were overwhelmed by the fire though.
Posted by: keena at September 27, 2020 12:34 AM (RiTnx)
https://tinyurl.com/y2xabaw7
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 27, 2020 12:25 AM (rt0xh)
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Awwwwwwww!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 27, 2020 12:35 AM (M/9m0)
It's over at the New York Post somewhere.
Posted by: Robert, too lazy to link at September 27, 2020 12:35 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: keena at September 27, 2020 12:34 AM (RiTnx)
This song is appropriate:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=Dztj4X3fQps
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 12:39 AM (hbiWb)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 27, 2020 12:40 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 12:40 AM (1Yy3c)
"shipwreckedcrew" on the twatters is a former federal prosecutor. I added him to my list for issues related to the Mega-Scandal, Flynn case, etc., on the DOJ/FBI side. Before he got "discovered" - in his case, he started publishing articles at RedState.
But so far, for me, his most important and telling comment was a throw-away one, discussing something else. He noted how absurd the idea is that the way to "control" the FBI, in this case to not let them continue running amok with the fake RUSSIA! crap, was to appoint a special prosecutor. Since DOJ can and does direct the FBI on any matter it chooses - really, on everything.
It was a throw-away, he didn't develop the point, but it accorded not only with common sense but the instant/vehement reactions of people who know and understand how it all works, from long direct experience.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2020 12:47 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2020 12:48 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2020 12:48 AM (OTzUX)
A comforting thought
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 27, 2020 12:50 AM (rt0xh)
Exactly the impression I get from shipwreckedcrew. He is so experienced that he can discuss issues that others simply have no background to understand.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 27, 2020 12:50 AM (1YlHz)
Not for a judge, no.
Recess appointments are only for Executive Branch positions.
Posted by: Miklos, sheepskin holding Political Scientist at September 26, 2020 11:38 PM (QzkSJ)
Tell that to those that were appointed that way (and then renominated confirmed later). Most notable: Eisenhower's pick of Brennan (Oct 15, 1956, with an election upcoming - but the Senate was typically in recess in those days).
Posted by: History Says Otherwise at September 27, 2020 12:56 AM (BBWrU)
Let me be clear, this is not the "Storm Mountain" disaster of 2012 (12 hotshots killed) with extensive reveal as to the why nor the Granite Mountain disaster of 2013 (18 Hotshots killed) also with extensive reveal as to the why. This is a Big Bear Hotshot Crew Boss who "died" without any real explanation as to why during the El Dorado fire (started by a gender reveal pyrotechnic).
It was about a week after this that the other Hotshot crewmember (not on duty) from Big Bear (same crew?) disappeared and his wrecked truck was discovered on Hwy 18 below Big Bear.. and also no present reveal as to why.
These are the facts.....
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:04 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:04 AM (u1WYs)
The song was about the Mann Gulch fire in Montana in 1949.
I figured it was apropos insofar as it involved deaths of forest fire fighters. Under very different circumstances, of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:07 AM (hbiWb)
Is that the one about the crew climbing in base of a gully when the fire jumped across the canyon walls and basically asphyxiated them all?
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:11 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:11 AM (u1WYs)
Yeah. One survivor, 16 dead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:12 AM (hbiWb)
Can you even imagine having this discussion a generation ago?
Posted by: 18-1
Sadly, yes. e.g., see Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947).
Posted by: Adriane the It Has Been with Us for A Long Time Critic ... at September 27, 2020 01:16 AM (LPnfS)
"Affirmative Action" in Cali....white-bread me and no tits.
not bitter...but if I'd gotten on back in the day...I'd be retired five years ago with a nice tidy pension.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:17 AM (u1WYs)
exhaustion ?
Posted by: Adriane the It Has Been with Us for A Long Time Critic ... at September 27, 2020 01:18 AM (LPnfS)
not bitter...but if I'd gotten on back in the day...I'd be retired five years ago with a nice tidy pension.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:17 AM (u1WYs)
You can buy tits, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:20 AM (hbiWb)
I'm thinking, run off the road. Maybe he was about to drop the dime on the rest of his crew for taking out the boss.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:22 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:20 AM (hbiWb)
You could only rent them back then.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 27, 2020 01:23 AM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:22 AM (u1WYs)
If that's the case, there might be some foreign paint scratches on his truck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:24 AM (hbiWb)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:24 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:24 AM (u1WYs)
I hear you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:26 AM (hbiWb)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:26 AM (u1WYs)
Which is understandable, after all. I mean, the dozens or more of complicated effed up situations every year involving cops and armed, dangerous criminals in which bystanders are harmed don't really matter. Unless the person harmed has a certain skin color.
Or something.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2020 01:29 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Adriane the It Has Been with Us for A Long Time Critic ... at September 27, 2020 01:16 AM (LPnfS)
\m/
https://youtu.be/2etqIDEWapI
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:29 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2020 01:29 AM (OTzUX)
Maybe cop cars should all be equipped with a bucket of whitewash, to render all corpses politically correct.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:30 AM (hbiWb)
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:30 AM (1Yy3c)
Hey would it help if I have said NOTHING in any way, shape, or form, that disparages AL SHARPTON?
He's lost weight.....good for him.....
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:33 AM (u1WYs)
Can you imagine the size of the pillow he uses at night?
Jesus...
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:35 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:35 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:35 AM (1Yy3c)
Because shit has already been metabolized as far as the human body can take it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:36 AM (hbiWb)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 27, 2020 01:38 AM (oZuI0)
Actually a pretty good example of the degradation of America by racism the last 30 years.
Oh - not the racism an empty-headed NPR-listener would have in mind.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2020 01:38 AM (OTzUX)
step out and try to block my traffic lane while I am attempting to get from point A to point B.....you get high speed "Grill Press" + deflection into the opposite curb you came from...(better wear a helmet )....hope you have Obamacare.
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:39 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:40 AM (1Yy3c)
Skinny Al Sharpton has an ENORMOUS head.
Can you imagine the size of the pillow he uses at night?
Jesus...
Posted by: Robert
Custom MyPillow
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 27, 2020 01:40 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:20 AM (hbiWb)
You could only rent them back then.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 27, 2020 01:23 AM (A5zUN)
You're always renting them. Well, thats what most married dudes tell me anyway. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2020 01:41 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 01:42 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:43 AM (u1WYs)
Saw a cool cancer survivor tshirt:
"Of course these are fake, the real ones tried to kill me."
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 01:43 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:44 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again
Introduction to Quantum Particle Physics ???
Posted by: Adriane the Youtube Video Critic ... at September 27, 2020 01:44 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 01:45 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 01:45 AM (SchxB)
https://youtu.be/2h1E3YJMKfA
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:48 AM (1Yy3c)
Good Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:49 AM (hbiWb)
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:50 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 27, 2020 01:50 AM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:50 AM (u1WYs)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 27, 2020 01:51 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Robert
So if I watch that and keep posting here at the same time is that an example of superposition?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 01:52 AM (SchxB)
Night, Blanco.
Night, Aetius and Bers and Nightwatch and Bertram and Bertram and Rhomboid.
Night to the Horde who've long since gone, the Horde who remain, and the Horde that are yet to be.
*Lays his fat head down on his big pillow*
Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2020 01:54 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Adriane the Youtube Video Critic ... at September 27, 2020 01:54 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 27, 2020 01:55 AM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Skinny Al Sharpton with an ENORMOUS head... at September 27, 2020 01:56 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 27, 2020 01:59 AM (G5ymt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 27, 2020 02:00 AM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 27, 2020 02:00 AM (A5zUN)
black friends. University says he was never a student ;but did give a
speech their once as senator.
Maybe he went there under an alias? Have they checked for any record of a student named "Corn Pop"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 02:00 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 27, 2020 02:01 AM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Nightwatch..patrol at September 27, 2020 01:24 AM (u1WYs)
I hear you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2020 01:26 AM (hbiWb)
Sigh. That, and thanks to Mr. Prostate, I have little choice in the matter of being a sitzsprinkler, unless I want yellow shoes.
Why did no one tell me that turning 60 was going to be so depressing?
Posted by: Michael the Texan at September 27, 2020 02:07 AM (9IdCK)
They wanted to surprise you.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 02:09 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Grandpa Walton at September 27, 2020 02:10 AM (mNhhD)
If Kamala Harris is smart, she will be pleasant to ACB and ask only thoughtful, serious questions.
But Kamala Harris is not smart.
--------------------------------------nor pleasant.
Posted by: redchief at September 27, 2020 02:11 AM (mL4jt)
Posted by: RickZ at September 27, 2020 02:15 AM (Y8PSl)
If Kamala Harris is smart, she will be pleasant to ACB and ask only thoughtful, serious questions.
But Kamala Harris is not smart.
--------------------------------------nor pleasant.
Posted by: redchief at September 27, 2020 02:11 AM (mL4jt)
--Kamala Harris = Bear With Wide Chasm
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 27, 2020 02:18 AM (oZuI0)
Maybe he wished on a monkey's paw many years ago.
He'll become President, but be too senile to know or care ...
Posted by: Adriane the Be Careful What You Wish For Critic ... at September 27, 2020 02:24 AM (LPnfS)
Trump will be awesome as I explained last night, but I'm expecting every possible lie - from bleach to Trump "dissolving the Biden Pandemic Response Team" .
Joe can play scripted Monday morning QB, and Trump will be put on the defensive for the first 45 minutes. He'll no doubt be ready.
Posted by: ... at September 27, 2020 02:29 AM (uEbPt)
Posted by: ... at September 27, 2020 02:32 AM (uEbPt)
Posted by: JQ at September 27, 2020 02:46 AM (whOIk)
Posted by: JQ at September 27, 2020 02:46 AM (whOIk)
--Wow, it is on the QT here.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 27, 2020 02:47 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 02:47 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 27, 2020 02:47 AM (oZuI0)
I think people are following Biden's lead and are resting up for the debate. Side-splitting laughter when you're tired is very dangerous. You might even pull a Nadler.
Posted by: RickZ at September 27, 2020 02:52 AM (Y8PSl)
debate. Side-splitting laughter when you're tired is very dangerous.
You might even pull a Nadler.
No shit?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 02:53 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 02:53 AM (SchxB)
I din't think so. More like 'The Shart Waddle Sidestep'.
Posted by: RickZ at September 27, 2020 02:58 AM (Y8PSl)
Looking for Clues ...
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=q8mhSOWMY38
I Dream of Wires...
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=WOmoURHDgVM
Posted by: Adriane the Additional Music Critic ... at September 27, 2020 03:01 AM (LPnfS)
This seems appropriate, though a touch less so after midnight: https://youtu.be/nhtNRpwUxPA
Go ahead, take the Journey.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at September 27, 2020 03:04 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: Adriane the Additional Music Critic ... at September 27, 2020 03:07 AM (LPnfS)
Peaceful Night, Blanco Basura ...
Posted by: Adriane the Additional Music Critic ... at September 27, 2020 03:07 AM (LPnfS)
the song writer's version
https://tinyurl.com/mduuuxd
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 27, 2020 03:29 AM (rt0xh)
ok since things have slowed to a halt, who sings it better?
the Celtic chick: https://tinyurl.com/y24l9frq , or the Fuk yur feelinz
Chick https://tinyurl.com/y2s6d4a9;
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 03:57 AM (ybaqi)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 27, 2020 04:00 AM (rt0xh)
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 04:01 AM (ybaqi)
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 04:02 AM (ybaqi)
ok since things have slowed to a halt, who sings it better?
the Celtic chick: https://tinyurl.com/y24l9frq , or the Fuk yur feelinz
Chick https://tinyurl.com/y2s6d4a9;
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 03:57 AM (ybaqi)
--I think the Irish babes were sing about Yoko. . . .
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 27, 2020 04:10 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 27, 2020 04:12 AM (rt0xh)
Things are bad for dementia joe but never fear,,
the drones at messnbc, stepie ruhle will prod him along if he's sans
teleprompter: https://tinyurl.com/y35bkhjt
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 04:14 AM (ybaqi)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at September 27, 2020 04:16 AM (oZuI0)
"--I think the Irish babes were sing about Yoko. . . ."
Yeah Logprof ,, I've got a bit of Scottish in me but that freaking
Celtic stuff is from another planet...
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 04:17 AM (ybaqi)
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 04:27 AM (3SV61)
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 04:30 AM (ybaqi)
Posted by: wrg500 at September 27, 2020 04:35 AM (6lCUo)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 04:35 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: wrg500 at September 27, 2020 04:36 AM (6lCUo)
Sadly, the lake was only for looking at this weekend. Pushing to get stuff done on this place before it gets too cold.
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 04:36 AM (3SV61)
Posted by: wrg500
I don't think HE flooded the airwaves; that was his henchpersons.
The only way he could flood anything would be with drool.
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 04:37 AM (arJlL)
Now the portland pantifa's have gone and smashed their very own
Snack Truck... the mob showed no restraint on beating up the innocent
Mercedes Van that had been supplying the soy that feeds the hoards..
https://tinyurl.com/y5h4bv6u
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 04:37 AM (ybaqi)
Posted by: JT
Coffee's brewing as we speak.
Trying to play catch up with yesterday's posts. What did I miss?
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 04:38 AM (3SV61)
Posted by: My life is insanity
Best of luck. You've got quite a bit on your plate ...
Posted by: Adriane the Additional Music Critic ... at September 27, 2020 04:40 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: My life is insanity
I was out most of yesterday, so I can't tell ya.
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 04:40 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 04:41 AM (arJlL)
". Pushing to get stuff done on this place before it gets too cold."
Ahha MLii,, a responsible decision as the cold WILL be on us in no time
flat.. I on the other hand procrastinate until it's freezing and I say why
didn't I do this earlier....
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 04:44 AM (ybaqi)
Posted by: Adriane the Additional Music Critic ... at September 27, 2020 04:48 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Adriane the Additional Music Critic ... at September 27, 2020 04:40 AM (LPnfS)
Building a cottage 250+ miles away from home is HARD! This is 3rd summer. Very very slow work, but steady. And, it's getting there. I'm learning again the virtues of patience.
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 04:50 AM (3SV61)
Ahha MLii,, a responsible decision as the cold WILL be on us in no time
flat.. I on the other hand procrastinate until it's freezing and I say why
didn't I do this earlier....
Posted by: beanervt
That, and one inspector getting a bit impatient with our progress. (Yeah, F-you doesnt really work with that!)
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 04:53 AM (3SV61)
Check out Alone in the Wilderness, with Richard Proeneke
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 04:54 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: My life is insanity
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After reading your Mom posts, I always thought of you as the epitome of Patience !
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 04:56 AM (arJlL)
My grandma lived in a house with a sod roof in S. Dakota when she was a little girl
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 04:58 AM (3SV61)
Posted by: JT
Yeah, not so much.
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 05:01 AM (3SV61)
" and one inspector getting a bit impatient with our progress"
geezum MLii,, 250 miles out and you still have to deal with government
flunkies??
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 05:04 AM (ybaqi)
flunkies??
Posted by: beanervt
"I'm Hank Agent, your County Kimball"
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:14 AM (arJlL)
flunkies??
Posted by: beanerv
Still civilization! But at least they've been impressed with our work so far. They've seen it's not by the seat of our pants....even if we're not exactly OSHA aporoved
Very fortunate to have family members who have knowledge of how to do stuff and are capable.
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 05:14 AM (3SV61)
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Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:19 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: My life is insanity at September 27, 2020 05:20 AM (3SV61)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:20 AM (arJlL)
" fortunate to have family members who have knowledge of how to do stuff"
Yeah MLii,, save a lot of time and money down the road when the
bang it together comes apart...
Posted by: beanervt at September 27, 2020 05:21 AM (ybaqi)
[The German-speaking part of the Moron Horde thanks you for the joke]
Posted by: SPinRHF16 at September 27, 2020 05:24 AM (b428V)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2020 05:26 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:28 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: TeeJ at September 27, 2020 05:31 AM (Is4Ai)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:31 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 04:54 AM
Yeah, that is awesome
Posted by: clutch at September 27, 2020 05:32 AM (9UmRs)
But don't expect much.
Hah, I know. Way ahead of me.
Posted by: TeeJ
What do ya call that thing ?
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:33 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: TeeJ at September 27, 2020 05:37 AM (Is4Ai)
Saw a very nasty post (didn't copy it) somewhere by Liz Warren on the next Supreme Court Justice...Wow, it is really nasty. I wonder if she will be that nasty during the Senate hearings.
Posted by: Colin at September 27, 2020 05:39 AM (/Quxn)
Posted by: TeeJ at September 27, 2020 05:39 AM (Is4Ai)
Couldn't even tell ya what it's about.
Posted by: TeeJ
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:42 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:43 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Eromero at September 27, 2020 05:43 AM (XhWtx)
I hope ACB turns out to be as good as the commies say she is bad.
Call me crazy but the Coney Barrett thing bothers me.
Was hoping Coney was her middle name but no, she went the hyphenated route when she married.
I know,, dial 1-800-old-guy.
Posted by: TeeJ at September 27, 2020 05:45 AM (Is4Ai)
You posted that so I went outside....and....I saw a skunk !
I WAS gonna get an early start grocery shopping, but now I'm gonna wait ti it gets light.
That's all I need; to step on a skunk !
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:50 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: TeeJ at September 27, 2020 05:51 AM (Is4Ai)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 27, 2020 05:51 AM (PgmdM)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:54 AM (arJlL)
Slept 9 hours, haven't done that in a long while
Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2020 05:55 AM (OjZpE)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:55 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:56 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2020 05:59 AM (OjZpE)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 05:28 AM (arJlL)
===
Good morning dear horde
(In my transliterated Russian)
Some morons can post in other character sets but Im older than 29.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2020 06:01 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 27, 2020 06:01 AM (3Mvdr)
Slept 9 hours?
The ability to do that ended for me when every day became just another day.
16 or 17 years ago.
One foot in front of the other.
Posted by: TeeJ at September 27, 2020 06:02 AM (Is4Ai)
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2020 06:02 AM (arJlL)
It was just before his Sailing Shoes album, IIRC, though I am not confident that I got the album title correct.
Posted by: fluffy at September 27, 2020 06:03 AM (FgJKq)
Posted by: Menack at September 27, 2020 06:03 AM (buTO7)
Posted by: Menack at September 27, 2020 06:06 AM (buTO7)
Little Feat
Later Horde, there are some woods out there requiring human presence.
Posted by: fluffy at September 27, 2020 06:07 AM (FgJKq)
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Posted by: Menack at September 27, 2020 06:52 AM (buTO7)
Posted by: Menack at September 27, 2020 06:52 AM (buTO7)
Butterfield Manhattan a la Tom Gallagher
1/2 oz of Apricot Brandy
1.2 oz of Sweet Vermouth
2oz of Rye Bourbon
Top with Sprite or 7Up
Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice
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