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Overnight Open Thread 05/25/16 - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
To kick it off, for those who don't typically enjoy the pleasure of watching Ace on one of his all-too-few twitter rants, he's at it again. Check his TL here.
It's a continuation of his #NeverTrump post from earlier tonight.So, who didn't see this coming?
#Tesla Model S driver naps while autopilot drives in traffic: https://t.co/8vska245oj pic.twitter.com/ZYAjwPop3W
— Motor Trend (@MotorTrend) May 26, 2016
In case you weren't watching 60 Minutes this past Sunday and, let's face it, you probably weren't, here's a more-than-annoying story re a quite flawed Army recruitment program. The gist of it: The Army paid out $10M in recruitment bonuses then spent $28M (thus far) investigating more than 100k soldiers who they accused of filing false claims.
More than 100k have since been cleared of any wrong doing.
.@USArmy has launched the largest criminal investigation in its history, #60Minutes reports https://t.co/AGOmfu8MHM pic.twitter.com/2AfnPap36s
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 23, 2016
This is such a cool story but I admit that, for just a second, I felt icky about it. That quickly passed.
Adele has a new song out and I was hooked less than halfway through my first listen.
Yeah, so that chatter from Elijah Wood has Corey Feldman talking again and this time he's threatening to start naming names.
Tonight's ONT brought to you by "Hold my beer":
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker on time at May 25, 2016 10:54 PM (rXkis)
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at May 25, 2016 10:55 PM (VSenK)
Posted by: mindful webworker, juvenile at May 25, 2016 10:55 PM (rXkis)
Great... lots of people are going to get killed. This stinks. Many careers need to end and many need to be put on prison work details.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2016 10:55 PM (3se1p)
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at May 25, 2016 10:56 PM (VquEu)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 25, 2016 10:57 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 25, 2016 10:58 PM (NGd+i)
Posted by: @votermom at May 25, 2016 10:58 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 25, 2016 10:59 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: mindful webworker, juvenile at May 25, 2016 10:59 PM (rXkis)
As for now, a long soak in a very warm tub of water as the thunderstorms roll in is my plan.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2016 11:00 PM (3se1p)
I still miss Craig Ferguson. Having said that... when James Corden loses his political and PC affectations, he can be quite charming/funny. He also does a good number of self-effacing sketches.
One series of sketches he's done that have been funny thus far: "Celebrity Noses." Basically *every* time he tries to do some sort of supposed sketch about, of all things, celebrity noses, some glitch with the CBS crew completely messes it up.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2016 11:01 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 25, 2016 11:01 PM (Q6v1c)
Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2016 11:01 PM (NvC7m)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2016 11:00 PM (3se1p)
Watch out for wolf spiders
Posted by: @votermom at May 25, 2016 11:01 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 25, 2016 11:01 PM (EzgxV)
Oh, and - good evening, all.
Posted by: Chi at May 25, 2016 11:02 PM (YaSSM)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 25, 2016 11:02 PM (7PB/U)
28 million spread out over 100,000 troops is less than is spent on their Gucci Pajamas, Flic, ACOG, and K pot and Vest....
this is the army trying to balance its budget on the back of the enlisted as always.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:02 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 25, 2016 11:02 PM (Cq0oW)
You should know better. Comments are going to flow in.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 25, 2016 11:03 PM (Q6v1c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2016 11:04 PM (3se1p)
***
Nuh uh. Tesla's having none of it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:04 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: Blano at May 25, 2016 11:04 PM (heN73)
And I thought Ace gave up on Twitter. This mean he's going to be treating the blog as the poor cousin again?
Posted by: mindful webworker is not a-twitterer at May 25, 2016 11:04 PM (rXkis)
T ype
W hatever
I t's
T otally
T errible
E veryone's
R acist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY8eOIURFGo
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2016 11:04 PM (ntObR)
You should know better. Comments are going to flow in.
***
Damn straight!!!! Get the hell out of the tub!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:04 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: mindful webworker is not a-twitterer at May 25, 2016 11:04 PM (rXkis)
Nah. He basically said he got pissed off enough by people to be sucked back in briefly.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 25, 2016 11:05 PM (7PB/U)
****
He uses Twitter to serve his business interests and, in this case, it directed traffic to his post here at the HQ.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:05 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2016 11:05 PM (ntObR)
There is though, and ONT I'm looking very much forward to.
Can you imagine the festivities here on the evening that the Hildebeest is finally indicted for even a scant few of her crimes?
Not since O.J., have I seen someone so deserving of the orange jumpsuit.
Hers will say "D.O.J. Prisoner" on the back shoulders, and "Wide Load" on the back bottom.
And I don't think they can put her on home arrest. No one makes a Cankle Monitor that big, do they?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 25, 2016 11:07 PM (McRlu)
Well, I guess they could buy an LCS ship like the the Italians or Spanish. Maybe an older American Amphibious ship.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 25, 2016 11:07 PM (Q6v1c)
Posted by: Dole & Kemp at May 25, 2016 11:07 PM (Doh4+)
HORDE!!!
AtC and I have a new podcast episode up. And we have a special guest to start things off.
Link in nic.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 25, 2016 11:08 PM (7PB/U)
I'm not counting on it. People around the entertainment industry have no standards at all when it comes to the deviant behavior among their own.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:08 PM (+lVUW)
Quite...
Why why those GIs took an OATH....
Juan Pablito here never did not once!
//DoD and the Feds
assholes above
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:08 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 25, 2016 11:09 PM (voOPb)
With my father's hearing he's not too good, but I had a little conversation. It was not pleasant. I told them that shit was going to be cancelled or the next thing they would be hearing from is some lawyers, whom I would tell to think of everything they could come up with.
Also, called in a favor about it. My father happens to be good friends with an old nor retired doctor who was one of the pioneers in heart surgery in this area. He still has influence and pull with the hospital system. I called him, told him about it, and he promised he was going to spend a few hours if not days chewing some asses at that hospital.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:09 PM (DW+jj)
So outside of a small handful of assholes and idiots, the violence was mostly confined to screaming, vapid leftist slogans and insults.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2016 11:10 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 25, 2016 11:10 PM (QW/FN)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 25, 2016 11:10 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 25, 2016 11:11 PM (Q6v1c)
Um... standard pix o.i.d.h. request aside...
I recall the night lightning split a tree in Mom's back yard. I was in the tall-ceilinged living room, and perceived crackling energy in the upper part of the room, then heard Mrs Rudd, at the kitchen sink, scream. She said she saw sparks crackling across the top of the soap suds. She'd just taken her hands out of the water.
Have a nice soak...
Posted by: mindful webworker is not a-twitterer at May 25, 2016 11:11 PM (rXkis)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 25, 2016 11:12 PM (D0J8L)
There's a rather nice silo in New York....
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:13 PM (g8Hfr)
****
I bet that $28M, in the right hands, could have done some good for soldiers at the VA.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:13 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:14 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2016 11:14 PM (ntObR)
I'm not counting on it. People around the entertainment industry have no standards at all when it comes to the deviant behavior among their own.
This pedophile shit has been known for a long time. Almost none of them give a damn.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:14 PM (+lVUW)
You do not know want to be in a tub of water, grounded nicely with a lightning bold decides to strike nearby.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:14 PM (DW+jj)
Those folks are not as deserving as our "new Syrian friends!"
//Bronk
How sad is it we've reached a point where 28 million bucks is a rounding error on one day's operating cost of this monster of a government.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:15 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 25, 2016 11:15 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:14 PM (SEXy3)
*****
Good grief, what damage are they doing now?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 25, 2016 11:15 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2016 11:15 PM (NvC7m)
Posted by: The Government at May 25, 2016 11:15 PM (Q6v1c)
It's only killed me once....
once...
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:16 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 25, 2016 11:16 PM (+b2T3)
Posted by: S Blade at May 25, 2016 11:16 PM (8jQ9S)
What are they trying to fcuk us over now?
Posted by: The Government at May 25, 2016 11:17 PM (Q6v1c)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 25, 2016 11:17 PM (Nwg0u)
Am I reading that right? You finally left without ever seeing a doctor in the ER and they billed you almost $900?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:17 PM (+lVUW)
Sheila Jackson Lee whining she needs 1.8 billion bucks for Zika...
because bitch....your newer better Americans are bringing it...
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:17 PM (g8Hfr)
Well... um...
Wishing you the swellest possible abyss of suck then, anyway, Ins.
Posted by: mindful webworker wins fiends and influenzas people at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (rXkis)
Posted by: The Government at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (Q6v1c)
****
I missed it because I didn't know they were still in session, but apparently this happened.
http://bit.ly/1OYCQXw
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: Can't Chose Family at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (gwG9s)
essentially this is the part of the show wherein pet projects and Congresscritter blegs....
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (Q6v1c)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:19 PM (DW+jj)
Right now a NoCal Republican is trying to end EPA's war on resevoirs in California....
"Fuck the Delta Smelt"
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:19 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: publius
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The induced voltages can be spooky too. I've seen arcing between aluminum window frames and the foundation. Mind you, the voltage on the window frame was not from a direct strike, but was inducted by the magnetic pulse consequent of a nearby strike.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2016 11:19 PM (9mTYi)
T - toilets
A - are
R - really
G - getting
E - eager
T - trannies
I'm buying all new drapes for my house. I was planning on checking out Target. Now I can't. The list of people and organizations that I hate is getting longer and longer.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 25, 2016 11:20 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:20 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 25, 2016 11:21 PM (qUNWi)
http://bit.ly/1OYCQXw
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (SEXy3)
****
Awesome. The .3% win again. WTF?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 25, 2016 11:21 PM (YLidQ)
Don't you worry Nied....ANY SECOND now Math Witch will bust out some conservatism...
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:21 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Jimmy Durante at May 25, 2016 11:21 PM (gwG9s)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 25, 2016 11:22 PM (uAvJJ)
May they all fry in hell.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 25, 2016 11:22 PM (D0J8L)
http://bit.ly/1OYCQXw
Daniel Horowitz Tweet:
Your GOP house in the dead of night just codified Obama's transgender edict to cut ties with contractors that dont allow men in female RRs
So glad the Tea Party got true conservatives in the majority in Congress.
Lessee now, where do I check what my congresscritter voted?
Posted by: mindful webworker conservatively at May 25, 2016 11:22 PM (rXkis)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 25, 2016 11:22 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Bill R. at May 25, 2016 11:22 PM (jKUeC)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 25, 2016 11:22 PM (dULJN)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:14 PM (DW+jj)
Nor do you want to stand under the only tree in an open field, holding a plow.
One of my great grandfathers was killed by lightning back in the thirties. The mule died, too.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 25, 2016 11:23 PM (nvMvs)
I'm so numb I don't even mind our getting fucked over by our House delegation....
I am enraged they don't scream "No see LBGTABCXYZQWERTY ASSHOLES! YOU KNOW WHO PASSED OGABE"S OVERREACH? US SO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND TASKE A LEAK WHEREVER!"
But no Math Witch lets the batshit nuts whine we are oppressing them when the GOP can't be bothered to do ANYTHING we want.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:23 PM (g8Hfr)
Sheila Jackson Lee whining she needs 1.8 billion bucks for Zika...
Would you believe, Queen SJL also put her name on a recent anti-civil forfeiture law. One of her very few remaining sane staffers must have done that for her, I sincerely doubt she has enough working brain cells in her racist gourd to make any correct decision at this point.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2016 11:23 PM (ntObR)
Depends, was it a voice vote? Because if it was, his her or its ass is covered.
That's why I want them ALL gone. Just to make sure.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 25, 2016 11:23 PM (D0J8L)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 25, 2016 11:24 PM (Q6v1c)
Posted by: Sharkman at May 25, 2016 11:24 PM (CS7jF)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:19 PM (DW+jj)
Just....wow.
Posted by: Blano at May 25, 2016 11:24 PM (heN73)
I bet that $28M, in the right hands, could have done some good for soldiers at the VA.
Well, according to the head of the VA, vets shouldn't be bothered by the lengthy waits 'cause it's just like waiting for a ride at Disney World.
It's interesting the convoluted bullshit that the head bureaucrats can come up with to justify their not wanting to solve problems in their departments.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:24 PM (+lVUW)
Way back when I was a kid working as an electrician during summers, a carpenter was leaning up against some of tha tinfoil "R-max" sheeting and there was lightning strike some distance away. It shocked the hell out of him. It was the induced voltage in that tinfoil.
I've seen sparks fly from metal sheeting on some our sheds. We've got a pole shed with a tin roof and siding, but it doesn't touch the ground. There's a gap underneath. Well, a cloud was coming on fast, and I was out there doing something and I heard a buzz, a pop, and saw a blue flash out of the corner of my eye.
Then, I heard the thunder. That was the EMP wave of the strike getting there well before the sound wave did.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:25 PM (DW+jj)
If only he had a blog.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 25, 2016 11:25 PM (PLnZs)
****
JC Penney. They aren't good at many things but their custom windows department is terrific.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:26 PM (SEXy3)
http://bit.ly/1OYCQXw
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (SEXy3)
Do you have a link or reference to the actual bill that was voted on?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 25, 2016 11:26 PM (uAvJJ)
Yeah...seems he was helping pay for Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against them.
Payback. It's a bitch.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 25, 2016 11:26 PM (D0J8L)
For years we used that bowl with a big black burn spot on it without a thought.
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 25, 2016 11:27 PM (qUNWi)
and I'm too lazy to look it up, but it's basically some rapid pulses of
RF frequency range. That means it does some crazy shit. Stuff on human
distance scales are on the order of the wavelength and all that.
Square wave, Fourier series, and all that?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 25, 2016 11:27 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 25, 2016 11:26 PM (uAvJJ)
****
Oh, FFS.
www.google.com
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 25, 2016 11:28 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 25, 2016 11:29 PM (PLnZs)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-lgbt-idUSKCN0YA2II
The article contradicts Horowitz's premise that the House approved the measure, though.
So I would like some clarification, that is why I asked.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 25, 2016 11:30 PM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 25, 2016 11:30 PM (AroJD)
It's the Maloney amendment to the Appropriations Bill....
unless I misread the crawl....
but yes the GOP SPelunking team in its mad dash to "make it rain" just handed SCOAMF another win.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:32 PM (g8Hfr)
University Admins Surrender to Violent Protesters, Shutter Event by Michael Sitver
http://tinyurl.com/h5jrz76
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2016 11:32 PM (ntObR)
Hating one does not preclude hating the other.
And both with fuck over conservatives whenever empowered to do so.
But yeah, its the GOPe fucking us with a chainsaw tonight.
Posted by: lowtech redneck at May 25, 2016 11:32 PM (KF8B+)
Bill description etc. linked in my sock.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 25, 2016 11:29 PM (PLnZs)
Thank you andycanuck
Posted by: chemjeff at May 25, 2016 11:32 PM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: Can't Chose Family at May 25, 2016 11:18 PM (gwG9s)
Have you asked them if they're rioted yet. Seems to be the liberals' goto response to anyone they don't like.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:34 PM (+lVUW)
Oh look the House RINOs decided "we must have OPEN amendments" you know like Pelosi had or well no...
and by golly b/c there's no Hastert Rule like the mules have a Pelosi rule we get sold the fuck out by the same type of RINO assholes you hate in Donald Trump champ...
so tell me again how Donald Trump uniquely in the (-r) world will fuck me over in the dead of night.,...
b/c golly I just saw the House GOP do it again.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:35 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:19 PM (DW+jj)
Are you going to be able to get through this without having a stroke?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:36 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:36 PM (SEXy3)
The lightning process is very fascinating. Basically, for some damn reason (and this is well, not completely understood), charge starts separating in clouds, top to bottom. Top gets positive, bottom gets negative.
Regular lighting strikes are that charged bottom of the cloud trying to spread the charge out, and going to the ground. It's a chaotic process. You get a very high electric field at spots on the bottom of the cloud, which starts a chaotic ionization chain. These are called "stepped leaders". They go in little jumps. A little tube of ionized air forms, sits there, then jumps out some more.
It works its way toward the ground. That negative charge induces a hot spots on the ground, regions of high positive charge and high electric field. This makes a "ground streamer" of ionized air jump from the ground via the same ionization process.
When the streamer meets the leader, "BOOM!", you've got a strike.
The current pulse is enormous, and occurs in short little spikes. Sort of pulsing (but each pulse having its own waveform).
Note, this gets the ground net negative charged. The final equalization is a "positive stroke" that comes from the top of the cloud. These positive strikes are extremely powerful and travel miles. Strikes have be documented that are over 10 miles in length. They pack an order of magnitude or better energy than a regular strike.
Airplanes can stand regular strikes if they get in the way. Not so much those positive monsters, which have brought down airliners a time or two.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:36 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 25, 2016 11:36 PM (PLnZs)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 25, 2016 11:36 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 25, 2016 11:37 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 25, 2016 11:37 PM (PLnZs)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 25, 2016 11:38 PM (oKE6c)
Correct, he nailed all the points....
The House GOP just undercut the states trying to thwart giggles...
if it makes it to SCotUS SCotUS now says "why gee the GOP Congress supported the President's sensible reinterpretation of Title IX in this creative way....
stupid useless asshole sellout RINO bastards.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:38 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 25, 2016 11:41 PM (PLnZs)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:42 PM (SEXy3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:42 PM (+lVUW)
Why Trump?
Because when people like Ben Shapiro wail "we might lose the House and the Senate!" I am not so sure that is not a bonus.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:43 PM (g8Hfr)
Or has the Late Unpleasantness affected ONT commenting?
Posted by: andycanuck at May 25, 2016 11:43 PM (PLnZs)
Ahhhh.....the omelet long game.
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 25, 2016 11:44 PM (qUNWi)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735545747202920448
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735545915067359232
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735546102452080642
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735546287014055936
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735546541692198913
Posted by: kbdabear at May 25, 2016 11:44 PM (fnmIE)
#WatchesHisTwitterMentionsBlowUp
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 25, 2016 11:02 PM (7PB/U)
Dude!!!! Saw something at Maker Faire and snagged info on it. Open-source human insulin. Are you going to be around for a while, so I can try to find the flyer?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 25, 2016 11:45 PM (EzgxV)
I wouldn't think once the eggs were frozen they would taste very good. Edible, yes. Yummy-no.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 25, 2016 11:45 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 25, 2016 11:45 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 25, 2016 11:46 PM (rJUlF)
No matter how far you separate your wires, unless you can guarantee the local field near the conductors won't get too high, you'll get little leader like fingers forming and spreading out.
There's still all sorts of things they're finding out about lightning. They've discovered some sort of exchange process with the upper atmosphere, even the ionosphere under some conditions. Lightning in the lower atmosphere, and then some sort of "retort" exchange with the upper atmosphere.
There's a station in Florida where they do a lot of lightning research. They learned to make artificial ground streamers by firing a little rocket trailing a wire. They can tell via instruments when a stepped leader is coming down, and fire the rocket right at, and induce a strike right they want it.
Among other things, you can actually test equipment under a real lightning strike.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:46 PM (DW+jj)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735546826737127426
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735547071537680385
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735547317718159360
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735547511427866625
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735547771931889664
Posted by: kbdabear at May 25, 2016 11:47 PM (fnmIE)
That is disturbing info. Shame on Paul Ryan for allowing "unlimited amendments". Of course he should have known that Democrats would abuse it.
Of course it's not the end of the story though, it has to go to the Senate and then to conference so we will see what happens.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 25, 2016 11:47 PM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 25, 2016 11:47 PM (rJUlF)
Has anyone here ever frozen eggs? A store near me has them for $.49 a dozen.
I've never seen frozen eggs in a store.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 25, 2016 11:48 PM (k4M/B)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735547956657455104
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735548210282827776
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735548473420873732
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/735549500006105088
Posted by: kbdabear at May 25, 2016 11:49 PM (fnmIE)
Best grounding system I've yet seen was on an Amal Super Maramu, which is a French made sailboat, and probably one of the most seaworthy sailboats ever made. A used 54 footer, will set ya back about $250k.
I'd damn sure have one on my "lottery" list of things, too.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 25, 2016 11:49 PM (McRlu)
Those are MY eggs!!
Posted by: Lena Dunham at May 25, 2016 11:49 PM (ntObR)
Of course it's not the end of the story though, it has to go to the Senate and then to conference so we will see what happens.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 25, 2016 11:47 PM (uAvJJ)
****
Yeah, cuz there is a stellar record of opposition there. Give me a fucking break.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 25, 2016 11:50 PM (YLidQ)
I seriously doubt they are. You could try one first to see what happens.
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 25, 2016 11:51 PM (qUNWi)
Right..."The Senate" you know the BY FAR "more conservative" 1/2 of Congress....with bulldogs like Mooch MacDonald and Juan Queeg with special guest star Lindsey Graham-Queeg....
then these two "achingly sternly disablingly" conservative bodies WHICH WE CONTROL BOTH SIDES of will do what they will fail to do in either body and remove this sop to Obama rewriting Title IX by Imperial Whim....
because that is the story of the Hill GOP Jeff....
"winning"
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:53 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 25, 2016 11:54 PM (dULJN)
Turgidly, explosively, sternly "conservative"....
remember there's nothing the GOP can do it is not like they have BOTH FUCKING HOUSES
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:54 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:38 PM (g8Hfr)
When I get emails from the GOP asking for money, I'm using that in my response.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2016 11:55 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 25, 2016 11:55 PM (PLnZs)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 25, 2016 11:56 PM (ry34m)
***
Don't forget to hashtag it!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:56 PM (SEXy3)
Every day in every way I am approaching my first donations to a democrat....
gonna be in Wisconsin I think.
Math Witch will be gone withing 4 years.
Bank on it.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:56 PM (g8Hfr)
A platform of
'I am not bought'
'Vote for me rather than congressman 'conflict of interest'
'btw, when money interest conflicts with voter interest, money talks'
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 25, 2016 11:56 PM (AfNGb)
Posted by: Backtoga at May 25, 2016 11:56 PM (/22Vh)
Don't make that mistake.
Just a friendly PSA
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 25, 2016 11:56 PM (hlMPp)
Don't make that mistake.
Just a friendly PSA
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 25, 2016 11:56 PM (hlMPp)
Think that is bad? Generic coffee creamer and generic Boraxo containers look very similar.
It is just that it takes much more Boraxo to make your coffee milky.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 25, 2016 11:58 PM (ry34m)
@FOX5Atlanta 36s36 seconds ago
#BREAKING: (AP) Police: 1 dead/3 others wounded @ shooting inside New York City concert venue where artist T.I. was scheduled to perform.
Posted by: Thrawn at May 25, 2016 11:59 PM (wQWv4)
Well, they'll just count the votes and let him grandstand against it.
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at May 26, 2016 12:00 AM (VquEu)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 26, 2016 12:00 AM (89T5c)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:00 AM (g8Hfr)
And isn't just plain old static build up a problem on ships, well landing a chopper or something on a ship. They need to drop a wire to touch the ship and equalize the charge. I've read of people being killed by such discharges. A chopper is landing and you grab a line or something dangling and get the hell shocked out of you.
And another interesting thing. They actually think now that the lightning EMP alone can induce a heart attack if conditions are right. There've been cases were people just were hiking or something alone way out in the middle of nowhere and just dropped dead. They suspected lightning in cases where there was no other explanation, but there were no marks on the body.
Well, they think that if that EMP is strong enough -- you're close enough to the strike -- and it hits at just the right moment in the cardiac cycle, it can mess it up and send you in v-fib or something like that.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 12:01 AM (DW+jj)
I see you see how the game is played Sailor!
Come sit on uncle Juan's knee and I'll tell you a story of my downing 5 planes...
//Juan Queeg-Enemy Ace
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:01 AM (g8Hfr)
#BREAKING: (AP) Police: 1 dead/3 others wounded @ shooting inside New York City concert venue where artist T.I. was scheduled to perform.
Haven't heard much from Texas Instruments lately.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 26, 2016 12:01 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 26, 2016 12:01 AM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 26, 2016 12:00 AM (89T5c)
They don't in my house, either. Breakfast for me is 2-3 scrambled eggs, no toast or carbs. CW Jr cooks up another 2-3 more each morning for his breakfast burritos.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 12:02 AM (rJUlF)
You could make a quiche.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 26, 2016 12:04 AM (egOGm)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 26, 2016 12:04 AM (89T5c)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr
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*rummages in desk drawer for SR-52*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2016 12:04 AM (9mTYi)
I'm bringing the ONT down....
"Math Witch"...
yeah what precisely is the math necessitating tonight's betrayal?
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:05 AM (g8Hfr)
So, anyone want to start a pool on which pundit/writer/blogger with more than 5K Twitter followers is the first to call him a "Trumpkin"?
If there's a pool, put me down for $10 on Ben Shapiro
Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2016 12:05 AM (fnmIE)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 26, 2016 12:05 AM (Z8xbi)
Thanks.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 26, 2016 12:06 AM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 26, 2016 12:06 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 26, 2016 12:06 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at May 26, 2016 12:07 AM (VquEu)
Plus, I find twitter feeds confusing since I don't know what they're replying to and don't feel like checking.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:07 AM (rmw+9)
Lil' Ben was quite froggy this evening....
"I don't vote between two democrats!"
Really ben you sat out 2008 and 2012?
How very cosmopolitan....
His Donk Radar didn't sniff Michelle "Bionic" Fields' progressivism out.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:07 AM (g8Hfr)
And she is asking for spousal support.
Wow.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 26, 2016 12:08 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: DC in River City, Team Mattis at May 26, 2016 12:08 AM (e+1S5)
It tells you in the top margin of a tweet, or by the @ symbol prior to a name....
nowhere near as mysterious as where our ampersands are here.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:08 AM (g8Hfr)
remember there's nothing the GOP can do it is not like they have BOTH FUCKING HOUSES
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:54 PM (g8Hfr)
When people hear the word conservative now, they equate it with Boehner, Ryan, and McConnell who have enough power to shut down the Obama Admin completely, and instead spinelessly enable its every act. That's not what we mean when we say conservative, but it's what everybody who's not a political junkie hears.
That's why we need a new label, one that emphasizes our continuity with the ideals that this country was founded upon. I don't know what the perfect word is, but we'd go further calling ourselves Federalists (are we not people who want to restore balance to the Federal system?) than we would Conservatives these days. That name, at least, doesn't have the dishonor of the Orange Man, the Mock Turtle, and the Wicked Math Witch upon it.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 26, 2016 12:09 AM (HalrA)
If reports are to be believed he bathed precisely 15 times in their bout of marital bliss....
so yeah maybe she needs Olfactorial Replacement Surgery
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:09 AM (g8Hfr)
And she is asking for spousal support.
Wow.
****
Well, how many times can a wife ask her husband to take a freaking bath before it begins to wear on her?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2016 12:09 AM (SEXy3)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 26, 2016 12:10 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: pulsating giant brain with green as its team color at May 26, 2016 12:10 AM (PLnZs)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:09 AM (g8Hfr)
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Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 26, 2016 12:10 AM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at May 26, 2016 12:11 AM (VquEu)
***
The comment about Rubio doing porn made me LOL
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2016 12:11 AM (SEXy3)
Nice, perversely the Federalists were if anything the more authoritarian impulse leaning graft friendly party back then....
It could possibly confuse the fuck out of any LIVs that remember ANYTHING of their US History and Civics classes...
Whoa man these cats wants MOAR FEDERAL POWER! MOAR GOODIES FOR US FEEL THE BARN!
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:12 AM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 26, 2016 12:12 AM (89T5c)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:07 AM (g8Hfr)
EoJ has been trolling him on Twitter with "Ben Shapiro still getting zero pussy for white knighting Michelle Fields"
Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2016 12:14 AM (fnmIE)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
I saw Johnny Depp on TV while surfing the idiot box the other night. He's not aging well. Looks like he drinks too much. Also, he's kind of creepy. Isn't Amber Heard bi? Maybe Depp was expecting threesomes and wasn't getting them. Or he's just a creep.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 26, 2016 12:14 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:15 AM (R+p/Q)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 12:16 AM (DW+jj)
i can't wait for Rubio to finally get into gay porn so his fanbois have some outlet for their passions
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2016 12:17 AM (SEXy3)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 26, 2016 12:17 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 26, 2016 12:18 AM (dULJN)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at May 26, 2016 12:18 AM (89T5c)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 26, 2016 12:17 AM (Wckf4)
As do I. And I miss arhooley.....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 12:18 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:19 AM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 26, 2016 12:19 AM (dULJN)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 12:20 AM (6IPEM)
Federalist as a word on its own, shorn of the trappings of its old party, is a great word for someone that's a fan of the system that the founders have created. Federalism in theory is the balance between national/state/local powers where the current parties favor an imbalance to the national side, which makes them Unitary or Statists. It's a nice little soundbyte-level handle that could go a lot further explaining who we are than trying to battle for the tarnished conservative label, which is claimed by everyone from FisCons, to Evangelicals, to RINOs and NeoCons.
Why sign ourselves up for an uphill struggle we don't have to fight? A new label could do world of good.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 26, 2016 12:21 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 12:21 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 12:21 AM (EzgxV)
He, CoderInCrisis, Wodeshed, Polli, Nied and others are why I don't nuke Twitter whole....
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:22 AM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Zombie Hunter Thompson at May 26, 2016 12:23 AM (gwG9s)
May all of the open borders politicians get swarmed by Zika bearing mosquitos
Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2016 12:24 AM (TmVQX)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 12:24 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:25 AM (g8Hfr)
total of 15 months, are getting divorced. And she is asking for spousal
support. Wow.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille)))
Does she get to keep the 68 Mustang?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWTrqpRcR7g
Clip from Overhauling episode from ET.
Posted by: Willy J. at May 26, 2016 12:25 AM (LncQn)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 12:26 AM (6IPEM)
Hollyweird. Why has he never been willing to name names? He doesn't
really have an acting career anymore as far as I know.
Can't afford the defamation lawsuits that would certainly come his way.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 26, 2016 12:27 AM (QW/FN)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:22 AM (g8Hfr)
I assume "and others" mean the boob pics I tweet
Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2016 12:27 AM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:27 AM (g8Hfr)
I thought it was just random women you met in the course of a day.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 26, 2016 12:29 AM (QW/FN)
Heh Ms10077 is asleep... and others are all the people who keep me going....
Someone here liked my Mila Tan SFW pic
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:29 AM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:29 AM (rmw+9)
Interesting if he actually said that, he could get himself disbarred forever.
Posted by: Lena Dunham at May 26, 2016 12:30 AM (ntObR)
****
As we learned on the thread a couple of days ago, there are also those willing to scream "druggie" to discredit him. No compassion given for WTH may have driven him to drugs.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2016 12:30 AM (SEXy3)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 26, 2016 12:30 AM (PLnZs)
Uh Michelle, some of us guys on the right *like* that stuff....
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:32 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:32 AM (ntObR)
It's being reported by a news station in San Diego, that Casey Anthony's lawyer is ADMITTING she was guilty all along.
Interesting if he actually said that, he could get himself disbarred forever.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:33 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:33 AM (g8Hfr)
Interesting if he actually said that, he could get himself disbarred forever.
Posted by: Lena Dunham at May 26, 2016 12:30 AM (ntObR)
How many blow-jobs will it take for him to rescind that statement?
If one interview cancellation = 3 bjs, how many more will it take to disavow a statement.
Math, such as figuring out the conversion rate of bjs to legal services, is hard...
Posted by: Casey Anthony at May 26, 2016 12:34 AM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:22 AM (g8Hfr)
I assume "and others" mean the boob pics I tweet
Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2016 12:27 AM (GrXXa)
Possibly. I'm pretty sure it's not my lame tweets.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 12:34 AM (rJUlF)
Peaches has become an infrequent commenter.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2016 12:34 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 12:34 AM (qUNWi)
1. Neither Thor or Beck have mused about going Brutus on Obama or Clinton (which would be bad too), yet now they are like little girls waiting for Super Brutus to save America from Don Caesar. This is the logical end of the Never Trump movement, waxing on about fantasy assassinations!
2. Glenn Beck is crazy and he makes everyone who gets near him look crazy. Ted Cruz's biggest mistake was letting this lunatic become part of his campaign. Stay away...and don't make eye contact.
Posted by: William Eaton at May 26, 2016 12:35 AM (KhJh8)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 12:35 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 12:36 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:29 AM (rmw+9)
That is a major PITA. You have my sympathies. Are you sure you've searched everywhere/backtracked thoroughly?
And, BTW, this is a significant datum in resolving the ongoing FS gender question.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 12:36 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: free tibet, and all that other sh*t at May 26, 2016 12:36 AM (CL76w)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I hope nothing irreplaceable was in there.
Mrs. H's purse was lifted while she was shopping. Her wallet had irreplaceable baby pictures in it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2016 12:37 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: anachronism at May 26, 2016 12:37 AM (vsLAs)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 26, 2016 12:37 AM (QW/FN)
Was hearing it today on the radio for about the billionth time, when it finally hit me: the song seems definitely to have a subtext of "liberal hypocrisy/bigotry about the south."
Of course I may have been high on BBQ chicken sandwich fumes at the time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:37 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 12:38 AM (qUNWi)
Lena Dunham,
Hope her "medicinal pithy" was worth it...
Posted by: Sven10077
Sounds like something Mike Tyson would say.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 26, 2016 12:38 AM (k4M/B)
These days, I just can't listen anymore. He's gone around the bend.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 12:38 AM (rJUlF)
Hollyweird. Why has he never been willing to name names? He doesn't
really have an acting career anymore as far as I know.
Can't afford the defamation lawsuits that would certainly come his way.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 26, 2016 12:27 AM (QW/FN)
In the linked article, Feldman says that Cali has a lot shorter statute of limitations for sexual abuse than other states. All of his abuse are past the statute. Points out that Cosby is getting charged because the states he did it in, have much longer statutes.
I would vote very quickly for a Presidential candidate that would go after the Hollywood crime organization.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 26, 2016 12:39 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:39 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 12:39 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 12:36 AM (DW+jj)
BOHICA.
Posted by: Casey Anthony at May 26, 2016 12:39 AM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 26, 2016 12:39 AM (FYqfs)
Not around here, even with the local liberal arts college. I get calls from people complaining I don't play MORE Skynyrd.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 12:40 AM (rJUlF)
Nothing of sentimental value (Sorry about Mrs. Hammer's photos) but information I needed and am I just not supposed to drive until I get a new license? I guess so.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:40 AM (rmw+9)
Posted by: Milk Carton Photo at May 26, 2016 12:41 AM (gwG9s)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 26, 2016 12:41 AM (ZEzaq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I wouldn't worry about driving without the license in your possession.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2016 12:42 AM (9mTYi)
There's also *one* news story out there, from a site I never heard of, that says Neil Young has now *given permission* to Trump to use his songs at rallies.
I guess the check didn't bounce...
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:42 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 26, 2016 12:42 AM (QW/FN)
And be wearing it and nothing else while banging Terri Hatcher for some damn reason.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 12:42 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 26, 2016 12:43 AM (PLnZs)
Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at May 26, 2016 12:44 AM (AHDxb)
Especially worth it as so many libs will shorten their lives contorting themselves into megaspasms of anger over what Cotton said. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:44 AM (ntObR)
In case you're still here, eggs break when frozen. Sadly, I know this from experience due to storing eggs in the fridge on the freezer side of a side-by-side.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 26, 2016 12:44 AM (GDulk)
The cops drive shitty cars nowadays, so you should be able to outrun them in a bog-standard V6 Accord.
Posted by: Elwood Blues at May 26, 2016 12:44 AM (vsLAs)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 26, 2016 12:44 AM (PLnZs)
In Texas, you can order a replacement license online, print out your temporary, and never have to go to the DPS office and stand in line.
Hope you'll have it as easy in your locale, ma'am!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 26, 2016 12:45 AM (McRlu)
I guess the check didn't bounce...
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:42 AM (ntObR)
Eh, Trump could use the songs as long as he pays the performance rights fees to ASCAP, BMI or SESAC. All these musicians saying "I didn't give (X) permission to use my songs!" are just virtue signalling.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 12:46 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:46 AM (rmw+9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:47 AM (ntObR)
And be wearing it and nothing else while banging Terri Hatcher for some damn reason.
Ah yes....the old "vintage fantasy".
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 12:47 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:47 AM (rmw+9)
I called everyplace I had been and it's nowhere here either, but I have no idea when it was taken.,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:49 AM (rmw+9)
Posted by: D. Trump at May 26, 2016 12:50 AM (H9MG5)
There were also clues dropped during the spousal unit's adventures in becoming a school bus driver.
Unless, like Zombie, FS is dropping contradictory hints to maintain the mystique.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 26, 2016 12:51 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
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That's good news. I'm thinking about making up an ad for Roy Cooper (D-NC) who is going to run for Governor. Cooper has opposed NC HB2. I'm thinking that a few bars from 'Aqualung' coupled with an overlay of "Vote With The Child Molesters, Vote Cooper" ought to make the point.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2016 12:51 AM (9mTYi)
I called everyplace I had been and it's nowhere here either, but I have no idea when it was taken.,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:49 AM (rmw+9)
Try going online and investigating your most recent charges. If you charged at a restaurant and left it in the ladies' room, it might be at the restaurant's lost-and-found.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 12:53 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 12:57 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:57 AM (rmw+9)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 12:38 AM (qUNWi)
Andy Griffith's Lonesome Rhodes character from A Face in The Crowd looks prophetic now
Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2016 12:58 AM (xtAD7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 01:00 AM (ntObR)
Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 12:57 AM (rmw+9)
Tracking down the fiancee's lost stuff is a particular speciality of mine.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 01:00 AM (EzgxV)
You should physically go to the places you've been and pesonally ask around... When you just call, you don't know who you'll get and that person might not know or even care!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 26, 2016 01:00 AM (kP16F)
Thats an excellent flick!
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 26, 2016 01:02 AM (NGd+i)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 01:03 AM (rmw+9)
I have a circa-2000 DVD edition of it and a basic blu-ray edition of it, but I think I may spring for this new one anyway. Think it's better and has better special features.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 01:04 AM (ntObR)
http://tinyurl.com/j56wy3y
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 01:05 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 26, 2016 01:00 AM (kP16F)
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Yes. Do this. I used to not carry a handbag only my pocketbook with my cell phone and car keys in my pockets. I kept absentmindedly leaving my wallet in grocery carts and restrooms when I would set it down. Every single time someone turned it in to customer service. The only time I had anything stolen was when I left my wallet behind at church. Go figure. All my cash was gone but credit cards and ID and stuff was all left behind thankfully. I carry a stupid handbag now.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 01:06 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 01:08 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 01:09 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 01:09 AM (ntObR)
/muldoon
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 26, 2016 01:11 AM (McRlu)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 26, 2016 12:09 AM (HalrA)
I like calling myself a conservative.
Plus, we already have a name for the McConnell's, Ryan's etc. of the world.
Traitor.
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 01:12 AM (lbcdD)
I guess the check didn't bounce...
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 12:42 AM (ntObR)
Eh, Trump could use the songs as long as he pays the performance rights fees to ASCAP, BMI or SESAC. All these musicians saying "I didn't give (X) permission to use my songs!" are just virtue signalling.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 12:46 AM (rJUlF)
I always find it humorous that all these "artists" go on and on about not "selling out" and hating "the corporations, man", and then go right out and sign with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.
Oh, and when they sell the rights to their music because they want that scrilla now, but then bitch later because the song was used in a commercial. Hey dickhead, you sold your rights to your music, you don't own it anymore.
BTW, when you Mr Artist go on and on about how radio stations don't pay you for airing your songs, here's a little hint, they pay a shitload in fees to ASCAP, SESAC, and BMI. If you really want to get froggy, then maybe radio stations could charge you the same amount that they charge advertisers since listeners go out and buy your product.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 26, 2016 01:13 AM (1JnAL)
Now, I'd just buy the damn think if Terri Hatcher could come with it. Or any current hottie would do, really.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 01:14 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2016 12:27 AM (GrXXa)
Once again I end yet another shitty day in my rather shitty life on a more pleasant note because of your tweets.
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 01:17 AM (lbcdD)
Posted by: Naked Yoko at May 26, 2016 01:18 AM (gwG9s)
Jim,
I went the local Sports Authority, but not only did they not have any guns or ammo, apparently this particular location has had a giant Store Closing banner out front for over a month.
So much for my situatioal awareness standards...
That place was picked over like a pig carcass at an Ethiopian picnic.
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 01:19 AM (YaSSM)
Beginning to think they don't know if their assholes are punched, bored, or reamed out with a toothpick.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 01:19 AM (35BaE)
Although, in the larger perspective, my life seems to get a little bit harsher practically every time I turn around.
I'd wager seven out of ten Morons can tell me the obvious solution for that. (The other three don't read my comments.)
Posted by: mindful webworker in an alternate universe at May 26, 2016 01:20 AM (rXkis)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 26, 2016 01:21 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 25, 2016 11:04 PM (SEXy3)
And wipe the fog off the Webcam lens!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 01:23 AM (35BaE)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 26, 2016 01:13 AM (1JnAL)
Our station owner has said often that performance rights fees are our largest expense outside of payroll. And it's even higher now, because we have to pay more for streaming our programming online.
There are different rules, though, for performance in public events (like campaign rallies), broadcast, and using songs in commercials. You may have the rights to use a song in one instance, but not the other.
I've had to deal with ad sales people who tell clients they can use a certain song in their ads. I tell them until I'm blue in the face that we can't do that unless the client has the rights use the song that way. If we were caught airing an ad like that, it would cost our station a five-figure fine.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 01:24 AM (rJUlF)
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Probably a sheared bolt in their server.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2016 01:24 AM (oFSUK)
Don't be practical. DUH!
Posted by: Adriane the Cynic ... at May 26, 2016 01:25 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 01:25 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2016 01:24 AM (oFSUK)
Or a frammled skyhook. Easily fixed if you just add blinker fluid.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 01:26 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Have you never flashed a cop to get out of a ticket?
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 01:26 AM (XHyTv)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 01:27 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:28 AM (5o5ek)
Zombie photo documented that a couple of years ago in San Fran at a Folsom Street event. It's on the zombietime.com website.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 26, 2016 01:29 AM (gyKtp)
Blowjobs?
The solution and cause of all life's problems?
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 01:29 AM (qUNWi)
*
Reducing former estimate to six out of ten.
Posted by: mindful webworker in an alternate reality at May 26, 2016 01:30 AM (rXkis)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 25, 2016 11:19 PM (g8Hfr)
Them what smelt it, dealt it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 01:30 AM (35BaE)
You were asking earlier today about a site that summarizes Hillary's email scandal for a friend. There's this:
http://www.thompsontimeline.com/The_Clinton_Email_Scandal_Timeline
And today's WaPo editorial provides a good summary. Very ouchy for Madame Hillary, too.
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:32 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 26, 2016 01:32 AM (wOKJp)
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 26, 2016 01:33 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 26, 2016 01:32 AM (wOKJp)
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Uhh.... is that the ghost of the Ghost of kari?
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:34 AM (5o5ek)
* and if you get that reference, you're ancient *
Naw, see... if my life gets a little harsher every time I turn around, the obvious solution is... to quit turning around.
It all began when I read the scripture about listening for that "still small voice behind you saying, 'this is the way.'"
So, I'd turn around to follow it, next thing you know, there's that still small voice behind me again, saying, "this is the way."
Got dizzy after a while.
Posted by: mindful webworker in an alternate mindset at May 26, 2016 01:35 AM (rXkis)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2016 01:35 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2016 11:19 PM (9mTYi)
I have never had a close encounter with lightning, but thundershowers are in the current forecast here, and I am smack in the middle of Alberta's Tornado Alley.
I did see a nifty electrical show one time when a 480 volt 3-phase plug on a drilling rig developed a short to ground, being, in this case, the beer-can sized aluminum shell of the plug. There was a half-inch hole burned in the shell, and a ping-pong ball of plasma bounced across the lease towards me, before going "poof" and disappearing without a trace. They had it up and running again in 30 minutes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 01:35 AM (35BaE)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 26, 2016 01:35 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 26, 2016 01:35 AM (wOKJp)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 26, 2016 01:36 AM (wOKJp)
... I've viewed conservatism as holding closely to the Constitution and, for me particularly, the Bill of Rights. And the whole Life, Liberty, and Pursuit thing. That anything not specifically given over to the Feds stayed with the States. Less government is best government. Local is better than Distant. People live their lives with their rights protected, and otherwise pretty much left alone. ...
Posted by: grammie winger
http://preview.tinyurl.com/j92lhvx
Federalist
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at May 26, 2016 01:38 AM (VquEu)
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 01:26 AM (XHyTv)
No and if i did it now at my advanced age he'd give me another ticket. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 01:38 AM (rmw+9)
Posted by: mindful webworker in flagrant truancy at May 26, 2016 01:39 AM (rXkis)
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Fen, I posted @ you a couple of posts up . . . maybe 10 posts up.
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:40 AM (5o5ek)
Then, I heard the thunder. That was the EMP wave of the strike getting there well before the sound wave did.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:25 PM (DW+jj)
I have lightning rods, with heavy braided ground cable, on all my buildings here. I am a believer. And they look cool, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 01:40 AM (35BaE)
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 26, 2016 01:40 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 26, 2016 01:41 AM (wOKJp)
Anyone else get the feeling that's just him passing the hat for a little baksheesh? Kind of odd that for all of this feeling about how horrible the kiddie-diddling in Hollywood is, absolutely nothing ever comes of it.
Posted by: FaCubeItches at May 26, 2016 01:41 AM (ggtda)
Kari was banned? I should glance at the daywalker threads more often...
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 01:41 AM (YaSSM)
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:41 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 01:42 AM (rmw+9)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 26, 2016 01:42 AM (wOKJp)
I thought bannination was sort of a technical thinggy involving those unique identifying codes and stuff and so on, or something. Apparently not, if kari is here.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 01:44 AM (QDnY+)
I'm morphing to the state of horizontally suspended animation.
Hasta la nite nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 26, 2016 01:45 AM (uIT/e)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at May 26, 2016 01:46 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 01:46 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 25, 2016 11:36 PM (DW+jj)
And then there are the "sprites" and another phenomenon, the name of which escapes me, which are strike or rays going upward from a thundercloud into the ionosphere. Pilots have witnessed them, and film exists, too. I saw one once, from a T-storm low on the horizon. Was like a broad red laser beam pulsing up from the cloud.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 01:46 AM (35BaE)
324 Thanks for the info, Iforget.
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Hope it's useful. I'm not sure what level of reader your friend is.
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:46 AM (5o5ek)
Just wondering 'cause I don't know squat about this subject.
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 01:47 AM (XHyTv)
Since that would make going downstairs futile, a synopsis please? WTF happened? I don't care for kari, but, banned?
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 01:47 AM (YaSSM)
There are different rules, though, for performance in public events (like campaign rallies), broadcast, and using songs in commercials. You may have the rights to use a song in one instance, but not the other.
I've had to deal with ad sales people who tell clients they can use a certain song in their ads. I tell them until I'm blue in the face that we can't do that unless the client has the rights use the song that way. If we were caught airing an ad like that, it would cost our station a five-figure fine.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 26, 2016 01:24 AM (rJUlF)
I remember those checks to those shakedown artists, and they were pretty big back then and there was no streaming at that time.
If those "artists" ever wonder where their royalties from those 3 go to, they should go visit their offices. The offices would make a "white shoe" law firm look like the Law Office of Jimmy McGill.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 26, 2016 01:48 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: somebody had to do it at May 26, 2016 01:48 AM (H9MG5)
Thinking of running it for a few days, see if the place is still worth reading (the chaos and gaps that result from "ignore" functions in highly interactive threads can leave them as incomprehensible as, say, ace's Twitter rant tonight).
But the performance of many regulars has become so depressing I thought I'd try it to salvage something from the comments.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 01:48 AM (QDnY+)
The first rule of hashtag ban club is, don't talk about hashtag ban club.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 26, 2016 01:49 AM (sl+zA)
btw, I've been having fun reading the comments at the NY Times on the IG's report. I sense a certain crumbling -- what you might call a falling away of support.
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:50 AM (5o5ek)
There are actually two strategies. One is too bleed off ground charge before it builds up enough to make a ground streamer and attract a strike. Sharp point rods are good to do that. If you ever see corona around your lightning rods, while scary, it means they're doing that job of bleeding off charge.
THe other strategy is to just take the hit. Some lightning rods aren't really designed to do that. They can bleed, but they ain't gonna take a hit without being destroyed and letting what's underneath get whalloped pretty bad as well.
One rough method to design a protection system is the rolling sphere method. Consider the property, the buildings and structures you want to protect. Imagine the little charged ionized fingers coming down from the sky. You want your protection rods, the things that are gonna take the hit to be the ones that launch the streamers to meet those leaders coming down.
And so you choose a sphere of a certain radius based on the distance a leader will come down before a streamer reaches it, and then roll a sphere on paper all around and make sure you have rods and spires that will keep that rolling sphere from touching any of the structures you want to protect.
The method is well documented if you're interested.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 01:51 AM (DW+jj)
Just wondering 'cause I don't know squat about this subject.
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 01:47 AM (XHyTv)
There's about 72 types of being banned, including one that was invented for Ira by Maet -- which is the reason he's not going to wheedle his way back onto the blog anytime soon.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 01:51 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: NOT the German singer Heino at May 26, 2016 01:51 AM (U0oTh)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 26, 2016 01:51 AM (kP16F)
336 Speaking of bannination, I'm sure I've missed many explanations, but how does one acquire/use the "ignore" thinggy here?
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There's no such thing, is there?
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:52 AM (5o5ek)
It's not the level of her reading which would be the problem. She's a well read, intelligent person. She just has no idea of the extent of Hillary's corruption (and I don't know if she'd believe it) because she only follows network news.
But i'll try.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 01:52 AM (rmw+9)
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (gyKtp)
341 So, I gotta ask, did Maetenloch, dear Maetenloch get fired? Arrested? Called back to his home planet? What?
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Trip to Japan. He should be back soon.
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (NGd+i)
They don't have to witness what they died for.
Fuck the Army.
That was said frequently at the NCO club this evening.
The Army is losing a shitload of good NCOs, but I'm sure they'll be easily replaced...in a matter of years, maybe.
Considering the new ArmySec is queerer than a three dollar bill, I wouldn't hold y'all's breath.
War fighting: out
Diversity and LGBT sensitivity training: all in
Oh, the stories I heard tonight about "training the troops"
Basically, we're fucked.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (qUNWi)
Thinking of running it for a few days, see if the place is still worth reading (the chaos and gaps that result from "ignore" functions in highly interactive threads can leave them as incomprehensible as, say, ace's Twitter rant tonight).
But the performance of many regulars has become so depressing I thought I'd try it to salvage something from the comments.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 01:48 AM (QDnY+)
I got it from Merovign.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (EzgxV)
cthulhu, you're computer-savvy, is there an ignore script one can use for these comment threads?
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (QDnY+)
Chi, ace didn't specify a reason.
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Keep reading in that thread. You'll find the reason.
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:54 AM (5o5ek)
352 iforgot, I've seen several people refer to their "ignore" script they use here.
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Aren't they being facetious?
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:55 AM (5o5ek)
With sufficient prep
http://preview.tinyurl.com/nonoc4b
Posted by: Kindltot at May 25, 2016 11:56 PM (ry34m)
Used to be a thing, you could preserve eggs with water glass. "Water glass" being a syrupy solution of sodium silicate sold for precisely that purpose. I remember seeing in grocery stores as a child.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 01:55 AM (35BaE)
Some YooToobishness for alla y'all's edutainment
Wow.. rejected as spam! What the?
Posted by: mindful webworker in state of denial at May 26, 2016 01:55 AM (rXkis)
Anyone else get the feeling that's just him passing the hat for a little baksheesh? Kind of odd that for all of this feeling about how horrible the kiddie-diddling in Hollywood is, absolutely nothing ever comes of it.
Posted by: FaCubeItches at May 26, 2016 01:41 AM (ggtda)
Statute of limitations in California would be on the victims 26th birthday. If he names names know he would be sued for slander.
Remember, Hollywood is very much tied in with the power structure in government and the media. You don't fuck with them at all. Even Roman Polanski remains a free man in Europe today.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 26, 2016 01:55 AM (1JnAL)
"70 phone of kari has been banned and will be banned in all future incarnations.
Posted by: ace at May 25, 2016 09:04 PM (dciA+)"
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 01:56 AM (6IPEM)
Steven Crowder 6:09
https://youtu.be/v9JEBlfGZd4
Pretty fun one for Crowder
Posted by: mindful webworker tries again #3 at May 26, 2016 01:56 AM (rXkis)
He banned the hash on my phone (hence "Phone of kari"). Above (like at >325) you can find the hash for my PC. The hash attached to this comment is for my chromebook. My work computer is hash xuouz. Please do ban all of them.
Cheers guys, I will miss this place, and I'll totally still read it, but it's time for me to put all this energy into my own endeavors. Maybe I can even make a buck off it.
I'll miss voterma (the most), BurtTC, andycanuck, Fen, NaCLy Dog, redbanzai, grammie, Mort, rickl, rickb, the Tims, Weirddave, nevergiveup, jwest, Moo Moo, the Donnas, kbdabear, and many others who I'm forgetting. Even chemjeff and Pastafarian. Remember me to AmishDude if he ever comes back.
Donald Trump is gonna win whether you vote for him or not. Do try to enjoy the ride. I will see you all on the flip side.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 26, 2016 01:56 AM (wOKJp)
No...there's a way to access an ignore function but I'm far too lazy to suss it out.
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 01:56 AM (qUNWi)
❂ Voting For The Boys
Wild Bill for America 5:19
https://youtu.be/C3MHIfe1XUQ
Trump, Bill says, for the military's sake
Posted by: mindful webworker in case of spam at May 26, 2016 01:56 AM (rXkis)
Btw, Corey Feldman is just suppressing Hollywood contributions to The Commie-Fag-Junkie party, aka Dem.-Commies.
Would you rear your head, ahem, by sending a contribution to the cause you really love almost as much as, well, rearing head, if there was a chance you indictment would cause voters/felons/illegals to stay home and drink the bong water on election day?
Naw, me neither.
Posted by: NOT the German singer Heino at May 26, 2016 01:56 AM (U0oTh)
They've even discovered that some lightning strikes or events in thunderclouds can generate *gamma rays*. They were dubious about this, but it's been proven to happen. And they still don't understand what process can get that energetic.
It's not a lot of them, of course, but gamma rays have been observed to be so generated.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 01:57 AM (DW+jj)
The only thing I know about it is that it's out there, and some are using it.
Probably on me.
But my hash changes at will (mobole). If it was an easy install on my phone, I would've installed it a long time ago.
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 01:57 AM (YaSSM)
Bannination occurred for wishing/calling for death of a prominent public person who happens to have thick ankles according to what I've read.
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:58 AM (5o5ek)
If he announces a trip to Italy, I'm building a bunker.
Posted by: what's that guy up to? at May 26, 2016 01:58 AM (vsLAs)
Posted by: NOT the German singer Heino at May 26, 2016 01:51 AM (U0oTh)
Frank-n-furter, it's all over -- your mission is a failure, your lifestyle's too extreme.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82-eFNdIlp0
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 01:59 AM (EzgxV)
❂ Can White People Say Niζζa?
Mark Dice 4:34
https://youtu.be/BAN841Apmd0
Unusually intelligent replies for Dice interviews
Posted by: mindful webworker in violation of Pixy at May 26, 2016 01:59 AM (rXkis)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 26, 2016 12:01 AM (k4M/B)
I had a T.I. digital watch with a tritium capsule to backlight the display. The tritium capsule outlasted the watch, and I actually transferred it to a Brand X digital watch. And I had, even still have, a TI 994A calculator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 01:59 AM (35BaE)
Oh no. I have to be up in 4 hours. Night, all.
Posted by: iforgot at May 26, 2016 01:59 AM (5o5ek)
He's on a trip to Japan, I believe.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2016 02:00 AM (rmw+9)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 02:02 AM (6IPEM)
They don't have to witness what they died for.
Fuck the Army.
That was said frequently at the NCO club this evening.
The Army is losing a shitload of good NCOs, but I'm sure they'll be easily replaced...in a matter of years, maybe.
Considering the new ArmySec is queerer than a three dollar bill, I wouldn't hold y'all's breath.
War fighting: out
Diversity and LGBT sensitivity training: all in
Oh, the stories I heard tonight about "training the troops"
Basically, we're fucked.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (rlfds)
Your purpose is to be on the outside, with the American people, when the corrupt assholes in Washington pull everything down upon their heads. You need to look out for grandbabies, daughters, comrades-in-arms, and friends.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 02:02 AM (EzgxV)
cthulhu, you're computer-savvy, is there an ignore script one can use for these comment threads?
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (QDnY+)
It exists, it's real, it works....and it riles people up. I got my copy from Merovign but eventually abandoned it.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 02:03 AM (EzgxV)
There are pros and cons, but my opinion is they should not be. The damage that can be done there is great. Now, the problem is there can be enormous voltage between the lightning ground and the power system ground system during an "event". That risk is well outweighed by the other risks of tying them together in my opinion.
You will get arguments about this. And codes will differ. Codes will be damned as far as this is concerned with me. And they are ways to get special dispensation as well, if the local authority wants to be a bitch about it.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 02:05 AM (DW+jj)
The only thing I know about it is that it's out there, and some are using it.
Probably on me.
But my hash changes at will (mobole). If it was an easy install on my phone, I would've installed it a long time ago.
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 01:57 AM (YaSSM)
It was created in the distant past. Merovign is merely the tender of the flame.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 02:06 AM (EzgxV)
As somebody else just said, I'm probably too lazy to actually seek it out and try to use it.
Scrolling down achieves the same purpose.
I use an ignore feature on the main gun nut forum I read, and it's actually worked out well. But different here. A few gaps caused by "ignore", and instead of reading a thread you're Cdr Rochefort at Station Hypo in Pearl Harbor trying to decipher the likely meaning of a few unknown elements in a Japanese naval message.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 02:06 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 02:06 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: rhomboid
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Heh.
I always thought just the opposite.
Like "General Hospital," I get the feeling that if I walked away for 17 months, I could come back & pick up where I left off. Somebody would still be pregnant, and MH & Elle would still be trying to catch up with the Moronimals pics.
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 02:13 AM (YaSSM)
Last night after work I heard one fairly tearing along, looked it up, and, behold! Turkish Airlines 777 at about 530 kts en route SFO to IST. Wow! Right above me!
Who buys a ticket like that? What I would pay to waterboard just 3 of the passengers!
Num 6,24-6
Posted by: NOT the German singer Heino at May 26, 2016 02:13 AM (U0oTh)
Of course.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 02:06 AM (rlfds)
There is no "of course" about it. The central government is going predatory, and people are going to find common-cause in other ways.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 02:17 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (rlfds)
I feel really bad for the WW2, Korean, Vietnam vets etc. who have lived long enough to see this country turn into the shitshow it has become.
Like it was all for nothing.
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 02:17 AM (XHyTv)
It helps to actually read the papers before diving in to a line of inquiry
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 02:17 AM (uAvJJ)
But it costs 'way more for pot,
or LSD, or cocaine,
especially if you're caught.
So if I have to pay for
some stuff to make me dumb,
I'll stay within the boundaries,
and just keep drinking rum.
Good night good hearted Morons. May the lightning strike far from you and yours.
♥
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew
the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.Posted by: mindful webworker in John 2:9-10 at May 26, 2016 02:20 AM (rXkis)
Like "General Hospital," I get the feeling that if I walked away for 17 months, I could come back & pick up where I left off. Somebody would still be pregnant, and MH & Elle would still be trying to catch up with the Moronimals pics.
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 02:13 AM (YaSSM)
Are Luke and Laura still on there?
Lawn.....you know the drill.
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 02:20 AM (XHyTv)
The method is well documented if you're interested.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 01:51 AM (DW+jj)
Or, you could just move to Alaska where we don't have that shit to deal with. You could do that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 26, 2016 02:20 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 02:22 AM (uAvJJ)
Lawn.....you know the drill.
Posted by: Blano
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Shit. That Christopher Cross song is stuck in my head now.
Take the trashcan out to the curb on your way off ...
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 02:24 AM (YaSSM)
But generally I've just lost interest in many of the threads. The one about NeverYouKnowWho by ace earlier was kind of a spectacle.
Favorite (because it was unintentionally hilarious) was the concern that YouKnowWho might "damage the GOP brand" so much that The Unthinkable became thinkable.
Some might observe that YouKnowWho actually getting the f***ing GOP nomination might, uh, you know, be a small indication that the GOP brand was *already* in trouble. With man of its own voters.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 02:25 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 02:26 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 01:53 AM (rlfds)
I feel really bad for the WW2, Korean, Vietnam vets etc. who have lived long enough to see this country turn into the shitshow it has become.
Like it was all for nothing.
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 02:17 AM (XHyTv)
The loathsome progressive scumsuckers have tried their best to make it "all for nothing" -- but it wasn't. It was for the idea of America; it was for buddies in arms; it was for peace through strength; it was for honor and integrity; it was for making the world a better place.....and the fact that this was all pissed-away by the Democrats, with help from RINOs, should have every right-minded person oppose those Progressives and RINOs with every fiber of their being.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 02:28 AM (EzgxV)
Such is life.
Used to piss me off.
Now? *shrugs*
Well, it's past my bedtime and I have to rise and shine in a few hours.
Niters y'all.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 02:28 AM (rlfds)
Favorite (because it was unintentionally hilarious) was the concern
that YouKnowWho might "damage the GOP brand" so much that The
Unthinkable became thinkable.
Yes it is already damaged. And it could get even more damaged. One does not preclude the other.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 02:30 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 26, 2016 02:05 AM (DW+jj)
My lightning rods are grounded to their own dedicated ground rods, on all 4 buildings. I subscribe to the theory that the lightning rods enable excess charge to be led off via corona discharge, thereby preventing a lightning strike. But if lightning were to strike, the lightning rods would be the most probable path to ground, and even if the ground cables vaporized from the current, the plasma channel thus created will hopefully keep the bulk of the discharge current out of my buildings.
And, yes, there would be EM effects.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 02:31 AM (35BaE)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump
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Heh.
When did Reagan get shot?
I remember the day. Interrupted the soap. I used to get off the school bus & walk in the house just in time to watch GH with Dad. Tough as nails old Navy Master Chief - addicted to General Hospital.
People are weird.
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 02:37 AM (YaSSM)
Not once or twice. Over the course of years. Winning - literally despite its attempt to avoid having any particular program - two of the most sweeping electoral victories in all US history (2010 and 2014).
But as that thread and others the last few months have illustrated, the country is in trouble not just because of the clueless, tribalistic, self-absorbed and impractical "liberals", but their shockingly large counter-parts on the "conservative" side.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 02:37 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 02:37 AM (XHyTv)
It astounds me the kind of sound that emanates from mine, when I part my cheeks.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 26, 2016 02:39 AM (WxY7/)
Posted by: Blano at May 26, 2016 02:40 AM (XHyTv)
stationary at the time the photo was taken! LeStrade, I accuse you of handing out false tickets in order to reach your quota.
Posted by: Sherlock Holmes at May 26, 2016 02:42 AM (WxY7/)
Of course, I am a stickler for proper use of the term "execution" meaning a lawful homicide of an evil-doer, after due process having been observed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2016 02:43 AM (35BaE)
http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/142617
There is a much easier to find ignore script (INCIF) that in my experience does not work as well.
This is the old one (the only link I have and it's not editable).
Which means that you have to manually change references of "minx.cc" to "acecomments.mu.nu"
And, if you are so equipped, any other changes you desire.
In theory I don't like the idea, it does tend to fragment comments. It works better when it's just a few people, but Dipshit Season (the primary) has bloated my list.
And some people change hashes a lot.
Ultimately, at best, it accomplishes the same thing as people separating into narrower and narrower interest groups, but I don't have the answer to that problem (in its context) either.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 26, 2016 02:44 AM (wB8Tg)
But I'll power through it and hope the next one (history of submarine operations in the Pacific) is better.
And the 150 rounds of 30-06 I finished after a busy day also took their toll in fatigue and focus. So bis morgen fruh, or not so fruh, depending on time zone.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 02:44 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 26, 2016 02:45 AM (EzgxV)
In my case it wasn't the "new names" that caused me to think about ignore, but mostly regulars who derailed or showed their limitations to the point that skipping them seemed a reasonable approach.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 02:47 AM (QDnY+)
personally, like to imagine a conversation with the CV's, cockpit
victors: "What's your vector, Victor?"
liveatc.net
Type in your local airport code.
I routinely fall asleep to this "white noise" of calm professionals going through established routines.
Posted by: good night, Speedbird Heavy at May 26, 2016 02:48 AM (vsLAs)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2016 02:47 AM (QDnY+) fnord (QDnY+)
I have a large list.
It's depressing.
I often joke that if I had my own blog, I'd probably be the only person allowed to comment there within a month.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 26, 2016 02:51 AM (wB8Tg)
I-I-I-I-I fiiiind Peale appalliiiinn'!
And I-I-I-I-I fiiiind Paul a-ppealin'!!!
Thank you, thankyouvurrahmuch!
I'll be running third party Thursdays, November 5th.
Posted by: Adele Lai Stevenson at May 26, 2016 02:52 AM (WxY7/)
When did Reagan get shot?
I remember the day. Interrupted the soap. I used to get off the school bus & walk in the house just in time to watch GH with Dad. Tough as nails old Navy Master Chief - addicted to General Hospital.
People are weird.
I got sucked in to the L&L and I swear I have no idea how it happened.
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 02:53 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Adele Lai Stevenson at May 26, 2016 02:54 AM (WxY7/)
That was really cool.
I'm not the hugest fan of her music, but she is quite the hottie.
Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2016 03:00 AM (sdi6R)
405 Hay fever has been moving in over the last few days....must be that globull warmening.
Posted by: cthulhu
Ugh. Don't bring that up, please. Even worse? Hey fever. Now that it stopped raining, everyone is outside like Ned Flanders...
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 03:00 AM (YaSSM)
very dubious concept to begin with) when the brand has immolated
itself. Absurd as in funny, that's how absurd.
Well we may be talking about two different things. This is what I am talking about.
What has differentiated American conservative parties from European conservative parties in the past is that European conservative parties tend to accept the premise of the welfare state, and just want to be better managers of it. By contrast, American conservative parties (and I include Libertarians in there broadly speaking) don't merely want to audition to be better managers of the welfare state, but to actually have an argument over the proper role that government should have in things like welfare. Instead of "can government perform this task better and more efficiently", the argument is "should government even be doing this task in the first place". And that has been a really healthy argument to have I think, because the desire to just have more efficient government leads to greater and greater usurpations of liberty that get lost along the way.
Now I will admit that conservatives have been losing this argument for a while now, partly because Republican politicians have not fought as hard as they should have against big-government schemes, or even foolishly agreed with them themselves, and partly because the allure of Uncle Sugar handing out candy is quite appealing and has seduced a large portion of the electorate. But at least there was still a vehicle for fighting government excess and actually reducing the size and scope of government in our lives, even if that vehicle performed very imperfectly.
With Trumpism, I think it is just a final concession that the argument is over and we lost. It's the final transformation of the Republican party into the more European version of a conservative party, and to abandon the arguments about bigger/smaller government and just make the Leviathan work better by "making great deals".
So when *I* refer to "damage the GOP brand" I was referring to this, at least the perception among conservatives that it was a place that could be employed at least to some degree to fight against ever-expanding government. Now, people like me who genuinely want smaller government really have nowhere to go. (The Libertarians are sadly just about as big of a joke this year as the Republicans are.)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 03:02 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: eleven
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Life happened.
You were sixteen, and Laura was hot.
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 03:02 AM (YaSSM)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 03:07 AM (uAvJJ)
More judicious would be to say, "such-and-so is a traitor, and they deserve to be treated like one".
Posted by: Adele Lai Stevenson at May 26, 2016 03:09 AM (WxY7/)
I also found this. It's gospel singer Regina McCrary talking about her experiences recording "Slow Train Coming" and accompanying him with his 1979 concerts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Yqj-QzwZE
It has more to do with Christianity than with Dylan, but both Christians and Dylan fans should find it interesting. Personally, I found it riveting.
Do watch it all the way to the end, because there's a neat twist.
Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2016 03:13 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 03:14 AM (qUNWi)
Thanks for asking - surprised anyone remembered.
Overall , not bad. Always late, of course, but I expected no less.
Yardwork help is appreciated, and knocks a bit off the bill.
I get a good laugh almost daily (the guy would make the world's worst burglar! A trail of breadcrumbs type of burglar), so there's that.
Posted by: Chi at May 26, 2016 03:16 AM (YaSSM)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 26, 2016 03:27 AM (Z8xbi)
I was very worried that he would turn into a deadbeat, or worse, some type of thug.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 03:28 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: Rbastid at May 26, 2016 03:35 AM (XwTyM)
Posted by: Puddleglum playin' some ZZ Top at May 26, 2016 04:20 AM (NGd+i)
Monaco Grand Prix free practice is this morning, the only Thursday practice on the schedule.
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2016 04:23 AM (3wHFl)
Hows about you?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 04:29 AM (WVsWD)
I'll go make the coffee and tea.
Oh yeah, good morning lurkers and Tim and Skip.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 04:34 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 04:38 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 04:42 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 04:43 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 04:43 AM (6IPEM)
School out yet for you? Are you teaching this summer?
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 04:46 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2016 04:47 AM (3wHFl)
Need to make a trip to the scrap yard though. Not much room left on the trailer.
What are doing up so late? Or is it so early?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 04:47 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 04:49 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2016 04:50 AM (3wHFl)
What is at the scrap yard?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 04:51 AM (uAvJJ)
referring to this, at least the perception among conservatives that it
was a place that could be employed at least to some degree to fight
against ever-expanding government. Now, people like me who genuinely
want smaller government really have nowhere to go. (The Libertarians are
sadly just about as big of a joke this year as the Republicans are.)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 03:02 AM (uAvJJ)
We don't have a small government solution in this cycle. I hate that, but hating it isn't going to change it, and it's not likely that we're going to have any other options but the ones before us. Of them, Hillary is the absolute worst that could happen: A continuation of Obama's policies wedded to a callous disregard for everything that does not advance the cause of the corrupt Clinton machine. We can be 100% certain that this ramshackle Republic of ours would not long endure her assaults on it.
As I said in the previous thread, this makes it not a "vote for" kind of election, but a "vote against" type. You can't possibly get any worse than Hillary, short of Satan himself crawling up out of Hell and entering the race. (With this year's farcical election so far, that wouldn't shock me at this point.)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 26, 2016 04:52 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 04:52 AM (WVsWD)
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Early or late, I can't tell the difference anymore honestly. Bad, bad insomnia lately. Ace's return to Twitter rant kept
me amused for a while and then I got caught up on all the blog posts and links. I've been listening to music for the last hour or so.
Anything fun planned for today? What are you eating for breakfast besides coffee?
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 04:54 AM (6IPEM)
Last couple of weeks been doing some Urban Mining with three of my Kids. We have a load of aluminum cans ready to go.
I'm hoping for at least 500 pounds. We have been working around U of I and ISU in Bloomington. This year seemed to be better than last.
I guess Recycle Center is a better word?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 04:57 AM (WVsWD)
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Urban mining....
Country boys trap and sell the furs, or hire themselves out to shoot feral hogs and the like.
City boys have their own ways of earning money, too.
Betcha it's a lot of work, and that the cash, while nice, isn't the only reward.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 04:59 AM (lutOX)
I wouldn't call reloading the trailer for the next trip "fun" but my Son in Law already offered to do it. Watching someone else work is "fun"
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:00 AM (WVsWD)
We don't have a small government solution in this cycle. I hate that, but hating it isn't going to change it, and it's not likely that we're going to have any other options but the ones before us. Of them, Hillary is the absolute worst that could happen.
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What Cato said. I gave up on any realistic small govt option after watching Boehner, McConnell, and now Ryan at work. The size of govt has no possibility of being reduced anytime soon with both parties in collusion. My expectations have been reduced to a near minimum with me voting for who will make things not worse.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 05:01 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2016 05:02 AM (3wHFl)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 05:02 AM (uAvJJ)
We are out in the boonies. Nearest small town is 8 miles away. Bloomington is 40 and Champaign/Urbana is about 70.
About 20K students at U of I. Not sure about ISU. 10K maybe? They throw away everything. Especially the Chinese Kids who can't take much home.
You name it we find it. Even money. So far around $75.00 just in change. It helps to have fearless Kids who have no problem jumping up into a garbage dumpster.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:04 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: goon at May 26, 2016 05:06 AM (WCaSy)
****
Yep...college towns provide rich, rich seams for the urban prospector.
And, yeah, the internationals leave more or less everything behind. And they tend to have the good stuff.
'Curb-shopping,' we called it in my day, when every young dandy had an onion tied to his belt, as was the fashion at the time.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 05:07 AM (lutOX)
No, I am a Farmer. Of sorts. Leasing my land outright this year to a company that grows Heritage Seeds. I will also get a small % of the profits and when harvest time comes, all the Fruit and Veggies are mine after processing to remove the seeds.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:07 AM (WVsWD)
If you aint got 5 Bees for a quarter, My lawn, off it, please.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:09 AM (WVsWD)
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Smaht....wicked smaht....
Good for you, friend, and, no, I don't want a case of quart jars full of squash, thank you.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 05:09 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 05:10 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:10 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:09 AM (WVsWD)
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Loved his stories....had relatives from the old country and the older generation who told stories no less baffling than Grandpa Simpson....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 05:11 AM (lutOX)
Everything will be canned. No jars and most of it gets donated to various Churches.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:13 AM (WVsWD)
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I like your kids already. Morons in training, no doubt.
Good job, dad!
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 05:14 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:15 AM (WVsWD)
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Wow! A tin-canner, eh?
But without the empty quart mason jars, where do you keep your 'shine?
And without the little pint jars, what do you drink it out of? (WV raised, and it shows....)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 05:16 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 05:17 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:15 AM (WVsWD)
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Morganville. had to catch the ferry to get there. now, the ferry to Shelbyville cost a nickel.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 05:18 AM (lutOX)
They are certainly free to support or not support whoever. I am also free to ignore them.
Have I ever told you about the time I was hired to break this strike at a nuke plant?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:19 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:20 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:19 AM
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No! Please, do tell! That sounds exciting and interesting. I wanna know.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 05:24 AM (6IPEM)
First off, you need a Onion and a Belt to tie it to. After you have done that we can talk.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:31 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 05:37 AM (6IPEM)
Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday, May 26, 2016. On this day in 1998 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. This was truly and utterly BS because the original lease and purchase of the island was made by a New Yorker operating out of NY. But since the federal government completely took it over it doesn't really make much difference.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:40 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:40 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/1Vje0mj
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:41 AM (vvmPQ)
http://trib.in/1WkV0oI
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:41 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1OYUKJx
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:41 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1OYVI8C
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:41 AM (vvmPQ)
Two Baltimore police officers facing criminal charges in the death of a young black man whose neck was broken in the back of a police van have sued the city's top prosecutor and an official in the sheriff's office for defamation.
http://fxn.ws/1sbI5Jb
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:42 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1Wknhvw
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:42 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1WVgid1
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:42 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1WkXCCU
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:43 AM (vvmPQ)
The only exceptions are if the mother's life is in jeopardy or a doctor determines the fetus can't survive outside the womb.
Notice that it is life in jeopardy and not the infamous "health of the mother". I suspect that this bill be challenged just about as soon as government subsidized PP can get a case.
http://fxn.ws/1TBxzqL
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:43 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1WjIyp5
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:43 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1WVhE7N
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:44 AM (vvmPQ)
Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, is asking a federal judge to order a conservative group not to release audio or video recordings of a deposition Mills is scheduled to give Friday about Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.
They sure do not mind it when the MFM attacks conservative groups with distorted edited videos.
http://politi.co/1TAz9nx
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:44 AM (vvmPQ)
http://ti.me/1RrV0ew
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:44 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/1TLaDn7
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:45 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/1TBlA7l
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:45 AM (vvmPQ)
http://dailysign.al/25j2NVL
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:46 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/20EOZS1
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:46 AM (vvmPQ)
One minute video to start:
https://youtu.be/-o-7MmhqNfA
Covers the "onion on my belt" reference
Posted by: Abe Simpson at May 26, 2016 05:46 AM (n9LsX)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:46 AM (vvmPQ)
Gonna make second cup and be back for just a bit.
Figured fair warning was the right thing to do.
Posted by: teej at May 26, 2016 05:49 AM (oScPm)
Save that line. You will be in great need of it during the next six months.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:52 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 05:52 AM (6IPEM)
Thanks to the sock Abe Simpson who posted the explanation video about the onion belt.
Hi teej! Good morning. Guess what? Ace might be willing to vote for Trump. Wut????
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 05:55 AM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2016 05:57 AM (ns1FV)
I too no longer participate in the "entertain me!" frenzy.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 05:58 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: teej at May 26, 2016 05:59 AM (oScPm)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 05:59 AM (BH8wL)
Well you're used to my keyboard screw ups.
Posted by: teej at May 26, 2016 06:00 AM (oScPm)
Heritage says the PR bill is not a "good deal" for conservatives. I
guess they have read the bill. Republicans didn't, or they simply do not
give a shit for their base.
http://dailysign.al/25j2NVL
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:46 AM (vvmPQ)
In fairness, the Heritage article didn't actually say that the PR bill is not a "good deal for conservatives". They correctly note that it isn't as conservative as it could be, which is true, it's a compromise bill.
I would also point out that one of the things that Heritage wants for PR, an exemption from the Jones Act, stands in contrast to Trump's protectionist message.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:01 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:04 AM (uAvJJ)
You're up early!
Yeah I bailed out on last night's thread when chemjeff and the #nevertrumpers began their usual demands for teh evil Trumpkins/Trumpists/Trumptards to provide incontrovertible mathematical proof of their obsessive and virtue-based opinion.
"Prove to me that I am not crazy", the lunatic repeated for hours.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:05 AM (BH8wL)
Have a good day folks.
Posted by: teej at May 26, 2016 06:06 AM (oScPm)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:08 AM (BH8wL)
Tim, tell me the story sometime. I'm going to try the whole sleeping thing after this comment that all that rest of you weirdos do when you're supposed to be awake with me. I finally feel a little sleepy. Wish me luck.
Teej, write me why. I'd love to hear what you think on the subject. I hope you have a great day.
All of you.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 06:09 AM (6IPEM)
say that the PR bill is not a "good deal for conservatives". They
correctly note that it isn't as conservative as it could be, which is
true, it's a compromise bill.
I would also point out that one of the
things that Heritage wants for PR, an exemption from the Jones Act,
stands in contrast to Trump's protectionist message.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:01 AM (uAvJJ)
I don't give a shit what Trump wants. Heritage says the bill sells out the creditor's legal rights. And the title of the article is:
Congress's Puerto Rico Bill Is Not a Conservative Win
Sounds like that is what they said to me.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 06:10 AM (vvmPQ)
#nevertrumpers began their usual demands for teh evil
Trumpkins/Trumpists/Trumptards to provide incontrovertible mathematical
proof of their obsessive and virtue-based opinion.
Oh FFS. For once I would like the "Trumpists" (as you call them) to actually take a look at REALITY when it comes to who Trump really is and what he really supports. I see all sorts of nonsense about Trump going to "blow up DC" or that Trump is going to start firing people left and right in the bureaucracy when there is precious little evidence that that is the man that he really is. There is a whole lot of wishcasting going on here and it would be nice if the Cult of Trump would descend back down into reality from time to time.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:13 AM (uAvJJ)
When the Simpsons were still funny
Fatherly advice to Bart - -
"Never, ever try. "
Homer J. Simpson
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:13 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:13 AM (xltdJ)
And since RINO Ryan hasn't even read the bill there may be all kinds of shit in it,
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 06:13 AM (vvmPQ)
The only exceptions are if the mother's life is in jeopardy or a doctor determines the fetus can't survive outside the womb.
Notice that it is life in jeopardy and not the infamous "health of the mother". I suspect that this bill be challenged just about as soon as government subsidized PP can get a case.
http://fxn.ws/1TBxzqL
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
I thought only crazy SOCONs like the Cuuch supported stuff like this?
Posted by: Dole & Kemp at May 26, 2016 06:13 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:14 AM (BH8wL)
It will be the end of the not so Grand Old Party. Good by to bad rubbish.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:14 AM (WVsWD)
I knew Ace would come around eventually once Trump started attacking Hitlery and being reminded how evil and horrible a candidate she is.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 06:15 AM (6IPEM)
Yes, very good song. Love her.
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better
We gotta let go of all of our ghosts
We both know we ain't kids no more
amen to that
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:15 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2016 06:16 AM (ptqRm)
/ignore insane user script activate
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:14 AM (BH8wL)
Sounds like your script isn't working if you feel the need to bash me in an unrelated thread.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:17 AM (uAvJJ)
It's like an ugly chick with an attitude.
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 06:17 AM (qUNWi)
Yeah, if they pull that shit, it will be.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:17 AM (xltdJ)
I lucked out getting hitched to the people who lease my land. Heritage seeds aren't to popular with people like Monsanto and the like.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:18 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:18 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2016 06:18 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 06:19 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:19 AM (xltdJ)
https://youtu.be/v9JEBlfGZd4
Pretty fun one for Crowder
Posted by: mindful webworker tries again #3 at May 26, 2016 01:56 AM (rXkis)
Crowder's great.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:19 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:21 AM (BH8wL)
Because Repubs in Congress would let Trump have his way on everything, but they would-get this-unite together to stop everything a President Clinton would try to do.
I can't even find the words...
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 26, 2016 06:21 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 06:22 AM (6IPEM)
Not green nor yellow nor red. I have two old A-C's that are mostly rust colored now. I do believe they were both orange back in the day.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:23 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:23 AM (xltdJ)
Melatonin is a godsend for me as well. Cheap, over the counter, none of the side effects of the prescription stuff. I just need to make absolutely sure I can devote a full 8 hours to sleep, or I do experience some morning grogginess.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 26, 2016 06:24 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: eleven -- unenthused trumpchump at May 26, 2016 06:24 AM (qUNWi)
What ace said last night was when the line gets crossed and suddenly "only the truly virtuous hold my opinion, and the rest are eee-vil and stoo - pid".
That is the definition of an impenetrable mind.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:25 AM (BH8wL)
DUDE!
I love Allis's. Orange-belly? Black-Belly?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:26 AM (xltdJ)
Worth it though, when you look back on life.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:26 AM (WVsWD)
Because Repubs in Congress would let Trump have his way on everything, but they would-get this-unite together to stop everything a President Clinton would try to do.
-------
This is the idiocy twisted logic Ace was ranting at on Twitter. I mean, come on.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 06:27 AM (6IPEM)
Congress's Puerto Rico Bill Is Not a Conservative Win
Sounds like that is what they said to me.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 06:10 AM (vvmPQ)
Not a conservative win? Sure, of course not. It is a compromise bill.
Could it still be a "good deal" for conservatives, considering the entire range of possibilities? I think the answer to that could still be yes.
507
Oh, and don't go jumping on the "no bailout" shit. The bill supposedly
gives them the same ability to file for federal money the States have;
IOW just like the CA bailout where Obama bought (and is still illegally
buying) CA's worthless bonds.
Are you referring to the Build America Bonds scheme in the 2009 stimulus bill? That has long since expired.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:27 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:27 AM (qCMvj)
***
Dude!
You are equipped by birth and training for the Burning Times!
Promise me you'll go full-Lord Humungus, or perhaps even Immortan Joe (I'd make an excellent Bullet Farmer, btw), comes the time.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 06:29 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 26, 2016 06:29 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 06:30 AM (6IPEM)
This is the idiocy twisted logic Ace was ranting at on Twitter. I mean, come on.
Only the self-convinced 'truly virtuous' can make pretzel logic at that level.
Seriously, pick up some melatonin. Great stuff.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:30 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: Hillary "Felon" Clinton at May 26, 2016 06:31 AM (22uju)
No kidding. What's that like? Not to sound ignorant......
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:32 AM (xltdJ)
Not much HP but good enough for what I need. Right now I have zero need.
Gott Sei Dank.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:32 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 26, 2016 06:30 AM (6IPEM)
ha!
99% of the time, it's just a yogurt. So pretty boring.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:33 AM (qCMvj)
Yeah, just obsessive closed-mindedness would point that out, I suppose
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:33 AM (uAvJJ)
I think of this election as between a nasty small minded man who the press will hound for the rest of his days and an army of weapons-grade Lois Lerners who will be free (finally!) to torture her many enemies endlessly and harshly. Easy call for me, but YMMV.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 06:34 AM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 06:34 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2016 06:34 AM (ptqRm)
26, 2016. On this day in 1998 the Supreme Court of the United States
ruled that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of
immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. This was
truly and utterly BS because the original lease and purchase of the
island was made by a New Yorker operating out of NY. But since the
federal government completely took it over it doesn't really make much
difference.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 26, 2016 05:40 AM (vvmPQ)"
Since an olympic class jumper could probably leap across the narrow strip of water between Ellis Island and Liberty Park in Jersey City, that court decision makes a lot of sense. Just because New Yorkers own a lot of condos in Florida does not mean that Andrew Cuomo is governor over those bits of real estate.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 06:34 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 26, 2016 06:29 AM (WlGX+)
agree, but when it's Ace, I just can't stop reading it, lol
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:34 AM (qCMvj)
Think Amish. Hint. When I turned 17, I left the farm and joined the Army.
The horizon called and my feet got itchy. I just had to know. I could not help myself.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:36 AM (WVsWD)
A button that allows you to "Convert Twitter conversation to chronologically ordered text " would be an awesome app.
Is there such a thing?
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:37 AM (BH8wL)
Well, that vintage should be orange. These must be the square Allis's.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:38 AM (xltdJ)
He got me in though. Was a tough time to meet quotas back in 82.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:38 AM (WVsWD)
-Mona Charen, reporting from her alternate universe.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 26, 2016 06:39 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 06:34 AM (/m8T6)
People were asking yesterday how anyone would know if Trump "loves America."
I was thinking about this this morning.
He's been threatening to run for potus forever. Every election, he talked about how bad the country was being run, and he "threatened" to run, etc.
Well, he put his money where his mouth is. And his safety and the safety of his family.
And even though I was all in for Cruz, I do think Trump loves the country and will try to fix some of what is wrong.
Who knows. He's on another planet, but who knows. We all know the consequences of good intentions some times.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:40 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 26, 2016 06:40 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:41 AM (xltdJ)
Here it is, in case you are interested: http://tinyurl.com/jebyv2l
I think she overstates how much a Republican Congress would oppose a President Clinton, for sure. There is too much reach-arounding and Paul Ryan seems a little bit too naive for the job that he has.
But I did think this part of her column seemed noteworthy:
If Donald Trump is president, by contrast,
there will be no united opposition among Republicans. As we've seen in
the past few weeks, the urge to bend the knee is very strong. How much
more intense will it be if he sits in the Oval Office? Republicans will
actively assist President Trump in undermining conservatism. From
entitlements to trade to NATO to nuclear proliferation to universal
health care to abortion, President Trump will get a free hand. He thus
has it within his power to sabotage the whole conservative enterprise.
She exaggerates, of course, but not too much. I don't think the same Congressional Republicans who would waffle and compromise with a President Clinton, would be firm and resolute in opposing a President Trump were he to actually try some of his more terrible ideas.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:41 AM (uAvJJ)
I still smile at that thought, don't ask me why.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:43 AM (WVsWD)
He also writes over at USNI.
And I find it interesting that we never heard about the Pakistani radical efforts to take over a national worship, and use it to attack a US Navy vessel.
https://blog.usni.org/2016/05/25/red-october-meets-mirror-mirror
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2016 06:43 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:43 AM (qCMvj)
***
Here's my take on it all, and one I'm sure others have offered:
With Abuela Borracha, we have a pretty fair idea of the sort of things she'd like to get done, and how she'd go about doing them, and none of them are the sorts of things we'd like to see. That is, she's a known quantity - she's a nightmare for sure, and she makes no attempt to conceal that.
Golden Hair Weasel, by contrast, certainly has not given tongue to sentiments - lapped up by an adoring and eager fan-base - or proposals at all suggestive that he views the American people as a problem to be solved, or as malefactors to be punished.
People always talk about 'the 80 percent solution' - Trump's not even that, sad to say. But he's a candidate with an excellent shot at election who is NOT explicitly and wholly committed to expanding and perpetuating the atrocities of the SCOAMF.
Damning with faint praise, I know.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 06:43 AM (lutOX)
Just read Mona Charen's column on why she's with Hillary:
Because Repubs in Congress would let Trump have his way on
everything, but they would-get this-unite together to stop everything a
President Clinton would try to do.
I can't even find the words...
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 26, 2016 06:21 AM (WlGX+)"
I can sort of buy the "I'm too morally pure for Trump" argument, although I think it is kind of pretentious, but this is just 200 proof stupid.
Mona Charen's reputation is yet another casualty of this election season.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 06:45 AM (QHgTq)
Who knows. He's on another planet, but who knows. We all know the consequences of good intentions some times.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:40 AM (qCMvj)
Same here. And when push comes to shove, I'd rather have a flaky, weird reality TV personality with a golden head weasel who loves this country than give the keys to Clinton, whose hatred for America and everything it has ever stood for is a matter of historical record at this point.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 26, 2016 06:45 AM (J+mig)
I want a hand push mower for the yard. Have you seen the prices for a good new one? Wow.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:45 AM (WVsWD)
Yeah I bailed out on last night's thread when chemjeff and the #nevertrumpers began their usual demands for teh evil Trumpkins/Trumpists/Trumptards to provide incontrovertible mathematical proof of their obsessive and virtue-based opinion.
I don't comment on the HQ in the late afternoon or overnight. Taking a quick scan of the never Trump and the Hillary posts confirms me in that decision. Holy hell, but some people are absolute bat-shit crazy around here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 26, 2016 06:46 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:46 AM (qCMvj)
I would think that a lot of people are tired of being lied to by "Mr. Right" Republican politicians only to be dumped like yesterday's garbage once said politician gets elected. Over and over and over and over...
Apparently that is not the case for some who enjoy being wined and dined before being used and abused.
Me? I am ready to accept a little uncertainty rather than be promised the moon, then handed a pile of sh*t yet again and told that it is chocolate candy, no really!
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:46 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:46 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: @votermom at May 26, 2016 06:48 AM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2016 06:48 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 26, 2016 06:49 AM (xltdJ)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:50 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:46 AM (BH8wL)
I did that when my preferred guy. Walker, dropped out then shit all over Trump in the process.
Been on the Train ever since. Ride it to the end of the line.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:51 AM (WVsWD)
So. Business as usual, then.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:51 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: Hillary "Felon" Clinton at May 26, 2016 06:52 AM (22uju)
Who is also a Trump delegate.
Oh the tears and lamentations are a balm to my shriveled heart.
Posted by: @votermom at May 26, 2016 06:52 AM (7lVbc)
Mona Charen has gone completely off the rails, IMO and has her arguments reversed.
As far as "loving America" goes 'ette, I think Trump very visibly revels in being an American every minute he's alive. He's constantly disparaging England, Scotland, Mexico, most of mainland Europe and probably all of Asia for basically not being American enough. Of all the #NeverTrump criticisms this is one I don't get at all.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 06:52 AM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 06:52 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 06:53 AM (qCMvj)
don't think the same Congressional Republicans who would waffle and
compromise with a President Clinton, would be firm and resolute in
opposing a President Trump were he to actually try some of his more
terrible ideas.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 06:41 AM (uAvJJ)"
Looking for the silver lining in the unconstitutional impulses of a President Trump, I see the possibility of Democrats experiencing the sort of weaponized government from the receiving end as a motivation for them to want to prevent anybody from doing it. This is a feeling that they will never know if all they have ever encountered have been decent Republicans with a deep respect for the Constitution and the limits it imposes on the executive branch.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 06:53 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Joey Biden at May 26, 2016 06:56 AM (22uju)
http://tinyurl.com/zll5tkh
It's pretty clear in the comments that some liberals will defend any action,along as it supports the liberal agenda.
I honestly think that Hillary could be filmed live selling body parts from still living black fetuses, and some liberal would come back with the rejoinder that Trump called somebody a bad name.
And wants to steal your kidneys.
So Vote Hillary 2016.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2016 06:57 AM (ptqRm)
I am morally conflicted voting for Trump in the same way that I am morally conflicted having my husband leave his family to serve people who think Bernie is a okay, and Hillary would make a great President. It really hurts to do it these days. Against my better judgement, I will vote for the guy. I sucked it up and voted for McCain and Romney.
Posted by: no good deed at May 26, 2016 06:57 AM (9nt94)
What have they done for us - given away our manufacturing jobs because eggheads declare "free trade" demands it.
Allowed the spying on every individual for "security".
Assisted Obama's agenda because they might be called racists.
Bent the knee at every turn while their hands receive payoffs.
The founding fathers risked their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor, for freedom.
They won't risk being disinvited to cocktail parties.
Posted by: @votermom at May 26, 2016 06:57 AM (7lVbc)
Sorry Ace but your predictions about Trump have not panned out yet. I think the next one to prove true will be, well the first?????????
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 06:57 AM (WVsWD)
If you think Obama/Progressives are evil and Thank God We Have Ryan/McConnell and the Congressional GOP!, then you worry hard about the undermining of Republican virtues from Trump populism.
If, on the other hand, you think Ryan/McConnell and the Congressional GOP are prison-worthy in any rational universe, because they've been legislative handmaidens to an imperial President, then Trump populism is lots better than marrying an incredibly weak-minded GOP Congress to a devious Clinton Crime Lord.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 06:59 AM (/m8T6)
***
I can sympathize with that perspective, but I think those days are long gone, friend.
We're post-constitutional, and have been for a long time now, and I don't see a sudden upsurge in genuine support for the principles of a constitutional republic in the near or even distant future.
No, we're at the pay-back stage now - lots of people want the apparatus of the State, turned for many's the year now against them and their way of life, to go to work on wrecking their enemies. Simple as that.
and this is normal and wholesome and healthy, and necessary, if one looks at the history of republics.
Nothing ever lasts forever.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 06:59 AM (lutOX)
Wow, they waited all the way until the second paragraph to get to the meat of the problem "it gives republicans fodder." I hate those shitheels.
Posted by: no good deed at May 26, 2016 07:00 AM (9nt94)
she'd like to get done, and how she'd go about doing them, and none of
them are the sorts of things we'd like to see. That is, she's a known
quantity - she's a nightmare for sure, and she makes no attempt to
conceal that.
Golden Hair Weasel, by contrast, certainly has not given tongue to
sentiments - lapped up by an adoring and eager fan-base - or proposals
at all suggestive that he views the American people as a problem to be
solved, or as malefactors to be punished.
Sure, I've heard that same sentiment expressed here.
David French a NeverTrumper had a response to this line of reasoning which I thought was noteworthy:
http://tinyurl.com/hfccgah
His basic point is that, sure, there is a chance that Trump will do the "right thing", but there is also a chance that Trump will do the "wrong thing", such as, oh I don't know, actually withdrawing from NATO or ordering the military to commit war crimes.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:00 AM (uAvJJ)
He will comment on everything the next president does. They are NEVER going away
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:01 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:02 AM (zOTsN)
don't see a sudden upsurge in genuine support for the principles of a
constitutional republic in the near or even distant future.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
The majority of Americans are neither.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 07:03 AM (BH8wL)
Fredo campaigning for the FAB overseas by knocking Trump. What a low class asshole.
And all the trolls and wolf in sheep clothing democrats came out yesterday
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:03 AM (g31NN)
Posted by: no good deed at May 26, 2016 06:57 AM (9nt94)"
The most irritating thing to me about the #nevertrump movement is the large number of participants who urged sucking it up and voting for McCain. The same arguments apply here, especially the ones about getting past the butthurt of a favorite primary candidate losing to someone who is way less qualified to be President.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 07:04 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:01 AM (zOTsN)
---------------------------------------------------
I think it depends on how time he has available between depositions.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:05 AM (/m8T6)
Posted by: @votermom at May 26, 2016 07:05 AM (7lVbc)
Fucki off with the war crimes thing. Do you think the military doesn't advise the president too?
They just stand around being told what to do, and do everything they are told like war crimes
Fuck
Off
Go to DU
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:05 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 07:04 AM (QHgTq)
+++++
NeverTRump = Democrats
Democrats = Liberals
Liberals = Two faced lyings sacks of shit
When you deconstruct it, it all makes sense
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 26, 2016 07:06 AM (r4VQU)
--------------------------------------------------
This is where I am too.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:06 AM (/m8T6)
The military would not comply with an order to commit war crimes. They aren't robots. Fuck you
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:02 AM (zOTsN)
I did not say that they would OBEY illegal orders. I don't want the CiC to be GIVING illegal orders either.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:06 AM (uAvJJ)
****
Indeed, there's always the chance Trump will do something awful.
Hillary, by contrast, has promised to do all manner of terribly destructive things, and has a track-record suggesting she's not only willing and able, but even eager, to do them.
So the choice becomes - a possible blunderer, or a guaranteed criminal.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 07:07 AM (lutOX)
Presidents have asked the mitary all kinds of things. If they are illegal the military tells him that. End of story
Get out of the faculty lounge
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:08 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Hillary "Felon" Clinton at May 26, 2016 07:09 AM (22uju)
I did not say that they would OBEY illegal orders. I don't want the CiC to be GIVING illegal orders either.
A little too late for that.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 26, 2016 07:09 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:09 AM (uAvJJ)
Anyone mention the latest on the Milo DuPaul speech protest?
The second "protester" who rushed the stage and swung at him is Kayla Johnson, and - get this - the daughter of Juanita Johnson, who serves as the Chicago Police Department's Director of Administration. Guess that's why the police didn't do anything.
Oh wait --- they did do something: they arrested the guy who was invited there to film the speech, despite him having permission to do so by the school the college Republicans group who put on the speech.
This is Obama's America.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2016 07:09 AM (NOIQH)
____
"The Military" isn't going to have to obey an order. A human will have to obey an order. And humans often do shit you don't think humans would ever do. Because the choice will be
a) listen to my superior and do what he says
b) destroy my career, possibly go to prison for dioberying orders, my life is ruined
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 26, 2016 07:10 AM (r4VQU)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2016 07:10 AM (ns1FV)
------------------------------------
Now, this is just dumb. Hillary orders "illegal" with her morning vodka and juice. This is the woman who actually ordered an innocent Copt imprisoned to dress up her "it was a video!" lie. He. Went. To. Jail.
And that's the beginning. She has no compunction at all about "illegal". So don't start getting nutty about what might be, as compared to what actually is.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:10 AM (/m8T6)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:10 AM (zOTsN)
Doing the jobs Americans won't do.
Thanks, W.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 07:11 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: Weasel at May 26, 2016 07:11 AM (6xtq3)
Sanders representatives chosen to help draft party platform demand Democratic Party use clout to pursue 'justice for Palestinians'.
But yeah let's help the never trump assholes elected a democrat...what could possibly go wrong
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:11 AM (g31NN)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2016 07:09 AM (NOIQH)
---------------------------------------------------
and Hillary's too.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:12 AM (/m8T6)
This is Obama's America.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2016 07:09 AM (NOIQH)
what?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 07:12 AM (qCMvj)
a) listen to my superior and do what he says
b) destroy my career, possibly go to prison for dioberying orders, my life is ruined
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 26, 2016 07:10 AM (r4VQU)
???
You ever serve?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:12 AM (g31NN)
***
To clarify, then:
The possibility of Trump giving illegal orders under some hypothetical scenario is sufficient grounds for full-throated opposition to the man, and simultaneously suggests that the creature who, if Trump does not prevail, will almost certainly do all in her power to undermine whatever is worth saving of this nation, our laws, and our way of life, and who willingly lit the match that burned down a good chunk of the political order of the Arab mid-east, might not be the worst alternative.
Is this what you mean? That boogey-man arguments about what Golden Hair Weasel MIGHT do carry more weight than a documented history of criminality and dictatorial abuse of the powers of the State?
And if you say they carry equal weight, then you're diminishing the actual damage she's done already.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 07:13 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:13 AM (zOTsN)
You need to read the Geneva Conventions on the Laws of war. When a civilian gives any kind of aid to terrorist, their protection under those laws is forfieted.
Aid can include a phone call by a terrorist asking mommy if it is safe to come home and she answers. Storing your AK in a mosque for safe keeping.
Those places are now valid military targets. Do not believe me, go read them yourself.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 07:13 AM (WVsWD)
Doing the jobs Americans won't do.
Thanks, W.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 07:11 AM (BH8wL)
Actually that is not true..the only reason the Military is shrinking is because the left wing is cutting it. There are plenty of AMERICANS ready and willing to serve who are not be allowed because of budget cuts
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:14 AM (g31NN)
Something, anything..
Little clues.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2016 07:14 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:09 AM (uAvJJ)
***
Better keep Hillary out of the White House, then.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 07:15 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:15 AM (g31NN)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 06:53 AM (QHgTq)
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I can sympathize with that perspective, but I think those days are long gone, friend.
We're post-constitutional, and have been for a long time now, and I
don't see a sudden upsurge in genuine support for the principles of a
constitutional republic in the near or even distant future.
No, we're at the pay-back stage now - lots of people want the
apparatus of the State, turned for many's the year now against them and
their way of life, to go to work on wrecking their enemies. Simple as
that.
and this is normal and wholesome and healthy, and necessary, if one looks at the history of republics.
Nothing ever lasts forever.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 06:59 AM (lutOX)"
Until now, Democrats have seen no downside to violating the Constitution because they got the benefits of doing so without suffering the consequences. The Constitution is a pretty good set of rules for allowing people with serious disagreements to live together without killing each other. Democrats generally do not appreciate that because they have not had to face the reality of life without anybody following the rules.
Yes, there is a strong desire for payback. There is also a nostalgia for the days when both sides generally played by the rules. I don't really know what way it will work out in the end and, to be honest I am not that optimistic.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 07:15 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:17 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:12 AM (g31NN)
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Fuck no.
Morning' y'all.
Damn T-storms rumbling through the AO disturbed my rest.
After all the wonderful news about the Army, VA, and general clusterfuckery, I'm in a fine mood.
Hell, I may just vote Trump just for shits and giggles.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 07:18 AM (rlfds)
The military has their own legal advisors you stupid fuck
Stop taking everything you know about the military from an Oliver Stone movie
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:18 AM (zOTsN)
the only reason the Military is shrinking is because the left wing is
cutting it. There are plenty of AMERICANS ready and willing to serve who
are not be allowed because of budget cuts
The nominally right-wing GOP-controlled House controls the purse strings. Just want to make sure that gets in there.
George was a good guy, but like his brother , had a blind spot when it came to immigration.
Most of the recent immigration floods are a direct result of Bush and then Barky continuing to implement Clinton's wide open let-em-all-in immigration policies.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 07:19 AM (BH8wL)
Fuck
Off
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:20 AM (zOTsN)
GOP Congress, Pentagon Accelerate Recruitment of Illegals As Military Shrinks
Doing the jobs Americans won't do.
Thanks, W.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 07:11 AM (BH8wL)
Actually that is not true..the only reason the Military is shrinking
is because the left wing is cutting it. There are plenty of AMERICANS
ready and willing to serve who are not be allowed because of budget cuts
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:14 AM (g31NN)"
I suspect that the "jobs Americans won't do" anticipated for the military is to shoot their fellow Americans for resisting the unconstitutional excesses of a left wing President.
Not a problem for a predominantly foreign born military force.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 07:20 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:21 AM (uAvJJ)
Just finished watching the Trump/Kimmel gig. Trump did very well. He's relaxed in that atmosphere.
Kimmel slyly mocked him by "writing a sequel" to another Kimmel made up Trump children's book (reads like Dr. Seuss).
Trump laughed and took it graciously.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 07:22 AM (qCMvj)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zo9d7az
freakin' Chicago
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2016 07:22 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 26, 2016 07:20 AM (QHgTq)
***
Amazing, the way people ignore history....
NEVER, EVER, EVER have a 'foreign legion' stationed on your own soil.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 07:22 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:23 AM (g31NN)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:23 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:21 AM (uAvJJ)
See I can't take meds left winger since I am in the Military and have to be pee tested every month
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:24 AM (g31NN)
If they want to catch texting drivers all they need to do is watch the left lane on the Jersey turnpike. Lots easier than buying all that equipment, and its a target-rich environment. Every single young woman driving on the turnpike is texting. Count on it.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:24 AM (/m8T6)
Smells like napalm.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 07:25 AM (rlfds)
****
Great, now we're going to have a bunch of Honduran Army psychiatrists? Will they conduct patient interviews in Spanish?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 26, 2016 07:25 AM (NeFrd)
because they got the benefits of doing so without suffering the
consequences. The Constitution is a pretty good set of rules for
allowing people with serious disagreements to live together without
killing each other. Democrats generally do not appreciate that because
they have not had to face the reality of life without anybody following
the rules.
This.
The Founders made the Constitution in such a way that it could be interpreted to some degree and somewhat flexible. But the assumption was that grown-ups would be in charge and in control of the interpretation and flexibility. Like PJ said
"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."
Selfish , venal, greedy children ran this country into the ditch.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 26, 2016 07:25 AM (BH8wL)
Right the military *might* be asked to do something naughty by Trump...
as opposed to you know having been told to do at a minimum unethical shit like training up future ISIS operators like under Giggles by Clinton indirectly...
Totally understandable.
Sadly there is no "fuck you people suck" get out of jail free card for the force to the electorate.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 07:25 AM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:24 AM (/m8T6)
Sad but true
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:26 AM (g31NN)
Posted by: Officer Paddy O'Irony at May 26, 2016 07:26 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:26 AM (zOTsN)
apparatus of the State, turned for many's the year now against them and their way of life, to go to work on wrecking their enemies. Simple as that.
Living for payback is the only thing that warms my cold, black heart.
Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2016 07:27 AM (EdhH3)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 07:22 AM (lutOX)
----------------------------------------------
Yessiree Bob; good advice. Listen to this good advice.
Posted by: Victims of the Sack of Rome at May 26, 2016 07:27 AM (/m8T6)
If a soldier had to have Ogabe's "breakfast of choom champions" medical protocol to keep going they'd be sent to mental hygiene...
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 07:27 AM (g8Hfr)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zo9d7az
freakin' Chicago
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2016 07:22 AM (NOIQH)
they are so afraid for people to see who they really are
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 07:28 AM (qCMvj)
Morning 'rons.
***
It's like any tech. A little use and it becomes second nature.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2016 07:28 AM (SEXy3)
Never smelled the stuff. A burnt off Charge 7 White Bag is another story. Ummmmm.... wish they made Candles with that aroma.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 07:28 AM (WVsWD)
You think?
They are the cocksuckers who were "deeply troubled by drone strikes" under Bush and love them under Ogabe...
1/2 the current casualties we suffer are because of JAG's shit ROE....
Posted by: sven10077 at May 26, 2016 07:29 AM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:30 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 26, 2016 07:25 AM (NeFrd)
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Better than muslim shrinks who conduct patient interviews via gunshots.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at May 26, 2016 07:30 AM (rlfds)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zo9d7az
freakin' Chicago
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2016 07:22 AM (NOIQH)
The next time DePaul calls to hit me up for a donation I won't just hang up on them as per usual I'll let the little lefty turds know what I think of them
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 26, 2016 07:31 AM (45oDG)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:30 AM (zOTsN)
I got drunk once with a JAG and we walked home from the bar on base to the BOQ just to be safe...not sure if that was his suggestion or mine?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:32 AM (g31NN)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 26, 2016 07:28 AM (WVsWD)
***
Stalin was an evil son of a bitch, but he had a way with words:
"Artillery is the god of war."
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 07:32 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 07:28 AM (qCMvj)
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I wonder, 'ette. Maybe they think no press will show the video (look at the whole PP outrage currently going on). I think its all about Progressive control and punishing their political opponents. It's an ugly political stew we are cooking.
Mix in a ruthless autocrat like Hillary, a woman who can take advantage like no one ever before, and you might well see the end of the Republic.
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:33 AM (/m8T6)
Having a bunch of non citizens in your military is a great idea. Just ask the Roman Empire.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 26, 2016 07:33 AM (45oDG)
some hypothetical scenario is sufficient grounds for full-throated
opposition to the man, and simultaneously suggests that the creature
who, if Trump does not prevail, will almost certainly do all in her
power to undermine whatever is worth saving of this nation, our laws,
and our way of life, and who willingly lit the match that burned down a
good chunk of the political order of the Arab mid-east, might not be the
worst alternative.
Is this what you mean? That boogey-man arguments about what Golden
Hair Weasel MIGHT do carry more weight than a documented history of
criminality and dictatorial abuse of the powers of the State?
And if you say they carry equal weight, then you're diminishing the actual damage she's done already.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 07:13 AM (lutOX)
Well first I appreciate the thoughtful response.
Second, it's not really a "boogey-man argument", it's a real one that Trump himself made at the debate, he has stood by it, and it is not at all outside the realm of possibility given the state of the ME at this time. Now he changes his mind all the time so maybe he'll change his mind on this one too, for once I hope he does change his mind, but he has stuck with it thus far.
Third, the illegal orders is just one example of *many* where Trump has shown evidence of possibly doing great harm. Such as: undermining the First Amendment by "revising the libel laws", threatening to default on the national debt, etc. And for issues that have not yet arisen, what would our understanding of Trump's temperament and character lead us to believe how he will act? I don't think the evidence is very strong in Trump's favor here.
Fourth, and most importantly, the issue for me really isn't "who is less evil". If that were the only question then yes, I agree, Trump is less evil. The question in my mind is, "does either candidate pass a minimum threshold of acceptability needed to earn my vote?" For Hillary the answer is a clear no. For Trump, the answer is also no, for a wide variety of reasons - his crude temperament, his lack of substantive thought on issues, his apparent acceptance of wild conspiracy theories, his lack of any identifiable set of consistent principles of ANY kind, be they liberal or conservative or whatever, his shameless demagoguery of foreigners as the chief culprits for all that's wrong in this country, and his pledge to not do anything *meaningfully helpful* that actually addresses the major problem, the debt and entitlement crisis.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:34 AM (uAvJJ)
Selfish , venal, greedy children ran this country into the ditch.
And a great many people seethe at watching the selfish, venal, greedy children walk away from the wreck without consequences.
Dear Uncle Palpatine wrote above that there is a great desire for those of us who have suffered under the dog-eating crackhead to have our hands on the apparatus of the State and turn it against the left with extreme prejudice. And I'll be petty enough to admit that motivates my support for Teh Donald, although I am also mature enough to realize that, even were he to win, ambulatory shitstains like Lois Lerner and Harry Reid would never be brought to book. Not even Scankles will end up cowering in supermax wondering when the block's biggest bull dyke is going to shank her.
What I want is tumbrils rolling through the streets. For both parties. But that won't happen. However, so long as Trump puts a stake through Hillary's political heart and stops her from ever being any sort of political force ever again, for that alone he would deserve the thanks of a grateful nation.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 26, 2016 07:36 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 26, 2016 07:36 AM (g31NN)
Without jags.
No officer would go along with a president who ordered war crimes.
Whose a conspiracy nut now
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:37 AM (zOTsN)
outrage currently going on). I think its all about Progressive control
and punishing their political opponents. It's an ugly political stew
we are cooking
Yeah, it was a conservative blogger who was filming - not an MSM outlet.
I think after TrigglyPuff they are going to be extra careful about their protests being filmed - to avoid identification (since one of the aggressive leaders is the daughter of a Chicago PD higher up) and mocking.
Prof. Click was also caught trying to stop filming of the Mizzou protesters.
They want to do their damage - destroy free speech for one side and intimidate - and then slither back into the shadows.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2016 07:37 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:33 AM (/m8T6)
I bet many people (mostly the young and Democrat women) will think Hillary will be "soft" and "nice" and "caring" etc, because she is a woman. Care more about them. Without an understanding of how someone comes up in politics, and how Hillary has acted her entire life outside the camera. They'll never listen either, no matter what proof you have.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 07:38 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:39 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: MTF at May 26, 2016 07:39 AM (/m8T6)
Posted by: ClickBait Nation at May 26, 2016 07:39 AM (BH8wL)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 26, 2016 07:36 AM (X6fMO)
Good analogy.
This would end the Clintons.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 07:40 AM (qCMvj)
Second, it's not really a "boogey-man argument", it's a real one that Trump himself made at the debate, he has stood by it, and it is not at all outside the realm of possibility given the state of the ME at this time. Now he changes his mind all the time so maybe he'll change his mind on this one too, for once I hope he does change his mind, but he has stuck with it thus far.
Third, the illegal orders is just one example of *many* where Trump has shown evidence of possibly doing great harm.
Possibly versus done.
Chemjeff, do you even adult, bro?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2016 07:40 AM (EdhH3)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 26, 2016 07:41 AM (qCMvj)
***
That's a thoughtful, well-argued response.
Two things, though:
1) Your vote isn't perhaps as valuable as you think it to be. No one's is, when push comes to shove;
2) "The question in my mind...." - the question in your mind is not the most important one facing you or others.
We're long past the point of arguing the hypothetical morality of an action that yields less than optimal results. Turning a fire-hose on an occupied building while others kick down doors, break windows, and drag the occupants, dazed and gasping from terror, out onto the street in the middle of the night - would be - and is - a criminal offense.
Unless the house is on fire, of course.
The house is on fire, chemjeff.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 26, 2016 07:42 AM (lutOX)
Chemjeff, do you even adult, bro?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2016 07:40 AM (EdhH3)
What do you even mean?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:42 AM (uAvJJ)
But do stop impugning men and women who are better than you, who haven't done anything to you, other than protect you
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:46 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:46 AM (zOTsN)
I haven't impugned anyone in the military, ThunderB. Please, go up and read what I wrote above. I did not ever say that the military would blindly follow illegal orders.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:47 AM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:48 AM (zOTsN)
First, I'm kinda done with the "this is the most important election in the history of the country!!!!" shouting.
Second, in your analogy, is Trump supposed to be the person bravely saving the poor victims from the burning building?
If so, then I don't think that is a fair reading of what a Trump presidency would offer. Instead I think it would be more like:
Hillary: stokes the fire hotter
Trump: he MIGHT put out the fire, and he probably WILL start some other fire over there somewhere else
I agree that "Careless With Matches" Trump is preferable to "Cruel Arsonist" Hillary, but that doesn't mean I have to support either one. I prefer to support people who actually will put out the fire and have a demonstrated commitment to doing so.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:51 AM (uAvJJ)
Don't lie about them to score some imagined political point
Posted by: ThunderB at May 26, 2016 07:48 AM (zOTsN)
I didn't lie about anyone. Please.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2016 07:51 AM (uAvJJ)
Palin Steele used to make more cogent arguments.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 26, 2016 08:00 AM (ZgOw9)
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