DON'T PANIC. HOPE IS COMING!
SMOD will soon be with thee.
Three of them, actually. First up, the latest images of Comet ISON, the most promising of these messengers of bliss and salvation, courtesy NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft:
ISON's tail is now bright enough to be imaged by amateurs, with the comet registering just around +14 magnitude. It is on track to be a spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime (fingers-crossed, that may take on a new meaning) sight. Comet PANSTAARS should be visible to Northern observers in four more weeks, though it's maximum brightness has been downgraded considerably. It's orbital path also places it way out of the Earth's danger zone range, but who knows what blessed turn of events could transpire once it approaches the sun. Lastly, a surprising new contender has emerged, Comet LEMMON:
In recent months, a third comet has been brightening more rapidly than expected, and now it’s nearing visibility to the eye alone. It’s Comet Lemmon (C/2012 F6), shown in the image above, discovered by Alex Gibbs of the Mount Lemmon survey in Arizona back in March, 2012. At that time the comet was tough to catch even through large telescopes – much too faint to be seen with the eye – at five times Earth’s distance from the sun. But, like the Earth and the other planets in our solar system, comets are bound in orbit by our sun. And as Comet Lemmon has swept into the inner solar system, it has brightened at a rapid rate. If this brightening trend continues, the comet might become visible to the unaided eye this month (February, 2013) through May.
LEMMON won't be visible naked-eye in our hemisphere if it's current orbit and specs hold, but will make for a spectacular site in an amateur telescope. Of course, it could become really spectacular if things get weird around the sun, so cheer up: we could all die in a merciful blast from uncaring space before the rest of the Republican party collapses. And, if not, anyone with a big instrument will have a helluva year.
Comments
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:03 PM (LRFds)
And, if not, anyone with a big instrument will have a helluva year
I hope so....it didn't start off so well
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at February 05, 2013 08:05 PM (0WLla)
When the Mayans let you down, all else is but a faint hope for deliverance!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 08:06 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2013 08:06 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Killerdog at February 05, 2013 08:08 PM (Oi60j)
anyone with a big instrument will have a helluva year.
Best news I've heard all day!
Happy days are here again!
Posted by: imp at February 05, 2013 08:08 PM (UaxA0)
Posted by: Beavis or Butthead- at February 05, 2013 08:09 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2013 08:09 PM (UgFxe)
Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2013 08:10 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:10 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 08:10 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2013 08:12 PM (jVAw4)
Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2013 08:12 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2013 08:12 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Killerdog at February 05, 2013 08:13 PM (Oi60j)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:13 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jmel at February 05, 2013 08:14 PM (9tSXa)
Posted by: Delayna at February 05, 2013 08:15 PM (KnC4k)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2013 08:15 PM (p/cQy)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2013 08:15 PM (X9Mnx)
Palin was correct! I hope all those on the left who mocked her hit Hell wide open, sideways on two wheels.
*and* right
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 08:15 PM (sdi6R)
8 The Triffids were genetically engineered by the Soviets.They only became a real threat because the meteors blinded most of humanity.
What? The movies lied to me?
It...
It...can't be....
You're lying!
That's impossible!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2013 08:15 PM (UgFxe)
Posted by: Killerdog at February 05, 2013 08:16 PM (Oi60j)
Come on SMOD.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at February 05, 2013 08:16 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 05, 2013 08:16 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 05, 2013 08:17 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 05, 2013 08:17 PM (CasdU)
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 08:18 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 05, 2013 08:19 PM (mqCRO)
I don't care about space monkeys.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 08:18 PM (JgkPs)
What about sea monkeys?
Posted by: Killerdog at February 05, 2013 08:20 PM (Oi60j)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at February 05, 2013 08:20 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Barney Fwank at February 05, 2013 08:20 PM (8ZskC)
Phooey. Comets and asteroids are harbingers of nothing compared to the putz in the White House. Doom it is.
I'm going for a snort.
Posted by: mallfly at February 05, 2013 08:20 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: pandelume at February 05, 2013 08:20 PM (TXzIm)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 05, 2013 08:21 PM (SurGg)
Posted by: Sen Menendez at February 05, 2013 08:21 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2013 08:21 PM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: mallfly at February 05, 2013 08:21 PM (bJm7W)
IIRC, there was at least one zombie movie that credited a meteor as the cause for the rising dead...but may just be thinking of Maximum Overdrive. But guess that would work too....although I'd rather be killed by a zombie than a Prius.
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 08:22 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: Killerdog at February 05, 2013 08:20 PM (Oi60j)
Hate them. I like sea horses though. No bucket needed.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 08:22 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: mallfly at February 05, 2013 08:22 PM (bJm7W)
That's great, let's pray it hits DC and we can start with all new reps and senators. Hopefully they will both be in full sessions,
Posted by: CarolT at February 05, 2013 08:22 PM (z4WKX)
Fucking eye doctor. What does he know about SID's?
Posted by: Sen Menendez at February 05, 2013 08:23 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:23 PM (piMMO)
re 34: I remember the idiots from "The Children of God" cult and their
signs about Kahoutek and the end of the world (or something)
Posted by: mallfly at February 05, 2013 08:21 PM (bJm7W)
They looked mighty spiffy in their new tennis shoes too.
Posted by: Killerdog at February 05, 2013 08:23 PM (Oi60j)
Posted by: Sen Menendez at February 05, 2013 08:24 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: phoenixgirl waiting for spring training at February 05, 2013 08:24 PM (GVxQo)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2013 08:24 PM (X9Mnx)
Even so, trust not in Faux News!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 08:25 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: ET at February 05, 2013 08:25 PM (YpjaN)
I forget the name of the last comet (circa 1997) that came around, but I could see it with the naked eye. It wasn't super bright or big but if the sky was clear you could easily pick out the little comet tail. It was pretty neat, it would be really cool if this one is better. The thing about comets is they hang around at least a couple of days so the odds are that you'll have at least one good night to view it.
Posted by: Ed Anger at February 05, 2013 08:26 PM (tOkJB)
But, this ain't bad either...
Posted by: surprised Moron at February 05, 2013 08:26 PM (hi03F)
***
He opened by applauding Uncle Ted's skewering of Piers Morgan about gun control.
I swear, and I've said it before, something in him seems to have changed since the election.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:26 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Killerdog at February 05, 2013 08:26 PM (Oi60j)
It'd be a longshot, basically it'd have to be of a fissile material and we'd have tog et really lucky.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:26 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:27 PM (LRFds)
signs about Kahoutek and the end of the world (or something)
They didn't get a chance to pass their stupidity on, though.
Posted by: OregonMuse at February 05, 2013 08:27 PM (9GaPd)
Posted by: mallfly at February 05, 2013 08:27 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 05, 2013 08:28 PM (BVkEs)
Maybe it'll strip off the atmosphere when it comes flying by.
That'd work too.
Hope springs eternal.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at February 05, 2013 08:28 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at February 05, 2013 08:28 PM (Gk3SS)
That was comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.
Posted by: Ed Anger at February 05, 2013 08:29 PM (tOkJB)
that's another long shot...most likely "best case" would be a Tunguska on the maryland/va border....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (LRFds)
An EMP blast would destroy our republic! We'd have millions of Americans who wouldn't know what was going on in Washington or the world. They'd be unable to keep up with the news and current events and then have nothing to base their vote on....
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (3qKP/)
hey someone better call that dumber than dog shit congress guy who is worried about guam tipping over
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (9Bj8R)
I'm sure it's not a good idea to read too much into that.
Or too little.
Posted by: JohnJ at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (Tt6ky)
Posted by: Michael Scott at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (3xV8E)
Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (aozUR)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (vu/88)
quick tell him he needs to get Chris Christy to do a cannonball to stand up the eyewall....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:31 PM (LRFds)
What about sea monkeys?
***
one of the greatest disappointments of childhod
I had some of those Moon Crystals, or whatever they were called. No disappointment, since they didn't really do anything except be crystals.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at February 05, 2013 08:31 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Sen Menendez at February 05, 2013 08:23 PM (wR+pz)
Isuggest sticking your wick in a light socket and placing your tongue on a good ground.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 08:32 PM (JgkPs)
Jackass...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 05, 2013 08:32 PM (AC0lD)
I wish I knew what CAC was using and how he got it!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 08:32 PM (Cnqmv)
"Could a near miss cause a massive EMP blast?"
An EMP blast would destroy our republic! We'd have millions of
Americans who wouldn't know what was going on in Washington or the
world. They'd be unable to keep up with the news and current events and
then have nothing to base their vote on....
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 08:30 PM (3qKP/)
---
May be the perfect time.
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 05, 2013 08:33 PM (BVkEs)
I swear, and I've said it before, something in him seems to have changed since the election.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:26 PM (piMMO)
NDO- Has O'Reilly changed for the better? I don't watch him, I used to like him ten plus years ago,but I couldn't stand him the past few years.
Posted by: CarolT at February 05, 2013 08:33 PM (z4WKX)
well to be fair in a sane republic without a Justin Bieber fanclub like press Romney would have won....
I'm looking hard for that republic.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:33 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 05, 2013 08:33 PM (AC0lD)
R.I.P CHRIS KYLE... (Brother, friend, father) For the rest of this week we will be donating 100% of the proceed's.
http://t.co/tSCAT3zm
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:34 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 05, 2013 08:34 PM (mqCRO)
Posted by: FURPC at February 05, 2013 08:34 PM (0ImZM)
This is not going to end up well. Think she will buy the idea they are bed bugs?
Yeah, bed bugs, that's it1
Posted by: Sen Menendez at February 05, 2013 08:34 PM (wR+pz)
BO'R would have to change in a exponential way to be tolerable. Pseudo-intellectual douche the last time I looked!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 08:35 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: ET at February 05, 2013 08:35 PM (YpjaN)
I'm looking hard for that republic.
****
The very best they had to offer in service to Obama, combined with cheating, busing in voters, etc... and they still barely won.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:35 PM (piMMO)
Obama calculates after watching that michael bay movie that he can kill two birds with one stone.
So he loads up all of the USA's nook-you-lar arsenal on one big ass new sapceship in the shape of his campaign logo named BO-1 ofcourse and orders it fired it at the assteroid that looks remarkably like Michelle Obama's fat posterior only magnitudes larger if that is possible,
BO-1 never having been tested leaves the launch pad and of course blows up mid atmosphere taking out the east coast and ripping a gigantic hole in the ozone layer, leading to massive skin cancer outbreaks. Obamacare ofcourse to the rescue.
Turns out Paul krugman calculated the trajectory comet trajectory and the comet actualy flys right on by.
Obamacare bankrupts the country as a result of the massive cancer outbreaks and millions of peopel suddenly needing treatment but liberals praise Obama for the fact that preexisting conditions cant be denied or somthing.
Now disarmed bankrupt and missing its east coast, the USA ins invaded by China and we are put to work in factories at 5 dollars a week making cell phones for the cubans and venezualens.
Without a Deterent from the US, muslim extremism explodes and the british monarchy is replaced with a caliphate.
Liberals carve obamas face into rushmore.
Every Islamic country regime now has a nuke.
Teh Jews are screwed.
North Korea discovers transwarp technology.
Aliens decide that now is the time to wipe out the human race.
Obama is ofcourse in his secret super duper elaborate bunker during the invasion and only him and Michelle survive the alien holocaust.
They are captured when they come to the surface to forage for lobster and cigarettes and as the last two remaining members of the human race are taken to another world to breed and propogate the new human race hereafter known as Homo Bamians...
Yeah things could be worse.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 08:36 PM (+OTLF)
"Adolf Hitler novel tops German bestseller chart"
http://alturl.com/y2v8e
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 08:36 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: nip at February 05, 2013 08:36 PM (11Tdq)
***
You slept with the dog and got ticks.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:36 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 05, 2013 08:37 PM (kdS6q)
Go TEAM!
Posted by: Herbert Hymenhopper at February 05, 2013 08:37 PM (LSTjp)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:33 PM (LRFds)
You're very optimistic believing that the majority of Americans still want smaller government and aren't really looking for free handouts given the chance to work.
I think we've turned that corner. America and the rest of Western civilization is now more like Jerry Springer and Maury Povich than even the liberals would care to admit.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 05, 2013 08:37 PM (AC0lD)
***
I would say he has. There are still moments where I'm none-too-pleased but, generally, there has been improvement.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:37 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Delayna at February 05, 2013 08:38 PM (KnC4k)
Yeah we're poised for a boom buddy....
poised...
hey that .1% negative GDP growth with an increase in UE3?!!
Fuck that there was a car jam....we're in the money fuckhead.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:38 PM (LRFds)
Pope Tawadros II, who assumed his office in November, said the Islamist constitution “bore a religious slant, and that in itself is discriminatory,” in an interview with The Associated Press. Mr. Tawadros also condemned Mr. Morsi’s characterization of Christians as a minority.
“We are a part of the soil of this nation,” he said, according to AP. “We are not a minority when it comes to value, history and the love of our nation.”
Christians comprise an estimated 10 percent of Egypt’s population, AP states.
Anyone want to take bets on how long this guy lives?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2013 08:38 PM (9Bj8R)
OK, so I actually have a smallish (8inch diameter I think) Bushnellrefracting telescope. And my new house has 0 streetlights.
But I lost the little mirror attachment that comes out of the end in a "L" shape (so you can use the eye pieces) as a result it won't focus now (being that I'm about 6 inches or whatever off the focal length.)
Anyone know where I can pick up a replacement?
Posted by: tsrblke at February 05, 2013 08:38 PM (GaqMa)
....so we have these comets with a long tail that is made up of debris
from the comment, OK fine.... but why after thousands of years wouldn't a
comment like Haley eventually dissipate and just dissapear ?
Posted by: ET at February 05, 2013 08:35 PM (YpjaN)
In simple terms- The shit out there is really fucking big.
Posted by: Berserker at February 05, 2013 08:39 PM (FMbng)
In other news:
PA Senator Bob Casey has done a 180 on gun control. Says Sandy Hook made him do it:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/aa3d8gf
This will rub lots of PA voters the wrong way. But since PA is getting redder I doubt it will make him much more vulnerable.
Posted by: Ed Anger at February 05, 2013 08:39 PM (tOkJB)
You'll note I said:
1) in a same republic
2) I'm still looking for it....
Hymen Hooplehead upthread thinks printing press economics is aces....
I'd say asses but what do i know?
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:40 PM (LRFds)
....so we have these comets with a long tail that is made up of debris
from the comment, OK fine.... but why after thousands of years wouldn't a
comment like Haley eventually dissipate and just dissapear ?
***
Eventually, even the Sun will burn out.
Eventually.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:40 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Delayna at February 05, 2013 08:40 PM (KnC4k)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 05, 2013 08:40 PM (SurGg)
Eventually, even the Sun will burn out.
Eventually.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:40 PM (piMMO)
How dare you blashpheme against Teh WON!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 08:40 PM (+OTLF)
Posted by: Bruce Willis at February 05, 2013 08:41 PM (ZM9OS)
BO'R would have to change in a exponential way to be tolerable. Pseudo-intellectual douche the last time I looked!
I watched him for a while. Couldn't figure out for the life of me what it was that he stood for.
I don't even think he knows. In all fairness, he is quite capable of coming down squarely on both sides of an issue, so there's that.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at February 05, 2013 08:41 PM (+z4pE)
That may be your problem. Startchedwhitiescan cause some of the symptoms you are experiencing.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 08:41 PM (JgkPs)
Maybe, I think part of what makes us "not fucking retard liberals" is our grasp that you can't pass a law about SMOD she happens, she happens....
spend your worrying about your socks and shit you can change....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:42 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Reno_Dave at February 05, 2013 08:42 PM (OL4L4)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 05, 2013 08:42 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Nostradamus in Texas at February 05, 2013 08:42 PM (pUqSw)
OK fine.... but why after thousands of years wouldn't a comment like Haley eventually dissipate and just dissapear ?
Posted by: ET at February 05, 2013 08:35 PM (YpjaN)
Yes, that's what they'll eventually do if they don't hit something first.
Posted by: Ed Anger at February 05, 2013 08:42 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: Reno_Dave at February 05, 2013 08:42 PM (OL4L4)
Well I never did
Posted by: Wilt the stilt at February 05, 2013 08:43 PM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 05, 2013 08:43 PM (ll0H/)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:40 PM (LRFds)
I'm sorry. I'll read closer next time.
I like the idea of a sane republic.
Like the kind that might be brought about by an EMP blast....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 05, 2013 08:43 PM (AC0lD)
If you think hyperinflation and food riots are way forward, you'll probably get real happy towards the end of October.
Posted by: John Titor at February 05, 2013 08:44 PM (f14KU)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 08:44 PM (+OTLF)
Folks need to hurt long enough to see Obama's dick ain't shooting cotton candy and that their work is their best path to happiness.
Fucking asshole moonbats wanting paid to breathe.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:45 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 05, 2013 08:45 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Delayna at February 05, 2013 08:45 PM (KnC4k)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:45 PM (LRFds)
http://1.usa.gov/XUzJ1d
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 08:46 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:46 PM (LRFds)
so if a smallish comet say the size of a football field hit ashington dc and wiped out our government....what would we do
Party like a mofo!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at February 05, 2013 08:46 PM (+z4pE)
This is funny! Judge Judy LAPD cop sues fellow cop's stupid, but hawt, daughter:
FAILhttp://goo.gl/oJIWJ
Posted by: waldo at February 05, 2013 08:47 PM (jwumz)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 05, 2013 08:47 PM (RZ8pf)
Pacific Tsunami Warning center says that the threat is, presently,
regional. If it is expanded, the earliest Hawaii would be impacted is
1004 PM HST.
http://1.usa.gov/XUzJ1d
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:45 PM (piMMO)
oooh...you know what....Obamas are moving to Hawaii in a few years...can we ask that tsunami to be patient
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 08:47 PM (+OTLF)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:48 PM (piMMO)
...I think we and/or our children may get to learn firsthand.
Posted by: Bruce Willis at February 05, 2013 08:48 PM (ZolUS)
Use the ice it left behind to keep our celebratory drinks cold?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2013 08:49 PM (X9Mnx)
and modern concrete is still inferior pound for pound to the Roman mix....
the narcissism of the modern man is a sight to behold....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:50 PM (LRFds)
Daddio writes: Welcome to the Republican party. Too bad... it's dead.
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 08:51 PM (sa6D2)
***
A football field size rock would take out a good part of the East Coast.
Tungunska has been estimated to have measured 100m and it didn't even make contact.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:51 PM (piMMO)
http://youtu.be/d6dOoyghxb0
Or a nice hot fudge sundae on Tuesdae.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2013 08:51 PM (x7WAu)
Eventually.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:40 PM (piMMO)
But, at least, it won't affect global warming!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 08:51 PM (Cnqmv)
Ogabe bags 16 YO Denver born teen in 2011....
if only there were an organization that had a role to be adversarial on behalf of the American people towards power...?
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:52 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 08:52 PM (sa6D2)
Posted by: tsrblke at February 05, 2013 08:53 PM (GaqMa)
the narcissism of the modern man is a sight to behold....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:50 PM (LRFds)
But OURS is environmentally friendly!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 08:53 PM (Cnqmv)
Yup...
how proud we bald monkeys are....Global Warming Cult declares proudly "we ARE KILLING EARTH!"
Uh "no' Nature kills man bud not the other way around.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:53 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 08:53 PM (+OTLF)
Those that survive anyway.
On a bright note, my commie carbine is here. I'll pick it up at lunch tomorrow. The ammo arrives on Thursday so I might, maybe, get to the range this weekend, maybe.
Posted by: toby928© at February 05, 2013 08:54 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 05, 2013 08:54 PM (qqZuQ)
http://tinyurl.com/byapw6m
Ogabe bags 16 YO Denver born teen in 2011....
if only there were an organization that had a role to be adversarial on behalf of the American people towards power...?
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:52 PM (LRFds)
Why are we finding out about this now after he has been inaugurated again.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 08:54 PM (+OTLF)
Posted by: MadisonConservative at February 05, 2013 08:55 PM (sb+ta)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 05, 2013 08:55 PM (RZ8pf)
I will have to watch Bill O once to see if he has improved. Thanks.
Posted by: CarolT at February 05, 2013 08:55 PM (z4WKX)
well now it is safe to show "professional ethics and truth to power"....
save liberty, knee a reporter's nuts.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:55 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 05, 2013 08:56 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:56 PM (piMMO)
I've never heard a dog rip a full 5 second long fart before my beloved Pepper came along.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2013 08:56 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 08:44 PM (+OTLF)
The fucking snoopy dance for starters.
Posted by: Berserker at February 05, 2013 08:57 PM (FMbng)
I was so tempted to gaslight my Lab/Chow just to make a goddamned point to him...
he used to eat combat boots is anxious and MY GOD was it awful.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:57 PM (LRFds)
...and how many modern engineers could build the Coliseum or any other Roman buildings without engineering software and programs,and access to data on stress analysis, fatigue, dynamics, etc.
Thomas Sowell talks extinsively about this, "I'm smarter than the hundreds of generations before me" liberal disease in 'Vision of the Anointed'.
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 08:58 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: Pudenda Pattie at February 05, 2013 08:58 PM (XLuH2)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 08:58 PM (sa6D2)
From the link:
His son was born in New Mexico, and though the family returned to Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki came back to the U.S. for college, eventually becoming an iman.
He became a model?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at February 05, 2013 08:59 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2013 08:59 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:55 PM (LRFds)
Sven,
That's a good idea, knee the reporters, they are useless as is.
Posted by: CarolT at February 05, 2013 08:59 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Pudenda Pattie at February 05, 2013 08:59 PM (XLuH2)
***
Isn't there a show where they try to do just that?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 08:59 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: CarolT at February 05, 2013 09:00 PM (z4WKX)
Speaking of Romans, I read an entertaining book called "Pagan Holiday" where the author re-traced the travels of Roman tourists.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 05, 2013 09:01 PM (RZ8pf)
That's why a fair amount of their stuff is still standing.
Posted by: toby928© at February 05, 2013 09:01 PM (QupBk)
I've not read it, I'll have to find it.
The narcissism of even me...I even try to be disciplined and not play anachronistic games....
CaveMan domesticated the dog, someone harnessed the cow, someone separated citrus from its wild predecessor....
our toys are better, our cups are arguably not much bigger if at all, and our humility in running after new paradigms is if anything less not more.
The Chinese had repeating crossbows in 760 BC....
I'm a tiny bit indian and I mock the Natives uninventing the wheel, but ponder that we've uninvented a LOT over the epochs....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:01 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2013 09:02 PM (p/cQy)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 09:02 PM (piMMO)
I'm pretty sure that Osama Bin Laden smells better than my dog right now.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2013 09:02 PM (X9Mnx)
Maybe, of course I adhere at times to the posit "too much is seldom enough" on structural integrity....
had the WTC been built to ESB specs she may not have imploded....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:03 PM (LRFds)
Eric Hoffer had some related comments about his stint on a WPA project (think it was the Skyline Drive). He said the road building crew would come to a ravine or creek and someone would pull out a pencil and notebook and do some figuring. Pretty soon, the crew would have a plan of action and start moving rocks to build up a roadbed and bridge structure. Before long, they were on the other side and moving on to the next stretch of highway. Today, they would be halted for months while the EPA was studying the bullshit darter impact.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:03 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:04 PM (sa6D2)
Not to be too pedantic but shouldn't werefer to SCOD (Sweet Comet of Detah) rather than SMOD? If I were Comet ISON and I heard some bozo callme a meteor I'd aim forthe SOB'sbackyard and ruin hisweekend cookout. Him and everyone in a couple hundred mile radius.
149: Don't bother with Bill O. No change. He beats Ed Schultz but that ain't saying much.
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at February 05, 2013 09:05 PM (pDDTL)
Application for documents by illegal alies will be an admission of inability to ever have a gun, as it will be an admission of having been an ineligible person.
I look forward to this not being part of the bill.
Posted by: Hell on the Wabash at February 05, 2013 09:06 PM (GgOl0)
Hell, I'd probably buy his next book if it was just a collection of his shopping lists.
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 09:06 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: toby928© at February 05, 2013 09:07 PM (QupBk)
You have to figure they grasped something through trial and error about the mechanical properties of pumice and air gapping....
it is a fascinating riddle.
Modern mortar is~50 tensile and has improved immensely since the mid 1800s and is still inferior in many applications to Roman mix....
just astounding work.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:07 PM (LRFds)
174 Not to be too pedantic but shouldn't werefer to SCOD (Sweet Comet of Detah) rather than SMOD? If I were Comet ISON and I heard some bozo callme a meteor I'd aim forthe SOB'sbackyard and ruin hisweekend cookout. Him and everyone in a couple hundred mile radius. 149: Don't bother with Bill O. No change. He beats Ed Schultz but that ain't saying much.
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at February 05, 2013 09:05 PM (pDDTL)
When SMOD began I suggested supporting the rival candidate - Blissful Comet of Oblivion.
Posted by: buzzion at February 05, 2013 09:07 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 09:08 PM (JgkPs)
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Feb 5, 2013 15:56:41 EST
The Pentagon will soon offer additional military benefits to same-sex couples, marking the first major expansion since the September 2011 repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” a defense official said.
Those benefits likely will include an array of perks and privileges currently extended to heterosexual spouses, such as access to military bases, commissaries and family services, according to a defense official familiar with the plans. Joint-duty assignments for same-sex, dual-military couples also may be on the list.
But the Pentagon will stop short of offering family housing, health benefits and with-dependents housing allowance rates to same-sex couples. Those benefits are defined by federal law, and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act still prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages.
It's so good that money is no object for gay couples since the rest of the defense budget is being gutted?
Posted by: Wilt the stilt at February 05, 2013 09:08 PM (9Bj8R)
The Highways are part of why we're bones...that was the first example of the Feds getting their hooks DEEP into the states through coercive threats to cash flow.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:09 PM (LRFds)
One thing that gives me great comfort is that SMOD figures in the Book of Revelation.
When the third angel blew his trumpet, a large
star burning like a torch fell from the sky. It fell on a third of the rivers and
on the springs of water.
Posted by: Armando at February 05, 2013 09:10 PM (IDypm)
Posted by: Peaches at February 05, 2013 09:11 PM (kpCLl)
Rome is STILL using some of the aqueducts the original Romans constructed 2000 years ago. Our debt is the only thing we've created that will last that long....
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 09:11 PM (3qKP/)
Wasn't it President Military-Industrial Comples Eisenhower that built the Interstates ( or at least laid the framework for them)?
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:12 PM (Cnqmv)
You could be right, but how would we get around without them. I think they were originally constucted to aid the military in time of war. Probably just an excuse.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 09:13 PM (JgkPs)
This article is obviously fake...teh JEF and our military leaders assured us this definitely would NOT happen.
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 09:14 PM (ZolUS)
Yeah Ike saw the need between world wars...
he was a genius....the US routes existed but were less onerous as well as less effective.
The problem is man is inherently a corrupted bastard at heart and the people stopped paying attention to what elected assholes were doing to them and dreaming more of what they hoped they would do "for them"
but for every dime a fed "gives you" he steals a buck's worth of freedom.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:15 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: carolina at February 05, 2013 09:15 PM (oyZpF)
Posted by: Bob, Henchman at Large at February 05, 2013 09:15 PM (1efte)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2013 09:15 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 09:13 PM (JgkPs)
Yeah, once upon a time, Virginia didn't build a road unless it was paid for. Good time, good times!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:15 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2013 09:16 PM (UOM48)
187 182 sven You could be right, but how would we get around without them. I think they were originally constucted to aid the military in time of war. Probably just an excuse.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 09:13 PM (JgkPs)
When they were built there was something like requiring 1 mile of straight road every 5 miles. Would then have airstrips in the case of war.
Posted by: buzzion at February 05, 2013 09:16 PM (GULKT)
This article is obviously fake...teh JEF and our military leaders assured us this definitely would NOT happen.
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 09:14 PM (ZolUS)
Wait till they repeal DOMA, it will only get worse
Posted by: Wilt the stilt at February 05, 2013 09:17 PM (9Bj8R)
Congrats on the commie carbine! Please post a range report. Is that a 7.62 x 54 r if I remember your previous posts correctly?
If so, that thing has been known to take out small comets
Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at February 05, 2013 09:19 PM (cCxiu)
I've got my downpayment in, but it'd be cool if SMOD could save me 50%.
Posted by: jakeman at February 05, 2013 09:19 PM (96M6e)
save liberty, knee a reporter's nuts.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 08:55 PM (LRFds)
First, you'd actually have to find them...
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 05, 2013 09:19 PM (53riN)
**
No. but the dust trail left behind will mellow you out for hours.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 09:19 PM (piMMO)
Check out these fine upstanding Obama youth on drudge
http://tinyurl.com/a5ztegf
What an awesome video
Makes me so proud of our country and what its becoming.
SOmebody gimme a lobster dinner.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 09:19 PM (+OTLF)
original Romans constructed 2000 years ago. Our debt is the only thing
we've created that will last that long....
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 09:11 PM (3qKP/)
I repudiate the debt. I did not spend it. I did not ask for the benefits of it. I have been railing against it since I came of age. That debt belongs on the heads of Democrats, and I look forward to the days when we can have their heads in exchange for it.
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:20 PM (bb5+k)
The main economic impact was the ability to readjust logistics and efficiency in services and supply chains leading to increased economic integration.....
the downside is that it has led to urban decay in non competitive areas, of course 'happily" Free Shit Army was born in the wake of the realignment so "there's that"....
I'm a federalist....I favor small govt but I know that the Interstates *should* work and i know they do not....
you laugh bitterly to keep from screaming
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:21 PM (LRFds)
Consider a grinder pump with a ~1.5 inch black plastic line, if your community allows it.
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:21 PM (sa6D2)
BCochran was playing around with a hashtag over at twitter and mentioned Keith Olberman. Queef got pissed and tweeted him back. Well, he couldn't leave well enough alone and mocked BC for actually working for a living!
Unbelievable!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 09:22 PM (piMMO)
OK, so I actually have a smallish (8inch diameter I think) Bushnellrefracting telescope. And my new house has 0 streetlights.
But I lost the little mirror attachment that comes out of the end in a "L" shape (so you can use the eye pieces) as a result it won't focus now (being that I'm about 6 inches or whatever off the focal length.)
Anyone know where I can pick up a replacement?
Posted by: tsrblke at February 05, 2013 08:38 PM (GaqMa)
There are a number of companies that sell telescope parts and components. It sounds like ou're describing a "star diagonal". Search for that on the internet. Orion Telescopes is a good source for parts.
BTW, an 8" reflector is a fairly moderate-sized but respectable telescope. An 8" refractor is fucking enormous and probably costs more than your car.
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:22 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Meremortal, watching it burn at February 05, 2013 09:22 PM (1Y+hH)
If you have a permanent observatory dome installed in your backyard, then you probably have an 8" refractor.
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: jakeman at February 05, 2013 09:19 PM (96M6e)
I know the feeling!
Clay sewer lateral is shifting! Luckily the City I live in has lateral insurance, but we still could be looking at a cool $1000 on our part to fix it (and that assumes everything is outside the house. We have cast iron underneath the house and it may go sooner rather than later.)
Posted by: tsrblke at February 05, 2013 09:25 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 05, 2013 09:25 PM (qqZuQ)
After getting a couple of bids, it comes down to having a hole cut in the master bath and another in the 2nd bath, and then they feed a polypropylene (I think) pipe between them and join everything. With luck, the pipe from the kitchen that ties in is good to go.
Posted by: jakeman at February 05, 2013 09:25 PM (96M6e)
Thanks Jim, I won't waste my time on Bill O.
Posted by: CarolT at February 05, 2013 09:25 PM (z4WKX)
No Kidding? Our boy cranked up Olberdouche? Ace should award him with the Platinum package.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 05, 2013 09:26 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 05, 2013 09:27 PM (l86i3)
I feel your pain. I just got informed that, with high probability, a bypass interstate connector is "planned" (read wired contracts) within less than a mile of my home and property, essentially dooming my ability to ever sell this PoS, or recoup my investment in it. This in spite of the designation of the entire area as a rural conservation area. I hate three classes of people: Lawyers, Developers, and Politicians.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:28 PM (Cnqmv)
no is he doing the "texan" two step and trying to dodge his slapping the Tea party around?
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:28 PM (LRFds)
***
Check it out:
https://twitter.com/BrentCochran1
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 09:29 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:29 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:29 PM (sa6D2)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 05, 2013 09:27 PM (l86i3)
Spelling Correction: menstrual
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 05, 2013 09:29 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:28 PM (LRFds)
Didn't work on me. He was doing that same Buckley the most conservative that can win Bullshit. Old song, hard to dance to.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 05, 2013 09:29 PM (l86i3)
No. Don't think it has an I- designation yet.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:31 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 05, 2013 09:31 PM (QLJPW)
With every house purchase, we have learned an expensive lesson. We're now on House #5, so it adds up to an MBA in credits, I believe. Latest lesson is "have a plumber scope your pipes before you buy, so you can at least get some credits when the inevitable happens."
The good news is that we hate the tile in the bathrooms, and the previous owner did a shitty job setting them, so no great loss there...other than the time and aggravation it's going to take me to re-do it.
Posted by: jakeman at February 05, 2013 09:31 PM (96M6e)
I'm at a loss they are acting like "all we're standing for is fiscal responsibility and spending"....uh "really?"
Where the fuck is this GOP you're speaking of Mickey Cantor, Karl Rove?
I've never fucking seen it....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:31 PM (LRFds)
Oh okay I-83 is causing drama as they finally try to create a cut through to the beach in SC via NC....
Interstates are always high drama and very much Eminent Domain beasts....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:33 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 05, 2013 09:29 PM (l86i3)
Heard that Faux had dropped him--guess they haven't weaned him from the Faux teat yet. Hannity is also impossible for me to watch or listen to (but I must not have a lot of company as he has both TV and radio gigs M-F).
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:33 PM (Cnqmv)
Pretty sure this was a Sam and Dave song.
For your listening pleasure...
http://tinyurl.com/35n6cg
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 09:33 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: jakeman at February 05, 2013 09:34 PM (96M6e)
"And, if not, anyone with a big instrument will have a helluva year."
If you have a big instrument, you'll always have a helluva year.
Posted by: disa at February 05, 2013 09:34 PM (R+h7Q)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 09:34 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:33 PM (Cnqmv)
Even if he was dropped he's likely to still show up since he runs that PAC.
Posted by: buzzion at February 05, 2013 09:35 PM (GULKT)
Uh er Uncle Jan dial up Mik'al'Moor and Krispy Kreme....
Wonder Twin Powers activate....
//Ogabe
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:35 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Delayna at February 05, 2013 08:38 PM (KnC4k)
Yes indeed. It was gorgeous. For about three nights it was high overhead with a long tail, and absolutely dominated the night sky. It was a small comet, but passed close to Earth.
In 1997 Hale-Bopp was a bigger comet, but it didn't come so close to us. However, it was visible to the naked eye for about 9 months, which broke the record set by the Great Comet of 1811, which was apparently mentioned in "War and Peace", although I haven't read that book.
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:35 PM (sdi6R)
Heard that Faux had dropped him--guess they haven't weaned him from the Faux teat yet. Hannity is also impossible for me to watch or listen to (but I must not have a lot of company as he has both TV and radio gigs M-F).
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:33 PM (Cnqmv)
Hannity is the default until the oldest child goes to bed. Then it's DVRd NCIS.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 05, 2013 09:36 PM (l86i3)
Yes, eminent domain is a ferocious beast even when being handled by sane people. Wielded by the current crop of pols, it is a danger to the republic. Good thing that ownership of private property is on the wane.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:36 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Ford Prefect at February 05, 2013 09:36 PM (Vk2pI)
There's times you just gotta say, the original was it.
Posted by: The littl shyning man at February 05, 2013 09:37 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 09:38 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 05, 2013 09:40 PM (QLJPW)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:40 PM (sa6D2)
There's times you just gotta say, the original was it.
Posted by: The littl shyning man at February 05, 2013 09:37 PM (PH+2B)
is it me, or did Jimmy Page steal some of Nancy Pelosi's botox?
Posted by: Zombie Peter Grant at February 05, 2013 09:41 PM (Vk2pI)
weaned him from the Faux teat yet. Hannity is also impossible for me to
watch or listen to (but I must not have a lot of company as he has both
TV and radio gigs M-F).
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:33 PM (Cnqmv)
I find him irritating and seldom listen to him.
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:41 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:41 PM (sa6D2)
You're a GREAT American...risky scheme risky...scheme....
//Hannitard
We were discussing george Will earlier and God help me if Will and VDH are for our geniuses Hannity is for our short bus.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:42 PM (LRFds)
I don't mean to change the subject, but has anuone commented on the "Rachel Corrie Remembrance Day" in the side bar?
lmao
Posted by: cicero skip at February 05, 2013 09:43 PM (85Z8S)
Exactamundo. Our house was built circa 1950, and there was a crack running for several feet that we surely would have known about. Spending $100-200 to have it scoped would have been a great investment. Hindsight, like my Lasik-surgeried eyes, is better than 20/20.
Posted by: jakeman at February 05, 2013 09:43 PM (96M6e)
Ye shall not question the gods!!
Posted by: Icedog at February 05, 2013 09:43 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:41 PM (sa6D2)
What is this thing about ampersands? I see references to it occasionally, but i'm not following.
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:44 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 09:45 PM (4Mv1T)
Not sure I trust home inspectors these days, but you cannot do without one!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:45 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 09:45 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 05, 2013 09:40 PM (QLJPW)
I forget where I read it, but supposedly about 8-9000 years ago, swastika-like pictograms suddenly started appearing in cultures all over the world. One theory is that a comet passed very close to Earth, so that its nucleus surrounded by curving jets of material was visible to the naked eye.
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:46 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:46 PM (sa6D2)
249 ampersand nazi got me.Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:41 PM (sa6D2) What is this thing about ampersands? I see references to it occasionally, but i'm not following.
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:44 PM (bb5+k)
Try and use one. Depending on what browser and settings your using its likely to not show up.
Posted by: buzzion at February 05, 2013 09:47 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 05, 2013 08:44 PM (+OTLF)
First thought that comes to mind is that, come April, there would be fifty cent's worth of postage stamps you wouldn't have to buy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2013 09:47 PM (673KB)
We were discussing george Will earlier and God help me if Will and VDH are for our geniuses Hannity is for our short bus.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2013 09:42 PM (LRFds)
Love reading George Will (though I sometimes disagree with his analysis) and love reading Victor Davis Hanson. I used to enjoy Ann Coulter, but I have lost a great deal of respect for her.
I also love reading anything by Walter Williams. We really do have some wonderful intellectual firepower on our side. Too bad the national narrative is comedy and sight gags.
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:47 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: eman at February 05, 2013 09:47 PM (j7rp0)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:47 PM (Cnqmv)
Though if they did, it would be extremely creepy, because... math.
But how awesome would it be? We'd have a manned mission planned for the Red Planet the very next day.
Posted by: Synova at February 05, 2013 09:47 PM (7/PU+)
lmao
Posted by: cicero skip at February 05, 2013 09:43 PM (85Z8S)
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum
That being said, it's good that she's dead.
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:48 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: eman at February 05, 2013 09:49 PM (j7rp0)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 05, 2013 09:49 PM (mqCRO)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:45 PM (Cnqmv)
I've seenthe results of one and watched one. I guess it depends on the individual, but they miss a lot of problems. If you don't know anything about constuction, wiring and plumbing, it is probably a good idea to hire one.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 09:50 PM (JgkPs)
What if they are Alien invasion vessels disguised as comets?
That's what the Heaven's Gate folks thought, more or less. They said that the alien spaceship was hiding behind Comet Hale-Bopp.
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:51 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 09:51 PM (piMMO)
Heard that Faux had dropped him--guess they haven't
weaned him from the Faux teat yet
I heard that they rehired him = new contract a week or so ago.
Posted by: carolina at February 05, 2013 09:52 PM (WQ+JZ)
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:52 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:51 PM (sdi6R)
And they believed it told them to castrate themselves.
Posted by: buzzion at February 05, 2013 09:52 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:53 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:54 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 09:55 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:55 PM (Cnqmv)
a lot of problems. If you don't know anything about constuction, wiring
and plumbing, it is probably a good idea to hire one.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 09:50 PM (JgkPs)
Read the "home inspection service" disclaimer and see all the potential problems they insulate themselves from (like, anything they can't see by taking a quick glance). I've always thought it made better sense to bring in a plumber, an electrician, a structural engineer and maybe a roofer. But, wtf do I know?
Posted by: Peaches at February 05, 2013 09:55 PM (kpCLl)
And they believed it told them to castrate themselves.
No, they believed it told them to commit suicide. They had already castrated themselves long before.
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:55 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 09:55 PM (4Mv1T)
ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε
ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε
ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε ε
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:55 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Hell on the Wabash at February 05, 2013 09:56 PM (GgOl0)
Interstate projects stealing land
Things are going last as O planned...
But at least I can type an ampersand.
&&&&&&&&
Posted by: Mindful STILL banned on the desktop at February 05, 2013 09:56 PM (Jh9QN)
Posted by: Marcel Marceau at February 05, 2013 09:56 PM (jucos)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 05, 2013 09:56 PM (Fz2C7)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 05, 2013 09:57 PM (QLJPW)
And they believed it told them to castrate themselves.
Posted by: buzzion at February 05, 2013 09:52 PM (GULKT)
Ah ha! The Aliens really WERE intelligent life! The Heavens gate people? Not so much.
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 09:57 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Gumby Backward Land at February 05, 2013 09:57 PM (sa6D2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 05, 2013 09:57 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2013 09:57 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at February 05, 2013 09:58 PM (s/ydT)
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:58 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mindful STILL banned on the desktop at February 05, 2013 09:58 PM (Jh9QN)
Posted by: sTevo at February 05, 2013 09:59 PM (sa6D2)
My urologist was happy to oblige after the wife said "Enough with the babies.", and Blue Cross was happy to pay for it.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 09:59 PM (4Mv1T)
I think that would be a good plan. Probably cost more and probably worth the cost. Only problem I see with that plan is a dishonest person in any of those categories could take advantage of the buyer by trying to sell the buyer his services. Of couse the buyer can always get a second opinion.
Posted by: Ronster at February 05, 2013 10:00 PM (JgkPs)
PS - I was kidding about the comet tail-whip messing up my www. However, I think that comet dust does include charged particles = interference.
Posted by: carolina at February 05, 2013 10:00 PM (EFeV9)
The comet discoverer, not the Skipper.
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 09:58 PM (sdi6R)
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You got gyped. I would have been more impressed had you said you met the skipper.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 05, 2013 10:00 PM (jucos)
My urologist was happy to oblige after the wife said "Enough with the babies.", and Blue Cross was happy to pay for it.
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Hurt? Anything I should know? I'm next.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 05, 2013 10:01 PM (QLJPW)
291 >>>And they believed it told them to castrate themselvesMy urologist was happy to oblige after the wife said "Enough with the babies.", and Blue Cross was happy to pay for it.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 09:59 PM (4Mv1T)
You need a new urologist. Maybe one that doesn't work ona steer farm.
Posted by: buzzion at February 05, 2013 10:02 PM (GULKT)
Yay! I'm in DC....and yuck, this place is a dump. Now then...let's just see what sort of hash I get from this place.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at February 05, 2013 09:58 PM (s/ydT)
What brought you to the dump?
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at February 05, 2013 10:02 PM (vu/88)
My hash is via Norfuck.
Mine's Alexandria, a hotel...so I suppose anyone that posts from here would have the same.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at February 05, 2013 10:02 PM (s/ydT)
These threads seem stale to me.
I'm waiting for the race for "first"
on Ace's ONT.
Posted by: Mindful STILL banned on the desktop at February 05, 2013 10:03 PM (Bfbpz)
Posted by: Shooting Blanks At The Range at February 05, 2013 10:03 PM (sa6D2)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at February 05, 2013 10:02 PM (s/ydT)
Hey! Alexandria isn't a dump! (Well, most of it isn't.)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at February 05, 2013 10:04 PM (vu/88)
What brought you to the dump?
Work. I'll be replacing and/or repairingfailed sensors....they detect gun shots, so you know I'll be in the Very Bestest neighborhoods.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at February 05, 2013 10:04 PM (s/ydT)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at February 05, 2013 10:04 PM (vu/8
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I'd rather be in Alexandria than across the river.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 05, 2013 10:05 PM (jucos)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 05, 2013 10:05 PM (Fz2C7)
Hey! Alexandria isn't a dump! (Well, most of it isn't.)
Alexandria seems ok....it's DC that's the dump.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at February 05, 2013 10:06 PM (s/ydT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2013 10:06 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Shooting Blanks At The Range at February 05, 2013 10:07 PM (sa6D2)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at February 05, 2013 10:06 PM (s/ydT)
There are some areas of DC that are nice. Hope all goes well while you're in the not-so-lovely parts of town.
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at February 05, 2013 10:08 PM (vu/88)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 05, 2013 10:05 PM (Fz2C7)
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Alright NOW I'm impressed. I once rode an elevator with Charles Nelson Reilly.... in San Diego.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 05, 2013 10:08 PM (jucos)
I can't speak for others, including guys I used to work with who refused, and one who got his wife pregnant when they had grown kids because he was chicken shit, and she is an OBGYN.
I had it done when I was 40 after boy #2, at wife's behest. The "procedure" was done at 2PM. I was back at the office by 4PM, walking like I just got down off Trigger after a 1300 mile cattle drive.
Only real aggravation is when the hair grows back. Like wearing burlap BVDs, oh and when your 5 year old smacks you in ground zero, which usually hurts anyway.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 10:08 PM (4Mv1T)
What brought you to the dump?
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at February 05, 2013 10:02 PM (vu/8
I'm actually interested in contacting someone in Washington (of a conservative persuasion) who might do some research at the national archives for me. (Paid, if necessary.)
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at February 05, 2013 10:08 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 05, 2013 10:10 PM (4Mv1T)
I'm actually interested in contacting someone in Washington (of a conservative persuasion) who might do some research at the national archives for me. (Paid, if necessary.)
Yep, I checked. Obumbles is still in the WH.
That'll be five hundred clams.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at February 05, 2013 10:11 PM (s/ydT)
295 My urologist was happy to oblige after the wife said "Enough with the babies.", and Blue Cross was happy to pay for it.===================Hurt? Anything I should know? I'm next.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 05, 2013 10:01 PM (QLJPW)
Yes there is definitely something you should know about. Know the difference between castration and vasectomy. VERY IMPORTANT!
Posted by: buzzion at February 05, 2013 10:11 PM (GULKT)
Comet Hyakutake in 1996 and Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 were treats for Northern Hemisphere observers.
But there have been a couple of good ones in the Southern Hemisphere in recent years:
Comet McNaught in 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2006_P1
Comet Lovejoy in 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2011_W3_(Lovejoy)
This photo of McNaught on January 20, 2007 is the most beautiful comet photo I've ever seen:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Sat_comet_WEB.jpg
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 10:33 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at February 05, 2013 10:43 PM (9+ccr)
Comet Hyakutake in 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake
Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale–Bopp
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2013 10:58 PM (sdi6R)
I'm not a TV watcher and had only seen Frazier a couple of times until my wife started watching back-to-back reruns last year. It was a bit strange at first because I've never thought of Peri as a famous person.
Posted by: Name withheld at February 06, 2013 12:57 AM (1DpQI)
House if you add the mount.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at February 06, 2013 08:46 AM (Z5BDI)
What was it in the Bible? signs in the skies, wars and rumors of war?
Got both. In spades. Lovely. Oh, yes, and I call the pale horse when it is time to ride. He sat a pale horse, and his name was Death, and Hell followed.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie ® at February 06, 2013 09:12 AM (1hM1d)
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