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1 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:15:41pm

I’m on the audio version of Book 5.

2 GlutenFreeJesus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:15:54pm

Someone needs to do a Tea Party version. Oh wait, their actual words are far more ridiculous than what anyone could come up with on purpose.

3 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:17:00pm

re: #1 FemNaziBitch

I’m on the audio version of Book 5.

I gave up after book 3.

And I actually made it thru the whole Wheel of Time series, several times.

4 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:19:38pm

If I wanna watch backstabbing, cheating, and a lot of drama about political intrigue, I’ll just turn on CSPAN.

//

5 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:19:38pm

Shows you the state of everything these days when GoT is considered excellent writing, doesn’t it?

6 Charles Johnson  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:21:34pm
7 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:22:11pm

re: #3 Kragar

I gave up after book 3.

And I actually made it thru the whole Wheel of Time series, several times.

Better man than I. I got 3/4 of the way through book one before throwing it against the far wall. I never even bothered with the Wheel of Time. To wash the taste out of my brain I re-read John M. Ford’s The Dragon Waiting, possibly the finest historical fantasy novel ever written. (Well, I’ll be … en.wikipedia.org )

8 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:24:51pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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Curious as to what will happen to those poll numbers now that Cruz has announced he won’t fight against the Senate vote.

9 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:24:52pm

re: #2 GlutenFreeJesus

Someone needs to do a Tea Party version. Oh wait, their actual words are far more ridiculous than what anyone could come up with on purpose.

It would be cruel and inhumane to subject anyone to that level of Bad Craziness.

10 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:25:03pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

Mission accomplished.

11 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:25:57pm

re: #9 Dark_Falcon

It would be cruel and inhumane to subject anyone to that level of Bad Craziness.

And yet they do it to us alllllllllll the time.

12 lawhawk  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:26:12pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

That’s all that counts. He wants to be the King of BS Mountain.

13 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:27:45pm

re: #3 Kragar

I gave up after book 3.

And I actually made it thru the whole Wheel of Time series, several times.

I had to quit Wheel of Time at 11. By the time the 12th was written I lost the vibe.

14 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:28:47pm

re: #7 William Barnett-Lewis

Better man than I. I got 3/4 of the way through book one before throwing it against the far wall. I never even bothered with the Wheel of Time. To wash the taste out of my brain I re-read John M. Ford’s The Dragon Waiting, possibly the finest historical fantasy novel ever written. (Well, I’ll be … en.wikipedia.org )

I need to get me some Ford. Unfortunately, his don’t seem to be available on audiobook. My need to multi-tasks is great.

15 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:29:17pm

I have never read any of the Game of Thrones books. When the show started, I was doing an internship at a game studio. I was told by people there that reading the books wasn’t necessary to understand the show since the show pretty much follows the books. I figured they knew what they were talking about.

16 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:29:18pm

re: #9 Dark_Falcon

It would be cruel and inhumane to subject anyone to that level of Bad Craziness.

that has never stopped Congress in the past.

17 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:30:02pm

re: #15 Lidane

I have never read any of the Game of Thrones books. When the show started, I was doing an internship at a game studio. I was told by people there that reading the books wasn’t necessary to understand the show since the show pretty much follows the books. I figured they knew what they were talking about.

Audio versions are good. Better than WoT, imho. Characters are less static.

18 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:30:12pm

I think the Horus Heresy series is up to somewhere in the 20s for books, but that is a shared universe with multiple authors telling different aspects of the story line, so its not quite the same thing.

19 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:30:24pm

re: #15 Lidane

I have never read any of the Game of Thrones books. When the show started, I was doing an internship at a game studio. I was told by people there that reading the books wasn’t necessary to understand the show since the show pretty much follows the books. I figured they knew what they were talking about.

Whenever somebody tells me that I don’t have to read a book to enjoy the adaptation of it, I just give them my patented “Are you fucking kidding?!” look.

20 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:31:12pm

re: #19 Targetpractice

Whenever somebody tells me that I don’t have to read a book to enjoy the adaptation of it, I just give them my patented “Are you fuckingidding?!” look.

LoTR was pretty good. But, who isn’t familiar with the books?

21 lawhawk  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:31:33pm

Schadenfreude.

TP candidate for Idaho House of Representatives hates Medicare, except that he signed his family up for it because - benes! Oh, and his defense? Let’s go to the transcript:

Let me set the record straight. Yes, I participate in government programs of which I adamantly oppose. Many of them, actually. Am I a hypocrite for participating in programs that I oppose? If it was that simple, and if participation demonstrated support, then of course. But, my reason for participation in government programs often is not directly related to that issue in and of itself, and it certainly does not demonstrate support. For instance, I participate in government programs in order to stay out of the courts, or jail, so that I can take care of my family; other things I do to avoid fines or for other financial reasons; and some are simply because it is the only practical choice. With each situation, I have to evaluate the consequences of participating or not participating.

Cognitive dissonance? Check.

Logic and reasoning fail? Check.

Congratulations, you’re the embodiment of the TP/GOP. Here’s your tricorn hat and Confederate Battle Flag.

22 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:32:03pm

Audiobooks are excellent for things like crochet or cross stitch.

23 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:32:09pm

Lost cause flavor, still from the NRO comments

To all the RINO bedwetters out there : We will be better prepared when we shut down the government in January. We will have all our ducks in a row and will be merciless in pressing our advantage. Those RINO cowards will pay and pay DEARLY for their betrayal of Speaker Boehner. REVENGE..

24 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:32:38pm

re: #19 Targetpractice

Whenever somebody tells me that I don’t have to read a book to enjoy the adaptation of it, I just give them my patented “Are you fucking kidding?!” look.

I would normally do that too, but I’m lazy. I wanted to watch GoT and didn’t want to have to read 4000+ pages over five books before I could get into it. Heh.

25 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:32:54pm

re: #20 FemNaziBitch

LoTR was pretty good. But, who isn’t familiar with the books?

The LOTR movies themselves weren’t bad. Yeah, they had to cut out scenes to keep down the length and some concepts were not as well fleshed out, but overall it was an enjoyable experience.

The Hobbit? The less said, the better.

26 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:33:05pm

re: #22 klys

Audiobooks are excellent for things like crochet or cross stitch.

I put my MST3k playlist on random when I’m working on a project.

27 S'latch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:33:09pm

That’s the most hilarious Bad Lip Reading thing ever! How did they do that? Especially the visual effects, like the megaphone, and the electric guitar.

28 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:33:35pm

re: #23 EPR-radar

Lost cause flavor, still from the NRO comments

I think your friend’s had enough.

//

29 HappyWarrior  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:33:45pm

re: #21 lawhawk

Schadenfreude.

TP candidate for Idaho House of Representatives hates Medicare, except that he signed his family up for it because - benes! Oh, and his defense? Let’s go to the transcript:

Cognitive dissonance? Check.

Logic and reasoning fail? Check.

Congratulations, you’re the embodiment of the TP/GOP. Here’s your tricorn hat and Confederate Battle Flag.

Yes, he’s a hypocrite. Using a government program to its full benefit for you or your family and railing against other people benefiting from it is hypocrisy. This is typical fuck you, I got mine which is pretty much how the modern TP/GOP operates. It’s not unlike the Teabagger idiots who were elected running against “socialized medicine” who asked for their health care benefits before they even got sworn in office. I could go on and on though and I won’t.

30 SpaceJesus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:33:51pm

The angry gnashing of teeth begins

freerepublic.com

31 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:33:56pm

re: #25 Targetpractice

The LOTR movies themselves weren’t bad. Yeah, they had to cut out scenes to keep down the length and some concepts were not as well fleshed out, but overall it was an enjoyable experience.

The Hobbit? The less said, the better.

When does Tom Bombadil get a story of his own?

32 HappyWarrior  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:34:26pm

re: #23 EPR-radar

Lost cause flavor, still from the NRO comments

REVENGE? Aww what are you going to do. Say they’re not really conservatives. That’s precious.

33 steve_davis  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:34:46pm

re: #7 William Barnett-Lewis

Better man than I. I got 3/4 of the way through book one before throwing it against the far wall. I never even bothered with the Wheel of Time. To wash the taste out of my brain I re-read John M. Ford’s The Dragon Waiting, possibly the finest historical fantasy novel ever written. (Well, I’ll be … en.wikipedia.org )

The finest historical fantasy ever written would be Gene Wolfe’s Conciliator series. Granted, it’s future history, but still…….

34 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:34:52pm

re: #21 lawhawk

Schadenfreude.

TP candidate for Idaho House of Representatives hates Medicare, except that he signed his family up for it because - benes! Oh, and his defense? Let’s go to the transcript:

Cognitive dissonance? Check.

Logic and reasoning fail? Check.

Congratulations, you’re the embodiment of the TP/GOP. Here’s your tricorn hat and Confederate Battle Flag.

Some animals are more equal than others …

35 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:35:24pm

re: #22 klys

Audiobooks are excellent for things like crochet or cross stitch.

laundry, dishes, walking the dog …but not vacuuming.

36 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:35:29pm

re: #31 Kragar

When does Tom Bombadil get a story of his own?

Around the time Peter Jackson’s bank account starts running low.

37 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:36:27pm

re: #36 Targetpractice

Around the time Peter Jackson’s bank account starts running low.

It will be a light opera.

38 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:36:42pm

re: #35 FemNaziBitch

laundry, dishes, walking the dog …but not vacuuming.

That’s what the noise cancelling headphones are for.

39 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:37:42pm

re: #23 EPR-radar

Lost cause flavor, still from the NRO comments

bwahahaaaa! Sounds exactly like the Palin fans who fervently believe that NEXT TIME, she’ll be in the WH…

40 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:38:37pm
41 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:38:40pm

re: #23 EPR-radar

Lost cause flavor, still from the NRO comments

Butthurt Level: Massive

Youtube Video

42 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:39:34pm

re: #30 SpaceJesus

The angry gnashing of teeth begins

freerepublic.com

The Freeper pinhead saying how things would have been so much better with Gohmert as Speaker was especially amusing.

43 Bubblehead II  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:40:05pm

re: #8 Targetpractice

Curious as to what will happen to those poll numbers now that Cruz has announced he won’t fight against the Senate vote.

Nothing. All he has said is he will not try to block a vote on the CR and DC. He hasn’t said he wouldn’t vote no and in doing so will probably raise his approval level with the TPGOP even more.

44 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:42:35pm

re: #30 SpaceJesus

The angry gnashing of teeth begins

freerepublic.com

The GOP just crapped all over itself in front of the entire nation and the whole fucking country had to stop and deal with the screaming, shitting mess and basically everyone is just dreading the next thing that it does.

The few Republican friends I have left— meaning that my friends have switched away from the GOP, not that I’ve dropped friends over this—are so goddamn embarassed right now. I fully expect one of them to no longer be GOP after this, and the others I doubt will remain GOP after a primary season vomits up a fresh catch of heavily mutated fuckwits as the new crop of GOP Cthulu-callers representatives and senators.

Nobody who has any basic level of education about economics, or politics, and is aware of the events of the shutdown can take the GOP seriously now. The GOP has taken all of its intellectual heritage and sold it off real cheap for the opportunity to be asshole parasites on their population of scared older white people that their captive media feeds bullshit constantly.

45 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:43:02pm

re: #31 Kragar

When does Tom Bombadil get a story of his own?

Peter Jackson will make a 5 x 3hr movie cycle out of the Hobbit’s overnight stay.

46 Aqua Obama  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:43:13pm

Oh wow

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47 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:43:36pm

Fantasy’s one of those genres that I’ve never had much love for. Even as I traipse through Tamriel, I find my eyes glazing over when I get bombarded by lore that’s been built up over five games stretching back decades. I’m not interested in who begat who or what the early days of Nirn were like. Just point me to the beasties and get out of my way!

48 wrenchwench  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:45:09pm

re: #46 Aqua Obama

Oh wow

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And look what it’s got them. Nothing. I think Citizens United is much less scary than it first appeared.

49 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:45:46pm

re: #47 Targetpractice

Fantasy’s one of those genres that I’ve never had much love for. Even as I traipse through Tamriel, I find my eyes glazing over when I get bombarded by lore that’s been built up over five games stretching back decades. I’m not interested in who begat who or what the early days of Nirn were like. Just point me to the beasties and get out of my way!

I prefer Sci-Fi. But, then again, I don’t really consider LoTR to be fantasy. Although I guess it is.

For me it depends on the magic. Most times I’m just not able to suspend disbelief.

50 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:45:52pm

Please proceed:

51 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:46:17pm

re: #47 Targetpractice

Fantasy’s one of those genres that I’ve never had much love for. Even as I traipse through Tamriel, I find my eyes glazing over when I get bombarded by lore that’s been built up over five games stretching back decades. I’m not interested in who begat who or what the early days of Nirn were like. Just point me to the beasties and get out of my way!

Your loss. There’s some fantastic fantasy out there, mostly not of the who begat who or Nirn or whatever variety.

I would not include the Skyrim lore in that category though.

52 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:46:32pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

And look what it’s got them. Nothing. I think Citizens United is much less scary than it first appeared.

Ironically, Citizens United is destroying the GOP slightly faster than it destroys the US. It’s like chemo.

The important thing about chemo is stopping it at some point though.

53 Interesting Times  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:47:04pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

And look what it’s got them. Nothing. I think Citizens United is much less scary than it first appeared.

Only because there appear to be enough billionaires saying, woah, wtf, the anti-government BS was meant to be a base-pandering talking point, not an actual plan!

54 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:47:31pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

And look what it’s got them. Nothing. I think Citizens United is much less scary than it first appeared.

Well, it did poison the public discourse.

And gave us what the Republicans just did and even more hubris.

They’ve come around to believe their own bullshit and could still pull down the economy of the country.

55 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:48:08pm

re: #40 Lidane

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56 wrenchwench  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:48:59pm

re: #52 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Ironically, Citizens United is destroying the GOP slightly faster than it destroys the US. It’s like chemo.

The important thing about chemo is stopping it at some point though.

A friend is having surgery this week after weeks of chemo and radiation to stop the tumor.

I think the GOP is ready for surgical removal.

/not really

57 Stephen T.  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:49:30pm

re: #53 Interesting Times

Only because there appear to be enough billionaires saying, woah, wtf, the anti-government BS was meant to be a base-pandering talking point, not an actual plan!

There is a part of me that fears that the billionaires spending all this money on anti-government BS was meant to be an actual plan.

58 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:49:36pm

re: #49 FemNaziBitch

I prefer Sci-Fi. But, then again, I don’t really consider LoTR to be fantasy. Although I guess it is.

For me it depends on the magic. Most times I’m just not able to suspend disbelief.

I’ve always been a big scifi fan, mostly because I grew up on a steady diet of (thank you, TNG). But also because scifi always allows me to picture the future and what could be. Castles and mythical creatures just don’t really engage me much. Magic’s the exception, but that falls under Clarke’s third law.

59 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:49:51pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

A friend is having surgery this week after weeks of chemo and radiation to stop the tumor.

I think the GOP is ready for surgical removal.

/not really

First we need to de-bulk the tumor.

60 darthstar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:49:56pm

Does it make me a bad person that I laughed at the fart joke at the end?

61 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:50:31pm
62 piratedan  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:51:30pm

and what exactly did these people lose?

They lost the ability to try and subvert the US Government into a Constitutional crisis (temporarily) by allowing the government to pay it’s creditors according to the budget that they agreed to… earlier in the year.

and for the temerity of not allowing them to plunge us into what the majority of economists state would be another recession roughly equal in size to the one in 2008, brought on by massive deregulation in the financial and housing industries, they’re upset and vow revenge….

talk about deranged….

63 darthstar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:51:44pm

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64 Aqua Obama  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:51:47pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

And look what it’s got them. Nothing. I think Citizens United is much less scary than it first appeared.

Absolute power corrupting absolutely

65 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:51:55pm

re: #61 Kragar

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Translation: “It all would have worked if everybody was willing to destroy the party like we are!!!”

66 Aqua Obama  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:52:51pm

re: #61 Kragar

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Coincidentally, 20 less Republicans means a Democratic House

winning

67 AlexRogan  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:55:37pm

re: #61 Kragar

Emerging meme from House conservatives: 20-30 moderate Rs screwed the party by being willing to team up w/ Dems on CR/DL.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 16, 2013

Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed!

68 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:56:11pm

re: #63 darthstar

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EXCELLENT!

69 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:56:46pm

re: #67 AlexRogan

Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed!

Like their g-d.

70 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:57:03pm

re: #61 Kragar

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Like I said, they don’t have enough Jews to blame this on them.

71 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:57:15pm

re: #47 Targetpractice

Fantasy’s one of those genres that I’ve never had much love for. Even as I traipse through Tamriel, I find my eyes glazing over when I get bombarded by lore that’s been built up over five games stretching back decades. I’m not interested in who begat who or what the early days of Nirn were like. Just point me to the beasties and get out of my way!

Be careful or you might end up roasted in the depths of the Sloar.

72 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:57:43pm

re: #67 AlexRogan

Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed!

Ayep, we’re now going to hear a few dozen variations of “They would have won if (insert excuse here)! We just need to try harder!” It’s like hearing all the various excuses for communism’s failures.

73 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:57:55pm

re: #70 Assless ChapJockey

Like I said, they don’t have enough Jews to blame this on them.

All you need is one.

74 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:58:14pm

re: #71 Feline Fearless Leader

Be careful or you might end up roasted in the depths of the Sloar.

But only during the Rectification of the Voldronai.

75 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:58:40pm

re: #73 Internet Tough Guy

All you need is one.

Isn’t that a Beatles’ song?

76 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:58:42pm

re: #71 Feline Fearless Leader

Be careful or you might end up roasted in the depths of the Sloar.

I’m likely to be eaten by a grue.

77 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:58:42pm

Graham: ‘This Package Is A Joke’

Lindsey, no one cares what the ladies think about you.

78 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:58:54pm

Feline overload break:

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79 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:00:11pm

Instead of audiobooks, I am listening to a lecture on injective and surjective functions.

I want a nap.

80 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:00:26pm

re: #33 steve_davis

The finest historical fantasy ever written would be Gene Wolfe’s Conciliator series. Granted, it’s future history, but still…….

They were good, to be sure, but Mike’s work was far better.

81 AlexRogan  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:01:15pm

re: #69 FemNaziBitch

Like their g-d.

They do love the fire-and-brimstone version of G-d from the Old Testament, don’t they?

82 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:01:17pm

re: #37 FemNaziBitch

It will be a light opera.

A Gilbert & Sullivan pastiche would be entertaining…

83 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:01:25pm

re: #79 klys

Instead of audiobooks, I am listening to a lecture on injective and surjective functions.

I want a nap.

I might be able to dig up a stratigraphy lecture if that would help.

84 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:01:40pm

re: #77 Kragar

Graham: ‘This Package Is A Joke’

Lindsey, no one cares what the ladies think about you.

blech!

85 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:02:19pm

re: #82 William Barnett-Lewis

A Gilbert & Sullivan pastiche would be entertaining…

I look forward to the Tolkein riff of “I Am The Model of a Modern Major General”.

86 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:02:27pm

re: #83 Feline Fearless Leader

I might be able to dig up a stratigraphy lecture if that would help.

The falling asleep part is not the issue. Despite 4 cans of Diet Mountain Dew so far.

The problem is I still have a lecture and a recitation to watch…

87 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:03:52pm

re: #61 Kragar

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Well, now we know who the “back stabbing” scapegoats will be.

88 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:07:12pm

re: #87 William Barnett-Lewis

Well, now we know who the “back stabbing” scapegoats will be.

Yep. The GOP “moderates” are paying the price for not stepping forward and stopping this before it began. They settled for walking in lockstep to the edge, and as a result are now being scapegoated by the extremists and have at the same time convinced the centrist voters in their districts that they have no spine. The nuts get to sit in their cozy gerrymandered districts while these reps go down in either the primary to a nut or a Democrat in the general election.

89 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:08:40pm

re: #82 William Barnett-Lewis

A Gilbert & Sullivan pastiche would be entertaining…

“When there’s hobbit-killing duties to be done, to be done,

“A Nazgul’s lot is not an ‘appy one! (‘appy one!)”

Just give me a few months to set the Silmarillion to the tune of ‘I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General’…

90 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:09:38pm

My neighbors from hell are getting evicted. This is after about 6 weeks.

91 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:10:07pm

re: #89 Assless ChapJockey

“When there’s hobbit-killing duties to be done, to be done,

“A Nazgul’s lot is not an ‘appy one! (‘appy one!)”

Just give me a few months to set the Silmarillion to the tune of ‘I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General’…

This is how I know I’m not firing on all cylinders: I just realized I was conflating Gilbert and Sullivan with Simon and Garfunkel.

92 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:11:06pm
93 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:11:08pm

re: #91 klys

This is how I know I’m not firing on all cylinders: I just realized I was conflating Gilbert and Sullivan with Simon and Garfunkel.

Don’t feel bad. I keep reading the title as “I Am The Very Model Of A Scientist Salarian.” Damn you, Mass Effect!!

94 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:12:06pm

re: #85 Feline Fearless Leader

I look forward to the Tolkein riff of “I Am The Model of a Modern Major General”.

“Escaped the mines, then went to see Galadriel and Celeborn,

“And told them news of Gandalf’s death, a wizard whom we all will mourn.”

95 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:12:42pm

re: #1 FemNaziBitch

I’m on the audio version of Book 5.

I could not get past 10 pages of Book 1. I don’t even know why I started to read it. Someone said “It’s LOTR but with sexytimes!”

No. No it isn’t a porno LOTR. LOTR had better production values.

96 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:12:50pm

re: #93 Targetpractice

Don’t feel bad. I keep reading the title as “I Am The Very Model Of A Scientist Salarian.” Damn you, Mass Effect!!

That’s what we call GeneJockey, right?

97 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:13:25pm

*sigh*

S&P: Shutdown Cost U.S. $24 Billion, 0.6% GDP In Projected Growth

It’s not even worth it to joke about the phrase “fiscal conservative” anymore. The damage these nitwits have done to the economy in the long run is gonna take a generation to undo.

98 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:14:53pm

re: #97 Targetpractice

*sigh*

S&P: Shutdown Cost U.S. $24 Billion, 0.6% GDP In Projected Growth

It’s not even worth it to joke about the phrase “fiscal conservative” anymore. The damage these nitwits have done to the economy in the long run is gonna take a generation to undo.

The GOP: Penny wise but pound foolish… minus the penny wise part.

99 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:15:10pm

re: #95 Vicious Babushka

I could not get past 10 pages of Book 1. I don’t even know why I started to read it. Someone said “It’s LOTR but with sexytimes!”

No. No it isn’t a porno LOTR. LOTR had better production values.

Well, and the other thing is that if LOTR were GOT, Gandalf would have stayed dead.

100 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:15:12pm

Afternoon Lizardim.

101 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:15:38pm

re: #100 thedopefishlives

Afternoon Lizardim.

I refuse the concept that it is afternoon. It is bedtime.

102 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:16:01pm

re: #101 klys

I refuse the concept that it is afternoon. It is bedtime.

Prove it.

*ducks*

103 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:16:04pm

re: #96 klys

That’s what we call GeneJockey, right?

I am not familiar with the term. I thought ‘Salarian’ was an Armstrong vinyl flooring product.

104 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:16:04pm

A call for a visionary, still from the NRO

Focusing on Obamacare is not enough. The Rs cannot simply position themselves as an obstructionist party as a foil to the Ds. Otherwise the party simply functions as a worn-out set of breaks on a clunker that is about to drive over the cliff (if it hasn’t already). The party needs a coherent, concise policy manifesto similar to the Contract with America that the party and the American people can rally around, and it needs leaders with conviction, backbone, and the communication skills who can present it to the American people. And it can’t simply be Democrat Lite. It has to offer a workable contrasting vision that will offer at least a hope to avoid the certain financial disaster this country is headed towards.

It really will take another ‘great communicator’ to sell the idea of America as Somalia with nukes

105 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:17:04pm

Why do I find such thinks so interesting:

Emotional Labor:

“As the U.S. economy moves from a manufacturing to a service-based economy, workers’ ability to manage their emotions has become more important. According to Hochschild (1983), within this situation, because workers’ ability to manage their emotions according to employer guidelines ultimately increases employer profit, emotional labor is essentially the commodification of emotion work. Within this commodification process, service workers are estranged from their own feelings in much the way production workers are estranged from their own labor.[6] By examining child-rearing practices by middle-class families, Hochschild (1979) finds that middle-class parents prepare their children for emotion management more and lower-class families prepare them less.[6] Since middle-class jobs seek the emotion management taught to middle-class children by their middle-class parents, these employers can commodify this learned emotion work into emotional labor. At the same time, since lower-class children do not learn these same emotion management techniques, they are excluded from middle-class occupations.[6] Based on her observations, Hochschild (1979) sees the demands and expectations of emotional labor as having the ability to perpetuate class inequalities.[6]”

106 Aqua Obama  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:17:09pm

re: #99 Assless ChapJockey

If LOTR was GOT, Sauron would have dealt with all those pissant dynasties in three seconds.

107 brennant  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:17:12pm

[waits for Jindal to talk about not being the stupid party]

108 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:17:20pm

re: #102 thedopefishlives

Prove it.

*ducks*

THEOREM: It is bedtime.

PROOF: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….

109 dog philosopher  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:17:28pm

re: #21 lawhawk

Schadenfreude.

TP candidate for Idaho House of Representatives hates Medicare, except that he signed his family up for it because - benes! Oh, and his defense? Let’s go to the transcript:

Cognitive dissonance? Check.

Logic and reasoning fail? Check.

Congratulations, you’re the embodiment of the TP/GOP. Here’s your tricorn hat and Confederate Battle Flag.

astonishing

110 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:17:42pm

re: #103 Assless ChapJockey

I am not familiar with the term. I thought ‘Salarian’ was an Armstrong vinyl flooring product.

I dunno, sounds like salary to me.

111 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:17:49pm

re: #91 klys

This is how I know I’m not firing on all cylinders: I just realized I was conflating Gilbert and Sullivan with Simon and Garfunkel.

Gilbert and Sullivan and Simon and Garfunkel, an opera in one unnatural act.*

*shamelessly stolen from PDQ Bach Peter Schikele.

112 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:19:08pm

re: #106 Aqua Obama

If LOTR was GOT, Sauron would have dealt with all those pissant dynasties in three seconds.

There is no omni-potent diety in GOT. There is also no grand good vs. evil theme, it seems. I find it refreshing.

113 darthstar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:20:11pm

re: #91 klys

This is how I know I’m not firing on all cylinders: I just realized I was conflating Gilbert and Sullivan with Simon and Garfunkel.

LIke a bridge over a troubled chorus line.

114 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:20:36pm

re: #103 Assless ChapJockey

I am not familiar with the term. I thought ‘Salarian’ was an Armstrong vinyl flooring product.

That would be Solarian. You apparently don’t spend enough time remodeling.

115 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:20:40pm

re: #111 Assless ChapJockey

Gilbert and Sullivan and Simon and Garfunkel, an opera in one unnatural act.*

*shamelessly stolen from PDQ Bach Peter Schikele.

I GARFUNKELED YOUR MOTHER IN AN UNNATURAL ACT!
/Sean Connery

116 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:21:08pm

re: #114 calochortus

That would be Solarian. You apparently don’t spend enough time remodeling.

I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too tired. That just cracked me up.

117 piratedan  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:21:17pm

and one of our precious snowflakes, Amanda Carpenter, who happens to be Ted Cruz’s communications director/staffer/speech writer laments on da twitter:

It’s almost November and I have no idea what my health plan will be or what it will cost in January. This. Is. Awful.

****** edit*******
h/t to (Tim F) actually Tom L. over at Balloon Juice….

The irony, she is apparently ironic, neh?

118 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:23:07pm

re: #117 piratedan

and one of our precious snowflakes, Amanda Carpenter, who happens to be Ted Cruz’s communications director/staffer/speech writer laments on da twitter:

h/t to Tim F over at Balloon Juice….

The irony, she is apparently ironic, neh?

Tough being one of the rabble, isn’t it?

119 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:23:29pm

OT: I come into work this morning and discover there was a round of layoffs yesterday with apparently more planned.

I should be all right because my department isn’t part of a three shift rotation, we just have one shift and one team. We don’t exactly have a glut of personnel either. We could afford to maybe lose one, two at the very most.

I am not, in terms of attitude or seniority, near the bottom of the pecking order so if one of us does get chopped, I don’t think it’ll be me. I am cautiously monitoring the situation however.

120 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:25:03pm

re: #103 Assless ChapJockey

I am not familiar with the term. I thought ‘Salarian’ was an Armstrong vinyl flooring product.

A Salarian is one who works on a salary.

Not to be confused with a Celerian. One whose diet is based on celery.

For the record, I am an Anit-Celerian. Won’t have it touch any of my food.

121 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:25:11pm

re: #117 piratedan

and one of our precious snowflakes, Amanda Carpenter, who happens to be Ted Cruz’s communications director/staffer/speech writer laments on da twitter:

h/t to Tim F over at Balloon Juice….

The irony, she is apparently ironic, neh?

Most people in corporate America health care plan don’t know until November anyway because that seems to be when open enrollment exists.

122 darthstar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:25:29pm
123 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:25:42pm

re: #112 FemNaziBitch

There is no omni-potent diety in GOT. There is also no grand good vs. evil theme, it seems. I find it refreshing.

Winter is coming, yes, but it won’t arrive until volume 43 at this rate.

124 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:25:49pm

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

A Salarian is one who works on a salary.

Not to be confused with a Celerian. One whose diet is based on celery.

For the record, I am an Anit-Celerian. Won’t have it touch any of my food.

You can give me all the raw celery.

Except not right now, because ugh, random nausea. Fairly certain it’s not the lecture causing it.

125 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:25:54pm

re: #114 calochortus

That would be Solarian. You apparently don’t spend enough time remodeling.

And Silurian is not just a bunch of ancient Sci-fi lizards.

126 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:26:01pm

re: #89 Assless ChapJockey

“When there’s hobbit-killing duties to be done, to be done,

“A Nazgul’s lot is not an ‘appy one! (‘appy one!)”

Just give me a few months to set the Silmarillion to the tune of ‘I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General’…

You have seen The Silmarillion In 1000 Words, haven’t you?

127 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:26:07pm

re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg

OT: I come into work this morning and discover there was a round of layoffs yesterday with apparently more planned.

I should be all right because my department isn’t part of a three shift rotation, we just have one shift and one team. We don’t exactly have a glut of personnel either. We could afford to maybe lose one, two at the very most.

I am not, in terms of attitude or seniority, near the bottom of the pecking order so if one of us does get chopped, I don’t think it’ll be me. I am cautiously monitoring the situation however.

I was always that guy that was the last to hear the rumors of layoffs. Which meant it was a double whammy when I was on the list of people to be laid off.

128 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:26:44pm

re: #106 Aqua Obama

If LOTR was GOT, Sauron would have dealt with all those pissant dynasties in three seconds.

Merry and Pippin get killed in Bree by the Nazgul. Frodo dies on Weathertop. Sam takes the ring to Rivendell, only to get snared in the intrigues of Gandalf and Elrond. Aragorn marries Eowyn, then gets murdered along with the whole company of the Ring at Rivendell. Boromir gets his hand cut off by Orcs, and starts trying to be something other than a sword-swinging playboy. Faramir kills Denethor while he’s sitting on the pot…

129 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:26:49pm

re: #125 Feline Fearless Leader

And Silurian is not just a bunch of ancient Sci-fi lizards.

The Silmarillian is … .

130 AlexRogan  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:27:05pm

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

A Salarian is one who works on a salary.

Not to be confused with a Celerian. One whose diet is based on celery.

For the record, I am an Anit-Celerian. Won’t have it touch any of my food.

Y U NO LIKE CELERY?

131 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:27:34pm

re: #114 calochortus

That would be Solarian. You apparently don’t spend enough time money remodeling.

FTFY

132 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:27:51pm

re: #130 AlexRogan

Y U NO LIKE CELERY?

It’s evil in a green stick.

133 Decatur Deb  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:28:07pm

re: #125 Feline Fearless Leader

And Silurian is not just a bunch of ancient Sci-fi lizards.

A Salesian is a follower of Francis de Sales. Salesians are not supposed to be salacious.

134 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:28:28pm

re: #116 klys

I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too tired. That just cracked me up.

And you still fondly remember the electrical work and A/C installation you had done.

135 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:29:00pm

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

A Salarian is one who works on a salary.

Not to be confused with a Celerian. One whose diet is based on celery.

For the record, I am an Anit-Celerian. Won’t have it touch any of my food.

Not even in Gumbo or Jambalaya?

136 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:29:29pm

re: #135 Assless ChapJockey

Not even in Gumbo or Jambalaya?

FYI: -I don’t eat meat either

137 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:29:45pm

re: #133 Decatur Deb

A Salesian is a follower of Francis de Sales. Salesians are not supposed to be salacious.

And try to avoid confusing them with Silesians and Siberians.

138 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:30:05pm

re: #134 calochortus

And you still fondly remember the electrical work and A/C installation you had done.

Anything that ends with AC and 3 prong outlets cannot be all bad.

139 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:30:07pm

re: #131 Assless ChapJockey

FTFY

No, if it were money, that kitchen floor would be hardwood.

140 AlexRogan  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:30:56pm

re: #132 FemNaziBitch

It’s evil in a green stick.

Evil? That’s a touch much, ain’t it?

You just don’t like the taste or does it disagree with you in other ways?

141 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:31:20pm

Quote from lecture:

That’s because you’re thinking sanely and rationally about things in the real world. […] This makes no sense. I have absolutely no explanation except that I can prove it and therefore it is true.

142 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:31:21pm

re: #136 FemNaziBitch

FYI: -I don’t eat meat either

More for us, then!

143 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:32:02pm

re: #140 AlexRogan

Evil? That’s a touch much, ain’t it?

You just don’t like the taste or does it disagree with you in other ways?

Its position on women’s rights is indefensible, for a start.
//

144 wrenchwench  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:32:06pm

My teabagging congress person:

145 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:32:08pm

re: #136 FemNaziBitch

FYI: -I don’t eat meat either

That’s alright, we can’t all be perfect.

146 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:32:41pm

Credit where credit is due. Rare levels of wisdom from an NRO commenter.

My lesson from this? Erick Erickson of Redstate.com is an unpleasable, whiney, contemptible little worm who does nothing but act like the old Soviet platoon leaders who stood and shot his own soldiers in the back if they fled. He is happy to fight with gusto all fights he has no part in, and would have us keep this up until we’re in the shape of the quadruple-amputee knight in Monty Python, at which point he’d probably have the colossal nerve to “call it a draw.”.

I’m venting this on here because ANY and all dissent over there is a bannable offense.

147 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:32:51pm

re: #145 thedopefishlives

That’s alright, we can’t all be perfect.

And we all know Ted Cruz has that position locked down.

/////

148 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:33:17pm
149 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:33:20pm

Eat your celery! It’s an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and anti-oxidant. And has practically no calories. I always include it in my homemade veggie soup and love it raw, too. Try dipping it in garlicky hummus for a healthy snack.

whfoods.com

150 Decatur Deb  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:33:45pm

re: #144 wrenchwench

My teabagging congress person:

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Good. Want to see Boehner have to go to the Democrats.

151 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:33:52pm

OT, but if everyone has agreed to pass the debt ceiling increase and so on, why the heck don’t they just go ahead and do it? The GOP has conceded defeat, why drag it out and keep it in the news.

For that matter, why bring it all up again in 3 months, which puts it into an election year?

152 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:34:29pm

re: #149 Justanotherhuman

Eat your celery! It’s an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and anti-oxidant. And has practically no calories. I always include it in my homemade veggie soup and love it raw, too. Try dipping it in garlicky hummus for a healthy snack.

whfoods.com

I make ranch dip using cottage cheese, a little milk, a food processor, and the Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix. Tasty and a lot lower calorie than normal dips and doesn’t taste like cottage cheese at all.

153 Decatur Deb  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:34:48pm

re: #149 Justanotherhuman

Eat your celery! It’s an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and anti-oxidant. And has practically no calories. I always include it in my homemade veggie soup and love it raw, too. Try dipping it in garlicky hummus for a healthy snack.

whfoods.com

Dip it in a Bloody Mary for a less healthful snack.

154 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:35:35pm

re: #151 calochortus

OT, but if everyone has agreed to pass the debt ceiling increase and so on, why the heck don’t they just go ahead and do it? The GOP has conceded defeat, why drag it out and keep it in the news.

For that matter, why bring it all up again in 3 months, which puts it into an election year?

because they didn’t want to make it too longlasting lest it be TOO big a victory for BHO and the Dems. And the Dems want it to be during the election year so that the Reps will be circumspect, having tanked their popularity this time.

155 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:35:40pm

re: #151 calochortus

OT, but if everyone has agreed to pass the debt ceiling increase and so on, why the heck don’t they just go ahead and do it? The GOP has conceded defeat, why drag it out and keep it in the news.

For that matter, why bring it all up again in 3 months, which puts it into an election year?

I believe you just answered your second question for yourself. The GOP think that they can get better results with an election on the line. What’s that saying about insanity being when you do the same thing and expect different results?

156 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:35:54pm

re: #151 calochortus

OT, but if everyone has agreed to pass the debt ceiling increase and so on, why the heck don’t they just go ahead and do it? The GOP has conceded defeat, why drag it out and keep it in the news.

For that matter, why bring it all up again in 3 months, which puts it into an election year?

Because Benghazi Obamacare Tyranny that’s why.

157 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:36:08pm

re: #152 klys

I make ranch dip using cottage cheese, a little milk, a food processor, and the Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix. Tasty and a lot lower calorie than normal dips and doesn’t taste like cottage cheese at all.

Hmm, sounds great. I eat low fat cottage cheese in pudding cups instead of pudding. : )

158 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:36:24pm

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO

very short, wrenchwrench’s pages post

159 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:36:44pm

re: #140 AlexRogan

Evil? That’s a touch much, ain’t it?

You just don’t like the taste or does it disagree with you in other ways?

I can’t stand the taste. Neither could my dad. It’s genetic.

160 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:36:52pm

Perkins: Liberals are the real theocrats because they want to help the poor

Perkins said Jesus never asked the Roman government occupying Israel during his lifetime to help care for the poor using tax money, which he’d instructed his followers to willingly give up.

“He never said to Rome, to the Romans, ‘Hey, you guys need to make sure that you’re taking out of one person’s pocket to put into another,’” Perkins said.

Perkins, whose organization promotes the idea that God is “the author of life, liberty and the family” and the “Judeo-Christian worldview as the basis for a just, free and stable society,” said it was actually liberals who wished to impose their religion on government.

“This is how disingenuous the Left is,” Perkins said. “They accuse evangelicals of wanting to create a theocracy, which is the farthest thing from the truth, when in fact, they are treating the government as if it had divine instruction from God to be a form of theocracy.”

161 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:37:28pm

re: #145 thedopefishlives

That’s alright, we can’t all be perfect.

Only G-d, The Vatican and the Tea-Party can be perfect…

162 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:38:10pm

re: #156 Lidane

Because Benghazi Obamacare Tyranny that’s why.

Ugh, speaking of Benghazi, I saw a friend of mine and his family were fully decked out in “Remember Benghazi 9/11/12” T-shirts at church last week. I was sick to my stomach. The good news is that he doesn’t appear to be otherwise vocal about it.

163 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:38:12pm

re: #154 Assless ChapJockey

re: #155 thedopefishlives

OK, part 2 is because they’re delusional.
Part 1: Why not just get the stupid vote over with now?

164 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:38:18pm

At Thanksgiving my husband makes one stuff with celery and one without.

165 jaunte  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:38:23pm
Lindsey Graham: Republicans “need a different strategy the next time Congress addresses the budget.”

No more sticking your fingers in the socket to see what lights up?

166 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:38:52pm

re: #144 wrenchwench

My teabagging congress person:

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mine as well:

167 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:39:10pm

re: #160 Kragar

THAT IS some mental gymnastics there.

168 jaunte  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:40:12pm
169 Decatur Deb  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:40:20pm

re: #157 Justanotherhuman

Hmm, sounds great. I eat low fat cottage cheese in pudding cups instead of pudding. : )

just finished the Grand Tour of the Grand Kids.

Big Mac
Serious pizza
PF Chang’s
Captain D’s
Frozen pizza
College burger joint
Mello Mushroom pizza
Big Mac

That was the ‘good’ stuff.

170 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:40:41pm

I swear, part of me seriously wonders if Boehner might actually come up short with the votes on this.

171 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:40:49pm

re: #165 jaunte

No more sticking your fingers in the socket to see what lights up?

I don’t think these people are sticking their fingers into the electrical sockets.

172 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:41:06pm

re: #126 William Barnett-Lewis

You have seen The Silmarillion In 1000 Words, haven’t you?

no, but I’ve heard Anna Russell’s short summary of “Der Ring Des Nibelungens”

“And then Siegfried meets Guntrune Gibich. She’s the first woman he’s ever met who ISN’T his aunt.

“I’m not making this up!”

173 darthstar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:41:15pm
174 jaunte  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:41:16pm

re: #171 EPR-radar

I’m trying to be good.

175 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:41:17pm

re: #160 Kragar

Perkins: Liberals are the real theocrats because they want to help the poor

In short, “How dare you try to strip away the unfortunate having to come beg to us for help so that we can freely coerce them into obedience!”

176 bubba zanetti  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:41:21pm

re: #168 jaunte

Yeah, you left at least your dignity, your reputation and your credibility on the table.

177 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:42:03pm

re: #172 Assless ChapJockey

no, but I’ve heard Anna Russell’s short summary of “Der Ring Des Nibelungens”

“And then Siegfried meets Guntrune Gibich. She’s the first woman he’s met who ISN’T his aunt.

“I’m not making this up!”

+1000 for the Anna Russell reference.

178 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:42:09pm
179 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:42:44pm

re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg

I swear, part of me seriously wonders if Boehner might actually come up short with the votes on this.

For this to pass, we need 20 or so GOP House representatives that are 1) capable of perceiving reality and 2) are prepared to vote accordingly.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

180 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:43:25pm

re: #179 EPR-radar

For this to pass, we need 20 or so GOP House representatives that are 1) capable of perceiving reality and 2) are prepared to vote accordingly.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

Can we be pretty certain none of the Dems will have the cojones to vote against?

181 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:43:33pm

re: #178 Kragar

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But, he is well-dressed.

Cheap shot. I find it strange that Graham is the only man on which whose wardrobe is fair game.

182 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:44:09pm

re: #177 calochortus

+1000 for the Anna Russell reference.

“And now we meet Sigfried. He’s very strong, and very handsome, and he’s very stupid.”

183 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:44:10pm
184 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:44:11pm

re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg

Can we be pretty certain none of the Dems will have the cojones to vote against?

Concur. There is probably a blue-dog or two that might be a little jumpy about their district and thus think they need to improve their conservative cred.

185 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:45:05pm

re: #172 Assless ChapJockey

no, but I’ve heard Anna Russell’s short summary of “Der Ring Des Nibelungens”

“And then Siegfried meets Guntrune Gibich. She’s the first woman he’s ever met who ISN’T his aunt.

“I’m not making this up!”

littlegreenfootballs.com

186 makeitstop  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:45:26pm

(makeitstop raises hand…)

How, exactly is Freedomworks going to finance primarying 30 R house members when they’re bleeding money?

More magical thinking from people who believe in Unskewed polls.
/

187 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:46:18pm

re: #183 Lidane

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I thought he wanted to drown the govt in a bathtub? Weren’t they just trying to do his will? : )

188 ObserverArt  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:46:25pm

re: #107 brennant

[waits for Jindal to talk about not being the stupid party]

And then a few days after that look for Jindal to say something stupid. He never disappoints. His mouth doesn’t know what his mouth is saying.

That would be sort of like his mouth wrote a check his brain can’t cash.

189 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:46:26pm

re: #160 Kragar

Perkins: Liberals are the real theocrats because they want to help the poor

Oh, Great Old Ones, who art in another dimension
Hallowed by thy unspeakable names.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
On Earth as it is in the hellish space between the stars.
Let us be able to slay thy foes daily
And remember our sacrifices to You
As You remember to eat us first when the Stars are right and you rise again.
And lead us not unto the path of mercy and compassion
For Thine is the Power, the Kingdom and the malevolent Glory
Now and unto Forever.

Amen.

—Tony Perkins’ updated version of The Lord’s Prayer The Prayer to Great Cthulhu

190 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:46:26pm

re: #182 Assless ChapJockey

“And now we meet Sigfried. He’s very strong, and very handsome, and he’s very stupid.”

Makes you wonder who Wagner and G&S were meeting that they constantly tapped that trope for young men who are handsome, not that bright, and have never met a woman. Good fodder for opera I guess, whether it’s comedy or drama.

191 Kragar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:46:30pm

re: #186 makeitstop

(makeitstop raises hand…)

How, exactly is Freedomworks going to finance primarying 30 R house members when they’re bleeding money?

More magical thinking from people who believe in Unskewed polls.
/

I smell a fundraiser!

192 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:47:04pm

re: #185 William Barnett-Lewis

littlegreenfootballs.com

HA! Excellent!

193 EPR-radar  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:49:17pm

Incredible variety at the NRO today. It’s like a well-stocked terrarium of all manner of political thought. Here we have the True Believer (tm).

You can repeat mindless mantras to mellow yourself out all you want, Jonah. I’m furious, not at the Defund ObamaCare effort—which, despite all the overblown hysteria from both Dems and GOP shills alike, IS actually our last opportunity to stop it. I’m furious that so many in Congress and in the conservative media don’t care about ordinary Americans and the effect this will have on their lives. It will DESTROY people’s access to health care; and as a result there will be people who die. Cruz, Lee, Paul and their frightened pale ghost, Rubio, ARE telling the truth about that. Despite all the massive problems with ObamaCare, it won’t be repealed, and it will embed itself into our economy now. So, “moving on” might soothe you, but the truth is, AMERICANS will be left to pick up the shreds of their lives once it hits them and they get sick and DIE because they either cannot afford health care, or they opt to risk not having it due to the costs mandated in ObamaCare. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. We are forever indebted to Cruz and Lee for having the courage to stand up against it; even if they failed, they TRIED. I have a fury toward those who have undermined them, covertly and overtly.

194 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:49:35pm

time to feed the dogs… .

195 freetoken  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:51:24pm

re: #193 EPR-radar

… and their frightened pale ghost, Rubio …

Rubio is a “pale ghost”.

Oh, my aching Caribbean ethnic admixtures are aching.

196 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:52:02pm

re: #182 Assless ChapJockey

“The Ring is a magnificent work, supposing you can make any sense of it.”

197 dog philosopher  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:53:29pm

re: #160 Kragar

Perkins: Liberals are the real theocrats because they want to help the poor

to reach this conclusion, all you have to do is

1) define all opinions as “religion”

2) define all advocacy as “imposing”

easy!

198 GeneJockey  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:54:31pm

re: #196 calochortus

“The Ring is a magnificent work, supposing you can make any sense of it.”

“And now we’re all down at the bottom of the Rhine - Exactly where we started, 20 hours ago!”

199 dog philosopher  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:54:35pm

re: #196 calochortus

“The Ring is a magnificent work, supposing you can make any sense of it.”

try explaining the plot of the kalevela!

200 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 2:58:04pm

re: #199 dog philosopher

try explaining the plot of the kalevela!

No, I won’t. All those miscellaneous letters the Finns throw into their language scare me.

201 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:01:06pm

Remember the huge petcoke pile in Detroit?
There’s one in Chicago now.

Koch Brothers’ Tar Sands Waste Invades Chicago

202 ObserverArt  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:03:39pm

re: #149 Justanotherhuman

Eat your celery! It’s an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and anti-oxidant. And has practically no calories. I always include it in my homemade veggie soup and love it raw, too. Try dipping it in garlicky hummus for a healthy snack.

whfoods.com

I use a lot of celery cut at an angle and thin in Beef and/or Vegetable lo mein with strips of onions, green pepper and carrots cut like matchsticks. Also use it in salads, chicken noodle casseroles and soups and in Jambalaya. Yum. I haven’t made the Jambalaya in some time. I think I heard a Cajun cook call celery, onions and green peppers as the holy trinity of Cajun cooking. Heh. They make a base for a lot of good stuff.

203 Varek Raith  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:06:03pm

HAHAHAHA

204 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:06:30pm

re: #200 calochortus

No. I won’t all those miscellaneous letters the Finns throw into their language scare me.

Heh. The Czechs have “ř”.

To make the sound, you roll an r while simultaneously making a “zh” sound except the “z” is done with the tip of the tongue behind your upper front teeth while you roll the “r” sound.

Youtube Video

205 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:07:52pm
206 dog philosopher  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:08:18pm

re: #204 Dr Lizardo, The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla

Heh. The Czechs have “ř”.

To make the sound, you roll an r while simultaneously making a “zh” sound except the “z” is done with the tip of the tongue behind your upper front teeth while you roll the “r” sound.

[Embedded content]

this explains why the slovaks divorced them

207 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:08:55pm

re: #204 Dr Lizardo, The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla

You could hurt yourself doing that.

208 Varek Raith  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:09:01pm

re: #204 Dr Lizardo, The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla

Heh. The Czechs have “ř”.

To make the sound, you roll an r while simultaneously making a “zh” sound except the “z” is done with the tip of the tongue behind your upper front teeth while you roll the “r” sound.

[Embedded content]

Impossible.
NEXT!

209 Targetpractice  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:10:39pm

Here’s what’s being reported as the final text of the Senate deal, though some are saying it’s only a working draft:

Senate Bill

Too much legalise for my tastes, so I leave it to others to pick it apart.

210 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:12:00pm

Good, bad, or exploitative?

Facebook: Teens can now post publicly, but posts are friends-only by default

“Facebook relaxed its privacy policies for teenagers on its network Wednesday, allowing underage users to share more information with the general public.”

washingtonpost.com

I only ask because I was a teenager once. Lots of teens looking for attention out there. I really wouldn’t want my young, under-aged teen putting stuff out there for the world to see.

211 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:13:31pm

re: #206 dog philosopher

re: #207 calochortus

re: #208 Varek Raith

It’s a difficult sound and it takes some practice, but for Czechs, they can instantly tell a foreigner from a Czech because of that letter, which is unique to the Czech language.

If you can master it, you can blend in pretty easy here.

212 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:15:08pm

re: #210 Justanotherhuman

As usual, it all depends on how much parental involvement there is. I’ve got friends and cousins whose kids are on FB, but they’ve taken a serious part in it by requiring their kids to have them on their friends lists and to keep them in the loop. And a few of them aren’t afraid to call their kids out if they’re acting a fool.

213 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:15:35pm

re: #19 Targetpractice

Whenever somebody tells me that I don’t have to read a book to enjoy the adaptation of it, I just give them my patented “Are you fucking kidding?!” look.

Reading the Jack Reacher series made it virtually impossible for me to enjoy the movie with TOM FUCKING CRUISE.

214 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:18:30pm

I’ve got to say that I abhor Robert Costa’s politics but he did a damn good job reporting on this.

215 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:19:50pm

re: #214 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

I’ve got to say that I abhor Robert Costa’s politics but he did a damn good job reporting on this.

Yeah, I’m definitely not a fan of National Racists Online, but Costa did good work covering the GOP fail here.

216 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:21:30pm

re: #213 Vicious Babushka

Reading the Jack Reacher series made it virtually impossible for me to enjoy the movie with TOM FUCKING CRUISE.

To be fair, it’s virtually impossible for anyone to enjoy a movie with TOM FUCKING CRUISE. ;)

217 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:24:31pm

re: #216 thedopefishlives

To be fair, it’s virtually impossible for anyone to enjoy a movie with TOM FUCKING CRUISE. ;)

I managed to enjoy Mission Impossible 4, but that was due to Jeremy Renner. I like him. He’s good.

218 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:26:16pm

re: #217 Lidane

I managed to enjoy Mission Impossible 4, but that was due to Jeremy Renner. I like him. He’s good.

Mmmm, yes. I kind of badly want an Avengers spinoff with him, preferably about Budapest.

219 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:26:17pm

re: #136 FemNaziBitch

FYI: -I don’t eat meat either

Don’t eat no meat? What do you mean, you don’t eat no meat?

It’s OK, I make lamb.

< / BigFatGreekWedding >

220 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:27:14pm

re: #200 calochortus

No, I won’t. All those miscellaneous letters the Finns throw into their language scare me.

Poland invaded Finland and stole all their consonants.

221 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:27:15pm

re: #217 Lidane

I managed to enjoy Mission Impossible 4, but that was due to Jeremy Renner. I like him. He’s good.

I have a soft spot for Top Gun because it was one of the first movies I remember watching with the fishfolk. (We’re an odd brood.) I still can’t stand his ugly mug, though.

222 Lidane  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:30:22pm

re: #218 klys

Mmmm, yes. I kind of badly want an Avengers spinoff with him, preferably about Budapest.

A Hawkeye/Black Widow film needs to happen. That would be fun, since it would be a cloak & dagger espionage film, but with archery. Heh.

223 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:31:05pm

re: #222 Lidane

A Hawkeye/Black Widow film needs to happen. That would be fun, since it would be a cloak & dagger espionage film, but with archery. Heh.

And unresolved sexual tension!

224 Decatur Deb  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:31:07pm

re: #212 Lidane

As usual, it all depends on how much parental involvement there is. I’ve got friends and cousins whose kids are on FB, but they’ve taken a serious part in it by requiring their kids to have them on their friends lists and to keep them in the loop. And a few of them aren’t afraid to call their kids out if they’re acting a fool.

Wife is on my daughters’ lists. She’s 65, and she calls them out.

225 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:31:50pm

re: #222 Lidane

A Hawkeye/Black Widow film needs to happen. That would be fun, since it would be a cloak & dagger espionage film, but with archery. Heh.

“You and I remember Budapest very differently.”

226 calochortus  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:32:50pm

re: #220 Vicious Babushka

Poland invaded Finland and stole all their consonants.

They must have sneaked over and gotten them back and then decided to store them all in words for safekeeping, guarded by double vowels on either side.

227 thedopefishlives  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:33:38pm

re: #223 klys

And unresolved sexual tension!

Unresolved sexual tension: Driving cheap crappy Hollywood plots since before there were “talkies”.

228 klys  Wed, Oct 16, 2013 3:34:17pm

re: #227 thedopefishlives

Unresolved sexual tension: Driving cheap crappy Hollywood plots since before there were “talkies”.

This is why Joss Whedon needs to write the film.


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