Cyprus predictions [Purp]
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You thought planet killer space rocks were a big problem eh? Turns out the greatest extinction level threats we face are more terrestrial in nature... ...open predicting. Puntitificate to your hearts content..but don't forget to bring the racism. This post sports the new fresh lilac smell racism in the new and improved extra large economy size box.Comments
Posted by: BuddyPC at March 17, 2013 04:38 PM (jfUIE)
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:39 PM (nqBYe)
Monday's gonna be interesting to see how the State Run media tries to cover this up or ignore it. Especially if there's a Europe wide bank holiday.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 04:39 PM (Kpn/z)
Generally speaking, violence in Europe seems to be centered around ethnicity or an ideology calling for *more* government, not less.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 04:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 04:41 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Zombie Adolf at March 17, 2013 04:42 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 04:42 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:42 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2013 04:43 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:43 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Hey-Zeus at March 17, 2013 04:43 PM (rQs7E)
Posted by: Zombie Archduke Ferdinand at March 17, 2013 04:43 PM (ZOf1l)
They are yurp derps.
Besides, rioting is too much like work.
Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2013 04:44 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 04:45 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2013 04:45 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Tami - Irish by injection at March 17, 2013 04:45 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: SwampFox at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (jShBK)
Posted by: Zombie Adolf at March 17, 2013 04:42 PM (ZOf1l)
We can't have Jews making more than janitors.
Posted by: Barack Der Fuhrer at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (jfUIE)
Look, the Puppet In Chief has to get his orders and rehearse somewhere safe that isn't on record. How else to do this but "golf" and vacays to Europe? (where his real masters live)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Tami - Irish by injection at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (X6akg)
more i wonder as other what will the citizens reaction be.
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:47 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Guido at March 17, 2013 04:47 PM (lybWs)
They've stolen money from people's bank accounts!! Look for a bank run across Europe, followed by some derivative trades based on the health of European banks to go sour and then a new "DOOM" logo for Monty's posts.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 04:48 PM (AC0lD)
It's likely to blow over with few repercussions, BUT there is a small chance that some of the similar smaller countries in the EU might have a bank-run as well. If more than two of the smaller ones blow up, the cascade could be dramatic.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2013 04:48 PM (UCv7P)
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 17, 2013 04:48 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:48 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 04:48 PM (GEICT)
Just sayin'.
Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at March 17, 2013 04:49 PM (5hNpF)
This. +1 trillion.
Posted by: moki at March 17, 2013 04:49 PM (SdetR)
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 17, 2013 04:49 PM (wIgpo)
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:42 PM (nqBYe)
I can't speak to Cyprus specifically, but in general Europe only has a left wing. What they call "right wing" is just a different brand of authoritarian left wing.
We in the US have, very roughly speaking, right and left *coalitions* where the left is primarily collectivist and authoritarian and the right is individualist but rather uncomfortably split along the authoritarianism spectrum, not just two ways.
Probably the biggest confusion is in Europe "conservatives" are preserving national cultures and power structures that go back hundreds of years, in the US "conservatives" are looking back to a "classical liberal" explosion of ideas and freedom.
To make it worse, a lot of American "liberals" use "European" concepts, reason #214 why We Just Can't Talk Anymore.
I think in general journalists are self-righteous pets of one state or another.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 04:49 PM (bxiXv)
Gaylord Focker can't emulate sympathy. He would come across as a guy bothered to be interrupted from golfing.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 04:50 PM (oScG1)
They're trying to preserve it for:
a) Germans need a vacay destination on the same continent that's not Russia.
b) They don't want to have to rebuild Europe after they take it over
c) They're trying to keep the Russians (and the Poles) out.
d) They're biding their time until they're "invited" in.
(It's like vampires. Vampires can't take possession unless you invite them in.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 04:50 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Roger the Shrubber at March 17, 2013 04:51 PM (hfvAj)
Yep. I'm sure people will complain that their money is being taken from them, but after the initial shock, they'll become resigned to it, because they don't believe they have a choice.
Like being in prison, and finding out YOU are the one who has to wear the lipstick. What are you going to do about it. Nothing, that's what. You're going to wear the lipstick.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2013 04:51 PM (BeSEI)
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (nqBYe)
As far as I can tell it's partial payback for the bailout money. It is literally a last-second emergency tax, levied on certain assets (accounts).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 04:52 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Sen. Rob Portman at March 17, 2013 04:52 PM (hfvAj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 04:52 PM (oScG1)
They're trying to preserve it for:
a) Germans need a vacay destination on the same continent that's not Russia.
Hey, how about the Sudetenland?
Posted by: Samuel Adams at March 17, 2013 04:52 PM (ZOf1l)
On the road again.
Just can't wait to get back on the road again.
While on there I'll plot to take your cash.
Can't wait to get back on the road again.
Posted by: Teh SCOAMT at March 17, 2013 04:53 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: Trevor (@tjexcite) at March 17, 2013 04:53 PM (CSHX+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 04:52 PM (bxiXv)
Caroline Baum @cabaum1:
"Why are people calling #Cyprus deposit seizure a tax? A tax is a levy on income, product, activity. This sounds like principal reduction."
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 04:54 PM (GEICT)
Tami, maybe He'll go to cyprus and explain to them how they are all
doing it for the greater good. and just giving their fair share. He is
beloved to all right? that's what i hear on the news.
more i wonder as other what will the citizens reaction be.
Posted by: willow-ette at March 17, 2013 04:47 PM (nqBYe)
Then he'll stick them with the hotel and restaurant bills.
Posted by: Tami - Irish by injection at March 17, 2013 04:54 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2013 04:54 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: RDS at March 17, 2013 04:54 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: Questionman at March 17, 2013 04:55 PM (3w4WK)
Posted by: Tami - Irish by injection at March 17, 2013 04:55 PM (X6akg)
Instead of 'The Job" where you compete for a job, in the new gameshows, you compete to keep YOUR OWN MONEY!
And there will be more European porn by 18+ women, a small fraction will be do-able.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (AC0lD)
certain point. The beauty of it is, it will be called a tax, thereby
skirting 5th Amendment issues.
Tax? Did somebody say it's a tax?
Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts, Still Growing In Office at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (hfvAj)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (GEICT)
Some of them n zero hedge's comments are thinking of leaving and going back to Britain.
There is also some grumbling of how the property values have gone down while the developers have been given a pass on whatever they have been up to. I am trying to catch up on this because my husband's check is deposited overseas and then we wire transfer money to my account.
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (GoIUi)
health of European banks to go sour and then a new "DOOM" logo for
Monty's posts.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 04:48 PM (AC0lD)
THIS.
I've been waiting for the derivative market to go south for awhile.
Our banks. Here in the US. Including your little local town bank. ARe up to their eyeballs in "assets" that are really derivatives based on sovereign debt overseas. It's what cause MF Global to collapse and steal their clients money (see a trend there?)
Well, everyone's in that game because the FED (aka Helicopter Ben) pushes it as a way for them to meet their obligations for assets. They will even harass a competent and fiscally responsible banker who doesn't like the looks of those "investments" by audits and other investigations.
We sitting on the tippy top of a house of cards and someone just pulled a jack out of the stack below us. The collapse may take awhile or it may happen tomorrow or it may take one more card.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: kid at McDonalds drive through - June 2015 at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (EZl54)
Simple- government employees who, other than the bank hit, don't get any fucking haircut.
Posted by: Teh SCOAMT at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: SwampFox at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (jShBK)
The EU would never have happened without Germany. They and the British (at the time, not now) were the only ones with their economic shit in order and a large enough base to bleed to feed the EU monstrosity.
As to ghoulish history, that's *all* of Europe. Whether they consider themselves victims or perpetrators, even if they don't actively study it, all that regional messiness is part of everyday life. It's like Palestine, except internalized, digested and discussed over tea. Their wars now are economic and cultural bitchfests, for the moment, rather than open battles.
People should *learn* from history, Europeans carry it around like a giant hunchback.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2013 04:56 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: steveegg at March 17, 2013 04:57 PM (o44nj)
could trigger bank runs worldwide. Maybe not all of a sudden, but a
"slow roll run" as the poll said. That's the answer I picked.
Yeah, it's too bad we can only pick one. I went with banker accidents because it'll be apparent sooner than the run here.
Operation Russian Justice.
Go long polonium.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 04:57 PM (hO9ad)
Talk about a newbie troll who's screed's impact has been thwarted by the inscrutable ways of Pixy-misa.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 04:57 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 17, 2013 04:57 PM (hfvAj)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at March 17, 2013 04:57 PM (wbeNt)
It's Sunday, dude. God tells us to rest. Even thinking about reading all that is too much work.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2013 04:57 PM (BeSEI)
Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 04:58 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Gordon Undead Ramsay at March 17, 2013 04:59 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 04:54 PM (GEICT)
Same reason we call it a Death Tax or Estate Tax and not a Death Principal Reduction.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 04:59 PM (bxiXv)
Yup, “more flexible” now.
The United States has effectively canceled the final phase of a Europe-based missile defense system that was fiercely opposed by Russia and cited repeatedly by the Kremlin as a major obstacle to cooperation on nuclear arms reductions and other issues.
Russian officials here have so far declined to comment on the announcement, which was made in Washington on Friday by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as part of a plan to deploy additional ballistic missile interceptors to counter North Korea. The cancellation of some European-based defenses will allow resources to be shifted to protect against North Korea.
And the not so slow decline of American Power continues
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 04:59 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 17, 2013 04:59 PM (jucos)
Silver? Gold? Liquor? Cigs?
What a ridiculous mess all of these smart people have caused!
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 17, 2013 05:00 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: disa at March 17, 2013 05:00 PM (R+h7Q)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at March 17, 2013 05:00 PM (ZOf1l)
the dark side of the coin of chemjeff's and others' philosophy urging on
avoiding debt. Savers are punished by governments and demagogues.
Nothing wrong or impractical about saving. You just have to think harder about saving in a form that's difficult for the thieves in government to get at.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:01 PM (hO9ad)
At a meeting last week between U.S. President Barack Obama and a group of Arab-American leaders, the president was asked why he did not intend to launch a new peace process to thaw out negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. According to an individual present at the meeting, Obama was very frank in his reply: The government in Israel is not ready to make concessions, he said, and so there is no point…
Shame on any Jew who voted for this cock sucker. Shame
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:01 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 05:01 PM (oScG1)
See Jimmay? Repetition is part of the Horde's charm. No reason not to chime in.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at March 17, 2013 05:01 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 17, 2013 05:00 PM (GoIUi)
Silver bullets...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 05:01 PM (AC0lD)
better keep your head
Don't forget
what your Play Book said
"Hope and change"
they have come at last
Now Utopia
is burning fast
Question man
Posted by: not Neil Young at March 17, 2013 05:02 PM (EZl54)
Talk about a newbie troll who's screed's impact has been thwarted by the inscrutable ways of Pixy-misa.
It's like our Ozone Layer.
Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2013 05:03 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2013 05:03 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 04:59 PM (bxiXv)
Ahhh...but there is a transaction taking place. The transfer of wealth from one person to another.
My only real problem with calling what happened in Cyprus a "tax" is that it gives it a slight wiff of legitimacy. It's nothing more than outright theft. "You have something I want, so I'm going to take it."
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:03 PM (GEICT)
in his reply: The government in Israel is not ready to make concessions,
he said, and so there is no point…
I guess Israel just has to give up its intransigent insistence on survival before any real progress can be made.
Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 17, 2013 05:03 PM (hfvAj)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 17, 2013 05:03 PM (M4iSq)
Sort of serious prediction - Pity if the pesky disagreement between Cyprus and Turkey were to suddenly flare up for no apparent reason whatsoever.
Hope it happens prediction - Boom goes Yellowstone!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:04 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 05:04 PM (+iA5G)
Hey, he's not the dictator of Cyprus, ya know.
(I assume "injection" means you've had a lot of beer, right??)
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 17, 2013 05:04 PM (SUKHu)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 05:05 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2013 05:03 PM (3Mkrp)
There have been some fireworks and I have eaten more than one meal on the steps outside the house
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:05 PM (jE38p)
Obama and a group of Arab-American leaders, the president was asked why
he did not intend to launch a new peace process to thaw out
negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. According to an
individual present at the meeting, Obama was very frank in his reply:
The government in Israel is not ready to make concessions, he said, and
so there is no point…
Shame on any Jew who voted for this cock sucker. Shame
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:01 PM (jE38p)
--Yeah, because the 0bama Administration is the world's shining example of political compromise.
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 05:06 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2013 05:06 PM (fsLdt)
Cypus was a British colony until fifty years ago
Posted by: Flounder at March 17, 2013 05:06 PM (Dll6b)
Uh, I mean a "one time property levy."
I shoulda gone into big banking. They work hand in glove with the armed thugs, gubmint.
as Commerzbank's chief economist notes, median wealth in Italy is EUR164,000 (as opposed to Austria's median of around EUR76,000 and mean of around EUR265,000) meaning that in theory Italy has no debt crisis (with net assets at 173% of GDP) - significantly more than the Germans at 124% - "so it would make sense, in Italy a one-time property tax levy," he suggested.
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:07 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 05:07 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2013 05:07 PM (3Mkrp)
St Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland; too bad he couldn't have come back and done the same to the English
Posted by: Flounder at March 17, 2013 05:08 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2013 05:08 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:08 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2013 05:09 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2013 05:07 PM (3Mkrp)
Yeah it depends on if anyone decides to push me. My views are an open book with the family and they usually shut the fuck up around me, but if they don't, fireworks ensues. Booze can play a part in it also
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:09 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:03 PM (GEICT)
Property taxes then.
Call it whatever you like. Hey, maybe everyone can come up with their own word for it!
I think I'l call it a Parsimmon.
It doesn't have to be legitimate to be a tax. They have VATs through most of Europe, that's kind of a Rape Everybody Tax with an added Cronyism Bonus.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:10 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 05:10 PM (MIhYM)
bank (where it isn't earning any interest anyway) and you already have
guns, ammo, and canned food, what is your investment?
Silver? Gold? Liquor? Cigs?
What a ridiculous mess all of these smart people have caused!
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 17, 2013 05:00 PM (GoIUi)
All of that and more. Invest in your property OR invest in other people's property.
Make loans to family (well maybe not them) and friends that you trust.
Buy long lasting appliances, renew electric systems. invest in a generator. Depends on your ability and your capabilities and how much you have to invest. Buy stuff that will either be useful in a survival mode or will be valuable as barter or will be used in daily living.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:10 PM (Kpn/z)
....you can actually see the sun on occasion
Posted by: Flounder at March 17, 2013 05:10 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:09 PM (jE38p)
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Sounds like me. I have divorced swaths of my family over such things. Don't miss 'em a lick.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 17, 2013 05:10 PM (jucos)
Posted by: SwampFox at March 17, 2013 04:46 PM (jShBK)
Someone remind me why the US continues to remain in Germany.
Posted by: BuddyPC at March 17, 2013 05:11 PM (jfUIE)
Talk like that makes Hank Paulson, Robert Rubin and Geoffrey Immelt hard.
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:11 PM (j3uk1)
I kept my mouth shut for a few years, but after the 2012 elections I will never keep my opinions to myself again.
If you want to talk politics around me, be prepared.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2013 05:11 PM (3Mkrp)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 05:07 PM (MIhYM)
And like the Dems keep trying to do with all elections.
Seriously, what would they do differently if they were trying to destroy the country (and not be *entirely* obvious about it, i.e. keep the LIVs ignorant of the fact)?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:12 PM (bxiXv)
that it gives it a slight wiff of legitimacy. It's nothing more than
outright theft. "You have something I want, so I'm going to take it."
At least if they can find sufficiently many members of the Cypriot parliament with adequate security details to vote for it, they're going to take it. Word is the vote might not come before Wednesday.
Hint to socialists and banksters: When the Communist party (Cyprus has one with 5 seats in the parliament) says no to your wealth confiscation plan, you might want to rethink your life.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:13 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 17, 2013 05:10 PM (jucos)
I honestly cannot tell you my brother and my sil's politics because I make it a point to not talk politics around them. The poor 'rents have to listen to me blather all the time.
Am excite, one of my best friends should be here in minutes. I haven't seen her in over two years. *bounces in excitement*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:13 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 05:14 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 17, 2013 05:14 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 17, 2013 05:04 PM (SUKHu)
Uh..um....yes, yes....that's it.
Posted by: Tami - Irish by injection at March 17, 2013 05:15 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:13 PM (Gk3SS)
Video or.... well, never mind. Enjoy the visit! Have fun!
We'll be over here watching the world burn.
Make sure you feed the raptors before your friend gets there!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:15 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 05:15 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: Future Italian PM Beppo at March 17, 2013 05:15 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Guido at March 17, 2013 04:47 PM (lybWs)
Haters love me.
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 05:16 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: BuddyPC at March 17, 2013 05:11 PM (jfUIE)
Because actually our bases there are very crucial forward operating basis for us and with out them it would have been difficult to project the kind of power we did and continue to in the Middle East and Africa.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:16 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 17, 2013 05:14 PM (jucos)
They haven't figured out what all the fuss is about.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:13 PM (Gk3SS)
*Morons tripping over each other trying to type the comments out*
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:17 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Bamberg, baby at March 17, 2013 05:18 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 05:15 PM (MIhYM)
And it let me vote enough times to knock European leaders start having accidents up into 3rd place.
After a coffee, we'll see if I can enter 'Paulbot' mode. Or 'Democrat relying on freebies' mode.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 05:18 PM (AC0lD)
Do banks open in Italy tmwr? Do the rumors of a new 1000e withdraw limit in Italy prove true?
EUR/x going to drop. It's already down, and will likely continue. In about another 50 pips we start having collateral calls.
If you get a few % drop in actual deposits in Italy or Spain, you start getting collateral calls.
You get that much volatility in a day, you start getting various sorts of covering.
Tomorrow has the potential to be a very very bad day. Maybe the fed or ECB will step in and prop all sorts of things up like they've done in the past, requiring tens or hundreds of billions (which then become quasi-injected liquidity etc). All because, after all that's gone on over the last 5 years, the ECB finally balked at an extra paltry 7 billion?
No, something is very strange here.
Add HFT/algos into the mix and we're in for a wild day tmwr.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 05:18 PM (62WS0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:17 PM (GEICT)
It's possible that one was a gift for you.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:19 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:19 PM (bxiXv)
That's the truth and a sad commentary on the state of Journalism and Journalists in this day and age.
They. Have. No. Clue.
I think they were the prototype for the LIV's; the LIJ's.
They just swallow anything the WH has to say. (or anything else for that matter).
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:19 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 05:20 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 05:20 PM (AC0lD)
No wonder yall thought slavery was wonderful!
Posted by: Questionman at March 17, 2013 05:20 PM (3w4WK)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:19 PM (Gk3SS)
The Queen is wise AND gracious.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:20 PM (GEICT)
The word you're looking for is STUPID.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:21 PM (Kpn/z)
Economies rest completely upon trust. Without trust that you can store and then later retrieve capital, you violate the deep fundamental aspects of this trust.
And you open up the gates of hell in the process, as all the economies are connected. Add to this that the Obama economy is weaker than it should be, thanks to brain dead and fundamental misunderstandings of how economies work, I expect a domino effect that will build momentum and bite us in the ass in a few months,
Undermine one economy. It goes under. Masters sing others. And the weak ones fall. And the momentum builds.
Game over. Thanks for playing.
Posted by: Joeinmi at March 17, 2013 05:21 PM (o2lju)
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 05:22 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at March 17, 2013 05:22 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 17, 2013 05:22 PM (Vk2pI)
Asia opens in what, 2 hours?
Wanna guess what happens if the idea that money left in banks is unsafe hits, say Japan?
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:23 PM (hO9ad)
Wasn't slavery good for you? I presume you are a Dixiecrat disguising themselves as some progressive equal rights reformer out to save the world from evil capitalists.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:23 PM (Kpn/z)
You're both redheads, are filled with RAAAAGE, and have Raptors they can sic on those who fall afoul of your good graces.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 17, 2013 05:23 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: Joeinmi at March 17, 2013 05:23 PM (o2lju)
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 05:24 PM (MhA4j)
and then later retrieve capital, you violate the deep fundamental
aspects of this trust.
Posted by: Joeinmi at March 17, 2013 05:21 PM (o2lju)
This is it in a nutshell.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:24 PM (Kpn/z)
You're both redheads, are filled with RAAAAGE, and have Raptors they can sic on those who fall afoul of your good graces.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 17, 2013 05:23 PM (7um7O)
I have not but thank you!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:24 PM (Gk3SS)
Beck and his GoldBug Fever doesn't seem so nuts now.
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 05:25 PM (MMC8r)
Japan won't react as much. They're more homogenous racially and their trust in government is very firm.
Foreign banks now . . .
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:25 PM (Kpn/z)
b - I suspect we're safer here as europeans who can smell a disaster the day before it hits keep putting their money here.
Posted by: mallfly at March 17, 2013 05:25 PM (bJm7W)
As was pointed out elsewhere, on might assume that's not a worry the bankers and socialists need to have because they still have some kind of military and/or police to protect them.
Except you just stole upwards of 10% of everyone's life savings.
Including the police and/or military.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:26 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 05:26 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 05:26 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 17, 2013 05:26 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 17, 2013 05:27 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 17, 2013 05:27 PM (ERh5p)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 05:28 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 05:28 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Questionman at March 17, 2013 05:28 PM (3w4WK)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:24 PM (Gk3SS)
So the question is, are you two related ... ?
Did you play SC2 at all?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 17, 2013 05:29 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 17, 2013 05:27 PM (ERh5p)
He's getting ready to take the guided tour of Israel on Wed. He'll certainly foul things up greatly when he is there. Anyone know the under/over for how many innocent Israelis will be killed because of this visit?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:29 PM (jE38p)
What kinda joint you runnin' here, Ace?
Posted by: locomotivebreath1901 at March 17, 2013 05:29 PM (7qVSn)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:29 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 17, 2013 05:30 PM (LRFds)
Am excite, one of my best friends should be here in minutes. I haven't seen her in over two years. *bounces in excitement*
Here, use this trampoline.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2013 05:30 PM (lr3d7)
Did you play SC2 at all?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 17, 2013 05:29 PM (7um7O)
Not that I know of. And, no, I don't play SC2. One massive life suck is enough. *goes back to leveling up my wee panda*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:30 PM (Gk3SS)
and then later retrieve capital, you violate the deep fundamental
aspects of this trust.
Personally, I'm getting into flax futures, with a possible play in oxen.
Posted by: pep at March 17, 2013 05:30 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:31 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Chip Diller at March 17, 2013 05:31 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2013 05:30 PM (lr3d7)
The nobility of the Horde. I sees it.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:31 PM (Gk3SS)
Yes, this question man would be KayINSANE.
Posted by: jem at March 17, 2013 05:31 PM (7g1yh)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:30 PM (Gk3SS)
Please please let that be a euphemism
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:31 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 17, 2013 05:32 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: mallfly at March 17, 2013 05:32 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:32 PM (j3uk1)
there opened at 5pm Eastern, two hours before full market open.
Not quite, but I suspect if you check zerohedge a couple minutes after the hour they'll have a friendly little post with an upside down hockey stick graph.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:32 PM (hO9ad)
St. Government's Day in Cyprus
commemorating the time the Cypriot gov't chased all the investors out of Cyprus.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 17, 2013 05:33 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2013 05:33 PM (lr3d7)
You're more correct than you know. I have some serious issues with Chemjeff's posit on "living conservative values" this week but sadly I lack the time today and probably tomorrow to pursue them.
If you are engaging in traditional savings and investment methodology as currently rendered you're doing it wrong IMHO.
My "retirement" planning involves side businesses and floating high risk start up capital to budding small businessmen who work on the metaphorical Spanish main.
Anything you put into a numbered account that takes a millisecond to empty is as high risk a capital pool right now as loaning your neighbor a grand for a start up.
They will mainstream stilling about 5 trillion bucks these next four years.
Watch.
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 17, 2013 05:33 PM (LRFds)
Ah. Global warming again.
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:34 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:32 PM (j3uk1)
Narcoleptic capybaras, I think.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:34 PM (bxiXv)
Next cold winter Gazprom will break Natural Gas* contract prices citiing the Cyprus precedent "rules? There are no rules!"
*used to heat Europe.
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at March 17, 2013 05:34 PM (TcQWW)
You're thinking of Montana Max
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 05:34 PM (I2LwF)
Ah, so you were immune to the baneling pet.
See end of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8toFV3KKs0
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 17, 2013 05:34 PM (7um7O)
Now I know how those monkeys on crack pressing that lever for more feel.
I . . have an urge for more.
Must. Restrain. Myself.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:34 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:35 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: jem at March 17, 2013 05:35 PM (7g1yh)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:36 PM (j3uk1)
They don't have firearms but they do have gasoline and matches. I'm curious to see what the Russian mobsters do. They aren't know for being pliant.
If things do start to burn (literally) it will be an opportunity for Turkey to "quell" the unrest. Then again, the UN is their so.......
This might get very interesting. Good thing that the people in the region are known for being not batshit violent crazy.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Celebrity Skin Prada at March 17, 2013 05:36 PM (jopHG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:31 PM (GEICT)
That's how she likes her men - black, white, and Asian.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 17, 2013 05:36 PM (7um7O)
OBAMA vacation for the win! Well, duh, it's been almost month since the last one. Or has it been two weeks?
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 17, 2013 05:27 PM (ERh5p)
--Isn't Spring Break coming up for his daughters again? Which continent will they hit this time?
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 05:36 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 17, 2013 05:37 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:31 PM (GEICT)
*takes card*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:37 PM (Gk3SS)
House of Representatives should immediately pass a bill saying Obama
cannot do this to US savings or investment accounts, making the Dems
oppose on principle.
But who could we get to lead the charge? Rand Paul is in the Senate.
Actually, I think a lot of politicians with ambitions will use RP's stand as a template. No filibuster in the house, but they can still make a stink, and demand something with teeth from Boehner.
(Yeah, I know, but he still wants to hang onto his speakership.)
But seriously, Obama would immediately mock and ridicule the bill, snorting with derision at the thought that such a thing was even worthy of being contemplated. Then he'd get Dianne Feinstein to get her panties in a wad, so as to avoid answering the question.
Posted by: pep at March 17, 2013 05:37 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes again! at March 17, 2013 05:37 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 17, 2013 05:37 PM (G9qZk)
anyway, if every year they can make you pay a tax on your house, a tax on your car, a tax on your boat... why can't they make you pay a tax on your savings?
Posted by: mallfly at March 17, 2013 05:32 PM (bJm7W)
Ooh, that's a good point.
Don't be giving them any ideas.
Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2013 05:38 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: avg cyp at March 17, 2013 05:38 PM (/A1Rb)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:37 PM (Gk3SS)
Damn.
On the upside, it was a euphemism then huh?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:38 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jem at March 17, 2013 05:35 PM (7g1yh)
Like all trolls, it's irrelevant.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 17, 2013 05:39 PM (bxiXv)
On the upside, it was a euphemism then huh?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:38 PM (GEICT)
Now, let's be honest. That took way longer than anyone thought it would.
If you'll look out you'll window, you'll see that Polly says hi.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:40 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: AE at March 17, 2013 05:40 PM (HYceo)
How's that gonna work Bwanna? Radiation knows no boundaries you goof.
If you're so proud of Africa, name one great invention from there. One great Empire. (Egypt don't count) One great Book?
Africa is a pit of despair because of climate, disease and tribalism have all conspired to create the perfect storm that denies men the time and leisure to think great and inventive/innovative thoughts.
Only due to colonialism were some areas elevated to higher orders of civilization and when the colonial powers left most sank back to the previous levels.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:40 PM (Kpn/z)
Smashburger was closed to the public for the night when two men entered the establishment shortly after 10:30 p.m., Police Officer Todd Colaianni said Sunday.
One of the two men allegedly brandished a handgun during the holdup, Colaianni said. Five employees were in the restaurant at the time of the incident, he said.
The incident was still under investigation, and it was unclear Sunday what the men had taken, he said.
Hum? I've eaten there and I did not think my burger was so good, but I swear I had nothing to do with this!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:40 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: mallfly at March 17, 2013 05:40 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:40 PM (j3uk1)
And that debt is in American dollars! For whatever that's worth...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 05:41 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: occam at March 17, 2013 05:41 PM (mY4rX)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:40 PM (Gk3SS)
Oh. Clever girl.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 05:42 PM (GEICT)
Though I would also have chosen "Obama blames Rand's filibuster"...
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 17, 2013 05:42 PM (SUKHu)
What's not to like?
All the ass-play and none of the genocide.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/aek-player-trouble-over-nazi-salute
Posted by: naturalfake at March 17, 2013 05:42 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: AE at March 17, 2013 05:40 PM (HYceo)
If you have an old car it's not wrong to dent their bumpers a bit. Well at least that's my opinion and as a full fledged member of the tribe, I give you a dispensation from the New Pope to do that
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:42 PM (jE38p)
A few of us at work have discussed draining our 401K accounts and taking the penalty on multiple occasions to keep those shit-stain mother fuckers from getting our money.
Posted by: Timmay! at March 17, 2013 05:43 PM (bys1Q)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at March 17, 2013 05:43 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: Whatev at March 17, 2013 05:43 PM (A7Wh1)
Officials involved in last night’s talks said the changes in the levy’s
rates were in flux, but they could see the higher rate increase to as
much as 12.5 per cent while the smaller deposits could be about 3.5 per
cent."
We'll only steal half as much from the regular guy and steal more from "the rich" and that will fix everything.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:44 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Roger the Shrubber at March 17, 2013 04:51 PM (hfvAj)
===
where have you been? We have been looking all over for you.
Posted by: the knights that say "Nee" at March 17, 2013 05:44 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: angel with a sword at March 17, 2013 05:44 PM (3RiPs)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:44 PM (j3uk1)
From the link;
The 20-year-old Katidis pleaded ignorance of the meaning of his
gesture — right arm extended and hand straightened. He claimed on his
Twitter account that he detests fascism.
AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen, said the player doesn't have an "idea about politics."
Ummmmm, no. That guy was sieg heiling if ever anyone was. Scary times.
Posted by: pep at March 17, 2013 05:45 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: jc at March 17, 2013 05:45 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Chief Justice 'Admiral Ackbar' Roberts at March 17, 2013 05:45 PM (MMC8r)
Whew!
No gambling for me.
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 05:46 PM (V70Uh)
Well, class envy tactics like that worked wonders here last November so it ought to fly.
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:46 PM (j3uk1)
The caller called in and said that all the foreign policy problems we have now are because Americans are disrespectful towards Obama and therefore other nations don't respect him.
I hadda turn it off.
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 05:46 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Whatev at March 17, 2013 05:43 PM (A7Wh1)
The banks are closed on Monday. That's another reason that this stinks to high heaven, announced after the close of markets on the Friday night before a bank holiday weekend. Oh and btw the levy amount got magically frozen in the accounts. But this was all a tragic one off necessity that will never ever be replicated. Uh. Huh.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:47 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:48 PM (j3uk1)
It's me again.
Give all of your money to naturalfake.
It's the right thing to do.
And, uh...while you're at it. Buy him a gallon jug of Val-U-Rite......
....yeah.
Posted by: The Holy Spirit at March 17, 2013 05:48 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:49 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:49 PM (jE38p)
*bounces more*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:49 PM (Gk3SS)
More awesome from zerohedge. Apparently the banksters and socialists are
surprised by the reaction they're getting which lead to this:
Officials involved in last night’s talks said the changes in the levy’s
rates were in flux, but they could see the higher rate increase to as
much as 12.5 per cent while the smaller deposits could be about 3.5 per
cent."
We'll only steal half as much from the regular guy and steal more from "the rich" and that will fix everything.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:44 PM (hO9ad)
===
Translation from the Bureaucratese -- The old, whom have had time to save and will lose the most also tend to be less volatile and dangerous ---
The young, whom have not yet had much time to save, and therefore don't have much to take, will probably kill all our asses so we better find a way to calm them down.
Never mind that the old actually need it because they no longer have much working life left to replace their money, after all, it is the safety of my bureaucrat ass we are talking about.
Posted by: jc at March 17, 2013 05:50 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Guido at March 17, 2013 05:50 PM (NQq8e)
Banks in Europe generally will be open tomorrow unless there's been news to the contrary.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:51 PM (hO9ad)
12.5% is going to make bigger ones outright say 'fuck it.' If the big accounts get pulled, it really doesn't matter near as much what the little ones do.
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 05:51 PM (MMC8r)
There is no underestimating the stupidity of a European Bureaucrat.
Even American ones are smarter than this.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:52 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Special Joey B. at March 17, 2013 05:54 PM (MMC8r)
We may be seeing some heavy influx of Russian mob money and Cypriot money by Thursday.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:54 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Homer_Simpson_Bowles at March 17, 2013 05:55 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:55 PM (j3uk1)
Angela's way of saying fuck all y'all.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 05:56 PM (hO9ad)
The whole supposed purpose of this deal was to prevent Cypriot banks from going under. If enough people take all their money out, the banks will go under anyway.
OR worse yet, there will be collateral calls that will ripple through the system and OTHER banks on the continent may be affected which if THAT spreads will affect banks here.
Ever watch those huge domino displays where it starts out slow and the next thing you know 20 rows get knocked down at once?
Well, watch this . . .
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:57 PM (Kpn/z)
Well the Euro is now down about 1.2% against USD, GBP
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:55 PM (j3uk1)
At lest we get free shit from the government.
Posted by: Euro Trash at March 17, 2013 05:57 PM (mETGQ)
Boehner issues a statement agreeing with him.
Posted by: waelse1 at March 17, 2013 05:58 PM (0x0Ic)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 05:58 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 17, 2013 05:58 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 05:58 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 05:59 PM (j3uk1)
From Agincourt to Waterloo
Poitiers and then Anjou
The Roses War, the Hundred Years
Through battlefields of blood and tears
From Bosworth Field to Pointe Du Hoc
Stalingard and the siege of York
The bloody turf of Gallipoli
Had no effect on the killing spree
Bannockburn to Austerlitz
The fall of France and the German blitz
The cruelest of atrocities
Europa's blood is borne of these
Heaven help in all our battles
Heaven see love, heaven help us
Bolshevisks and feudal lords
Chivalry to civil wars
Fascist rule and genocide
Now we face the rising tide
Of new crusades, religious wars
Insurgents imported to our shores
The western world, gripped in fear
The mother of all battles here
Heaven help in all our battles
Heaven see love, heaven help us
Avant hier, avons ętre
Déja demain, (nous) sommes éclairée
All glory, all honor
Victory is upon us
Our savior, fight evil
Send armies to defend us
Empires built, and nations burned
Mass graves remain unturned
Decendants of the dispossessed
Return with bombs strapped to their chests
There's hate for life, and death in hate
Emerging from the new caliphate
The victors of this war on fear
Will rule for the next thousand years
All glory, all honor
Victory is upon us
Our savior, fight evil
Send armies to defend us
Europa, Europa
Find better days before us
In kindness, in spirit
Lead us to a greater calling
Europa, Europa
Find better days before us
In kindness, in spirit
Lead us to a greater calling
Lennigrad, Berlin wall
March on Rome, Byzantium's fall
Lightning war, Dresden nights
Drop the bomb, end this fight!
Never again!
Posted by: Whatev at March 17, 2013 05:59 PM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 05:59 PM (MMC8r)
'Direct Deposit'...has now become a Bad Idea.
I would imagine that a lot of people in Cypress will be trying to cancel their 'direct deposit' arrangements, with employers...and any other entities that they've set up direct depositing with.
That could be an effect here, as well....people cancelling their 'direct deposit' arrangements.
Posted by: wheatie at March 17, 2013 05:59 PM (rwujx)
According to comments elsewhere, anybody who shorted the Yen with Euro's (which you would have done when the bank of Japan declared it was going to print until the Nikkei rose 20% a few weeks back) is very sad right now.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 06:00 PM (hO9ad)
They just showed the Pope again, greeting the crowds. But he did run into an Italian bank and withdrew all of his life savings...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 06:00 PM (AC0lD)
Well, watch this . . .
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:57 PM (Kpn/z)
How do you say "Hold my beer" in Cypriot?
/it's a real language, just like Austrian
Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2013 06:00 PM (sdi6R)
How's that retiring at 55, 4 day work week and 2 months vacation looking now?
Reminds me of the steelworker I knew in the '70's who used to brag about his benefits and how little he had to work. Steel went belly up in the '80's and labor still hasn't recovered from the hit. What isn't imported is made using automation. The Steel Workers Union walks real small these days and don't say much.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 06:00 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 06:01 PM (+iA5G)
Hey, is it poor form to ask you guys to donate to my PAC? Because I want to ask you guys to throw me $25 or $50 each to get the ball rolling, and I don't know whether I should.
Crap I guess I just did. But still, what do you think?
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 06:01 PM (I2LwF)
That could be an effect here, as well....people cancelling their 'direct deposit' arrangements.
Ho ray for us.
Posted by: USPS at March 17, 2013 06:02 PM (mETGQ)
into an Italian bank and withdrew all of his life savings...
That's funnier, given Francis' biography.
Posted by: Methos at March 17, 2013 06:02 PM (hO9ad)
That could be an effect here, as well....people cancelling their 'direct deposit' arrangements.
Hell, I'd be taking my pay in canned goods and gasoline.
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 06:03 PM (MMC8r)
into an Italian bank and withdrew all of his life savings...
Probably forgot his Vatican Express card.
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 06:03 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 06:04 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at March 17, 2013 05:49 PM (Gk3SS)
*faints*
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 06:05 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Caroline B. Onasis at March 17, 2013 06:06 PM (bGlsD)
Luckily we have the smartest, wisest President in US history now
Posted by: Questionman at March 17, 2013 06:09 PM (3w4WK)
That's funnier, given Francis' biography.
*****
Actually, his savings are safe in a stable South American bank
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 06:09 PM (MhA4j)
The best you can get is a direct deposit in a debit card with low or no fees but I tried it and it sucks big time.
I figure what will happen will happen and if I can draw my money out fine but let's face it when we get to that point, the cash won't be worth much anyway.
I'm trying to stash away as much extra (what little there is) in stuff I'll need to get by if all payments stop or some bank incident happens.
I started stashing ammo before doing so was so widespread. I buy extra TP (toilet paper is a better invention than fire in my estimation), food and renovation/improvements to the ol' homestead.
One shining star this year; they did a reeval on property taxes and my taxes actually went down!!!!!11!!!! I know! I kept thinking it was a mistake but I got my first bill and it was 1/4 the previous amount.
Wooot!. Now I'm waiting for them to find some other way to f**k me.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 06:09 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 06:09 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 06:09 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: james at March 17, 2013 06:09 PM (1PqiV)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at March 17, 2013 06:10 PM (NZRyg)
100 morons give $25, that gets us started. 100 morons give $50, and we can actually play ball this cycle.
100 morons give $100, and we can win two state rep seats.
And when it's up and running, I can show everybody here how to do it in their state.
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 06:11 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 06:12 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2013 06:13 PM (sdi6R)
There was bouncing???
And I missed it!?!?!?!?
Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
.......
:::: sniff ::::
There is no God.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 17, 2013 06:13 PM (PMyCT)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 06:13 PM (j3uk1)
Hmm...maybe this is why all those big money donors who backed Barky, have alreadystashed their millions in off-shore banks?
Posted by: wheatie at March 17, 2013 06:13 PM (rwujx)
Try again later in the summer. Depending on further events on the Continent or Incontinent.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 06:13 PM (Kpn/z)
----
Last I checked most banana republics had more individual rights than the USA. Here they just seize your assets and put you in prison for a minimum of 2 years awaiting a fixed trial which they will win, since breathing in the US is a crime in one way or another.
Posted by: Whatev at March 17, 2013 06:14 PM (A7Wh1)
It's not television. It's NBC.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 17, 2013 06:14 PM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 17, 2013 06:13 PM (PMyCT)
No, no. There is a God.
There is no SPOON.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 06:14 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 06:15 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: George "I crashed the Bank of England" Soros at March 17, 2013 06:15 PM (G9qZk)
***
I had two RF techs in France on a system installation tell me the ATMs are out of cash in their end of town.
Trying to find out if this is EU wide right now.
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 06:15 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 06:16 PM (j3uk1)
*Raises pinky to corner of lip*
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 06:16 PM (Kpn/z)
"How will the Russian mob react to having their money stolen by foreign governments?"
I predict the unelected plutocrats running the EU in Brussels will be finding out what Russians mean when they say (in a phrase which does not translate into English with anywhere near the sense of brutality) "we will make you bloody in the toilet".
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at March 17, 2013 06:16 PM (KCvsd)
BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAA!!!!111!!!!!
Posted by: George "I crashed the Bank of England" Soros
Bwa hahahahahaha.
Posted by: Satan, roasting George Soros on a spit, very, very soon at March 17, 2013 06:16 PM (6TB1Z)
SLAAVERY! You all own slaves and our FINE NEGRO President freed them ALL at the Battles of Montezuma MoNkEYMoNkEYMoNkEYMoNkEYMoNkEY
My eyeballs are sussploding with rage! Rage! RAGE! - You can't get me Mitt Romney , get out of my bathroom!
MoNkEYMoNkEY CONNNNNSS!
Nothing you say is true nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing
!
LA LA LA LA LA you are talkng but I not listening SHUTTUP
Posted by: KwerstchunMan - curled in a puddle in the fetal position at March 17, 2013 06:17 PM (EZl54)
Over 38,000 contracts have traded in S&P 500 futures in the first 5 minutes ($2.9bn notional) - 30 times the average for a sunday night...
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 06:17 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 06:01 PM (I2LwF)
Just know we'll send HoboRaiders after you if you embezzle the money.
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at March 17, 2013 06:17 PM (FsUAO)
crowds. But he did run into an Italian bank and withdrew all of his life
savings...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 06:00 PM (AC0lD)
Seen this shit hit back home.
Posted by: Pope at March 17, 2013 06:18 PM (AWmfW)
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 06:18 PM (MhA4j)
Okay
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 06:19 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: Mr. SMOD at March 17, 2013 06:19 PM (mETGQ)
individual rights than the USA. Here they just seize your assets and put
you in prison for a minimum of 2 years awaiting a fixed trial which
they will win, since breathing in the US is a crime in one way or
another.
Posted by: Whatev at March 17, 2013 06:14 PM (A7Wh1)
Tax , TAX TAX TAX TAX!!!
Posted by: Justass Roberts at March 17, 2013 06:19 PM (AWmfW)
It is called "capitalism" and Soros is one of the best at it.
Posted by: Herbert Hymenhopper at March 17, 2013 06:20 PM (IhNgM)
Posted by: Bones McCoy at March 17, 2013 06:20 PM (MhA4j)
FIFY
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 17, 2013 06:21 PM (PMyCT)
Posted by: Bamberg, baby at March 17, 2013 05:18 PM (Dll6b
Isn't Warner Barracks supposed to close down?
Posted by: Ma Bell at March 17, 2013 06:21 PM (uVuwp)
Cyprus has universal firearm registration and background checks to own firearms. You need to be specially licensed on top of all that to own a handgun or a semi auto assault rifle which includes background checks, YOU need to demonstrate a good reason to own it (hunting, collectiong, shooting sports, personal protection etc.). Background checks look into domestic violence, mental health,criminal history, yada yada.
Sound familiar? Kind of like what the government wants to do here.
I wonder if the US "gummit" knows something they are not telling us?
Doh! Man I gotta check my bank balance. BRB!
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at March 17, 2013 06:21 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: George Soros at March 17, 2013 06:22 PM (EZl54)
And what will they do after they take the 12% and everyone bails and the banks have nothing?
The
whole supposed purpose of this deal was to prevent Cypriot banks from
going under. If enough people take all their money out, the banks will
go under anyway.
OR worse yet, there will be collateral calls
that will ripple through the system and OTHER banks on the continent may
be affected which if THAT spreads will affect banks here.
Ever watch those huge domino displays where it starts out slow and the next thing you know 20 rows get knocked down at once?
Well, watch this . . .
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 17, 2013 05:57 PM
Yep. All I can do now is look out for the CCL ( Cute, or crazy, Cat Lady ) and my family of Black Angels ATS.
( Across the street- vague LGF-GCP ref.... )
And myself. That's it.
Posted by: backhoe at March 17, 2013 06:22 PM (ULH4o)
Kay, you ignorant slut, why don't you go back to sucking dick.
Posted by: jem at March 17, 2013 06:23 PM (7g1yh)
Convicted felon and unrepentant NAZI collaborator George Soros is a master of manipulating government banking and trading regulation to suit his investments. He cheats the market by having the refs change the rules to allow him to always win the game.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at March 17, 2013 06:23 PM (KCvsd)
I think so, but there's still some ash and trash units there.
Man, there was a little imbiss stand right outside the front gate where you could get a monster schnitzel sandwich for like....3 marks.
Good times. Good times.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 17, 2013 06:24 PM (PMyCT)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 06:25 PM (j3uk1)
IIRC, that's a ten percent hit on the principle, and gets added to (and taxed) as 'ordinary' income.
Not that much different then what the Cyprussy's just got hit with.
Posted by: Regular Moron at March 17, 2013 06:25 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 06:25 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 06:26 PM (+iA5G)
1) extremely low interest rates
2) high/rising inflation
are the same circumstances being caused by policies put into place by-
Surprise! the Soros supported King Putt and the Democrat party.
Imagine that.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 17, 2013 06:28 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at March 17, 2013 06:28 PM (DGIjM)
This is what we are always talking about: direct action, throw out he RINOs, take back our government. I want you to know that we can do this, and I want you to see it work.
That takes money. So... I just talked myself into asking i guess.
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 06:29 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 06:30 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 06:30 PM (j3uk1)
Posted by: edmund at March 17, 2013 06:30 PM (rCS6C)
Ah, spot gold rose 2.34% against the Euro just now
Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 17, 2013 06:25 PM (j3uk1)
Silver up 8% on NY Globex open
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 06:25 PM (MhA4j)
and Leon's getting LAAAARRRRRGER!!!!
Posted by: Johnny at March 17, 2013 06:30 PM (mETGQ)
You mean you can't get a SocSec payment unless you have a bank account?
Might be a good time to switch to a Credit Union, instead of using a bank.
I think the Feds would have a tough time trying to confiscate money out of a Credit Union account.
Credit Unions are run like a private club...you have to join and pay a membership fee (usually small) to open an account there.
Posted by: wheatie at March 17, 2013 06:31 PM (rwujx)
Posted by: Jon Corzine at March 17, 2013 06:31 PM (AWmfW)
Posted by: Cyprus Banks at March 17, 2013 06:32 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 06:33 PM (+iA5G)
You think I would have learned. You owe me a Sam Adams.
Since most of it is on the floor now.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 17, 2013 06:33 PM (PMyCT)
Posted by: eman at March 17, 2013 06:33 PM (64rcm)
And backer of liberal causes.
Back bloated government, then exploit it. The Democrat Way.
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 06:34 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Prez'nit Carnival O'Cruise at March 17, 2013 06:34 PM (vbh31)
They changed it to debit cards and direct deposit maybe 4-5 years ago to cut down on theft and fraud.
The same was attempted with EBT cards and is why crooked states like CA/MA wrote in provisions to allow their cards to withdraw cash directly at ATMs. Frauds and professional welfare recipients avoid having bank accounts like the plague because it would leave a paper trail and expose undeclared assets or double dipping of benefits.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at March 17, 2013 06:34 PM (KCvsd)
There's no safer place to keep your organization's money than our vaults.
Posted by: Cyprus Banks at March 17, 2013 06:32 PM (G9qZk)
Heh.
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 06:35 PM (I2LwF)
Hedge at least a fraction into BTC, or go fully Precious Metals, else you will loose the most with fiat monies!
(Insert: "We warned and fully told you so.")
Posted by: MoJoTee at March 17, 2013 06:35 PM (e1kfW)
Posted by: Slack-Jawed Yokel at March 17, 2013 06:36 PM (hh8rX)
There's no safer place to keep your organization's money than our vaults.
Posted by: Cyprus Banks
I think I'd go with Gringott's.
Posted by: Retread at March 17, 2013 06:37 PM (zxitI)
Doesn't matter. All do daily electronic reporting with the Fed, and are part of the same network.
And all operate on fractional reserve.
Credit union doesn't want to participate? Tough, your morning upload will have the transactions already processed for you.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 06:37 PM (lhNul)
Posted by: Jumbo O'Shrimp Fitzpatrick award winning commenter at March 17, 2013 06:37 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: Greek Nazi at March 17, 2013 06:37 PM (G9qZk)
Let me clarify. Credit unions are great. But will do nothing to protect you from this sort of event if it occurs here.
Fuck the big banks though, use a CU.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 06:38 PM (lhNul)
An' yer ol' lady has just gone down ♫
Posted by: Barack Zappa at March 17, 2013 06:39 PM (feFL6)
Good times. Good times.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 17, 2013 06:24 PM (PMyCT)
Was there this Christmas. There is nothing left from the good ole times
Posted by: Ma Bell at March 17, 2013 06:39 PM (uVuwp)
Posted by: The Dude at March 17, 2013 06:39 PM (vJdyz)
o/t but sorry for the lack of gaming thread today. It was a
miscommunication on my part and throw in working this weekend at a show
and I screwed up
---------
ah, well. if it showed up regularly, we'd just start taking it for granted.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 17, 2013 06:42 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 17, 2013 06:42 PM (1c58W)
but no award winning cosplayer makes me a sad panda
Posted by: The Dude at March 17, 2013 06:46 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: navybrat at March 17, 2013 06:46 PM (3M8g3)
Thomas Wolfe was right.
You can't go home again.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 17, 2013 06:48 PM (O9c7W)
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 06:49 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Angela Merkel at March 17, 2013 06:50 PM (kZilO)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 06:50 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 06:50 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: Pope Francis at March 17, 2013 06:51 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 06:52 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: Prez'nit Holiday Inn O'Express at March 17, 2013 06:52 PM (vbh31)
Y'all enjoyin' our high holy day?
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 06:52 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: BuddyPC at March 17, 2013 05:11 PM (jfUIE)
Because actually our bases there are very crucial forward operating basis for us and with out them it would have been difficult to project the kind of power we did and continue to in the Middle East and Africa.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2013 05:16 PM (jE38p)
A) That's been working out well.
B) There are plus-forward operating theatres beyond Europe where we could operate from, where we'd be more appreciated beyond mere subsidization.
Germany projects to Afpak, how?
Posted by: BuddyPC at March 17, 2013 06:52 PM (jfUIE)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 06:53 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 06:53 PM (AJM+z)
Let the Turks start nosing around again. That'll fix things.
I doubt the Turks want to take on that headache. They've got a strong currency, and strong economy, and sticking their nose into that stinky mess would only be doing Greece a favor.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 17, 2013 06:53 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 06:53 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 06:54 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: simon jester at March 17, 2013 06:54 PM (EhSF0)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 06:55 PM (MIhYM)
How long after AF1 lands do you think it will take the SCOAMF to embarrass and insult the Israelis? Not to mention the whole US. Is there any thing that this guy can't fuck up?
Posted by: Cheri at March 17, 2013 06:55 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: History at March 17, 2013 06:55 PM (LJAdd)
Posted by: JDTAY at March 17, 2013 06:56 PM (a0nis)
Posted by: Zombie Archduke Franz O'Ferdinand at March 17, 2013 06:57 PM (vbh31)
Posted by: frankettestein at March 17, 2013 06:57 PM (XYSwB)
He's got an advance team, and given their behavior recently I'd guess they'll take care of the embarrass and insult bit before SCOAMF touches Israeli soil.
Posted by: Retread at March 17, 2013 06:57 PM (zxitI)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 17, 2013 06:57 PM (Bxa7y)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 06:58 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: eman at March 17, 2013 06:58 PM (64rcm)
Hubert it's called monetary adventurism, if I had a cartel with the assets to play Judo with central banks it is many things "capitalism" ain't one of 'em...
if $oro$ wasn't a fucking moonbat you'd burn him in effigy
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 17, 2013 06:59 PM (LRFds)
On St. Patrick's Day, everybody wishes they were Irish.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 06:54 PM (AJM+z)
It's easy to pretend, these days.*
*See POTUS
Posted by: sun worshipper at March 17, 2013 06:59 PM (XYSwB)
I think he'll just take a standing pee out the open plane door.
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 07:00 PM (MMC8r)
Hey, O'Fappers!! I see I voted with the majority (for a fuckin' change).
Just back from the pub, before the cops even knew I was out there.
Y'all enjoyin' our high holy day?
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 06:52 PM (AJM+z)
--I got too trashed Friday night celebrating in advance. Been nice and quiet today, catching up on chores.
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 07:00 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: simon jester at March 17, 2013 07:00 PM (EhSF0)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:01 PM (AJM+z)
Q: What's the difference between Cyprus and the vacuum of space?
A: In Cyprus, they can hear their screaming.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 07:01 PM (MIhYM)
Banks - risky
Irish sweepstakes - an investment
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 06:53 PM (MIhYM)
Yup.
Posted by: Ned Devine at March 17, 2013 07:02 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: JDTAY at March 17, 2013 07:02 PM (a0nis)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:02 PM (/1U3u)
On St. Patrick's Day, everybody wishes they were Irish.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 06:54 PM (AJM+z)
Irish girls are just askin' for a spankin'.
http://tinyurl.com/cqg3ydw
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 17, 2013 07:02 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: eman at March 17, 2013 07:02 PM (64rcm)
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 07:02 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Zombie Alexander The Great at March 17, 2013 07:03 PM (vbh31)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 07:03 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: Cyprus Street Vendor at March 17, 2013 07:04 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 07:05 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Zombie Marlon O'Brando at March 17, 2013 07:05 PM (vbh31)
Posted by: simon jester at March 17, 2013 07:05 PM (EhSF0)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:06 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 07:07 PM (MIhYM)
Posted by: logprof, wishing nhe did not have to stay dry today at March 17, 2013 07:08 PM (+iA5G)
the people who are really steamed are ex-pats, many of them British citizens, who moved there for retirement, due to the lowr cost of living and actual sunshine more then 50 days per year.
Some of them n zero hedge's comments are thinking of leaving and going back to Britain.
There is also some grumbling of how the property values have gone down
Silly people. What ever made them think they would be allowed to keep their own money?
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 07:08 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Prez'nit Lucky Charms at March 17, 2013 07:10 PM (vbh31)
Posted by: DailyDish at March 17, 2013 07:10 PM (+b3dK)
Coming all too soon to a neighborhood near you. Thanks, fascist fraud and your butt-fugly wife-thingy.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:11 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: Ronster at March 17, 2013 07:11 PM (pDjY6)
Posted by: simon jester at March 17, 2013 07:05 PM
And your garden is already tilled when they're done.
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 17, 2013 07:12 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: The Dukes at March 17, 2013 07:12 PM (vbh31)
Posted by: Ronster at March 17, 2013 07:11 PM (pDjY6)
that whole snake thing wasn't a clue?
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:12 PM (AJM+z)
Isn't Irish like Native American? Everybody has a drop or two in them?
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 07:13 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Fauxcahontas at March 17, 2013 07:15 PM (vbh31)
And Chem even got the keys for a spin.
Who says I can't read.
And, my teechers wuz all democrats!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 07:15 PM (mkb9H)
all those hot wimmin, willing and available, and they need to spend time and energy on a 'cashless society'
so their banks will steal ten percent of your digital money.........digitally
Posted by: the weariest river at March 17, 2013 07:16 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: logprof, wishing nhe did not have to stay dry today at March 17, 2013 07:16 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Ronster at March 17, 2013 07:17 PM (pDjY6)
--
That question assumes the MSM tells people about it. What are the odds?
Posted by: Mayday at March 17, 2013 07:17 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: The Greeks at March 17, 2013 07:19 PM (vbh31)
I have been buying tangible things lately. Got a scooter and some bullets and some silver rounds. A generator for the camper. Stuff they cannot just withhold from me. You want it, come and take it, bitchez.
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:19 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: eman at March 17, 2013 07:19 PM (64rcm)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:20 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:20 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 07:20 PM (DoZD+)
I am glad I have been buying silver.
I have been buying tangible things lately. Got a scooter and some
bullets and some silver rounds. A generator for the camper. Stuff they
cannot just withhold from me. You want it, come and take it, bitchez.
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:19 PM (/1U3u)
--Well, if the apocalypse turns out to be werewolves instead of zombies, you'll be sitting pretty.
Posted by: logprof, wishing nhe did not have to stay dry today at March 17, 2013 07:20 PM (+iA5G)
Hopefully. Else it will only be upon us once King Putt and the rest of the Insane Clown Posse in DC come after our IRA's and 401k's - and the burning necessary to restore balance will be so, so, so much worse by then.
Posted by: DocJ at March 17, 2013 07:20 PM (V20sy)
And yeah, I've been drinking Harp
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 07:21 PM (mkb9H)
Silver rounds means bullion though.
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:22 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: The Greeks at March 17, 2013 07:19 PM (vbh31)
Yeah, we've all heard way too much about "greek style." Just try to use some lube, eh?
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:23 PM (AJM+z)
got any Irish in ya?
Basic white Euro mix. Plus Native American. Can't for the life of me tell you which tribe. My physique screams German. Not the tall, statuesque ones.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 07:23 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 07:24 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:20 PM (AJM+z)
Likewise.
Posted by: Ronster at March 17, 2013 07:24 PM (pDjY6)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 07:24 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 07:21 PM (mkb9H)
OMG, the Guiness/Harp girls were the most smokin' at teh Irish pub today. Drop dead gorgeous, cute little (very little) outfits, awesome shwag. Nice choice, Captain!
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:25 PM (AJM+z)
We will never leave our Cypriot brother's behind.
Posted by: The Greeks at March 17, 2013 07:19 PM (vbh31)
Yeah, we've all heard way too much about "greek style." Just try to use some lube, eh?
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:23 PM (AJM+z)
--Isn't that the original use for Grecian Formula?
Posted by: logprof, wishing nhe did not have to stay dry today at March 17, 2013 07:25 PM (+iA5G)
I'm hoarding non-perishables. All my adult kids have assembled a bug-out bag. My son-in-law is storing up guns ammo like he just discovered zombies.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 07:25 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:26 PM (/1U3u)
Of course, Europeans have been invading each other for so long, I doubt it matters.
Posted by: eman at March 17, 2013 07:27 PM (64rcm)
Posted by: Apocalyptic Squirrel at March 17, 2013 07:27 PM (vbh31)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 07:28 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:29 PM (AJM+z)
I'm pretty sure I'm zero percent Mediterranean though, that's a relief.
Posted by: JDTAY at March 17, 2013 07:29 PM (a0nis)
Posted by: Post Apocalyptic Squirrel Hunter at March 17, 2013 07:30 PM (EZl54)
*shrugs*
Close as I could get.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 07:30 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: logprof, wishing he did not have to stay dry today at March 17, 2013 07:31 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:25 PM (AJM+z)
We had corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and soda bread for Sunday "dinner" at noon with my P-I-l's. I wasn't lucky enough to get "out".
Been doing marathon laundry (8 loads, so far) and teh Facebook, interwebz all afternoon. And drankin'. I'm trying to figure how to make laundry a timed, competitive sport. You know - to make it "fun". Cuz it sux!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 07:31 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 07:20 PM (DoZD+)
=======================================
My grandfather had a saying, back in the 1970s: "God has a special place in hell for the press."
Posted by: Die Trying at March 17, 2013 07:32 PM (w7J/R)
I'm trying to figure how to make laundry a timed, competitive sport. You know - to make it "fun". Cuz it sux!
I can't imagine doing it all at once. I'd lose it. I do about a load a day. Only way to make it bearable.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 17, 2013 07:33 PM (DoZD+)
So cravenly jealous of your cb(ampersand)c. And, dude, I always time my laundry. With the microwave timer. 8 loads? WTF, you have a cast of thousands over there? That is just crazee.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:34 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 17, 2013 07:36 PM (EnWdk)
Posted by: In Soviet Russia... at March 17, 2013 07:36 PM (WlLWl)
vs
I can't imagine doing it all at once. I'd lose it. I do about a load a day.
Eureka!
Women and men are ..... different !
I'd like a 7million dollar federal grant to study the laundry gap between the sexes, please.
Posted by: Post Apocalyptic Squirrel Hunter at March 17, 2013 07:36 PM (EZl54)
Someone hit a telephone pole a mile away from the house last week. Power out around the area. Thought I'd check on the ancient neighbors, so I pulled out the old hard wired phone. Check.
Plugged hit in and got dial tone. Check.
Called the old neighbors and the old MIL a mile away. Not check
They all have broad band phone through Time Warner. No power to the little modem thingy that works the phones. And of course they don't have any of their old hardwired phones.
Called their cell phones. Besides them all being deaf as posts, the cell towers were either down from the power outage, or jammed due to the ramped up cellular traffic.
I live in a highly developed, reasonably well run city. One guy has a heart attack and knocks down a creosote telephone/power pole, and everyone is completely out of touch.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 07:37 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: T.Hunter at March 17, 2013 07:39 PM (EZl54)
Yes, they're much safer here with me at the helm. Heh.
Posted by: Prez'nit O'Drone at March 17, 2013 07:39 PM (vbh31)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:39 PM (/1U3u)
And Mrs. has, admitedly, been doing more than the lioness's share of the "homework" lately. So it was "my turn".
2 teenagers, and the bedsheets (this time), towels, etc. I am "close to the end". Everything's folded.
But nothing is "put away" yet. Dammit!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 07:40 PM (mkb9H)
I'm thinking
It's all over when I go out drinking
Oh, makin' my mind slow,
That's why I don't fuck wit da big 4-0
Bro', I got ta maintain
`Cause a nigg@ like me is goin' insane
Insane in the membrane
Insane in the brain!
Insane in the membrane
Insane in the brain!
Posted by: Cyprus Hill at March 17, 2013 07:41 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at March 17, 2013 07:41 PM (WlLWl)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:42 PM (/1U3u)
Captain Morgan is Irish. Close enough anyway.
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:42 PM (/1U3u)
--I hope you're not passing up Jameson or Bushmills for the Cpatain!
Posted by: Cyprus Hill at March 17, 2013 07:42 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 07:43 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 07:43 PM (V70Uh)
Yea, I do that job at my house too. Two queen beds and one king bed. It is a herculean task just to do the bed sheets and then remake the beds.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 07:44 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 07:37 PM (4Mv1T)
ATT ditched hard line phones here actually.
Everything runs through Uverse now.
Granted, Uverse runs through the copper phone lines so there's that. But it still requires a UPS to power the VDSL modem. (They provide one for you. I haven't had cause to test it yet.)
Posted by: tsrblke at March 17, 2013 07:44 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 07:44 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 17, 2013 07:45 PM (EnWdk)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 07:45 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:46 PM (/1U3u)
Bought 100 rds. of .223 for $0.65/rd (limit 1) Friday afternoon. Crazy prices, but it was there. Not for long! And, I finally got that 200 lumen Sure-fire I've been coveting for 6 weeks. Whoo-hoo!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 07:46 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:46 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 17, 2013 07:47 PM (EnWdk)
uh, no. Teh Irish shit better booze than that. No disrespect, but srsly???
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:48 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 07:48 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: el guapo at March 17, 2013 07:48 PM (LZ6Kl)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:46 PM (AJM+z)
Is there something you need to tell us honey?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 17, 2013 07:48 PM (BZ/mS)
I don't know how to do that, and I left the rest of the shwag on my darlin' ghey neighbor's doorknob, but trust me, it's freakin' the cat out bigtime.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:49 PM (AJM+z)
The Catholics will speak to you at the ABC/Liquor Store!
Bad-um-bum!!!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 07:51 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Ronster at March 17, 2013 07:51 PM (pDjY6)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 07:46 PM (AJM+z)
You put the vajazzling in the wrong place.
Posted by: Anne Hathaway at March 17, 2013 07:52 PM (+iA5G)
Funny that. Went to a little shop to try and find a holster for the new pocket cannon. Found one, and overheard a guy buying a brick of .22 for a surprisingly reasonable price. I have almost quit asking if anyone has .223/5.56. I looked across the counter and there were three boxes of 50rd .223 Rem. UMC at 29.99 a box. I bought two. Left one for the next guy, although I expect they have more in back, just don't put it all out at once.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 07:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 07:54 PM (+iA5G)
He has more patience than I do.
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 07:55 PM (piMMO)
Then Obama suggests we do the same thing here. MSM says we only oppose Obama because he's black.
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 07:55 PM (MMC8r)
I'm hoarding non-perishables. All my adult kids have assembled a bug-out
bag. My son-in-law is storing up guns ammo like he just discovered
zombies.
I just labeled my neighbors as ground chuck, or jerky, or stew meat.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 17, 2013 07:57 PM (0IhFx)
Posted by: JDTAY at March 17, 2013 07:58 PM (a0nis)
You know, so I can have a sort of memento of those rifles that were tragically lost in the boating accident?
Posted by: T.Hunter - let it burn at March 17, 2013 07:59 PM (EZl54)
I think Norm's trollin' and laughing at every response.
Posted by: zsasz at March 17, 2013 08:00 PM (MMC8r)
re: Scots/ Irish:
The Scots were originally from Ireland, way back when, they crossed over to Britain, hence the similarities of Irish and Scots Gaelic.
Once they converted to Protestantism, the Brits used them to colonize the north of Ireland, most of Ulster, drivingout most ofthe resident Catholic population.
Brits knew how to colonize, and that's the reason for the six counties of Northern Ireland not joining the Free State of Eire.
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:01 PM (ymcQt)
re: Scots/ Irish:
The Scots were originally from Ireland, way
back when, they crossed over to Britain, hence the similarities of
Irish and Scots Gaelic.
Once they converted to Protestantism, the
Brits used them to colonize the north of Ireland, most of Ulster,
drivingout most ofthe resident Catholic population.
Brits knew how to colonize, and that's the reason for the six counties of Northern Ireland not joining the Free State of Eire.
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:01 PM (ymcQt)
--Whiskey also originated in Ireland, then went to Scotland.
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 08:02 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 07:53 PM (4Mv1T)
"Guns" are "plentiful" to a point. Ammo is the deal. I was buying .22 LR when it was reasonable. Can't find it now. I saw 2 of "me" 6 weeks ago - buying AR's and all the "pimpy" bits. They paid less than me! But if you can't buy cartridges it's just an expensive "show" piece. F'ing hoarders are driving the price and availability.
But, I would buy it "all" if I had the means and availability. Just sayin'... I am scared to run any through, though, because I'm scared I can't replace it!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 08:02 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Anne Hathaway at March 17, 2013 07:52 PM (+iA5G)
speak for yourself, you dumb scrunt.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 08:05 PM (AJM+z)
There is only one way to fix this: arrestsome big name bureaucrats and bankers in Brussels, have public trials in the manner of Nuremburg that find them guilty of exceeding their authority over the sovereign states of Europe (essentially treasonous crimesagainst the European Order), and publicly execute them.
This example would restore trust in the banking system. Anything less will establish European banking as a sucker's game, forever. This will never happen, soa sucker's game it will be, all because of the arrogance and the hubris of the European elite.
Posted by: Minuteman at March 17, 2013 08:06 PM (RTgp5)
looks like the selling has stopped for now. got to get through the EU open.
Posted by: pointsnfigures at March 17, 2013 08:07 PM (MOSsR)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 08:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:08 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:08 PM (ymcQt)
Got brass, powder, and projectiles here, but low on primers and they are getting hard to find.
Posted by: Gordon Undead Ramsay at March 17, 2013 08:08 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:08 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 08:09 PM (4Mv1T)
Uisge beatha (sp?) in Gaelic means "water of Life"
Uisge = whiskey
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:08 PM (ymcQt)
--Ah, aqua vitae.
481
The Irish and the Scots were the spawn of Vikings.
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:08 PM (V70Uh)
--Not 100%. Dublin was founded by the Vikings, though.
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 08:10 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:08 PM (V70Uh)
yeah, good times . . . good times.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 08:11 PM (AJM+z)
I am a woman who is neither attractive nor funny is starring in a romantic comedy that will be in cinemas this Friday (and on DVD on the following Friday).
People think I'm funny because that's what they're told to think. I owe my career to market hype and media saturation.
Who am I?
Posted by: soothsayer, of the Righteous & Harmonious Fists at March 17, 2013 08:12 PM (hNqVf)
First tale a police inspector tells a guy he thinks of making moonshine the following as he gazes upon the tall square keep, "A castle does not make a king."
And all I could think was, "A White House does not make a president."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 08:12 PM (oScG1)
I think Norm's trollin' and laughing at every response.
***
He may be trolling them, but he's on the right side of the argument.
How about that tweet about how the church has hidden hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of pedophile priests?
There's another that claims we only know more about teachers who are pedophiles because THEY work in an industry where the child comes first, as opposed to the priesthood.
Assholes all.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 08:13 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: JDTAY at March 17, 2013 08:13 PM (a0nis)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 08:13 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 08:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Yeah, I have e-mail alerts at a lot of "sites". I shop a little everyday. SlickGuns, Palmetto Armory, Cheaper Than Dirt, Midway, Guns Lists, and my "double-extra-secret" sites. :-)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 08:14 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Gordon Undead Ramsay at March 17, 2013 08:14 PM (kxSZr)
The Irish and the Scots were the spawn of Vikings.
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:08 PM (V70Uh)
Don't forget us.
It's more or less in our name.
Posted by: The Normans at March 17, 2013 08:15 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Nikolai at March 17, 2013 08:15 PM (pSsN0)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 08:15 PM (AJM+z)
I need something that reheats easily or is easily put in the refrigerator and in the oven during the week.
If I order in anymore I am going to puke.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 08:13 PM (piMMO)
Possibly the funniest fuckin' movie ever made. I cracked up just thinking about it. Enjoy!!!
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 08:16 PM (AJM+z)
Funny about red-heads. They're either stunning (think young Ann-Margret) or hideous (think Kathy Griffin).
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:16 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 08:16 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 17, 2013 08:16 PM (USjX1)
Now the assmonkey behind the counter lived up to the franchise name, he was certainly a dick as I perused the empty shelves and asked a couple innocent questions about various rounds.
They were out of everything except .20 gauge and 30-06, everything else was gone like Paris Hilton's virginity.
I'd never buy from that shithole. Every time I go in there and approach the gun counter they treat me like I'm infringing on their precious time and when I ask to see a rifle they roll their eyes. I want to grab them by the throat and give them a speech about being downrange and isn't this a customer service job asshole? but I settle for never spending a dime there.
Posted by: Tangonine at March 17, 2013 08:17 PM (r119a)
481 Al
Nope, Irish and Scots are Celtic, Vikings and most Germans are Teutons, if you go back far enough.
Different tribes, probably from the same source, that later intermingled. Like most of Caucasian Europe.
The Vikings covered a lot of ground, probably due to global cooling and infertile soil.
Russia is named after the "Rus" a band of Scandis that took over. The vikings made it as far as Sicily and the middle east, due to their boating technology and lack of fear.
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:17 PM (ymcQt)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:17 PM (/1U3u)
***
Michael Caine is brilliant in it. The perfect straight-man to Martin's buffoon.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 08:17 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:16 PM (V70Uh)
And we are?
Posted by: Female Orangutangs at March 17, 2013 08:18 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 08:18 PM (AJM+z)
***
Have you tried Sports Authority? The last time I was in there they told me that they still had ammo.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 08:18 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Tangonine at March 17
so load a cart full of stuff up, have it checked out and then say "oh, forgot my wallet", and leave.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:19 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
The Vikings covered a lot of ground, probably due to global cooling and infertile soil.
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:17 PM (ymcQt)
--I thought the theory was that it was the Medieval Warming Period that produced a temporary population boom that spurred the Viking expansion.
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 08:20 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 17, 2013 08:20 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 08:20 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 08:21 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: seamrog at March 17,
which is precisely why everyone is so afraid of global cooling and hyping global warming - they are afraid that all us vikings would be gettin' ready to get stuff done if we new this effin oppressive heat wave was nearly over. big gov tryin' to keep the cold blooded white man down.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:22 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:22 PM (/1U3u)
Ingredients:
Filet Mignon
Gorgonzola
Grill steak. Put on Gorgonzola crumbles. Enjoy.
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:24 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:24 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Swan at March 17, 2013 08:25 PM (+5CK+)
Posted by: Al at March 17,
indeed, why do you think all those european ladies have such smooth complexions?
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:26 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 17, 2013 08:26 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:26 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:26 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: Penultimatum at March 17, 2013 08:26 PM (EEUs4)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2
great recipe, too much work.
here is what I am looking for
Saturday - do stuff.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, open oven shove stuff in for 1 hour.
Saturday - do dishes, repeat again.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Penultimatum at March 17, 2013 08:28 PM (EEUs4)
Posted by: Cy(p)rus at March 17, 2013 08:28 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
I like the way you think!
Posted by: tangonine at March 17, 2013 08:29 PM (3X3ZR)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:30 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Todd Wiley at March 17, 2013 08:30 PM (t+w8Y)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:24 PM (/1U3u)
Way back in 2006, when everybody was going to get rich "house flipping", NY strips with Gorgonzola, was "Tuesday".
Now, it's chicken thighs in Campbells' cream O' mushroom soup.
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 08:30 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:31 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: logprof at March 17,
Cyprus is getting 12# of seed? some has got his work cut out for him.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
511 logprof
Who knows for sure ? It could have been that the oldest son inherited all of the land, etc.
Not much reason for younger brothers to stick around.
Anywho, a lot of Norsemen (Normans, later) got in their shallow draft Dragon boats and kicked some serious ass throughout the "then known world".
I tend to think that their attitude was one of " I'm not gonna starve, before I get a chance to go to the longhouses of Valhalla"
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:31 PM (ymcQt)
"Saxons, Vikings, and Celts" by Bryan Sykes
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 17, 2013 08:31 PM (+5CK+)
I think you are talkin' about lasagna, Y5. But, srly, nobody wants to eat the same damn thing for 5 days.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 08:31 PM (AJM+z)
King Ranch Chicken Casserole
1 chicken (2 1/2 to 3 lbs.)
12 corn tortillas, torn
1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 large onion, chopped
1 can (10 oz) tomatoes with green chilies, undrained (like Rotel)
1 to 2 cups grated Cheddar cheese
Stew chicken in water in large pot til tender. Reserve 1 cup broth. Bone chicken, cut in bite size pieces.
Grease 9x13 baking dish. Place torn tortillas in bottom of dish. Layer chicken on top. Combine soups, onion, tomatoes and reserved 1 cup broth in saucepan; cook over med. heat until hot. Pour soup mixture over chicken. Top with grated cheese. Bake 350 for 50-60 mins, or until bubbly hot. Serve abt. 8-10
If I don't have tortillas on hand when ready to do the King Ranch recipe, I just stir in penne (or a similar) pasta and add rinsed black beans and maybe a dollop of sour cream. It's yummy that way, too.
Also, I just cook chicken tenderloin strips or breasts cut into strips rather than going thru all the trouble to boil and debone a chicken.
Posted by: jem at March 17, 2013 08:32 PM (7g1yh)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes again! at March 17, 2013 08:32 PM (Md8Uo)
Show of hands: If you were inclined to have an international account, would this little EU kerfluffle cause you to avoid London?
Posted by: Gordon Undead Ramsay at March 17, 2013 08:14 PM (kxSZr)
I think the Brits are probably more sensible than that.
Posted by: Sea Slug Mom at March 17, 2013 08:33 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: blaster
What kills me is this is exactly what I paid for 500 rds just 60 days ago, well after Newtown.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 08:33 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 17, 2013 07:36 PM (EnWdk)
Four million and up for an apartment in a condo? Fuck that. If I had that kind of coin, I'd buy a detached house on its own waterfront lot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2013 08:33 PM (29+x5)
Ok, Let's just agree that the Vikings sowed a lot of seed while visiting Scotland and Ireland.
Yeah, agreed. But they left a lot of this behind them:
http://tinyurl.com/cq9rw2r
"Just a tiny bite, only a taste....of your soul. It's all we asks"
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 17, 2013 08:33 PM (0IhFx)
I actually saw some 223 at Walmart the other day but was 1.10 a round. And only 3 boxes of 20.
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:35 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17,
I was thinking lasagna one or two days a week but not every week, maybe every other.
I am eating pretty healthy these days so I have room in the diet for carbs at night, just no time to cook. chicken and rice casserold, tuna casserole. anyfuckingthing casserole. I just do not have any good recipes.
I may need a smaller dish so the fuckingwhatever casserole is deeper. I have tried a few using a 9x13 pan and I think something smaller would result in a better casserole but again, whatthefuckdoIknow.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 08:36 PM (oScG1)
Is Paris burning?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes
nope, but the work week does not start until wednesday over there so we are going to have to wait to see. why waste you weekend rioting?
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
hyping global warming - they are afraid that all us vikings would be
gettin' ready to get stuff done if we new this effin oppressive heat
wave was nearly over.
We come from the land of ice and snow
From the midnight where the hot springs blow.
Posted by: fluffy, dirty Skandi at March 17, 2013 08:38 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: jem at March 17,
see, you do know what you are doing. I am making that tomorrow.
Thank you!
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
I'm a lover of capitalism, and I'm independently employed, but I subscribe to this theory, "Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered."
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 08:39 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: jem at March 17, 2013 08:32 PM (7g1yh)
jem- I like it. That may be "Tuesday".
And to reiterate "you guys" laundry sux! Does everyone use a "new" towel and wash cloth, for every bathe. Or just "my people"?
Maybe I'm a dirt-bag. I use a towel until it starts to smell a little. Just sayin'...
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 08:39 PM (mkb9H)
518 Al
No arguement here about the Vikings doing some serious sowing of their genes. They were big into rape, pillage and plunder
There aren't many places that they weren't that produced light eyes and hair color, adaptations, probably to colder weather and lack of sunlight.
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:39 PM (ymcQt)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:39 PM (/1U3u)
From the midnight where the hot springs blow.
Posted by: fluffy, dirty Skandi at March 17,
yep. half polar bear.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Maybe I'm a dirt-bag. I use a towel until it starts to smell a little. Just sayin'...
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 08:39 PM (mkb9H)
you need to get your peeps right with Jesus, Capt. buncha fuckin' princesses, they are.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 08:41 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:41 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: blaster at March 17,
I am putting that on the menu for this week as well.
Thank you!
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ann Allthaway at March 17, 2013 08:42 PM (WlLWl)
Now, forget it. The outcome is predetermined. They probably had focus groups on it since last December.
Posted by: navybrat at March 17, 2013 08:42 PM (3M8g3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth
If you have a slow cooker they are great. Pop into the fridge and take out and microwave your portions.
Beef stew, pork stew with veggies are easy and great to eat.
Posted by: Cheri at March 17, 2013 08:44 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: TexasJew at March 17, 2013 08:44 PM (lD8ju)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
Capt. B- Keep an eye on Carolinashootersclub.com It's free. They have an "ammo" classifieds thread...
---------
I read that as Carolinas hooters club.com and was quite interested for a moment.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 17, 2013 08:45 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: Cheri
no slow cooker but I like the stew idea. I can make it on saturday and freeze portions.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
So I'm at my mom's today, and I woke up from a Sunday nap to hear shrill women complaining about the Catholic church in TV; turns out it was 60 Minutes. It was that liberal group of nuns that shilled for Obama and helped sell out our health care, complaining about how women are treated in the church. The interiviewer's choice of vocab, always slanted against the church, apalling. The new pope hasn't even warmed his seat in Rome yet, and they run a piece like this? Hive of scum and villainy, is the MSM; I found it offensive and I'm no Catholic.
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 08:47 PM (ijXVY)
1) Europe imploding
2) Previous Viking rape of Europe (and anywhere else ihabitable)
3) Ridiculous ammo prices
4) Dirty laundry
5) Casserole
A great place for anyone with ADD, really.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 08:48 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:48 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:49 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:49 PM (/1U3u)
I need my meat, man. Don't fuck this up . . .
Posted by: Methlab at March 17, 2013 08:49 PM (AJM+z)
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 cup Minute rice
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
Olive oil, salt, pepper.
Mix the soups and the rice together and put in a greased, 8x8 or 9x9 casserole dish. Put the chicken on top, drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes to an hour.
You can also use bone in chicken, either breasts, or a whole cut up chicken. Just lower the temp. to 300 and bake about an hour and a half to two hours.
Posted by: Ruby at March 17, 2013 08:50 PM (vt4Ip)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 08:41 PM (AJM+z)
Church! I love me some you Peaches!
And, Y5- thanks. I didn't anticipate that Sunday at the HQ was gonna' yield week-night recipes! Double-Extra-Bonus for bein' a Moron! E-leven-tee. !!11!!!!
I LUV this site!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 08:50 PM (mkb9H)
537 Dr. Varno
I read the same book and others on this topic.
I seem to remember that the mitochondrial dna tests showed that the majority of people in " Great Britain " were of Celtic ancestry.
The easy answer is that all northern Europeans have the same core dna, but who knows ?
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 08:50 PM (ymcQt)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:50 PM (/1U3u)
The closest it comes is the "Gun Porn" thread. (Expensive hardware that goes BANG and all).
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 08:50 PM (4Mv1T)
http://www.cosplay.com/photo/3362245/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 08:51 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 17, 2013 08:51 PM (AcLtL)
nah couldn't be...you mean "abrupt climate change" can have positive(from an individual population's point of view)implications?
Heretic
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 17, 2013 08:51 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:52 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Methlab at March 17, 2013 08:53 PM (AJM+z)
anyone have a good recipe for a casserole?
I need something that reheats easily or is easily put in the refrigerator and in the oven during the week.
If I order in anymore I am going to puke.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
If you're still here and like Tex-Mex...
http://tinyurl.com/y9otgmy
Posted by: DangerGirl @deadlyestrogen at March 17, 2013 08:53 PM (GrtrJ)
1) Europe imploding
2) Previous Viking rape of Europe (and anywhere else ihabitable)
3) Ridiculous ammo prices
4) Dirty laundry
5) Casserole
A great place for anyone with ADD, really.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 08:48 PM (4Mv1T)
THIS! That's why the AosHQ is "Award Winning"!!!
What's a brother want from his blog. Ain't it why we're here!?
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 08:54 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: grease monkey at March 17, 2013 08:54 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 08:55 PM (oScG1)
Jose Cansecu antagonizing Shaq on twitter. He's going on about some fight they were supposed to have.
I wonder if Shaq will respond.
https://twitter.com/JoseCanseco
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 08:55 PM (piMMO)
Does Europe start burning at a specific time or is it on an Obama schedule where it'll just happen when it happens? Burn hot and bright. Burn hot and bright.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 08:56 PM (AC0lD)
That's hurtful! That's a disability. You're violating the Law!
Seize his/her assets! Make him/her pay!
Posted by: Ofucktard at March 17, 2013 08:56 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Shaq at March 17, 2013 08:57 PM (vbh31)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 08:59 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: Ofucktard at March 17, 2013 08:59 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 08:59 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:59 PM (V70Uh)
Also very important, Sven, burn LAST!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 17, 2013 09:00 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:01 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 09:01 PM (/1U3u)
Brown 1 pound ground beef. Dice medium onion, saute until translucent. In a bowl, mix 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 can diced tomatoes and green chilies and 1 can evaporated milk. Add drained beef and onion. Mix well. Take a 9X13 baking dish, cover the bottom with taco flavored Doritos, then pour the contents of the bowl over the chips. Shred 3/4 lb Colby cheese on top, bake 30-40 minutes at 350. Enjoy!
Posted by: Weirddave at March 17, 2013 09:02 PM (aH+zP)
The Walking Dead is on. Not having television, I have to wait until it airs and is posted online which is about 2 minutes after it finishes.
Posted by: Ghostly Aspiration at March 17, 2013 09:03 PM (PP8La)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:01 PM (oScG1)
Callin' threadwinner on that one. Epic snark, babygirl. I bow before your awesomeness.
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 09:03 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 09:03 PM (ymcQt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:04 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Metalgod at March 17, 2013 09:04 PM (YgIJ8)
Posted by: Shaq at March 17, 2013 09:05 PM (vbh31)
I'm really NOT a moron, while yet being a MORON.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:06 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Erik Bloodaxe at March 17, 2013 09:07 PM (9+WoF)
When everything is worth a couple hundred dollars with inflation, wouldn't it be better to have spent my excess cash now on actual "needs" instead of debt service?
I also have not yet purchased guns/ammo, but I am under no illusion that I will have the pick of the litter now with all the idiots in DC screwing it all up. I am planning on getting a remington 870...
Posted by: NWConservative at March 17, 2013 09:07 PM (M1gmo)
So The Police "Live" was laying there.
I had forgotten "Tea in the Sahara". Love it! I really never understood that "Scylla and Charybdis".
The origin of "Between a Rock and a Hard Place"! I am better now, for knowing...
http://tinyurl.com/7y4xk33
And I like it more now than ever!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 09:08 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
No need to overthink it, pretty much any of these combos work:Meat of choice: chicken, pork, ground beef. A carb: rice, bread crumbs, pasta (I make a mean spaghetti casserole.) A veg: broccoli is really good, as are peas. A sauce: cream of chicken or mushroom, spaghetti. You can add salt/pepper or other spices, like Italian seasoning or cumin, etc, but not necessary. Dump in with your choices from each category, carb on bottom, sauce on top, and maybe top with cheese and you're good. I've found that if you precook the meat, or at least lightly pan sear it, any of those combos at around 350-360 degrees for twenty minutes, works.And yes, slow cookers are amaze. Excellent soups can be made with a little chicken broth, vegetables, beans, noodles. Super easy and cheap.
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:08 PM (ijXVY)
technically, the Channel Islands are autonomous from the UK, and so not subject to Brit banking laws--and not in the EU
Posted by: the weariest river at March 17, 2013 09:09 PM (Dll6b)
Good news, guys! We're off the hook.
Posted by: sheep at March 17, 2013 09:10 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 17, 2013 09:11 PM (aH+zP)
Take one cut-up chicken, or four leg quarters, or whatever chicken parts you prefer. Brown it, then put in a crock along with some rosemary, salt, pepper, and at least a cup of olive oil. Add 10 to 20 UNPEELED garlic cloves. Bake for a couple of hours.
While it cooks, bake (or heat up) a loaf of crusty bread.
When it's done you've got lovely garlic-scented chicken, lovely roast garlic to spread on your crusty bread, and lovely garlic oil to dunk your bread in.
If you want to stretch it, you can throw in some fingerling potatoes, which roast and get garlicky.
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 17, 2013 09:11 PM (9+WoF)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 09:12 PM (AC0lD)
Preparation for periodic outages is in order. If the currency implodes, debt will become less consequential, unless you have nothing to pay it back with. Maybe spend some of the money you'd put towards retirement in the near term towards being better prepared for "inconveniences".
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: blogforce one at March 17, 2013 09:12 PM (IBzeA)
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:13 PM (ijXVY)
Posted by: The Chicken at March 17, 2013 09:13 PM (4Mv1T)
Nothing matters without friends and community.
It is wise to have a basic set of supplies, a few weeks worth of stuff so life doesn't suck if -- say-- a huge EQ hits the NW.
But for any SHTF prep, friends and community are the most valuable resource.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 09:13 PM (8iy5P)
Posted by: Capital One at March 17, 2013 09:13 PM (z9HTb)
If you want to stretch it, you can throw in some fingerling potatoes, which roast and get garlicky.
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 17, 2013 09:11 PM (9+WoF)
Thanks dude! So, that's Wednesday!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 09:14 PM (mkb9H)
"One thing about the Vikings, they had style."
Younger friar, "Style? But they burned the village down!"
"Aye they did, but at least they killed you face to face. Unlike all those sodding bankers we got now."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:14 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: sheep at March 17, 2013 09:10 PM (z9HTb)
Not for long!
Posted by: The Welsh at March 17, 2013 09:14 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: The Chicken at March 17, 2013 09:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: seamrog at March 17, 2013 09:14 PM (ymcQt)
If I order in anymore I am going to puke.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 08:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
You need a crockpot and then head to allrecipes.com.
Posted by: Tami - Irish by injection at March 17, 2013 09:15 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:15 PM (4Mv1T)
paragraph breaks with the enter key. Can any morons throw the code for
that my way?
[ br ]
Close it up.
Posted by: fluffy at March 17, 2013 09:15 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 17, 2013 09:15 PM (PP8La)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 17, 2013 09:16 PM (PP8La)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 09:16 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: The Chicken at March 17, 2013 09:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Chicken, aka Tobacco Road, thanks for responding! I AM using Firefox, but on a Mac. Should I switch to Safari or Chrome instead? I hate google spying on me though, everything google related I use I get nervous about. Regular modern day vikings, that lot, but with information.
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:18 PM (ijXVY)
617 Sigh, I see the award winning blog still doesn't allow me to do paragraph breaks with the enter key. Can any morons throw the code for that my way?
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:13 PM (ijXVY)
If you're using IE you need to run the minx.cc in compatibility mode and then double space for paragraph breaks.
Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2013 09:18 PM (GULKT)
2 pounds ground chicken browned with garlic and marjoram. Do not drain. 2 jars of your favorite sauce. Secret ingredient: grape jelly. Say 4 tbsps. Simmer that on the stove for a while. Put on whatever pasta you want.
Posted by: blaster at March 17, 2013 09:18 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 17, 2013 09:18 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 17, 2013 09:18 PM (PP8La)
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:18 PM (ijXVY)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 09:18 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:19 PM (oScG1)
NWConservative,
Nothing matters without friends and community.
It is wise to have a basic set of supplies, a few weeks worth of stuff so life doesn't suck if -- say-- a huge EQ hits the NW.
But for any SHTF prep, friends and community are the most valuable resource.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 09:13 PM (8iy5P)
I have A LOT of canned goods, meats, fruit, and vegetables. I was looking at a barbecue due to our new home only having electric appliances. The winters and summers here are not particularly harsh ever like on the east coast, but I do worry if we didn't have access to heating in the winter with a power outage. I am on friendly terms with my neighbors, a mechanic, electrician, construction engineer, and both myself and my wife are in the medical field.
I just worry about debt and mortage payments when SHTF as I am paying back student loans now in addition to the other things.
Posted by: NWConservative at March 17, 2013 09:19 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Peaches at March 17, 2013 09:19 PM (AJM+z)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at March 17, 2013 09:19 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 17, 2013 09:18 PM (jIaZt)
The fists of everyone with bank deposits in Cyprus.
And the asses of men, women and animals being raped by Vikings...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 09:19 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 17, 2013 09:19 PM (9+WoF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:20 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 09:20 PM (GEICT)
***
hit the enter key twice.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 09:20 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 09:19 PM (AC0lD)
How did you get my weekend agenda?
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 17, 2013 09:21 PM (jIaZt)
***
the dinosaurs bit was funny
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 09:21 PM (piMMO)
Apparently, I come by it naturally, either by nature or nurture.
I was trying to be funny. I generally fail, but I keep trying.
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 09:21 PM (V70Uh)
A few "gaffs" trying to use Firefox. I went in the barrel cutting-and-pasting. No Buenos!
But, I still have not figured out the ampersand. And I've pretty much resigned myself...
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 09:21 PM (mkb9H)
Brain sad, liver happy.
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 17, 2013 09:22 PM (jIaZt)
Thanks buzzion for the tip. I haven't used IE for a long time though, at least 5 years? I still miss Netscape Navigator, if anyone remembers that, despite the modern contraptions of a Safari or Firefox.
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:23 PM (ijXVY)
Six hours until Frankfurt and Zurich exchanges open.
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 17, 2013 09:23 PM (9+WoF)
Posted by: Jean at March 17, 2013 09:23 PM (S4AQU)
If inflation really kicks in, then your debt becomes ever cheaper, relatively speaking, and more attractive to have frankly, as long as you continue to have a source of income. If you are in a "demand area" of health care, you should be in a very good position.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:23 PM (4Mv1T)
A few "gaffs" trying to use Firefox. I went in the barrel cutting-and-pasting. No Buenos!
But, I still have not figured out the ampersand. And I've pretty much resigned myself..
***
I'm glad it worked out for you.
As for ampersands, I have no problem in Chrome.
&&&&&&&&&&&&
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 09:24 PM (piMMO)
Cheap pantry for EQ prep. 60 gallons of bottled water. 120 cans of food (I recommend 1x veggie, 1x fruit, 2x whatever, like pasta or beans, per day).
For about 150-200 bucks you've got a months worth of supplies for serious EQ disruption. Work through them and replenish them on a regular basis, or do donate to a foodbank or whatever, to avoid expiration issues. You'll be living like a king until power is back and food trucks return.
Added challenge. Live off it for a month so you know what it's like and your own tastes. Make sure to keep the water flowing to compensate for the high sodium.
And discover how easy it is to save a shitton of money on food with a bit of worldview changing.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 09:25 PM (VIo0S)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 09:26 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Guido at March 17, 2013 09:27 PM (NQq8e)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 17, 2013 09:27 PM (jIaZt)
Uncle Ted is now tweeting from a treestand.
https://twitter.com/TedNugent
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 09:27 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 09:27 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:27 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:28 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:28 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Guido at March 17, 2013 09:28 PM (NQq8e)
Posted by: obama administration at March 17, 2013 09:28 PM (ymcQt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 09:16 PM (piMMO)
HA, showoff. Norm Macdonald's bit in that one roast he did is still one of my faves ever; a riff on classic roasts of years past while everyone else went as blue as possible. Where are you watching him kill it? Is he doing a bit or is it a comment he made?
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:29 PM (ijXVY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:29 PM (oScG1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:20 PM (oScG1)
More like a Viking hovel after they've brought the goats in for warmth and are burning elk turds.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 17, 2013 09:29 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dikembe Mutombo at March 17, 2013 09:29 PM (jucos)
>>>I just worry about debt and mortage payments when SHTF as I am paying back student loans now in addition to the other things.
If
inflation really kicks in, then your debt becomes ever cheaper,
relatively speaking, and more attractive to have frankly, as long as you
continue to have a source of income. If you are in a "demand area" of
health care, you should be in a very good position.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:23 PM (4Mv1T)
Well I am a dental hygienist, but I am not sure that will be a "demand area" for health care...
I'm sorry if I sound like an economic illiterate ( I went to school in the medical field not economics!), will people get more money when hyperinflation kicks in (those who still have jobs)? It is one thing when you have inflation, it is completely another when there is not a corresponding pay increase. I know it will be devalued money, but for debt repayment, it would be awesome (in that one respect).
Posted by: NWConservative at March 17, 2013 09:30 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Guido at March 17, 2013 09:30 PM (NQq8e)
Missed your reply. Guess other morons can enjoy the advice, I hope!
Sounds like a decent neighborhood.
That's what really matters more than anything. Getting prepped and getting out of debt aren't mutually exclusive.
Especially if you take the tine to assign a cash value to your prep supplies, and treat them as a type of savings.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 09:32 PM (nzlU3)
I'm sorry if I sound like an economic illiterate ( I went to school in the medical field not economics!), will people get more money when hyperinflation kicks in (those who still have jobs)? It is one thing when you have inflation, it is completely another when there is not a corresponding pay increase. I know it will be devalued money, but for debt repayment, it would be awesome (in that one respect).
Pay will often increase, although whether or not it increase enough to match inflation is another story.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 17, 2013 09:32 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:28 PM (4Mv1T)
TR- you hit the #. But you can't tell me s#*t. I am now, finally, an arbiter of the elusive ampersand! I am tickled beyond my ability to articulate! Eleventy & !!11!!.
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at March 17, 2013 09:32 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: seamstress at March 17, 2013 09:32 PM (ymcQt)
NWC,
Cheap pantry for EQ prep. 60 gallons of bottled water. 120 cans of
food (I recommend 1x veggie, 1x fruit, 2x whatever, like pasta or
beans, per day).
For about 150-200 bucks you've got a months worth of supplies for
serious EQ disruption. Work through them and replenish them on a
regular basis, or do donate to a foodbank or whatever, to avoid
expiration issues. You'll be living like a king until power is back and
food trucks return.
Added challenge. Live off it for a month so you know what it's like
and your own tastes. Make sure to keep the water flowing to compensate
for the high sodium.
And discover how easy it is to save a shitton of money on food with a bit of worldview changing.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 09:25 PM (VIo0S)
Yep, we are pretty well stocked in the veggie/fruit/pasta/bean dept. We just need to get more meats. We have a lot of freezer food, but when the power goes out, goodbye frozen food!
Posted by: NWConservative at March 17, 2013 09:32 PM (M1gmo)
Hi! We Are Spiders @hiwearespiders
Hi!
Don't scream.
We're in your shower.
Don't worry, you're not Our type. We're leg men and you're 4 short of sexy.
Wait! Don't spra-
Posted by: Weirddave at March 17, 2013 09:34 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 09:25 PM (VIo0S
I bought a new mattress yesterday, so for the rest of month am living 100% off my food storage. Rice and beans, beans and rice. . . But on the plus side, I will be sleeping on a cloud by the end of the month, am excited. A worthy tradeoff.
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:34 PM (ijXVY)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 17, 2013 09:34 PM (9+WoF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2013 09:34 PM (oScG1)
****
The Roast of Bob Saget. A classic!
Nope. Not a routine. A golfer won a tourney and mentioned scripture in a tweet, which Norm RT, and then folks went apeshit.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 09:34 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Retread at March 17, 2013 09:34 PM (zxitI)
Remember a couple of years ago when those two assholes dressed up like Leprechauns and robbed a bank? They ended up over the rainbow or where ever little dumbasses go when the die.
Posted by: Ghostly Aspiration at March 17, 2013 09:35 PM (PP8La)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 17, 2013 09:36 PM (MIhYM)
I was asking these very same questions not so long ago, and it is wise that you are, too. This kind of thinking doesn't come natural to most of us, and is uncomfortable at least, and quite frightening at most. Develop a plan that is workable, work towards it. Hopeless mentioned some good ideas earlier.
As my insurance agent likes to tell me, "TR, you can't insure for everything."
Cover what you can, and let God sort out the rest.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:36 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 17, 2013 09:37 PM (piMMO)
Sounds like a decent neighborhood.
That's what really matters more than anything. Getting prepped and getting out of debt aren't mutually exclusive.
Especially if you take the tine to assign a cash value to your prep supplies, and treat them as a type of savings.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 09:32 PM (nzlU3)
My debt from student loans sucks ass, over 40,000$. No credit card debt though. I won't be paying that crap off easily, that's why I'm wondering if I should just do minimum payments and focus on the SHTF stuff for a while. I have been putting it off for too long (getting guns/ammo) and now I am getting burned by waiting.
Posted by: NWConservative at March 17, 2013 09:38 PM (M1gmo)
666 And so the AMPERSAND (what a stupid name for "and") becomes the new reserve currency at the HQ after the collapse.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 17, 2013 09:28 PM (4Mv1T)
The hipster graphic designers stole them. Seriously, ampersands are the new mustaches right now. I always loved them, so I don't get why they are suddenly everywhere, but whatevs.
thanks Niedermeyer, I like him even more now! For supposedly the most open-minded generation ever (aka mine), we are certainly incredibly uptight. Good on him for not being a typical comedian d-bag.
Posted by: LizLem at March 17, 2013 09:39 PM (ijXVY)
Posted by: cicero kid h8ts all basterds irregardless of race, color, creed, or liquor choice. at March 17, 2013 09:40 PM (UrENZ)
Break debts down into secured and unsecured. CCs, SLs, are unsecured. Those are the ones you really want to blast out. It's nice to be debt free on a home as well, but not as important.
You and the missus may enjoy checking out Dave Ramsey together, maybe in conjunction with a local church (they often run his program). Then make your own modification to the plan and monthly budget, with say 5% (or X%) going to prepping in some capacity. Booze, tobacco, tampons, go into this too. Good prepping guides are easy to find.
This can be treated as a type of non-cash savings. 6 months of food and someone loses a job? You know where meals are coming from.
Posted by: Hopeless at March 17, 2013 09:42 PM (pQXbd)
Posted by: Ruby at March 17,
Thank you Ruby!
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 09:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
http://tinyurl.com/y9otgmy
Posted by: DangerGirl
Thank you DangerGirl!
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 09:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Thee's a new brit series In The Flesh about rehabilitating and re-intergrating zombies into the community after the zombie Apocalypse. Typical -- the brits are too big pussies to just kill them.
Posted by: Ghostly Aspiration at March 17, 2013 09:47 PM (PP8La)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 17,
Thank you as well Weirddave! all these are going on the menu!
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 09:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2013 09:47 PM (AC0lD)
As soon as the freezer starts to warm up, transfer your staple goods and whatever ice is left into smaller coolers, start eating the processed stuff, and get busy canning the contents of the freezer. You have a few days. You can store the jars back in the otherwise-useless freezer.
This isn't bunker-level stuff. Half a hall closet, or one corner of the garage, will store the materials you'll need.
Them Amish (or more often, their Mennonite cousins using "Amish" on the label) do some fine canning of chicken and beef. Dense, not like the watery little cans in a grocery store. Say goodbye to steak for a while, though. Steak ain't Amish.
Posted by: comatus at March 17, 2013 09:48 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: LizLem
can I have your recipe for spaghetti casserole too?
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 09:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 17,
never ever have too much garlic.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 17, 2013 09:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
You wouldn't know work if it came up and bit you in the ass.
Posted by: Al at March 17, 2013 08:30 PM (V70Uh)
--You need to watch Trailer Park Boys.
Posted by: logprof at March 17, 2013 10:34 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 17, 2013 11:09 PM (LRFds)
If this doesn't inspire a run on the banks, we finally have conclusive proof Europe is retarded.
Once the entitlements hit a wall here, they'll probably start trying something similar with a wealth tax on the 1%, with the other 99% probably cheering it on as it will pay for another 72 hours of entitlements. That's when the wealthy move every penny offshore or just hoard precious metals.
Posted by: Jeepers at March 17, 2013 11:55 PM (XDRsa)
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