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Saturday Overnight Open Thread – 11/14/2020 [Buck Throckmorton]
Researchers, published in Nature, sampled genes of modern peoples living across the Pacific and along the South American coast and the results suggest that voyages between eastern Polynesia and the Americas happened around the year 1200, resulting in a mixture of those populations in the remote South Marquesas archipelago. It remains a mystery whether Polynesians, Native Americans, or both peoples undertook the long journeys that would have led them together. The findings could mean that South Americans, hailing from what’s now coastal Ecuador or Columbia, ventured to East Polynesia. Alternatively, Polynesians could have arrived in the Marquesas alone having already mixed with those South American people—but only if they’d first sailed to the American continent to meet them.
More at the link.
René Descartes: “I would rearrange the stars for you, babe… And, technically-speaking, it is NOT IMPOSSIBLE for me to rearrange the stars, because everything that is external to me is subject to skepticism and, as such, the only thing I can truly be certain of is my own, rational existence.”
G.W.F. Hegel: “I could really see a guy like me with a girl like you. And, more importantly, I could really see a guy like me seeing myself through the relational experience of a girl like you seeing me, amiright?”
Ayn Rand: “Babe, I’m gonna give you a night you’ll never forget… But, in return, I expect you to give me something of equal value because altruism is both illogical AND the world’s greatest evil (and so is government regulation).”
Friedrich Nietzsche: “I didn’t know that angels could fly so low. Or that angels even existed anymore now that God is dead.”More at the link
(From the Opera “Carmen”
FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE / SOCIALLY AWKWARD
Forget fruitcake or cookies. I want a Cherpumple Monster Pie Cake this year. It’s the turducken of holiday desserts.
It’s a three-layer cake, but each layer has a pie baked into it. The first layer is spice cake with a whole apple pie baked into it. The second layer is yellow cake with a whole pumpkin pie baked into it. The top layer is white cake with a cherry pie baked into it. The three layers are stacked on top of each other to make one giant cake, that is then covered in cream cheese frosting.
Cherpumple creator Charles Phoenix provides an entertaining demonstration of how to make one.
THE WAILIN’ JENNIES – These Canadian ladies make some beautiful harmonies on this Tom Petty cover.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bruce at November 14, 2020 10:01 PM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Numbuh Two, 2x4 Technology Operative at November 14, 2020 10:01 PM (YWBlw)
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Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -That's who WE are! - at November 14, 2020 10:02 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings *President Re-Elect Donald Trump* at November 14, 2020 10:02 PM (Av3tn)
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2020 10:02 PM (9sWOw)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:02 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 14, 2020 10:02 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -That's who WE are! - at November 14, 2020 10:03 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: wing at November 14, 2020 10:03 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at November 14, 2020 10:03 PM (L106N)
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2020 10:05 PM (9sWOw)
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 10:05 PM (nUhF0)
"Speed enforced by aircraft".
I picture an A-10 firing a string of BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPP!!! across the hood of a speeder.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:05 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 10:06 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2020 10:06 PM (wPVhA)
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 10:07 PM (n+Ghq)
See also the Rankin Family, Stan Rogers, Corb Lund, etc.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -That's who WE are! - at November 14, 2020 10:07 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: bluebell at November 14, 2020 10:07 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: Bete at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (t/Ya5)
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2020 10:05 PM (9sWOw)
IIRC, his craft was a wee bit more substantial than mere papyrus!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -That's who WE are! - at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: bluebell at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: Skip
iirc, and lots of times I don't ...
The papyrus boat was the Ra, from Egypt to South America.
Posted by: Adriane the Geographically Challanged Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 10:09 PM (iTXRQ)
I saw Ghostbusters in the theater when it came out. After the librarian scene (you know, the one before the movie actually gets started), I covered my face for about half of the movie.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 10:09 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM
Huh, I was just looking at this at GoldBelly yesterday:
PieCaken Bakeshop
New York, NY
The Turducken of Cakes
"Top Ten Pastry Chef in America" Zac Young wants it all... especially when it comes to sweets. In 2015, he created the instantly viral PieCaken, an epic 4-in-1 dessert composed of a Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Spice Cake, and Apple Pie all layered together with cinnamon buttercream.
https://bit.ly/3pwyE5u
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 14, 2020 10:09 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at November 14, 2020 10:09 PM (2ygtH)
https://youtu.be/L0IczyysmBg
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at November 14, 2020 10:11 PM (Ktj6L)
Posted by: DR.WTF at November 14, 2020 10:11 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 10:11 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at November 14, 2020 10:11 PM (evxBY)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient - Trump Won! at November 14, 2020 10:11 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings *President Re-Elect Donald Trump* at November 14, 2020 10:12 PM (Av3tn)
iirc, and lots of times I don't ...
The papyrus boat was the Ra, from Egypt to South America.
Posted by: Adriane the Geographically Challanged Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (LPnfS)
Ed McMahon says, You are Correct, Sir! The Kon Tiki raft was built from Balsa wood logs harvested in Ecuador, I think.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2020 10:12 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2020 10:12 PM (9sWOw)
Before I was scared to death by the child catcher, I was scared to death by the wicked witch and her flying monkeys.
Posted by: bluebell at November 14, 2020 10:12 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: Probably not for long of/c at November 14, 2020 10:12 PM (BBWrU)
A church with a preacher who speaks of faith journeys rather than faith, will have sacraments that coincide with fads of the political left.
What would be an example? The only two Sacraments in most Protestant traditions are Baptism and the Lord Supper . Not sure how those would invite itself to fads, but I'm not wanting to get into religious arguments
I don't think I've ever spoken of faith journeys, but it is journey-going onto be like Jesus. However, I wasn't reading very carefully and I thought the cake was somehow connected with the sacraments-having that instead of the Lord's supper.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:12 PM (WkPC9)
decades ago I saw a movie called Susperia that was pretty creepy
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 10:13 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 14, 2020 10:13 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Skip
iirc, and lots of times I don't ...
The papyrus boat was the Ra, from Egypt to South America.
Posted by: Adriane the Geographically Challanged Critic.............
Nope.. it was the pacific.. from South America to Polynesia.
I remember the old black and while file of the Kon tiki journey!
And it was a balsawood raft!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 14, 2020 10:13 PM (CjFDo)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at November 14, 2020 10:13 PM (2ygtH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:13 PM (WkPC9)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 14, 2020 10:13 PM (CjFDo)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 10:14 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 10:14 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at November 14, 2020 10:14 PM (qc+VF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2020 10:06 PM (wPVhA)
* * * *
Since you announced it, you must have brought enough for everyone...
* holds hand out for my share *
Posted by: Legally Sufficient - Trump Won! at November 14, 2020 10:14 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at November 14, 2020 10:14 PM (qc+VF)
The Reverend Horton Heat is the King of psychobilly.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 10:15 PM (nakwk)
I have ADD so nowadays nothing scares me since I'm only half paying attention. However, when I'm stoned, hoo boy! Sensitivity meter on overload. In the movie "13 Days" when the U2 pilot is trying to evade the missile and almost does but gets blown up -- it was so overwhelming I had to stop the movie. Some years ago, my then-girlfriend was watching a TV show set in Elizabethan England (or sometime around then) when Catholics were being burned at the stake. (I will never, ever wish someone to dire in a fire, for my sake at least.) I was quite stoned and the moment I realized I was about to watch a handful of people DIAF, I GTFO. No No No No No.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:15 PM (KAi1n)
Before I was scared to death by the child catcher, I was scared to death by the wicked witch and her flying monkeys.
Posted by: bluebell at November 14, 2020 10:12 PM (/669Q)
Good range trip, but it was a lot colder than it seemed at first, and it only got colder.
And the less said about the wicked witch and her flying monkeys, the better. She can hear you, you know. She hears everything.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 10:15 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:16 PM (WkPC9)
Posted by: davidt at November 14, 2020 10:16 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Thor Hyerdahl at November 14, 2020 10:16 PM (/GUVr)
And a very fine evening to you from a charter member of the Horde!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:16 PM (2C38g)
Thanks for the great ONT.
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (t/Ya5)
That was a good read. Hope it's true also. Trump plays 5D chess...so here's hoping..
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 14, 2020 10:17 PM (v2c9/)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:17 PM (KAi1n)
And the less said about the wicked witch and her flying monkeys, the better. She can hear you, you know. She hears everything.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 10:15 PM (t+qrx)
She makes it always winter and never Christmas.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 10:17 PM (nakwk)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 10:17 PM (nakwk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2020 10:17 PM (wPVhA)
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 14, 2020 10:18 PM (cFtz/)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at November 14, 2020 10:18 PM (HabA/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
You'd better keep careful watch on the PTOs on tractors too. Yeesh!
Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:18 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: DB
did you see the remake?
I thought it was good
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 10:18 PM (nUhF0)
me. The scene in the excellent movie, "Witness" where one of the bad
guys gets smothered in the grain elevator. So many gruesome ways to end
up killed on a farm. I have a friend who was a County Ag Agent. He used
to tell me about some of them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:16 PM (WkPC9)
It is a very underrated film. The action, suspense, a new culture brought to light. It was one of those movies they don't make anymore and probably couldn't pull off if they tried. The first step is to respect the audience, and we know that is not going to happen.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:19 PM (OqDgx)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2020 10:19 PM (xT2tT)
Posted by: bluebell at November 14, 2020 10:19 PM (/669Q)
I once attended an Episcopal church whose pastor went off the rails with all kinds of New Age carp.
It wasn't just one thing or another, she chased every fad that came along.
The church severed all ties with her.
She took a few followers, ,including my then wife, with her. It was a slow motion train wreck and sad.
Posted by: Winston dreg of society at November 14, 2020 10:19 PM (Drr5h)
Galaxie 500: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_juTPQJUc
5.0 Ford: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQ5wEebtKs
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 10:19 PM (nakwk)
Glad to see you are home safe and here with us instead of bust shivving antifas in DC!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:19 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: yop at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (nqhkI)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (2C38g)
And I've been drinking too much for a follow-up comment.
It's kind of amazing how I can do this, but it's not topic-worthy.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Witness at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (V2Yro)
at_JackPosobiec
Antifa, a domestic terrorist group, just marched right down the street in front of the FBI building. Like a sick joke.
8:00 PM - Nov 14, 2020 - Twitter for iPhone
Jesse Kelly
at_JesseKellyDC
Hey at_FBI, these ANTIFA/BLM groups look like they might be worth looking into. Maybe you could spare a few guys from your Garage Rope Pull division.
10:04 PM - Nov 14, 2020 - Twitter for iPhone
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (Do5/p)
Lara Logan tweeted a link to that executive order an hour ago. Hmmm.
Posted by: Toni at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (/c+mq)
Don't be afraid of the Dark. I saw it as a child and I had nightmares so bad my Mom had to sing me to sleep for a week.
The Guyana Tragedy about Jonestown terrified me too. I couldn't understand parents giving their kids poison to drink.
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (t/Ya5)
And the less said about the wicked witch and her flying monkeys, the better. She can hear you, you know. She hears everything.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 10:15 PM (t+qrx)
I do, actually.
Watch yourself, Hogmartin.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 10:21 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Zettai at November 14, 2020 10:21 PM (ACAaI)
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2020/11/
the-new-york-times-pennsylvania-voting.html
Has vote totals every 2 minutes or so, adding votes I get, subtracting them off the totals I don't. A few at end could be going straight from Trump to Sundowner but adding the negatives up Trump has 408,537 in 30 some boxes, Sundowner has 636,974 but most of that is in just 2 boxes early on. Don't see any of the Sundowner negatives going to Trump just votes removed from total. Some of Trump's could be adding to Sundowner.
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2020 10:21 PM (9sWOw)
Posted by: bluebell at November 14, 2020 10:21 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:22 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 10:22 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:18 PM (Rvt8
Friend in high school had a hook in place of a hand because of a careless moment with running farm equipment!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:22 PM (2C38g)
"interacted". Is that what the kids call it now.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings *President Re-Elect Donald Trump* at November 14, 2020 10:22 PM (Av3tn)
Lara Logan tweeted a link to that executive order an hour ago. Hmmm.
Posted by: Toni at November 14, 2020 10:20 PM (/c+mq)
Hmmm is right. But I always get suspicious when the story trips my greatest wish bias.
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:22 PM (t/Ya5)
-Edmund Burke
Posted by: occam's brassiere at November 14, 2020 10:22 PM (evxBY)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 14, 2020 10:22 PM (UUBmN)
was that in the book or was that the director/ scriptwriters?
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 10:23 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark at November 14, 2020 10:23 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2020 10:23 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Zettai at November 14, 2020 10:21 PM (ACAaI)
74 72 busily->bust
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:24 PM (2C38g)
He built the boats Ra and Ra II in order to demonstrate that Ancient Egyptians could have communicated with the Americas or transferred pyramid-building technology. The original Ra took on water and had to be abandoned; Heyerdahl thought the cause was that a supporting rope present in the ancient design was omitted in construction.
On May 17, 1970 Heyerdahl set sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean to Central America. Yuri Senkevich, who was the expedition physician, later became a popular TV host in USSR and Russia.
hat tip:
http://solarnavigator.net/history/ra.htm
Posted by: Adriane the Geographically Challanged Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:24 PM (LPnfS)
Jeremy Bentham, OTOH, regardless of how you feel about the rest of his philosophy, knew better. Of course, he loved cats and they loved him. The last time I visited my godkitty Maceo (last week), when I came in, he climbed down from the loft (he takes the ladder; it's very cute, especially since his tail is only a few inches long, but wide and fluffy), came over to me, and started doing the kitty "I love you" blink. I returned the blink and it went back and forth a couple of times. He licked my hands, nuzzled, etc. That is not innate, programmed, cat behavior. They do that if they truly like you; they are not NPCs.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:24 PM (KAi1n)
Don't be afraid of the Dark. I saw it as a child and I had nightmares so bad my Mom had to sing me to sleep for a week.
The scene where Alan Arkin leaps out of the dark with a knife - now that brings a lot of screams, for sure!
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2020 10:25 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Zettai at November 14, 2020 10:25 PM (ACAaI)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 10:25 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: SFGoth
meh, but cats, so
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:25 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 10:26 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Megthered at November 14, 2020 10:26 PM (SM/op)
Posted by: bluebell at November 14, 2020 10:21 PM (/669Q)
Good training pays off!
I think all our peeps got out safely, thank goodness.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:26 PM (2C38g)
was that in the book or was that the director/ scriptwriters?
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR
the thing is is was he evil because he was a jew or was he jewish and happened to also be evil
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (CZm2G)
The rest of the movie was kind of lame.
But one of my favorite scary movies was The Ring.
Posted by: President-elect Pug Mahon at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (x8Wzq)
I don't remember what it was, just a scene of a rocking chair with a baby doll in it
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: tintex at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (oZbCA)
I agree with you. One of the things I appreciated about that movie is that Booker and the woman don't end up together.If they made it today they probably would have her leave her Amish community. I also appreciated that about "Roman Holiday: She didn't end up with Gregory Peck because their lives were too different.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (WkPC9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 10:25 PM (+lVUW)
ng gets it!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (2C38g)
Jeremy Bentham, OTOH, regardless of how you feel about the rest of his philosophy, knew better. Of course, he loved cats and they loved him.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:24 PM
I was Jeremy Bentham once.
Posted by: John Locke, island boar hunter at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (Do5/p)
Kon Tiki Expedition.
You'll never read a better adventure story. Even if their theory that South Americans populated Polynesia by sailing the currents on balsa log rafts, they caught sharks WITH THEIR BARE HANDS, which wins them eternal anthropologist/adventurist glory.
Thor Heyerdahl wrote their story.
Posted by: Sharkman at November 14, 2020 10:28 PM (1YlHz)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:28 PM (KAi1n)
Search "trump election emergency order"
If my reaction last more than 4 hours........
Posted by: boynsea at November 14, 2020 10:28 PM (sshap)
I think that the movie is called "Wait Until Dark."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2020 10:29 PM (xT2tT)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:28 PM (KAi1n)
Ancient. Aliens.
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 10:29 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: Pete Seria at November 14, 2020 10:29 PM (7ZQe3)
Yes; It made everybody yell. I went to a re-showing of that several years ago, and It was interesting to see the same reaction from people how had never seen it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:29 PM (WkPC9)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (KAi1n)
It was from almost 25 years ago and already profoundly unfunny.
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (g2NCB)
The Biden Cancer Initiative was founded in 2017 by the former vice president and his wife Jill Biden to help find "solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention" and help find a cure, but gave out no grants in its first two years, and spent millions on the salaries of former Washington DC aides it hired.
The charity took in $4,809,619 in contributions in fiscal years 2017 and 2018, and spent $3,070,301 on payroll in those two years. The group's president, Gregory Simon, raked in $429,850 in fiscal 2018 (July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019), according to the charity's most recent federal tax filings.
Posted by: Sounds as legit as The Clinton Foundation at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (BBWrU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2020 10:29 PM (xT2tT)
Great movie. Very tense.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (WkPC9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 10:25 PM (+lVUW)
That is not a good pick-up line.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (nUhF0)
I remember after the movie ended we came out of the theater and ran to our car and jumped in, which is stupid when you think about it
parking lots don't have sharks
they can't drive
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:28 PM
Ancient slavonauts?
Posted by: Zettai at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (ACAaI)
I remember years ago seeing a story on the news about a deaf couple who fought having their deaf child operated on although there was a chance the child could hear after the operation, because they wanted to raise their child in "deaf culture." That struck me as horrible - denying your child a chance to hear because you wanted to keep the kid in your world, as if the kid wouldn't love them after the operation.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (HabA/)
In summer of 1975, I was with a bunch of folks at a marine biology camp. We were at Dauphin Island off the Alabama coast. We went out every day to gather specimens.
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One day, the chief counselors decided we should get a break, and they took us into town to see a movie. Which movie they did not specify.
So we all sat there...and watched JAWS.
Next day, we were not motivated to go out into the waves.
Best movie motivation ever.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2020 10:31 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Iblis
I had a roommate who was deeply affected by that. I had tried not to think about it, but she just had a terrible time dealing with it. She watched all of the tv coverage, which made her feel worse.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 10:31 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (t/Ya5)
oooohhhh wow!! I so hope so!! It's almost too good to be true...
Posted by: Iris at November 14, 2020 10:31 PM (6lKe4)
Posted by: County Agent Hank Kimble at November 14, 2020 10:31 PM (Yd44b)
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 10:31 PM (+ya+t)
parking lots don't have sharks
they can't drive
Posted by: DB- just DB.
Yeah, but they DO have firkin laser beams on their heads!
Posted by: Adriane the Oldy but Goody Meme Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (LPnfS)
And about traversing the friggin' pacific in a canoe or sailboat or whatever. RUFKM? Would someone like to explain the mechanics of doing that, and surviving long enough to procreate. You need food, fresh water, and protection from the elements on a, what, 5,000 mile voyage?
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:28 PM
You're telling me. Try doing it with a Bengal tiger.
Posted by: Pi Patel at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: vmom FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (nUhF0)
Me neither.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (KuT6N)
Posted by: Iblis
you haven't met my neighbors kids
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (HabA/)
Struck me as the worst kind of virtue signalling!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (2C38g)
Jeremy Bentham, OTOH, regardless of how you feel about the rest of
his philosophy, knew better. Of course, he loved cats and they loved
him.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:24 PM
I was Jeremy Bentham once.
Posted by: John Locke, island boar hunter at November 14, 2020 10:27 PM (Do5/p)
I have seen many review that series and not once do they mention the significance of the names.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (OqDgx)
What's playing at the Roxy?
I'll tell you what's playing at the Roxy.
A movie about a guy running for President when he should be in a geriatric rest home eating jello and reminiscing about Cornpop.
That's what's playing at the Roxy.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (KAi1n)
they can't drive
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (iTXRQ)
yup, you're totally safe from sharks on land
Posted by: Sharknado at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2020 10:33 PM (g2NCB)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V
Research some of the shenanigans played out over the years at Gallaudet University in DC.
So very enlightened. Yeah, right.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:33 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: SNL at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (OqDgx)
That was Wait Until Dark and yes.. scared the shit out of me.
Posted by: Jewells45TRUMPWON! at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (LstgX)
98 80 Movies that terrified me
Don't be afraid of the Dark. I saw it as a child and I had nightmares so bad my Mom had to sing me to sleep for a week.
The scene where Alan Arkin leaps out of the dark with a knife - now that brings a lot of screams, for sure!
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2020 10:25 PM (V2Yro)
When the little goblins drag her into the fireplace at the end did it for me. Nobody saved her.
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (t/Ya5)
is it just this POC Dell i'm using, or are others having the same problem?
#FirstWorldProblems
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (PUX+Y)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2020 10:33 PM (g2NCB)
Their repertoire is quite large and almost all of it is excellent!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: Iris at November 14, 2020 10:35 PM (6lKe4)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2020 10:23 PM (V2Yro)
OMG. Just told hubs what we were talking about, and be said, "there is this scene in Jaws..."
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 10:35 PM (KuT6N)
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at November 14, 2020 10:35 PM (DjiZK)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V
Struck me as the worst kind of virtue signalling!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules!
Deaf parents aborting their baby might be worse ...
Posted by: Adriane the Oldy but Goody Meme Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:35 PM (LPnfS)
premise is a very rich guy is being extorted on threat of a random stranger getting killed if he doesn't pay up
yeah, right, who would care
Posted by: vmom 2020 VINCERO at November 14, 2020 10:35 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 14, 2020 10:35 PM (PUX+Y)
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 10:36 PM (t+qrx)
Exactly. But I'd guess some reporters' union has a disabled advocate, and says that since there might be some semi-deaf on-site reporter, the sign-language must continue.
> And the ones who accompany all these Dem govs when they issue their Wuflu decrees are particularly over-dramatic and annoying.
Which is likely to distracting to those with ADD or something. But they aren't as high on the grievance pyramid.
Posted by: Are the captions really "closed" anymore? at November 14, 2020 10:36 PM (BBWrU)
is it just this POC Dell i'm using, or are others having the same problem?
#FirstWorldProblems
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (PUX+Y)
The replacement hampsters Ace hired turned out to be woke!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:36 PM (2C38g)
Blank Lives Matter!!
Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:36 PM (Rvt88)
made me jump out of my seat was in the original Jaws. No, not the shark
attack - it's when they're diving on the sunken boat, trying to figure
out why it sank. And they come up to hole in the boats hull, are looking
at it closely, and all of sudden this bloated dead guys face just pops
out of the hole at you, with no warning. Now that one made me yell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2020 10:23 PM (V2Yro)
OMG. Just told hubs what we were talking about, and be said, "there is this scene in Jaws..."
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 10:35 PM (KuT6N)
he had a name. Ben Gardner.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:36 PM (OqDgx)
what if the guy doing them is deaf, he is not going to know what to write.
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:37 PM (4Jold)
I'm sorry; I understand about "new age" stuff in Church. The woman who preceded me in the first church I served came from a 12 step tradition and talked about God not about Jesus, unless in context to the scripture They asked her in the District Committee on Ministry how would someone know from her service the church was Christian, and she said "from the hymns." She had a affair with her clergy superintendent and got bounced from the ministry.
Then she started a service in the park with former members right before I got there.
I was just wondering how a baptism or the Lord's Supper would have "fads"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:37 PM (WkPC9)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient - Trump Won! at November 14, 2020 10:37 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Jonah at November 14, 2020 10:37 PM (uSkUN)
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:36 PM (OqDgx)
Thank you, Quint.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 10:38 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (LstgX)
The priest who finds Fr. Karras, Fr Dyer, at the end, really was a Jesuit priest Fr. William O'Malley and was my religion teacher in high school.
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:38 PM (t/Ya5)
land shark.
Posted by: SNL at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (OqDgx)
---
from back when you were funny and *didn't* suck
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 14, 2020 10:38 PM (PUX+Y)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
Shoo Fly Pie says, hold my molasses.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:39 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: President-elect Pug Mahon at November 14, 2020 10:39 PM (x8Wzq)
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Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 14, 2020 10:40 PM (PUX+Y)
Like Freddy, horror movies with normal people are
Always the scarriest
Posted by: Jonah at November 14, 2020 10:40 PM (uSkUN)
Posted by: vmom 2020 VINCERO at November 14, 2020 10:40 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:41 PM (WkPC9)
Flush the hard drive and load up UBUNTU 20.4 (Focal Fossa). Save all your email addys and your bookmarks, though.
I run like a new one!
Posted by: 12 YO DELL at November 14, 2020 10:41 PM (sshap)
Posted by: Adriane the Oldy but Goody Meme Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:35 PM (LPnfS)
Abortion is always the worst option. Doesn't mean other things aren't also rotten choices.
There is a lesbian couple out there who forces the little boy they adopted to dress and act like a girl. I saw the pics of the "family" online a few years ago and he was the most miserable looking little kid you ever saw. But he's being raised in their world - to hate his own gender and suffer because of their ideology. It's good he wasn't aborted - but he's living an awful life now.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at November 14, 2020 10:41 PM (HabA/)
Posted by: President-elect Emmie at November 14, 2020 10:41 PM (4JM5Y)
Nor Rocky.
Posted by: President-elect Pug Mahon at November 14, 2020 10:39 PM (x8Wzq)
oof!
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:41 PM (OqDgx)
Doin bad tonight. Rye plus old fashioned bitters, luxardo cherry and juice, rocks.
Posted by: funsize at November 14, 2020 10:42 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: County Agent Hank Kimble at November 14, 2020 10:42 PM (Yd44b)
==
Most scenes in "The Shining".
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2020 10:42 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Jonah at November 14, 2020 10:42 PM (uSkUN)
That's cool, I still haven't watched The Exorcist since I saw it in 73.
I've seen clips here and there, but never watched it again.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 10:42 PM (LstgX)
Don't try this with a 32 bit boat anchor!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:42 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: Adriane the Geographically Challanged Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:08 PM (LPnfS)
Kon-tiki was a raft made from balsa logs, was it not? And became quite dangerously waterlogged before the journey ended, IIRC.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 10:42 PM (mg5fS)
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Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 14, 2020 10:40 PM (PUX+Y)
Sorry about that. Don't know what happened
Try this
https://tinyurl.com/ybg63hmw
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:43 PM (t/Ya5)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at November 14, 2020 10:43 PM (Aashi)
Posted by: SFGoth
Amen! And glad you got to see the godkitty.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 14, 2020 10:43 PM (kq7l4)
Posted by: creeper at November 14, 2020 10:44 PM (XxJt1)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 10:44 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Asshoes at November 14, 2020 10:44 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:44 PM (OqDgx)
A church with a preacher who speaks of "faith journeys" rather than faith, will have sacraments that coincide with fads of the political left.
'reach out to' rather than 'talk to.'
Corporate jargon and gobbledygook.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (HL0C/)
Posted by: Jonah at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (uSkUN)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: Gaelic Girl at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (5FCda)
Now when I was a wee little DB- I was in lower case then- the talking trees in Wizard Of Oz were scary
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 10:44 PM (iTXRQ)
The flying monkeys are still scary.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: That guy who always says... at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (EgshT)
That is some serious Suffer the Little Children right there...
That was what I was alluding to, but didn't fill in the details: There was a deaf couple who had a genetic scan run on their baby. When the scan showed the baby not sharing their hearing defect, they aborted him (her).
Posted by: Adriane the Oldy but Goody Meme Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 14, 2020 10:13 PM (CAJOC)
Something called "Space Masters", I think. Expediton to Mars gets infected with pulsating bubbly slime. I was a little kid; had nightmares about it for a week.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 10:46 PM (mg5fS)
Courage.
https://tinyurl.com/yxbhbhdj
Posted by: 3 angry Irish inches at November 14, 2020 10:46 PM (2D4BT)
to make the baddies overconfident so they wouldn't destroy evidence and
the truth would come out.
Prediction: none.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 14, 2020 10:46 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: funsize at November 14, 2020 10:46 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: boynsea at November 14, 2020 10:47 PM (sshap)
Scarecrow getting his straw guts ripped out by the flying monkeys, por ejemplo.
Also the when the feet of the Wicked Witch of the East curled up and vanished under the killer house.
Posted by: President-elect Pug Mahon at November 14, 2020 10:47 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (4Jold)
Sane people can't stand the rampant stupidity, and honest people can't stand the corruption, so both types leave, because they know they cannot change the "system"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (2C38g)
@166
That's cool, I still haven't watched The Exorcist since I saw it in 73.
I've seen clips here and there, but never watched it again.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 10:42 PM (LstgX)
The Omen was scarier.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (nakwk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Kon-tiki and Ra are 2 different boats. Both were sailed by Thor Heyerdal as part of his Ancient Navigator thesis.
Posted by: Adriane the Oldy but Goody Meme Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at November 14, 2020 10:14 PM (qc+VF)
Acoustic bass? Oh, my:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=E0ho4royFIo
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (mg5fS)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your
yes
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (4Jold)
What's playing at the Roxy?
I'll tell you what's playing at the Roxy.
A movie about a guy running for President when he should be in a geriatric rest home eating jello and reminiscing about Cornpop.
That's what's playing at the Roxy.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 10:32 PM (KAi1n)
Sit down you're rock in the boat!
Posted by: Nicely Nicely at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:49 PM (WkPC9)
Posted by: Jmel at November 14, 2020 10:49 PM (bVhJi)
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:50 PM (OqDgx)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at November 14, 2020 10:50 PM (evxBY)
YES! That's what I'm talking about.
Posted by: boynsea at November 14, 2020 10:47 PM (sshap)
That's why I get suspicious. I want to believe! So was Scytl a CIA front company?
Posted by: Iblis at November 14, 2020 10:51 PM (t/Ya5)
I saw that film a few years ago and listening to Babs in that scene was probably one of the most frightening movie moments I've had.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at November 14, 2020 10:51 PM (HabA/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
You'd better keep careful watch on the PTOs on tractors too. Yeesh! Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:18
I farmed for 32 years and escaped w/ all my digits and my life. Grt uncle Ed and his son both lost the tips of a few fingers.
Posted by: Farmer at November 14, 2020 10:51 PM (09pux)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2020 10:51 PM (Rvt88)
I will have to take your word, I don't do horror.
I'll do suspense every day of the week, but horror no way.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 10:51 PM (LstgX)
Posted by: Farmer
with the injuries and names you used we could be cousins.
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:51 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 14, 2020 10:52 PM (F8e7o)
Posted by: Jmel at November 14, 2020 10:49 PM (bVhJi)
True!
Glad you are feeling better about the future!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:52 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (4Jold)
I also couldn't watch Pan's labrynth by myself all the way through and that was in college. I'm a giant baby.
Posted by: funsize at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (EiPf6)
With closed captions, I don't quite understand the need for
sign-language people anyway. And the ones who accompany all these Dem
govs when they issue their Wuflu decrees are particularly over-dramatic
and annoying.
Posted by: DonnaV at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (HabA/)
Full employment!
Posted by: Nelson Mandela funeral sign language guy at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (jK8Z7)
A "family" size bag of Gardetto's original recipe contains 1,950 calories.
Woof
Should I not have done that?
Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (QWGds)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2020 10:49 PM (WkPC9)
I just read the synopsis. It is creepy as ...well it's creepy.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 10:34 PM (LstgX)
I have purposely never seen The Exorcist and I purposely never will.
Posted by: DR.WTF at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Anna, best of luck!
I could use a nice warm soak in an Onsen about now...
Posted by: Adriane the Oldy but Goody Meme Critic ... at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: RickZ at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (ldL4g)
Jaws is a buddy film and a love story.
The way Brody and Hooper look into each other's eyes at the end....
Pure Electric Magic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (LstgX)
Posted by: Thomas
betting the harddcore vers is better.
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 14, 2020 10:52 PM (F8e7o)
Go back to the chess thread and take the military history quiz if you need a break
Posted by: browndog at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Javems at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (8SSHh)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (4Jold)
couldn't agree less there. But that is ok.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (OqDgx)
This is very interesting stuff.
Elon Musk @elonmusk Nov 12
Something extremely bogus is going on.
Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse.
Rapid antigen test from BD.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (CZm2G)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (d9Cw3)
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2020 10:55 PM (zr5Kq)
The Woman in Black (1989 version, not the stupid remake )
This scene - watch all the way to the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhuc-ot7Ryg
Posted by: Hands at November 14, 2020 10:55 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Jmel at November 14, 2020 10:49 PM (bVhJi)
Good definitely is in control.
We can only see this tiny stitch in His vast tapestry.
I have asked Him to stay close beside me through this.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 10:55 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (4Jold)
couldn't agree less there. But that is ok.
Posted by: Quint
in fairness, I never watched it
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:56 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2020 10:56 PM (zr5Kq)
He was good at his job, he was inventive and he was an example of what happens when you desire "free" shit.
Avoid free shit.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 14, 2020 10:57 PM (R/m4+)
The way Brody and Hooper look into each other's eyes at the end....
Pure Electric Magic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (LstgX)
the book focused more on how the situation affected the town. But the sequels decided they would be even better with more shark chomping.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:57 PM (OqDgx)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:22 PM (2C38g)
A drilling supervisor who I had shared a shack with on many wells said to me one time, "Peon, I have got to get out of the oilfield, and go back to ranching. This job is going to give me a heart attack." So he did. And he was helping a buddy spread hay for his cattle, and got caught up in the tractor PTO, and died on the spot. RIP, Lyle. You were a good man.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 10:57 PM (mg5fS)
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at November 14, 2020 10:57 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 10:57 PM (KuT6N)
Posted by: Alexandria Library Fire at November 14, 2020 10:58 PM (BBWrU)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 10:54 PM (CZm2G)
Follow the science...
translates as
Follow the political science
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:58 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
These little tinpot dictators are loving their new powers, aren't they?
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (TdMsT)
rocky was a stupid, movie, get rid of the song and running and who gives a fuck
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (4Jold)
couldn't agree less there. But that is ok.
Posted by: Quint
in fairness, I never watched it
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:56 PM (4Jold)
I was going to guess that but didn't want to be presumptuous.
Not everyone likes the same things. Hell I don't get why people rate The Shawshank Redemption so highly. Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (OqDgx)
Something called "Space Masters", I think.
Space Master X-7?
https://archive.org/details/SpacemasterX7_201602
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (HL0C/)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (QWGds)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 14, 2020 10:48 PM (jK8Z7)
I went to school with a boy named Damien. His parents named him that because they thought it was a cool, different name (and in 1959 it was) and because they were devout Catholics who admired the priest who had founded a leper colony to help people who had been abandoned. They thought they had named their son after a saint, but after "The Omen" the name took on the opposite connotation.
Now, now even the original saint is held to be a "colonist oppressor" according to AOC:
https://tinyurl.com/y4fgunxx
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (HabA/)
Posted by: Zettai at November 14, 2020 11:00 PM (ACAaI)
Posted by: The Chicken at November 14, 2020 11:00 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at November 14, 2020 11:00 PM (DjiZK)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (iTXRQ)
numero dos.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 11:00 PM (OqDgx)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:53 PM (4Jold)
Well, that hot take has convinced us. We'll tell Stallone and Avildsen.
Posted by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at November 14, 2020 11:00 PM (786Ro)
I will stop working and live off the dole since it is not worth it anymore. Working and paying taxes is for suckers.
Posted by: Asshoes at November 14, 2020 11:00 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: vmom 2020 VINCERO at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (nUhF0)
Hard to imagine the immense torque lurking in the relatively tiny little rotating shaft...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: The Chicken at November 14, 2020 11:00 PM (l3+k2)
the raw eggs too.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (OqDgx)
(Other than that, thanks for a great thread, Buck!)
Posted by: anon at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (+Nied)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (TdMsT)
Yes they are. And it is pissing me off.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (KuT6N)
The entire testing regime is bogus.
Antigen tests are garbage and are a trailing indicator.
The PCR tests and protocols are largely amplifying
Epidemiologicly insignificant viral fragments into cases.
It's all part of the plandemic and it's largely been successful, I won't be watching anything January 20th.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (LstgX)
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 14, 2020 11:02 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 11:02 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Asshoes at November 14, 2020 11:02 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: vmom 2020 VINCERO at November 14, 2020 11:02 PM (nUhF0)
This scene - watch all the way to the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhuc-ot7Ryg
Posted by: Hands at November 14, 2020 10:55 PM (786Ro)
We saw The Woman In Black play at the Drury Lane Theater in London. Really liked it. Saw Les Miserables in London too, meh.
Posted by: DR.WTF at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Michael the Texan at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (9IdCK)
Posted by: Sounds as legit as The Clinton Foundation at November 14, 2020 10:30 PM (BBWrU)
Did Gregory Simon get a performance bonus?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (mg5fS)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (4Jold)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (TdMsT)
Yes they are. And it is pissing me off.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (KuT6N)
I'm trying to go about my life, ignoring the covid panic.
It's nauseating seeing all the people wearing masks outside and in their cars. What a bunch of sheep.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (TdMsT)
Are you ready to take back your country?
FOUR MORE YEARS.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1327796654687260672
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (CZm2G)
Inslee profoundly disappoints me, but so do most of our western wa elected class. I don't even have the energy to hate them.
Posted by: funsize at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 11:04 PM (iTXRQ)
Morgan Freeman voiceover
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 14, 2020 11:02 PM (iTXRQ)
And the fact that I just read that in his voice without realizing it.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 11:04 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 14, 2020 10:52 PM (F8e7o)
Do you do NaNoWriMo, or is this your regular work output?
Posted by: Hands at November 14, 2020 11:04 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: lin-duh
I've noticed that on those tables of books being sold cheaply, there are books with the names of best selling authors, and also another unknown author. It looks sketchy to me.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 11:04 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Asshoes at November 14, 2020 11:04 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: Nancy at 7000 ft at November 14, 2020 11:04 PM (0tmoY)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (UUBmN)
The thing I always hated about Stephen King books is he was great on the opening, the buildup/story line, then he had a one sentence payoff at the end. "And they died." The dude never knew how to wrap up a story in a decent and satisfying manner. Maybe he already reached the page limit of his book contract and figured, 'Fuck it.'
Posted by: RickZ at November 14, 2020 11:05 PM (ldL4g)
The final scene of Shawshank is what makes people rate it highly, your watching a film and it's a slog and a downer and it builds to that final scene and then the payoff.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:05 PM (LstgX)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:05 PM (2BZBZ)
Friend in high school had a hook in place of a hand because of a careless moment with running farm equipment!
Watched a guy with a hook clean a deer when I was a kid. Had this hand thing he would put over it. Fucked with us kids with "I'm gonna getcha!" with the hook. Didn't like that dude at all.
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 11:05 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (TdMsT)
Dear Ladyl, once "political leaders", that as children pulled wings off flies and fried them with magnifying glasses, find out that they can wield immense and arbitrary power over thousands of people, they do not intend to give that up easily!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 11:06 PM (2C38g)
I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS!
Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 11:06 PM (CZm2G)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at November 14, 2020 11:06 PM (HabA/)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at November 14, 2020 10:50 PM (evxBY)
Extremely well done. However, Midsommar sucks fetid donkey balls. An absolute shitpile of a clusterfuck of a movie. I've never seen a director fall that far that fast before.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:06 PM (nakwk)
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (OqDgx)
Me neither.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 11:06 PM (KuT6N)
I will stop working and live off the dole since it is not worth it anymore. Working and paying taxes is for suckers.
Posted by: Asshoes at November 14, 2020 11:00 PM (22mNy)
I do the same thing and get 150 years in the federal pen.
Schmucks.
Posted by: Bernie Madoff at November 14, 2020 11:07 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Asshoes at November 14, 2020 11:07 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: klaftern at November 14, 2020 11:07 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Zettai at November 14, 2020 11:07 PM (ACAaI)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 14, 2020 10:13 PM
That was a surprisingly scary movie on TV.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at November 14, 2020 11:08 PM (/+bwe)
It's nauseating seeing all the people wearing masks outside and in their cars. What a bunch of sheep.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (TdMsT)
It really is. I'm ashamed that they are my countrymen.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:08 PM (nakwk)
Okay. I did enjoy the one about the alien invasion and the idiot kid that understood.
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:08 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I watch both but suspense bothers me more than horror because it could really happen.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 11:09 PM (+lVUW)
Okay. I did enjoy the one about the alien invasion and the idiot kid that understood.
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:08 PM (2BZBZ)
The TV miniseries wasn't bad.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:09 PM (nakwk)
You are my hiding place;
you will protect me from trouble
and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:09 PM (TdMsT)
Conor and I went walking at the Manassas Battlefield today and there were simpletons wearing masks when it was easily possible to maintain a 100' social distance if you wished.
Worse, some of the trail ride group were wearing masks while mounted (at least, they were in the minority).
Sad.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 11:10 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:10 PM (2BZBZ)
Antifa SCUM ran for the hills today when they tried attacking the people at the Trump Rally, because those people aggressively fought back. Antifa waited until tonight, when 99% were gone, to attack innocent #MAGA People. DC Police, get going -- do you job and don't hold back!!!
Posted by: Are there hills around DC? at November 14, 2020 11:10 PM (BBWrU)
with the injuries and names you used we could be cousins.
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 10:51
We should have compared histories when in LV. Doubt there's a connection, mine were in IL, IIRC yours were from NY?
Posted by: Farmer at November 14, 2020 11:10 PM (09pux)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 11:11 PM (CZm2G)
Inslee profoundly disappoints me, but so do most of our western wa elected class. I don't even have the energy to hate them.
Posted by: funsize at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (EiPf6)
No, I work in the accounting department at the airport, so I'm doubly "essential" (transportation and finance). I might get laid off, though. We were hoping things would pick up for holidays, but with all of these governors shutting shit down again that won't happen.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 11:11 PM (KuT6N)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:08 PM (nakwk)
TWANLOC:
Those
Who
Are
No
Longer
Our
Countrymen
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 11:12 PM (2C38g)
Posted by: Farmer
mn
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 11:12 PM (4Jold)
I can see that, I just saw The Exorcist when I was really to young to be seeing a film of that nature and it stuck with me for decades.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:12 PM (LstgX)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:12 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Thomas
The book was even scarier than the movie. I started it on a Friday night and stayed up all night reading it to the end. I was afraid to turn off the lights and go to sleep.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 11:13 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (get your Trunalimunumaprzure here!) at November 14, 2020 11:13 PM (2WWRX)
Posted by: Zettai at November 14, 2020 11:14 PM (ACAaI)
Today for sure it would have gone to All the President's Men for obvious reasons.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2020 11:14 PM (OqDgx)
Posted by: Ernst Schreiber at November 14, 2020 11:14 PM (GA8EQ)
Posted by: Undocumented at November 14, 2020 11:14 PM (Y08Vx)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:14 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:08 PM (nakwk)
Concur. I wince with embarrassment when I see young folks walking around masked up.
If they were in a dugout or foxhole with me I would have to.....goddamned cowards.
Never mind.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (GIeIM)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (get your Trunalimunumaprzure here!) at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (2WWRX)
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (zr5Kq)
House of Wax with Vincent Price scared me to death when I was a kid.
Posted by: Gaelic Girl at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (5FCda)
Though I was the only one.
Posted by: Javems at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (WlMbi)
https://archive.org/details/SpacemasterX7_201602
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 14, 2020 10:59 PM (HL0C/)
that would be it, for sure. "blood rust", I remember that name.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (mg5fS)
Posted by: Zettai at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (ACAaI)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:10 PM (2BZBZ)
Best part for me is that the Medicare benefit is inversely means tested, even though I paid in a flat (and non-trivial) percentage of my entire salary for decades.
Good thing all the illegal aliens have rights to access the Medicare fund, just like I do!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (2C38g)
Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse.
Rapid antigen test from BD.
Posted by: Braenyard
My sister was tested. First they told her she tested negative, then they called back and told her it was positive. Fortunately she was only mildly sick.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 11:16 PM (+lVUW)
It really is. I'm ashamed that they are my countrymen.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:08 PM (nakwk)
I am too.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:16 PM (TdMsT)
If they were in a dugout or foxhole with me I would have to.....goddamned cowards.
Never mind.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (R/m4+)
-----
So many pussies fought in WWI.
Posted by: Undocumented at November 14, 2020 11:16 PM (Y08Vx)
Sorry to be late answering. I had to take a phone call.
The priest in my tale stopped doing baptisms but would still marry people.
It was very odd in that she would be all in on the descendants of Jesus, ala the DaVinci Code then would jump to A Course in Miracles and then to Mother Gaia and I just got tired of it.
She started her own nonprofit Spiritual Center which my ex went all in for.
Honestly, it was like a roller coaster and never the same thing twice.
It contributed mightily to my cluster headaches.
Posted by: Winston dreg of society at November 14, 2020 11:16 PM (Drr5h)
My mom (who was a Methodist married to a bad Catholic) never converted. But she told me that she once heard a missionary priest say "The demon always wants to get into me."
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:16 PM (2BZBZ)
I go to Penn State every couple of weeks and to see masked up students is an abomination.
If I had a Patton Slap Canon I would use it wantonly.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (LstgX)
Shakes fist at entropy
Laws of thermodynamics:
1. You can't win
2. You can't break even
3. You can't stop playing
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (CZm2G)
I have not seen raw data but apparently Biden did worse than Hillary in the major metro areas except
Milwaukee
Detroit
Philly
Atlanta
I would like to see a graph of Bidens vote totals for each of those cities by time, by the minute precisely
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (GIeIM)
Joining @SchmittNYC on @newsmax now with an election integrity update!
Mark Halperin was just on saying even the President's advisers are realizing there isn't enough evidence to overcome the margins... well, Mark hasn't been in our legal team HQ today to see what we see!
Posted by: Is Esq a self-plural, or is it Esqs? at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (BBWrU)
Posted by: Iris at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (6lKe4)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 11:15 PM (KAi1n)
Losing hearing did not stop Beethoven from composing the 5th.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:14 PM (TdMsT)
Hi Ladyl!
It was so good. I'm on my phone. I'll switch to my laptop shortly so I can type faster and give you my impressions.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (get your Trunalimunumaprzure here!) at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (2WWRX)
Glad you made the rally, met dome Morons, and are now back safe (more or less) with us here.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (2C38g)
Antifa SCUM ran for the hills today when they tried attacking the people at the Trump Rally, because those people aggressively fought back. Antifa waited until tonight, when 99% were gone to attack innocent #MAGA People. DC Police, get going - do you job and don't hold back!!!
Posted by: vmom 2020 VINCERO at November 14, 2020 11:18 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: Iris at November 14, 2020 11:17 PM (6lKe4)
Hi!!! I heard a little about it, but I don't know the details.
Those people always ruin everything.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (get your Trunalimunumaprzure here!) at November 14, 2020 11:18 PM (2WWRX)
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 11:19 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:05
Isn't the final scene in Zihuataneo Mex? Been there a few times, was a great place. I'm not going back to there now anymore.
Posted by: Farmer at November 14, 2020 11:19 PM (09pux)
That video is awesome. A real fucking motivator. Love it
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at November 14, 2020 11:19 PM (DjiZK)
A made for TV movie about 1974. A newlywed couple buys an old house and moves in. The fireplace is bricked off. Naturally, they decide to open it.
Unfortunately, the fireplace was bricked off for some very good reasons. there are some sort of small creatures that dwell in the underworld, demon looking things that run around at night crawling out from the heating ducts. Scared the crap out of me, even if it was a bit cheesy. I think that red haired guy was in it, who played Uncle Charlie. And some chick, Kim Darby maybe? Anyhoo, I won't spoil the ending.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2020 11:19 PM (QWGds)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:01 PM (2BZBZ)
Sure had a cool tune, though:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=XzHDvzGmmw0
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 11:19 PM (mg5fS)
I was afraid to go swimming anywhere for about a year after. I was afraid to take a bubble bath because I couldn't see under the bubbles. I was even afraid to sit on a toilet. I shit in my parents waste paper basket in their bathroom because I wouldn't sit on a toilet. My mom had to stand guard with the bathroom door cracked when I went to the bathroom. I was convinced that damn shark was going to get me.
Posted by: JROD at November 14, 2020 11:20 PM (0jZnq)
Posted by: Infidel at November 14, 2020 11:20 PM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: bluebell at November 14, 2020 10:21 PM (/669Q)
Good training pays off!
I think all our peeps got out safely, thank goodness.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Rulers Have Earned, And Deserve, Different Rules! at November 14, 2020 10:26 PM (2C38g)
Some things piss me off and some things make me sad.
Today, thousands of people peacefully, cheerfully, demonstrated in the capital city of the United States of America. But they had to get out of town before dark to avoid being assaulted or maybe even killed
I'm not naive. I know what's going on. But, thinking about that. It's one of the sad things.
Posted by: Hands at November 14, 2020 11:20 PM (786Ro)
Hi hogmartin!
Posted by: sinmi at November 14, 2020 11:20 PM (A5IVt)
Posted by: JROD at November 14, 2020 11:20 PM (0jZnq)
Damn! The poor waste paper basket.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 14, 2020 11:21 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Gaelic Girl at November 14, 2020 11:21 PM (5FCda)
Sort of like the polar opposite of a typical Biden voter, who is voting, but not present.
Posted by: President-Elect Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2020 11:21 PM (VikfB)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (get your Trunalimunumaprzure here!) at November 14, 2020 11:13 PM (2WWRX)
Oh, so it's "friends" and not "subjects" all of a sudden...
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:22 PM (nakwk)
I always like the scene when Fr. Merrin is in Mosul and sees the feral dogs attacking each other above the dig site, reflected (I think, just guessing aesthetically) ~2 hrs. later during *the* exorcism when he tells Fr. Damien about how Satan wants us to look like animals, instead of the image of God.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 14, 2020 11:22 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
These little tinpot dictators are loving their new powers, aren't they?
Posted by: Ladyl
And every time there is a recurrence of the virus, they get to shit on us all over again.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 11:22 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Gaelic Girl at November 14, 2020 11:21 PM (5FCda)
Jennifer Carpenter's a great actress.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:22 PM (nakwk)
Yes, Z. Mexico. The film does have a number of really good performances. Clancy Brown among them. But I can see why people may not like it.
It's long and there's very little action, it's a study of characters and you have to wait 2.5 hours for the pay off.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:23 PM (LstgX)
Posted by: Secret Square at November 14, 2020 11:23 PM (9WuX0)
My parents took me to see Alien when I was 8 years old. The scene when the alien jumps out of the egg and onto the guy's face scared me so bad that I hid my face in my mom's arm for the rest of the movie. Still think it's the scariest movie I've ever seen.
*Re-engaging cloaking device*
Posted by: Little Miss Strange at November 14, 2020 11:24 PM (glxcb)
My mom (who was a Methodist married to a bad Catholic) never converted. But she told me that she once heard a missionary priest say "The demon always wants to get into me."
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:16 PM (2BZBZ)
Read many a real news story of pastors of other faiths/sects outsourcing their exorcisms to the experts, Catholic priests. It's like that's the one thing all Christian sects agree on.
Posted by: RickZ at November 14, 2020 11:24 PM (ldL4g)
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 11:24 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:24 PM (nakwk)
And late one night was something called 'Trilogy of Terror' or something. I barely remember anything but being creeped out and Karen Black being in it.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 14, 2020 11:25 PM (v2c9/)
Posted by: sinmi at November 14, 2020 11:20 PM (A5IVt)
Heya, sinmi. How have you been?
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 11:25 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Hands at November 14, 2020 11:26 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:26 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 11:24 PM (+ya+t)
Good, I wasn't the only one....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 14, 2020 11:26 PM (v2c9/)
Scariest scene for me is in Phantasm. NOT one of the traditionally "scary" scenes. It's the false ending, where the Tall Man is defeated, and the kid wakes up and is told that his older brother had recently died in an auto accident. The whole story had been a nightmare.
For some reason, that scene terrified me as a kid. Even the true ending where the Tall Man grabs him and pulls him through the mirror wasn't as terrifying as the kid losing his older brother.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 14, 2020 11:27 PM (EGyGV)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:23 PM (LstgX)
Plus some of the dialogue is really clunky, IMO.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 11:27 PM (KuT6N)
Posted by: Undocumented at November 14, 2020 11:16 PM (Y08Vx)
In WWI, they were actually using poison gas in large quantities, and the gas masks were effective protection. The paper N95 masks are worthless at protecting against the WuFlu, which is only a minor risk to healthy people.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 11:27 PM (mg5fS)
It's nauseating seeing all the people wearing masks outside and in their cars. What a bunch of sheep.
Posted by: Ladyl
========
So sad and disgusting. I decided today to patronize a local restaurant the owner of which notoriously stood up to lockdown orders all the way back in April-May and wound up paying a $35,000 fine before succumbing to the idiocy just so he could keep the business he'd owned for ~25 years.
I drive into the scenic little town and at every intersection I'm greeted by a sign that announces $100 fines (minimum) for not masking. EVERYONE in town on this beautiful sunny day was wearing a mask! I was hoping I could park near the restaurant so I could slip in real fast without masking, BUT --
since restaurants aren't allowed to seat anyone inside nowadays , they've extended their seating to the sidewalks and streets and there's half the parking. I couldn't park anyway, so I drove home utterly disgusted by the sight of hundreds or thousands of people wandering in this fabulous weather cutting themselves off from fragrant seaside air. Just stupid, sad, and embarrassing.
Oh by the way, the restaurant was easy to spot. American flags all over the place. I'm goign back tomorrow for breakfast. Maybe if I get into town early I'll be able to park nearby and shoot into the restaurant bare-faced without subjecting myself to a fine.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:28 PM (G51Gf)
Newsmax will be FOX in two years. The "Neal Cavuto shuts down the White House Spokeswoman" version of FOX.
Americasvoice.news is raw and energetic. OAN is a bit robotic but will be okay as production quality increases.
Newsmax just wants desperately to be 1992 CNN.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at November 14, 2020 11:28 PM (3P/5p)
Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2020 11:28 PM (QWGds)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 14, 2020 11:28 PM (oZuI0)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:28 PM (9hauA)
We put middle son to bed because we were going to watch a movie I didn't think appropriate for him.
Unbeknownst to us he came back out and watch from the corner on the stairs.
Indiana Jones and the Tempe of Doom.
He told me just last year that he had nightmares for years.
I mentioned that he might want to figure out why we make recommendations... It hasn't worked yet... he all *mask up* and voting for the ones that should be 'othered'.
Posted by: AZ deplorably isolated at November 14, 2020 11:29 PM (gtatv)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:22 PM (nakwk)
Oh, I wasn't referring to you.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:29 PM (9hauA)
Yeah, that one got to me.
On the other hand, scantily-clad Karen Black, who I was old enough to find... interesting.
Posted by: President-Elect Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2020 11:30 PM (VikfB)
Gee, thanks Uncle Walt!
Posted by: Texican ette at November 14, 2020 11:30 PM (8TfZ+)
I did not know that. Maybe Biden will finally precipitate Christian unity.
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:31 PM (2BZBZ)
https://tinyurl.com/y4chmwgh
Posted by: MikeM at November 14, 2020 11:31 PM (3F0Ql)
Posted by: Secret Square at November 14, 2020 11:23 PM (9WuX0)
--Interesting series on Smithsonian Channel, The Curious Life and Death of . . ., had an episode about Lizzie Borden. Speculated that she was guilty, and the theory was she used her dad's overcoat like a medical smock (worn backwards), to cover most of the splatter, then tucked it under his head.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 14, 2020 11:31 PM (oZuI0)
The teenage son uses the spooky basement as his bedroom. As he starts seeing spooky "somethings" down there, he continues using it as his bedroom. When he finds out that the locked off part of the basement has creepy mortician tools, he continues going down there.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 11:31 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 11:24 PM (+ya+t)
Yup....the part where she burns his ass in the oven but when she opened it she became him.
Kinda sexy too. Fangs and all.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 14, 2020 11:31 PM (R/m4+)
Especially the roof scene. It's corny but it is maybe one of the most important scenes in the film other than the ending.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:32 PM (LstgX)
OAN for the win baby,
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:32 PM (GIeIM)
Lol. You're pun-ny
Posted by: Little Miss Strange at November 14, 2020 11:32 PM (glxcb)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (CZm2G)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (2BZBZ)
372 Hi hogmartin!
Posted by: sinmi at November 14, 2020 11:20 PM (A5IVt)
Heya, sinmi. How have you been?
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 11:25 PM (t+qrx)
Shooting at Sharonville outdoor range once a week -- ending now as deer hunters are occupying the stations to sight in.
Just bought a used hammered dulcimer and starting to hammer around on it.
Beloved professor died last weekend, so stepping up to help.
FUMING over election fraud.
You?
Posted by: sinmi at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (A5IVt)
Exorcists are a specialized class of priests.
In theory any priest can do it, but in practice they send experts
Posted by: vmom - FIGHT FOR AMERICA! FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (nUhF0)
Sorry to everyone that I couldn't make the movie thread.
In the meantime... I ordered Jimmy John's for delivery for the very first time today. (Previous to now they wouldn't deliver to my area for some reason.)
OMG! I got the giant spicy Italian, and overlooked that it's 16 inches instead of 12. Now I have enough Italian sandwich to last me for both tonight and lunch tomorrow.
What's weird though is, they also threw in an extra 16-inch loaf of their hoagie bread. Has anyone else here ever received one of those from Jimmy Johns? Hmmm. Oh well, nice bonus at least.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ladyl
Almost as bad as listening to Pence and Trump promote masks like they are some kind of totally medically acceptable preventative that will stop this horrible horrible plague which has killed almost 0.000000001 % of us but made the rest of us a buncha fucking fags.
Oh but " they have to take this position in order to win an election", it was explained.
Oh, wait...
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (3P/5p)
Posted by: deplorable unperson
I noticed. Shit, now where do we go except JJ which is a given.
Posted by: Infidel at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (Kbzcz)
I had something pretty damn strange happen to me once, and praying didn't seem to help any.
https://tinyurl.com/y7bkx4ch
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 11:34 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Insomniac
I wasted my money seeing that stinker in the movie theater.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 11:34 PM (+lVUW)
That smithsonian mini-article makes me want to read all about Polynesian mariners. I'm also trying to imagine Polynesian mariners arriving on some South American coast and... mixing their DNA with the locals. Hmm, wonder how that went down.
Too bad neither culture developed a writing system. That there's white imperialistic shyt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:35 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (2BZBZ)
Not to be confused with "Toys in Babeland" which can be found on pr0nhub.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 11:35 PM (mg5fS)
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 14, 2020 11:35 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 11:35 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:28 PM (G51Gf)
Was that in Carmel? Sounds like when I was there with my mom and her husband about 2 months ago. We had breakfast at her favorite place there, and they must be the only right-wingers in town. Flags, Newsom recall petition, and the waitress had a mask that said "this mask is as stupid as our governor".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 14, 2020 11:35 PM (EGyGV)
Posted by: deplorable unperson
do not get the reference
is the year before FNC, or something about Gulf war 1?
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:35 PM (GIeIM)
Posted by: JROD at November 14, 2020 11:36 PM (0jZnq)
First of all, while it was such an uplifting day, my account is not going to be particularly exciting because everyone was so pleasant and positive, so there was really no drama (we missed the antifa madness, thankfully).
So, true to my African roots, I was late. But DC traffic was partly to blame. (I won't go into the gory details.)
I finally got there and then went looking for Iris and blaster, who I had arranged to meet up with. I couldn't locate them for a while, but while I was looking, I saw the Chinese MAGA contingent. They were holding a long sign in Chinese (which of course, I didn't understand). They also held other signs in English: "Free Hong Kong", "Drain the Swamp, Arrest the Thieves", "Terminate CCP The Devil".
Fun.
I noticed a lot of Asian people at the event. I imagine a lot of them were Chinese/from Hong Kong. The Epoch Time folks were also there distributing cards to get people to subscribe.
Eventually, I found Iris and blaster who were actually directly opposite the Chinese MAGAs.
1/?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:36 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 11:03 PM (4Jold)
***********
It's a bit chilly for us.
Posted by: A Tholian at November 14, 2020 11:36 PM (xxG/v)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:36 PM (L2ZTs)
I had something pretty damn strange happen to me once, and praying didn't seem to help any.
https://tinyurl.com/y7bkx4ch
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 11:34 PM (+ya+t)
God always answers.
Just often the answer is no, ie, silence.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 14, 2020 11:37 PM (NgKpN)
Just bought a used hammered dulcimer and starting to hammer around on it.
Beloved professor died last weekend, so stepping up to help.
FUMING over election fraud.
You?
Posted by: sinmi at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (A5IVt)
I was JUST at Sharonville with clutch and AltonJackson today. We did pistol and trap, because as you mentioned there were lines over at all the rifle stations.
Now I've got a mental image of the next MIMoMe (whenever that might be), and you've got your dulcimer set up next to the pawpaws. Don't let me forget, you are owed door prizes from the 2019 one. I've still got them.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 11:37 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:37 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:37 PM (2BZBZ)
The Easter Islanders had something like writing. Kinda. Maybe. Possibly. No one can read it.
Posted by: President-Elect Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2020 11:38 PM (VikfB)
...I had been masterfully conscripted with nothing more than song and cola.
I speak not of those long years in the camps, but I can tell you Two Things...
-Epstein Didn't Kill Himself
-Biden Didn't Win
G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel at November 14, 2020 11:38 PM (Ckg4U)
Georges Bizet's "March of the Toreadors"
"STP, you need some STP.
One little can will keep you running free"
Also "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.
"No more Rice Krispies!
We have no more Rice Krispies!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2020 11:38 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: Little Miss Strange at November 14, 2020 11:32 PM (glxcb)
Good one!
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:38 PM (9hauA)
https://tinyurl.com/y4chmwgh
Posted by: MikeM at November 14, 2020 11:31 PM (3F0Ql)
--I'm also wondering why PA, WI, and MI went for Trump in 2016, yet wound up with Dem guvs by 2020. Similar perfidy?
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 14, 2020 11:38 PM (oZuI0)
My parents took me to see Alien when I was 8 years old. The scene when the alien jumps out of the egg and onto the guy's face scared me so bad that I hid my face in my mom's arm for the rest of the movie. Still think it's the scariest movie I've ever seen.
*Re-engaging cloaking device*
Posted by: Little Miss Strange
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My God, and your parents made you stay in the theater for the rest of the movie? I'd have scooped you up and gotten you out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:38 PM (G51Gf)
He had one joke that he told over and over, "What is the definition of a good farmer? Answer: A man outstanding in his field". RIP Wilbur.
Hard dirty work.
Posted by: Javems at November 14, 2020 11:39 PM (WlMbi)
that used to be magazine/internet newsy site
I do not even know who owns OAN
They seem unapologetic about how they see/cover tings
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:39 PM (GIeIM)
Posted by: JROD at November 14, 2020 11:39 PM (0jZnq)
Posted by: vmom - FIGHT FOR AMERICA! FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (nUhF0)
Maybe so, until a member of some other sect's flock has problems prayer doesn't solve, like poltergeists and other strange happenings. Then it's time to {in Warren Zevon song voice} 'send in the experts'. Or exorcism mercenaries, if you prefer.
Posted by: RickZ at November 14, 2020 11:40 PM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:40 PM (G51Gf)
because they thought Hillary would landslide it and they did not have the cheap prepaired in 2016
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:41 PM (GIeIM)
I was JUST at Sharonville with clutch and AltonJackson today. We did pistol and trap, because as you mentioned there were lines over at all the rifle stations.
Now I've got a mental image of the next MIMoMe (whenever that might be), and you've got your dulcimer set up next to the pawpaws. Don't let me forget, you are owed door prizes from the 2019 one. I've still got them.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 11:37 PM (t+qrx)
We like Sharonville a lot, but probably not going again until it WARMS UP!
*Want* door prize! Don't forget!
Posted by: sinmi at November 14, 2020 11:41 PM (A5IVt)
Hey, can you or AltonJackson email me what kind of gun that was that AltonJackson had at the TX MoMe that I shot? I really really liked it and I want to get one.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 11:41 PM (KuT6N)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:42 PM (2BZBZ)
is the year before FNC, or something about Gulf war 1?
Posted by: will choose a nic later
Poppy Bush and the "embedded reporters" that did ride-alongs with the troops. Newsmax , I believe is aiming to make it to the DC cocktail parties and restore there pantheon of has-beens to some semblance of their former glory.
They are not part of the New Media shift, they are still trying compete with the Old Media paradigm.
For my money , Americasvoice.news has been repetitive but absolutely spot on. They need some new sponsors though. FCOL Mike Lindell is yammering every 10 seconds.
Just my opinion.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at November 14, 2020 11:42 PM (3P/5p)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:42 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 14, 2020 11:42 PM (buTO7)
Posted by: Matt in Texas at November 14, 2020 11:43 PM (1S+Bi)
As in the Presidential race the Philly Fraud machine drives the state wide offices.
Which is why where Republicans are strong they have to move to apportion their electors and statewide offices.
If you look at a wackadoodle State like Oregon, they have 26 red counties and 7 blue counties.
You go to apportionment and the donks don't sniff a statewide office.
Same goes for America.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:43 PM (LstgX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:43 PM (L2ZTs)
Exorcists are a specialized class of priests.
In theory any priest can do it, but in practice they send experts
Posted by: vmom - FIGHT FOR AMERICA! FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (nUhF0)
--The local bishop must also approve an exorcism.
There is a bureaucracy associated with exorcisms.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 14, 2020 11:43 PM (oZuI0)
Newsmax will be FOX in two years. The "Neal Cavuto shuts down the White House Spokeswoman" version of FOX.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at November 14, 2020 11:28 PM (3P/5p)
Nostradowner predicts...
Posted by: Hands at November 14, 2020 11:43 PM (786Ro)
A made for TV movie about 1974. A newlywed couple buys an old house and moves in. The fireplace is bricked off. Naturally, they decide to open it
Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2020 11:19 PM (QWGds)/I]
The plot rang a bell, so I looked it up on IMDB. Yes, it was Kim Darby and William Demarest. I was 13 when it came out so I likely saw it.
I recall an episode of, I believe, The Twilight Zone that featured William Demarest. I don't recall the plot but I recall the end when prison guards strapped him, still struggling, into an electric chair. I thought if was horrible because I thought he WAS Uncle Charlie. I asked my dad why it felt different watching him die than it did of Nazis getting shot. I don't remember Dad's answer, but it apparently satisfied me. It's one of those brief scenes that has stuck with me ever since.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at November 14, 2020 11:43 PM (9IdCK)
--> because the left in Philly/Pittsburgh,Milwaukee,Detroit cheated with mail-in ballots while we held our dicks.
no challenges, all accepted.
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 2020 11:43 PM (Ux7rt)
at the Roxy a year or 10 after it first came out. I was 6 or 7.
Posted by: JAS
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Which Roxy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:44 PM (G51Gf)
--->
cool, let's take a look. They want evidence? How about not letting 4 cities veto the presidency?
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 2020 11:44 PM (Ux7rt)
something like 75-80% of Oregon lives in Portland, that is why
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:44 PM (GIeIM)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:44 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:29 PM (9hauA)
Daaang!
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:44 PM (nakwk)
So I found Iris and blaster. We hung out for a bit and then joined the crowd walking from Freedom Plaza to the Supreme Court. On our way, we were trying to look for Jinx the Cat, who we were to meet up with. He told us he was underneath a pine tree near the courthouse. Let's just say that there was more than one courthouse and more than one pine tree, but we eventually found him after a while.
I really have nothing dramatic to report. The crowd was quite diverse. (Trump needs to be a more competent racist.) Lots of love and support for the president. Chants of "USA!", "4 more years", "Trump 2020".
What I noticed was that although we were all clearly outraged about the attempt steal the election (that's why we were there), there was still a positive, happy vibe, reminiscent of CBD's recent post about the Happy Warrior, which was controversial for some reason.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:45 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 11:41 PM (KuT6N)
Done.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 14, 2020 11:45 PM (t+qrx)
Ya know, I never thought the best effect of the hydrocodone I got for my inguinal hernia repair would turn out to be the constipatory effect. Weird, but if you think about it....
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 11:35 PM (KAi1n)
Immodium is actually an opioid, and junkies often use massive doses of the stuff to try to mitigate withdrawal symptoms.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 14, 2020 11:45 PM (EGyGV)
Then I found out how filled with ridiculousness it is and was ashamed of myself for letting it scare me.
Today when I watch any horror movie, I especially look for the humor.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:45 PM (L2ZTs)
1/?
Posted by: chique l'African
----> congrats on getting out there and marching.
I hope you escaped DC before the city's blackblock started mauling magas.
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 2020 11:45 PM (Ux7rt)
Deserved, but I'm still not coming back. I can watch both of them on YT.
Posted by: Shopgirl at November 14, 2020 11:45 PM (Pvlhs)
---> I was way too young when I saw it
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 2020 11:46 PM (Ux7rt)
americasvoice.news
but
https://pandemic.warroom.org plays americasvoice
and
https://gnews.org/ is interesting
and plays clips of Bannon as does
Rumble.com
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 11:47 PM (CZm2G)
Posted by: PabloD, parachute rigger for Pinochet Airways at November 14, 2020 11:47 PM (T2IeR)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:48 PM (2BZBZ)
Someone up-thread said they wanted to learn about the Polynesian navigators. I'd recommend "We, the Navigators" which I picked up while vacationing in Hawaii a couple years ago. It doesn't really get into the whole Polynesian / South American connection too much, but it's still a very informative text.
Posted by: PabloD
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Me! Thanks, PabloD.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:48 PM (G51Gf)
pretty funny, we magas are going to have to start finding our news elsewhere. I don't want to give Fox the views.
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 2020 11:48 PM (Ux7rt)
Some of the personalities I liked to watch/listen to.
I am diggin OAN
they have news of the world and it is not all glammed up
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:49 PM (GIeIM)
The Roxy in Pacific Beach, San Diego. They tore it down and it is now a beautiful Post Office. It was part of the Fox chain. We would get feature films at the end of the chain.
Posted by: JAS
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Holy smack you're an old-time San Diegan. You grow up in PB? Go to school there?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:49 PM (G51Gf)
Exorcists are a specialized class of priests.
In theory any priest can do it, but in practice they send experts
Posted by: vmom - FIGHT FOR AMERICA! FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (nUhF0)
As a Lutheran, I've always believed in possession. And that only a Catholic priest can cast out demons.
I've been playing interviews with exorcists and other Catholic videos when I go to bed for a while now, because it feels like demonic activity is on the rise. I find them comforting, for some reason.
Posted by: Gaelic Girl at November 14, 2020 11:49 PM (5FCda)
For instance, although it's actually was King's idea: when Jack says to his bartender that he's "the best goddamned bartender anywhere."
Guess what? Jack's bartender really IS the best goddamned bartender anywhere.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:49 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:36 PM (9hauA)
I wish you would write more about the rally. There is so much bullshit out there it would be refreshing to hear from someone who actually knows what they're talking about.
Posted by: dartist at November 14, 2020 11:50 PM (+ya+t)
I believe it's closer to 15 pct the point stands, you go to a county apportionment scheme for statewide office instead of direct elections and the big cities cannot affect the elections.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 14, 2020 11:50 PM (LstgX)
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2020 11:50 PM (zr5Kq)
Same here. Freaked me out as I watched it late night in my room, 10 years old.
Posted by: ilrndude at November 14, 2020 11:50 PM (QDt9e)
SCOTUS outlawed that in the 1970s. "One man one vote" or somesuch? I think I have that right. In any case maybe that was more far reaching than I've thought about, giving the cities even more opportunities to become top heavy with thoroughly corrupted and defective individuals. It couldn't have helped anything, that much is certain.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2020 11:51 PM (QWGds)
we magas are going to have to start finding our news elsewhere. I don't want to give Fox the views.
Posted by: official redcheckmark
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Here's my fantasy: Trump founds a news network and does a daily editorial. The entire world starts tuning in, people take to the streets to demand the reforms he talks about, and he becomes a thorn in the side of every squish world leader on the planet.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:51 PM (G51Gf)
People were very nice and friendly. There was some hip hop pro-Trump music playing somewhere as we passed by. There were people talking into mics and bull horns. Some black dude was singing I'm Proud to be an American on the sidewalk:
There were fun signs:
- Kamala Believes Tara Reid may have been my favorite.
- Love Your Neighbour
- ACB with glowing eyes and "ACB soon" on the sign
- Just Say No to Creepy Joe (with Creepy Joe sniffing the sign)
- Defund the Media
- Tyranny Response Team (back of someone's t-shirt)
- China Owns$Joe
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:51 PM (9hauA)
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 14, 2020 11:51 PM (U2p+3)
---> watching more specials on The Shining, they are starting to realize Kubrick made the Inn to have impossible architecture. While The Impossible Office may have been an accident, a lot of rooms and hallways made no sense. Adds to the weirdness.
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 2020 11:51 PM (Ux7rt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:52 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:53 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:53 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2020 11:53 PM (CZm2G)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:53 PM (TdMsT)
250
Rumor has it Inslee is going to shut us down again tomorrow. Glad we got to take son out for his birthday tonight.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 10:57 PM (KuT6N)"
Yeah the major outlets are reporting it, via trade group leaks.
25% capacity for grocery stores and banning indoor social gatherings really isn't going to fly for Thanksgiving. I wonder if this and similar orders in other states is a continued attempt to get the right to be the ones to kick off the party.
Other news, the more normie-ish wing of the MAGA hat brigades are utterly livid about the DC situation. Attacking a lady pushing a stroller is not going to win the progs any friends.
Posted by: there are only three star wars films at November 14, 2020 11:54 PM (EEVQU)
Posted by: PabloD, parachute rigger for Pinochet Airways at November 14, 2020 11:54 PM (T2IeR)
For instance, the house they find at the end of the film doesn't really exist.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:54 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:51 PM (9hauA)
White supremacy in action.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 14, 2020 11:54 PM (nakwk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:51 PM (G51Gf)
--Like Howard Beale in Network?
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 14, 2020 11:55 PM (oZuI0)
that sounds nice
some of the vids later in the day were aweful
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:55 PM (GIeIM)
Blonde, your idea is great but sounds like the sequel to Network.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:55 PM (L2ZTs)
Some people do. And they practice all the routines. And subscribe to all the rituals.
And ... the effect is what one might expect. So far as I'm concerned, whether it's "true" or not, it's a distinction without a difference. How could one tell the difference?
Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2020 11:55 PM (QWGds)
Posted by: JAS at November 14, 2020 11:55 PM (2BZBZ)
"The Strand" in OB.
Posted by: JAS
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There's a couple of San Diego or former San Diego morons. Are you one?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:56 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2020 11:56 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 14, 2020 11:56 PM (KuT6N)
It was mostly Trump flags and signs and American flags, however.
Signs for various groups:
- #Walkaway
- Black voices for Trump
- HongKongers for Trump
- Gays for Trump
- Pro-Life voices for Trump
Soon after we got to the Supreme Court, Sebastian Gorka gave a speech, followed by Boris Epshteyn (Trump advisor) and a couple of GOP politicians.
Then blaster had to leave, and then the rest of us got tired of standing and found a nice spot to sit on the grass, where we hung out until the end of the event.
Jinx the Cat then went home, and Iris and I went around looking for a place to eat. We eventually found one and had a nice meal. I had a wonderful time hanging out with her - she's so great.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 14, 2020 11:56 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 2020 11:56 PM (Ux7rt)
Early in that novel, Alex and his droogs beat the shit out of... a very young and innocent boy.
It was a good idea of Stanley's to change it to an old, decrepit homeless person.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:56 PM (L2ZTs)
SCOTUS outlawed that in the 1970s. "One man one vote" or somesuch? I think I have that right. In any case maybe that was more far reaching than I've thought about, giving the cities even more opportunities to become top heavy with thoroughly corrupted and defective individuals. It couldn't have helped anything, that much is certain.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2020 11:51 PM
There were a number of related cases. One was federal apportionment, one was State Assemblies, and one was a precursor suit (to test the waters of judicial intervention). For better or worse, the catch-all is "Reynolds v. Sims" [which decided the State question], while "Baker v. Carr" [Tennessee had not redrawn since 1901] was the test case, and "Wesberry v. Sanders" handled the federal issue.
Posted by: Warren Court 1964 at November 14, 2020 11:57 PM (BBWrU)
I mean, I know math is hard, but come on... "hundreds?"
Posted by: AF at November 14, 2020 11:57 PM (S8ePJ)
Yeah.... It was pretty inappropriate for an 8yr old. I don't know what they were thinking.
Posted by: Little Miss Strange at November 14, 2020 11:57 PM (glxcb)
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 2020 11:57 PM (Ux7rt)
--Like Howard Beale in Network?
Posted by: logprof
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Haha, I was a bit concerned about that possibility. Howard Beale, as I recall, threatened to go on the air and blow his brains out. I can't see trump doing that. Make it a weekly editorial.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:57 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Braenyard
I could see me doing that. But I live in a very red area. Lots of good people.
Posted by: Infidel at November 14, 2020 11:57 PM (Kbzcz)
Yeah.... It was pretty inappropriate for an 8yr old. I don't know what they were thinking.
Posted by: Little Miss Strange
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Poor kid!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 14, 2020 11:58 PM (G51Gf)
For instance, the house they find at the end of the film doesn't really exist.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:54 PM (L2ZTs)
For some reason, Blair Witch Project scared the crap out of me. It had a very nightmare-ish quality.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:59 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 14, 20
Not necessarily, I saw where some local race in NH was flipped to red after a recount
It seems that the Ds have been cheating for a long time
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 14, 2020 11:59 PM (GIeIM)
I'm not doing very well. We're about to go back to phase I. I'm worried about everything and I won't get to see my youngest over the holidays again.
So tired of being told we are all gonna die. Show me the dead bodies. I don't believe the rhetoric. The same people who told us 2 1/2 million Americans would be dead six months ago now tell us they're right this time without ever acknowledging how wrong they were the first time. And they're using the same models.
I didn't vote for this.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 14, 2020 11:59 PM (U2p+3)
Wow. They require masks outdoors? It would be fun to design a mask based on the armbands Jews had to wear in nazi Germany and wear that into town.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2020 11:59 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2020 11:59 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Blonde
his thing where he gets it with water after dncing is hot
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 14, 2020 11:59 PM (4Jold)
It's true: not much actually *happens.* But IMHO, and *if the audience is open to it,* the actors do a great job of making you feel scared anyway.
But that doesn't work for everyone.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:00 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 12:00 AM (KAi1n)
PB Elementary. PB Junior High, Mission Bay High. UCSD.
800 block of Law St. Play frisbee in the street and see the Pacific ocean. We used to play catch-up in the corner of Law and Bayard.
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:00 AM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:59 PM (TdMsT)
Me too. I saw it in the theater.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 15, 2020 12:00 AM (KuT6N)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2020 11:59
Really? I guess I'm pretty jaded when it comes to horror movies but I didn't find it scary at all.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:01 AM (nakwk)
We passed by a Starbucks that had boarded up their door and all their windows. Completely. But they painted virtue signaling slogans on the wooden boards: "All are welcome" (were they not welcome before?), "We Are Here For You", "Free Smiles
", "OPEN".
It would actually have been cool if they had boarded up for, say a hurricane, and not the destroyers they support. (I assume they boarded up in preparation for the election.)
OK, I think I'm done now.
I have pics and videos but I don't know where to post them so people can see.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:02 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 15, 2020 12:02 AM (4Jold)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:02 AM (9hauA)
Wow. They require masks outdoors? It would be fun to design a mask based on the armbands Jews had to wear in nazi Germany and wear that into town.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Out. Doors. In several towns in this county. My mask says "I'm wearing this so I won't get fined" on it and it's attracted a few comments, negative and positive.
Whenever clerks or cashiers ask me the pro-forma "How are you doing today" I always answer honestly: "I'd be better if I didn't have to wear this mask."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 12:03 AM (G51Gf)
And you gave it forty wacks?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 15, 2020 12:03 AM (LxTcq)
Posted by: zeera I should be writing right now at November 15, 2020 12:03 AM (zUdXR)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 12:03 AM (oZuI0)
I'm not doing very well. We're about to go back to phase I. I'm worried about everything and I won't get to see my youngest over the holidays again.
So tired of being told we are all gonna die. Show me the dead bodies. I don't believe the rhetoric. The same people who told us 2 1/2 million Americans would be dead six months ago now tell us they're right this time without ever acknowledging how wrong they were the first time. And they're using the same models.
I didn't vote for this.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 14, 2020 11:59 PM (U2p+3)
I know, I know.
We are being tested on High, at excruciating levels. I don't think those of us on the right will ever again doubt the existence of pure evil.
Just know that you are not alone in this.
And I'm so sorry about your boy not being able to be with you over the holidays...
Posted by: Ladyl at November 15, 2020 12:03 AM (TdMsT)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at Nove
did you see any news coverage while you were there?
I heard FNC set up on some side street that did not have much of the march
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 15, 2020 12:04 AM (GIeIM)
I've said for years, Blair Witch Project is the 2001 of horror movies. Some people watch both and see masterpieces; others see junk.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:04 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:02 AM (9hauA)
tl;dr
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:04 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:05 AM (L2ZTs)
How are you doin?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:05 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: Texican ette at November 15, 2020 12:05 AM (8TfZ+)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:04 AM (nakwk)
I should have read this before I decided to be nice to you, LOL.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:06 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:06 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Texican ette at November 15, 2020 12:05 AM (8TfZ+)
(I like the autocorrect name).
You are very welcome!
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:06 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:00 AM (2BZBZ)
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Heavens! I grew up on Van Nuys Street (the cross-street at the northern terminus of Cass). My best friends lived on Archer and Agate. Summers hanging at Mission Beach, we always put our blankets down near Crystal Pier. I want to move back.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 12:06 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 12:07 AM (Kbzcz)
Sound was off but a few seconds later a guy was introduced to explain it all...but at least it was shown...for whatever reason...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 15, 2020 12:07 AM (v2c9/)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:01 AM (nakwk)
It would've been better if I'd gone into it cold. It had been too played-up by the time I saw it, and it couldn't live up to that.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 15, 2020 12:07 AM (t+qrx)
Really? I guess I'm pretty jaded when it comes to horror movies but I didn't find it scary at all.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:01 AM (nakwk)
I'm not easily scared, but that movie just too dream-like for me.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 15, 2020 12:07 AM (TdMsT)
I woulda been here hours ago but just reading about the 3 layer pie-cake put me in a sugar coma.
Posted by: tbodie at November 15, 2020 12:08 AM (F8EBp)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:02 AM (9hauA)
I'm so glad you got to go, and found some Morons to meet up with! And I'm glad everything went well. I think we were all a little nervous about that.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 15, 2020 12:08 AM (KuT6N)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:08 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:06 AM (L2ZTs)
It was really great.
When we were there there were a couple of isolated anti-Trump people, but no drama. I think I saw a Trump supporter engaging with the first one I saw - it seemed to be a normal non-hostile conversation.
On our way back, there was a guy holding up a sign that said "Don Jr. Sucks Toes" with a drawing of toes. I thought of asking the guy how he knew and whether he enjoyed it but decided against it. I actually thought the sign was kind of funny.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:09 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 15, 2020 12:10 AM (4Jold)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:08 AM (L2ZTs)
Not me. I saw it the first week or two it came out. Scared the hell out of me, especially the parts when they were in the tent at night. Yeesh.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 15, 2020 12:10 AM (KuT6N)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 15, 2020 12:11 AM (qXhwv)
How are you doin?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:05 AM (9hauA)
Oh I know you were joking. I think I'll feign offense for a little while though just for lulz.
I am doing fine. Had to work some, but otherwise a decent day. Sounds like DC was quite an adventure!
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:11 AM (nakwk)
I also had co-workers who actually believed it was a real, actual found-footage film. I had to prove to them, no, it's fiction.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (LxTcq)
Maybe my horror/fear scale is based upon physical pain to tender parts of the human body/nerves. Another one would be crushing the testes in a vice. I get the shivers thinking about that last one.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (ldL4g)
Bayard, Cass, Dawes, Everts, Fanuel, Gresham, Haynes, Ingraham.
Makes me think the original developers had southern sympathies.
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 15, 2020 12:10 AM (KuT6N)
I haven't seen it since 1999, but isn't that basically 95% of the movie?
Posted by: hogmartin at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (t+qrx)
As we were walking to the Supreme Court, I looked ahead and saw a sea of people and was shocked. Then a lot later, I decided to look behind me - similar sea of people.
At the restaurant Iris and I ate at, CNN showed the crowd a couple of times, and the restaurant customers all clapped and (I don't know why the correct word won't come to mind - you'll just have to make do with this) hurrahed. It was very cool.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:04 AM (nakwk)
I should have read this before I decided to be nice to you, LOL.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:06 AM (9hauA)
Hah!
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:13 AM (nakwk)
I woulda been here hours ago but just reading about the 3 layer pie-cake put me in a sugar coma.
Posted by: tbodie
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That cake is hilarious. I want to bake one. I'd practice with junky store-bought pies and cake mixes, then do the whole thing from scratch.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 12:13 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Rbastid at November 15, 2020 12:13 AM (XwTyM)
Tiny url linky no worky for me.
Found it at SGT Report.
Big boy games.
Doooon't touch that dial.
May you live in interesting times.
Posted by: TeeJ at November 15, 2020 12:13 AM (DVgLR)
I also had co-workers who actually believed it was a real, actual found-footage film. I had to prove to them, no, it's fiction.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (L2ZTs)
--I was in Maryland when that came out, and fortunately knew no one who belived in that codswallop.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 12:13 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 15, 2020 12:10 AM (4Jold)
I have no idea what you are talking about, LOL.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:14 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: hogmartin at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (t+qrx)
Ha, probably. I've only seen it the one time.
Posted by: Jordan61 - 2020 TX MoMe Bacon Wench
TRUMP WON
at November 15, 2020 12:14 AM (KuT6N)
Science is being suppressed for political and financial gain. COVID-19 has unleashed state corruption on a grand scale, and it is harmful to public health. Politicians and industry are responsible for this opportunistic embezzlement. So too are scientists and health experts. The pandemic has revealed how the medical-political complex can be manipulated in an emergency -- a time when it is even more important to safeguard science. ...
The UK's pandemic response relies too heavily on scientists and other Government appointees with worrying competing interests, including shareholdings in companies that manufacture COVID-19 diagnostic tests, treatments, and vaccines. Government appointees are able to ignore or cherry pick science -- another form of misuse -- and indulge in anti-competitive practices that favour their own products and those of friends and associates.
https://tinyurl.com/y6asah5c
Posted by: Big Pharma FTW at November 15, 2020 12:14 AM (BBWrU)
I believe that pretty quickly the drama becomes the two teenagers trying to find their way back to their car, which they never do.
There's a chilling moment near the end when they realize no matter what they do, they always end up walking in circles. Also, they find they're constantly having to cross the exact same stream of water.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:14 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Undocumented at November 14, 2020 11:16 PM (Y08Vx)
In WWI, they were actually using poison gas in large quantities, and the gas masks were effective protection. The paper N95 masks are worthless at protecting against the WuFlu, which is only a minor risk to healthy people.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2020 11:27 PM (mg5fS)
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Wow!
Posted by: Undocumented at November 15, 2020 12:15 AM (Y08Vx)
Posted by: dartist at November 15, 2020 12:15 AM (+ya+t)
It will come down to local state reps being tasked with saving the Republic. That's a scary thought maybe, but remember that these people live in their states. Their neighbors are normal people, not DC leeches , lobbyists, and bureaucrats.
And those normal people are hopping mad.
Millions of people voted for Trump in PA, MI, WI, and GA. Those are real people.
Trump's voters are real. Biden's are imaginary.
Trump's voters will make their voices heard.
Posted by: pmurT at November 15, 2020 12:16 AM (DTwez)
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:16 AM (7bcfy)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:11 AM (nakwk)
Glad to hear that.
Yeah, it was a fun albeit uneventful adventure. Such a great crowd.
I really have to find out about the antifa drama though. (Tomorrow.) We saw a few cop cars going somewhere (seemingly without much urgency) and wondered what was happening. But nothing at all happened around us.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:16 AM (9hauA)
Exorcists are a specialized class of priests.
In theory any priest can do it, but in practice they send experts
Posted by: vmom - FIGHT FOR AMERICA! FIGHT FOR TRUMP! at November 14, 2020 11:33 PM (nUhF0)
--The local bishop must also approve an exorcism.
There is a bureaucracy associated with exorcisms.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 14, 2020 11:43 PM (oZuI0)
Only Catholic priests are allowed to perform a full-blown exorcism. Any priest and even laity are allowed to bless and pray in those cases (99.999999%) where s person is not completely controlled by a demon.
Former priest Francis MacNutt went into the healing and deliverance ministries full-time after leaving the priesthood and gladly partnered with Catholics and non-Catholics alike. His books on deliverance and healing are among the best I've ever read, and I have a whole collection.
For centuries after the Church began, every Christian was expected to be able to handle demonic manifestations. I believe this goes for today as well.
Mrs. Texan and I do occasional deliverance ministry as asked, though it's not something we seek out. Prayer and a loving atmosphere is all that's needed. I've only had demonic manifestations a few times and they were mild.
There was one time back in 1990 or so when a friend who was involved in the occult was attacked by demons and had was scratched up. I had told her for almost a year to stay away from the occult and from summoning her "playful" friends. I knew little at the time but I went and prayed with her and her husband several times and the harassment stopped when she ceased looking for them.
God honored my lack of faith and knowledge. He has the power and we are just vehicles for his work.
I've had other experiences outside of deliverance ministry that cemented my belief that there is no such thing as a benign demon.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at November 15, 2020 12:16 AM (9IdCK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:14 AM (L2ZTs)
Moral of that story is when walking in the woods be prepared and always carry a compass. They're small, bring two.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 12:16 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (ldL4g)
Yeah if a scene is traditional "scary" I won't bat an eye, but those ones that you can connect to pain you've had before, will have me leaving the room in seconds.
Posted by: Rbastid at November 15, 2020 12:17 AM (XwTyM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:17 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 12:17 AM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:14 AM (L2ZTs)
Moral of that story is when walking in the woods be prepared and always carry a compass. They're small, bring two.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 12:16 AM (ldL4g)
Right. Also, if they'd followed the stream instead of crossing it, they'd have had a better chance of finding something. It's gotta go somewhere.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 15, 2020 12:18 AM (t+qrx)
But that's another weird thing that happens in the film. I believe they start with three kids, and early on when they get lost, one of them says he threw away the map. He can't even explain why he did it; he says he just felt silly or something and threw it away.
Then I believe that character disappears later on.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:18 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:16 AM (9hauA)
I am relieved to hear that.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:19 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:19 AM (9hauA)
What are you guys up too. My subversive chick party is done.
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Just chillin' here re-watching Season 4 (or "Collection 4" as they call it) of The Great British Baking Show. It's my new addiction. I highly recommend it as a news replacement.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 12:19 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:14 AM (L2ZTs)
Did we watch the same movie?
Maybe I wasn't paying attention, or I'm misremembering.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 15, 2020 12:20 AM (t+qrx)
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:16
Lingerie pillow fights?
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:20 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at November 15, 2020 12:20 AM (GIeIM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:20 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 12:13 AM (oZuI0)
I thought that wasd what David French does on Saturday nights
Posted by: Rbastid at November 15, 2020 12:21 AM (XwTyM)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:20 AM (nakwk)
Greenlandic Trigglypuff and her twin in lingerie pillow fights.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:21 AM (9hauA)
It will come down to local state reps being tasked with saving the Republic. That's a scary thought maybe, but remember that these people live in their states. Their neighbors are normal people, not DC leeches , lobbyists, and bureaucrats.
And those normal people are hopping mad.
Millions of people voted for Trump in PA, MI, WI, and GA. Those are real people.
Trump's voters are real. Biden's are imaginary.
Trump's voters will make their voices heard.
Posted by: pmurT at November 15, 2020 12:16 AM (DTwez)
FWIW, I agree with you!
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 12:21 AM (4pK1/)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:20 AM (nakwk)
Greenlandic Trigglypuff and her twin in lingerie pillow fights.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:21 AM (9hauA)
Doubtful. I'm sure CaliGirl has standards.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:21 AM (nakwk)
I'm not talking about apportioning for federal representives I'm talking about electoral vote apportionment exactly like they do in Nebraska and NH. so instead of the Philly fraud machine being able to dictate where PAs 20 EC votes go they get to maybe dictate 2.
Furtherore, if you essentially establish an EC for statewide offices Gov, sos, Ag,etc. you would also go a long way to preventing large population cities from ruling these states.
All of the above is constitutional.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 15, 2020 12:21 AM (LstgX)
I've found most of the most effective horror and comedy flicks are quite short. It's usually only the Oscar bait that tends to drone on and on over two hours.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (WZ5i4)
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:16
Oh, do tell!
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2
I'm so proud of myself, it was a baby shower but it was a lot of work and Oprah's party planner was here and she does parties for carhartt and she thought I hired someone. 38 women and it was a success. Only two girls were pregnant. I feel like such a criminal.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (7bcfy)
Posted by: hogmartin at November 15, 2020 12:18 AM (t+qrx)
Yep. And follow the stream with the current, not against it. There's gonna be a town downriver somewhere along the way. That's how civilization works when it comes to rivers and streams: People live near them at some point on the water's course.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:21 AM (nakwk)
Oh, I wasn't talking about CaliGirl. That is what I have planned for you, my sweet.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:23 AM (9hauA)
Kim Darby and William Demarest were a married couple?
Okay. I've heard of May-December romances, but...
Posted by: President-Elect Rodrigo Borgia at November 15, 2020 12:23 AM (VikfB)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (KAi1n)
The miracle of child*baaaarfff*
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:23 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:24 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (KAi1n)
The miracle of child*baaaarfff*
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:23 AM (nakwk)
Like the tide at Omaha Beach
Posted by: Creed Bratton at November 15, 2020 12:25 AM (oZuI0)
Scorsese did one of those early in his career: "The Big Shave," 1970. A man gets up in the morning, starts shaving, and can't stop. Ends up shaving his entire face off.
Marty says it was his "anti-Vietnam picture." Alls I knows is, I'm glad he grew out of that phase real quick.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:25 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:24 AM (9Om/r)
LOL
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:25 AM (9hauA)
As we were walking to the Supreme Court, I looked ahead and saw a sea of people and was shocked. Then a lot later, I decided to look behind me - similar sea of people.
At the restaurant Iris and I ate at, CNN showed the crowd a couple of times, and the restaurant customers all clapped and (I don't know why the correct word won't come to mind - you'll just have to make do with this) hurrahed. It was very cool.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:12 AM (9hauA)
lying media. I hope it is sinking in wide and deep how corrupt they are. dem progpaganda.
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:25 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (L2ZTs)
You might like this one then. I think it's about 12 minutes, including credits.
https://youtu.be/7_Okf__vMI4
Posted by: hogmartin at November 15, 2020 12:26 AM (t+qrx)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:26 AM (zr5Kq)
Then I believe that character disappears later on.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:18 AM (L2ZTs)
Well, that dumb ass character should disappear. Though he should've disappeared when writing the script.
'Moves by morons' is completely different from 'moves by Morons'. One probably entails guns, the other definitely doesn't.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 12:26 AM (ldL4g)
how about the Morlocks from H.G. Wells
The Time Machine (1960)
didn't sleep for weeks
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at November 15, 2020 12:26 AM (YhAQg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
My recall as well. Not an easy trip. Was a kid when I saw it. We sailed every weekend in the Pacific then so I had some knowledge of boats and the ocean.
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 12:27 AM (Kbzcz)
RickZ, yup. It's a given that every great and not-so-great horror flick has to have the TDTL (Too Dumb To Live) character.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:27 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:23 AM (9hauA)
Indeed you are imaginatively cruel. Or cruelly imaginative.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:27 AM (nakwk)
EVERY character will be TDTL (Too Dumb To Live)!
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:28 AM (L2ZTs)
Did Polynesians visit South America? Maybe. Did Indians visit the Polynesians? Um...have Indians ever been known for their sailing skills and shipbuilding knowledge? Seems unlikely.
Also, altruism *is* evil. It's the method people use for guilting others into obedience without having to give something in return. Ayn Rand was right.
Posted by: Robert at November 15, 2020 12:28 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:27 AM (nakwk)
I am a Viking.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (9hauA)
......
I had success with 78 women and only one was pregnant.
Boom!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (dqFxn)
"
How is that working out for you?
Fasting. When his disciples asked him why they could not do a difficult case, he said "This type requires fasting," (I am paraphrasing)
Are the "Charismatic and Pentecostals" will to to fast?
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Robert at November 15, 2020 12:30 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:30 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:22 AM (L2ZTs)
The hell you say!
Posted by: 3 Hours and 1 Minute of 'Dances With Wolves' at November 15, 2020 12:30 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: CaliGir
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And a baby for you ,and a baby for you...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 15, 2020 12:31 AM (pK7cg)
Posted by: Creed Bratton at November 15, 2020 12:31 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:31 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:30 AM (zr5Kq)
They're slimmer and healthier. Those fat fucks should thank the God-Emperor.
Posted by: Robert at November 15, 2020 12:31 AM (1Yy3c)
Here's a cookie for ya via the USB port.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:32 AM (L2ZTs)
The Time Machine (1960)
didn't sleep for weeks
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup
Same here plus the Basil Rathborne, Sherlock Holmes movie Hound of the Baskervilles.
Posted by: Beartooth at November 15, 2020 12:32 AM (6yYEv)
Posted by: CaliGir
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And a baby for you ,and a baby for you...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 15, 2020 12:31 AM (pK7cg)
Yeah, but you're stuck with the upkeep.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:32 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 12:33 AM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:33 AM (zr5Kq)
She once said, for a great party, all you really need is the most delicious food, the best activities, and a $3 million budget. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:33 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:34 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Beartooth
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A fear of angry phosphorescent Mastiffs...in the night, seems perfectly healthy to me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 15, 2020 12:34 AM (WZ5i4)
But I am glad that the Epic Oscar Bait era seems to have died a pretty thorough death. It seems today the only person still living in it is James Cameron.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:35 AM (L2ZTs)
Fasting. When his disciples asked him why they could not do a difficult case, he said "This type requires fasting," (I am paraphrasing)
Are the "Charismatic and Pentecostals" will to to fast?
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (2BZBZ)
A lot fast, yes.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:35 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:24 AM (9Om/r)
LOL
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:25 AM (9hauA)
Not kidding chique. If I heard a Bach song I like, I find out it's Bach bouree. Ok cool start looking and ohhhh he has 4397 bourees, and you have to the know the number. Was it back BWV 996, or 1001, or 879, etc etc. Are you shitting me??? Now I have to see if that one is on you tube or somewhere and listen top every frigging one. Wooops thats not the one, and shit this isn't the one, and ok wtf that isn't either. Its a serious pain in the ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:19 AM (9hauA)
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I think most Evangelicals believe so.
Glad y'all had a good time and came home safe.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (CZm2G)
Posted by: Beartooth
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A fear of angry phosphorescent Mastiffs...in the night, seems perfectly healthy to me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I used to hide behind my mom's chair at points during the movie.
Posted by: Beartooth at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (6yYEv)
Fasting. When his disciples asked him why they could not do a difficult case, he said "This type requires fasting," (I am paraphrasing)
Are the "Charismatic and Pentecostals" will to to fast?
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (2BZBZ)
With the really tough ones you call John Constantine.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (LstgX)
I've asked college classes who Nimitz Blvd. was named for, and why. Nobody every knew, of course.
There actually are very few WWII Pacific theater street names in San Diego, considering it was one of the most important bases/harbors during the war.
Of course the names at the old Naval Training Center are for naval figures and events. Visitors leaving the airport driving to the west along Harbor Drive may be horrified to see a McCain Road - not to worry, it's for his father. It intersects Spruance Rd., and Halsey Rd., and is close to Kincaid Rd.
Marina del Rey up in LA, I've noticed, has a whole series of WWII Pacific names on cross streets to the 1, mostly amphibious actions.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 12:37 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:37 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (9Om/r)
Opus 3 Concerto 41 Movement 25 in D flat minor
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:38 AM (nakwk)
And believe it or not, John Hughes said he originally put together a THREE HOUR CUT of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Thank God, he thought better of it and cut it down to a regular feature length of about 100 minutes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:38 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Robert at November 15, 2020 12:28 AM (1Yy3c)
The prairie crab boats were functional and beautiful, too!
You're such a H8er!
Posted by: Lieawatha at November 15, 2020 12:38 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (9Om/r)
You could use one of those song recognition apps while the song is playing.
By the way, it is cool to find a metalhead (is that the correct term) who likes classical. And Bach is great.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:38 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:39 AM (2BZBZ)
Such as, The Deer Hunter. Yes, everything somehow works; still I can't believe there isn't at least 20 minutes in there that could go without having much if any deleterious effect on the whole.
I personally believe also that Christopher Nolan definitely has a Heaven's Gate in his future. It's just a matter of time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:40 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:19 AM (9hauA)
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I think most Evangelicals believe so.
.....
Well Jesus did cast out demons from men on multiple occasions.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 15, 2020 12:40 AM (dqFxn)
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 12:41 AM (4pK1/)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 12:41 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:38 AM (9hauA)
Metal and classical are very closely related believe it or not. We use a lot of the same scales, just louder and more obnoxious. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:41 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (CZm2G)
Thank you.
I really love meeting morons in real life. I may make it my mission to meet in person and remember 150 morons and ettes. (I may have met that many in person, but my memory sucks.)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:41 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:42 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:38 AM (nakwk)
yeah, shove it opus you ass and see if you have a movement. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:42 AM (9Om/r)
I-5 inside Camp Pendleton is aptly named for Gunny Basilone, and there's a monument to him in Little Italy.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 12:42 AM (OTzUX)
She once said, for a great party, all you really need is the most delicious food, the best activities, and a $3 million budget. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:33 AM (L2ZTs)
That sounds really snotty but this girl is an event planner. I thought it was a huge compliment. My friend and I did the party and the decorations. The theme was John deere tractors. We rented wood tables and chairs and used olive branches from my trees for centerpieces with my antique John Derre tractor toys. It was really nice
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:42 AM (7bcfy)
Posted by: cricket at November 15, 2020 12:42 AM (vaHN3)
Currently sitting on my mantel is a B&W picture of grandpa and two buddies on 3 harlys in the sand, circa 1943, Oceanside, CA.
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 12:43 AM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:19 AM (9hauA)
Yes! And there are many groups of charismatic Catholics, large and small. I've spent a lot of time with Sword of the Spirit, a charismatic Catholic group that has a large base in Pittsburgh and related groups in other cities. Good folks.
Americans and Europeans are used to the normal while people on other continents are so used to the paranormal that the font accept it. American missionaries inevitably come back from the mission field with beliefs that aren't quite what they leaned in seminary.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at November 15, 2020 12:43 AM (9IdCK)
watching video after video of the Proud Boys beating the heck out of
Antifa in DC?
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 12:41 AM (4pK1/)
no
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:43 AM (9Om/r)
Notes too !
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:43 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:43 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: qdpsteve
"Heaven's Gate" is actually a pretty good movie, but you can't sit all the way through it. IT'S TOO LONG! What a theatrical disaster. It was just too long.
Cinematically it really is well photographed, but it needs to be seen in three parts, and some editing to take out the excesses.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at November 15, 2020 12:43 AM (ZCiJZ)
I used to hide behind my mom's chair at points during the movie.
Posted by: Beartooth
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I've avoided the moors at night ever since.
Actually, that's not quite true...traveled Dartmoor one night, made it to here: https://tinyurl.com/y4bctbun and had a fine time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 15, 2020 12:44 AM (WZ5i4)
A weighty revelation for some.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:45 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 12:38 AM (L2ZTs)
--Wow.
PTA is just about perfect as is.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 12:45 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:41 AM (9Om/r)
I can believe it.
Remember our (imaginary) band (you, Insom, me)?We could do a classical-metal hybrid thingie. I sing in a classical choir, and I may be able to learn to scream-sing.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:45 AM (9hauA)
As I recall, he was expected to write several new pieces per week as a condition of his employment. So, yeah, he wrote a lot.
On the other hand, he had something like 20 kids, so it's clear that he didn't spend ALL his time composing.
Posted by: President-Elect Rodrigo Borgia at November 15, 2020 12:46 AM (VikfB)
Bird Rock? WWII names there? Haven't noticed. Again - don't remind anyone, they'll change them.
* kind of related, in Georgia (the country) the standard traditional toast (and there's a LOT of toasting) is "to victory!" - "ga-uh-MUR-jos sakh-VART-a-la!" - but it's a bit of a mystery how that started, there not being many famous victories in Georgia's history
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 12:46 AM (OTzUX)
The incident took place in June, when Louise Bailey came to Lewis' flat in Brighton to have some drinks and play chess. The game took an unexpected turn after a furious Lewis, 56, squabbled about Bailey's [lack of] chess playing ability and flipped the board over.
Posted by: OK, make your jokes, whatever at November 15, 2020 12:46 AM (BBWrU)
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 12:41 AM (4pK1/)
After a year of watching antifa kill people and burn cities down. Not at all.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2020 12:47 AM (CZm2G)
Are there people who claim the name of Christ that don't know demonic possession exists?
'Cause there's this book they could read that... aw, never mind.
Posted by: TeeJ at November 15, 2020 12:47 AM (DVgLR)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:45 AM (nakwk)
OK. This one took me a second.
I hereby crown you the Prince of Puns. You may now take your seat next to Muldoon, the Lord of Limericks.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:47 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 12:47 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: AnnaS at November 15, 2020 12:47 AM (l4l/z)
It was scary in many ways, but mainly it was scary to see what people
do in the woods when they are truly lost. It is not a nice feeling and
it rarely ends well. They did a shark movie like this called Open Water I believe.
But you can't really
recreate the Blair Witch experience now. It was an underground film, at
least that was how it was marketed. I don't think any other major movie
has done this but I am not sure about that. They put a bunch of stuff
online beforehand as so called "proof" that the story was true and based on found
footage. And early use of modern "fake news" I guess.
Most people knew it was just marketing
and also part of the fun. There was also a lot of hype out there that it
was the scariest thing ever. People went into the movie with the
expectation that it was scary as Hell, and even the viewers were part of
the experience. But few actually believed it was real.
There
was some scary stuff but not in the same way a normal horror film does
it. It was about the total fear of being truly lost and people losing
it.
I have been to Burkettsville MD. That
place is a bit scary and unwelcoming. I bet they didn't take to the fame
like the people in Scranton did with The Office.
If
you look at the thing too much, you realize every character is
unlikable and none are classic actors. I doubt many of them went on to
Hollywood success.
The Blair Witch Project
was an experience you went through at a certain time or didn't. It
isn't the kind of movie that holds up with repeated viewings over the
years.
Posted by: Quint at November 15, 2020 12:48 AM (OqDgx)
See, this is exactly the kind of incident you shall expect from people who refuse to social distance.
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:48 AM (zr5Kq)
Ask us how that works.
Posted by: The Gadarene Swine at November 15, 2020 12:49 AM (VikfB)
In Norfolk, VA, there's a whole neighborhood with streets named for WWI battles. Bapaume Ave, Vimy Ridge Ave, Somme Ave, St. Mihiel Ave., etc. Now no one knows what those names mean anymore. Hell, they probably couldn't even name the war or the half century from which they're known.
WWI gets such short shrift today.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 12:49 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 15, 2020 12:50 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: AnnaS at November 15, 2020 12:47 AM (l4l/z)
Lots and lots and lots. Yuuuge crowd.
Hogmartin, being a sweetheart, has offered to help me share the pics with you guys. Hopefully we'll be able to do that soon.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:50 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 12:51 AM (zr5Kq)
no
Posted by: Berserker-Drag
I just want you to know I was entertaining my friends singing hole songs, miss world while playing my husbands guitar. I don't sing or play guitar. I hope I didn't hurt his guitar and he can't tell. I used my fingersnail as a pick.
I wanna be a rockstar.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:51 AM (7bcfy)
I've seen great photos of Camp Pendleton being built, which was during the war. Love the golf course up there (last time, sweet sound of artillery in the distance, and rattlesnakes along the edge of the rough).
The historical society photos of downtown San Diego and the harbor from WWII are something. Camouflage netting and anti-aircraft positions at the Consolidated Aircraft locations, and you could walk across the bay stepping from destroyer to cruiser to battleship.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 12:51 AM (OTzUX)
Are the "Charismatic and Pentecostals" will to to fast?
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (2BZBZ)
Yes. The hierarchy of demons and their specialties is interesting, as they're only allowed to do certain things. One exorcist I listened to the other night related how he discovered that praying and saying the rite in Latin was required to cast out a particularly powerful demon.
Posted by: Gaelic Girl at November 15, 2020 12:51 AM (5FCda)
could do a classical-metal hybrid thingie. I sing in a classical choir,
and I may be able to learn to scream-sing.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:45 AM (9hauA)
You would need to sing symphonic metal. Usually its a female singer, usually classically trained, clean vocals, but amazing. The band Nightwish is a classic example. They got probably the best singer out there, Floor Jansen. There is literally nothing she can't sing. Just a small example-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yLMAxmlVNI
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:52 AM (9Om/r)
Fasting. When his disciples asked him why they could not do a difficult case, he said "This type requires fasting," (I am paraphrasing)
Are the "Charismatic and Pentecostals" will to to fast?
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (2BZBZ)
Many times, but in most instances, someone calls and I show up a little later. If there are further sessions (for lack of a better term), I've fasted as God leads me.
I've also gone through hospitals as a patient and prayed with those who want it (most do). If they talk about something that signals possible demonic oppression, I'll include that in the prayers without daring them.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at November 15, 2020 12:52 AM (9IdCK)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:45 AM (9hauA)
I think is an idea with great merit.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:52 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 12:46 AM (OTzUX)
--Didn't Medea fuck Jason over?
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 12:53 AM (oZuI0)
That alien abortion scene in Prometheus. Good G_d is that horrifying. Why?
Posted by: Honest Joe at November 15, 2020 12:53 AM (a7pmO)
Posted by: One-Eyed Cat Peepin' in the Seafood Store at November 15, 2020 12:54 AM (Ybhj0)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:52 AM (9Om/r)
She's good!
Would I have to wear the goth leather outfit too? It would be hard for me to pull of the skin pallor, though. Maybe whiteface?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (9hauA)
"Radar" spelled backwards, is "radaR".
Posted by: One-Eyed Cat Pee
Isn't that a palindrome? Or am I dumb?
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (7bcfy)
I don't normally like seeing people hurt. but
Antifa attacked young families, making poor little children cry in fright - it was sickening.
They grabbed a young couple and threw stuff at them while the girl was sobbing,
They threw a firecracker at people dining outside
They beat up an elderly man on his bike
All because these people went to a rally for the President and they were wearing MAGA clothes.
And to watch the police stand down - my blood was boiling.
Was so relieved to see the Proud Boys jump in to protect the Trump supporters.
It was a bonus to watch them beating the crap out of several Antifa soi bois and screaming harpies.
The authorities have no one to blame but themselves if they won't protect the people.
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (4pK1/)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:38 AM (9hauA)
Metal and classical are very closely related believe it or not. We use a lot of the same scales, just louder and more obnoxious. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:41 AM (9Om/r)
Metalheads tend to have a greater appreciation for at least *some* classical music. Personally I believe it's because metal music inculcates into the listener an appreciation of the "journey". Lots of riffs, tempo and time changes and the like, soloing, played with a high degree of skill and precision. Classical shares, at least in broad strokes, many similar qualities.
Posted by: Robert at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (1Yy3c)
SFGoth, I was telling CaliGirl here the other night about an old gf's mother's family, who have realllly old CA roots (Spanish land grants were part of the background), her mother (then a teen) told how the sheriff was making sure everyone had shotguns and were going to black out their windows after the Japanese sub attack of February 1942.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 12:52 AM (nakwk)
Maybe Beserker can come to FL for the Christmas break, too.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:56 AM (9hauA)
"Radar" spelled backwards, is "radaR".
Posted by: One-Eyed Cat Pee
Isn't that a palindrome? Or am I dumb?
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (7bcfy)
Sammy Sosa's last name spelled backwards is Asos.
Posted by: Drunk Harry Carey at November 15, 2020 12:56 AM (oZuI0)
Actually, that's not quite true...traveled Dartmoor one night, made it to here: https://tinyurl.com/y4bctbun and had a fine time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Aye. Stay off the moors laddie.
Posted by: Beartooth at November 15, 2020 12:56 AM (6yYEv)
Oh my gosh! Is that what happened?
Yep, they deserved a beatdown, and like you, I typically don't like violence.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:57 AM (9hauA)
Yes.
I probably have the business card somewhere in storage.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 12:58 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 12:58 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!)
It's a genre already. Nightwish (as mentioned above), Within Temptation, Delain, After Forever/Epica, Tristania/Sirenia, Therion's later stuff...
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2020 12:58 AM (P1f+c)
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:59 AM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: rhomboid at
My family knows their family. My friends are the De La Guerra family. That's as old as you get here.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:59 AM (7bcfy)
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2020 12:58 AM (P1f+c)
I frequently learn new things in this place, despite us being a bunch of Morons. Very smart set here.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:59 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:00 AM (KAi1n)
Bozo, really??
CaliGirl, apologies for being snotty on my part. :-)
It's just that I hear 'Oprah' and all kinds of Gwyneth-like excesses come to the forefront of my imagination. Glad you had a great shindig!
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 01:00 AM (L2ZTs)
The other thing is most of these people don't know the names, and even then, can they prove whom the street was named for? Do they know Van Dorn? And was it THAT Van Dorn? What about Wheeler or Taylor? Can they prove those streets were named for Confeds? Sure Early and Armistead are likely, but let's be honest, what percentage of the modern woke have heard of Early? How many streets are named for a Smith or Jones? Do they take them all out to be sure?
And even if you have a street named Lee, can you be sure which Lee it was named for? Are they going to cancel Light Horse Harry Lee too?
And then there is Eisenhower Avenue. Eisenhower was a huge R.E. Lee supporter. I guess he will have to go as well.
Posted by: Quint at November 15, 2020 01:00 AM (OqDgx)
.....
I saw that.
I think the President tweeted about it.
I personally wouldn't care if I read that a dozen AntiFa members were murdered.
My only remorse would be that two dozen weren't murdered.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 15, 2020 01:00 AM (dqFxn)
Would I have to wear the goth leather outfit too? It would be hard
for me to pull of the skin pallor, though. Maybe whiteface?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (9hauA)
I don't think it matters.
She is a trained soprano, and she does opera style in some of the songs. This one will blow your mind-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47e_961OQWE
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 01:00 AM (9Om/r)
Not kidding chique. If I heard a Bach song I like, I find out it's Bach bouree. Ok cool start looking and ohhhh he has 4397 bourees, and you have to the know the number. Was it back BWV 996, or 1001, or 879, etc etc. Are you shitting me??? Now I have to see if that one is on you tube or somewhere and listen top every frigging one. Wooops thats not the one, and shit this isn't the one, and ok wtf that isn't either. Its a serious pain in the ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 12:36 AM (9Om/r)
So I guess there's no SoundHound app for classical? I sense a business idea...
Posted by: Iris at November 15, 2020 01:01 AM (6lKe4)
rohmboid, Navy, Frog Man. WWII, Korea and later Sargent at Arms in Longa Becha, CA. I also have a FD Shield of his in my night stand.
My hero. and the sweetest man. He would only talk to my mom about the war, once, after many drinks. His DiL.
Learned that much later.
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 01:01 AM (Kbzcz)
--Before Andrea Yates, there was Medea.
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 01:01 AM (oZuI0)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:02 AM (KAi1n)
for me to pull of the skin pallor, though. Maybe whiteface?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (9hauA)
The outfit goes without saying. Forget the pallor though.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:03 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 01:00 AM (9Om/r)
They have a pipe organ!
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:03 AM (9hauA)
I can kind of understand about Burkittsville residents not being the greatest because they've all probably had to answer lots of dumb questions from Blair Witch fans who are kids and still wonder if it could be at all real. I admit I wouldn't have much patience for it after enough time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 01:04 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:03 AM (nakwk)
Whyyyyyyyy?????????
I was kidding (in case it wasn't obvious), but I wonder what kind of reaction that would elicit. Would the woke folk have their minds blown?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:04 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020
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Well Jesus did cast out demons from men on multiple occasions.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 15, 2020 12:40 AM (dqFxn)
Yes, it was one of the hallmarks of his ministry. We can (and should) do it, too. Since most are not exposed to the paranormal, we lack discernment. Prayer and knowledge of the word is essential.
The converse is that if we are caught unprepared, God will use our lack of knowledge to act mightily and glorify his name.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at November 15, 2020 01:04 AM (9IdCK)
Posted by: JAS at November 15, 2020 12:29 AM (2BZBZ)
Not sure if it's arrogance or ignorance, and I willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, but I was raised Pentecostal, and we fasted way more than your average Catholic. Hell, daddy would pray and fast three days if he had a hard decision to make.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:04 AM (3RJyc)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 01:00 AM (9Om/r)
I think I could pull of something like this. I'm not formally trained or anything, though.
I actually like it!
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:05 AM (9hauA)
Well I don't know her maiden name, but her married name was Danish (Solvang), don't want to go more detailed then that.
And what's now the Santa Barbara airport up by the UC was a naval training base in WWII. Palm trees from that base were transplanted down to Miramar and are long the road on Anderson Avenue, near the parade ground, obstacle course, and officer club (with the sand volleyball courts for the beefcake scene in Top Gun).
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:05 AM (OTzUX)
I remember read early Stephen King books that kept me up for days...
Salem's Lot for one. His work turned to crap about 25 years ago but the
early stuff was scary!
Posted by: lin-duh at November 14, 2020 10:45 PM (UUBmN)
He was only a good writer when he was a drunk.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at November 15, 2020 01:05 AM (946rW)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:04 AM (3RJyc)
See, Tammy knows what's up.
Hi Tammy! How goes it?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:05 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:04 AM (9hauA)
Their heads would explode trying to simultaneously run their "racial sensitivity" subroutine and their "cultural appropriation" subroutine. It could be quite glorious.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:06 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Floor is a monster, but I prefer their original singer, Tarja Turunen, for that one.
https://youtu.be/YODCM26JXOY
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2020 01:07 AM (P1f+c)
Just talked today to a friend who did 25+ years in the SEALs. He got me into a graduation down in Coronado a few years ago, was amazing. At MCRD they have the painted yellow shoe-soles on the ground to stand on. In that old quad at Coronado, they're yellow, but they're swim fins, not shoe-shaped.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:07 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Don't blame me if it doesn't make sense at November 15, 2020 01:08 AM (BBWrU)
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 01:09 AM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 01:10 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:10 AM (KAi1n)
.....
It's kind of interesting.
Even the Apostles did not have enough faith to drive out demons, and they walked with Christ literally.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 15, 2020 01:10 AM (dqFxn)
Analysis of the Iraq scenes from The Exorcist:
https://youtu.be/bGoiF4JvmHM
Posted by: logprof, happily unembarreled at November 15, 2020 01:10 AM (oZuI0)
And what's now the Santa Barbara airport up by the UC was a naval training base in WWII. Palm trees from that base were transplanted down to Miramar and are long the road on Anderson Avenue, near the parade ground, obstacle course, and officer club (with the sand volleyball courts for the beefcake scene in Top Gun).
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 0
Yes my friends know that family. I won't say any names of ranches or faimiles but I think my ranch may be your girlfriends family ranch. I found on the old maps my house was called the doheny ranch. Of the teapot Dome fame.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 01:10 AM (7bcfy)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 01:00 AM (9Om/r)
Very operatic. Why am I thinking Jesus Christ Superstar ?
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 01:11 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:11 AM (9hauA)
Even the Apostles did not have enough faith to drive out demons, and they walked with Christ literally.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 15, 2020 01:10 AM (dqFxn)
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Before the resurrection, yes.
After, though....
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 15, 2020 01:11 AM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 01:12 AM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:05 AM (9hauA)
It goes well, pretty lady! I am so envious of your day today. So glad it was a great experience, although it sounds like Marybeth saw the scum come out.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:13 AM (3RJyc)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:13 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 15, 2020 01:14 AM (WEBkv)
Jeez Louise.
If people can't depend on the police to protect them from thugs, they will turn to those who will.
It's scary.
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:14 AM (4pK1/)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 15, 2020 01:11 AM (WEBkv)
....
True.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 15, 2020 01:14 AM (dqFxn)
I miss my dance costumes.
I mean, I still have them, but I can't really dance any more. I will occasionally swan about the house in one, but it almost makes it worse.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:14 AM (3RJyc)
And down in an area that I'm pretty sure was built in the late 60s - a Doolittle, Foss, and LeMay combo of streets. Somebody in the developer's circle was a WWII buff.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:15 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 01:15 AM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 01:11 AM (zr5Kq)
They do a lot of big epic shit. 2 biggies are the Poet and the pendulum performance at Wembly, and the Greatest show on earth, Tampere.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 01:16 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:18 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:14 AM (4pK1/)
Were you at the rally?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:18 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:18 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 15, 2020 01:14 AM (WEBkv)
Of course, Evanescence! Remember this one. Their lady singer is really good.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:19 AM (9hauA)
CLASSICAL MUSIC YOU LIKE BUT CAN'T NAME
I'm sure you recognize this lovely melody as "Stranger in Paradise", but did you know that the original theme was from the Polovtsian Dance No. 2 by Borodin?"
Posted by: Dave in MA at November 15, 2020 01:19 AM (dzDvd)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:19 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:13 AM (OTzUX)
I know that name, I don't know any descendants and I won't say anything else. They are all land grants. That's a Solvang family if it remember correctly.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 01:20 AM (7bcfy)
What kind of dance did you do?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:19 AM (9hauA)
Please not interpretive please not interpretive please not interpretive...
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:20 AM (nakwk)
Anyway, used it one time to go back to the 101 from Riverbench or somewhere, and of course it was a beautiful drive. Oaks, dry grass hills, vineyards, and .... oil wells (walking sticks). I remember thinking how perfectly horrified some ignorant shi-shi wine travelers might be at this. To me it was perfect, of course.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:21 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:20 AM (nakwk)
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Nutcracker.
(I held off as long as I could)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 15, 2020 01:21 AM (WEBkv)
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 01:21 AM (7bcfy)
You could probably get a group together to protest it now. It is in Virginia and named for a Civil War general. I bet 90 percent of the people who live in that area, which is named for Ft. Hunt, have no clue who it was named for. Ok, I bet 99 percent do not know.
Of course Hunt was a Union General, one of the best artillery men of the war.
Posted by: Quint at November 15, 2020 01:21 AM (OqDgx)
Van Nuys? Did you go to Bird Rock? But you were so close to both.
Posted by: JAS
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For kindergarten. Then I went to private schools.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 01:22 AM (G51Gf)
I live very close to there.
The town used to be very downscale, icky and grimy, reflective of the oil industry there. Now most (but not all) of the derricks are gone, and a ton of redevelopment has been completed, to the point that some spots of it look like Lake Forest. New homes, gated communities and apartment complexes, the works.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 01:22 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 01:22 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:22 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!)
I like these guys more than Nightwish. (And the orchestra is there with them on stage, not on tape.)
https://youtu.be/39k1IQoeLAU
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2020 01:23 AM (P1f+c)
Anyway, used it one time to go back to the 101 from Riverbench or somewhere, and of course it was a beautiful drive. Oaks, dry grass hills, vineyards, and .... oil wells (walking sticks). I remember thinking how perfectly horrified some ignorant shi-shi wine travelers might be at this. To me it was perfect, of course.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2
Alisos canyon?
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 01:23 AM (7bcfy)
Hope we're still cool. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 01:23 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:24 AM (OTzUX)
Still wondering if I should show a pic of my face....
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:24 AM (9hauA)
Ballroom, increasingly more Latin as time went on, and some belly dancing. I really, really love the belly dancing costumes. The one thing Thor never complained about my spending on!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:25 AM (3RJyc)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:25 AM (3RJyc)
You know the rules...
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:25 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:26 AM (OTzUX)
One of my faves of all time is Quincy Jones's Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration. It's his interpretation of Handel's Messiah done in AA genres of music. I absolutely love it and listened to it on the way to the rally. So good.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:26 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 01:27 AM (7bcfy)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 01:27 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:25 AM (3RJyc)
LOL.
Love ballroom! That is so cool. I wish I learned these things.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:27 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: runner at November 15, 2020 01:28 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:28 AM (OTzUX)
Yes, qdp, grandma bought a house there after she and mom were abandoned by other grandpa during the war. They migrated from Pennsylvania, to Ohio, to New Mexico, to SoCal.
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 01:28 AM (Kbzcz)
Hope we're still cool. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November
We're good, I sounded snotty, I didn't mean it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 01:29 AM (7bcfy)
friends singing hole songs, miss world while playing my husbands guitar.
I don't sing or play guitar. I hope I didn't hurt his guitar and he
can't tell. I used my fingersnail as a pick.
I wanna be a rockstar.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:51 AM (7bcfy)
Well as long as you weren't stabbing the guitar with those nails. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 01:29 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 01:29 AM (G51Gf)
I wanna be a rockstar.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 12:51 AM (7bcfy)
If you broke the nail off and then used is as a guitar pick, that's pretty metal.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:30 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:31 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:28 AM (
Yes, that's the one. I served Lucas and Llewellyn today, Sangiovese. Llewelyn just passed away recently. I am friends with them.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 15, 2020 01:31 AM (7bcfy)
Posted by: Quint at November 15, 2020 01:31 AM (OqDgx)
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at November 14, 2020 10:14 PM (qc+VF)
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Started in NY , Boob.
Posted by: Sheila at November 15, 2020 01:32 AM (lnhTD)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (OTzUX)
Beside WWI being given short shrift today, another problem is the scale. I think many today find the casualty numbers unbelievable, as in made-up fiction. The Battle of the Somme, a six month battle, had KIA and wounded on both sides numbering around 1.2 million. It staggers the mind to think about those kinds of numbers, and that was just one battle in a four year plus war.
Wilson was most certainly an asshole, but he saved a lot of American boys keeping us out of the war until we got into the trenches in late 1917. I also give Gen. Pershing credit for refusing to send US troops into combat under British or French command. Those guys were good at creating cannon fodder with stodgy tactics and that's what our soldiers would have become, too.
The scale of dead and wounded then beggars belief today.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 01:32 AM (ldL4g)
Mr Paolini asked for his fine to be heard in court to give him more time to save money so that he could pay the outrageous fine. It's hard enough to support a family of four.
Yet in the interim (Aug 12), Victoria Police then stopped Tony from renewing his security licence until the matter was resolved, ensuring he could not work to support his family.
With nowhere to turn, Tony submitted his fine to FightTheFines.com.au
Madeleine Smith from Smith & Tapper Criminal Lawyers got straight onto the police prosecutor and within a relatively short time, forced their full withdrawal of the case.
Tony's case is the first of many wins to come.
Posted by: Well, at least it ended well at November 15, 2020 01:32 AM (BBWrU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 01:32 AM (L2ZTs)
Let me see if the house is still there.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 01:33 AM (L2ZTs)
A subset of this very excellent rant is when you go through classical albums, you soon find out that the older albums (I like the ones released in the 50s the most, for some reason; sound quality is so good) must have been constantly re-released and put in different covers.
I can't tell you how many times I have thought I had a new ( to me) version of something only to get home and put it next to the other 6 copies I have of the exact same recording. And I mean exact; same conductor, same orchestra same venue, same date.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:33 AM (3RJyc)
You're probably a bit younger than I am, but private school was a freakish outlier back in my day - when public education was excellent. I never met anyone who went to private school until I went to college back east.
Now? Friends and family, almost all their kids went to private school. A lot of ruination summed up in one small factoid. Destruction of real public education, one of the key elements of degradation of America the last 40 years.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:34 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:34 AM (KAi1n)
idiocy took over.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:31 AM (OTzUX)
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I live in the middle of one of the largest oil patches in CA, Bakersfield.
There are billions of barrels of oil still waiting to be extracted in the interior and off shore and CA, says, "Nah, brah."
Heck, two major oil companies I know of in this areas said, "Enough" and relocated to TX. They spun off smaller companies for their CA oil, but, most of their operations are no longer in this state.
Idiocy is correct.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 15, 2020 01:35 AM (WEBkv)
at November 15, 2020 01:35 AM (WEBkv)
As Jericho Green (another CA resident) on YouTube always says, "California will not be out-stupidededed."
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:36 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:14 AM (4pK1/)
Were you at the rally?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:18 AM (9hauA)
No, I'm down here in SW FL. It would have been a 24 hour drive round trip, and I've had to get ready for the sale of my practice's book of business on Monday.
Or I would have been there. God I wish I could have gone.
So glad ya'll had a wonderful time!
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:37 AM (4pK1/)
In the 1970s in Signal Hill, there was a big to-do about whether or not the hill was sinking because so much oil had been pumped out of it.
The city said, we'll just pump in water! Then various people/environmentalists had a big argument about whether that would work, or was even necessary. As if the hill was a giant balloon.
Anyway, it's now 40 years later and as far as anyone can tell, the hill isn't sinking.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 01:37 AM (L2ZTs)
Or I would have been there. God I wish I could have gone.
So glad ya'll had a wonderful time!
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:37 AM (4pK1/)
Ah, I must have misinterpreted something a commenter said.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:37 AM (9hauA)
No, I'm down here in SW FL. It would have been a 24 hour drive round trip, and I've had to get ready for the sale of my practice's book of business on Monday.
Or I would have been there. God I wish I could have gone.
So glad ya'll had a wonderful time!
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:37 AM (4pK1/)
I keep spotting more and more Horde in FL, albeit gradually. We need to start getting connected.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:38 AM (nakwk)
Right. Doheny and his cohorts. Neat trick, to get acquitted of paying a bribe that the Secretary of the Interior was convicted of taking.
There are major oil seeps off Santa Barbara to this day. That's where the "beach tar" comes from.
Odd that the Kalifornia Kommunist Klubs who go into a screeching rage if someone spills a cup of lubricant on Alaska's North Slope just completely ignore this.
Posted by: The Gadarene Swine at November 15, 2020 01:39 AM (VikfB)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:30 AM (nakwk)
Oh totally. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 01:39 AM (9Om/r)
Speaking of short horror films, every horror film would be short if veterans were in them...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjk7QVMMgZs
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 15, 2020 01:39 AM (EGyGV)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:37 AM (9hauA)
Me, no doubt! I thought she had gone and seen the savages first hand.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:40 AM (3RJyc)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:38 AM (nakwk)
Yes, there are quite a lot of us here.
I sense a FL Man/Woman MoMee in the near future
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:40 AM (4pK1/)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:40 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:38 AM (nakwk)
Yes, there are quite a lot of us here.
I sense a FL Man/Woman MoMee in the near future
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:40 AM (4pK1/)
Only with less meth and face-eating.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:40 AM (nakwk)
I guess that answers my question?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:41 AM (9hauA)
RickZ - a similar problem exists with eastern front WWII statistics - they're incomprehensible, of course the casualties, but also the sheer scale. In one of Glantz's books, I think, he noted how the Sicily invasion, which was crucial in convincing You Know Who to give up on the Kursk operation, was about the size of one part of one sector of one shoulder of the Kursk salient. Something like that.
Quint - some working in Los Alamos for the Manhattan Engineering District got their mail sent to Taylor Boat Basin, there on Potomac. Know someone who sent mail to her brother there.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:41 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: President-Elect Rodrigo Borgia at November 15, 2020 01:41 AM (VikfB)
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:42 AM (9hauA)
Eight hour drive from Galveston, 0630 alarm, and I finally broke through the mud that is this hotel's "wi-fi".
I'll pick up a group of four oilfield offshore engineers from their crewboat in the morning, and drive 'em back to their home office in Galveston.
Craps sake, ain't they ever booked a ride with PHI Helicopters? "Fly and Die with PHI". is the motto!
Spookiest movie I've EVER seen, is the 2020 elections, after the polls closed. It's still scary beyond words.
Good thing oilfield engineers don't tend to be liberals.
I'd hate to have to leave a paying customer stranded alongside I-10. Bad enough I had to dump out my own criminal brother alongside I-10 to hitchhike his way FAR AWAY from me, but that was back in '86, don'tcha know.
Haven't seen him since, either. No worries, y'all. He's back in the can again, and likely will never again emerge in the vertical orientation.
Make no mistake. This is a GOOD thing.
/hasta la nite nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 15, 2020 01:43 AM (yBkn5)
I guess that answers my question?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:41 AM (9hauA)
Yes, it does
If you have other pics from the rally, though, do share!
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:43 AM (4pK1/)
I guess that answers my question?
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:41 AM (9hauA)
Does it?
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:44 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 01:45 AM (Kbzcz)
through classical albums, you soon find out that the older albums (I
like the ones released in the 50s the most, for some reason; sound
quality is so good) must have been constantly re-released and put in
different covers.
I can't tell you how many times I have thought I had a new ( to me)
version of something only to get home and put it next to the other 6
copies I have of the exact same recording. And I mean exact; same
conductor, same orchestra same venue, same date.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:33 AM (3RJyc)
Yup, they do that shit too. I stay with the early baroque/late renaissance stuff because it was written more for Lute,Vihuela, and 5 course guitar. Basically guitar type intruments. They were the metal heads of the era, and they names their frigging songs somewhat normal, lol. The songs are pretty cool too. this one is Julian bream playing Fantasia X, and he's using a Vihuela. This dude captures this shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukQnRDTgcuI
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 01:46 AM (9Om/r)
There are major oil seeps off Santa Barbara to this day. That's where the "beach tar" comes from.
Odd that the Kalifornia Kommunist Klubs who go into a screeching rage if someone spills a cup of lubricant on Alaska's North Slope just completely ignore this.
Posted by: The Gadarene Swine at November 15, 2020 01:39 AM (VikfB)
Every couple of years while I was living there, the local TV stations in SB would do some scary story about how the evil oil companies were spilling oil off of Ellwood and ruining the beaches. A couple of weeks later, there would be a retraction that observed that the tar balls on the beaches were actually a natural occurrence.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 15, 2020 01:48 AM (EGyGV)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:49 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:50 AM (KAi1n)
(I've tried an electric guitar once or twice, but I really prefer the sound of an acoustic, at least for going alongside my voice. My voice is very soft and gentle, so it doesn't really go well with an electric sound.)
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 01:50 AM (iHy1k)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2020 01:51 AM (nakwk)
It was a bonus to watch them beating the crap out of several Antifa soi bois and screaming harpies.
The authorities have no one to blame but themselves if they won't protect the people.
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 12:55 AM (4pK1/)
My daughter and I were at the rally ( tried to meet up with Chique, but too many people!!!) and while it was really, REALLY peaceful and fun, heck, MAGA prayed together several times throughout the day...the DC police were for the most part, NOT on our side. DC hipster douchebags thought they were so smug and righteous heckling MAGA hats, but if there were a full dozen of the DC hipsters out, it was a lot. Antifa was slinking around throughout the crowd and tweeting and texting to each other logistics. They didn't dare try anything during the daytime because the Proud Boys were out in full force and were not going to let anyone rain on our parade. Oh, those Proud Boys really need to re-brand themselves as Proud MEN because they sure are a virile and patriotic lot. I snapped pics of two antifas near us surveying the crowd. They disappeared asap when I called over some of the Proud Boys to check them out. So while MAGA is enjoying the day, celebrating our country and praying together, antifa is planning how they can stir up s---. As the rally ended, DC police came out in droves...as if they were expecting something to happen. The mood really changed at the end of the day. Also, the police had lots of streets closed off and it made it hard to get back to where we needed to meet the rest of our group and many people couldn't get back to their hotels. The hotels were boarded up, as if they were expecting something to go down. We felt like we were being 'led' to something nefarious. As the mood changed, we figured it best to avoid going to the White House as it seemed that something was going happen in that area. A MAGA tipped us off that there were 'Biden' supporters counter protesting there, so we made sure to tip off any MAGA we saw going in that direction as we made our way back. When we were waiting to meet our charter bus, some MAGA ladies who live in Viriginia saw us and offered to give us a ride. They warned us to take off our hats if we stayed after dark and to make sure to get out of DC before dark. It sure was a stark contrast to a genuinely great day.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at November 15, 2020 01:51 AM (8/7u2)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:51 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 15, 2020 01:48 AM (EGyGV)
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Sailing ships used to put in at certain harbors, during the hide trade, and use the natural tar seeping from the ground to seal their hulls.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 15, 2020 01:52 AM (WEBkv)
That was beautiful.... and bittersweet. I think he died over the summer.
When I delurked for real here, I am pretty sure you're the one who got me in to Baroque.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:52 AM (3RJyc)
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won! at November 15, 2020 01:43 AM (4pK1/)
Pics sent to hogmartin, so they should be up within the next couple of days, I think.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:54 AM (9hauA)
Also, altruism *is* evil. It's the method people use for guilting others into obedience without having to give something in return. Ayn Rand was right.
Posted by: Robert at November 15, 2020 12:28 AM (1Yy3c)
The Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands built some pretty impressive seagoing war canoes, but I don't think they made long ocean voyages. Coastal raiding, mostly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2020 01:55 AM (mKeTD)
I find this heartening and so very sad at the same time. This cannot stand.
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 01:55 AM (Kbzcz)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:55 AM (KAi1n)
Sounds like Galveston Bay. I remember as a child being rubbed down with gasoline to get the tarballs off!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:56 AM (3RJyc)
I'm so sorry we didn't get to see each other. I hope the antifa nonsense didn't put a damper on your day. Wow, we didn't see any of that. We left around 4.30 or 5.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:56 AM (9hauA)
Blonde M, wow. Well if you grew up anywhere near Bird Rock you'll be needing counseling, that kind of ghetto upbringing leaves scars for life, I'm told .....
Posted by: rhomboid
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lol, North PB, as near idyllic as it gets. You can skateboard down the middle of Cass street on a midmorning. Building code says three stories, tops (there's one 12-story exception on Cass that was the genesis of that), which keeps the beach crowds at just the right level as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 01:56 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Marybeth - Trump won!
Only with less meth and face-eating.
Posted by: Insomniac
But gators on the golf course is A-Ok !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Green Scaly Pool Toy Critic ... at November 15, 2020 01:58 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:56 AM (3RJyc)
...all of a sudden, getting those stupid cockleburs off of my clothes as a child seems like a dream...ick.
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 02:00 AM (iHy1k)
A unit from the mountain troops who, of course, were supposed to be very busy clawing their way through the mountains to get to the oil Germany desperately needed to win the war - but decided, ah, f**k it, let's climb Mt Elbrus!
Reportedly there were lots of angry people back at the Wolf's Lair when they found out.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:00 AM (OTzUX)
And with half the adults smoking a foot or two away.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:02 AM (3RJyc)
In the 'trending' (i.e. Propaganda Central):
DeactivateTrump2021InaugurationSongsANTIFA and BLM
Posted by: Occupier of the President-Elect Office Deplorable Ian Galt at November 15, 2020 02:02 AM (ufFY8)
I'm so sorry we didn't get to see each other. I hope the antifa nonsense didn't put a damper on your day. Wow, we didn't see any of that. We left around 4.30 or 5.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 01:56 AM (9hauA)
We're sorry we missed you, too! It was a great day! It was emotional to see so many people who truly love our country. There were so many people there to support Trump, who weren't Americans, but they know that whatever happens to the USA will affect their countries, too. The whole antifa crap was just weird. They are really a bitter and hateful people . We took it as a sign that "it was time to go home." You can stay too long at the ball!
We did have fun with our group. That NJ senator who came along? He's a sitting state senator, 85 years young, was dressed to the nines, enjoyed his smokes, marched the entire route, and when we came back home to NJ, he was helping load chairs into the organizers' car! He's a hoot!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at November 15, 2020 02:03 AM (8/7u2)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:03 AM (3RJyc)
the sheer scale of battles and sectors in the Eastern front was staggering. I've read some books on the logistical and supply efforts, traffic management, etc. Germany simply lacked sufficient quantity of men and materiale to engage in combat where platoons were holding positions that should have been held by companies and battalions. And then there's the Caucasus campaign. Truly delusional. Don't get me wrong; I'm not complaining.
Posted by: SFGoth
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I wish I could read these books with any grasp of the quality of the decisions, the strategy, tactics, etc. I know zip about military matters and I can't get a grasp by reading about them. I could look at a map and wonder why Switzerland doen't have a navy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 02:03 AM (G51Gf)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 15, 2020 02:03 AM (WEBkv)
Knowing the West is lost...save some small bastions North and South.
True Americans by our history are known for unique methods to confront adversities.
We should know this again...and THEY will know this again.
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 15, 2020 02:04 AM (u1WYs)
Okay, only vaguely related question, given that it looks like some of
the guitar guys are on right now: is there a type of guitar (or guitar
string) that isn't as hard to push down to play chords properly? I have
always wanted to play guitar, but I've also had hand joint pain
problems since I was about 13, and "normal" acoustic guitars seem to be
too difficult for me to play. Are there any options, or am I just SOL?
(I've tried an electric guitar once or twice, but I really prefer
the sound of an acoustic, at least for going alongside my voice. My
voice is very soft and gentle, so it doesn't really go well with an
electric sound.)
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 01:50 AM (iHy1k)
Well generally electric is easier than acoustic as far as pressing the strings go, but a classical guitar is extremely easy because of the nylon strings. On an electric you got something like 180 pounds of string pull, and a classical has 80-90. Not sure about acoustic, but it has to be somewhere around where the electric is. Classical guitars have wider necks though, so that could be a problem even with the softer strings. The classical is definitely the easiest string tension wise.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 02:04 AM (9Om/r)
You talking about the Capri (12-story bldg)? That went up just before the coastal commission was created - and was the kind of thing that led to it.
Interesting to watch "the flats" of PB now evolving (gentrification), in terms of housing.
I've seen great photos of the area from WWII/early 50s ..... scattered houses, here and there, amazing. Of course Mission Bay was just a swampy area between them and downtown, with causeways.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:04 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at November 15, 2020 02:03 AM (8/7u2)
I hope I'm that spry when (if) I'm his age, wow.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 02:05 AM (9hauA)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:02 AM (3RJyc)
Forgive me for using anime-style emoticons for this reaction, but: O_o
That just seems like asking for trouble!
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 02:05 AM (iHy1k)
When I delurked for real here, I am pretty sure you're the one who got me in to Baroque.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 01:52 AM (3RJyc)
Yeah he died a few months ago. He was great, a purist really. He used the instruments that belonged with the music, not just adapt it. Its his versions of songs I would listen to when I wanted to learn them. He just had that thing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 02:07 AM (9Om/r)
I hope I'm that spry when (if) I'm his age, wow.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Queen of Greenland (It's not over folks!) at November 15, 2020 02:05 AM (9hauA)
Did I mention that he had a heart attack a couple of years ago???
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at November 15, 2020 02:07 AM (8/7u2)
Same here. I couldn't even get through what was it, like 5 pages of some civil war battle that Bill O'Reilly opened "Killing Lincoln" with.
Some people went up a hill on some horses and some others flanked them on the left or some such thing and my eyes immediately started rolling back in my head.
I just can't absorb it.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:08 AM (3RJyc)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 15, 2020 02:08 AM (buTO7)
I may be the only person alive who prefers electric to acoustic guitars. Acoustics sound ok, and they're better for hanging out at the park or beach if you want to play for people, but I just find them bulky. That and electric guitars are RFC.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:08 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 01:49 AM (OTzUX)
I was around 10 or so when a branch of the public library opened within biking distance of the house. I read every WWI book on aviation they had. Rickenbacker, The Red Baron, The Lafayette Escadrille, Raoul Lufberry, Frank Luke, Charles Nungesser, Albert Ball, Max Immelmann, Ernst Udet, et. al.
I don't know why but I was fascinated by the flyboys in their flying machines from WWI*. I guess it was that whole 'knights in the sky' image/description. That new pilots' lives were measured in hours hit home, with many dying on their first mission/patrol. I was 10-years-old when 'The Blue Max' came out. That movie helped solidify my desire to learn more about that aspect of the war. Great aerial shots in that movie, with real planes and not CGI.
*Not-so-fun fact: When I was 10, WWI had ended only 48 previous. From 1966 (when I was 10) to today is 54 years. I hate maths.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 02:08 AM (ldL4g)
It's the kind of thing that makes me absolutely believe in past lives. I would listen to him and feel like he invented the instrument.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:10 AM (3RJyc)
The one I mentioned earlier, about WWI (The Beauty and the Sorrow) is great, but it's not really military history, it's just history. Follows people from all over, on all sides, from teenagers to soldiers to volunteer nurses. (My favorite - a Venezuelan - !! - cavalryman who volunteers for the Ottoman army and finds himself a bit uncomfortable amidst the brutality against Christians in the Caucasus region)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:10 AM (OTzUX)
Thanks for the advice and knowledge! The wider neck might be an issue, but more because I've got somewhat smaller hands, but I guess I'd have to try it for a moment or two to see. I'd probably be able to figure it out fairly shortly after holding one. I didn't know nylon strings were even a thing!
At least now I have a better starting point for research. Well, once everywhere stops being stupid about Covid crap. I'm sure if I went to a music or guitar store now, I wouldn't be allowed to even touch anything. *grumble*
Thanks again for the info! I really appreciate it.
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 02:11 AM (iHy1k)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:02 AM (3RJyc)
Forgive me for using anime-style emoticons for this reaction, but: O_o
That just seems like asking for trouble!
Posted by: JediArashi
It was a more innocent time. I remember too, we also used the full on zinc oxide for nose and cheek sun screen. The think white stuff. Dont get sand on your nose and rub it.
Posted by: Infidel at November 15, 2020 02:12 AM (Kbzcz)
decisions, the strategy, tactics, etc. I know zip about military matters
and I can't get a grasp by reading about them." -- Morticia
It's very simple Morticia: you're a girl.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:12 AM (KAi1n)
Blue Max - "then major, you will have the satisfaction of having served the Fatherland!"
Kind of related, air/chivalry - "A Higher Call", book about the amazing true story of the Me-109 pilot who "escorted" a shot-up B-17 out of German airspace, instead of shooting it down. German emigrated to Canada, the B-17 pilot met him in the 1980s. Good quick read, and an incredible story.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:15 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:50 AM (KAi1n)
Contrary to the whole 'blitzkrieg' propaganda, Germany went to war with horses as the primary means of transportation. Horses didn't cut it when moving across the vast steppes of Russia, either in troop deployments or troop resupply. But like Napoleon's army in retreat in 1812-13, dead horses provided the retreating Germans some frozen food.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 02:15 AM (ldL4g)
In Venezuela for years we documented all the abuses on the left, and it didn't work. We lost the country. We understood late that we have to act and not resist
Posted by: TOO LATE! at November 15, 2020 02:17 AM (BBWrU)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 01:55 AM (KAi1n)
I have been there. It is the birdsfoot delta of the Mississippi River, basically a levee with the river on one side, and the ocean on the other. The road runs down the top of the levee, and there are buildings and docks and whatnot on each side. I might have flown out of the same heliport that Jim is going to, but there are more than one of them.
I would like to visit there again as a tourist, and poke around a little.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2020 02:18 AM (sklWO)
Look in to Barbara Tuchman. Really good Moron approved author.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:19 AM (3RJyc)
Posted by: JediArashi
Ha, we're hillbillies, what can I say.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:21 AM (3RJyc)
Rhomboid -- the pilot of the B-17 you're referring to was a guy named Charlie Brown. He later went State Department/AID and was my father's boss in Thailand for awhile.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:23 AM (KAi1n)
Got more work to do tomorrow...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2020 02:23 AM (L2ZTs)
*takes further notes*
I got a laugh at the Joan Baez comment. She has more rasp than I do. I have, like, zero. I have a very clear voice, though that was when I sang more frequently. Now it's still clear, but very quiet. Part of the reason I want to pick up the guitar is to start singing again.
Also, I happen to love both the sound of electric and acoustic. I actually like some metal music, minus...the screaming vocals. I've had some people tell me that's a subset of metal, but then others say that's just regular metal music.
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 02:24 AM (iHy1k)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:24 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: SFGoth at Novem
---> how about that
Posted by: official redcheckmark at November 15, 2020 02:24 AM (Ux7rt)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:25 AM (KAi1n)
It's very simple Morticia: you're a girl.
Posted by: SFGoth
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Honestly, if I had any military experience I think it would click. But it's true, as a tot I didn't play Army or whatever it is you boys play that cements it in your DNA. My little girlfriends and I played Spy because it was all about subterfuge and sneaking around and finding out where the other team was and stuff. No moving personnel and materiel, no logistics, no terrain, no heavy weaponry, none o' that stuff.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 02:27 AM (G51Gf)
Some people went up a hill on some horses and some others flanked them on the left or some such thing and my eyes immediately started rolling back in my head.
I just can't absorb it.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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I know, right?! Funnily enough, I also listened to Killing Lincoln! And those parts had me totally lost.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 02:28 AM (G51Gf)
I'm from Wisconsin, but there's a sort of breed of hillbilly/redneck up north there that I like to call "Northwoods rednecks." Similar rural/farm mindset, but with freaking cold winters involved. My immediate family grew up in the outskirts of a suburb, but regularly visited my grandparents farm and did some less-than-wise things ourselves.
Granted, I was a kid in the 90s, so on our own, we got away with a lot less than previous generations.
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 02:28 AM (iHy1k)
Didn't know Brown did State/AID. Thailand - that's a good gig, whenever it was, and I'm guessing it was at a good time (even Vietnam going on).
Yeah there's generally a great misunderstanding of "blitzkrieg" and the state of German arms in the first years of the war. And the vital role played by horses throughout the war for the Wehrmacht.
Cue the scene from the last episode of Band of Brothers, where the Harvard boy (Webster) stands up in the truck and yells at the procession of German POWs "what were you thinking? Say hello to General freakin' Motors!".
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:28 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:31 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:25 AM (KAi1n)
Yep. You destroy the enemy's army, not their cities. Hitler had that problem when it came to Stalingrad, too. He wanted to capture the city because of the 'Stalin' part of the name while the generals wanted to destroy the Red Army.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 02:32 AM (ldL4g)
heard about it years ago on a Usenet group.
all about the dichotomy between the bravery and skills of the troops, and the fecklessness of the "leaders" of the French and British armies on the Western Front.
well worth the read.
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 15, 2020 02:33 AM (PUX+Y)
And yet I can easily get lost in 5 pages describing scenery in minute detail, or setting the stage for the relationship or whatever.
But cannot wrap my head around military stuff. I just can't imagine it, I guess.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:33 AM (3RJyc)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:36 AM (KAi1n)
And yet I can easily get lost in 5 pages describing scenery in minute detail, or setting the stage for the relationship or whatever.
But cannot wrap my head around military stuff. I just can't imagine it, I guess.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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That's it. I can't imagine it. I don't get the significance of the horses flanking the platoon on the left side of the hill ad confuseum. However, a biography of Catherine the Great completely absorbs me.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 02:39 AM (G51Gf)
Got some of those in the family, too, mainly in IA, WI and IL.
I was a kid in the late 60s/70s.
There was very little we couldn't do, including getting our butts whacked by a neighbor lady, if she deemed it appropriate.
But we routinely went out with rifles, and the means to make fires, and all manner of what would now be considered terribly dangerous.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:39 AM (BKMe9)
she went around and collected letters home from the men and women of the ANZAC raised in WW1.
i found it on the book cart at the Sepulveda ACC, which isn't there anymore, because some candy ass fucktard complained it was unseemly, or somesuch, and it was moved to another building about 500 meters away that is a PIT to get to if you just show up for an appointment, and have forgotten to bring something to read while you wait the hour or more past your appointment time to be seen.
F the VA: they don't try, and they don't care.
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 15, 2020 02:40 AM (PUX+Y)
Which reminds me, not that aspect of things, but if you're interested, a very interesting book about how Germany financed its war, check out "Hilter's Beneficiaries", by Gotz Aly. The looting of Europe was not always nearly as crude and direct as most imagine.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:41 AM (OTzUX)
Yes!
I do think you'd enjoy The Beauty and the Sorrow.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:43 AM (BKMe9)
Some assembly required.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:43 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:43 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 02:27 AM (G51Gf)
I don't know about anybody else, but growing up in Virginia, I walked a lot of battlefields, both Revolutionary and Civil War ones. Seeing the lay of the land, learning who did what from where gets into your DNA.
Also, besides playing war as a kid, I also played a genre of 'board' games called Strategy and Tactics games. Paper maps with a hexagon grid and square cardboard pieces. Depending on the war/battle, those squares could be sailing ships (where the wind direction affected play), oil-burning ships (where the wind did not affect play), tank units, infantry units, artillery units, cavalry units, phalanxes, etc. Weather, supply, a leader's death, all came into play, often through the roll of a die. Those games were a starting point for wanting to learn more about a specific battle or war as it helped one understand the game and to win.
It always comes down to winning, doesn't it?
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 02:44 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:45 AM (KAi1n)
Yeah, we ran around fairly unsupervised, but if we had been toting rifles without an adult around, I think someone would've called the cops.
And yet, compared to what kids get today, I had a practically free roaming childhood, even if we never left the neighborhood itself. I feel so bad for my nieces and nephews, and all the other kids who don't get to even try those kinds of things, even with an adult. Every bit of play they have is basically 100% supervised and scheduled. It's sad.
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 02:46 AM (iHy1k)
Posted by: JediArashi at November 15, 2020 02:46 AM (iHy1k)
It's repulsive, is what it is.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2020 02:48 AM (BKMe9)
This was not the 1920s, ahemm.
Told the owner (much younger) of a gun store not far from where this happened, yes, his mind was blown.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:49 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:50 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Elimination - but who will they preach to then at November 15, 2020 02:51 AM (onnpB)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:36 AM (KAi1n)
Even if the Germans had increased tank production substantially, their tanks had one big fatal flaw: They were over-engineered. Fixing broken down tanks in the field was not easy and the German tanks broke down more frequently than did the Shermans and other Allied tanks. Stamped parts and assembly line construction for the win.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2020 02:51 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: raimondo at November 15, 2020 02:53 AM (iKp4+)
And I've seen in my own anecdotal way the direct line between everything that goes into that situation and the appalling, jaw-dropping situation with Americans mindlessly submitting to ludicrous restrictions in the name of public health.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 15, 2020 02:53 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2020 02:53 AM (sklWO)
there is a WW1 book "Lions and Donkeys" or some such...
heard about it years ago on a Usenet group.
all
about the dichotomy between the bravery and skills of the troops, and
the fecklessness of the "leaders" of the French and British armies on
the Western Front.
well worth the read.
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 15, 2020 02:33 AM (PUX+Y)"
It's not exactly an uncommon opinion, but I remain convinced that the losses in WW1 was the beginning of the end for the UK. The Soviets similar did in the Germans with the next war. In both cases, a drain of people, eventually followed by socialism to varying degrees.
Speaking of the UK, a neat rabbit hole to go down for those with an interest in armor - Rude Mechanicals by AJ Smithers. Check out the Amazon reviews for additional commentary and similar works.
Posted by: there are only three star wars films at November 15, 2020 02:54 AM (EEVQU)
Really smart(TM) people publish stuff all the time
You can even submit a la cart to arcivx if you balls
Tater ?
Where is the science?
zeke Emanuel should be publishing articles.
Zeke said 75 is old enough - life no good after
HELLo
HELLO
HELLO ZEKE
BIDEN IS WHAT ... 78 ? Every thinks he is done for
Hello
No one hits this.
Sigh
Posted by: PE at November 15, 2020 02:58 AM (onnpB)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:58 AM (KAi1n)
Mar race track in 1985. I wasn't even really a fan, though I liked some
of their tunes, but the dorm that night was literally going to be empty
since everyone was going, so I went. Wow. I came out liking O-B a lot,
especially live.,
Posted by: SFGoth at Novem
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my last year at SMC, there was a flyer advertising a show for the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo at the campus theater... free.
not having any idea who or what that might be, my dumb ass didn't check it out.
i believe i still have a flier for it. 79-80 time frame. later, i was pissed at myself, but what're you gonna do?
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 15, 2020 03:01 AM (PUX+Y)
Friends like these Larry
Posted by: PE at November 15, 2020 03:02 AM (onnpB)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 03:06 AM (KAi1n)
No one says anything.
Hey let's make cookies.
He has been saying it for decades
At least he is consistent
Unlike the Republican Party you all pray for.
Unreal
Expected but
Unreal
Posted by: Pfft - have some shame at least at November 15, 2020 03:06 AM (onnpB)
Posted by: Dur at November 15, 2020 03:08 AM (onnpB)
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There's an entire culture that showed up, spent a lot of time interacting with ancient cultures around the Mediterranean that we do know about (including the Egyptians), and then completely disappeared. And the only thing that we know about this culture is the name - Sea Peoples.
Given the huge gaps in our knowledge about the ancient cultures, it doesn't surprise me that stuff like those harbors would turn up.
Posted by: junior at November 15, 2020 03:15 AM (PTw5h)
to acoustic guitars.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 02:08 AM (KAi1n)
You're kidding right? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 03:16 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 03:22 AM (KAi1n)
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The US simultaneously fought a two front war, built up the most powerful navy in the world (surpassing the British navy, and building more brand new fleet carriers than the number of carriers in the *entire* Imperial Japanese Navy throughout the full war), and sent massive amounts of supplies and equipment to the other two primary combatants in the War. Against that, there are no conceivable changes to production that the Germans could have made that would have made an appreciable difference in the War.
Plus, I suspect that even without our aid, the Soviets would have defeated the Germans. It would have taken much longer, and the Soviets would have had even more staggering casualties. But I firmly believe that the only way that the Germans could have stopped the Soviets from reaching Berlin was if they'd managed to take Moscow in 1941, and destroy the rail hub there. Every rail line in the country had to go through Moscow. If the Germans had managed to cut it, it might have become unfeasible for the Soviets to keep their armies properly supplied. But that didn't happen. So the Germans were doomed.
Posted by: junior at November 15, 2020 03:24 AM (PTw5h)
Such a lead might not be noteworthy if it were not so anomalous and indeed, it is -- Michigan, the other state where Biden had a lopsided mail-in ballot victory, had him leading by only 37.9 percent. The next biggest advantage was in Ohio with a comparatively paltry 15.3, the next Arizona at 8.1, with other swing states putting up only single digits.
Posted by: Courtesy of the late-night Vote Fairy at November 15, 2020 03:24 AM (BBWrU)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 03:25 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 03:26 AM (arJlL)
home on the couch or whatever. If there's an electric and an acoustic,
I'll choose the electric every time.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2020 03:22 AM (KAi1n)
Yeah, me too. There is very very little I would play on an acoustic. I mean, in my world there is occasionally a random part in a song that uses an acoustic, but its not often. Not enough to pick one up. I have 2 of them in the house, but I never touch them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2020 03:27 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Braenyard
That was before she got run over by a reindeer.
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 03:41 AM (arJlL)
I wanna be a rockstar.
Posted by: CaliGirl
What's a hole song ?
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 03:46 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: raimondo at November 15, 2020 03:48 AM (iKp4+)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2020 02:03 AM (G51Gf)
They do own a piece of the Bodensee, along with Germany and Austria.
Posted by: C. W. McCall at November 15, 2020 04:18 AM (qyH+l)
Posted by: CaliGirl
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What's a hole song ?
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 03:46 AM (arJlL)
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It's when you know all the words.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - anyone ever figure out who owns Dominion? at November 15, 2020 05:05 AM (BGev3)
Some very funny business there, and even one EV breaking his way could make the difference!
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 15, 2020 05:09 AM (VDbGO)
My other annoyance is aggressive bass guitar. A lot of tonal noise outside the notes, and apparently played with a Dremel instead of a pick. A guitar should be fierce like a lion, but a bass should be mellow but immovable like an elephant.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 15, 2020 05:10 AM (LxTcq)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 03:46 AM (arJlL)
It's when you know all the words.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - anyone ever figure out who owns Dominion
Oh, give me a hole
where the buffalo stroll
and the deer and the antelope
take turns running over grandma.....
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:27 AM (arJlL)
Make no mistake, rich kids are in fact going to school no matter what the Party says.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2020 05:29 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:30 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:39 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:40 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:40 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT
Reminds me of the meetings we would have in the cafeteria at work. The speaker would ask, can you hear me in the back of the room?
NO!
Posted by: Bruce at November 15, 2020 05:41 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:41 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 15, 2020 05:44 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: JT
Reminds me of the meetings we would have in the cafeteria at work. The speaker would ask, can you hear me in the back of the room?
NO!
Posted by: Bruce
Someone asked "can everybody hear me? "
And I YELLED "NOOOOOOOO" while sitting in the front row.
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:44 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT
That can be cured as long as it's a simple complex
Posted by: Bruce at November 15, 2020 05:44 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:45 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:46 AM (arJlL)
Bill and Ted vs Death
Nolan will never have a "Heaven's Gate", all of his mistakes are in movies that have a lot of merit.
Dark Knight has terrible editing. (You don't know that two main characters have been captured until the end of the interrogation.) The happy accident was that they slowed down the action scenes, for the benefit of the IMAX cameras. IMAX does better outdoors than indoors.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 15, 2020 05:47 AM (LxTcq)
Posted by: JT
That can be cured as long as it's a simple complex
Posted by: Bruce
Is there a doctor in the house ?
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:48 AM (arJlL)
I do remember crying when Ol Yeller died. One of the scariest movie scenes from when I was a kid was that skeleton army scene in Jason and the Argonauts. And Hitchcock's psycho birds ......
I also remember wondering where all the birds were when my dad let us all venture out when the eye of some hurricane passed over us, and the air was absolutely still ...and green.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at November 15, 2020 05:48 AM (3GzTP)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:49 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: one of the quiet ones
The air was green ?
Was the hurricane composed of farts ?
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:51 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:49 AM
It's the friendliest and most welcoming one. This place can get a bit intimidating other times.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at November 15, 2020 05:51 AM (3GzTP)
Posted by: My life is insanity at November 15, 2020 05:52 AM (Z/jzm)
Was the hurricane composed of farts ?
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:51 AM
Oh, and the smell! (now that you mention it) ....
very heavy ozone smell, now that I know what that is though I didn't at the time. Smelled like lightening.
Yep, green air. I've only seen it one other time.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at November 15, 2020 05:53 AM (3GzTP)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:53 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at November 15, 2020 05:54 AM (3GzTP)
I do remember crying when Ol Yeller died. .....
Posted by: one of the quiet ones
Check out Elvis Presley singing Ol' Shep !
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:55 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: jsg at November 15, 2020 05:55 AM (oqxo1)
Posted by: jsg at November 15, 2020 05:56 AM (oqxo1)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:56 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:49 AM
It's the friendliest and most welcoming one. This place can get a bit intimidating other times.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones
I think a person who has breathed GREEN AIR shouldn't be intimidated by ANYTHING !
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:58 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Skip at November 15, 2020 05:59 AM (9sWOw)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2020 05:59 AM (arJlL)
Quiet one, the sky before a tornado is eerie, too. Not sure about the smell, tho.
Posted by: My life is insanity at November 15, 2020 06:00 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: Skip at November 15, 2020 06:00 AM (9sWOw)
Mexico had elections the same party won for 100 years! Venezuela elected Chavez. Cuba has elections, Iran too. I piss on your elections. More kabuki theater.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2020 06:02 AM (EZebt)
Posted by: Bruce at November 15, 2020 06:02 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2020 06:03 AM (EZebt)
it was a simpler time
Posted by: DB- just DB. at November 15, 2020 06:03 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Skip at November 15, 2020 06:00 AM (9sWOw)
Not surprising. If you lean right you're eventually going to land here. It's not everyone's cup of tea but it gets linked a lot at other sites.
Posted by: jsg at November 15, 2020 06:03 AM (oqxo1)
The wife was watching Fox News last night, and Watters and the Judge were going off. Much sturm und drung. I don't know if it was because the were let off the reservation or they just don't care anymore, but they were very careful not to criticize the network.
Anyway, I just thought it was evident that Fox is sweating this election buffoonery pretty hard and seem to be positioning themselves for the eventual failure of the democrats to steal this election.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 15, 2020 06:11 AM (YAr5m)
The wife was watching Fox News last night, and Watters and the Judge
were going off. Much sturm und drung. I don't know if it was because
the were let off the reservation or they just don't care anymore, but
they were very careful not to criticize the network.
Anyway, I just thought it was evident that Fox is sweating this
election buffoonery pretty hard and seem to be positioning themselves
for the eventual failure of the democrats to steal this election.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 15, 2020 06:11 AM (YAr5m)
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F Fox, one way or another.
they picked a side.
let them live or die with it.
scum.
Posted by: redc1c4 TRUMP WON! at November 15, 2020 07:03 AM (khHmL)
Posted by: vmom 2020 VINCERO at November 15, 2020 07:37 AM (nUhF0)
1979 - I was 10 and I thought Jamie Lee's character was free and clear and then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxRc3Z-pAqc
Scared the Shiite outta me! Lol...
Posted by: Danimal28 at November 15, 2020 09:11 AM (5oylg)
https://youtu.be/kTMLfigsyPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC95OmGms9Y
Posted by: FretlessT at November 15, 2020 09:49 AM (uDTP4)
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