Time to say good night and a good place to do so. Take care, all.

I am still laughing over the story I posted to the pages earlier--one of my Israeli bloggers had a lost dog returned to him from Ramallah.

There may be hope for the Middle East yet. The dog lovers are sticking together.

re: #2 SanFranciscoZionist

"Does this change my politics? No. But does it complicate them? Absolutely."

Ah, good lord, amen. Thank you, SFZ.

this fucking rules

massive industrial groove around 5:45

anyone who disses drum circles has to go through me

ahahahah the books!

G'night now, for real :D Promise!

re: #2 SanFranciscoZionist

I am still laughing over the story I posted to the pages earlier--one of my Israeli bloggers had a lost dog returned to him from Ramallah.

There may be hope for the Middle East yet. The dog lovers are sticking together.

Just went there and read the story - great story!

Talking British animals:

re: #2 SanFranciscoZionist

I am still laughing over the story I posted to the pages earlier--one of my Israeli bloggers had a lost dog returned to him from Ramallah.

There may be hope for the Middle East yet. The dog lovers are sticking together.

Awesome, also the Frank says quote right now reads: "Nothing but the best for my dog."

re: #10 goddamnedfrank

Awesome, also the Frank says quote right now reads: "Nothing but the best for my dog."

Heh. My current Frank says quote is this:

I never set out to be weird. It was always the other people who called me weird.

Ain't that the truth.

A very negative opinion of Donald Trump is now up on... Michelle Malkin's site? This is getting confusing.

re: #12 JasonA

A very negative opinion of Donald Trump is now up on... Michelle Malkin's site? This is getting confusing.

They're finally starting to pay attention to the bullshit behind the pandering birther mask.

re: #13 Lidane

They're finally starting to pay attention to the bullshit behind the pandering birther mask.

Trump is one bad hairpiece too far.

re: #2 SanFranciscoZionist

I am still laughing over the story I posted to the pages earlier--one of my Israeli bloggers had a lost dog returned to him from Ramallah.

There may be hope for the Middle East yet. The dog lovers are sticking together.

The first commandment of being a dog person:

I'm Dog thy lord, and thou shalt have no other Gods before me.

re: #13 Lidane

They're finally starting to pay attention to the bullshit behind the pandering birther mask.

It's a question as to whether they're slowly getting tired of his one-note song or that they're getting leery of the glee that we display towards the possibility of his candidacy against Obama.

i really like you have a love for good music, Charles. you always post the best musical videos!

re: #9 prairiefire

Thought it was that one by the Wallace & Gromit people.

re: #12 JasonA

A very negative opinion of Donald Trump is now up on... Michelle Malkin's site? This is getting confusing.

Trump isn't a GOP insider, not surprising

Ha. Ha. Ha. Lohan is already out of jail after posting $75,000 while her lawyer appeals. She spend only 5 hours in jail. Yep, I'm sure she'll be treated "like the rest of us". God bless Murica.

The Mevlana Rumi wrote:

Little by little, drunk people are gathering: those in love, people who want to drink more and more glasses of knowledge, the knowledge of God. Little by little, their souls grow up, and they become alive. Little by little, the spiritual life rises from the physical one.

Andak Andak

Little by little, the group of the lovedrunk arrive
Little by little, the worshipers of wine arrive

They are on their way; Comforting and gentle
Like flowers from the flowerfield they arrive

Little by little, from this world of Being and non-Being
The non-existent leave and the existent arrive

They come with hands and clothes full of gold
For the poor and hungry they arrive

The gaunt, exhausted from the trials of Love
Strong and healthy they arrive

Like the rays of the Sun, the lives of the Pure
From those heights to the lowly valley they arrive

Green and fresh the garden for the pure
With new fruits from the love drunk they arrive

Their essence is grace and grace they unfold and expand
From the garden towards the garden they arrive

Good night, denizens of Lizardistan.

re: #24 CuriousLurker

Good night, denizens of Lizardistan.

Late-ur.

Looking at the "top 30" pop hits, as defined by Billboard, only one out of that 30 gives an indication of what would transpire over the next 24 months in American Pop:

That was for 1954, btw.

Only two years later, in 1956, during this week of April, something happened - the following song (released in January) became the top selling record in stores:

The rest, as they say, is history.

Morning, all

Morning all. Today's Scots word is braw: beautiful or great. As in "it's a braw bricht nicht the nicht": It's a fine bright evening tonight.

I survived the haggis experiment. It was good!

hope everyone is having a braw day today!

re: #23 CuriousLurker

Whirling Dervish, right?

re: #30 iceweasel

Thanks for the tutorial Ice. I doubt that any of my Scot relatives have any idea what braw means.

I just found out Dave Mustaine of Megadeth is a birther

which honestly is exactly what I expected, ahahaha

re: #33 WindUpBird

Mustaine is a birther? Sure about that?

re: #34 mdey

Mustaine is a birther? Sure about that?

Official twitter dude!

re: #34 mdey

Mustaine is a birther? Sure about that?

samples!

DaveMustaine
Trump’s my hero! He’s investigating Barry Soetoro aka Obama’s suspicious birth & school records. So glad someone’s finally doing something!

more metal fun facts!

The two dumb members of Slayer are Limbaugh fans: [Link: arsenioorteza.blogspot.com...]

The two smart members who are coincidentially NOT WHITE, are probably not. :D

re: #32 mdey

Thanks for the tutorial Ice. I doubt that any of my Scot relatives have any idea what braw means.

Jimmah says its an older word, so even some Scots wouldn't know it necessarily.

re: #33 WindUpBird

I just found out Dave Mustaine of Megadeth is a birther

which honestly is exactly what I expected, ahahaha

I got 6 stitches in my face at a Megadeath concert. Mustaine is a Ted Nugent conservative.

re: #38 iceweasel

sup ice

got my beer and my drawing arm steady, checking the fools who misunderstood

re: #39 RogueOne

I got 6 stitches in my face at a Megadeath concert. Mustaine is a Ted Nugent conservative.

Another bridesmaid you slept with slapped you? :-)

re: #40 WindUpBird

sup ice

got my beer and my drawing arm steady, checking the fools who misunderstood

Hey WUB! Not much happening here, getting ready to do some errands. Sounds like you're having fun, though!

re: #39 RogueOne

I got 6 stitches in my face at a Megadeath concert. Mustaine is a Ted Nugent conservative.

mega DETH!

DETH!

NO SECOND 'A'!

(I kid I kid)

And I thought Mustaine was less Nuge and more RonPaulish, i guess it's a thin distinction

Great GREAT shows, I saw them for the Cryptic Writings tour, Holy Wars was as tight as a submarine live

The only time I've ever got injured at a show was when I was crowdsurfing at a Testament show in...1995 ish? and I got dropped on my neck and then stepped on

re: #41 iceweasel

Another bridesmaid you slept with slapped you? :-)

bridesmaid in a DRI t-shirt attacked him with a mic stand

re: #41 iceweasel

Another bridesmaid you slept with slapped you? :-)

Ha! No, some drunk bastard clocked me from behind, he also managed to hit my spouse. He took off running and the cops grabbed me just as I got to him. When they got us to the cop shop the Major running the security was a policeman I knew from working at the jail all the time. I missed the show so they gave me VIP tickets to Green Day. 3rd row. I'd take a shot in the head again for 3rd row.

re: #42 iceweasel

Hey WUB! Not much happening here, getting ready to do some errands. Sounds like you're having fun, though!

This is really the point where I am both very productive and dangerously giddy, middle of the night

re: #45 RogueOne

Yow *_*

did the guy just randomly decide on you? what was his deal?

re: #46 WindUpBird

This is really the point where I am both very productive and dangerously giddy, middle of the night

That's why I'm so happy to catch you!

re: #45 RogueOne

Ha! No, some drunk bastard clocked me from behind, he also managed to hit my spouse. He took off running and the cops grabbed me just as I got to him. When they got us to the cop shop the Major running the security was a policeman I knew from working at the jail all the time. I missed the show so they gave me VIP tickets to Green Day. 3rd row. I'd take a shot in the head again for 3rd row.

You have led a very interesting life. Green Day-- I'm jealous. I used to have this in my profile when this place was still infested with wingnuts:

Just to annoy 'ém.

re: #47 WindUpBird

Yow *_*

did the guy just randomly decide on you? what was his deal?

Excessively drunk, He spilled his beer down my back 3 times. The 3rd time I told his friends to take his beer away from him and he didn't like it. When the cops got him he managed to club one of them square in the mouth. They were so busy kicking his ass they almost forgot about me. My biggest concern was the 2 big joints I had in my pocket. Luckily, the officer that had a hold of me let me give my cigarette pack to my spouse before they dragged me off.

re: #48 iceweasel

I am politically agnostic when it comes to music (lol, i do like Slayer's dittohead) but MAN that American Idiot record is soooo gooood

i was actively hostile to Green Day, i HATED dookie, they were the enemy, I could not stand the band

Then that Good Riddance song came out and that was a great song that softened my hard metal purist heart

and then American Idiot came out and I just threw up my hands and went COME ON! where was this record before?!?!?! How is it that Green Day smoked the field and made the solid protest record with hooks for days? What a great album

re: #50 WindUpBird

Jimmah and I are also big fans of that record. There's not enough of that sort of stuff is there? American idiot-- brilliant.

re: #49 RogueOne

Excessively drunk, He spilled his beer down my back 3 times. The 3rd time I told his friends to take his beer away from him and he didn't like it. When the cops got him he managed to club one of them square in the mouth. They were so busy kicking his ass they almost forgot about me. My biggest concern was the 2 big joints I had in my pocket. Luckily, the officer that had a hold of me let me give my cigarette pack to my spouse before they dragged me off.

the bolded made me LOL for reals

You're braver than me! Also probably a lot larger, I am always outweighed by everyone at every show I ever go to, yet i still flung myself into the pit at two Mastodon shows at age 34, whee *_*

re: #48 iceweasel

I love Green Day. I already had tix to the show but they upgraded me. They sat me in a lawn chair in the middle of the aisle. It was worth it.

re: #53 RogueOne

I love Green Day. I already had tix to the show but they upgraded me. They sat me in a lawn chair in the middle of the aisle. It was worth it.

Fantastic.

Cripes, Jimmah tells me we're late. Have a great day folks, catch you later I hope!

re: #51 iceweasel

Jimmah and I are also big fans of that record. There's not enough of that sort of stuff is there? American idiot-- brilliant.

oh!

there IS a great protest/conspiracy theory record called Mother, Teacher, Destroyer, by a legendary doom metal guy (Wino) and his band at the time, Hidden Hand.

Though i didn't know of it at the time. NOW I know, now that Bush is out of office!

here's some of it

Wino is one of my favorite artists of any kind on this earth *_*

re: #55 iceweasel

cheers!

re: #53 RogueOne

I love Green Day. I already had tix to the show but they upgraded me. They sat me in a lawn chair in the middle of the aisle. It was worth it.

RAD

re: #30 iceweasel

Ugh.

re: #52 WindUpBird

I used to have anger issues and drinking always got me in trouble so I stopped drinking and switched to smoking. I never get into trouble when I'm smoking. I was pissed because I was actually trying to be polite until he hit me. It's a concert, I expect people to be rowdy, drunk, and getting bumped and pushed around. I'm old now so I stay away from the pits but it's still fun to watch.

re: #60 RogueOne

I used to have anger issues and drinking always got me in trouble so I stopped drinking and switched to smoking. I never get into trouble when I'm smoking. I was pissed because I was actually trying to be polite until he hit me. It's a concert, I expect people to be rowdy, drunk, and getting bumped and pushed around. I'm old now so I stay away from the pits but it's still fun to watch.

heh, and I am cutting way back on the smoking because it's getting in the way of all the obnoxiously finicky-ass technical shit I'm dealing with for freelance and personal projects :D

But yeah, you are not alone, I have a lot of friends who just switched to smoking to get themselves out of the bad headspace they were in when they got drunk.

Me, I am a happy clown drunk, loud and stupid but polite in that way that drunks are. I have this horrible drunk laugh that really, I wish i didn't *_*

re: #60 RogueOne

I got groped by a guy once at an AIC concert when i was in high school, like some big huge guy full on lifted me off the ground grope, that was pretty crazy

re: #62 WindUpBird

I got groped by a guy once at an AIC concert when i was in high school, like some big huge guy full on lifted me off the ground grope, that was pretty crazy

Nobody ever gropes me and I ask nicely all the time!

re: #63 RogueOne

Nobody ever gropes me and I ask nicely all the time!

It was an enlightening experience, being a tenth grader

my first gropin'!

This could be considered a bit rich.

Limbaugh Proclaims Himself "The Nation's Morale Officer," Claims Liberalism Will "Collapse Of Its Own Moral Corruption"

re: #65 Winny Spencer

See, that's just funny

re: #61 WindUpBird

heh, and I am cutting way back on the smoking because it's getting in the way of all the obnoxiously finicky-ass technical shit I'm dealing with for freelance and personal projects :D

But yeah, you are not alone, I have a lot of friends who just switched to smoking to get themselves out of the bad headspace they were in when they got drunk.

Me, I am a happy clown drunk, loud and stupid but polite in that way that drunks are. I have this horrible drunk laugh that really, I wish i didn't *_*

I stopped going to bars unless it's an upscale yuppie club. Guys in ties almost never start throwing bottles.

I was visiting my brother in Peoria and we were at this big bar when all hell breaks loose. We had to fight our way through the crowd to get out and we got separated. I get outside and he's no where to be found. He didn't show up at his house until the next afternoon. Turned out that when he made it out of the bar a cop on horseback asked to see his ID. When he reached up to give it to him the cop handcuffed him, attached the other side to the horse, and walked him down the street to the police station and arrested him for PI.

re: #65 Winny Spencer

I get mad when he starts going crypto racist!

but when he says stuff like that, it's like so goofy and awesome that I just root for him to get to the point where his ego eclipses the sun. Limbaugh at the pyramids of Giza, waving his Golden Microphone around on a scepter, jen Michel-Jarre lasers everywhere spelling the EIB logo, in a suit of golden armor and a laurel wreath, declaring himself an ascendant being of pure thought with the power of second sight and precognition

Hell, if he did that, I'd go conservative on general principle. "Fuck, might as well."

re: #67 RogueOne

I stopped going to bars unless it's an upscale yuppie club. Guys in ties almost never start throwing bottles.

I was visiting my brother in Peoria and we were at this big bar when all hell breaks loose. We had to fight our way through the crowd to get out and we got separated. I get outside and he's no where to be found. He didn't show up at his house until the next afternoon. Turned out that when he made it out of the bar a cop on horseback asked to see his ID. When he reached up to give it to him the cop handcuffed him, attached the other side to the horse, and walked him down the street to the police station and arrested him for PI.

Okay, you're the first person I've ever talked to who has been to Peoria. Peoria was an injoke of my friends and mine, in jr. high. It was like an unknown place, like mars, but on earth. if something was unknwoable, it was in Peoria.

Also, why am I never in any bars when 'all hell breaks loose?" Oh yeah, because I'm a nerd and a shutin. My karaoke bar had a couple fights, one guy hurled a pint glass at my bartender, and then RAN AWAY LIKE A CHILD. That was the worst thing I've ever seen in a bar.

Also, when you say you fought your way through the crowd, you mean that literally, right? Like full of swinging and throwing shoulders? This stuff fascinates me, because I'm a twiggy chickenshit :D

re: #67 RogueOne

why do I even bother talking politics here, this stuff is a million times more interesting

Happy Earth Day!

Ya bunch of patchouli smellin', Forester drivin', flower children, dope smokin', tree huggin', war protestin', Birkenstock wearin', government hatin', Co-existin', Freegan livin', tree-huggin' hippies.

One of my favs:

Sweating Bullets:

re: #67 RogueOne

"I did not want to be drunk in public. I wanted to be drunk in a bar. They threw me into public. You should arrest them."
-Ron White

re: #72 RogueOne

Oh man memories!

HELLO ME, NICE TALKING TO MYSELF, A CREDIT TO DEMENTIA

Best song on that album WITHOUT A DOUBT (imhhhho) is Ashes in Your Mouth

re: #73 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"I did not want to be drunk in public. I wanted to be drunk in a bar. They threw me into public. You should arrest them."
-Ron White

THAT QUOTE RULES

re: #75 WindUpBird

One of the best comic bits of the last 20 years, IMO.

re: #69 WindUpBird

Okay, you're the first person I've ever talked to who has been to Peoria. Peoria was an injoke of my friends and mine, in jr. high. It was like an unknown place, like mars, but on earth. if something was unknwoable, it was in Peoria.

Also, why am I never in any bars when 'all hell breaks loose?" Oh yeah, because I'm a nerd and a shutin. My karaoke bar had a couple fights, one guy hurled a pint glass at my bartender, and then RAN AWAY LIKE A CHILD. That was the worst thing I've ever seen in a bar.

Also, when you say you fought your way through the crowd, you mean that literally, right? Like full of swinging and throwing shoulders? This stuff fascinates me, because I'm a twiggy chickenshit :D

You need to hang out in the seedy bars sometime, that's where all the fun is. I was in a marine bar in NC (again visiting my brother) and there was a fight that looked like something out of an old western with everyone but me getting involved. Chairs going through the air, people getting hit bottles, pool sticks and balls, tables broken, the mirror behind the bar was destroyed, those marines kicked the crap out of each other.

re: #72 RogueOne

My fave megadeth songs in no particular order are devil's Island, Trust, Holy Wars, Hangar 18, Wake Up Dead, Rust in Peace...Polaris, uhhh...Symphony of Destruction... thinking...

re: #76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

One of the best comic bits of the last 20 years, IMO.

"They threw me into public!"

I'm still laughing

re: #73 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"I did not want to be drunk in public. I wanted to be drunk in a bar. They threw me into public. You should arrest them."
-Ron White

They ended up dropping the charges, he only blew around a .05 and he wasn't involved in the mini-riot. He was pretty pissed they dragged him down the street cuffed to that horse though.

re: #77 RogueOne

You need to hang out in the seedy bars sometime, that's where all the fun is. I was in a marine bar in NC (again visiting my brother) and there was a fight that looked like something out of an old western with everyone but me getting involved. Chairs going through the air, people getting hit bottles, pool sticks and balls, tables broken, the mirror behind the bar was destroyed, those marines kicked the crap out of each other.

I do! I've seen a couple of chest-bump aggro scenes at my old karaoke bar, which was sort of a country bar that was friendly to dirtbag metalheads. because there's not much daylight between a dirtbag country karaoke fan and a dirtbag metalhead karaoke fan.

but it's like two methheads go crazy, and then the bartender (who was a lady about 5' nothing) just shrieks at them, waves a bat and they just hustle outside. She was like the mighty mite, she was terrifying when she was mad. But seedy bars in Portland, and even in suburbs, they're still not THAt seedy.

I think the NW doesn't have the will to get a good barfight going. :D

re: #80 RogueOne

They ended up dropping the charges, he only blew around a .05 and he wasn't involved in the mini-riot. He was pretty pissed they dragged him down the street cuffed to that horse though.

I don't know if I would have been angry! because that sounds more surreal than even my life, and I spent last january following people tripping on mushrooms wearing dog costumes around with a video camera

re: #77 RogueOne

You need to hang out in the seedy bars sometime, that's where all the fun is. I was in a marine bar in NC (again visiting my brother) and there was a fight that looked like something out of an old western with everyone but me getting involved. Chairs going through the air, people getting hit bottles, pool sticks and balls, tables broken, the mirror behind the bar was destroyed, those marines kicked the crap out of each other.

Okay, NOW I've figured it out. :D me at a bar frequented by Marines would be like a bull moose wearing a business suit

I look like a skinnier Jason Mewes, minus the track marks

re: #82 WindUpBird

My brother was a fun one to hang out with. If there's a way for the night to go bad quick it usually started with him. Luckily, he stopped drinking just a couple years ago.

re: #83 WindUpBird

Okay, NOW I've figured it out. :D me at a bar frequented by Marines would be like a bull moose wearing a business suit

I look like a skinnier Jason Mewes, minus the track marks

Did I see you say the other day you only weigh 140? I was barely 155 (and 6'4") when I graduated HS. I didn't fill out for a few years after that.

re: #69 WindUpBird

I'm twiggy chickenshit's little sister.

re: #84 RogueOne

My brother was a fun one to hang out with. If there's a way for the night to go bad quick it usually started with him. Luckily, he stopped drinking just a couple years ago.

I have one friend who is the Dive Bar Whisperer, he is a Very Large Man With Many Tattoos Who is a Cook From Kansas, so I've seen the inside of some dire watering holes thanks to him, but everyone was strangely polite!

155 and 6 foot 4! jesus! yeah, I'm now around 145ish, 5'11"

re: #86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm twiggy chickenshit's little sister.

re: #86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm twiggy chickenshit's little sister.

Pic related.

re: #89 laZardo

That is so amazingly mean, and yet amazingly funny.

re: #90 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That is so amazingly mean, and yet amazingly funny.

oh internet

re: #87 WindUpBird

I was skinny. When I went to basic training they had me paired up with one of the fat kids at meal times. He was my "Chubby Buddy" (instead of Battle Buddy). They would take part of his food and give it to me. He cried every day for the first month. I left the same weight I came in with.

re: #91 WindUpBird

oh internet

Porn and Schadenfreude
Porn and Schadenfreude
Porn and Schadenfreude

re: #92 RogueOne

basic training sounds extremely surreal. *_* My nerd-artist internet friend (who's got the physique of a Greek God, the bastard) when he joined up, he had stories that he'd tell me over AIM, and they were all stuff like that

re: #93 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Porn always made the world go round, it's just now, we can see it

it's like the ant farm used to be made of stone, now it's finally glass!

VCR technology was entirely steered by porn!

re: #93 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Porn and Schadenfreude
Porn and Schadenfreude
Porn and Schadenfreude

That some kind of Nazi word?

re: #96 laZardo

are you a Full Metal Alchemist fan?

re: #12 JasonA

A very negative opinion of Donald Trump is now up on... Michelle Malkin's site? This is getting confusing.

National Review posted a column of hers where she blasts Trump for his disrespect of other's property and his callous attempt to take an Atlantic City widow's house in order to build a limousine parking lot. Malkin's become an ass, but she's not so far gone as to forget that respect for private property in a bedrock conservative issue going all the way back to Goldwater. That Donald Trump has never cared about the property rights of others makes it clear he is not a conservative.

re: #71 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Happy Earth Day!

Ya bunch of patchouli smellin', Forester drivin', flower children, dope smokin', tree huggin', war protestin', Birkenstock wearin', government hatin', Co-existin', Freegan livin', tree-huggin' hippies.

We love you too,{ FBV}.

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

I'm starting a Clutch cover band called Blast Trump

re: #94 WindUpBird

basic training sounds extremely surreal. *_* My nerd-artist internet friend (who's got the physique of a Greek God, the bastard) when he joined up, he had stories that he'd tell me over AIM, and they were all stuff like that

Funniest 8 weeks of my life. 150 kids from all over, some fat, weak, others really stupid (and really most weren't all that bright) getting screamed at by large men in county mountie hats. I can proudly say I was the first person to get dropped for push-ups because I was laughing .

My best friend turned out to be an infantry drill sergeant years later. He has the best stories in the world.

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

At least Michelle Malkin can write! even someone who i can't stand, if they're eloquent, at least that's something

re: #100 WindUpBird

I love clutch

re: #97 WindUpBird

are you a Full Metal Alchemist fan?

Not really.

_{I do have the hots for Envy though.}

re: #101 RogueOne

Funniest 8 weeks of my life. 150 kids from all over, some fat, weak, others really stupid (and really most weren't all that bright) getting screamed at by large men in county mountie hats. I can proudly say I was the first person to get dropped for push-ups because I was laughing .

My best friend turned out to be an infantry drill sergeant years later. He has the best stories in the world.

I would have been laughing too, holy christ XD How close was it to Full Metal Jacket? "If God wanted you up there, he'd have miracled your ass up!"

A guy I lived with in Seattle when i was just out of college, I was penniless artist, he was back from the marines, from basic training, and he was APPALLED at how stupid people he was training with were. he was the "Scribe" because he was smart. he was polite, smart, serious, and trained like a bastard at home, so he could be the dude who was in shape. Apparently he overtrained! he didn't consider himself smart, until he came back from basic training. And then he was just "WHY DO THEY LIP OFF TO THE DI?!?!?! WHY DO THEY LIKE PUSH-UPS SO MUCH?" This was...1997? 1998? around then.

and man, i cannot even IMAGINE the richness of life experienced by a drill sergeant. it must be like seeing galaxies from orbit

re: #104 laZardo

Not really.

_{I do have the hots for Envy though.}

this will make you lol Image: tumblr_lj9mkk62821qahaiko1_500.png

re: #104 laZardo

even I see the appeal of Envy!

re: #102 WindUpBird

At least Michelle Malkin can write! even someone who i can't stand, if they're eloquent, at least that's something

I stopped reading and listening to her many years ago. She uses every miscellaneous crime an illegal commits to paint the entire group.

re: #103 RogueOne

I love clutch

We can never be enemies ever

remind me of this if I ever get all liberal asshole at you for any reaosn ever

Just say "Dude! Clutch!" it's like hypnosis, it calms me right down. Seen them twice, changed my life, own every record, know every song

re: #106 WindUpBird

this will make you lol Image: tumblr_lj9mkk62821qahaiko1_500.png

OOOHHHH GOOD ONE

re: #96 laZardo

"Fuck you lady, that's what stairs are for!"

re: #102 WindUpBird

At least Michelle Malkin can write! even someone who i can't stand, if they're eloquent, at least that's something

Michelle Malkin makes me ashamed to be of Filipino heritage.

re: #108 RogueOne

I stopped reading and listening to her many years ago. She uses every miscellaneous crime an illegal commits to paint the entire group.

I can't stand her, but can sorta appreciate her shuck and jive, if that makes any sense

it's sorta like grudgingly admitting the other team has a good QB

re: #102 WindUpBird

At least Michelle Malkin can write! even someone who i can't stand, if they're eloquent, at least that's something

True. She was one of three anti-Trump columns last week on National Reviews website. David Foster and Jonah Goldberg wrote the other two. I already linked to Foster's column, so now I'm going to post Goldberg's for the hat trick:

Duck, It’s the Donald!

At this point, there’s at least one thing you can’t blame Donald Trump for: being Donald Trump.

Like the scorpion in Aesop’s fables that must sting the frog because that’s simply what scorpions do, the world-renowned, self-promoting billionaire clown must tout himself with passion and narcissistic self-regard.

It was only a matter of time, for instance, before he came out with his own fragrance: Donald Trump Cologne by Donald Trump Eau De Toilettes (You can find it on Amazon.com. The first of the two customer reviews is from a woman who discovered the scent as it wafted up from the stock boy at “Toys R Us”).

But that’s not the smell that bothers me. It’s the stench of desperation coming up from those fickle souls taking a Trump presidential bid seriously.

How fickle? Well, not a day goes by when someone doesn’t explain that Newt Gingrich can’t win because he’s damaged goods. And it’s certainly true that the former speaker of the House has a lot of baggage — “enough to open a Louis Vuitton store,” writes Ramesh Ponnuru in National Review. But surely “The Donald’s” baggage would require an army of stevedores and sherpas.

Wife is laying on the living room floor doing Wii yoga. For someone a few months from fifty she looks great.

ENVY ME!

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

They're seeing their lunch being eaten by trump. They're watching it go down his gullet!

It's as if Trump realized that politics is indistinguishable from stardom, and then realized the field was weak and he could just sweep in and buy it, like he does his casinos

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

I don't like Goldberg but I did like that. Thanks for posting it.

re: #113 WindUpBird

I can't stand her, but can sorta appreciate her shuck and jive, if that makes any sense

it's sorta like grudgingly admitting the other team has a good QB

I do read Ann Coulter occasionally. (It's been awhile now that I think about it.) She's so over the top. I would watch a cable news program that had Ann Coulter and James Carville as hosts, that could be a lot of fun.

re: #108 RogueOne

I stopped reading and listening to her many years ago. She uses every miscellaneous crime an illegal commits to paint the entire group.

Me too. I only gave her heed this time because one thing she's always been good on is property rights, and that's something Donald Trump has always been bad on. So even if you don't like her, its good to read a virtuoso hammering that man as the heartless egomaniac he really is.

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

I propose we refer to Trump from now on as:

THE DUCK DONALD

as in, the anti-Donald Duck

I don't know why, but it's so funny

re: #118 RogueOne

I do read Ann Coulter occasionally. (It's been awhile now that I think about it.) She's so over the top. I would watch a cable news program that had Ann Coulter and James Carville as hosts, that could be a lot of fun.

DEMONIC!

her new book!

and yeah, Carville versus Coulter would be a riot, they could tour!

re: #116 WindUpBird

They're seeing their lunch being eaten by trump. They're watching it go down his gullet!

It's as if Trump realized that politics is indistinguishable from stardom, and then realized the field was weak and he could just sweep in and buy it, like he does his casinos

If Trump eats it, then he does. National Review will never support him. They'd rather be irrelevant in a presidential election. This is what is called "taking the long view". That view being that after Trump burns out, and he will, they'll still be there, able to lead.

re: #119 Dark_Falcon

Me too. I only gave her heed this time because one thing she's always been good on is property rights, and that's something Donald Trump has always been bad on. So even if you don't like her, its good to read a virtuoso hammering that man as the heartless egomaniac he really is.

His love of Kelo was getting him a beating on Reason this week.

re: #120 WindUpBird

I propose we refer to Trump from now on as:

THE DUCK DONALD

as in, the anti-Donald Duck

I don't know why, but it's so funny

Because Donald Duck always worked 'everyman' jobs, and for all his craziness he'd never dream of taking someone's house to build a parking lot.

I'm starting to get the feeling that LGF is becoming of a (mostly) harmonious like-mind with regard to the exasperated, temple-rubbing, hands to the skye, wtf weirdness of this campaign season, conspiracy theories, and burning Korans and maniac preachers everywhere

I want it to be Romney getting the nod, so we retain some dignity in '12 but I don't think it will be. It'll be so much more deranged and bizarre

re: #124 Dark_Falcon

Because Donald Duck always worked 'everyman' jobs, and for all his craziness he'd never dream of taking someone's house to build a parking lot.

I just like how it sounds, like he's some Grand Vizier

Presenting...the DUCK DONALD

re: #125 WindUpBird

I'm still hoping beyond hope for Jon Huntsman. It's like Obama sent him to China so he wouldn't end up mutating from the secondary exposure.

Awesome video, thanks Charles!. Uncle Fester with the toothbrushes was my favorite. That kitchen give me claustrophobia.

oh shit, one of my more....unusual...clients is talking to me online, i gotta put on the game face

"I'm sorry, i was drunk. What were you saying about your dragon's photovoltaic abilities?"

Fox News And Catholic League’s Bill Donohue Invent ‘War On Easter’

More wingnut failure.

Donohue also cites “Third graders at a Seattle school [who] were told they must call Easter Eggs ‘Spring Spheres.’” The basis of this claim is a 16-year-old private school student named Jessica who called into a right-wing radio show. She claims the edict was communicated to her by an unnamed public school 3rd-grade teacher when she offered to give her student plastic eggs filled with candy.

Seattle Public School spokeswoman Teresa Wipple told ThinkProgress that two weeks ago the school system sent out an email to every region seeking information about “Jessica’s” story. They haven’t received any indication that the incident actually occurred.

re: #130 iceweasel

I want to invent a War on Bastille Day

and then Alex Lifeson will kick me in the nuts and I'll be all :/

re: #129 WindUpBird

oh shit, one of my more...unusual...clients is talking to me online, i gotta put on the game face

"I'm sorry, i was drunk. What were you saying about your dragon's photovoltaic abilities?"

Cool, post it here and entertain us. ;)

Woke up here in upstate NY with an inch of snow and 8 teenaged girls passed out in my living room. Waffles for breakfast (Bisquick with a little vanilla flav), gonna fattemup!

re: #129 WindUpBird

oh shit, one of my more...unusual...clients is talking to me online, i gotta put on the game face

"I'm sorry, i was drunk. What were you saying about your dragon's photovoltaic abilities?"

I don't want to ask, but I fear I'm gonna find out anyway.

In the meantime, here's Lo Fidelity Allstars.

Man the things people tell me on AIM, I can't even say

re: #132 iceweasel

Cool, post it here and entertain us. ;)

I am TOTALLY NOT DOING THAT :D

I have a weirdo code of ethics with the furry folks, I make some fun, but I can't betray their trust

re: #133 shropshire_slasher

Woke up here in upstate NY with an inch of snow and 8 teenaged girls passed out in my living room. Waffles for breakfast (Bisquick with a little vanilla flav), gonna fattemup!

Hence, your username. ;)

re: #130 iceweasel

Ms. Garcia-Thompson strikes again.

President Garcia-Thompson: You passed out cigarettes for a smoke-a-thon on Earth Day. You installed speed bumps on the handicapped ramps and, most recently, you dumped 100 pounds of... MEAT on a peaceful vegan protest!
Droz: Oh, come on! That was way more than 100 pounds.

re: #133 shropshire_slasher

Woke up here in upstate NY with an inch of snow and 8 teenaged girls passed out in my living room. Waffles for breakfast (Bisquick with a little vanilla flav), gonna fattemup!

fuck you, now I want waffles!

re: #133 shropshire_slasher

Woke up here in upstate NY with an inch of snow and 8 teenaged girls passed out in my living room. Waffles for breakfast (Bisquick with a little vanilla flav), gonna fattemup!

yum
Add some white chocolate chips to that waffle recipe, and it will be perfect!

re: #136 WindUpBird

I am TOTALLY NOT DOING THAT :D

I have a weirdo code of ethics with the furry folks, I make some fun, but I can't betray their trust

Same here. I'll talk alot about what I'm hearing from my customers, but I'll never post anything that might embarrass them or reveal any part of their identity.

re: #139 WindUpBird
Come on over, I always end up freezin a few. I might even put some Reeses Pieces in a few...

re: #139 WindUpBird

fuck you, now I want waffles!

re: #142 Shropshire_Slasher

Come on over, I always end up freezin a few. I might even put some Reeses Pieces in a few...

let me call my man, he'll have the chopper waiting

re: #138 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ms. Garcia-Thompson strikes again.

PCU. The movie that first showcased Jeremy Piven's talent. It took him a long time to get another role that let him bring that crazy comedic energy back to the screen, but he eventually got his role on 'Entourage' and the rest is history.

re: #141 Dark_Falcon

Same here. I'll talk alot about what I'm hearing from my customers, but I'll never post anything that might embarrass them or reveal any part of their identity.

right! and anything I do reveal, is so fictionalized that it's only the general vibe that gets through

for example, this guy isn't REALLY an internet dragon, he's into another mythical creature called a [redacted] from the movie [redacted]

re: #145 Dark_Falcon

PCU. The movie that first showcased Jeremy Piven's talent. It took him a long time to get another role that let him bring that crazy comedic energy back to the screen, but he eventually got his role on 'Entourage' and the rest is history.

all I know about PCU is Steve Vai is on the soundtrack

re: #147 WindUpBird

all I know about PCU is Steve Vai is on the soundtrack

And Starland Vocal Band. Don't forget Starland Vocal Band.

Little known fact about SVB... they were also known as "Fat City".

The back-up band for John Denver in the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads".

Now... how do you get from Steve Vai to John Denver?

THAT'S HOW!

Great maple syrup season so far this year.

re: #148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

DAMN that's some jujitsu :D

Everybody go bye-bye?

re: #151 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Everybody go bye-bye?

except us

And me, lurking.

re: #151 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Everybody go bye-bye?

fuck it, lets keep this volleyball airborne as long as we can

re: #148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Now... how do you get from Steve Vai to John Denver?

THAT'S HOW!

Here's one way:
First -

Then afterward -

re: #153 reine.de.tout

And me, lurking.

skulking around the perimeter of LGF, winding your way through the colonnades of circuitry and code, looking for digital ghosts

I hear tell on the Weyland Yutani mainframe, that Count Zero went rogue. Lost himself. Went full force into the abyssal void to find the renegade datajacks. never came back.

I should have gone with him! Too afraid.

re: #155 negativ

You're my favorite person right now

Good Morning!
I'm putting off house cleaning as long as possible this morning...So somebody say something interesting and save me from my fate..

re: #155 negativ

I'm picturing you at the computer with the Negativland copyright sunglasses, hitting "return" with extreme prejudice

re: #158 HoosierHoops

Good Morning!
I'm putting off house cleaning as long as possible this morning...So somebody say something interesting and save me from my fate..

cheers hoops

#156 is as good as I can muster after being awake for 26 hours

re: #158 HoosierHoops

Read this:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #159 WindUpBird

I'm picturing you at the computer with the Negativland copyright sunglasses, hitting "return" with extreme prejudice

Today I learned that I'm not the only person who knows about Negativland.

re: #156 WindUpBird

skulking around the perimeter of LGF, winding your way through the colonnades of circuitry and code, looking for digital ghosts

I hear tell on the Weyland Yutani mainframe, that Count Zero went rogue. Lost himself. Went full force into the abyssal void to find the renegade datajacks. never came back.

I should have gone with him! Too afraid.

And this folks, is what happens when too little sleep meets too much anime. :D

re: #163 Dark_Falcon

And this folks, is what happens when too little sleep meets too much anime. :D

anime? :(

I'm namechecking William Gibson novels! Neuromancer! Count Zero! Mona Lisa Overdrive! Bruce Sterling, dude! 80's cyberpunk! Shadowrun!

I'm not really an anime fan at all. I like the world class stuff. Miyazaki, Shirow. The rest is just pop culture for Japan, not my thing at all :P

re: #156 WindUpBirdI hear tell on the Weyland Yutani mainframe

Image: expendable2.jpg

cocaineizahelluvadrug.

re: #163 Dark_Falcon

if you haven't read Neuromancer, you should. It won the sci-fi lit triple crown. it's as important as Asimov or Heinlein. Much more so to me.

I read it as a teenager. i reread it every so often. High tech, low life. idealized dirtbags and intrigue and warring artificial intelligences in a rat-bastard future. its aesthetic is important to my subconscious :)

re: #165 negativ

When I met my partner on a shitty little hole-in-the-wall Atari ST BBS in the 80s?

His handle was Wintermute :)

re: #167 WindUpBird

if you haven't read Neuromancer, you should. It won the sci-fi lit triple crown. it's as important as Asimov or Heinlein. Much more so to me.

I read it as a teenager. i reread it every so often. High tech, low life. idealized dirtbags and intrigue and warring artificial intelligences in a rat-bastard future. its aesthetic is important to my subconscious :)

It holds up on rereading? I loved it so much when I was a teenager I've been afraid to reread it.

re: #165 negativ

I always felt Alien films were teasing the cyberpunk vibe, never quite paying it off. I always wanted an Alien movie that took place on Earth. Fighting W-Y straight up.

re: #164 WindUpBird

I'm not really an anime fan at all. I like the world class stuff. Miyazaki, Shirow. The rest is just pop culture for Japan, not my thing at all :P

You have clearly not watched Panty & Stocking.

:3

re: #169 iceweasel

It holds up on rereading? I loved it so much when I was a teenager I've been afraid to reread it.

It does to me :) But Neuromancer is a book I will be buried with. And I'm not kidding.

I JUST reread Count Zero, like a month ago, and it holds up to me! Think of Gibson as noir, and you're gold.

I was turned on to Gibson by a sister-in-law of my first wife.
It was awesomeness.

re: #171 laZardo

You have clearly not watched Panty & Stocking.

:3

I actually know all about Panty and Stocking *_*

I root for it! But for TV, i want Serious Television. I watch VERY little TV, but the TV I watch, i care deeply about. I'm watching The Killing now, on AMC, and it's hitting so close to home it's making me crawl out of my skin. That show will break my heart, I can just see it happening. Anime (miyazaki aside)doesn't do that for me.

re: #146 WindUpBird

right! and anything I do reveal, is so fictionalized that it's only the general vibe that gets through

for example, this guy isn't REALLY an internet dragon, he's into another mythical creature called a [redacted] from the movie [redacted]

In all seriousness, I did assume already that you were doing that. :)

ever seen a TV show, where a guy onscreen, is EXACTLY a friend of yours? with a different name? and he acts the same? And you think you're dreaming?

I yelled at the screen. I couldn't believe it. The show takes place in my old hometown, in my old neighborhoods, characters like my friends. Like they behave. In situations I was in. Real art, that show. TV became more relevant than film when I was sleeping.

re: #175 iceweasel

In all seriousness, I did assume already that you were doing that. :)

^_^;;;

re: #176 WindUpBird

Portlandia on IFC?

Rubber bullets leave a mark:

re: #178 RogueOne

Portlandia on IFC?

Good Morning Rogue
Pacers put on a good game against the Bulls..Put a scare into them

re: #179 RogueOne

There was at least one case in the US where a girl died after rubber pellets were shot into a crowd after a sporting event. Too lazy to google-- happened on the west coast, i think? Two years or so ago.

Gunfire during Syrian demonstrations.

re: #179 RogueOne

That's gotta hurt something awful!

re: #181 iceweasel

That guy is going to hurt for awhile. He's lucky he didn't get hit in the head. I thought I read the body count was up to 50 from yesterday.

re: #184 RogueOne

I thought it was 90.

re: #180 HoosierHoops

Good Morning Rogue
Pacers put on a good game against the Bulls..Put a scare into them

I have to hand it to them. They've played them close the entire series. Larry Bird still sucks though.//

re: #179 RogueOne

Rubber bullets leave a mark:

[Video]

Except when they're from our side.

re: #185 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I thought it was 90.

You're right. That sucks:
[Link: english.alarabiya.net...]

re: #182 RogueOne

One thing I'm worried about if/when Assad goes: what happens to the Golan?

yay, Gus and Hoops are in the house! Súp, my honeys?

re: #178 RogueOne

Portlandia on IFC?

haha I actually know a great deal about that show having never seen it

But from what I hear, the comedy is actually pretty accurate :D

re: #190 iceweasel

yay, Gus and Hoops are in the house! Súp, my honeys?

Hi Ice! I'm recovering from eating an 18 inch pizza all by my lonesome...

Burpple!

re: #187 Gus 802

Except when they're from our side.

We use bean bags fired from shotguns. Much more humane.

re: #193 RogueOne

We use bean bags fired from shotguns. Much more humane.

Of course.

re: #178 RogueOne

Portlandia on IFC?

in all seriousness, The Killing is the best murder mystery TV series I have ever seen

IFC! What's that Indiana Fried Chicken?

//

re: #195 WindUpBird

(and you can watch all the episodes for free on AMC's website)

re: #189 laZardo

One thing I'm worried about if/when Assad goes: what happens to the Golan?

His going down would throw the entire region into disarray. There would be a mad shuffle for power amongst a lot of different interests. It could be a good thing.

re: #192 Gus 802

Hi Ice! I'm recovering from eating an 18 inch pizza all by my lonesome...

Burpple!

Yum! Plain cheese or what? We're making pepperoni pizza tonight-- I should shout out here to Shiplord, who gave me some great pizza making tips. Ar least, I think it was shiplord. Memory is shot. (I typed shit there at first which is also strangely accurate).

re: #168 WindUpBird

When I met my partner on a shitty little hole-in-the-wall Atari ST BBS in the 80s?

His handle was Wintermute :)

The amusing thing is that on every BBS in the 80s (and 90s), about 25% of users were named Wintermute, Drizzt, Ghostwheel, Dr. Benway, Bob Arctor, etc.

re: #190 iceweasel

yay, Gus and Hoops are in the house! Súp, my honeys?

I'm putting off cleaning the house, Walking the dog and grocery shopping... :)
How is everything with you?

re: #201 HoosierHoops

I'm putting off cleaning the house, Walking the dog and grocery shopping... :)
How is everything with you?

We're good! Jimmah says hi and asks me to give you our best. :)

re: #198 RogueOne

His going down would throw the entire region into disarray. There would be a mad shuffle for power amongst a lot of different interests. It could be a good thing.

Especially if Hezbollah can't find a replacement benefactor.

re: #200 negativ

The amusing thing is that on every BBS in the 80s (and 90s), about 25% of users were named Wintermute, Drizzt, Ghostwheel, Dr. Benway, Bob Arctor, etc.

it's so true ^_^

But at the time, I was a 14 year old babe in the woods going OMG COMPUTERS

My handle was NOVA! after my superhero character! because I was a comicbook teenage dumbass! :D

re: #181 iceweasel

There was at least one case in the US where a girl died after rubber pellets were shot into a crowd after a sporting event. Too lazy to google-- happened on the west coast, i think? Two years or so ago.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #199 iceweasel

Yum! Plain cheese or what? We're making pepperoni pizza tonight-- I should shout out here to Shiplord, who gave me some great pizza making tips. Ar least, I think it was shiplord. Memory is shot. (I typed shit there at first which is also strangely accurate).

Pepperoni. Allegedly. They have an odd habit of putting it under the cheese so it's hard to tell. It was good though as it usually is. You know, not so many choices in Denver for a "real" pizza.

Pizza making tips. Now that sounds vaguely familiar. Don't remember who gave those out.

re: #200 negativ

don't forget the Discordian/Illuminatus Trilogy and Ivan Stang/Subgenius handles!

re: #203 laZardo

Especially if Hezbollah can't find a replacement benefactor.

Hezbollah has the support of Iran.

re: #196 Gus 802

IFC! What's that Indiana Fried Chicken?

//

best non-cartoon, non-comedy central channel on cable. It's the station that plays the Onion Network show.
[Link: www.ifc.com...]

re: #205 negativ

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Ugh. Yes, this was it:

Victoria Snelgrove (October 29, 1982 – October 21, 2004) was a junior majoring in journalism at Emerson College. She had transferred from Fitchburg State College in the fall of 2003. She was unintentionally hit with a non-lethal crowd-control round and mortally wounded by Boston police officer Rochefort Milien on October 21, 2004 when she was 21 years old. This was about 90 minutes after the Boston Red Sox's victory over the New York Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series.

The incident occurred near Fenway Park when an FN 303 blunt trauma / pepper spray projectile hit her eye, causing her to bleed excessively. Ambulances were blocked by the excessive crowds which still refused to clear the area, preventing prompt medical attention from arriving from the dense medical area only a half-mile away.[1]

Snelgrove died at 12:50 p.m. EDT at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, about 12 hours after being shot. According to the autopsy, the pellet opened a three-quarter-inch hole in the bone behind the eye, broke into nine pieces, and damaged the right side of her brain. A video of the scene shows the crowd dispersing once they realized the severity of her injury as she lay face-down on the ground bleeding.

thanks for finding it. Poor woman, so sad.

re: #208 Ericus58

Hezbollah has the support of Iran.

bring out the golden oldies
bring out the hezbollah
businessmen in south miami
humming the aor

re: #209 RogueOne

best non-cartoon, non-comedy central channel on cable. It's the station that plays the Onion Network show.
[Link: www.ifc.com...]

Looks Canadian.

//

re: #209 RogueOne

I actually think it's AMC which is the mightiest cable channel these days, but I love me some IFC

re: #212 Gus 802

Looks Canadian.

//

it reeks of effort!

re: #210 iceweasel

Ugh. Yes, this was it:

thanks for finding it. Poor woman, so sad.

Wouldn't want to take the chances of letting people damage property. Right? Heh. Remember the "Oakland" dumpster burning butthurt?

They're burning dumpsters! Shoot them!

//Wingnut

re: #211 WindUpBird

if you can find me another reasonably mainstream rock song that rhymes "hezbollah" with anything, in any seriousness, I'd love to hear it

I think that may be the only one

re: #181 iceweasel

There was at least one case in the US where a girl died after rubber pellets were shot into a crowd after a sporting event. Too lazy to google-- happened on the west coast, i think? Two years or so ago.

That's sad. Still, its often better than letter the crowd run amok. Less-lethal shotgun munitions definitely have a place, but they're only less lethal: sometimes they kill anyways.

re: #206 Gus 802

Pepperoni. Allegedly. They have an odd habit of putting it under the cheese so it's hard to tell. It was good though as it usually is. You know, not so many choices in Denver for a "real" pizza.

Pizza making tips. Now that sounds vaguely familiar. Don't remember who gave those out.

Not sure where you live but I loved the Calzones at this place, it's in aurora:
[Link: www.legendsofaurora.com...]

the poor Roma [Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

seriously, I can't believe how nasty Europe is to the Roma

I watch the latest Family Guy on Hulu last night. Man, that show is weird -- even for me.

re: #221 Gus 802

I watch the latest Family Guy on Hulu last night. Man, that show is weird -- even for me.

WatchED. Sproink. PIMF or whatever.

re: #221 Gus 802

it's all shotgun cultural references for gen-Xers. Fun show! But sorta exhausting :P

re: #223 WindUpBird

it's all shotgun cultural references for gen-Xers. Fun show! But sorta exhausting :P

Oops. Made a mistake! I meant American Dad.

re: #181 iceweasel

There was at least one case in the US where a girl died after rubber pellets were shot into a crowd after a sporting event. Too lazy to google-- happened on the west coast, i think? Two years or so ago.

The training for both rubber and wooden (no I'm not kidding) "non-lethal" bullets is to shoot at the feet or a little in front of the crowd. There are several good reasons for this. First, of course, very few people die from bruises to the feet and legs (though broken kneecaps are still an issue). Second, the impact with the ground takes an edge off the velocity. Third, it's more likely the slug will hit more than one person. Fourth, it's more likely to knock the people down, and people who fall down get a bigger "reality" check than people just knocked backward (slug to the chest of a large minority).

Unfortunately, the training for "center of mass for firearms" overwhelms the specific non-lethal training far too often.

re: #207 WindUpBird

don't forget the Discordian/Illuminatus Trilogy and Ivan Stang/Subgenius handles!

re: #225 kirkspencer

It doesn't seem the syrian forces are all that concerned with the "non-lethality" reasoning behind their use.

re: #227 RogueOne

It doesn't seem the syrian forces are all that concerned with the "non-lethality" reasoning behind their use.

Nope.

re: #225 kirkspencer

The training for both rubber and wooden (no I'm not kidding) "non-lethal" bullets is to shoot at the feet or a little in front of the crowd. There are several good reasons for this. First, of course, very few people die from bruises to the feet and legs (though broken kneecaps are still an issue). Second, the impact with the ground takes an edge off the velocity. Third, it's more likely the slug will hit more than one person. Fourth, it's more likely to knock the people down, and people who fall down get a bigger "reality" check than people just knocked backward (slug to the chest of a large minority).

Unfortunately, the training for "center of mass for firearms" overwhelms the specific non-lethal training far too often.

Not a surprise. In a crisis, people will fall back on their primary training. Moreover, with a pepper gas round you'd want to lob it into the middle of the crowd to maximize its effectiveness.

Shouldn't forget about Bahrain either:

Bahrain's secret terror: Emails speak of 'genocide' as doctors are rounded up
[Link: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk...]

At least 32 doctors, including surgeons, physicians, paediatricians and obstetricians, have been arrested and detained by Bahrain's police in the last month in a campaign of intimidation that runs directly counter to the Geneva Convention guaranteeing medical care to people wounded in conflict. Doctors around the world have expressed their shock and outrage.

One doctor, an intensive care specialist, was held after she was photographed weeping over a dead protester. Another was arrested in the theatre room while operating on a patient.

Many of the doctors, aged from 33 to 65, have been "disappeared" – held incommunicado or at undisclosed locations. Their families do not know where they are. Nurses, paramedics and ambulance staff have also been detained.

re: #227 RogueOne

It doesn't seem the syrian forces are all that concerned with the "non-lethality" reasoning behind their use.

No, they wouldn't be. If it weren't for world opinion, they'd just use lethal rounds and a 'streetsweeper' wide choke and be done with it.

re: #230 RogueOne

Shouldn't forget about Bahrain either:

Bahrain's secret terror: Emails speak of 'genocide' as doctors are rounded up
[Link: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk...]

Bahrain. The "forgotten" tyranny.

Dolphin fans? Brandon Marshall's wife is under arrest for stabbing him last night.

re: #224 Gus 802

Oops. Made a mistake! I meant American Dad.

American Dad is bad for the first two seasons, and then it's completely insane and awesome :D

re: #231 Dark_Falcon

No, they wouldn't be. If it weren't for world opinion, they'd just use lethal rounds and a 'streetsweeper' wide choke and be done with it.

His daddy killed 20k, he has some catching up to do. That wasn't all that long ago, I'm impressed with such huge crowds when what happened in Hama has to be in the back of their minds.

re: #224 Gus 802

Good morning, USA!

re: #226 negativ

one of these days I gotta take a picture of my custom FNORD neon sign

re: #234 WindUpBird

American Dad is bad for the first two seasons, and then it's completely insane and awesome :D

Yeah. This one had the alien, Roger?, having "sex" with Snot. But he was really "penetrating" a stress ball.

re: #230 RogueOne

Shouldn't forget about Bahrain either:

Bahrain's secret terror: Emails speak of 'genocide' as doctors are rounded up
[Link: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk...]

Nothing will happen to help those people. The West needs oil and keeping Bahrain's Shia down is the price of getting it.

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re: #240 Gus 802

he is the most evil character, and thus the funniest character

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Watching 100 greatest players in the NFL... Merlin Olsen just just a few guys ago. They just showed Gale Sayers.

Showed a play... Gale Sayers made Merlin Olsen look like a fool.

Thought that was funny.

re: #241 WindUpBird

he is the most evil character, and thus the funniest character

I'd like to see the people from Fox Entertainment in the same room with Fox News. It's really a confusing contrast between the two. Ah vel.

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re: #244 Gus 802

I'd like to see the people from Fox Entertainment in the same room with Fox News. It's really a confusing contrast between the two. Ah vel.

I just figure Murdoch is playing the whole world for fools, all around, and Fox in general likes success, soo....

re: #244 Gus 802

I'd like to see the people from Fox Entertainment in the same room with Fox News. It's really a confusing contrast between the two. Ah vel.

Fox Entertainment works because Fox News lets themselves be mercilessly mocked by their own network family...and their cross-over viewers (news and entertainment) are too ignorant to know they're the butt of the joke.

re: #245 Killgore Trout

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Kalegore's guide to a failed spring crop! He can't even keep slugs away!1 My butt still hurts from when he spanked Hot Air!!1 DERP!!!11

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Holy crap! Top 100 players in the NFL history...

Number 21? Tom Brady.

Holy hell! Who's above that?

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Grrrrrrr! Again with that "security scan" pop-up. Damn it Janet!

re: #252 Gus 802

Grrr! Again with that "security scan" pop-up. Damn it Janet!

RHPS? So early in the day?

re: #248 darthstar

Fox Entertainment works because Fox News lets themselves be mercilessly mocked by their own network family...and their cross-over viewers (news and entertainment) are too ignorant to know they're the butt of the joke.

Fox News doesn't have a choice. Rupert Murdoch wants to make money and FNC jokes on Fox Entertainment get laughs and allow Fox to say "I'm not with Stupid", which is important to keep Fox mainstream.

re: #253 iceweasel

RHPS? So early in the day?

It's never too early to pursue "the urge"!

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