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Overnight Open Thread (9-6-2015)
First, central banks don't spend $150 billion every three weeks, or about $200 billion a month, to support a currency that is close to appropriately valued.
-- Christopher Balding on the coming Chinese devaluation
I would actually put them all in some kind of camp where they can all drive around in quad bikes, or bicycles, or white vans. I would give them a choice of vehicles to drive around with, give them no porn, they wouldn't be able to fight - we would have wardens, of course! Women who want to see their sons or male loved ones would be able to go and visit, or take them out like a library book, and then bring them back.
-- Feminist Guardian columnist Julie Bindel with a modest proposal for dealing with the man problem
The original Star Trek savagely parodied such Age of Aquarius romanticism in the episode "The Way to Eden," in which the Enterprise encounters a group of space-age hippies searching for a legendary planet where all will be equal, without technology or modernity, living off the land. Almost all of Kirk's crew regard these star-children as deluded, and their longing for prelapsarian harmony does turn out to be a deadly illusion: the Eden planet they find is literally poison - all the trees and even the grass are full of an acid that kills them almost the instant they arrive. Kirk is hardly surprised. All Edens, in his eyes, are illusions, and all illusions are dangerous.The culminating moment in Next Generation is the 1998 feature film Insurrection... The Enterprise crew is introduced to the Ba'ku people, who live in the kind of agrarian idyll that the space hippies had sought in "The Way to Eden." Although filmed like a Crate & Barrel ad and scored with pastoral melodies, the Ba'kus' village is shockingly primitive. They rake, plough, weed, and blacksmith by hand - not because they don't know better, but because they reject modern devices... The Ba'ku would have nauseated Captain Kirk... Yet the audience is expected to admire this.
What, Kirk would have demanded, could the Federation possibly learn from this village? A village that has chosen not to explore, that has rejected modern agricultural methods, that has given up growth and life in exchange for an absurd fetishizing of manual labour - for the fundamentally childish notion that you "take something" from people when you create tools and techniques that feed the hungry and liberate people to explore the galaxy.
-- Timothy Sandefur in The Politics of Star Trek
Why No Escape is #Problematic...And Therefore Maybe Worth Seeing
Well the plot sounds interesting and it's been getting pretty good reviews but these SJW anti-reviews may seal the deal for me to go see it in the theater.
Polar Bears Storm Camp, Take Arctic Researchers Hostage
Fucking polar bears. You know it was just for this very reason that KLM bought AR-10 rifles back in the late 50s for their planes flying trans-polar routes. And to this day not a single KLM passenger or crew member has ever been captured or harmed by a polar bear. Take note, arctic researchers!
New York's Taxi Cartel Is Collapsing So Of Course They Want a Bailout
Gun Sales Spike Again, Highest Number Of August Checks Ever
In New Study HIV Prevention Pill Truvada Is 100% Effective
The Extraordinary Marquis de Lafayette
Born into a French aristocratic military family he decided at age 18 that the American revolution was his fight as well. He made his way to America against the French King's orders, learning English during the voyage, and within just a few months after landing had proved his mettle in battle and was made a Major General in the Continental Army. His leadership at several key battles helped the Americans defeat the British despite being outmanned and outgunned.
Unfortunately for him, the rest of the French army and government were not ready. England threatened war if France allied with the rebels in the insurrection. His father-in-law, who was also his commander, ordered him to go to London to apologize to no less than the King of England. That is an indication of how important this teenage boy was, and the intensity of the strain in French and British relations.After three weeks of making the social rounds in London, Lafayette returned to France but not Versailles. He wrote his father-in-law and said he was going to America to fight anyway. Infuriated, his father-in-law had Louis XVI issue an arrest warrant. Lafayette went to Bordeaux, bought a ship, and headed to America to fight for liberty.
His ship landed on North Island near Georgetown, South Carolina, on June 13, 1777, and headed for Philadelphia. He greatly impressed George Washington, who was a fellow Mason, but getting the Continental Congress to commission Lafayette as an officer took some doing. Washington nevertheless used this well-trained officer at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, before Lafayette received a commission. Shot in the leg during the battle, Lafayette kept his head and turned a chaotic disaster into an orderly retreat.
And his life after the Revolution was just as interesting and eventful.
The USS O'Bannon and the Potato Battle of 1943
Destroyer Squadron 21 was returning after a night of shelling Japanese positions in the New Georgia area, in the Solomons. Destroyer USS O'Bannon, main character of this short little story, picked up a radar contact that turned out to be Japanese submarine Ro-34. The submarine was on the surface, not expecting a squadron of destroyers to be nearby.The commanding officer, Commander George Philip Jr., ordered the tin can to approach and ram the submarine. At the last minute, the officers on the bridge could not identify the submarine and decided that it might be a mine layer. Not wise ramming a mine layer and sinking your ship in the process, right? To avoid the unwanted collision, O'Bannon made a hard turn - and that put her alongside the submarine, "in a rather embarrassing situation", as crewman Ernest A. Herr put it.
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy. But, what if your ship is so close to the enemy, that your guns can't even depress low enough to fire?
(thanks to the Political Hat)
News You Can Use: An Inmate's Guide To Partying in Prison
Polish John wasn't a bad guy -- he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Four times, in fact. When I met him, he was doing 20 years. A cherubic and likable serial burglar, John had a neighborhood politician's talent for remembering names and cracking jokes. He could have been the guy in the bar who's always there and never pays. Since he spent much of his life behind the wall, he instead schmoozed with both cops and convicts until everyone was taking care of him. He kept his huge belly full with boxes of pork chops that cops left for him in unlocked refrigerators. Back in the block, inmate chefs often made extra bowls "to take care of Johnnyboy."
John was irresistible, and one day he let me in on the secret of his good humor: he was drunk, every day, year after year, on his own hooch.
New Toy in Japan: Sperm Viewer
They say the science you do yourself is the most educational. And enjoyable.
Weekly Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [456 comments] 'Anna Puma' [64.01 posts/day]
2 [454 comments] 'Mike Hammer, etc., etc.'
3 [448 comments] 'mynewhandle'
4 [441 comments] 'Ricardo Kill'
5 [357 comments] 'Nevergiveup'
6 [343 comments] 'Lizzy'
7 [287 comments] 'Turd Ferguson'
8 [283 comments] 'AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale'
9 [271 comments] 'BackwardsBoy'
10 [266 comments] 'Caitlyn Jenner'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [86 names] 'The Political Hat' [12.07 unique names/day]
2 [64 names] 'Mike Hammer, etc., etc.'
3 [59 names] 'Turd Ferguson'
4 [46 names] 'Bertram Cabot Jr.'
5 [40 names] 'Count de Monet'
6 [38 names] 'Not Absinthe- but Late Harvest Riesling-drinker Guy'
7 [36 names] 'Doctor Fish'
8 [32 names] 'Turd Ferguson'
9 [31 names] 'logprof'
10 [31 names] 'Bernie Madoff'
The group. Banned on 12 universities.
Where it's at - the Twitter
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Ahhh ... finally. The Hillary Thread has been replaced.
Time to turn off the music
Requiem for a Candidate: Blue Oyster Cult, Burnin' For You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4
... and stop looking at the devotees
Posted by: Arbalest at September 06, 2015 11:25 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at September 06, 2015 11:25 PM (kHJ3a)
Posted by: goon at September 06, 2015 11:28 PM (gy5kE)
Posted by: Dr freakenfurter at September 06, 2015 11:29 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: davidt at September 06, 2015 11:30 PM (1i+dZ)
-- Timothy Sandefur in The Politics of Star Trek
Uh ... Kirk only cared about banging space chicks and Star Trek was warmed over commie pablum.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 06, 2015 11:30 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 06, 2015 11:30 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:30 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: pookysgirl can jump (in a pool) at September 06, 2015 11:31 PM (noMUg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Armistead_Lafayette
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champ at September 06, 2015 11:31 PM (vsbNu)
Kirk knew that once you go green, you never come clean.
Wait, that can't be right.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 06, 2015 11:32 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at September 06, 2015 11:32 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at September 06, 2015 11:33 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 06, 2015 11:33 PM (2XMpf)
I smell repeat.
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champ at September 06, 2015 11:35 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 06, 2015 11:35 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champ
We're not talking a repeat, a threepeat, or even a fourpeat. We're talking a minimum eightpeat.
Posted by: Bill Swerski's Super Fans at September 06, 2015 11:37 PM (awspb)
Posted by: Old Blue at September 06, 2015 11:38 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 06, 2015 11:39 PM (zyIlW)
Well, there was another reason why Picard wanted to help the Ba'ku. In the words of Mr. Plinkett, a certain Milf-y Ba'ku wanted to "access Picard's manual steering column."
http://tinyurl.com/64aaggu
Posted by: Thrawn at September 06, 2015 11:40 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: otho at September 06, 2015 11:40 PM (d8udV)
Posted by: DC in River City at September 06, 2015 11:41 PM (e+1S5)
The censored thingie behind the black rectangle in frame #3 greatly puzzles me. (You rock, Japan!)
What can it be? A bottle of Elmer's Glue? A packet of mayonaise? What? What?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 06, 2015 11:42 PM (VLTL9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 06, 2015 11:42 PM (tjAPZ)
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champ at September 06, 2015 11:43 PM (vsbNu)
Be well all, I think I feel a nap coming on. Might see you later.
Posted by: Farmer at September 06, 2015 11:43 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 06, 2015 11:43 PM (wKc1L)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 06, 2015 11:43 PM (zyIlW)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 06, 2015 11:43 PM (2XMpf)
http://bit.ly/gwill-gone
George Will is just getting weirder and weirder.
Kim Davis = George Wallace? (sorta)
Go away, George Will. Just... go 'way.
Evening, gates. Let's recreate!
Posted by: mindful webworker - imho at September 06, 2015 11:44 PM (ACs58)
Hillary's denture cream?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 06, 2015 11:45 PM (2XMpf)
The Chinese central bank (that which sources and sinks the yuan) is having to dump Ts (US Treasuries) in order to support the yuan. The Gulf states (axis of oil) are also having to start dumping Ts as the oil price collapse means they start running deficits and have to burn reserves (or issue debt of their own).
That should start putting upward pressure on Uncle's borrowing rates (supply of Ts into the market is rising, making rates increase). If QuEeen Janet doesn't like that, she's gonna have to do something (MOAR T monetization).
All of these forces are having the effect of trying to prick the stock/market price bubble out there, supported by all the central bank liquidity. I don't even pretend to understand all the monetary forces at work. And they don't either, our central bank, central planner wizards of smart.
September is always a good month for a major crash (why that is, there are seasonal theories).
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 06, 2015 11:45 PM (dvuhZ)
*shrugs*
Ok.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 06, 2015 11:43 PM (zyIlW)
--There was one dynasty league where I thought I could snag Cooper, but I was not picking high enough. I am going to suck in that league, because I inherited a weak team.
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champ at September 06, 2015 11:45 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Space Command HQ at September 06, 2015 11:46 PM (7eC3Q)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 06, 2015 11:46 PM (tjAPZ)
Posted by: otho at September 06, 2015 11:47 PM (d8udV)
Posted by: mindful webworker - imho
George Will es conservativo spectacularrrrrrr. Y bow ties es muy macho.
Posted by: El Jefe HEB Boosh at September 06, 2015 11:47 PM (awspb)
You're demoted. Get out.
Posted by: Space Command HQ at September 06, 2015 11:46 PM (7eC3Q)
I'm baaaaack!
Posted by: The Little Prince at September 06, 2015 11:47 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Jack Del Rio at September 06, 2015 11:48 PM (zyIlW)
He wants to bring in lot of middle easterners also.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 06, 2015 11:48 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 06, 2015 11:48 PM (2XMpf)
He was granted that status by a special act of Congress...
Posted by: BB Wolf at September 06, 2015 11:49 PM (qh617)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 06, 2015 11:49 PM (0O7c5)
36 Is "The Way to Eden" the ep in which Spock gets high and McCoy gets all mellow?
Posted by: otho at September 06, 2015 11:47 PM (d8udV)
Herbert!!!
Posted by: Space Hippy at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (qh617)
Elbows will be prolific!
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champion at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: pollen high Spock at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (7eC3Q)
It's that time of year again, and we're planning a reprise of last year's SW Ohio MoMe:
Saturday evening, October 17, 7-10 (ish), Beavercreek (I've also locked down a better venue).
Interested parties please let me know: swohmome @ mail.com (no spaces).
Thanks!
Posted by: speedster1 at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (1brdf)
Had he been aware of the availability of the sperm viewer, the young man caught cuffing the carrot by his mother (and the recording of the ensuing dialogue communicated to us by Thrawn several weeks ago) would have been able to say (with great anguish), "But, Mom, I was doing SCIENCE!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (VLTL9)
Posted by: goon at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (gy5kE)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 06, 2015 11:39 PM (zyIlW)
Howdy, howdy!!!
Just to let everyone in on current events -- the fiancee and I just returned from an 18-day roadtrip that hit Salem, Seattle, Victoria (Canada) and Vancouver (Canada). It was so badly prepared that we didn't have reservations for the last four nights until we were halfway through the trip.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
Sounds like we need to get cracking. We cannot have an alcohol gap!
Posted by: rickl at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 06, 2015 11:51 PM (2XMpf)
That's not entirely true. I'll put in 90 minutes at the gym in the morning. By noon, I plan on having a cold one and be chilling by the pool.
As for tonight, we're watching Peaky Blinders. Good show and worth a watch if you've got Netflix.
Posted by: DC in River City at September 06, 2015 11:51 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Jack Del Rio at September 06, 2015 11:48 PM (zyIlW)
SMFH is a great sockpuppeteer in the vein of kbdabear.
[bows]
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champion at September 06, 2015 11:52 PM (vsbNu)
I've come to realize that "our guys", the conservative intelligentsia, are just as bad as the lefty intelligentsia. They think the same way, just hold some "conservative" views, but exist in that same world framed by the left.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 06, 2015 11:52 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)
Mmmmmmm. I fuckin' love Science! Yeah, do that Science! thang.
Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at September 06, 2015 11:52 PM (awspb)
fiancee and I just returned from an 18-day roadtrip that hit Salem,
Seattle, Victoria (Canada) and Vancouver (Canada). It was so badly
prepared that we didn't have reservations for the last four nights until
we were halfway through the trip.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
Hey hope you had a great trip otherwise!
And eh making reservations when roadtripping can be kinda difficult, you don't always know when you will have car troubles or when there will be traffic congestion or when you just want to stay longer in a certain city than what you had planned on
Posted by: chemjeff at September 06, 2015 11:52 PM (2XMpf)
Good luck w/ that Chi dude. Seems like a nice guy, but you never know.
Posted by: Farmer at September 06, 2015 11:53 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 06, 2015 11:48 PM (2XMpf)
That gets about 80% of it in very damned few words. There are nuances, however....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:54 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
--Victoria is one of the 10 prettiest cities I have visited. Did you get to visit Buttchart Gardens?
Victoria > Vancouver (IMO)
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champion at September 06, 2015 11:54 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 06, 2015 11:55 PM (zyIlW)
Had he been aware of the availability of the sperm viewer, the young man caught cuffing the carrot by his mother (and the recording of the ensuing dialogue communicated to us by Thrawn several weeks ago) would have been able to say (with great anguish), "But, Mom, I was doing SCIENCE!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (VLTL9)
Science, like becoming scared, may or may not cause your pants to slip down,
. Posted by: Thrawn at September 06, 2015 11:55 PM (wZ2hu)
http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise_(episode)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 06, 2015 11:56 PM (7eC3Q)
Posted by: Xi at September 06, 2015 11:58 PM (2XMpf)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 06, 2015 11:58 PM (7eC3Q)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 06, 2015 11:56 PM
Ah, ok. That's the one with the trippy fungus shit, no?
Posted by: otho at September 06, 2015 11:58 PM (d8udV)
Posted by: Piercello at September 06, 2015 11:58 PM (RXfvh)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at September 06, 2015 11:58 PM (5zyvn)
I've had that in the library for a long, long time, but, much as I want to see the fan edit, I've never watched it.
I figured, by rights, I should review the original film before watching the fan edit, for comparison's sake.
But... But.. I've blocked it all out -- the whole movie. I remember some scene with Picard hovering over Kirk, maybe the death scene?, but nothing else.
This dilemma might never be resolved.
Posted by: mindful webworker - keep on trekkin' at September 06, 2015 11:59 PM (ACs58)
fiancee and I just returned from an 18-day roadtrip that hit Salem,
Seattle, Victoria (Canada) and Vancouver (Canada). It was so badly
prepared that we didn't have reservations for the last four nights until
we were halfway through the trip.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
Hey hope you had a great trip otherwise!
And eh making reservations when roadtripping can be kinda difficult, you don't always know when you will have car troubles or when there will be traffic congestion or when you just want to stay longer in a certain city than what you had planned on
Posted by: chemjeff at September 06, 2015 11:52 PM (2XMpf)
We got to our Vancouver hotel, and the fiancee was like, "it's a dump, isn't this horrible?"
They had unprecedented windstorms that took down power for half-a-million people for 36 hours and had just recovered power about 3 hours previous to our arrival.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:59 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Adriane the Irrelevant Critic ... at September 06, 2015 11:59 PM (qOsoH)
#36 No. Mellow/stoned Spock and McCoy was in "This Side of Paradise".
Posted by: andycanuck at September 06, 2015 11:56 PM
Ah, ok. That's the one with the trippy fungus shit, no?
Posted by: otho at September 06, 2015 11:58 PM (d8udV)
That's the one with the plant spores that sprayed on everyone and caused them to forget everything and want to turn into hippies
Posted by: Xi at September 07, 2015 12:00 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Adriane the Irrelevant Critic ... at September 07, 2015 12:00 AM (qOsoH)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2015 12:00 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2015 12:00 AM (7eC3Q)
I guess we know what their price is now.
I wonder what their cost is?
Posted by: rd at September 07, 2015 12:01 AM (ANcQx)
Posted by: Grump928(C) has drink taken at September 07, 2015 12:02 AM (rwI+c)
Debt deflation, collapse, is when that illusion comes to an end, when it becomes obvious that a whole lot of those promises are worth nothing. Your assets are nothing but dog shit in a bag.
That process started in earnest in the Crash of '08, but governments, and central banks stepped into to try to save the system by trying to keep the debt bubble illusion going.
They can't go that forever. The laws of physics will assert themselves.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 12:02 AM (dvuhZ)
More like pollen "spores" but yeah more or less.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2015 12:02 AM (7eC3Q)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 06, 2015 11:46 PM (tjAPZ)
You made me click on that. Damn you.
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2015 12:02 AM (sdi6R)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG1rMcZDQxA
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2015 12:02 AM (AVEe1)
It was obvious that they were very different captains of course.
But their similarities were way more important, i.e., sense of duty and love of the Enterprise.
At least that's what I got out of it.
Posted by: Xi at September 07, 2015 12:03 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 07, 2015 12:03 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 12:03 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 06, 2015 11:42 PM (tjAPZ)
Not unrepresentative.
Posted by: rrpjr at September 07, 2015 12:04 AM (s/yC1)
FWIW, the portion of the Lafayette River that I know well is not very pretty, but has good crabs. Much of it is nothing more than a tidal swamp. With floating trash, tires, and the occasional dead body.
And Armistead Ave is not somewhere you want to break down after dark, if you know what I mean...
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:04 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: Joey B. at September 07, 2015 12:05 AM (vsbNu)
(kidding)
(but I really don't remember the movie)
_____
Anna!
Puma!
Anna!
Puma!
Anna!
Puma!
#1!1!1!
Posted by: mindful webworker - Farscape! at September 07, 2015 12:05 AM (ACs58)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at September 07, 2015 12:05 AM (yxw0r)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:05 AM (WVvzl)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 07, 2015 12:06 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: mindful webworker - for two it us at September 07, 2015 12:06 AM (ACs58)
Nice. I wonder who fronted the Club For Growth that million instead. Chamber of Commerce be my guess.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2015 12:06 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2015 12:07 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
There's a joke about the Irish Navy in there somewhere.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at September 07, 2015 12:07 AM (awspb)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2015 12:07 AM (7eC3Q)
FWIW, the portion of the Lafayette River that I know well is not very pretty, but has good crabs. Much of it is nothing more than a tidal swamp. With floating trash, tires, and the occasional dead body.
And Armistead Ave is not somewhere you want to break down after dark, if you know what I mean...
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:04 AM (dTd8m)
--Heh, you're Navy?
Technically, the Lafayette "River" is nore an inlet of the Chesapeake Bay. To be fair, Armistead Ave. is one of the gates of Langley AFB though.
And James Armistead was a BMF.
Posted by: logprof, reigning Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:07 AM (vsbNu)
I am truly out of shape.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2015 12:08 AM (3pRHP)
From Weasel Zippers
http://preview.tinyurl.com/p8dpphx
Posted by: Old Blue at September 07, 2015 12:08 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: mindful webworker - trumpity dumpity at September 07, 2015 12:09 AM (ACs58)
Posted by: logprof, reigning Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:09 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: mindful webworker - trumpity dumpity
They put my plugs in upside-down, now I no think so good.
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 07, 2015 12:10 AM (awspb)
Posted by: Piercello at September 07, 2015 12:11 AM (RXfvh)
I was looking for you a few days back. It's too little, too late now, though. Toxic or not, we're still alive.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:11 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: Piercello at September 07, 2015 12:11 AM (RXfvh)
That last episode (or, penultimate episode, dependent on how you count these things) with Ro Larren kind of undermines the whole TNG premise though. Seems that real men or, in Ro's case, women will take a look at the Federation and say, fuck it, I'm raising the black flag and slitting throats with the Maquis. :^)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2015 12:11 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 12:12 AM (tjAPZ)
If you go back to The Original Series, you see a Federation with a bit of the progressive utopianism, but tempered with the reality of a galaxy full of dangers. Earth has fought wars against the Romulans, Andorians, and Klingons. The primitive state of warp travel means starships are often on their own for months, and that wide-flung colonies are targets. Starfleet is oriented towards defending the Federation first, and exploration second.
Then comes Star Trek VI. The destruction of Praxis leaves the Klingon Empire severely weakened, forcing them to sue for peace with the Federation. An attempt by the Klingon military, along with members of Starfleet, fails, but has the effect of causing political upheaval in both nations. In the Klingon Empire, the military is further weakened leaving the Empire vulnerable to external threats such as the Romulans. Meanwhile, in the Federation a radical pacifist movement gains power and quickly neuters Starfleet. Officers are purged and replaced. Much of the fleet is restructured to be officer heavy, removing any NCO corps. The Klingons go from being a threat to being the potential muscle needed if the Federation ever goes to war, while the Romulans turn inward to deal with their own internal issues. All this means that Starfleet is seen less as the first line of defense and instead is seen as an exploratory force as the Federation rapidly expands to incorporate new expanses of territory. Starfleet's budget is slashed, and they are forced to rely on a largely aging fleet to continue their mission, while the Federation takes advantage of their "peace dividend" to provide goodies to the inhabitants of Earth and other select colonies. Colonies out of favor, or those that start to fall apart are simply cut loose rather than invest the resources to save them.
By the time of The Next Generation, Starfleet has begun to recover. The war with the Cardassians has forced military-oriented officers back towards the top and Starfleet has begun to rearm in the face of new hostile threats. Unfortunately, some of the vestiges of the previous policies still remain. The civilians/families on board is one. The worship of the Prime Directive is another. I'd imagine that most of those were cleared away by the Dominion War.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 07, 2015 12:13 AM (fC9RO)
It is no longer clear what "true conservatism" is any longer and what it can achieve politically.
And with the SCOTUS basically making it up now does it even matter.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:13 AM (WVvzl)
There was another potato throwing incident with Japanese navy. I do not
recall which U.S. ship it was that they sank, but as they passed by, the
Japs flung potatoes at the survivors in the water.
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Something so very wrong with this. On a sub, your supplies are very limited, and resupply is kind of iffy, during WWII. Why are you throwing food at somebody you just sunk? A humanitarian gesture perhaps? An in your face Die Yankee Pig gesture? Either way, you're throwing food at your enemy. Having read a lot of WWII history, it just seems bizarre. After Tarawa, it just doesn't make a lot of sense. From either side.
Posted by: Old Blue at September 07, 2015 12:15 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:15 AM (WVvzl)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 07, 2015 12:15 AM (0O7c5)
in the world today
takes everything you've got.
♫ Taking a break
from all your worries,
sure would help a lot.
♬ Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name,
and they're screaming
for the banhammer
when you show up.... ♭
(Cheers Online?)
Posted by: mindful webworker - never watched it, actually at September 07, 2015 12:15 AM (ACs58)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 12:12 AM (tjAPZ)
Check out when Hitchens gave the finger to Maher's audience, and wiped the smug look off Maher's face like nobody's business.
Posted by: rrpjr at September 07, 2015 12:16 AM (s/yC1)
Posted by: logprof, reigning Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:09 AM (vsbNu)
They'll also push up the date when Europe officially becomes part of the new Islamic Caliphate.
That, or push up the date when Europe slides back in fascism.
Whichever faction wins, we all lose.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 07, 2015 12:17 AM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 07, 2015 12:17 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Old Blue
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As I recall, the U.S. ship that went down was a Destroyer, and the Jap ship was a cruiser.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 12:17 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: NZ Frank at September 07, 2015 12:17 AM (bgJ0E)
But...lately...every once in a while, he's been succumbing to libertarian kicks--off the top of my head, implying Churchill set up the Lusitania to be torpedoed and being unwilling to admit recent cases of where American foreign intervention has done good.
Posted by: AD at September 07, 2015 12:19 AM (s4wTA)
I don't know that the Romulans had internal issues in this time, so much as that they needed time off to figure out what to do with the new balance of power. My guess would be that their Tal Shiar (sp?) would have been sending out lots of agents. Maybe they had a hand in the Federation decadence?
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2015 12:19 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at September 07, 2015 12:19 AM (PEFlK)
Posted by: Old Blue at September 07, 2015 12:19 AM (9iR5/)
I always figured it was some external threat on the far side of their empire, or a massive internal power struggle brought on by the fact that their two biggest threats were severely weakened.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 07, 2015 12:21 AM (fC9RO)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 12:12 AM (tjAPZ)
--Linky?
Posted by: logprof, reigning Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:21 AM (vsbNu)
I guess you weren't too far from Port Angeles. I remember Gramps taking me down to the ferry and pointing out Vancouver across the water (straits of Juan de Fuca?).
Never got to go there, though i wanted to.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:21 AM (dTd8m)
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But then you get to Nemesis.
Posted by: Old Blue at September 07, 2015 12:21 AM (9iR5/)
There was also a map showing the flow of migrants and they are bypassing all of the other countries and making a beeline for Germany.
Almost as if some grand plan was being executed.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:22 AM (WVvzl)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2015 12:22 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
--Victoria is one of the 10 prettiest cities I have visited. Did you get to visit Buttchart Gardens?
Victoria > Vancouver (IMO)
Posted by: logprof, Moron Football League champion at September 06, 2015 11:54 PM (vsbNu)
We did, indeed, visit the Butchart Gardens -- that was what lured us to Victoria (they regularly have a booth at the annual San Francisco Flower + Garden Show). The weather was iffy, but we also managed to do a whale-watching trip in a zodiac (1 Minke, 2 Humpbacks, and a metric fuckton of orcas). We didn't do much in central Vancouver beyond Stanley Park, so I can't really compare one to the other downtown-wise.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 12:23 AM (EzgxV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkdwBgp2NC4
I might have found some people to play this one with. That would be nice.
Posted by: Piercello at September 07, 2015 12:23 AM (RXfvh)
Posted by: Kalneva at September 07, 2015 12:25 AM (7WoJI)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at September 07, 2015 12:25 AM (PEFlK)
That is a nice theory.
Don't forget about the Borg playing a role in the rearming of Starfleet in TNG, after the battle of Wolf 359.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 07, 2015 12:25 AM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Old Blue
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I'm fairly certain that the potato-flinging incident was mentioned in one of Hornfischer's books. Possibly "Neptune's Inferno"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 12:25 AM (9mTYi)
Goin' pretty well so far
Posted by: #isis twitter feed at September 07, 2015 12:26 AM (AVEe1)
And I'm sure O has purged all the Pattons out of the military, and all we have is the Wesley Clarks, the political ass lickers.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 12:26 AM (dvuhZ)
Almost as if some grand plan was being executed.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:22 AM (WVvzl)
The completion of a cycle!
Posted by: Samir Duran at September 07, 2015 12:26 AM (wZ2hu)
It portrayed a quasi-socialist society with no money where all the characters were either agnostic or spiritual in a non-existent religion.
Posted by: AD at September 07, 2015 12:26 AM (s4wTA)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 12:26 AM (dvuhZ)
Let's see how they'll f-up the upcoming 9-Dash-Line War. Right after the global economy totally collapses and the Chinese need to focus their domestic turmoil outward.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 07, 2015 12:27 AM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 12:28 AM (tjAPZ)
Posted by: Adriane the Irrelevant Critic ... at September 07, 2015 12:28 AM (qOsoH)
Almost as if some grand plan was being executed.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:22 AM (WVvzl)
Yes, the grand plan called getting those generous German welfare bennies. If you look at path between the middle east and Germany, you'll see that the countries along the way are poorer, have far less generous benefits, and are stricter about approving any asylum requests. So Germany is the closest 'easy mark' EU country.
Posted by: Maetenloch at September 07, 2015 12:28 AM (wqVD1)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 12:23 AM (EzgxV)
--Awesome! I'm envious of your whale-watching.
You were wise to zero in on Stanley Park. I was there in '07, after terrible storms leveled a lot of trees, but still very scenic. Lots around downtown Vancouver is harassed by druggies. Granville Island is more fun than downtown for walking around. The harbour of Victoria, though? Splendid.
Posted by: logprof, reigning Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:28 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Thrawn at September 07, 2015 12:25 AM (wZ2hu)
Yup. With a good chunk of Starfleet destroyed by that battle, it cleared the way for new ship production, and probably helped save the Federation by forcing them to start developing the logistics that would become important during the Dominion War.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 07, 2015 12:28 AM (fC9RO)
Leave you with this, Trek fans:
Odd-numbered Beethoven symphonies don't suck, either.
Good night, Gracies!
Posted by: mindful webworker - but neither do the even ones at September 07, 2015 12:28 AM (ACs58)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2015 11:59 PM (EzgxV)
So did you end up staying in the hotel?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 07, 2015 12:06 AM (2XMpf)
Yes, and it worked out fine, but that didn't stop the fiancee from reading a bunch of reviews to try to prove I shouldn't have booked us there.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 12:28 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 12:30 AM (tjAPZ)
Posted by: Barack, The Gaymancipator at September 07, 2015 12:30 AM (FcR7P)
bypassing all of the other countries and making a beeline for Germany.
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And the Deutches Volk have been protesting lately about too many immigrants that won't assimilate. Seems like there is some sort of disconnect between the citizens and the political class. I wonder what other country that could apply to?
Posted by: Old Blue at September 07, 2015 12:31 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 12:31 AM (tjAPZ)
I understand the motivations of the "refugees" what I'm getting at is why would the citizens of Germany allow their leaders and elites to commit cultural suicide for their nation?
And another good question is why are we allowing our leaders to do the same?
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:32 AM (WVvzl)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 12:32 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Badda Bing at September 07, 2015 12:32 AM (/Vs1e)
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Nah, but a Navy brat. Family got here in '69 or so while I was still soiling cloth diapers.
Dad died shortly thereafter & Mom just decided to stay. Grew up knowing & loving Navy life, though. As much as I hate it, I love this town.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:33 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: Badda Bing at September 07, 2015 12:33 AM (/Vs1e)
Dad died shortly thereafter & Mom just decided to stay. Grew up knowing & loving Navy life, though. As much as I hate it, I love this town.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:33 AM (dTd8m)
--Born in Norfolk, went to ODU.
Posted by: logprof, reigning Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:34 AM (vsbNu)
He also did a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta.
And, the Biltmore estate here in Asheville.
It's a very, very long list, and coast to coast. That guy really got around.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 12:34 AM (9mTYi)
Again, why?
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:34 AM (WVvzl)
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Diversity, FTW!
Posted by: Old Blue at September 07, 2015 12:34 AM (9iR5/)
I'd like to see what's under her parka, but I will make sure to call any woman toting an AR-10 a lady.
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2015 12:35 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 07, 2015 12:35 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 07, 2015 12:35 AM (W5DcG)
--Mohamed Atta was
Posted by: logprof, reigning Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:37 AM (vsbNu)
I guess you weren't too far from Port Angeles. I remember Gramps taking me down to the ferry and pointing out Vancouver across the water (straits of Juan de Fuca?).
Never got to go there, though i wanted to.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:21 AM (dTd8m)
We went from Seattle to Victoria via the ferry from Anacortes to Sidney, then took the ferry to Vancouver and came back down on the mainland, plus the whale-watching trip in the strait....so, yeah, I'm guessing we saw Port Angeles somewhere along there -- probably from the wet side.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 12:38 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 07, 2015 12:39 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 12:40 AM (wKc1L)
Have you read Robert Stacy McCain's blog:
http://theothermccain.com
Posted by: Adriane the Irrelevant Critic ... at September 07, 2015 12:40 AM (qOsoH)
Posted by: chemjeff
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No, sir. I just snorted a big line of it...
(What was that Cheech & Chong movie?)
Nah, I was looking for advice about Borax & how toxic it is. Better yet, how safe it is. Specifically, as a pesticide.
I figured that you're a chemist, and this is the place to be for free advice from strangers, so...
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:40 AM (dTd8m)
Didn't Germany already import a bunch of Turkish workers years ago who didn't assimilate?
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Yeah, pretty much. This isn't going to end well when all the refugees get better benefits than the native volk. Plus an ISIS spokesman just came out in the last couple of days saying that they've sent fighters to Europe with all the refugees. It will get interesting.
Posted by: Old Blue at September 07, 2015 12:40 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:41 AM (vsbNu)
Friday Harbor in the itinerary?
Posted by: Adriane the Irrelevant Critic ... at September 07, 2015 12:28 AM (qOsoH)
Nope -- this was a bit of a whirlwind tour (joke, considering Vancouver windstorms).
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 12:41 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:41 AM (vsbNu)
Some of the idiot churches, their hearts bleeding, conspire with the feds in the scheme.
And all their babies will be US citizens......
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 12:42 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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That's been going on for decades.
Then, there is the experience with Paki's in Great Britain.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 12:42 AM (9mTYi)
Went to Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan.
Finished off the trip in Victoria.
To a peddle cab tour of the city.
The thing I remember the most were that there
were flowers everywhere. I mean everywhere.
Bursting with color.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:42 AM (WVvzl)
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:43 AM (vsbNu)
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Boric acid?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 12:43 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: logprof
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And you have family that's still here, right?
The Egg Bistro, I believe?
I've been here for 45 years or so. With the exception of a stint in Ricmond.
Norfolk really can suck, but it's home.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:44 AM (dTd8m)
Sister and BIL did that this year. Had some great pics.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 07, 2015 12:45 AM (hOm72)
To a peddle cab tour of the city.
The thing I remember the most were that there
were flowers everywhere. I mean everywhere.
Bursting with color.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:42 AM (WVvzl)
--Victoria is beautiful. I would count it among the prettiest cities in the world, based on overall beauty, not cities with beautiful sites in them. Quebec City is another. Also, Vienna, Nancy (France), and Bratislava.
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:48 AM (vsbNu)
I will say this for Seattle, it is one of the best walking cities.
Best oysters I've ever had as well.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:49 AM (WVvzl)
I took my pants back off and managed not to break any bones or dislocate my finger.
I consider this a win.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:49 AM (dTd8m)
Dang I just can't quit Amazon.
At least I'm finally getting somewhere in rebuilding my long-lost CD/LP collection...
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 12:50 AM (ntObR)
His first novel was some sort of campus comedy. I can never remember the name of it. Anyway, he wrote it because that's what publishers wanted in the way of unsolicited submissions at the time, and that's how he initially became a published author.
He hated the book, and was later a little embarrassed by its very existence. He decided it would never see the light of day again.
Then, once he was established as a serious sci-fi writer, he found out that a lot of his fans really wanted to read that first book of his, and were paying over $100 for used copies. So, he decided to go ahead and let it be reprinted.
As much as he hated that book, he hated the fact that his fans were paying so much just to read it even more. So, he made it available to them at a more reasonable price again.
Pretty cool of him, I think.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 12:50 AM (wKc1L)
The Egg Bistro, I believe?
I've been here for 45 years or so. With the exception of a stint in Ricmond.
Norfolk really can suck, but it's home.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:44 AM (dTd8m)
--Yes, and please do patronize The Egg Bistro.
My mom is on the Peninsula, and dad in West Ghent, Norfolk. It's funny, my stepbrother ranted against Norfolk in his younger days, but he eventually met his wife there and still lives there over 15 years later having taken over my dad's business.Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:51 AM (vsbNu)
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Um, you're a lot more vigorous about that then I am.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 12:51 AM (9mTYi)
At least I'm finally getting somewhere in rebuilding my long-lost CD/LP collection...
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 12:50 AM (ntObR)
--You've tempted me to buy the special edition of New Order's Low Life.
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:53 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 07, 2015 12:53 AM (hOm72)
But you won't regret your purchase. Nice album (and you get it right away in effect with Amazon's AutoRip), and the CD package itself is quite nice as well.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 12:54 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 12:54 AM (ntObR)
--I still have the cassette version, with 8 songs. Does the special edition have twice as many songs?
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:56 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: speedster1 at September 07, 2015 12:56 AM (1brdf)
For those who missed it, here's the link...
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
Because it's on the HQ's store, Ace will get a little bit of that money, too.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 12:56 AM (wKc1L)
By my count, the number of albums I need to rebuy to effectively recreate my music CD/LP collection, and that are available for halfway reasonable prices, comes to...
450.
(What's spooky is, that number doesn't even include 45s, unaffordable and/or completely unavailable out-of-print editions, and collection I don't care to have again.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 12:57 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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You weren't here the other night?
Slap dislocated a finger while putting on his pants. Sweatpants, at that. They don't even have belt loops! How do you hurt yourself with sweatpants???
And yeah, borax is boric acid, I guess. I spread a bunch around those hoping to kill fleas.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 12:59 AM (dTd8m)
Just go over to his house and listen to practically anything.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:59 AM (WVvzl)
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:00 AM (vsbNu)
Posted by: logprof,
How does it feel (to treat me like you do)?
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at September 07, 2015 01:00 AM (PEFlK)
- The Perfect Kiss (12-inch version)
- Subculture (John Robie remix)
- Shellshock (Substance edit)
- Shame of the Nation (12-inch version)
- Elegia (full version, over 17 minutes long; it's the song you hear in "Pretty in Pink")
- Let's Go (from something - a movie? called 'Salvation')
- Salvation Theme
- Dub Vulture (12-inch version)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:00 AM (ntObR)
Trick or, hey now, whoa, -- treat!
Posted by: Fritz at September 07, 2015 01:02 AM (3tjn4)
There was also a map showing the flow of migrants and they are bypassing all of the other countries and making a beeline for Germany.
Almost as if some grand plan was being executed.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:22 AM (WVvzl)
Yes, the grand plan called getting those generous German welfare bennies. If you look at path between the middle east and Germany, you'll see that the countries along the way are poorer, have far less generous benefits, and are stricter about approving any asylum requests. So Germany is the closest 'easy mark' EU country.
I feel horrible for refugees like that poor toddler that everyone has seen drowned on the beach, but most of this "crisis" doesn't pass the smell test to me. The "refugees" are primarily men of fighting age from what I have seen. ISIS may be the devil incarnate, but they are supposed to have, what, 50, 60K fighters? Hundreds of thousands of fighting age men are running away form them? Brother, if it's that bad, pick up a weapon and fight to either victory or death. You have them outnumbered 10 to 1 or more. Why should Europe (or America) solve your problem?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 07, 2015 01:02 AM (WvS3w)
For those who missed it, here's the link...
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
Because it's on the HQ's store, Ace will get a little bit of that money, too.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler
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Don't forget logprof's book! - it's on Amazon, too.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 01:02 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at September 07, 2015 01:03 AM (qOsoH)
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Must be a story that goes with that. If there isn't, I hope he made one up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 01:03 AM (9mTYi)
Some of the stuff I sold for pennies on the dollar back in the 1980s and 1990s, is now going for obscene prices at Amazon in any condition.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:03 AM (ntObR)
Will the Hokies upset Ohio State two years in a row?
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 12:43 AM (vsbNu)
I'm gonna say no. Last year Ohio State had an inexperienced line, and an inexperienced QB, and also questions at runningback.
Now, they have an experienced line, 2 starting caliber QB's. and confidence in Ezekiel Elliot at RB. But hey you never know.
Posted by: buzzion at September 07, 2015 01:03 AM (zt+N6)
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If there are not The Donald masks, I will be disappointed.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 01:04 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: logprof,
How does it feel (to treat me like you do)?
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at September 07, 2015 01:00 AM (PEFlK)
--Different album.
High school flashback:
During my after-school extra-curricular activities, almost every week I'd see the pom-pom squad (later reconstituted as the dance squad) practicing moves to "Blue Monday." However, only once, in my senior year, did I ever see them publicly do a performance to that song, at a pep rally. It was pretty good, though.
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:05 AM (vsbNu)
Slap dislocated a finger while putting on his pants. Sweatpants, at that. "
Hell, I missed that too. RIP, slap.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 07, 2015 01:05 AM (hOm72)
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shaka, when the walls fell.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 07, 2015 01:05 AM (GdFQh)
Posted by: Ariana Grande at September 07, 2015 01:05 AM (vsbNu)
I'm pleasantly surprised to see how many collections that were 'budget priced' in the late 80s/early 90s at 7.99 to 9.99, are now going at Amazon for as low as 3.99.
I figure I can afford to purchase 8-10 albums a month for a few years, then see where I am at that point. Once items start getting progressively rarer and more expensive, I can reassess at that point whether to get them or stick to lower-priced greatest hits editions and retrospectives.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:05 AM (ntObR)
For those who missed it, here's the link...
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
Because it's on the HQ's store, Ace will get a little bit of that money, too.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 12:56 AM (wKc1L)
I think Anna and others have mentioned that unfortunately ace doesn't get a piece of the action on digital sales.
Posted by: buzzion at September 07, 2015 01:06 AM (zt+N6)
Hell, I'd be happy to use that whole gift card on stuff written by Morons and Moronettes.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 01:07 AM (wKc1L)
or an MP3 edition for $5.99. Duh. When the discrepancy is that great, I'll just take the MP3-only edition and burn it to a CD for backup.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:08 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 07, 2015 01:08 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:00 AM
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So, she didn't have those gawd-awful g;lasses on then? 'Cause, damn. I know they come off and all but...damn. Hideous. I'll take my naughty librarian with a little less frame, than you.
Posted by: TJ Camper at September 07, 2015 01:08 AM (v5oV6)
Now, they have an experienced line, 2 starting caliber QB's. and confidence in Ezekiel Elliot at RB. But hey you never know.
Posted by: buzzion at September 07, 2015 01:03 AM (zt+N6)
--The two things that add to the intrigue are that VPI has added experience and they are the home team. Still, I'd put my money on Ohio State, if I had any to spare.
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:08 AM (vsbNu)
Best of Luck reassembling the collection...
: -)
The Civilized World died with Tower Records ...
: -(
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at September 07, 2015 01:10 AM (qOsoH)
On a more serious note... I'm sorry to hear that; I thought Ace got a cut of everything sold through his Amazon store. Well, thanks for putting me some knowledge on that detail of how Amazon works.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 01:10 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:00 AM
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So, she didn't have those gawd-awful g;lasses on then? 'Cause, damn. I know they come off and all but...damn. Hideous. I'll take my naughty librarian with a little less frame, than you.
Posted by: TJ Camper at September 07, 2015 01:08 AM (v5oV6)
--She still had the specs, but she was in the Leg Seat.
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:11 AM (vsbNu)
But my favorite one was pacman fever.
Nearly cut right through that one.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 01:11 AM (WVvzl)
Still miss that place. I personally think if they could have just closed some locations and stuck it out a few more years...
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:11 AM (ntObR)
I've got a heat pump split unit with a gas furnace in the attic space. Any recommendations in the 5 ton range?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2015 01:11 AM (YJmuy)
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Unfortunately, not handy. It's somewhere here in my phone...
SMFH may have it.
Even better, he's still here - logprof, pimp your book.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 01:12 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused ... at September 07, 2015 01:12 AM (qOsoH)
Anyone besides me remember when CD3 singles (they were actually mini-CDs) were actually available in the USA? Nowadays you can only get them from Japan, and even then they're rare and expensive.
Rhino had a line of four-song-long greatest hits collections that were pressed onto CD3s, called "Little Bit O'Gold." They were great.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:12 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Capt. Betsy Ross at September 07, 2015 01:12 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 01:13 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 07, 2015 01:13 AM (hOm72)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6X9RncTvLs
Posted by: Edward Gibbon at September 07, 2015 01:13 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2015 01:13 AM (YJmuy)
Their British Invasion series, for example, was incredible.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:13 AM (ntObR)
Camp of the Saints in PDF can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.jrbooksonline.com/pdfs/camp_of_the_saints.pdf
It's drearily prescient but be careful where you discuss because it brings the serious loonies out of the woodwork.
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 01:14 AM (IdCqF)
They're good to look but couldn't buy a clue if you spotted them a twenty.
Quite frankly I'm over news readers as a class period.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 01:14 AM (WVvzl)
I thought I knew AC lingo but I don't know what that means.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 07, 2015 01:14 AM (hOm72)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Yep. I had a tape that I bought in the early 90's. Needless to say it was pretty well worn out. I looked for it on Amazon and found it but the CD was $30 something. Bought the MP3 version and burned it instead. (Allman Brothers Band-Shades of Two Worlds). Amazon is damn useful.
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 01:14 AM (tjAPZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Refuses to get on the cart.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 01:15 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 07, 2015 01:15 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:15 AM (ntObR)
Many years ago!
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at September 07, 2015 01:16 AM (qOsoH)
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 01:12 AM (dTd8m)
--Once more, with feeling:
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014EKK5CO
N.B. I am probably the only male Moron who will ever publish a Contemporary Romance title.
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:17 AM (vsbNu)
Supposedly it gets into their exoskeleton joints and slices up their vascular system, and they die when all their fluids leak out?
Posted by: rd at September 07, 2015 01:18 AM (ANcQx)
Yeah, we used to go to tower records and J&R music world and get all kinds of imports.
We used to also have listening parties which the kids these days don't seem to do.
Kids don't seem to do a whole lot these days period.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 01:18 AM (WVvzl)
sorry. Lennox, all electric, 4 Tonne ...
Did you have an electrical issues in last Monday's storm?
Posted by: Adriane the Technology Critic ... at September 07, 2015 01:18 AM (qOsoH)
The one that comes to mind is Ozzy - Mr. Crowley, I think.
I need to come up with some cash...
WhaT is the best source for old LP values, anyway?
I still have quite a few. Rolling Stones with the actual zipper on the cover (Sticky Fingers?) Must be worth a few bucks...
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 01:20 AM (dTd8m)
I think they have them on line ...
Posted by: Adriane the Technology Critic ... at September 07, 2015 01:20 AM (qOsoH)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 07, 2015 01:21 AM (hOm72)
Posted by: Adriane the Technology Critic ... at September 07, 2015 01:21 AM (qOsoH)
Posted by: Fox2! at September 07, 2015 01:21 AM (brIR5)
Camp of the Saints in PDF can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.jrbooksonline.com/pdfs/camp_of_the_saints.pdf
It's drearily prescient but be careful where you discuss because it brings the serious loonies out of the woodwork.
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 01:14 AM (IdCqF)
--Sweet, thanks. Have downloaded it and will probab;y print it out for reading.
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:21 AM (vsbNu)
There was also a map showing the flow of migrants and they are bypassing all of the other countries and making a beeline for Germany.
Almost as if some grand plan was being executed.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2015 12:22 AM (WVvzl)
Yes, the grand plan called getting those generous German welfare bennies. If you look at path between the middle east and Germany, you'll see that the countries along the way are poorer, have far less generous benefits, and are stricter about approving any asylum requests. So Germany is the closest 'easy mark' EU country.
I feel horrible for refugees like that poor toddler that everyone has seen drowned on the beach, but most of this "crisis" doesn't pass the smell test to me. The "refugees" are primarily men of fighting age from what I have seen. ISIS may be the devil incarnate, but they are supposed to have, what, 50, 60K fighters? Hundreds of thousands of fighting age men are running away form them? Brother, if it's that bad, pick up a weapon and fight to either victory or death. You have them outnumbered 10 to 1 or more. Why should Europe (or America) solve your problem?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 07, 2015 01:02 AM (WvS3w)
I was thinking about that on one of the long drives homeward, and mulling over the consequences of admitting refugees on probationary status, training those of fighting age and sending them back, and only granting permanent refugee status to children or the infirm when their able-bodied kin had fallen.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 01:21 AM (EzgxV)
We did have a bit of a brownout during a storm last week.
Enough of a voltage drop to make the lights flicker and the desktop machine reboot, but not enough to make the oven clock reset.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2015 01:22 AM (YJmuy)
Even if you accept the idea that they need to drive up demand for the product artificially from time to time, the fact is, if the files are no longer legitimately available for download, people will just share the files for free.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 01:22 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 01:23 AM (tjAPZ)
It was really annoying to me a few years ago when I was reading a book about the changes to the music industry and it became clear the author had never heard of CD Singles.
The size was also used for software distribution where the difference in cost was enough to mean something. A lot of slot loader drives couldn't handle them and would render the machine useless. This was the case at a film festival event where they rented a bunch of early iMacs as open access stations and also put the festival's press kit and schedule on the 'business card' variant of the CD3. We had to go around taping over the drive slots to keep people from wrecking the rented iMacs.
One of the few popular slot loader devices that didn't choke on a CD3 was the Nintendo Wii. It was backward compatible to the GameCube, which used a DVD version of the CD3 format and so had to handle those discs properly. After a few years they reduced the cost by taking that feature out. The most popular GameCube titles had been given new releases on the full sized Wii discs with support for the Wii controllers, so they quietly ended support for the GameCube library.
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 01:23 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 01:24 AM (wKc1L)
Also, when I was living in Boston, occasionally on the back of monthly T passes there would be a 15% discount from HMV. I probably bought, by minutes, half of my classical music from HMV with that discount.
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:24 AM (vsbNu)
And the women control the availability of sex.
Posted by: Fox2! at September 07, 2015 01:25 AM (brIR5)
Have checked Lowe's yet.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 01:25 AM (dTd8m)
Supposedly it gets into their exoskeleton joints and slices up their vascular system, and they die when all their fluids leak out?
Posted by: rd at September 07, 2015 01:18 AM (ANcQx)
A line of it will stop ants, but it gets messy. Also, once you decide to get rid of it, it clogs vacuum bags like nothin' else.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 01:27 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 01:20 AM
I got some rarities and some oddball stuff. My personal gem is the rare copy of "Beggar's Banquet" witha snapshot of an extremely high Brian Jones tripping balls on the cover. Not the rarest of the rare Stones LP, but an awesome one.
Posted by: otho at September 07, 2015 01:27 AM (d8udV)
Posted by: The American Indian... at September 07, 2015 01:28 AM (qh617)
Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at September 07, 2015 01:29 AM (75uvI)
Didn't Riker's transporter accident "twin" end up with the Maquis as well?
Posted by: Fox2! at September 07, 2015 01:30 AM (brIR5)
This was Hunter at the top of his game before he started going downhill and doing stuff like the very offensive 'Gun Control.'
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 01:31 AM (IdCqF)
Well, there is still one that I know of, Tradesmart. It's not the most conveniently located place for me to get to, but I can still get anime videos there that aren't really available in any other off-line venue of which I'm aware, so it's worth the occasional trip.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 01:31 AM (wKc1L)
That's how I found out a lot of the stuff I sold for a pittance back in the day is now worth... tons o' cash.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:33 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Timothy Treadwell
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So, the stewardess with the AR-10?
Certainly not the sodden Rooskies.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2015 01:34 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 01:34 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 01:36 AM (vsbNu)
Good night, everyone!
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at September 07, 2015 01:36 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 01:34 AM
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That's got my vote. It's what I do, anyway.
Posted by: TJ Camper at September 07, 2015 01:36 AM (v5oV6)
Adriane, epobirs, anyone else, yep, yep, yep. Those CD3s were great, as were those now-going-away stores full of collections. Amazon is great but just not the same.
And yes, NOTHING is more frustrating than when you wait for years and years for something you loved and lost to get reissued, and it *never* does, while lots of other dreck keeps getting rereleased over and over. Case in point for me is the Style Council album "My Ever Changing Moods." Came out in 1984 on Geffen, been waiting since then for a re-release but NOTHING. Meanwhile every stupid thing they released in Europe is out on CD to this day.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:37 AM (ntObR)
And that's not the way people are wired to think. If they had endless prosperity, they would continue the cultural war with all of the same urgency that caveman fought wolves. Or at least enough of them would.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 07, 2015 01:41 AM (VdICR)
http://tinyurl.com/oqhmj23
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:41 AM (ntObR)
I was fortunate, I had a 1988 Sony CD player (bought at Robinsons-May, of all places, they were the only ones who would give me any credit) that had the gap in the tray for CD3s. And I personally have yet to experience a CD player tray that didn't have that feature. But I can imagine there were other players that couldn't take them.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:43 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 01:47 AM (tjAPZ)
Did you see the "new vinyl" price on it?? $399.95. OMG.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:48 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Puddleglum
I have to go to used music stores. Limits the albums I find to just a couple I have to buy. If I went to Amazon, I'd be broke faster than a democrat-run city.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at September 07, 2015 01:48 AM (PEFlK)
What's weird to me is that right within that same Rhino series, some are still affordable brand new, while others are expensive for any playable used edition.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:50 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 07, 2015 01:51 AM (tjAPZ)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 01:56 AM (CrC03)
Rhino, issued approximately 1990-1991
Vol. 1 CD... new $38.98, used $8.38
Vol. 2 CD... new $30.94, used $4.98
Vol. 3 CD... new $36.98, used $4.98
Vol. 4 CD... new $29.95, used $4.96
Vol. 5 CD... new $32.95, used $9.98
Vol. 6 CD... new $41.99, used $8.90
Vol. 7 CD... new $53.20, used $9.99
Vol. 8 CD... new $23.95, used $8.94
Vol. 9 CD... new $34.10, used $12.99
They all originally retailed new for $14.99, I believe.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 01:57 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 07, 2015 01:58 AM (4ErVI)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 02:02 AM (EzgxV)
Was Himmler Japanese, like Peter Lorre?
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 01:56 AM (CrC03)
Himmler was Japanese like Mickey Rooney.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 07, 2015 02:02 AM (JO9+V)
- remove the scratches/surface noise (or most of it).
- enhance/improve/Dolbyize the sound as needed/wanted.
OTOH I can imagine the record companies wouldn't be big on software like that coming out.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:03 AM (ntObR)
That inner depression in the tray is still a standard, including Blu-ray drives. The size ultimately got more use for data than audio. It was only the slot loaders that had a problem. The designers of those thought the format was dead and didn't anticipate its resurrection for data.
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 02:05 AM (IdCqF)
"UC Weed? No man, I don't see no weed. YOU see any weed?"
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:05 AM (ntObR)
Is she a TERF or something?
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 02:05 AM (CrC03)
30 years ago, we called that "wake and bake."
And it was pretty awesome. You stayed high for hours.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 02:06 AM (dTd8m)
I remember thinking, 'bout time those things made a comeback.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:07 AM (ntObR)
Such software has been bundled with CD burners since the 90s. There are also products like these to enable converting your LPs:
https://www.ionaudio.com/products/turntables
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 02:09 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:10 AM (ntObR)
They made a lot of sense for stuff like demos and digital press kits. People are much more likely to accept the smaller disc and it can save a lot of money when used in mass mailings.
Posted by: Epobirs at September 07, 2015 02:10 AM (IdCqF)
"UC Weed? No man, I don't see no weed. YOU see any weed?"
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:05 AM (ntObR)
We don't live in Weed -- we're in Silicon Valley. The 'rents are in Salem, and Weed is halfway -- so we tend to do overnights in Weed. We'd do our overnights in the much more lovely Mount Shasta, which is nearby, but it would cost extra because people actually want to be there.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 02:11 AM (EzgxV)
Hey now, Hoseanna
They comb their hair with a grouper backbone
Round the Bay of Mexico.
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2015 02:14 AM (jBuUi)
I still have memories of our family staying in a rented cabin for about a week. It was beautiful and, at the time, brand new; I think this was about 1972. It had *three* stories, tons of bedrooms, and on the top floor, a roomy comfy family room and kitchen. It also had one of the then-oh-so-trendy *metal tube* fireplaces. I know it was an area popular with skiers.
The only problem is, *no one* in my family can remember where the dang place was. Shasta, Shaver Lake, Big Bear... we even have some surviving Polaroids, but of course there's no notes written on them. So the location of the beautiful 1970s cabin will unfortunately probably remain forever a mystery to me, but I'd love to see where it actually was and how it's aged if I could.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:16 AM (ntObR)
30 years ago, we called that "wake and bake."
And it was pretty awesome. You stayed high for hours.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 02:06 AM (dTd8m)
The old is new again!
*waves arms*
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 07, 2015 02:20 AM (4ErVI)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:22 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 02:23 AM (CrC03)
and when you wake up in the morning, you end up feeling lonely?
Admit it happened to me last night.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:25 AM (ntObR)
I still have memories of our family staying in a rented cabin for about a week. It was beautiful and, at the time, brand new; I think this was about 1972. It had *three* stories, tons of bedrooms, and on the top floor, a roomy comfy family room and kitchen. It also had one of the then-oh-so-trendy *metal tube* fireplaces. I know it was an area popular with skiers.
The only problem is, *no one* in my family can remember where the dang place was. Shasta, Shaver Lake, Big Bear... we even have some surviving Polaroids, but of course there's no notes written on them. So the location of the beautiful 1970s cabin will unfortunately probably remain forever a mystery to me, but I'd love to see where it actually was and how it's aged if I could.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:16 AM (ntObR)
Do you remember Mount Shasta, itself? It's an incredibly striking presence in the region and could well have been used as a model for the Lonely Mountain, Erebor. http://www.pbase.com/cindyd/mount_shasta has some nice images. If you don't remember seeing Mount Shasta, you probably weren't there.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 02:27 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: zombie
Wow, just discovered that I'd been remembering it wrong -- it's "Susianna," not "Hoseanna."
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2015 02:28 AM (jBuUi)
Hey now, Hoseanna
They comb their hair with a grouper backbone
Round the Bay of Mexico.
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2015 02:14 AM (jBuUi)
Grew up listening to the Kingston Trio....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 02:30 AM (EzgxV)
IMHO it was most likely Shasta or Shaver.
The 'mountain' that most sticks in my mind from the years when my family camped (roughly 1971-83) is... Mount Lassen. Can still smell those sulfur mudpots.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:30 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 02:32 AM (CrC03)
Are the relatives doing a good job lately leaving you alone?
Posted by: qdpsteve
Somewhat better. I brook no vexing!
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2015 02:32 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:33 AM (ntObR)
Grew up listening to the Kingston Trio....
Posted by: cthulhu
...and Burl Ives, the Pennywhistlers, Pete Seeger, Alan Lomax field recordings -- the whole folkie shebang.
Yeah, I learned after the fact that most were pinkos, but there's something primal about folk songs that stay in you psyche -- and your soul.
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2015 02:37 AM (jBuUi)
IMHO it was most likely Shasta or Shaver.
The 'mountain' that most sticks in my mind from the years when my family camped (roughly 1971-83) is... Mount Lassen. Can still smell those sulfur mudpots.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:30 AM (ntObR)
Shasta is seriously imposing in a way that Lassen doesn't quite live up to -- nothing near it is remotely close to it in height or mass. It's frequently the only peak with snow within sight, and it dominates the sightlines of all of its approaches.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 02:38 AM (EzgxV)
Peter, Paul and Mary are IMHO one of the finest examples.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:38 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:39 AM (ntObR)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guQbBGnuVoI
Bahamas 1935 - Chanteys and Anthems from Andros and Cat Island
Henry Lundy - Round the Bay of Mexico
Once heard, never forgotten.
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2015 02:42 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: zombie at September 07, 2015 02:45 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:33 AM (ntObR)
Lassen last went full-tilt boogie in about 1915. Shasta last did its Mt. Doom impression in 1786. There is nothing whatsoever to keep them from doing a Mt. St. Helens at any time.....and precious little to keep them from doing a Mt. Mazama (note that Mt. Mazama was estimated to be roughly 12,000 feet before collapse, and Mt. Shasta is 14,179 feet).
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 02:51 AM (EzgxV)
We used to camp a lot, I guess. One time, maybe I was 5 or 6, we went out, set up camp, ate dinner, chased fireflies - the whole shebang. The adults finally put me to bed, then commenced getting their drink on.
Sometime during the night, Mom came to check on me, but I was gone. Vanished. Nowhere to be found. They looked everywhere.
I woke up about for o'clock in the morning to about 2 dozen campers (strangers) combing the woods calling out my name, searching with flashlights.
I walked up to somebody I didn't know, but he was calling out my name, rubbing my eyes, asking " what's all the noise about?"
Mom was crying and hugging me and cussing me - a crazy scene that I can picture right now...
Daybreak, they figured out what happened.
Seems Mom forgot to zip & secure one side of the pop-up camper when we set up camp. Yep - the side I was sleeping on. I rolled over in my sleep, fell out of and rolled right under the camper. Never woke up, hell, never even blinked, I bet.
Heh. Good times, childhood...
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 02:55 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:58 AM (ntObR)
So what kinds of screams you think we'll hear most from SF when they go up? Probably a mix of "AAAA!!" and "I blame Bush!!!!1!"
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:59 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 07, 2015 03:00 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 03:02 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: logprof, defending Moron Football League champion at September 07, 2015 03:05 AM (vsbNu)
What's worse, Steve is that I was know for tossing &turning & rolling around in my sleep.
But being the youngest of four, I always had the top bunk bed.
I rolled out of bed so many times as a kid, they eventually stopped coming upstairs to see if I was okay. They just let me sleep & wake up on the floor.
I didn't know this until I was in highschool or later, btw... (step)Dad finally told me over a beer that I used to hit the floor so often, he knew it was time to change the channel to watch Johnny Carson.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 03:06 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 03:10 AM (ntObR)
Mt. Mazama had one of those eruptions about 5677 BC....when there were people around. The pressurized steam and gas blew so much rock out of the core of the mountain that there was nothing to support its summit once everything had blown out -- and so it collapsed inward, forming a vast crater that is now the deepest lake in the US.
And the people who witnessed this? Yeah, the survivors chronicled it as the most awesome and terrifying thing ever.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 03:10 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2015 03:11 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 03:15 AM (ntObR)
They were trying to, in formation, depict a Star Trek themed little display where the Starship Enterprise attacked the mascot of their main rival.
One group formed the shape of the mascot, the other tried to form the Enterprise. Well, the Enterprise group ended up like a giant dick and balls headed straight toward the mouth of the mascot.
They claim it was all accidental.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 03:19 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 03:15 AM (ntObR)
I don't exactly know what it could be compared to. 5000 years later, there are legends....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 03:19 AM (EzgxV)
you better get way, way, way out of the way.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 03:22 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 02:58 AM (ntObR)
My uncle, who was terrified of heights, once went sleepwalking and climbed the old windmill on the farm one night. Grandma couldn't figure out how to get him down without him waking up and falling, so she sent my dad out to get him. Dad never has told me how he managed to convince Uncle Dan to climb down on his own, but Dan did not remember the event at all. Wish Grandma had taken a photo.
Then my GreatUncle Bub went sleepwalking from the farm all the way into Laramie, about 10 miles away. The sheriff found him trying to go into the bar and told him to get on home, so he did. He didn't remember that trip, either.
Of course, things were a bit different back then. They used to ride horses to go drinking so they could find their way back home when they were too drunk to drive....
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 07, 2015 03:22 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 03:19 AM (dvuhZ)
If they had made two huge bewbs, then we would know it had been morons in action.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 07, 2015 03:23 AM (+YMhA)
I saw Diatomaceous Earth open for Earth, Wind and Fire in 1994.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 03:23 AM (CrC03)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 03:24 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 03:27 AM (EzgxV)
Unfortunately, Animal, Vegetable Or Mineral never really took off.
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 03:27 AM (ntObR)
It's Mount Trayvon now.
Posted by: Barack Obama at September 07, 2015 03:30 AM (CrC03)
Humans have been around for what, 200K years, yet our recorded history is what, 5, 6K years? Sea levels were much lower at the end of the last Ice Age. Imagine if the cities of some ancient civ were near the old coast lines.
There is some theory that there were some catastrophic "rise" event that was responsible for the global flood myth that goes across all cultures as well as the Atlantis myth.
Mainstream considers all this to be nuts, but it sure fascinates the hell out of me.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 03:31 AM (dvuhZ)
Humans have been around for what, 200K years, yet our recorded history is what, 5, 6K years? Sea levels were much lower at the end of the last Ice Age. Imagine if the cities of some ancient civ were near the old coast lines.
There is some theory that there were some catastrophic "rise" event that was responsible for the global flood myth that goes across all cultures as well as the Atlantis myth.
Mainstream considers all this to be nuts, but it sure fascinates the hell out of me.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 03:31 AM (dvuhZ)
Societies prosper until the cultural marxists take over and eradicate any traces of progress......
Posted by: cthulhu at September 07, 2015 03:35 AM (EzgxV)
I.e., some species (and civilizations) survived the great changes, and some didn't.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 07, 2015 03:35 AM (ntObR)
Is it OK to admit man-crush on Kurt Russell?
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 03:42 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2015 03:45 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: The Sugary hat at September 07, 2015 03:46 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 03:42 AM
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Kurt Russell, or, Stargate Kurt Russell? 1982 was a long time ago, but, The Thing just gets better with age. I've come to the conclusion it's one of the best films ever made, regardless of genre.
Posted by: otho at September 07, 2015 03:51 AM (d8udV)
The version I heard was Yankee-ish:
Oh the Cape Cod girls,
They have no combs,
Heave away, Heave away,
Instead they use old cod fish bones,
& We're bound for Australia ...
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at September 07, 2015 03:51 AM (qOsoH)
They were trying to, in formation, depict a Star Trek themed little display where the Starship Enterprise attacked the mascot of their main rival.
One group formed the shape of the mascot, the other tried to form the Enterprise. Well, the Enterprise group ended up like a giant dick and balls headed straight toward the mouth of the mascot.
They claim it was all accidental.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2015 03:19 AM (dvuhZ
I saw the clip. It looked like the Enterprise. Anyone claiming it looked like a dick and balls is tripping on acid.
Posted by: buzzion at September 07, 2015 04:00 AM (zt+N6)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/q7wa7la
Posted by: The Sugary hat
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Too many carbs. I prefer sucralose.
But yeah, that merited an eyeroll and a *smack* "what the heck is your problem?"
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 04:06 AM (CrC03)
Posted by: buzzion
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Whatever it is I think I see
Becomes a tootsie roll to me.
Posted by: Emma Sulkowicz at September 07, 2015 04:12 AM (CrC03)
I kind can't of anything that he's ever done that wasn't awesome.
And yeah, I include Goldie Hawn in that statement.
Posted by: Chi - The New Sheriff In Town at September 07, 2015 04:14 AM (dTd8m)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 04:19 AM (CrC03)
****
Just in case you missed my post last night....
*Points and laughs*
That is all. Lol.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 07, 2015 04:19 AM (iF05+)
***
Yeah, that's about what I thought. You need a larger audience in order to respond. Catch you Tuesday. Lol.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 07, 2015 04:42 AM (iF05+)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at September 07, 2015 05:30 AM (4vXIq)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 07, 2015 05:46 AM (CrC03)
Good morning horde
Posted by: skip at September 07, 2015 06:05 AM (JghBF)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 07, 2015 06:12 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: skip at September 07, 2015 06:42 AM (JghBF)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 07, 2015 06:46 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: Huma Abedin at September 07, 2015 06:52 AM (CrC03)
Posted by: skip at September 07, 2015 07:04 AM (JghBF)
Apparently in this one episode of a show they did
http://acculturated.com/television-people-fatih/
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2015 07:04 AM (OSs/l)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2015 07:07 AM (OSs/l)
It should read:
"Violent, white, cis-gendered, carnivores seize hostages to stop vital global warming research affecting endangered species. Koch Brothers suspected of financing the mercenaries."
(The Al-Jazeera version will accuse them of being Zionists looking to occupy arctic territories.)
Posted by: Sam at September 07, 2015 10:56 AM (rRqyL)
Blanco, with residential HVAC the quality of the installation and subsequent support is more important than the equipment brand. My recommendation is to seek out the HVAC company with the best reputation in your area (ask neighbors) and install the least expensive equipment that company will fully support. Make sure they do detailed load calculations to determine the actual capacity units you really need -- bigger is NOT better in HVAC and the original installations are often oversized which greatly reduces efficiency. If you can sweat out the rest of the summer, do research now and hold off actually buying until fall you'll probably get better deals on the equipment.
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