Overnight Open Thread (8-1-2012)
If You Don't Buy Insurance, Will You Really Pay the Obamacare Tax?
It may be a tax per Roberts, but it's not a tax-tax per Congress.
So if you don't pay it, there's nothing the IRS can do except take it out of any refunds you're due.Now that the Supreme Court has decided that ObamaCare's mandate to buy health insurance is a tax, will the IRS be able to collect it?
Generally speaking, if you owe the IRS, it will get the money from you-with the possible exception of the ObamaCare tax. Though ObamaCare's individual mandate imposes a tax on people who do not purchase government-approved health insurance, the law explicitly neuters the IRS's ability to collect the tax.
Finally, even if the IRS has determined that you owe the new tax, it has very limited ability to force you to pay it. Basically, the IRS has two options: To ask you for the money and to reduce the size of your tax refund. But the IRS cannot reduce your refund unless you overpay....Under ObamaCare, the IRS cannot seize any of your property to enforce the mandate penalty. The IRS cannot go after the money in your bank accounts, and it can't sell your car. It can't send you to jail, and it can't touch your stuff.
Congress has enacted a law that cannot be enforced.
Well that sure doesn't sound like the Congress *I* know. 
The Olympics and Determining An Athlete's Sex
The more we learn about gene-driven biochemistry and hormones the murkier it gets. Which leads the IOC to keep moving the gender goalposts.
Here's the IOC's plan: Women who test in the male range for testosterone, and whose bodies respond to the hormone, may not be eligible to compete as females. "May not," because these women may also be allowed to lower their testosterone levels medically, as some say Semenya is now doing, though the IOC hasn't confirmed that. The committee does not specify what testosterone level is disqualifying, in part because individuals' measures can fluctuate. "We'll leave those decisions with the experts," Arne Ljungqvist, the chairman of the IOC's medical commission, told the New York Times.
On the other hand there are men who have testosterone levels in the female range who won't be allowed to compete as females. And this rule would also exclude women with naturally high testosterone from the women's events. In the end I suspect that they'll eventually just go back to the chromosome test just to avoid the hard calls like Semenya.
When all you've ever known is safety and plenty, it's easy to assume that it's the natural order.
The Design Margin is rooted in the notion that life is uncertain; that since things have often collapsed in the past and may collapse again we actually need to have more reserves than we think....The idea that the office on the corner will always be able to dispense Government Cheese does not reflect the normal historical experience. Rather it reflects that peculiar period of stability and prosperity which followed the end of the Second World War: the Pax Americana, which the Left hates. Our civilizational attitudes have been formed on the basis of the exception, not the rule.
But though they may hate the Pax Americana, the Greens probably can't live without it. Can't live without the Ipods, the connectivity, the store-bought food, the cafe-bought lattes - all the ugly things made by private industry. And by paring down the redundancies in the system as wasteful and unsightly; by reducing the energy reserves of the system in favor of such fairy schemes as windmills and carbon trading the Greens have made the system far less robust than it could have been. Because they are never going to need the Design Margin. Ever. Until they do.
But those who've seen the margin run out never forget.
Perhaps the old Jew knew something we have forgotten. That we are not safe because of some natural condition. We were safe for only so long as the Pax Americana endured. Remove that, undermine that, dismantle that - remove the Plug, the Store and the Station House - and all the bets were off.
It'd be interesting to scale these by mean lifespan as well, but I do believe there's an optimal zone where people are just old enough to have experience and wisdom but not so old that they lack energy or are unable to assimilate new information or ideas.
How Easy Is It To Fool The Media? This easy.
Stephen Green is not happy with CFLs:
I was an early adopter of CFLs, but have since removed almost all of them from our house. Not because of reports like this one, or because of the potential for expensive cleanups after a broken one, or any of the other many problems the screwy little bulbs create.No, I took them out because the light sucks. And also because they're too expensive, don't last as long as advertised, and therefore aren't any cheaper to run.
...CFLs broke a lot of promises.
This has been my experience with CFLs as well. I never liked their light, they're expensive and don't last as long claimed, and they have quirks (startup time, dimming, buzzing) that incandescents don't. All in all an inferior product. So I've been switching over to LEDs and high wattage-equivalent halogens if LEDs bulbs aren't available.
Language X is essentially language Y under conditions Z
A collection of language descriptions in terms of other languages.
English is essentially a half dozen other languages locked in a small room. They fight.Icelandic is essentially Norwegian spoken with an American accent.
English is what you get from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.
Spanish is what happened when Moors tried to learn Latin and said "screw it."
Dutch is English spelt funny and spoken in a Klingon accent.
English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII.
Madonna Stays Conventionally Transgressive
Well flattering the audience with "shock the squares" antics has taken Madonna pretty far but it could be running out of gas.
If you go see Madonna during her MDNA tour, there's at least two songs where she pretends to shoot the audience while the sound of gunfire rings out and shell casings and blood splatter across a giant LCD screen behind her.Now, considering that scenario played out for real when 71 people were shot and 12 killed in Colorado on Friday, you might think she'd edit that out of her concert on Saturday. But you'd be wrong because Madonna is a cunt.
"Madonna would rather cancel her show than censor her art," a member of her tour staff told HuffPost's Rob Shuter. "Her entire career, she has fought against people telling her what she can and cannot do. She's not about to start listening to them now."
Oh but you can bet your ass she'll "censor her art" on October 18th when her tour goes to Denver, because Madonna is only controversial when it's completely safe to be that way.
Teh Tweet!
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Comments
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at August 01, 2012 10:00 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at August 01, 2012 10:00 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: sTevo at August 01, 2012 10:02 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Alex at August 01, 2012 10:03 PM (oL8vk)
I kinda liked the little ADHD brat.
Posted by: someone at August 01, 2012 10:04 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 01, 2012 10:04 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DangerGirl at August 01, 2012 10:04 PM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: sTevo at August 01, 2012 10:05 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Green Otter at August 01, 2012 10:05 PM (c1WVm)
Posted by: steevy at August 01, 2012 10:05 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 10:06 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 01, 2012 10:07 PM (lJJMb)
So who is going to get fucked? The line worker who's employer over deducts his taxes to protect his ass, which all employers do.
Obama always looking out for the little folks.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at August 01, 2012 10:07 PM (3ZjAP)
I posted this is the wrong damn thread. Here goes one more time.
Gore Vidal died today. Normally I would be inclined to say good, or say nothing.
Here goes. Vidal was nasty when William F. Buckley passed. Hateful actually. Bill happened to be in a now infamous debate with Vidal when he was called a crypto-nazi by the insufferable snob. Buckley promptly threatened to sock him in his goddamn face.
So Gore Vidal is dead. Well sofuckingwhat? What good did that pompous shit do anyone?
Posted by: Reggie1971 at August 01, 2012 10:07 PM (wpv9I)
This has been my experience with CFLs as well. I never liked their light, they're expensive and don't last as long claimed, and they have quirks (startup time, dimming, buzzing) that incandescents don't. All in all an inferior product. So I've been switching over to LEDs and high wattage-equivalent halogens if LEDs bulbs aren't available.
I have had a different experience with CFL's. I have one in my ceiling fan light in my bedroom. And its lasted much longer than the regular incandescents. I think for whatever reason that light would get a power surge and break the filament in the bulb. So I was replacing bulbs once a month every two months. With the CFL in there I haven't had to replace it in over a year.
Posted by: buzzion at August 01, 2012 10:08 PM (GULKT)
Shamelessly stolen and adapted from a WZ (I think) commentator:
What is best in life?
TO eat waffle fries,
TO gobble down a delicious spicy chicken sandwich,
TO hear the lamentations of the Gay Mafia and drive them out to Arby's
That is best in life!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 01, 2012 10:08 PM (BAS5M)
Can't I watch the Olympics without seeing the Whiner-in-Chief on my screen? Please?
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 10:06 PM (d6TfZ)
Hit the mute button and look away. That's what I do. If I didn't, I'd have a broken TV.
Posted by: DangerGirl at August 01, 2012 10:08 PM (GrtrJ)
I enjoyed OWING Uncle Sugar every April. Unlike most, I did not consider the IRS a savings program.
Have no idea what one does today to keep ahead of the IRS, as far as withholding goes.
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at August 01, 2012 10:09 PM (PH+2B)
Well, Elizabeth Warren likes little businesses.
Little. we are now small. wee folks.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 01, 2012 10:09 PM (sJTmU)
https://www.facebook.com/buttermilkgoat
Posted by: someone at August 01, 2012 10:10 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: buzzion"
The light from those damn things hurts my eyes so much, I'd rather use kerosene lanterns.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 10:10 PM (d6TfZ)
Unfortunately for me, most people don't, so they're basically painting CFLs yellow and ruining it for me.
It's getting harder to find the cool white CFLs in some places, the warm "yellow" ones are more common now.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:11 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DangerGirl at August 01, 2012 10:11 PM (GrtrJ)
When I was a young wageearner, I always tried to adjust my withholding
(though the W-4 marriage status and dependents claim) so that to the
greatest extent possible, I got no refund.
I enjoyed OWING Uncle Sugar every April. Unlike most, I did not consider the IRS a savings program.
Have no idea what one does today to keep ahead of the IRS, as far as withholding goes.
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at August 01, 2012 10:09 PM (PH+2B)
Absolutely the right way to go...I know too many people who think of their tax return as "forced savings" and not as a free loan to the .gov asshats. I plan my withholding in the same way. The odd thing about the "forced savings" crowd is that when you ask them if they're grown up and mature enough to save on their own (and the folks I know all do), the question never seems to register.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 01, 2012 10:13 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at August 01, 2012 10:13 PM (PH+2B)
Under ObamaCare, the IRS cannot seize any of your property to enforce the mandate penalty. The IRS cannot go after the money in your bank accounts, and it can't sell your car. It can't send you to jail, and it can't touch your stuff.
BRB - finding a penumbra.
Posted by: The Supreme Court Decision That's Going to Allow the Government to Take All Your Stuff and Toss Your Ass in Jail.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 01, 2012 10:14 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Haary Reid at August 01, 2012 10:14 PM (YYyqq)
Good for you.
I am not saying that he was the ghey, but he would hold my dick in his mouth till it went soft.
Posted by: Barney at August 01, 2012 10:14 PM (3ZjAP)
You ever hang around a men's locker room?
Ever been in a Turkish prison, Joey?
You ever seen a grown Senator naked?
Posted by: Harry Reid to a young constituent at August 01, 2012 10:15 PM (pcnpf)
Posted by: derit at August 01, 2012 10:15 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: doug at August 01, 2012 10:15 PM (gUGI6)
Oh yay, catpiss is back and in classic catpiss form.
Posted by: DangerGirl at August 01, 2012 10:11 PM (GrtrJ)
Did it already get zapped, or does it have a new hash? I'm not seeing the (oZfic) above.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 01, 2012 10:15 PM (lJJMb)
Almost time for tacos tacos tacos tacos, but just wanted to say I had a great time meeting my first Idaho Moron, Al Zimer today. Here's hoping for many days of Beer, BBQ, and Bullshittin in the future.
Posted by: sifty at August 01, 2012 10:15 PM (p39GY)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 01, 2012 10:15 PM (lJJMb)
It's in the "obama with a bat" thread.
Posted by: DangerGirl at August 01, 2012 10:17 PM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 10:17 PM (d6TfZ)
It was gone all last week.
Ace was gone all last week.
Ergo: cat-piss and Ace are the same people.
Ace uses his alter-ego cat-piss to test his passive-aggressive troll persona.
There is one problem with this theory: cat-piss is so damned stupid that it must be a struggle for Ace to pretend to be it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 01, 2012 10:17 PM (nEUpB)
Rub it some more and I bet it will spit.
Posted by: Harry Reid at August 01, 2012 10:18 PM (3ZjAP)
Democrats call this a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: navybrat at August 01, 2012 10:19 PM (AMpt+)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at August 01, 2012 10:19 PM (9HhTH)
Posted by: DangerGirl at August 01, 2012 10:11 PM (GrtrJ)
Which one?
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 10:19 PM (t2228)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 10:17 PM (d6TfZ)
So you are telling me you found little Ashito?
Posted by: Haary Reid at August 01, 2012 10:19 PM (YYyqq)
...CFLs broke a lot of promises.
--Especially the third point. They have lasted in my house no longer, even less, than regular Edison bulbs.
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 10:20 PM (njxz2)
Hi All.
Almost time for tacos tacos tacos tacos, but just
wanted to say I had a great time meeting my first Idaho Moron, Al Zimer
today. Here's hoping for many days of Beer, BBQ, and Bullshittin in the
future.
Posted by: sifty at August 01, 2012 10:15 PM (p39GY)
Nice - it's cool to see people take these online "friendships" into meatspace. "A Liberal AoSHQ Reader - Really!" and I tried to meet up but couldn't make it happen. We exchanged emails and had some fun with that, but schedules didn't work. He's taking some time off from the site until after the election, since things got awful het up (not a misspelling, just a localism) after the Roberts ruling.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 01, 2012 10:21 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Arby's CEO at August 01, 2012 10:22 PM (jucos)
Posted by: no good deed at August 01, 2012 10:22 PM (mjR67)
*When can I expect Arby's appreciation day?*
Posted by: Arby's CEO
When Arby's makes food as good as Chik-Fil-A.
Posted by: moki at August 01, 2012 10:22 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: moki at August 01, 2012 10:23 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at August 01, 2012 10:23 PM (3ZjAP)
So Gore Vidal is dead. Well sofuckingwhat? What good did that pompous shit do anyone?
I used his hair products for years. I had a really lustrous shine.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 01, 2012 10:23 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: Popeye's CEO at August 01, 2012 10:24 PM (jucos)
Posted by: CDR M at August 01, 2012 10:26 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 01, 2012 10:26 PM (KOKQF)
Latest dispatch from behind enemy lines here in California: better half just called from Chick-fil-A and is coming back empty-handed. It's so packed that the manager came out and apologized, but they were running out of food.
Take that, Reds! How's that Alinsky shit working out for ya?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 01, 2012 10:27 PM (oX7vY)
You run it because it is cheap, not for book discussion groups.
Posted by: navybrat at August 01, 2012 10:27 PM (AMpt+)
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 10:28 PM (njxz2)
Posted by: booger at August 01, 2012 10:28 PM (HI6wa)
Hey. Lay off.
Posted by: Juan McCain at August 01, 2012 10:28 PM (ecsbz)
The horrible sanctimoniousness of my liberal friends. They're literally advocating Fascism and they're patting themselves on the back for how Progressive they are because of it.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 01, 2012 10:28 PM (HCYax)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 01, 2012 10:28 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: Scobface at August 01, 2012 10:29 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: President Down Low at August 01, 2012 10:29 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at August 01, 2012 10:29 PM (9HhTH)
Posted by: sTevo at August 01, 2012 10:30 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Burger King at August 01, 2012 10:30 PM (jucos)
Posted by: bobbymike at August 01, 2012 10:31 PM (cZieJ)
That's all I've got, and you can see why I'm outta here. Left some bacon sandwiches on the buffet, though. Enjoy.
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at August 01, 2012 10:32 PM (lBpVP)
http://goo.gl/RAabr
Posted by: Scobface at August 01, 2012 10:29 PM (IoNBC)
At least Anderson Cooper came out.
C'mon Shep! You can do it!
Shep! Shep! Shep! Shep! Shep!
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 10:32 PM (t2228)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:32 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 01, 2012 10:32 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: Ronald McDonald at August 01, 2012 10:32 PM (jucos)
Posted by: rfichoke at August 01, 2012 10:32 PM (Y1c/9)
advocating Fascism and they're patting themselves on the back for how
Progressive they are because of it.
I see that amongst my cowankers, I mean workers.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:33 PM (QTHTd)
The employee can fill out a W-4 and change that. Don't blame it on the employer.
Posted by: Juan McCain at August 01, 2012 10:33 PM (ecsbz)
Posted by: Burger King at August 01, 2012 10:30 PM (jucos)
I bow to thee!!
Posted by: Baraka Odipshit at August 01, 2012 10:33 PM (njxz2)
Posted by: CDR M at August 01, 2012 10:34 PM (dKV5k)
Would it be legal to pay for political ads encouraging people to not pay the no ins. fine?
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 01, 2012 10:34 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: CDR M at August 01, 2012 10:34 PM (dKV5k)
--I'm feelin' ya. The flip side of parental leave is having to catch up on shit for the fall when I get back. Plus, I rashly agreed to review a paper for a colleague this week. Go Joe Biden's Interpreters!
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 10:36 PM (njxz2)
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 10:36 PM (t2228)
Posted by: CDR M at August 01, 2012 10:36 PM (dKV5k)
Baseball pitchers too.
Probably catchers as well.
Posted by: president o'bumbles at August 01, 2012 10:37 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Ruby at August 01, 2012 10:37 PM (vt4Ip)
In short: Mr Lincoln, this actor John is the third-string brother of Edwin and Junius, and you will not be enjoying the show.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:37 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Kowz at August 01, 2012 10:38 PM (t2228)
http://tinyurl.com/d75od5e
Posted by: buzzion at August 01, 2012 10:38 PM (GULKT)
live, on air. They had to put up a curtain between them for the last debate: The Good Old Days...
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:39 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen at August 01, 2012 10:40 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 01, 2012 10:28 PM (HCYax)
And how is that different from any other day?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:41 PM (bxiXv)
Franco-Scandinavian Norman. == Mike Taylor
There was a linguistics professor who already raised that notion, that the baseline of English is Welsh. Wrote some other books about a mislaid piece of jewelry
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:41 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:42 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: madonna running out of gas at August 01, 2012 10:42 PM (vDl/w)
...CFLs broke a lot of promises.
--Especially the third point. They have lasted in my house no longer, even less, than regular Edison bulbs.
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 10:20 PM (njxz2)
When I bought some years ago, I had to take the first batch back, some didn't work out of the box. Then I figured that their wattage equivalency metric sucked, so I got the higher wattage ones.
These have had a various lifespans, but now years later - there are only 2 left. The second last one broke apart in my hand as I tried to tighten it because it seated poorly and would go ouy at random times.
I hate CFL, and am replacing them with incandescent - I prefer their warmth and light and not-breaking-apart-in-my-handedness.
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 01, 2012 10:43 PM (OIuTH)
Posted by: CDR M"
So now Chik-Fil-A is the hill to die on? A spicy, crunchy juicy hill? OK, I can do that.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 10:43 PM (d6TfZ)
and just to f(ck with us, the Flemish call their language, "Dutch". They call the ( Netherlands ) Dutch. "Johnny Cheese" --- Jan Kees
It's where "Yankees" comes from ( J pronounced like a Y )
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:43 PM (Dll6b)
"The chief delusion of liberals is that liberalism is popular.
The chief delusion of conservatives is that liberalism is popular."
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 01, 2012 10:44 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 01, 2012 10:44 PM (KOKQF)
90 The annoying thing about Stuff It, Anti-Chicken Fascists Day, is there's pretty much nothing at CFA I can eat.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:42 PM (bxiXv)
You can't even get like their chieken fingers?
Posted by: buzzion at August 01, 2012 10:44 PM (GULKT)
The Preference Cascade has tripped... the silent majority is no longer silent... the volume of the libs screams will be way above eleven before November 6th
Posted by: Bill from Chappaqua at August 01, 2012 10:45 PM (8BaAK)
Posted by: Meghan McCain at August 01, 2012 10:45 PM (Y7XKa)
Ah, Frisian! I think it may even be closer to English than to Dutch.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:45 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 at August 01, 2012 10:46 PM (GEICT)
BTW, I TOLD YOU SO.
I will now accept my accolades.
Posted by: toldyaso at August 01, 2012 10:46 PM (Xa2if)
Sheppie Smith calls today a "national day of intolerance."
http://goo.gl/RAabr
Posted by: Scobface at August 01, 2012 10:29 PM
Yes Shep, intolerance for lefty gay fascism, you pillow biter !!
Posted by: kbdabear at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: toldyaso at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (Xa2if)
http://tinyurl.com/d75od5e
Posted by: buzzion at August 01, 2012 10:38 PM (GULKT)
--I don;t get "Zod's" point. Liberals are bullies, but by standing up to them we're playing into their hands? We're supposed to wait until only formal government compulsion before we act? WTF?
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (njxz2)
Also, if you want to grow herbs like basil, or oregeno indoors you have to use a cfl; incandescent won't work, in part because they get too hot.(FYI, tomatoes don't work unless they're in their infancy or you have a ton of light--enough to make it more expensive then buying fancy tomatoes).
Unfortunately, the disposal is still a pain in the ass. I really don't want to have to make a special trip for lightbulb disposal...
Posted by: taylork at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (cpAp2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Meghan McCain at August 01, 2012 10:45 PM (Y7XKa)
---------------------------------------------------
Hey Baby, I can take care of your cravings. I am into BBW too. You like guys that wear make up?
Posted by: Ronald McDonald at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (jucos)
Guess the commies stepped in the dog's business on this Chick-fil-A thing. The tipping point has definitely been reached. We - the American people - have had enough of the politically correct assholes sanctimoniously pronouncing on what we should and should not think, should and should not do.
Go fuck yourselves, commies. We're taking back our country. If you don't like it, get the fuck out, as you so often threaten/promise to do, but never make good.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (oX7vY)
Someone important to me told me long ago, "What man can conceive, Man can deceive.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (KOKQF)
The horrible sanctimoniousness of my liberal friends. They're
literally advocating Fascism and they're patting themselves on the back
for how Progressive they are because of it.
My idiot libtard brother sent me a message along the lines of "enjoy your chicken hatefest now, same-sex marriage is coming whether you like it or not", and helpfully added a link to a story about a Bush-appointed judge who ruled in favor of SSM somewhere. But he still thinks Citizens United should be ignored.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 10:49 PM (RZ8pf)
Her "art"? Seriously?
She's a commercial, pop star whose method of upping sales is to "shock the authority figures". Something that you would normally expect of a 17 year old. A fifty something woman "shocking authority figures" is juvenile and pathetic.
I'd despise the woman even if she weren't a liberal half wit.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 01, 2012 10:49 PM (LyFj5)
94 In northern Holland they speak a dialect of Dutch which is very similar to Olde / Middle Englishand just to f(ck with us, the Flemish call their language, "Dutch". They call the ( Netherlands ) Dutch. "Johnny Cheese" --- Jan KeesIt's where "Yankees" comes from ( J pronounced like a Y )
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:43 PM (Dll6b)
That would likely be the Juttes. English orginated with the Anglos, Saxons, and the Juttes. That got covered on an old ONT with the History of English in 10 minutes series. http://tinyurl.com/d7ze6da
I think someone mentioned Eddie Izzard going there and doing a decent job talking to the Juttes by using old English.
Posted by: buzzion at August 01, 2012 10:49 PM (GULKT)
How much milk will it take to fill a hot tub with pudding?
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 10:49 PM (t2228)
Well, there's the spicy chicken sandwich. Which they had to be dragged into selling, kicking and screaming. (I never understood that, btw.)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (QTHTd)
and just to f(ck with us, the Flemish call their language, "Dutch". They call the ( Netherlands ) Dutch. "Johnny Cheese" --- Jan Kees
It's where "Yankees" comes from ( J pronounced like a Y )
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:43 PM (Dll6b)
--The closest language to English is Frisian, spoken in the islands (off northern Holland and Germany) of the same name.
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (njxz2)
Posted by: toldyaso at August 01, 2012 10:46 PM (Xa2if)
I got something you can accept....
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (Dll6b)
work. I hate dealing with budget and end of fiscal year crap.
Sweet! Are you ready for some football???!!!
And thanks for doing it again.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (FIYvq)
It will be enough to pay for about 3 minutes of Obama's bills.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (Asr6U)
You're exactly the same as the liberals that want to use to force of the government to shut them down.
Pure bullshit. The communists want to use the government to silence those who don't share the communists' opinions. We're voting with our feet, and our wallets.
It's exactly the same as the commies who want the government to silence Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. Conservatives hate MSNBC with a passion, but I've never heard one, not one, ever want the government to shut them down. Go the way of Air America, and go bankrupt, hell yes. But outlawed? Hell no.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (oX7vY)
There was a linguistics professor who already raised that notion, that the baseline of English is Welsh. Wrote some other books about a mislaid piece of jewelry
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:41 PM (QTHTd)
Maybe he should have written about how Welsh was created by English speakers who mislaid the vowels.
'sup jackwagons.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 10:50 PM (njxz2)
so said I; so say we all
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:51 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: toldyaso at August 01, 2012 10:46 PM (Xa2if)
Okay, grab your ankles.
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 10:51 PM (t2228)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 01, 2012 10:51 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:52 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Ktgreat at August 01, 2012 10:52 PM (6HaX4)
Posted by: sTevo at August 01, 2012 10:52 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (Dll6b)
you forgot the bad rug and stomach staples.
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 01, 2012 10:52 PM (OIuTH)
It has been said that the "boycot" of ChikFila is the first true economic "stimulus" enacted during the Obama Administration.
Posted by: Kratos at August 01, 2012 10:52 PM (c1WVm)
Posted by: taylork at August 01, 2012 10:47 PM (cpAp2)
Incand. don't work because the wavelength is wrong for seedlings. I use long tubes for starting peppers and tomatoes....
Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 01, 2012 10:53 PM (F7Mfi)
The Schtick-fil-A bible thumpers ate chicken today in protest while we members of the Monarchy ate Kobe beef and arugula salad. We're government employees and deserve everything we get for tolerating the intellectually unstimulated members of the unwashed proletariat.
Posted by: Baracka Hussein Obama, President for Life at August 01, 2012 10:53 PM (hvwLi)
tried watching / listening to the Welsh-language BBC channel, which anyone in eastern Ireland or anyone with fancy cable can pick up. No sale
sounds like Irish Gaelic spoken by someone on acid and shrooms
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:53 PM (Dll6b)
My idiot libtard brother sent me a message along the lines of "enjoy your chicken hatefest now, same-sex marriage is coming whether you like it or not",
And the virus is coming the way of the
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 01, 2012 10:54 PM (oX7vY)
Posted by: no good deed at August 01, 2012 10:54 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 01, 2012 10:54 PM (zrpqj)
You know what bugs me about the whole "affaire chik-fil-a"?
The
horrible sanctimoniousness of my liberal friends. They're literally
advocating Fascism and they're patting themselves on the back for how
Progressive they are because of it.
"Progressives" don't think. I really didn't want to conclude that, I thought everyone thinks, but I was forced to by overwhelming evidence. They must be shutting down their brains somehow.
Really, try an experiment. Find a progressive. Try to make him think about something he's spouting. Bet you won't be able to do it. They'll endlessly divert and insult instead.
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 10:54 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: buzzion at August 01, 2012 10:44 PM (GULKT)
That would be covered with wheat-based breading, and so, poison to my alien biochemistry.
Also, fast food and pristine cleanliness just don't go together, so even if a fast food place says they have stuff I can eat, someone in the back rubs their hand on a piece of bread before they put my stuff in a box and BAM, I spend the night in the bathroom hoping that's undigested food dye and not blood.
So, um, no.
But that's okay, I support them in *spirit*.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:54 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (Y7XKa)
Monday we went to the one on Fruitville. Going for breakfast burritos tomorrow. Hope they are restocked.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at August 01, 2012 10:55 PM (YYyqq)
Posted by: runninrebel at August 01, 2012 10:55 PM (N/1Dm)
We live in topsy-turvy times,
*shamlessly stolen from the Interwebs somewhere*
Posted by: Kratos at August 01, 2012 10:56 PM (c1WVm)
further investigation required....
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:56 PM (Dll6b)
There are some HID metal halide lights that have a good spectrum. I've seen some in operation many years ago that made ummm....certain "herbs"....grow like crazy. But even the small ones are about 250W a throw.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 01, 2012 10:56 PM (KOKQF)
Posted by: sTevo at August 01, 2012 10:52 PM (VMcEw)
Yep, the Deakin Shiraz is like oral sex with an 18 year old virgin. (Girl Virgin, always I must remember where I am at). I like cheap watery beer, Coors Light, so I won't comment on beer.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 10:56 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 01, 2012 10:54 PM (zrpqj)
---------------------------------------------------------
I don't know where you could congregate to show support for either of those causes. What's so great about the Chick - fil - A thing is that it was national grass roots enacted on a local level. Everyone knew where to find and support a CFA
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 01, 2012 10:57 PM (jucos)
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 10:57 PM (t2228)
Yeah, I'm not eating that shit either. But, you know, Yay Chick Fil-A, and stuff.
Posted by: runninrebel at August 01, 2012 10:57 PM (N/1Dm)
They are very different Celtic languages. Pre-Roman roots. You shouldn't be expected to understand Welsh, Cornish, or Breton; nor vice versa.
Scottish on the other hand might be more intelligible to you...
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:57 PM (QTHTd)
advocating Fascism and they're patting themselves on the back for how
Progressive they are because of it.
--
It's because they use leaps of logic and get away with it. Support for
traditional marriage in their minds becomes hatred of gays. We have to make them explain the leap rather than just assert it.
"Cathy's support of traditional marriage says nothing about gay people. You are the one bringing gay people into a conversation that said nothing about gays. It's not about you. Are you so narcissistic that you have to make it about you, or so insecure about your point of view that you can't tolerate anyone else having a different opinion?
Posted by: Mayday at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 10:49 PM (RZ8pf)
The popcorn machine starts a fire near the door. 57 people die in the fire.
Fucking idiots.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:42 PM (bxiXv)
--------------------------
Actually my daughter is going through a gluten-free trial right now (you are the moron with the gluten intolerance, right?) and so I've been checking websites...CfA is actually pretty decent. She can have the grilled chicken nuggets and the waffle fries, because they use a separate fryer for the fries. So you could probably could have a grilled chicken salad, and fries, plus the fruit salads and the shakes are good.
If you have a peanut allergy, though, you're probably right; they use peanut oil in everything.
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (FIYvq)
Heh. I had neighbors in college who grew other stuff under the lights.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (nEUpB)
racist, etc. every time I espouse a view that doesn't toe the liberal
line. I really like free speech."
Well, there you have it in a nutshell. This is what converted me to an (R) back in Reagan's day. You have to go along with every single one of their nitwit ideas, without exception, or you are, as you say, a bigot, racist, homophobe, misogynist, luddite, or (fill in your favorite insult here).
They spend a lot of time condemning their fellow humans and painting themselves in to a corner.
Posted by: navybrat at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (AMpt+)
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (2IW5Q)
This is absolutely true. Their beliefs are delivered, not derived.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 01, 2012 10:59 PM (KOKQF)
Probably illegal. The fire department would have a fit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 01, 2012 10:59 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 10:59 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Kratos at August 01, 2012 10:59 PM (c1WVm)
One thing to consider with the HadesCare tax thing. While the IRS may not be able to enforce and collect the tax, the tax "delinquency" would still be on the books, and that status can cause lots of problems. For example in many states, any tax delinquency is a disqualifying condition for a CCW license.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 01, 2012 10:59 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 10:51 PM (Dll6b)
--I woulda "said" it earlier if my connection did not suck so bad.
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 11:00 PM (njxz2)
Posted by: Solid Copy at August 01, 2012 11:01 PM (Dll6b)
114 Went to two CFA's in Sarasota tonight, both packed
Posted by: kbdabear at August 01, 2012 10:48 PM (Y7XKa)
Monday we went to the one on Fruitville. Going for breakfast burritos tomorrow. Hope they are restocked.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at August 01, 2012 10:55 PM
The Fruitville store was really packed. If you get on the 75 and go south to Clark road, there's one that was busy but no big lines outside. I wonder how packed the one by the Southgate mall was
Posted by: kbdabear at August 01, 2012 11:01 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:01 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 11:02 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:01 PM (WF3IU)
You just wait. You'll be doing an Elvis on the TV before it is over.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:03 PM (9TTOe)
Scottish on the other hand might be more intelligible to you...
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 10:57 PM (QTHTd)
I have trouble with the notion that even the Scots can understand Scottish.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 01, 2012 11:03 PM (Rhie+)
"Rick Warren: Chick-fil-A’s owner told me they set a new world record in sales today" .....via Hot Gas.
I did indeed soothsayaid this earlier today. I shall reward myself with a beer and bubble bath with my wife.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 01, 2012 11:03 PM (F7Mfi)
For example in many states, any tax delinquency is a disqualifying condition for a CCW license.
***
And a passport!
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:04 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 01, 2012 11:04 PM (2d71t)
Also, fast food and pristine cleanliness just don't go together, so even if a fast food place says they have stuff I can eat, someone in the back rubs their hand on a piece of bread before they put my stuff in a box and BAM, I spend the night in the bathroom hoping that's undigested food dye and not blood.
So, um, no.
But that's okay, I support them in *spirit*.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:54 PM (bxiXv)
--It's not CFA's fault you're a freak.
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 11:04 PM (njxz2)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 01, 2012 11:04 PM (2d71t)
LMAO
I was going to win an individual gold
Then I got high.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:05 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 11:05 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (FIYvq)
If you can trust everyone in a fast food restaurant to never mix up the baskets in the fryers, never fail to wash their hands and clean prep areas before handling your food.
Which you can't.
If you're actually gluten-intolerant, a *crumb* can screw up your day, and the longer you're off the stuff the stronger the reaction is.
McD's said for years their fries were always fried separately from the breaded stuff, but at the franchise level you were depending on rushed teenagers with the attention span of brine shrimp to do that, and it just wasn't happening.
I don't ever trust fast food and I almost never trust restaurants at all.
It sucks but the alternative is worse.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 11:05 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: USS Diversity"
LOL! Every time they show some athlete, they mention how Preznit Pissypants called him or her. I love how they assume that I give a damn.
Man, I wish the Olympics were on ABC this year, but it probably wouldn't be any better.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:05 PM (d6TfZ)
For example in many states, any tax delinquency is a disqualifying condition for a CCW license.
***
And a passport!
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:04 PM (WF3IU)
Fuck the passport. I spent just enough time overseas to know that the rest of the world fucking sucks compared to the US.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 01, 2012 11:06 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 01, 2012 11:06 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:06 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 01, 2012 11:06 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: JonathanEllis at August 01, 2012 11:07 PM (BdzEV)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 11:07 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 01, 2012 11:06 PM (Rhie+)
Yep, something about walking by the same dead body for two days that nobody bothered to pick up.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:07 PM (9TTOe)
143.......Really, try an experiment. Find a progressive. Try to make him think
about something he's spouting. Bet you won't be able to do it. They'll
endlessly divert and insult instead.
I've tried and tried. Talking to a wall doesn't describe it properly, at least the wall won't spew idiotic DU talking points back at you.
A commenter here spelled it out: Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess against a pigeon. No matter your skill, the pigeon will just knock over the pieces, crap all over the board, and strut around as if victorious.
Reminds me of Gerg and Erg.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 01, 2012 11:08 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 01, 2012 11:08 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 01, 2012 11:09 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 01, 2012 11:09 PM (2d71t)
I couldn't swing the 2 ½ hour + round trip to the nearest CFA today, but I decided on my way home tonight to buy a gift card online.
The Chick-fil-A Card is not yet available to purchase online.
They just left a lot of money on the electro-magnetic table
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 01, 2012 11:09 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: rickl at August 01, 2012 11:10 PM (sdi6R)
"President asshole called Phelps. yay. Porbably looking for some weed.
Posted by: USS Diversity"
LOL! Every time they show some athlete, they mention how Preznit Pissypants called him or her. I love how they assume that I give a damn.
Man, I wish the Olympics were on ABC this year, but it probably wouldn't be any better.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:05 PM (d6TfZ)
Bet ya 'ol JugEars didn't bother to call the Skeet and Archery medalists. Just as well, the call would have went something like this.
White House Operator: Please hold for the President of the United......
*click*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 01, 2012 11:10 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 01, 2012 11:09 PM (2d71t)
Nah, you may despise the man, but the office is still sacred. It's a nice fantasy though.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:10 PM (9TTOe)
It also qualifies you for a job in Obama;s cabinet.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 01, 2012 11:11 PM (Asr6U)
Not that I think Mila whatever is the world's hottest chick, but I know a lot of guys really think she's all that.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 11:11 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 01, 2012 11:12 PM (JKNDp)
Vladimir will not be pleased.
Posted by: Kratos at August 01, 2012 11:12 PM (c1WVm)
Fuck the passport. I spent just enough time overseas to know that the rest of the world fucking sucks compared to the US.
Agreed. But I got free airline tickets and hand to change plans for vacation plans. Pissed me off.
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:12 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: no good deed at August 01, 2012 11:12 PM (mjR67)
created equal, and the only reason the incandescent ban got any traction
is because people think that light is just light.
Posted by: JonathanEllis at August 01, 2012 11:07 PM (BdzEV)
Fluorescent has always been known to be shitty light. I am amazed that the more information is available to people the less they seem to know. People didn't even dare to contradict themselves from one day to the next back when it took weeks for information to make its way around, but now when we can see their lies juxtaposed in two video clips th day they say them, they have no shame in doing it over and over.
This society has just sunk into the muck and decided that it liked the feeling. Affirmative action is what started it all out - blatant lies told that everyone knew were lies but everyone agreed to publicly ignore. From there, it was all over. Once a society starts accepting transparent lies by pretending they can't hear them, it's a direct path down the shitter from there.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 01, 2012 11:12 PM (X3lox)
Yep, something about walking by the same dead body for two days that nobody bothered to pick up.
Yeah. Sometime, check out the book that this guy wrote: http://www.keithrichburg.com/
Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa
He works for the WaPo, so I assume he's nothing resembling a conservative, but I read his book, and he was so horrified by the reality of Africa that he wound up thanking his lucky stars that he was an American.
When I finished the book, I tossed it. I was very glad I read it, but I knew that I wouldn't want to walk through those horrors again.
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 11:12 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: DAve at August 01, 2012 11:12 PM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: USS Diversity"
Peeing myself laughing right now!!
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:13 PM (d6TfZ)
I love the smell of Democrat desperation in August. It smells like victory.
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (2IW5Q)
Yeah, smells like Carter's big lead at this time, in 1980.
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 01, 2012 11:13 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: al zimer at August 01, 2012 11:13 PM (h1lXu)
-------------------------------
Ah, there is that. Well, crap...this is going to be harder than I thought and I already thought it would suck.
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 01, 2012 11:13 PM (FIYvq)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 01, 2012 11:14 PM (vDl/w)
Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa
He works for the WaPo, so I assume he's nothing resembling a conservative, but I read his book, and he was so horrified by the reality of Africa that he wound up thanking his lucky stars that he was an American.
When I finished the book, I tossed it. I was very glad I read it, but I knew that I wouldn't want to walk through those horrors again.
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 11:12 PM (2IW5Q)
That's funny you should mention Africa. It was Mombasa Kenya.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:14 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:15 PM (WF3IU)
Just once I'd like to hear that somebody said, "I'm not talking to that dickhead" or better yet ripping his ass.
Tim Thomas, Boston's goalie, refused to go to the White House for the traditional champions visit earlier this year. Because he's an admitted Tea Party supporter. Some of the libtards (especially in the media) wanted him hung for treason, or at the very least, have his contract terminated.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 01, 2012 11:15 PM (Asr6U)
Too many beers for good typing.
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:15 PM (WF3IU)
You're still coherent, and hence unprepared for the typical ONT.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 01, 2012 11:16 PM (Rhie+)
So, he wrote a whole book all about how much Africa (which is black-run) sucks, and he was relieved to be shut of it; but he's happy that now America is black-run as well.
Blacks... well, they're just not like us.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 11:16 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:15 PM (WF3IU)
Lyk it evar reely matturd.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:16 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at August 01, 2012 11:16 PM (61onk)
Nah, you may despise the man, but the office is still sacred.
I'll consider it sacred again when the next guy isn't putting his feet on the Resolute Desk, in between bouts of colossal damage to the country.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 01, 2012 11:16 PM (2d71t)
I can tell you're not having a good day.
Here, have a waffle fry.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 11:18 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair"
I have a theory that fluorescents suck the vitamins out of your body. They give me horrible headaches. I have the lights in my office disconnected so I can get through the day.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:18 PM (d6TfZ)
Not that I think Mila whatever is the world's hottest chick, but I know a lot of guys really think she's all that.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 11:11 PM (RZ8pf)
--Lots of that in Hollywood: many writers are fat/nerdy/ugly losers. For more Ugly Guys Get Hot Chicks Easily, see also: Knocked Up, The Tao of Steve, and just about any Jack Black movie.
Posted by: logprof at August 01, 2012 11:18 PM (njxz2)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:18 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 01, 2012 11:09 PM (2d71t)
Exactly. It is an un-American act to give any respect to the miserable, America-hating piece of shit occupooping the White House. He needs to be treated as the destructive force, idiot, and pariah that he is.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 01, 2012 11:19 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at August 01, 2012 11:19 PM (61onk)
So, he wrote a whole
book all about how much Africa (which is black-run) sucks, and he was
relieved to be shut of it; but he's happy that now America is black-run
as well.
Blacks... well, they're just not like us.
That conclusion doesn't make sense to me. I've got much more in common with Thomas Sowell and Baldilocks than I do with Nancy Pelosi or Elizabeth Warren. Skin color isn't so much.
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 11:19 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 01, 2012 11:20 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 01, 2012 11:13 PM (FIYvq)
Sorry to be a bearer of bad news. It gets easier as you learn.
Sucks if you're part of a family where some are GF and some aren't. Lots of washing, going all MOPP 4 at mealtimes.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 11:20 PM (bxiXv)
out of your body. They give me horrible headaches. I have the lights in
my office disconnected so I can get through the day.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:18 PM (d6TfZ)
There used to be tons of stories about people complaining of headaches from fluorescent light - especially if they had to read by them. Only with the push for these shitty CFLs has all of this common knowledge and well-known history seem to have disappeared.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 01, 2012 11:20 PM (X3lox)
I read this comment at The Ulsterman report: "A nicely dressed young man (Chick-fil-A employee) stood next to the drive-thru lane handing out voting registration forms. He asked, “Are you all set to vote this election?” and I gave him a thumbs up.
So, the lefties lost twice today–they signed up lots of conservatives to vote, and they blessed a conservative business with an overload of customers!"
.
.
There isn't a Chick-Ril-A near me but I echo his sentiments. When I am near one I will stop in for a meal.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 01, 2012 11:20 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 11:19 PM
Spot on.
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 01, 2012 11:21 PM (JMmQ9)
o, he wrote a whole book all about how much Africa (which is black-run) sucks, and he was relieved to be shut of it; but he's happy that now America is black-run as well.
They are just like us. They've been brainwashed to think thier not. Dumb fuckers. Look at Detroit and Chicago. They used to be beautiful cities before the dems and groids took over.
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:22 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:22 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 11:19 PM (2IW5Q)
Word.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 11:22 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: myeviltwin at August 01, 2012 11:23 PM (wSTfB)
Here, have a waffle fry.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 11:18 PM (bxiXv)
I'm fine, but I never turn down fries!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 01, 2012 11:23 PM (X3lox)
Nope, simply refusing to let the thought police dictate to me or businesses.
I am against gay marriage. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman.
However, I have gay and lesb. acquaintances that I respect, including some longtime couples. They're nothing like these douchebags who are providing the commentary on news shows. They go about their business like regular people and just want to be left alone.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 01, 2012 11:23 PM (LyFj5)
I don't understand why the GOP didn't set up some voter registration drives around the CFA. It appeared to be a target rich environment.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:18 PM (9TTOe)
Because STUPID PARTY.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 01, 2012 11:24 PM (Rhie+)
do with Nancy Pelosi or Elizabeth Warren. Skin color isn't so much.
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 11:19 PM
I'd "ditto" but I'm nowhere near as smart as Sowell or Baldilocks. I am, OTOH, 17x smarter than Nancy there.
Posted by: HeatherRadish is having a shitty vacation at August 01, 2012 11:26 PM (1BjB9)
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 01, 2012 11:26 PM (wSTfB)
You can get the bluer, whiter type but why you would I don't know.
CFL's and Fluorecents are colder and bluer which I hate.
I have CFL's in areas where it makes sense, places where human don't dwell very long like the basement in closets, etc.
In theory CFLs should last longer than Incandescents and for the most part they do but their performance tends to degrade so why bother when I can get a pack of 8 for $2.00
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 01, 2012 11:26 PM (DWgdc)
The other weird thing is that the university had a committee to keep an eye on threats from students. WTFF?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 01, 2012 11:26 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 01, 2012 11:26 PM (cQmXn)
Yep, I would let my wife and kids hang at Allen Wests house. Bill Clinton on the other hand.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:29 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 01, 2012 11:29 PM (JMmQ9)
and for the most part they do but their performance tends to degrade so
why bother when I can get a pack of 8 for $2.00
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 01, 2012 11:26 PM (DWgdc)
Even that isn't true, though. Incandescents run on DC and not turned off last for years and years and years. They used to sell little button capacitors (or whatever) to put under incandescent bulbs that would allow them to last for years.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 01, 2012 11:30 PM (X3lox)
A) Quality of the CFL
B) Quality of the fixture
C) Quality of your wiring
D) Quality of the power coming to it.
I ain't sayin' there's no buzz, I'm saying I hear it in some places but luckily not at home.
I have *pretty* good ears.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 11:30 PM (bxiXv)
Come April, all the douche-bag freeloading college sorts and sundry layabouts, who, by the way, overwhelmingly support democrat asshats, are going to get a nice surprise.
Instead of getting their expected tax "refund" subsidy check, they are going to get a bill.
I look forward to that day. When the shit-tards have their rice-bowls reduced for no apparent reason. It will be.....schadenfreude-rific!
Fuck everyone else.
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 01, 2012 11:30 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:18 PM (9TTOe)
Best to let this age naturally. Don't rush it.
People went to CFA to get politics out of business.
GOP did the smart thing.
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 11:30 PM (t2228)
Posted by: derit at August 01, 2012 11:31 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:32 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:33 PM (d6TfZ)
Now they're presuming to ban the PAR38 reflector halogens. Might as well tell all of rural America that they suck. That's the basic go-to barn light.
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 11:33 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: HeatherRadish is having a shitty vacation at August 01, 2012 11:34 PM (1BjB9)
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 01, 2012 11:26 PM (DWgdc)
That's correct, you don't know.
(looks down, shakes head)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 11:35 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 01, 2012 11:36 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by:Infidel"
I don't think we've seen the last of him. I think he has lots of promise.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:36 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:32 PM (WF3IU)
That pummel horse will haunt his dreams. Hopefully he will still be able to move his family out of Brooklyn like he planned.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 01, 2012 11:36 PM (ZhEoC)
People went to CFA to get politics out of business.
GOP did the smart thing.
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 11:30 PM (t222
And that's how we get our asses kicked. That's how we got JEF. We miss opportunities because of some greater good, common sense attitude that fucks us every damn time.
Nietzsche was wrong. When you do battle with monsters, you had better be a bigger badder monster. Don't mix business and politics? With all due respect it was the basis for the whole F-ing day.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:37 PM (9TTOe)
Diodes (rectifiers)
(not to be confused with the rectumfier that Popsicle Of The United States posed with for the last thread)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 01, 2012 11:37 PM (ogdab)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:38 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 01, 2012 11:37 PM (ogdab)
Thanks. I know I'll forget it again next time and have to fudge with another "or whatever"
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 01, 2012 11:39 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: no good deed at August 01, 2012 11:40 PM (mjR67)
Nietzsche was wrong. When you do battle with monsters, you had better be a bigger badder monster. Don't mix business and politics? With all due respect it was the basis for the whole F-ing day.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:37 PM (9TTOe)
No. The day was to resist Fascistic politicians and agitators.
People are seeing what the Dems are all about and are acting on it.
Do not assume the only people supporting CFA today were folks like us.
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 11:40 PM (t2228)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:41 PM (WF3IU)
Then we moved to a 3000 SF Victorian with 10-ft ceilings on the first floor. It has all-new fixtures, closed as is the current fashion. CFLs suck here. Not only does the light from them not project far enough, but they overheat and blow out in closed fixtures.
I do use CFLs in the garage and basement, however: daylight-spectrum, high-wattage (100+W) bulbs in open porcelain fixtures. Those bulbs are awesome.
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 01, 2012 11:41 PM (IlZPo)
my room mate is fucking retarded, we have HTPCs set up to every tv in the house minus my workshop and the tv in the kitchen all networked together and he went and bought a WD Live TV box for himself.
Posted by: The Dude at August 01, 2012 11:41 PM (tw6Ar)
I'm late to the party but I just gotta say how much I detest CFL's. My husband still thinks they're marvybut I've always hated them. Politics aside, I hate the light they give off. I never miss an opportunity to tell people about how hazardous they are if broken and the "proper" steps to disposing of them.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 01, 2012 11:42 PM (bMLFV)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:42 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: CDR M
Bwaaahhh, what an optimist. They aren't gonna be hot like porta de rossi, they're all gonna look like rosie o'donnell/ janet napolitano/elaina kagan. Just typing that makes me want to gag, who the hell wants to see that tongue sushi action?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 01, 2012 11:43 PM (CYu51)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:43 PM (WF3IU)
Blacks... well, they're just not like us.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 01, 2012 11:16 PM (QTHTd)
What do mean by 'us' white man?
Sometimes it's better to not let your inner Derb out to play.
Posted by: Maetenloch at August 01, 2012 11:43 PM (xROTy)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:41 PM (WF3IU)
I was so impressed with the women last night. They were bad ass, the Russian girls were falling over themselves. They were clutch, especially for teenage girls.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 01, 2012 11:44 PM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: no good deed at August 01, 2012 11:44 PM (mjR67)
I've seen enough on this board to make me want to puke. So, in that case, my response is fuck you, asshats I don't care what the fuck you have to say. Until Ace b&s my ass, you can all suck my rather large exhaust pipe.
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 01, 2012 11:44 PM (a4CUi)
Light should only come from chemical reactions, glowing filaments, and nuclear reactions.
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 11:44 PM (t2228)
Posted by: Maetenloch at August 01, 2012 11:43 PM (xROTy)
This is nowhere near the first time, Maet.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 11:45 PM (bxiXv)
And maybe nobody tells Madonna what to do but that won't stop the skanky narcissist from telling everybody else what they ought to do.
Btw, I think she looks a lot better in a leather bodysuit that she does in a body stocking or practically nude. She's too old and stringy to be showing so much skin.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 01, 2012 11:45 PM (bMLFV)
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 01, 2012 11:46 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 01, 2012 11:46 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 01, 2012 11:42 PM
Right, katya. I've been saying for years that by 2017-ish we'll start hearing hand-wringing chatter about the increase in the amount of environmental mercury (caused by the improperly disposed-of CFL bulbs, but they'll never be mentioned as the root cause)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 01, 2012 11:47 PM (JMmQ9)
I don't know enough swear words.
Posted by: HeatherRadish is having a shitty vacation at August 01, 2012 11:47 PM (p+wzI)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:49 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: HeatherRadish"
On Facebook, you control the banhammer. I've "unfriended" several people that I got tired of listening to.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:49 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 01, 2012 11:49 PM (JMmQ9)
Hey, Morons.
I'm just stopping by to let you all know I went grocery shopping for the cookout tomorrow. Potatoes, onions, peppers, zuchinni, mushrooms, cucumber.
Meat. Meat. Meat. Meat.
And do I have to say it? BACON!!!!!!!!
Thank you all for the grilling suggestions. I'm grilling for 16 people tomorrow. Oh yeah, and I bought plenty, plenty of beer. Morons4life
Posted by: Z Ryan at August 01, 2012 11:50 PM (tsC/8)
That would be news to the Pink Mafia.
Posted by: HeatherRadish is having a shitty vacation at August 01, 2012 11:50 PM (p+wzI)
Posted by: eman at August 01, 2012 11:40 PM (t222
Well then who were they? Queer Democrats?
I can't understand why you can't make the connection between removing politics from business and using the crowds that are there to show support for free speech and to further removing politics from business by regestering voters that would eventually vote to support free speech and to remove politics from business.
Just know, if it was the Transgendered Chicken shack and coin operated glory hole emporium, the whole Dem apparatus would have been there in force. That's why they won last time.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 01, 2012 11:51 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:51 PM (WF3IU)
http://youtu.be/TIVvOmnF0jc
Need to find out who she is and make sure the company rewards her for her professionalism.
Posted by: Jose at August 01, 2012 11:51 PM (srIqv)
Yeah, I've had to "hide" family members. I'm sure my brother is being a fascistic asshole today, but I know not to look.
This was a friend of a friend, though...a friend who posts good, thoughtful stuff.
Feh.
Posted by: HeatherRadish is having a shitty vacation at August 01, 2012 11:51 PM (p+wzI)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:54 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: Margaret Cho at August 01, 2012 11:54 PM (IoNBC)
That conclusion doesn't make sense to me. I've got much more in common with Thomas Sowell and Baldilocks than I do with Nancy Pelosi or Elizabeth Warren. Skin color isn't so much.
Exactly.
Posted by: rickl at August 01, 2012 11:55 PM (sdi6R)
You funny!
So were you, back when you stuck to imitating your mother. Then bad things happened.
Posted by: Splunge at August 01, 2012 11:56 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 01, 2012 11:57 PM (cQmXn)
Help us ONT, you're our only hope
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 01, 2012 11:59 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:59 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Infidel at August 01, 2012 11:59 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: rickl at August 01, 2012 11:55 PM (sdi6R)
You folks are intentionally conflating an argument about aggregate characteristics of a group with one about specific individuals. That is disingenuous.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 02, 2012 12:00 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 02, 2012 12:00 AM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 01, 2012 11:59 PM (d6TfZ)
295 Goodnight, morons! Big doin's tomorrow.
Posted by: Kalneva at August 01, 2012 11:57 PM (cQmXn)
Goodnite Kids.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 02, 2012 12:01 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Infidel at August 02, 2012 12:01 AM (WF3IU)
Posted by: Infidel at August 02, 2012 12:01 AM (WF3IU)
Good nite my friend.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 02, 2012 12:02 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 02, 2012 12:02 AM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 02, 2012 12:02 AM (JMmQ9)
What happened to the night owl rons?
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at August 02, 2012 12:03 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: HeatherRadish is having a shitty vacation at August 02, 2012 12:04 AM (p+wzI)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 02, 2012 12:05 AM (uCNam)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle
Years ago there was a lovely movie called "Memphis Belle" about World War II planes and pilots. My dad worked on planes in the air force during WWII, so I bought my elderly parents movie tickets for a gift and kept pushing them to see that movie.
Well, kids, they went to see "Silence of the Lambs".
Oh, I know what their thinking was on that movie.
"That's just filth," was repeated a couple of times.
I told them not to go see any movies without running it by me first.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 02, 2012 12:06 AM (LyFj5)
When you start saying that perfectly good English words such as tax and mandate, each with their own distinct meanings "can be reasonably read" as being each other then there is NOTHING left you can hang your hat on or be sure about.
Roberts could read an IRS fine to mean a good buggering so who wants to be the first to taunt the IRS? Who thinks for a second that no matter what the law says you won't end up wearing thumbscrews?
What does the text of a law have to do with anything?
Posted by: Voluble at August 02, 2012 12:06 AM (qYvEa)
Mongrel Nation - a three part documentary he hosted. It was pretty good as a sort of fast food of educational TV. You can find it on most good torrent sites.
James May, one of the UK Top Gear hosts, did a short series called Things You Ought To Know which was also a good bit of educational fluff.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 12:07 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Maetenloch at August 01, 2012 11:43
It's Zimriel. He can never truly hide it all.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 12:07 AM (CYu51)
Posted by: alamogordo at August 02, 2012 12:07 AM (fw8/8)
Posted by: zeera at August 02, 2012 12:08 AM (XtxRN)
Olympic coverage in North Korea:
http://i48.tinypic.com/21klamv.jpg
Hee hee hoo hoo ha ha, yeah, but I'm expecting to hear that Barack Obama won an Olympic Medal on our news.
Posted by: Z Ryan at August 02, 2012 12:09 AM (tsC/8)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 02, 2012 12:00 AM (X3lox)
Actually, we're rejecting an argument about aggregate characteristics of a group because of specific individuals. A much longer list of the latter than was used, mind you.
Racism is collectivism. That's why so many collectivists are racists. It's a squares and rectangles thing.
Have a waffle fry.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 12:09 AM (bxiXv)
Don't forget about the "radioactivity" leeching into ground water from tossed out smoke detectors that stopped working...
Ionization type smoke detectors all use Americium-241 that has a half life of over 400 years. Scary, scary, scary. Not really though as A-241 is only an alpha emitter.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 02, 2012 12:10 AM (O79pt)
Does some one have the ban hammer tonight?
Please look at comment 215 of Ace's 7:43 post, Headline: Obama Authorizes Secret Support For Syrian Rebels
Thank you.
Posted by: rd at August 02, 2012 12:12 AM (9sUlj)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 02, 2012 12:13 AM (O79pt)
This video is going viral, drive through window Chick-Fil-A employee harassed by a leftist jackass (who doesn't buy anything of course but gets free water), she remains professional.
http://youtu.be/TIVvOmnF0jc
Need to find out who she is and make sure the company rewards her for her professionalism. Posted by: Jose
See who they are and know.
Posted by: Z Ryan at August 02, 2012 12:14 AM (tsC/8)
97 watt bulbs.
Posted by: navybrat at August 02, 2012 12:15 AM (AMpt+)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 12:15 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 02, 2012 12:00 AM (X3lox)
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They're answering an argument that conflates race and culture, which is disingenuous. White people who participate in a culture of entitlement and collectivism wind up pretty much the same as black people who do that----a Cletus in a trailer park is the same as a D'Marcus in a ghetto and an Elizabeth Warren is the same as a Barack Obama. Black people who participate in a culture of accountability and hard work wind up pretty much the same as white people who do that---a Thomas Sowell is the same as Milton Friedman and so on.
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 02, 2012 12:15 AM (FIYvq)
Wow.
Being a lazy-assed bastard, I went and got something from Carl's JR, instead. I will eat there tomorrow and Friday in recompense.
I told the Carl's JR manager he should hang a sign out that says "Hey, we hate teh gheys, too!!!"
Posted by: Senator Harry Reid - D NAMBLA at August 02, 2012 12:15 AM (pcnpf)
***
Justice Roberts gave us a government of men, instead of laws...if the liberals can keep it.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2012 12:16 AM (AUeaU)
Because most fast food chains have on their bargain menu a 'spicy chicken' sandwich which is better labeled horrible crap you'd never want to eat if you could actually taste anything but the spices.
It's one area where McDonalds is markedly superior, although they do the same in some regions like Las Vegas. Where I live the McChicken for a buck is far better than any of the bargain competitors.
I suspect CFA didn't want to be associated with that sordid fast food practice.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 12:16 AM (kcfmt)
I told them not to go see any movies without running it by me first.
Years ago, we knew an elderly couple from our church. They were very conservative. Actually, they were legalistic. They hadn't been to see a movie in the theater in 20 years. Guess which movie they decided to go see? Titanic. I can only imagine.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 02, 2012 12:17 AM (bMLFV)
Reminds me, CA. banned 100 watt bulbs, so I go to my local hardware store and what do I see for sale?
97 watt bulbs.
Capitalism is cool. So is ordering light bulbs from the Internet, if you live in CA.
Posted by: Splunge at August 02, 2012 12:17 AM (2IW5Q)
http://tinyurl.com/c2y56cb
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 02, 2012 12:18 AM (O79pt)
work wind up pretty much the same as white people who do that
***
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content
of their character.
Posted by: MLK jr - dream realized at August 02, 2012 12:18 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 12:19 AM (kcfmt)
What does the text of a law have to do with anything?
***
Justice Roberts gave us a government of men, instead of laws...if the liberals can keep it.
Yeah. One thing I've not seen articles on -- what is the lesson from the Roberts appointment? He seemed like the Golden Guy, right? Fast track to the Chief Justice slot. What can we learn from that one?
My tentative conclusion is to be wary of people that "everybody likes." They got their popularity for a reason, and it wasn't by offending anyone.
Posted by: Splunge at August 02, 2012 12:20 AM (2IW5Q)
Z Ryan, remember, charcoal is cheap, there's no sin in building a bigger fire than you think you need...
Marshmallows for the "left-over" fire. Winning!
tomorrow night, mi amigos
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 02, 2012 12:21 AM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: no good deed at August 02, 2012 12:21 AM (mjR67)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 02, 2012 12:00 AM (X3lox)
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They're answering an argument that conflates race and culture, which is disingenuous. White people who participate in a culture of entitlement and collectivism wind up pretty much the same as black people who do that----a Cletus in a trailer park is the same as a D'Marcus in a ghetto and an Elizabeth Warren is the same as a Barack Obama. Black people who participate in a culture of accountability and hard work wind up pretty much the same as white people who do that---a Thomas Sowell is the same as Milton Friedman and so on.
The white "chavs" in England exhibit every single social pathology that the black underclass in America does: booze, drugs, ignorance, violence, out-of-wedlock births, entitlement mentality, nihilism, you name it.
Posted by: rickl at August 02, 2012 12:21 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 02, 2012 12:23 AM (imtbm)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 02, 2012 12:24 AM (O79pt)
What a total tool.
Posted by: Harry Reid, senator from the great state of NAMBLA at August 02, 2012 12:24 AM (pcnpf)
The white "chavs" in England exhibit every single social pathology
that the black underclass in America does: booze, drugs, ignorance,
violence, out-of-wedlock births, entitlement mentality, nihilism, you
name it.
***
Hey, that's totally wrong.
At least one of the chavs got his hands on a rocket launcher at a recent riot. Suck it you Detroit/Chicago/LA slackers!
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2012 12:24 AM (AUeaU)
***
DAMN IT.
Did it soak through the robe again?!?
Posted by: John Souter Roberts at August 02, 2012 12:25 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:26 AM (LP2Vw)
Good thing we didn't just nominate another squish when we need someone who will take a decisive stand if he wins office.
Oh, crap.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2012 12:26 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 02, 2012 12:27 AM (O79pt)
Posted by: rickl at August 02, 2012 12:21 AM (sdi6R)
--------------------------
I wonder...do chavs give their children names that readily identify them as such, the way that lower-class Americans (of all races; watch any episode of Toddlers and Tiaras if you do don't believe me) do?
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 02, 2012 12:27 AM (FIYvq)
Patronize a medical practice, which is a small business, and pay cash.
Two birds with one stone. Which means you have stones left over for throwing at commies.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 12:27 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: rickl at August 02, 2012 12:27 AM (sdi6R)
did it over and over at the bullet points
and a light went on in my head, what he was up to. i think one of the reasons the precedent gets away with so much bullshit that thinking people shouldnt accept is that someone gave him NLP training... and that his flacks and image crafters are into it too. It doesnt work on everyone. But its the tool of choice for grifters and "spiritual" con men.
remember EST seminars? i swear something about the dnc and its weird cool-aide atmosphere reminds me of that shit. (Admission i had a big client 20 years ago who made themselves rich promoting those things)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 12:28 AM (r7Ddb)
I wonder...do chavs give their children names that readily identify
them as such, the way that lower-class Americans (of all races; watch
any episode of Toddlers and Tiaras if you do don't believe me) do?
Apparently, yes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-363230/Chav-names-feared-teachers.html
Posted by: Splunge at August 02, 2012 12:28 AM (2IW5Q)
My NBC affiliate just ran an ad for Ryan Murphy's new show. It looks
like he's remaking "My Two Dads," but this time, they're gay.
Posted by: no good deed at August 01, 2012 11:44 PM
Murphy is one of the most obnoxious members of "Al Gay-da". For instance, Murphy got pissy with Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Folliwill who didn't want to give permission to use one of his songs on Glee. Murphy started screaming that the band were a bunch of assholes and anti gay
He's a diva who got power drunk and tries to ruin anyone who doesn't give him his bah-bah whenever he wants it
http://tinyurl.com/46923pv
Posted by: kbdabear at August 02, 2012 12:29 AM (Y7XKa)
Let me preface this with "I don't really care what you do in your bedroom, if you want to get married, I don't care". That's your business, not MINE.
That said, the Chick-Fil-A support today struck me not as intolerance for gays, but intolerance for fascism.
While I've known many gays who are good people, I've also known a fair share who are total assholes. Too many in leadership positions are creating the "It's a Good Life" kind of environment, you must say "it's GOOOOD that you did that", and "think only good thoughts, or you will be ruined with the armed force of the mega government".
If you want to get angry at a company, get angry at GM for making shitty cars and then forcing the taxpayer to cover their incompetence. Get angry at big banks who profited from incompetence AND corruption, and partnered with the powerful in both parties to cover their bets, who privatized their profits and socialized their losses.
Don't get angry at a company because their CEO spoke the same beliefs held by Barack Obama until 2 months ago, or by the majority of muslims, blacks, and hispanics as well as Christians
Stop cheering on government intrusion into property, lifestyles, beliefs, and thoughts just because you don't like someone because it really sucks when they come after yours. And some day they will come after something YOU like. Control freaks are funny that way
Posted by: kbdabear at August 02, 2012 12:30 AM (Y7XKa)
ugh
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:31 AM (90yeH)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 01, 2012 10:49 PM (RZ8pf)
The popcorn machine starts a fire near the door. 57 people die in the fire.
Fucking idiots.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:58 PM (bxiXv)
Reminds me of the reaction to Columbine: in the event of an attack, shuffle everyone into a pre-determined confined location (cafeteria, gym) where a few homemade claymores can take out far more people than a few heavily-armed, reknob discontents ever could.
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 02, 2012 12:31 AM (OIuTH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 12:09 AM (bxiXv)
Thanks. I'll take the fry and bail on the debate. I know how touchy this place is and it's not all that important to me.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 02, 2012 12:32 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Scobface at August 02, 2012 12:33 AM (IoNBC)
waffle fries? mmm
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:33 AM (90yeH)
Posted by: Fauxcahontas at August 02, 2012 12:34 AM (9TM3T)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 02, 2012 12:35 AM (Q492A)
Posted by: rickl at August 02, 2012 12:35 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: no good deed at August 02, 2012 12:36 AM (mjR67)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:36 AM (90yeH)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:37 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: Fox 2! at August 02, 2012 12:38 AM (RJOgX)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:38 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:39 AM (90yeH)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:39 AM (LP2Vw)
***
I hope there are Korean shop owners nearby...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2012 12:39 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:31 AM (90yeH)
yes this ONT is the very definition of ugh
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 12:41 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Jean at August 02, 2012 12:41 AM (OfinX)
now I have been here at the HQ for about 3.5 yrs. not an old old timer but still.
anyway have I overstayed my welcome?
I know that both the HQ and myself have changed over the past 3.5 yrs.
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:42 AM (90yeH)
now I have been here at the HQ for about 3.5 yrs. not an old old timer but still.
anyway have I overstayed my welcome?
I know that both the HQ and myself have changed over the past 3.5 yrs.
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:42 AM (90yeH)
if you leave, don't forget to do the week long epic meltdown
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 12:43 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:44 AM (90yeH)
We're fully awake now, and not very happy with what we're seeing...
Posted by: Nixon's Silent Majority at August 02, 2012 12:45 AM (O79pt)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:45 AM (90yeH)
Posted by: Scobface at August 02, 2012 12:46 AM (IoNBC)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 12:46 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 12:28 AM (r7Ddb)
I almost never watch politicians. I read what they said.
I won't say they all do this, but damned near everyone at the top is a professional Con-Man.
That's one of the things I liked about Bush Jr. He may have screwed a lot of things up, but he wasn't a Con-Man.
You can search online for "Obama NLP." Beware that a number of the links are douchebaggy or dumb, always check your sources.
The same goes for most politicians, though for some of them it's a "knack" learned through experience and not trained, and for some it's just from one book or minor training.
You know, "How to be a Complete Manipulative Bastard in Ten Easy Steps."
The thing about Obama that I think is funny is that I think his handlers got started on this early, and he developed some really bad habits as a result - why a lot of people see him as creepy and lazy and uninterested in America, our values, and people in general.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 12:46 AM (bxiXv)
okay here is the question.
now I have been here at the HQ for about 3.5 yrs. not an old old timer but still.
anyway have I overstayed my welcome?
I know that both the HQ and myself have changed over the past 3.5 yrs.
And just who would provide expertise about chemical reactions and poisons and chemical lasers mounted on sharks if you left?
Posted by: Splunge at August 02, 2012 12:46 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:47 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:45 AM (90yeH)
I didn't give an answer, got no problem with you. All the new nubs can go fuck themselves though
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 12:48 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:48 AM (90yeH)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:42 AM (90yeH)
Dude, hook up with a plain-looking drunk lady at Fapplebees.
That's the standard prescription until they invent Confidence Pills.
Unless the host or everybody tells you to GTFO, why would you think you wore out your welcome?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 12:49 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 12:49 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 12:50 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: navybrat at August 02, 2012 12:50 AM (AMpt+)
anyway have I overstayed my welcome?
***
What makes you say that?
Yes, the ONT is different from a couple of years ago...but not that different.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2012 12:50 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2012 12:50 AM (AUeaU)
yes it is, now get off my lawn
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 12:51 AM (tw6Ar)
***
So I just ate like 15 7-11 burritos.
You guys want to study that?
Posted by: Roseanne Barr at August 02, 2012 12:52 AM (AUeaU)
***
In my day, we didn't court garbage! And Ewoks knew their place. And it wasn't frolicking with the garbage!
Posted by: Some Old Moron at August 02, 2012 12:53 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:55 AM (LP2Vw)
We're in a depression. Real life is kicking our asses there alone. A lot of us have sick parents. All kinds of bad shit going on. I don't have the energy to post most nights anymore.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 12:56 AM (pY5dQ)
At this point I assume Madonna could go onstage buck naked with some zippers glued to her skin and the audience would believe she was wearing a leather body suit. Believe really hard. Don't let up for a moment. For if the reality is allow to take root in their minds they would have no choice but to pluck out their eyes.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 12:57 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2012 12:57 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: olympic committee at August 02, 2012 12:57 AM (D7lJF)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:58 AM (LP2Vw)
But there are more open 'Ettes, we're less hesitant, we have a lot more content.
Don't forget there were some *huge* fights and blow-ups in the past, too. You can look at the archives on the sidebar on the front page... waaaaaaay down.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 12:58 AM (bxiXv)
And Peaches would miss you too. It would be sadder and less friendly without you
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 12:58 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 12:56 AM (pY5dQ)
{hug}
I *Totally* get that.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 12:59 AM (bxiXv)
blow-ups in the past, too.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 12:58 AM (bxiXv)
I miss those so much
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:00 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:00 AM (pY5dQ)
it used to be more free flowing. hell the original ONTs didn't have pages of content, maybe a kitteh video but that's it.
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 01:00 AM (aaQuT)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:58 AM (LP2Vw)
On the one side, there are difference of opinion.
On the other, there's passive-aggressive accusations, racist buddy crap, personal obsessions...
And there's that nasty grey area inbetween.
I miss "A Liberal AOSHQ Reader" and I wish they posted more - real differences of opinion, but not trolling.
A lot of people "gang up and trash," no doubt, but that's not different from anywhere else.
I *totally* get people needing to take a break and live ITRW sometimes, I do that.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:01 AM (bxiXv)
It hurt's you take it personally.
.......so what , it's only a flesh wound.
You'll survive.
Off you go!!
Posted by: olympic committee at August 02, 2012 01:02 AM (D7lJF)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:03 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 01:00 AM (aaQuT)
I was about to say you can ignore it, but you're right, sometimes I skip the ONT because a discussion is going a particular way and I either have no interest or it annoys me.
So I get it. I guess enough days like that in a row and you could start feeling unwelcome.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:03 AM (bxiXv)
Also fuck that libtard asshole who yelled at the young lady working the Chick fil a drive through
Posted by: Zakn at August 02, 2012 01:03 AM (RdKJU)
it used to be more free flowing. hell the original ONTs didn't have pages of content, maybe a kitteh video but that's it.
Are you clamoring for less content? Ace's wet dream.
Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2012 01:03 AM (z9HTb)
Plus I think that ever since being a troll became cool people aren't as open or eager about alot of conversation
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 12:58 AM (LP2Vw)
i got jumped and a few people hazed me for MONTHS. it was not fun. I almost didnt come back, because this is my winding down, stress release time. I dont come here to be stressed out, so I only post now when i have free time, and i dont MAKE free time for the ONT any more. But i have a friend who sometimes the only contact they have with me, when they are overseas is reading the ONT... so... i stayed. im glad I did.
CJ if you decide you really hate it here i hope you find a place at Table 9, because the folks there all think you are great. I dont see why you would think the folks here dont like you just as much.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:03 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: olympic committee at August 02, 2012 01:04 AM (D7lJF)
http://tinyurl.com/cukxclz
Maybe now the law enforcement hacks will take this shit seriously
Posted by: kbdabear at August 02, 2012 01:05 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 02, 2012 01:05 AM (bMLFV)
I was about to say you can ignore it, but you're
right, sometimes I skip the ONT because a discussion is going a
particular way and I either have no interest or it annoys me.
So I get it. I guess enough days like that in a row and you could start feeling unwelcome.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:03 AM (bxiXv)
i got so i just ignore discussion i have nothing to add to intelligently (this is why daywalkers rarely meet Gushie) and talk about what i want to as unconcernedly as the autistic chick i have been accused of being. i figure its pretty easy to skip over the posts you dont like.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:06 AM (r7Ddb)
Yeah. I didn't think I was going to be doing this again, less than 2 years after my dad. It blows.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:07 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:08 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Zakn at August 02, 2012 01:08 AM (RdKJU)
http://tinyurl.com/c36qjon
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:09 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:09 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:06 AM (r7Ddb)
That's easy for you to say.
Posted by: The guy who has to read Every Single Thread at August 02, 2012 01:09 AM (bxiXv)
How many 'ettes have been lost to that? Dumb Blonde. I miss her, she was funny. PGIS stuck it out after she got attacked, thank God.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:10 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 01:10 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:09 AM (LP2Vw)
I know I would be much happier if I threw up my hands and hid.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:11 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:12 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:12 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: GT 5.0 at August 02, 2012 01:13 AM (3W1+C)
they played nonstop for three hours. Happy and nicely. The hairless pusseh staked out a spot on my chest, said a benevolent "Meh." and watched the kids play.
All in all it was a success, and i think we got another winner. Shes very gentle, cuddly and has the sweetest face.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:13 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:10 AM (pY5dQ)
Some people gotta get angry and fight about everything.
I know some people think that about me, because I tend to go to 11 when someone gets really obnoxious, but hopefully I don't do that to reasonable peeps.
I try to look at how someone generally is so I don't misinterpret things. And to remember Its Just An Internet.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:13 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012
Not sure, so I'm ignoring
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:14 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:10 AM (pY5dQ)
Man you guys suck, you just say things about me behind my back.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:14 AM (OTK2G)
Hey Gushie yeah, but the sooner it starts the sooner it will be over
with. Price of not being a shit of a kid who just conveniently moves
across the country to avoid it all. What you will learn will help you in
your own journey, but it ain't pleasant...
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:12 AM (LP2Vw)
i have frail parents too, but you mean Bebe. But ever word you said i agree with. but its just so so so hard while its happening.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:14 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:14 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at August 02, 2012 01:15 AM (AMLP7)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:13 AM (r7Ddb)
http://youtu.be/fscQy_m3rb8
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:15 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:15 AM (tw6Ar)
Obama is the most "created" disaster ever. If there's a detail that wouldn't increase his ability to mess up the US, it doesn't exist -- even if it should logically exist just from being a human being. It's like he came from a witness protection plan. I'm not familiar with NLP, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if his handlers were.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 01:15 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: BP NJ at August 02, 2012 01:16 AM (ph70Q)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:16 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:14 AM (pY5dQ)
I looked up the senate race in nv, and Heller is kicking the facelifts ass, I dont believe the obama poll at all, I dont care if its rasmussan(sic)?
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:16 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:17 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:14 AM (pY5dQ)
I think it's a pre-op Gerg impersonator.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:17 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:18 AM (LP2Vw)
okay here is the question.
now I have been here at the HQ for about 3.5 yrs. not an old old timer but still.
anyway have I overstayed my welcome?
I know that both the HQ and myself have changed over the past 3.5 yrs.
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at August 02, 2012 12:42 AM (90yeH)
CJ -- WHAT?!??!? If anything, you're not around enough....back in the day, you gave us 'round the clock Fappleby's coverage.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 01:19 AM (kaalw)
Yeah Gush so you excel at what you CAN control: diet, fitness, rest.
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:16 AM (LP2Vw)
indeed. in the end you cannot control events.
But you ABSOLUTELY can control how you respond to them. Now, how *well* i do that varies greatly.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:19 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:19 AM (LP2Vw)
I used to rip people up so bad they hated me personally and threatened to come to my house and kill me. Not in a ha ha way, I was just a dick. It didn't do anyone any good, nobody was convinced of anything and as a Christian I'm supposed to be glorifying God, not ranting on everything. When I read someone say they like God OK but His followers mess everything up I can't help but nod and hang my head.
That said, I wish people would relax a bit. You can say something somewhat controversial or different than the norm at a comment board and you'll get instantly attacked, called "concern troll" abused, and people will begin to personally assault you for believing something they don't care for.
Supposedly we're all on the same side here, right? I mean, just because you might say something I find wrong or off base doesn't mean you're a monster.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:20 AM (r4wIV)
144You can't even get like their chieken fingers?
Posted by: buzzion at August 01, 2012 10:44 PM (GULKT)
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That would be covered with wheat-based breading, and so, poison to my alien biochemistry. ...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 01, 2012 10:54 PM (bxiXv)
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Oh no.
That's awful for you, Merovign.....sorry to hear about that.
I'll bet it's icky for you to see my sig, if wheat is toxic to you.
Just so you know, though.....I picked it because I'm a wheat-head.
It was a childhood nickname.
And also, I'm surrounded by fields of the stuff.
But I'm not pushing the consumption of it....I'm not even real big on bread.
Meat and chocolate are my too major food groups.
Posted by: wheatie at August 02, 2012 01:20 AM (mtRB0)
http://tinyurl.com/ce3uajp
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:20 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Some Old Moron at August 02, 2012 01:20 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:21 AM (pY5dQ)
Speaking of which, was thrilled to see PGiS posting again.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at August 02, 2012 01:21 AM (AMLP7)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:21 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2012 01:22 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:22 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:14 AM (OTK2G)
You guys know I was just kidding on this comment, right?
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:23 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:18 AM (LP2Vw)
I don't have that worry about my brothers and sister, I'll consider myself lucky.
Posted by: cm9000 at August 02, 2012 01:23 AM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Zakn at August 02, 2012 01:23 AM (cKu7m)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:24 AM (LP2Vw)
That's awful for you, Merovign.....sorry to hear about that.
I'll bet it's icky for you to see my sig, if wheat is toxic to you.
Posted by: wheatie at August 02, 2012 01:20 AM (mtRB0)
No, other people doing / liking things not right for me is never problem unless it ends up in my bowl.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:24 AM (bxiXv)
War, famine, pestilence, all sorts of catastrophes used to come along and run the clock back until another civilization pushed forward and it happened again. Since the Black Plague we've not really had that happen. Its been a hell of a run but could it really go forever?
And I think more people than me sense that in the back of their heads. So we're all a bit more touchy and angry than we used to be. Combine that with the deliberate, systematic antagonism of the left's Alinskyite techniques, and their irrational postmodernist philosophy and its like being in an asylum and wondering if maybe you're really the insane one.
If it weren't for my faith and the end of the Bible, I'd give up all hope. I don't see this turning out well no matter who is president, but we gotta all keep fighting anyway. Because the purpose of fighting isn't to win. Its to fight for what's right.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:25 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:22 AM (pY5dQ)
*phew*, one more night I dodged the rotten tomatoes!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:25 AM (bxiXv)
Of course, I'm inclined to run the whole political class out of town on a rail (literally). Every.God-damned.one.of.them. I wish that the ruling class understood that they are on borrowed time.
Posted by: slackmac at August 02, 2012 01:25 AM (K2TOa)
Posted by: Zakn at August 02, 2012 01:23 AM (cKu7m)
eh, I prefer her red and black cotume. She is already sexy, don't need to try and make her sexy. I will give credit that at least that is better than the outfit they have on her in the upcoming fighting game. Harley Quinn doesn't need to be wearing a thong
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:25 AM (tw6Ar)
No, we really do talk about you when you aren't around.
Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2012 01:26 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:26 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012
Yep. Just couldn't come up with anything funny in reply
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:27 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:28 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:28 AM (LP2Vw)
talk ... talk ... talk .... YOU DON"T SAY
.... OH ... more talk ... talk some more ....
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 02, 2012 01:28 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:27 AM (pY5dQ)
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Because she was too busy talking about your shoes. And I don't care what she says, I think they're totally you.
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 02, 2012 01:28 AM (FIYvq)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:20 AM (r4wIV)
I kind of passed over your thing earlier (no Hairy Reed comments!), so I can't say too much, but at least half the time it's how you say something or just knowing when to not bother.
Not saying I'm great at that, but if you saw last night's ONT, a couple of people pulled the Jihadi cord with little effect or agreement, but a couple others pulled the passive-aggressive cord and got jumped on (including by me because I *HATE* passive-aggressive charlatanry).
Sometimes it's just a bad hair day.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:29 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:29 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:29 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2012 01:26 AM (z9HTb)
Thats ok, I am the drunk poster and it is well deserved.
I am like a box of chocolates, ya never know what your gonna get.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:29 AM (OTK2G)
Violets are blue,
I'm exhausted after a long day,
Good night, and Happy Thursday to all of you ...
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 02, 2012 01:29 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Alfred Hitchcock's Proper British Accent at August 02, 2012 01:31 AM (qmMAj)
Jeff Foxworthy says its like that for sex too. Guys are a bottlerocket. Women are a slow burning match.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:31 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Zakn at August 02, 2012 01:31 AM (cKu7m)
Posted by: tasker at August 02, 2012 01:32 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:28 AM (OTK2G)
Between those two classes of ads - it's going to be a long time until November. I'm guessing I don't have to hear more than about 3 seconds of those ads before I'm able to get the channel changed.
Posted by: someone at August 02, 2012 01:32 AM (bqjJT)
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:32 AM (LP2Vw)
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at August 02, 2012 01:28
Ugh, jimmy Choos are nobody anymore. They've been hideously fugly the last few years. And wtf is up with 5" heels becoming the new standard? 3" stilletos are painful enough thank you.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:32 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: Some Old Moron at August 02, 2012 01:33 AM (AUeaU)
Durnit!
Good night, Adriane! Sweet dreams of Ben Browder fixing you up a strawberry smoothie after installing a new island in your new old kitchen.
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:34 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: someone at August 02, 2012 01:32 AM (bqjJT)
Yep, thanks dog rescue groups for ruining my fkn day. God I wish I could adopt every dog in the world. I hate those ads.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:34 AM (OTK2G)
***
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Posted by: Yeats at August 02, 2012 01:34 AM (AUeaU)
At least we got one lurker de-lurked last night and they seem a decent sort. The fake lurker was pretty sad though. Any *real* AoS reader would know that AtC is well liked and not some one to attack lightly.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at August 02, 2012 01:35 AM (AMLP7)
Posted by: Some Old Moron at August 02, 2012 01:33 AM (AUeaU)
not in that pic, she isn't wearing anything but paint. I was talking about Quinn in the upcoming fighting game that Ed Boon (Mortal Kombat) is making
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:35 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: no good deed at August 02, 2012 01:36 AM (mjR67)
You are always welcome in my book.
As for the ONT changing with time, well, der.
Yes, many a good moron and ette have wandered off, sadly or angrily. But new ones have joined.
This is one of the best places on the net because it is so fucked up.
Posted by: eman at August 02, 2012 01:36 AM (t2228)
I think that's part and parcel of the postmodern culture. Reason and logic are rejected for emotion and contradiction. Its a sort of Mad Hatter's Tea Party but people are deadly serious about it. Reason and logic lead one the exact opposite direction the left wants to go, so they just abandoned it all as a failure.
Now they have rejected all three of the basic laws of rhetoric, so you can hold two contradictory concepts in your head at the same time and context without any conflict at all. Yes, I believe in survival of the fittest AND that we should save that beached whale. Yes I believe that killing people is wrong but we should kill unborn helpless babies. It goes on and on.
And the most insane thing is that they'll look you right in the eye and say something you both know is completely false, without batting an eyelash. Something even contradicting what they asserted moments ago.
I've had it happen to me several times, I will finally get a leftist to admit something then just a day or two later, they're back to their previous position as if they never agreed with me.
I don't know, maybe the world has always been like this and I've just gotten a lot more sensitive to it. I used to find M*A*S*H hilarious and now I just cannot stand it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:36 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:37 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:38 AM (4ixH5)
and run the clock back until another civilization pushed forward and it
happened again. Since the Black Plague we've not really had that
happen.
***
I'd argue a slightly different take.
Something happened in Europe not long after the Black Plague that changed society to *strongly* encourage virtues that strengthen society and condemn vices that weaken it.
Specifically a combination of Protestant ethics and European power politics where there were many competing powers.
If people believe that hard work is a virtue, and government understands that bad choices will haunt those in government personally - you get a very strong society.
These values have been dying since the rise of progressivism though.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2012 01:39 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:38 AM (4ixH5)
Gross
And on that note, these American men swimmers are just to damn beautiful. Damn, 20 yr old guys did not look like that when I was young!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:40 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:32 AM (pY5dQ)
I think you should only wear a 5" heel if you're already 6'3" like Laurie Dhue, so when I see you I can be all "Great Holy Goddess Almighty!" and stagger around like I was struck.
6'8" Laurie Dhue? Good Gravy, can you imagine that?
*ahem*
And you are lovely, too, bebe!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:40 AM (bxiXv)
Chris Taylor know what I noticed? Seems like we're in opposite-land- the
"compassionate" are utter tyrants and the "tolerant" are calling in
bomb threats. Being "rational" means being entirely credulous about a
million preposterous fantasies. That's what's the most frustrating for
me
Posted by: DAve at August 02, 2012 01:32 AM (LP2Vw)
YES! THIS!!!!
and it kills me supposedly "smart" people who think perfectly logical thought processes are evil, who if the name we substituted and the cause, like some crazy RL situational Mad Libs, they would totally disagree with their arguement.
then they call me credulous. or stupid. or act like im somehow defective because i just revealed that i dont live in their bizzarro world.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:40 AM (r7Ddb)
At 6'2" she IS plus sized but in a really good way. Very healthy looking.
Reminds me of when Dudley Moore and Susan Anton were a couple. He quipped, "I don't go down on Susan. I go up on her."
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 01:41 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:42 AM (pY5dQ)
Posted by: no good deed at August 02, 2012 01:36 AM (mjR67)
Yes, I do indeed approve, wholeheartedly!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:42 AM (bxiXv)
-Herman Melville
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:42 AM (r4wIV)
then they call me credulous. or stupid. or act like im somehow defective because i just revealed that i dont live in their bizzarro world.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:40 AM (r7Ddb)
They teach classes in college about how to do that, how to live with lies and contradictory information in your head.
This is called "Progress."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:43 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:43 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 02, 2012 01:44 AM (Asr6U)
because i just revealed that i dont live in their bizzarro world.
***
Liberals don't have positions in the sense you and I do.
They have a goal. Acquire more power for the left. If embracing pacifism advances that, pacifism is the greatest good. If a couple of years later their dear leader is executing terrorists (and their families) by missile now that is good.
If Romney wins, executing terrorists will likely become evil again (though it will depend on just how far a freed Romney goes left).
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2012 01:44 AM (AUeaU)
Except back then, we still had that cultural fabric, that protestant work ethic and the basic Judeo-Christian worldview in place, yet. Its all but gone now. Its not the things outside us that destroy us, its what is within, like a cancer. Barbarians didn't destroy Rome. They invaded an already destroyed nation.
If you've read Atlas Shrugs you know the parable she tells of that huge oak that rotted out from within.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:46 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: no good deed at August 02, 2012 01:36 AM (mjR67)
I would kneecap my Mom for shot at her.
Sorry, Mom.
Posted by: eman at August 02, 2012 01:46 AM (t2228)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:47 AM (pY5dQ)
It's great to see people like Jim Treacher, Iowahawk, and Baldilocks stop by -- and was awesome when Breitbart would have AoS on his screen.....but it's the folks who are here most of the time who make it the sort of place that it is. Even if they have their "things" -- Steevy's reminder, Robert's heavy-metal fixation, Monty's DOOM, machines for sale.....it's a community, and not even Ace himself can be as good as the whole crowd together.
And that said, the number of folks I'd like to see "voted off the island" is excruciatingly small.....as in, I can think of only one litterbox-scented one at the moment.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 01:48 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 02, 2012 01:28 AM (qmMAj)
You love me, you really really love me
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:48 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 02, 2012 01:47 AM (pY5dQ)
Night, have a good tommorow.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 01:50 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:50 AM (bxiXv)
This is called "Progress."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:43 AM (bxiXv)
Makes me glad i am just a regressive unevolved cowgirl who doesnt know anything. I know it bugs some that i am an ideological iconoclast, but i go my own away and i test test test ideas and believe in an objective truth, like water is wet, fat horses founder, and the solution to pollution is dilution. you know common sense stuff.
sigh. i am not kidding i have a liberal half sister who sued me 12 times then whined "why wont you treat me like a REAL sister?"
I swear they teach you to be stupid at Berkley.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:50 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:51 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:51 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: eman at August 02, 2012 01:52 AM (t2228)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 01:52 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 02, 2012 01:53 AM (Asr6U)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:53 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:50 AM (r7Ddb)
I've been to Berkeley.
It's not stupid, it's evil. And the word terrifies them, that's why they reject the very *concept* of moral judgement (except when they have a chance to claim the high ground).
That's why they loudly and nervously mocked Reagan when he called the Soviets the "Evil Empire."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:53 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:50 AM (r7Ddb)
Sued? By your sister? TWELVE TIMES?!?!?!
Jeez...
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:54 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 01:48 AM (kaalw)
I know not of that "heavy metal fixation" of which you speak.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4XubA6P3qs
*COUGH*
*Sniff*
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:55 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:57 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 02, 2012 01:58 AM (9JmJb)
The good wins, in the end. But like Tolkien points out in the Lord of the Rings... it is a long, hard road before you get there. Frodo had to walk into Mordor, not be flown in comfortably, because it was a metaphor for life on this earth.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:58 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:53 AM (r7Ddb)
We need happy Gushie.
http://tinyurl.com/bokvqv2
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:58 AM (4ixH5)
Jeez...
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:54 AM (4ixH5)
You've heard of the Luck of the Irish?
Gushka has the Luck of the Zimbabweans.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:59 AM (bxiXv)
Sued? By your sister? TWELVE TIMES?!?!?!
Jeez...
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 01:54 AM (4ixH5)
half sister. yes. and thats not the least of it. Shes a real piece of work. i never speak of her. And shes ugly too. shes a seriously fat ugly bitch, and shes an agressively liberal woman attorney. thats like a trifecta of evil
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:59 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:59 AM (r4wIV)
and it kills me supposedly "smart"
people who think perfectly logical thought processes are evil, who if
the name we substituted and the cause, like some crazy RL situational
Mad Libs, they would totally disagree with their arguement.
then they
call me credulous. or stupid. or act like im somehow defective because i
just revealed that i dont live in their bizzarro world.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:40 AM (r7Ddb)
Reminds me of when Supertramp's "The Logical Song" came out -- put me off the group for years, like nails on a chalkboard.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:00 AM (kaalw)
Gushka has the Luck of the Zimbabweans.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 01:59 AM (bxiXv)
sadly, this is so. but thast which hasnt killed me, HAS made me stranger!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:00 AM (r7Ddb)
that deserves a kitteh pic
http://tinyurl.com/c9jcsu3
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:00 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:59 AM (r4wIV)
The band I posted is like BOC if they hung around with Mercyful Fate all day, every day.
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:01 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:57 AM (r7Ddb)
If that happens I will see how much feed I can fit in my wagon for your horses.
I also know some secret places they can eat, if only for a while.
<-- sad facePosted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:01 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:02 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 01:58 AM (r4wIV)
I'm not a Christian but it doesn't sound mad to me.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:02 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 01:59 AM (r7Ddb)
Ugh, lawyers!
You got the muscley Marine dude and the horsies so I think you got the better deal.
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:02 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at August 02, 2012 02:03 AM (AMLP7)
People know something is very wrong.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 02:03 AM (r4wIV)
http://tinyurl.com/ckuo63z
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 02:04 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 02:06 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 02:06 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:07 AM (d/5qf)
That guy who annoyed the CFA girl is going to have a Bad, Bad Day tomorrow.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:07 AM (bxiXv)
that deserves a kitteh pic
http://tinyurl.com/c9jcsu3
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:00 AM (d/5qf)
yup. thats just how she makes me feel!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:09 AM (r7Ddb)
The Dude, thank you for the Hooverphonic link
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:07 AM (d/5qf)
aye, hearing one of my friend's listening to their newer album made be want to go back and re-listen to their good stuff before Geike left (been a few years)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 02:10 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:07 AM (d/5qf)
I have a iFriend that's completely gay for this band.
And that female singer of theirs is pretty hot. Tall glass of water. Mero would go nuts for her.
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:11 AM (4ixH5)
hi cthulhu, sorry to be so morose tonight
how are the flippers tonight
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:02 AM (d/5qf)
If none of us were ever concerned, we'd hardly be good company.....because we'd have to be totally unobservant. There are big storms out there.
That said..........flippers? http://www.miskatonic-university.org/images/statue.jpg
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:13 AM (kaalw)
I wouldn't mind if everytime an Obama was on screen the caption roll reminded everyone, FAILED TO SECURE CHICAGO AS OLYMPICS SITE
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 02:15 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:11 AM (4ixH5)
they put out quite a few albums, but like I said after Geike left they fell off. Thankfully Geike released a really good solo album and her Doleac project wasn't bad
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 02:15 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 02:16 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:16 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:11 AM (4ixH5)
I would like to remind everyone that I also like women of average stature or less.
Just like I have a thing about black hair, but I also like blond, brown, red hair...
I am just not picky like some people.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:17 AM (bxiXv)
http://tinyurl.com/d7v2nqb
There never really seems to be a good situation to use it though. Maybe when Cokie Roberts is talking.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 02:18 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:19 AM (d/5qf)
There's a certain kind of filth that becomes a lawyer just to advance
their personal agenda and have power to execute their ill will.
Whatsisface the SWATting guy is one. My ex sister-in-law is another.
She started suing law firms for not hiring her because she's part
Mexican and part Cherokee and all fat bitch. Sorry was that out loud?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 02:06 AM (r4wIV)
yup the woman is like that. EXACTLY.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:19 AM (r7Ddb)
Monique Junot: I thought if Casanova and I in there had nothing to say to each other, he'd get bored -- go away. Instead he uses it as a chance to put his testicles all over me!
Lane Myer: Sorry, what?
Monique Junot: Uh, how you say... octopus... testicles.
Lane Myer: No, tentacles. N-T. There's a big difference.
I love Better Off Dead.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 02:20 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: zeera at August 02, 2012 02:21 AM (XtxRN)
Oh I am totally not picky.
I only have 5 requirements.
1. Does she have a real vagina?
2. Is she willing to spread her legs for me?
3. Is she younger than 50?
4. Does she weigh less than 200 lbs?
5. Is she not married?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:21 AM (d/5qf)
the libs are. 'Speak truth to power','Diversity', and 'dissent is the
hightest form of patriotism' are always situational and the libs sit in
ultimate judgement.
yeah, read Jonah Goldberg's latest book, Tyranny of Cliches
I will say it is not as good as Liberal Fascism but it is still pretty good
he deconstructs a lot of liberal myths there. that all of these things are mainly bullshit.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:23 AM (d/5qf)
I love Better Off Dead.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 02, 2012 02:20 AM (r4wIV)
Is that the guy...."Test-i-klees", the ancient Greek?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:23 AM (kaalw)
Well medical science *has* made great strides so how flexible are you on requirement #1?
Posted by: Mætenloch at August 02, 2012 02:24 AM (xROTy)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:19 AM (d/5qf)
So say we all.
Perhaps not in *exactly* the same way.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:25 AM (bxiXv)
umm that's a pretty rigid requirement. and by "rigid" I mean "if I know it's not real, Mr. Happy is gonna become Mr. Disgusted"
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:25 AM (d/5qf)
Gushka, all the recipes you've posted on FaceBook have sounded very
tasty. Do you get them from anywhere specific or just collected over
time?
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at August 02, 2012 02:03 AM (AMLP7)
collected over time. Notice almost all of them are stupid easy to make and use only inexpensive ingredients. I make up lots of dishes too. or remember things my gramma made and re-create them. Grimmy seems to love my grammas recipes. she learned to cook in the depression. doesnt hurt she also was a Home Econ professor. so i have a lot of tried and true recipes
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:25 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:25 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:25 AM (r7Ddb)
You know, that *seems* like a dead art, but honestly I don't interact with enough people to have a good sample.
Also probably better in Texas than CA.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:27 AM (bxiXv)
If she's 6'8" then she's already banging some hot basketball player so that doesn't matter.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:27 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: GT 5.0 at August 02, 2012 02:28 AM (3W1+C)
Posted by: Kathy Griffin at August 02, 2012 02:29 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:30 AM (bxiXv)
I am just not picky like some people.
Oh I am totally not picky.
I only have 5 requirements.
1. Does she have a real vagina?
2. Is she willing to spread her legs for me?
3. Is she younger than 50?
4. Does she weigh less than 200 lbs?
5. Is she not married?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:21 AM (d/5qf)
Picky, picky, picky.
5 -- maybe it's an open marriage;
4 -- the Vogue plus-size model might be 200 pounds.
3 -- Ben Franklin had some words about older women.
2 -- Y'know, quite a few women rationalize blowjobs by thinking, "at least I'm not spreading my legs for this guy." Just sayin'.
And, finally, #1 -- you DO know that the ones bought in Thailand are just as real as the ones that are original equipment, right? It's not that they're *imaginary*, it's that they're *installed*.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:30 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:21 AM (d/5qf)
you need to cut down that list to
Does she have a pulse? If not, does she have family that would mind?
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 02:30 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Kathy Griffin at August 02, 2012 02:29 AM (4ixH5)
okay well you fail criterion #3, you are over 50. and I have serious doubts about #1 too.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:30 AM (d/5qf)
I guess I don't eat out at restaurants anymore cause it's started to feel like soliciting prostitution.
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:32 AM (4ixH5)
okay well I am not *quite* there yet. give it ten more years, and then yeah, I will totally be into necrophilia.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:33 AM (d/5qf)
and i totally LOVED Better Off Dead.
I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!!!!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:35 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:36 AM (4ixH5)
Well medical science *has* made great strides so how flexible are you on requirement #1?
umm that's a pretty rigid requirement. and by "rigid" I mean "if I know it's not real, Mr. Happy is gonna become Mr. Disgusted"
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:25 AM (d/5qf)
One time, I was out with a gf who was an accountant, and we stopped in at a client of hers that was a cabaret with a TS/TV floor show. Had a thoroughly good time -- of course, I knew who I was going home with....anyway, after the show, she went off to powder her nose and came back seriously green around the gills. When we were halfway back to her place she told me why: "they were comparing vaginas in there -- one of them said, 'oh, that's a very pretty one,' and the other replied, 'it should be, it cost me $3,000!'"
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:36 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:35 AM (r7Ddb)
Mmmmmmm, pimiento cheese sammich!
*Drools*
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:37 AM (4ixH5)
There are just too many jealousy issues. I mean I really do have a huge penis. I don't know if open marriage hubby can handle that.
4 -- the Vogue plus-size model might be 200 pounds.
Well if she's right at 200 lbs then I'll consider that.
3 -- Ben Franklin had some words about older women.
Yeah but Ben Franklin was a geezer when he said that. If I'm 65 and still single then yeah I'll be hittin' on Grandma too.
2 -- Y'know, quite a few women rationalize blowjobs by thinking, "at least I'm not spreading my legs for this guy." Just sayin'.
Okay, I'll entertain a BJ as an appetizer but at some point I have to be able to enjoy the main course.
And,
finally, #1 -- you DO know that the ones bought in Thailand are just as
real as the ones that are original equipment, right? It's not that
they're *imaginary*, it's that they're *installed*.
yeah, I just consulted Mr. Happy and he disagrees
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:37 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Robert can't handle the truth at August 02, 2012 02:38 AM (4ixH5)
very pretty one,' and the other replied, 'it should be, it cost me
$3,000!'"
so when the wimmenz go to the bathroom in herds, they compare vaginas??? whoa
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:40 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:36 AM (kaalw)
Maybe it was just spruced up a bit?
Posted by: Robert can't handle the truth at August 02, 2012 02:38 AM (4ixH5)
Judging from the circumstances, I'm pretty sure it wasn't original equipment.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:40 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at August 02, 2012 02:42 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:40 AM (d/5qf)
The wimmenz I was with found this plenty unusual (and upsetting) -- so I'm guessing that it's "when wimmenz who waz born as menz go the bathroom in herdz, they compare vaginaz."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:42 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:35 AM (r7Ddb)
http://youtu.be/ScbNp0-bvGU
The really funny thing is, that actor is the second "secret informant" character from X-Files.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:43 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:40 AM (d/5qf)
These are keepers. Marry these girls.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 02:43 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:40 AM (d/5qf)
Oh yeah. Throw them in a steam bath and it's hours of lesbian antics. It's true, I saw the videos on the interwebz.
Posted by: Robert can handle this truth at least at August 02, 2012 02:43 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 02:44 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:44 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:45 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:45 AM (d/5qf)
this is the only place on the Interwebz where I can talk about vaginas and trannies and getting drunk with fellow conservatives
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:46 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:47 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:47 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:47 AM (d/5qf)
If I do, we will have a PARTAY!
The kind of party nerds have, anyway.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:48 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:49 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Robert can handle this truth at least at August 02, 2012 02:43 AM (4ixH5)
Plus muppets!!!!!
http://tinyurl.com/cynka3c
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:49 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:48 AM (bxiXv)
A D&ersandD campaign with plentiful Mountain Dew and Cherry Pepsi?
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:50 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 02:50 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 02:51 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 02:51 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:49 AM (kaalw)
Robert *likes* this.
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 02:51 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:51 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 02:52 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 02:53 AM (r7Ddb)
(generally speaking)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:49 AM (d/5qf)
Too close to Mordor on the Sacramento River for comfort, if that helps.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:53 AM (bxiXv)
http://tinyurl.com/cynka3c
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:49 AM (kaalw)
oh that's so freakin' awesome
so a Muppets song came from an Italian soft porno?
LOL
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:54 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:54 AM (d/5qf)
.....and where would this come up in casual conversation but here?
You. Have. To. Stay.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:56 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:53 AM (bxiXv)
well according to Bing Maps you are only about 25 hrs away.
so what are you waiting for?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:56 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:51 AM (d/5qf)
nothing other than WD offers a highly better product and D-Link's box running Boxee is as good as Roku. Plus we all have HTPC's hooked up to almost every tv in the house (only the kitchen and my workshop doesn't)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 02:57 AM (tw6Ar)
so what are you waiting for?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:56 AM (d/5qf)
Y'know.......Californians......he's waiting for a high-speed train.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 02:57 AM (kaalw)
so what are you waiting for?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:56 AM (d/5qf)
Christmas?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 02:58 AM (bxiXv)
but there is Amtrak, which will take much longer than 25 hrs, and will only take you to KC
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:58 AM (d/5qf)
Little multimedia player box. Lets you do streaming services like Netflix or Hulu without the high cost of a game console like the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3. The game console is far more versatile in most respects but both sony and Microsoft have this annoying refusal to include the support for MKV files, which is a very popular format for video files. It's especially useful for material derived from DVD or Blu-ray because it can incorporate a lot of features such as multiple audio and subtitle tracks.
Technically, it's a wrapper, not a video or audio format in of itself. It can contain any of a wide variety of those. It is the wrapper structure that provides the advanced features I mentioned.
Nearly all of the little dedicated network/USB boxes and most decent Blu-ray decks will play MKV files. It is the big glaring deficit of the game consoles for non-gaming use.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 02:59 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 02:59 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 03:00 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:00 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 03:01 AM (kcfmt)
Chem Jeff you better not go anywhere. remember i am counting on you!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 02, 2012 03:01 AM (r7Ddb)
and D-Link's box running Boxee is as good as Roku. Plus we all have
HTPC's hooked up to almost every tv in the house (only the kitchen and
my workshop doesn't)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 02:57 AM (tw6Ar)
Could you translate that into English?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:01 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 03:00 AM (kcfmt)
expensive Angry Birds console
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:02 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:02 AM (d/5qf)
Chemjeff,
I am only a lurker mostly, but please hang around because I really enjoy your contributions, mostly because you are funny and remind me of one of my (4) brothers.
Also, I think if there was a national moron meet-up I would show up and could probably convince Mr. alamogordo to show up, because of your type of input in the comments. He enjoys witty smart people. As do I, but he doesn't read the blog unless I show him some flying things on it.
Posted by: alamogordo at August 02, 2012 03:05 AM (fw8/8)
Just catching up with the thread. There sure was a lot of DOOM and angst earlier. The modified versus installed discussion lightened things up nicely.
As for the DOOM, there is HOPE. My beloved and I both hail from enormous clans of almost exclusively blue collar democrats. Every single one of them is disgusted and even the activist types are loudly complaining about the mess and claiming they are sitting out the next election.
Here in the Mogadishu of America formerly known as the Motor City, the failure of the socialists is so blatant that even multi-generational democrats can see it.
I have four kids between 13 and 25 and they and their friends are so much more politically aware than my generation it amazes me. They have a few naive ideas but for the most part see their futures being stolen by the collusion of Big Government, Wall Street, and Academia. Take heart, all is not lost ... YET.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:05 AM (jts1f)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:01 AM (d/5qf)
WD has their own streaming box called WD TV Live which is king with a ton of features and ease of throwing it onto a network. Can even drop an extra $100 for a box with a 1tb HD on it.
D-Link partnered up with Boxee which is akin to XBMC to create their own streaming box which has slightly more stuff than Roku and is popular in Asia (GOMTV has their own channel)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:06 AM (tw6Ar)
I think I will take a small break because I must catch my breath.
but I won't leave the HQ permanently.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:07 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:08 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:08 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 03:08 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:08 AM (d/5qf)
but yeah, if your interested in one, WD is the way to go
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:09 AM (tw6Ar)
I just curse when I run into one. I have to convert it to make it work on devices and people like to use really odd encoder settings.
I'd bet some companies are trying to avoid support for it for the piracy, but for me it's just an annoyance to have to find another source or convert the damned things.
Yes, I hate MKV files.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:11 AM (bxiXv)
Chemjeff,
As I would say to my brother, who you remind me of, catch your breath. We all need a break once and again.
But please do come back. I would miss you too much if you didn't. All my brothers live far away from me just now, and I enjoy you because you are refreshing in a way they are.
Posted by: alamogordo at August 02, 2012 03:11 AM (fw8/8)
Well, I have a TV that was donated to me, it is an analog CRT tv, so I'd like to get some mileage out of it without spending a lot of bucks, it seems like a waste to spend it on a cable or satellite TV subscription so I was thinking of something like a Roku
so I will check out WD TV, it is at WalMart
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:12 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:13 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:05 AM (jts1f)
I see way too many people falling into the "one will save me from the other" trap, almost exclusively the "government will save me from the corporations" trap.
I keep asking them how many corporations have armies and courts, but it has zero effect, it's "evil Wall Street will get me in my sleep!"
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:13 AM (bxiXv)
YES and it infuriates me to no end. so I point out "really? so governmetn has the power to throw you in jail but no corporation has the power, not even the biggest baddest one.." and they always respond with some tripe about how corporations are somehow worse even though it's demonstrably false.
They simply have a faith in government conquering the evil corporation, there really isn't another way to describe it.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:15 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:16 AM (d/5qf)
Chemjeff,
One more thing - I notice you seem a little lonely sometimes.
You may think about joining a volunteer firefighters group or something, to meet some people, who would have sisters and friends and such. They could refer you as a good guy. Just a thought. It worked for the brother you remind me of when he was lonely.
Now I will stop acting as though I am your big sister, K?
Posted by: alamogordo at August 02, 2012 03:18 AM (fw8/8)
They shop at WalMart (or HyVee, or PigglyWiggly, or wherever) and they *think* they are getting ripped off, and they think they have no choice but to shop there and get ripped off. So they harbor hatred against the store. They have no idea that they can shop ANYWHERE ELSE and get a different deal and they won't get ripped off.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:18 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:12 AM (d/5qf)
eh, I wouldn't use one of the stream boxes if your looking for cable or sat replacement. They are more for supplementing your viewing. And if you don't get HD, I really wouldn't bother.
If you get a new tv and looking for a cable replacement, your best bet is to build yourself a HTPC
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:18 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:16 AM (d/5qf)
Governments have slaughtered the poor in numbers to vast and horrific to describe.
NEXT!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:18 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: zeera at August 02, 2012 03:18 AM (XtxRN)
This is hard for us introverts. It's not like it's as simple as a process we can follow that we just didn't know before.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:19 AM (bxiXv)
yeah I do get lonely at times. I'm not burly enough to be a volunteer firefighter
but I am making a bigger effort to go do things and leave the house from time to time. thanks for the encouragement! Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:19 AM (d/5qf)
I point out government is taking protection money from the corporations, not being corrupted by them. The corporate heads do it for protection, otherwise the government will favor someone else instead. Look at all the paybacks Obama gives to donors.
You have to cut off the source of the problem - the system of patronage.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:21 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:21 AM (tw6Ar)
634 I see way too many people falling into the "one will save me from the other" trap, almost exclusively the "government will save me from the corporations" trap. I keep asking them how many corporations have armies and courts, but it has zero effect, it's "evil Wall Street will get me in my sleep!" Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:13 AM (bxiXv)
The naive ideas I am seeing are more about the magic power of social media to effect change and so forth. The young ones I am talking to have seen through that evil corporation bullshit because they like their technology too much and know that Mom and Pop shops do not create smart phones and tablets and CGI movies of their favorite stories. They seem to see Tony Stark as a hero and Barack Obama as, in their vernacular, EPIC FAiL.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:22 AM (jts1f)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:22 AM (d/5qf)
Chemjeff,
You could be a dispatcher?
And I act like a big sister to everybody - guess it's the way mom and grandma and aunt raised me.
And I don't mind giving encouragement to one younger than me who seems to have his head on his shoulders like you do.
It's the ones I have to sort of have to shake that get tiring!
Posted by: alamogordo at August 02, 2012 03:22 AM (fw8/8)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:23 AM (bxiXv)
The Dude, is it possible to hook up a HTPC to an analog CRT TV?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:22 AM (d/5qf)
no, not without HDMI or DVI
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:23 AM (tw6Ar)
In other words, OWS is NOT representative of the young people I am talking to. When I ask, they call them dirty hippies.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:24 AM (jts1f)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:23 AM (tw6Ar)
is there a converter?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:24 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:25 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: jc at August 02, 2012 03:25 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:26 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:26 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:27 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:28 AM (d/5qf)
HDMI rocks. I recently replaced the old family room tube with a large wall mount and wired the kid's computer to it over HDMI. Tons of fun for the whole family.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:29 AM (jts1f)
is that RJ45? not sure
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:26 AM (d/5qf)
You mean Coax? Round cable with a pin in the middle?
You can convert that from HDMI - but it's cheaper to buy a new TV.
RJ45 is a phone/network cable.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:29 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:29 AM (1+XRG)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:31 AM (d/5qf)
is that RJ45? not sure"
That's analog RF. You would need to buy a converter with an RF modulator, or you'd need to buy a converter *and* an RF modulator (which you can buy at radio shack for not much).
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:31 AM (1+XRG)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:28 AM (d/5qf)
Buy a new TV.
If it only has coax inputs it probably can't handle the signal anyway.
A converter box would cost more than a TV.
You might be able to get a DVD player cheap that can take HD input and put signal out to Coax. If you could that would be the cheapest way.
An older HTPC video card might do it, but probably not, no one's used coax for that since kids knew who Carrot Top was.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:31 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:32 AM (1+XRG)
666
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:32 AM (jts1f)
Posted by: jc at August 02, 2012 03:32 AM (ufJKx)
Oh, they still know. As in "Who the hell is that 'roided up freak?"
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:33 AM (1+XRG)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:34 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:32 AM (1+XRG)
You still have to get the signal from the PC to the TV.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:35 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 03:35 AM (kcfmt)
I have an old TV and an old DVD player and I can't do anything with it
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:34 AM (d/5qf)
Tell me what you have and what you want to do and I'll see what I can come up with.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:36 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:36 AM (tw6Ar)
Is there anyone, ANYONE, in the US that hasn't figured out that when government says "comprehensive XXXX reform", they mean that they'll take a square of chocolate and mix it into a pound of dogshit and then say "take a teaspoon -- you'll taste chocolate"?
Comprehensive healthcare reform, comprehensive immigration reform, comprehensive banking reform, comprehensive tax reform....it's not that you couldn't do incremental reform with the obvious chocolate items and maybe reassess in a bit......noooooooo, you've got to get every BS statist wetdream shoved down your throat if you'll receive any benefit at all. You can't get ANY chocolate unless you take your full dose of dogshit.
It's like ringing Pavlov's bell for me. "Comprehensive XXXX reform" means I'm not going to like it -- even a little bit. And it's going to raise my blood pressure even just talking about it.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 02, 2012 03:36 AM (kaalw)
so if I want to stream anything on my TV that has the coaxial input on it, I should get a WD TV?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:37 AM (d/5qf)
If he had component video from the PC he could run it into a VCR.
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:37 AM (1+XRG)
so if I want to stream anything on my TV that has the coaxial input on it, I should get a WD TV?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:37 AM (d/5qf)
no as you still need HDMI
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:41 AM (tw6Ar)
I have a similar setup, using a cable card and tuning adapter on a TiVo. My sister and I both have cable tuners in our PCs but without cable card support. I haven't bothered with it for quite a long time, as I've got such a massive backlog of torrented stuff to watch.
This Freezing series is pretty twisted. If the gender roles were reversed it would be regarded as intensely misogynistic but having the girls fight titanic bloody battles over the boys somehow is less brutal.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 03:41 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:43 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:37 AM (1+XRG)
Technically component video is 3-channel video, and I don't think we want to open that can of worms.
Wild guess you're thinking of composite video, one video and two audio channels. Or S-video, which is not uncommon on video cards.
WD-TV has composite video outs so a modulator would work with that.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:44 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:45 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 03:45 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:46 AM (d/5qf)
WD-TV --> VCR --> TV
Or he could go down to Radio Shack and buy a modulator for something like $20.
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:48 AM (1+XRG)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:48 AM (d/5qf)
I'm stealing your couch.
As soon as gas prices drop.
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 03:49 AM (4ixH5)
679 This is my TV http://tinyurl.com/bnl4uae Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:43 AM (d/5qf)
Easiest answer is a new TV with HDMI native but I do not replace until forced to so I understand.
Some DVD players have HDMI and component video (red white yellow jacks). Mst modern home computer have an HDMI port. Perhaps HDMI from PC to DVD and component video from DVD to TV would git'r'dun.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:50 AM (jts1f)
I'm fine with MKV files. They do a lot of stuff I like that. It's the resistance from Sony and Microsoft that is the only drawback. If I got a newer Intel system with QuickSync on the processor, I could transcode in real-time and pass the output over the network to the game consoles. But for a good bit less money I could replace the DVD player in the living room entertainment center with a Blu-ray deck that speaks both MKV and DLNA. I already have a router that acts as a DLNA server for any USB drive plugged into it.
Virtually everything else Sony makes that plays digital video files supports MKV. The Blu-ray decks, their competitor for the Roku type devices, etc. It's only the part of the company that controls the PS3, what used to be known as SCEA, that has a problem with letting people do what they want.
A lot of the streaming services are using an encrypted form of MKV.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 03:51 AM (kcfmt)
Composite ideo, not component video, enough giggle juice for me ... G'night all
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:51 AM (jts1f)
Ideo? Yikes.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 03:52 AM (jts1f)
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 03:52 AM (1+XRG)
anyway good night all I think I am soused already
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:52 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:53 AM (d/5qf)
so he can just say any old crap that pops into his head and nobody is allowed to call him on it?
I think that Twitter tag is going to get a lot of use in the foreseeable future.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 03:53 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:52 AM (d/5qf)
just buy from a place with a good return policy (I swear they dropped everything other than HDMI and tos for audio)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:55 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: zeera at August 02, 2012 03:55 AM (XtxRN)
actually I no longer have that clock, I have a different one but it is about as large
yeah that is the living room, I like it
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:56 AM (d/5qf)
okay wait, will I have to buy a brand new computer to use the WD-TV? I thought it was its own system
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:53 AM (d/5qf)
no, you just need wi-fi or a modem by it
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 03:56 AM (tw6Ar)
anyway I'm going to bed now, good night all
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:58 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 02, 2012 03:46 AM (d/5qf)
I'm sorry if 681 was unclear. You thought you had a problem, you do not.
All you need is the WD-TV, cheap RCA cables, and a USB drive with videos on it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 03:58 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 03:45 AM (OTK2G)
Same with the Reid is a Pedobear charges.
Our MSM is broken, we need a new one.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 04:00 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Robert at August 02, 2012 04:00 AM (4ixH5)
Reid on my local news just said it is not up to him to prove his bullshit statement, but up to Romney to disprove it.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 02, 2012 03:45 AM (OTK2G)
====
well, I heard reid likes humping dead baby boy goats. it's up to him to disprove what I heard.
Posted by: jc at August 02, 2012 04:00 AM (ufJKx)
WD-TV has composite video out so you should be good to go ... http://tinyurl.com/brrmy2n
As long as you can get on the Inernet via Ethernet or Wi Fi.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 04:01 AM (jts1f)
There are plenty of good free utilities for transcoding to a compatible format. It can be very slow on an older PC but if you set it to do a batch before you leave for work or whatever, you can avoid the watched pot syndrome.
The support for streaming services is regarded as better on the Xbox but the PS3 has the advantage of including Blu-ray playback, which will be nice to have when you finlly get a more modern TV.
Price is the biggest issue. You can get a refurb Xbox 360 with 4 GB flash memory and no hard drive for $150. PS3 runs a bit higher but there has been indications Sony intends to introduce a lower cost model with a manual door for the optical drive instead of an autoslot.
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 04:01 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 04:03 AM (tw6Ar)
Okay, according to the owner's manual:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705062.pdf
You just hook it up to your home network (wired or wireless). It comes with a composite video cable. So all you need is that VCR plus an ethernet cable if you aren't going wireless.
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 04:04 AM (1+XRG)
As long as you can get on the Inernet via Ethernet or Wi Fi.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at August 02, 2012 04:01 AM (jts1f)
And assuming you have a powerline supplied with shielded, filtered low-kinetic energy electrons. Otherwise you're just going to have to tear out the entire electrical system in the house and install a modern one.
Posted by: Mætenloch at August 02, 2012 04:06 AM (xROTy)
Shush, you!
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 02, 2012 04:08 AM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Mætenloch at August 02, 2012 04:06 AM (xROTy)
oh don't go confusing the poor guy, even though I started it by shitting on Roku
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 04:08 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 04:09 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Mætenloch at August 02, 2012 04:06 AM (xROTy)
DOH!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2012 04:11 AM (bxiXv)
#710
Good luck returning it now!
Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 04:09 AM (kcfmt)
If he doesn't realize his mistake and returns it, I really need to figure out his account stuff and download the gay porn and shit channels onto it
Posted by: The Dude at August 02, 2012 04:12 AM (tw6Ar)
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Posted by: epobirs at August 02, 2012 04:22 AM (kcfmt)
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Dale's ECB
Election Projection
Federal Review
Real Clear Politics
Rasmussen Reports
Gallup
Zogby
FoxNews Polls
Sabato/Crystal Ball
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)