Saturday Afternoon Strings: Chris Thile and Michael Daves at NPR

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The first time I heard Chris Thile play mandolin I was sure I was listening to a recording that was speeded up because it seemed almost inhumanly fast, but no… that’s really him. The guy’s a flat-picking monster, and his guitar partner Michael Daves is no slouch either.

Thile and Daves play the traditional bluegrass music of icons Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with a New York City intensity. Watch the dexterous duo perform songs from their album Sleep With One Eye Open at the NPR Music offices.

Set List:
“Sleep With One Eye Open”
“Rabbit In The Log”
“Bury Me Beneath The Willow”
“Billy In The Lowground”
“It Takes One To Know One”
“Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”

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1 freetoken  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:46:16pm

They have holes in their heads…

A STUDY OF PERUVIAN TREPANATION IN 1000 YEAR OLD SKULLS

Evidence shows that healers in Peru practised trepanation — a surgical procedure that involves removing a section of the cranial vault using a hand drill or a scraping tool — more than 1,000 years ago to treat a variety of ailments, from head injuries to heartsickness.

Excavating burial caves in the south-central Andean province of Andahuaylas in Peru, UC Santa Barbara bioarchaeologist Danielle Kurin and her research team unearthed the remains of 32 individuals that date back to the Late Intermediate Period (ca. AD 1000-1250). Among them, 45 separate trepanation procedures were in evidence. Kurin’s findings appear in the current issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

[…]

Surgeons have been saw crazy for a long time.

2 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:47:19pm
3 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:49:13pm

Well, finished Bioshock Infinite

4 freetoken  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:50:44pm

re: #2 jaunte

The art of foreground objects.

Really important in making a landscape a more active object for the viewer.

The rocks are interesting - I suspect they are glacial deposits, no?

5 GeneJockey  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:53:47pm

re: #3 Kragar

Well, finished Bioshock Infinite

Anyone else see anything wrong with that sentence?

6 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:54:15pm
7 AlexRogan  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:57:01pm

re: #5 GeneJockey

Anyone else see anything wrong with that sentence?

Maybe the game should be renamed Bioshock Finite.

/

8 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:57:24pm

re: #5 GeneJockey

Anyone else see anything wrong with that sentence?

“There’s always a lighthouse, there’s always a man, there’s always a city.”

9 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:59:50pm

re: #4 freetoken

“…from 25,000 to 10,000 years ago the lower volume Wisconsin glaciation carved many of the glacial features seen today. Burned Ridge is made of the terminal moraine (rubble dump) of the largest of these glaciers to affect the area. Today this hummocky feature is covered with trees and other vegetation. Smaller moraines from a less severe part of the Pinedale were formed just below the base of each large valley in the Teton Range by alpine glaciers. Many of these piles of glacial rubble created depressions that in modern times are filled with a series of small lakes (Leigh, String, Jenny, Bradley, Taggart, and Phelps). Jackson Lake is the largest of these and was impounded by a recessional moraine left by the last major glacier in Jackson Hole.”en.wikipedia.org

Sorry if my responses are intermittent; I’m painting some last minute gifts.

10 b.d.  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:02:01pm

The NSA is going after Appelbaum!!!1!!

“When I flew away for an appointment, I installed four alarm systems in my apartment,” Appelbaum told the paper after discussing other situations which he said made him feel uneasy. “When I returned, three of them had been turned off. The fourth, however, had registered that somebody was in my flat - although I’m the only one with a key. And some of my effects, whose positions I carefully note, were indeed askew. My computers had been turned on and off.”

dw.de

Of course if anybody did want something on his computer wouldn’t they have just taken it? I mean, it all being super encrypted and all that?

11 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:03:27pm

re: #6 Stanley Sea

Just don’t wear a hoodie.

12 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:05:19pm

re: #10 b.d.

13 b.d.  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:07:45pm

Someone’s been in Appelbaums house!! He knows it!!

ANNIE: Paul, my little ceramic penguin in the study always faces due south.
PAUL: I don’t… I don’t know what you’re talking about. Ceramic penguin? - See more at: blog.blcklst.com

14 b.d.  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:10:48pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

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What is this world coming to where we are keeping track of people who have received stolen state secrets and slightly delaying other involved people at airports!?!?!?!

15 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:32:53pm

re: #1 freetoken

They have holes in their heads…

A STUDY OF PERUVIAN TREPANATION IN 1000 YEAR OLD SKULLS

Surgeons have been saw crazy for a long time.

Saw a trepanation exhibit at the Smithsonian a few years back. It was often used to allow “bad spirits” to leave the body. Think schizophrenia. They had one poor guy’s skull that looked like chicken wire. Must have been a hardy soul to survive having thirty, quarter-sized chunks of his skull taken out over decades.

16 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:36:51pm

I hate being an idiot. I ruined 15 dollars worth of acrylic blanks trying to drill them before I realized that my brad point bit no longer had a brad for a point and was skittering all over the place. Once and great while I’ll have one shatter when I drill them, so the first time just annoyed me.

The worst part is I KNOW BETTER!!!! I just got brain-locked and kept trying the same thing again and again and they just kept blowing. Luckily they weren’t contract jobs, just some stuff I wanted to do for inventory. Of course now I’ve blown up all my ‘nice’ looking blanks, and all I have left in the drawer are the ones that I get as ‘freebies’ when I order stuff. (In other words, the stuff my suppliers couldn’t sell, and are just trying to get rid of :-) ) /rant_over


RBS

17 freetoken  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:37:52pm

re: #15 austin_blue

As science fiction often portrays, a skull is optional.

18 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:38:51pm

re: #3 Kragar

Well, finished Bioshock Infinite

Whaddya think?

Spoiler

It looked fantastic and props to Ken Levine for addressing the racial inequality theme. However, it really bugged me that they just up and dropped it halfway through. Also, going essentially Magic Balance Fairy on Daisy Fitzroy (she’s an oppressed black woman, now she’s a child killer!) bugged me.

Admittedly, since I played it over a long period of time, I just didn’t quite get the implications of the story line until I researched it online. That said, it’s a really ambitious narrative that’s fairly unique in video gaming.

Now, off to play something relaxing like Heavy Rain…

19 freetoken  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:38:57pm

ProTip for amateur genealogists: When you need to turn to Beowulf to fill in your tree you’ve gone a bit too far back.

20 Political Atheist  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:40:44pm

Who likes Hummingbirds? I caught a few snaps. Paged.

21 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:41:11pm
22 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:43:39pm

re: #15 austin_blue

Saw a trepanation exhibit at the Smithsonian a few years back. It was often used to allow “bad spirits” to leave the body. Think schizophrenia. They had one poor guy’s skull that looked like chicken wire. Must have been a hardy soul to survive having thirty, quarter-sized chunks of his skull taken out over decades.

And welcome to Obamacare

I can’t imagine how that would have felt, just don’t have any kind of a frame of reference, like if you told me that gold melted at 2000* F I don’t have a reference for that, other than HOT. Same thing, to have a hole drilled in the skull. Next time my doc goes “This may sting a little bit” I figure at least he’s not using scraping my skull open with a sharpened stone.

RBS

23 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:47:54pm


Ghost Rider as a hamster in a flaming hamster ball. ‘Nuff said.

24 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:48:41pm

re: #18 Mattand

Whaddya think?

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Spoiler

Well, if you really think about it, Daisy’s change from one universe to another really does make a lot of sense. One thing about revolutions in history is that, with the odd exception, the revolutionaries have generally killed off all traces of the old order. Sometimes it was to end their legitimacy as rulers, other times it was just out of past grievances, and others it was out of utter insanity. See the executions of the Russian royal family for a good example.

Overall, I thought the way they handled the swings between order and chaos, revolution to control, seemed to be pretty inspired. Certainly in keeping with the way they handled things in Bioshock. Yeah, it was a bit heavy-handed at time, but that’s because reality doesn’t always tend to be subtle and the people we think of as heroes have their dark sides.

25 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:49:24pm

Is it just me or not? My create a page button has disappeared.

26 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:49:26pm

Hello.

27 freetoken  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:50:53pm

re: #25 PhillyPretzel

isGone = true

28 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:51:14pm

It’s not just you. Mine is gone, and everything from the Quote and New Comments buttons kick me to the front page.

29 EmmaAnne  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:52:44pm

All my buttons has a sad.

30 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:54:14pm

All my stuff still works. You people stay away from me.

31 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:54:22pm

re: #23 Lidane

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Ghost Rider as a hamster in a flaming hamster ball. ‘Nuff said.

Wolverine as an in-situ sushi chef.

32 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:54:40pm

re: #30 wrenchwench

All my stuff still works. You people stay away from me.

You will be Borg!

33 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:55:00pm

re: #30 wrenchwench

I cleared out my previous stuff and everything seems to be working now.

34 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:56:09pm

Downstairs thread said that there were some Firefox issues. Try a different browser, or shutdown and restart your computer. That seemed to solve it for others. (and at least one of them was Canadian, so who knows what happens when the packets get up there and get converted into Metric at the boarder.

RBS

35 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:56:27pm

My Mac seems fine. Didn’t Charles talk about Firefox being buggy on PCs downstairs?

36 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:57:37pm

re: #35 austin_blue

My Mac seems fine. Didn’t Charles talk about Firefox being buggy on PCs downstairs?

Firefox? Buggy? Inconceivable!

37 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 3:58:21pm

re: #36 Targetpractice

Firefox? Buggy? Inconceivable!

New version every 15 minutes!

38 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:00:24pm

re: #37 Varek Raith

New version every 15 minutes!

No doubt a massive government conspiracy.

39 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:03:46pm

re: #38 Targetpractice

No doubt a massive government conspiracy.

New Massive Government Conspiracy every 15 minutes.

RBS

40 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:07:53pm

41 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:10:44pm

The evil right continues its all-out assault on Elon Musk and his initiatives in SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity:
Why Elon Musk is a Poor Person’s Worst Nightmare

Elon has ruffled some serious feathers out there. He must be on the right track.

42 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:13:03pm

Looks like my plans to sign up for Obamacare before the end of the year aren’t going to pan out.
Cover Oregon: If you don’t hear from us by Monday, seek coverage elsewhere

43 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:13:33pm

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel

The evil right continues its all-out assault on Elon Musk and his initiatives in SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity:
Why Elon Musk is a Poor Person’s Worst Nightmare

Elon has ruffled some serious feathers out there. He must be on the right track.

“If you’re taking flak, you’re over the target”

44 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:13:44pm

re: #31 austin_blue

Wolverine as an in-situ sushi chef.

My personal favorite is Deadpool as a giraffe on a scooter running into a light pole. The bag of tacos was a nice touch. Heh.

45 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:16:29pm

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel

The evil right continues its all-out assault on Elon Musk and his initiatives in SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity:
Why Elon Musk is a Poor Person’s Worst Nightmare

Elon has ruffled some serious feathers out there. He must be on the right track.

Those of you who accuse Republicans of automatically supporting the rich over everyone else are not being fair. As the hate campaign against Elon Musk proves, the right will only support billionaires who are on board with their vision of a patriarchal, semi-feudal, backward looking society based on the hallucinations of ancient Middle Eastern sheep herders.

46 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:17:59pm

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel

The evil right continues its all-out assault on Elon Musk and his initiatives in SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity:
Why Elon Musk is a Poor Person’s Worst Nightmare

Elon has ruffled some serious feathers out there. He must be on the right track.

If Tesla can get a medium-priced pickup truck produced, he’ll be unstoppable.

47 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:20:41pm

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel

The evil right continues its all-out assault on Elon Musk and his initiatives in SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity:
Why Elon Musk is a Poor Person’s Worst Nightmare

Elon has ruffled some serious feathers out there. He must be on the right track.

I watched a documentary about Elon Musk not too long ago. Interesting guy. I like him. He put his own fortune on the line several times when his companies were on the verge of failure. I respect that.

48 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:21:46pm

re: #46 jaunte

If Tesla can get a medium-priced pickup truck produced, he’ll be unstoppable.

He doesn’t have to produce them himself. Tesla has deals with both Daimler and Toyota to produce electric power train systems for them. The Smart, Mercedes and Toyota brands are all going to use his technology in their electric cars.

49 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:23:13pm
50 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:26:38pm

re: #46 jaunte

If Tesla could come up with something similar to a Dodge Ram 1500 that was in that price range they’d have a hell of a time keeping them in stock. It would have to be able to carry the load a work truck does too, as well as tow a trailer. I know a lot of guys who use trucks for work (The Husband and every guy he knows pretty much), if they could get out of paying 50-150 dollars a week for gas, it would be a HUGE deal.

51 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:26:42pm

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel

The evil right continues its all-out assault on Elon Musk and his initiatives in SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity:
Why Elon Musk is a Poor Person’s Worst Nightmare

Elon has ruffled some serious feathers out there. He must be on the right track.

I won’t go so far as to call Musk another Henry Ford, but he certainly is walking the same path. People have no concept of history anymore, no understanding that the automobiles we take for granted today were themselves once considered “toys” of the rich and the idea that the horse would be replaced by them regarded as ridiculous. It took men of vision, like Ford, to combine mass production with the automobile and make it available to the common man.

52 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:27:33pm
53 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:28:40pm
spontaneous hickie

Band name, or mysterious disease?

54 A Mom Anon  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:29:43pm

re: #49 Stanley Sea

Damn it. Her poor family. damn.

55 GeneJockey  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:29:53pm

re: #53 wrenchwench

Band name, or mysterious disease?

It’s floor polish AND a dessert topping!

56 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:33:30pm

re: #51 Targetpractice

I won’t go so far as to call Musk another Henry Ford, but he certainly is walking the same path.

He’s not Ford, but he’s definitely got a long-term vision. He’s making deals with the other manufacturers to get his electric power train system technology out there (saving the other companies the effort and cost of developing their own in-house) into various cars. Tesla is working on a compact car that would be priced under $30K. He’s also looking to expand the accessibility of electric car charging stations across the country.

Get your tech out there to people, make your own cars more affordable, and work to address the primary limitation of electric car ownership (i.e., the severe lack of refueling stations) and you could work to change the entire landscape.

57 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:36:17pm
58 GeneJockey  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:37:56pm

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel

The evil right continues its all-out assault on Elon Musk and his initiatives in SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity:
Why Elon Musk is a Poor Person’s Worst Nightmare

Elon has ruffled some serious feathers out there. He must be on the right track.

Clearly it is not possible that the mass production of a novel product could lead to improvements in the efficiency, or cost savings, which would render that new technology more affordable.
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59 GeneJockey  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:39:26pm

re: #57 wrenchwench

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So, the Wingnuts think the military will join them in their revolt, huh?

60 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:39:34pm

re: #58 GeneJockey

Clearly it is not possible that the mass production of a novel product could lead to improvements in the efficiency, or cost savings, which would render that new technology more affordable.
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Everyone knows we need to drill baby drill! Electric cars are totally some librul pipe dream.

What are you, some kinda commie?

61 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:41:33pm

re: #23 Lidane

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Ghost Rider as a hamster in a flaming hamster ball. ‘Nuff said.

The Uncanny Avengers as Platypuses… Love it!

62 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:41:52pm

re: #56 Lidane

He’s not Ford, but he’s definitely got a long-term vision. He’s making deals with the other manufacturers to get his electric power train system technology out there (saving the other companies the effort and cost of developing their own in-house) into various cars. Tesla is working on a compact car that would be priced under $30K. He’s also looking to expand the accessibility of electric car charging stations across the country.

Get your tech out there to people, make your own cars more affordable, and work to address the primary limitation of electric car ownership (i.e., the severe lack of refueling stations) and you could work to change the entire landscape.

That’s been one of the problems with the adoption of hydrogen and fuel-cell powered cars, the inability of any one company to develop and promote a solution that all others would be willing to adopt, if only out of fear of a company gaining a monopoly on the tech. Musk seems to be doing that for electric cars and cutting through all the bullshit in the process.

63 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:41:54pm

re: #59 GeneJockey

So, the Wingnuts think the military will join them in their revolt, huh?

Those guys with the swords are smiling a bit more than protocol requires.

64 GeneJockey  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:44:25pm

re: #60 Lidane

Everyone knows we need to drill baby drill! Electric cars are totally some librul pipe dream.

What are you, some kinda commie?

You know, that’s pretty much exactly it. For some reason, it’s a BAD thing if some new, energy-conserving technology works. 180 years ago, these fuckers would have been cheering every time a steam engine exploded.

65 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:48:36pm

Seen on FB:

66 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:49:04pm
67 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:51:54pm

You know that Mike Andy guy who keeps spamming Teh Twitters with picture of GWB and HURR HURR THEIR ARE NO PICTURES LIKE THIS OF OBAMA!!!!111 NOT EVEN WUN!!!11 HURR HURR

68 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:52:37pm

re: #65 Lidane

Seen on FB:

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We let a certain race and class determine societal norms for too many generations.

69 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:52:52pm

re: #65 Lidane

Seen on FB:

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A WWII propaganda picture is supposed to be indicative of what men were like at 27 in 1943?

Yeah, because I’m sure ever 27 year old guy fighting on the front lines was there out of free will.///

70 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:53:04pm

re: #65 Lidane

Top marginal tax rate in 1943: around 90%.

71 Amory Blaine  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:53:47pm

re: #70 jaunte

Top marginal tax rate in 1943: around 90%.

Back when the rich people were tougher!

:p

72 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:54:08pm

re: #71 Amory Blaine

Where did we go wrong?!?

73 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:54:19pm

re: #70 jaunte

Top marginal tax rate in 1943: around 90%.

But hipsters! Espresso! Electric cars! Eleventy!

Get off my damn lawn. And keep yer gubmint off mah Medicare!

74 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:55:07pm

Make that over 90% in 1943.

75 Amory Blaine  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:56:00pm

Back then Daddy Warbucks could pay his taxes with his barehands.

76 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:56:13pm

re: #71 Amory Blaine

Back when the rich people were tougher!

Nowadays, they want an elevator to visit their cars…

77 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:57:45pm

re: #69 Targetpractice

A WWII propaganda picture is supposed to be indicative of what men were like at 27 in 1943?

Yeah, because I’m sure ever 27 year old guy fighting on the front lines was there out of free will.///

Wingnuts also like this picture:
What they don’t get is that it’s the same guy in BOTH PICTURES.

78 bratwurst  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:57:48pm

Getting packed up to move into my new condo, first time home owner!

That part is great. Moving, of course, sucks…even when it is only about a mile away. Added to the anticipated stresses of moving are (a) the holidays, (b) the very nasty start to winter here in Chicagoland, and (c) health problems…fortunately headed the right direction there, but still only about 80% in terms of energy level.

As I am making my 4th move in 9 years and I don’t plan to do so again for a VERY long time, it seemed like a smart idea to streamline a bit (new condo is spacious but not a bunch more storage than current apartment). Well, I am still moving 11 (!) boxes of CDs and 6 crates of books. The books and CDs I felt ready to part with only fill ONE box.

Two days before moving I am feeling pretty damn stupid for not at least storing the CDs with their booklets in plastic sheets and cutting down the load. I do have at least two thirds of the audio library ripped into digital, but I am way too paranoid about multiple hard drive crashes to get rid of the originals!

79 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 4:58:36pm

re: #69 Targetpractice

A WWII propaganda picture is supposed to be indicative of what men were like at 27 in 1943?

Well obviously. Every 27 year old in 1943 was off sticking it to Hitler and being REAL MEN by fighting for Murica. Greatest generation, etc.

27 year olds these days are soft. They’re not fighting commies and Nazis. They’re electing them!

/Tea Party

80 Aqua Obama  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:01:15pm

I thought Obama was trolling people with that picture. A funny looking guy wearing thick-rimmed glasses, pajamas, and a freakin watch?

81 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:02:08pm

re: #80 Aqua Obama

I thought Obama was trolling people with that picture. A funny looking guy wearing thick-rimmed glasses, pajamas, and a freakin watch?

You take your watch OFF when you go to bed???

RBS

82 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:03:59pm

re: #67 Pie-onist Overlord

You know that Mike Andy guy who keeps spamming Teh Twitters with picture of GWB and HURR HURR THEIR ARE NO PICTURES LIKE THIS OF OBAMA!!!!111 NOT EVEN WUN!!!11 HURR HURR

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Another one:

83 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:05:26pm

re: #82 wrenchwench

There will never be any pictures of Obama in which he’s a white guy named George Bush.

84 b.d.  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:06:49pm

I know where that 1943 guy would rather have been.

85 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:07:04pm

re: #80 Aqua Obama

I thought Obama was trolling people with that picture. A funny looking guy wearing thick-rimmed glasses, pajamas, and a freakin watch?

Obamacare trolls conservative by using pajama guy.

RWNJs go nuts attacking Pajama guy.

Regular people wonder what the hell their idiot relatives are bitching about, check out pajama guy.

More people notice the Pajama guy and the ad becomes more successful.

Mission accomplished.

86 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:07:05pm

CALLING FLORAL GIRAFFE.

87 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:07:35pm
88 Amory Blaine  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:09:02pm

re: #78 bratwurst

Congratulations! I hope your move goes smoothly.

89 b.d.  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:09:15pm
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” is a Christmas song recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby who scored a top ten hit with the song

en.wikipedia.org

For a reason?

90 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:12:08pm

Do I want an explanation?


No, I don’t think I do.

91 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:22:39pm

We should blame Mattand for the threadkill, of course.

92 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:24:40pm
93 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:25:04pm

Christ, I didn’t think anyone read those damn things.

Medical illustration. The client supplied the base art, which was male. I set the labels in autopilot mode, completely missing the reference to female anatomy.

I notice this, naturally, as I’m about ready to say “I’M FINISHED!”

94 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:25:45pm

re: #93 Mattand

Oh hai!

95 b.d.  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:28:01pm

re: #93 Mattand

Christ, I didn’t think anyone read those damn things.

Medical illustration. The client supplied the base art, which was male. I set the labels in autopilot mode, completely missing the reference to female anatomy.

I notice this, naturally, as I’m about ready to say “I’M FINISHED!”

If I had a dollar for every time that has happened to me…

//

96 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:28:05pm

re: #91 wrenchwench

We should blame Mattand for the threadkill, of course.

Believe me, it wouldn’t be the first time.

97 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:30:40pm

re: #95 b.d.

If I had a dollar for every time that has happened to me…

//

What happens in Thailand stays in Thailand.

RBS

98 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:31:59pm
99 Aqua Obama  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:33:20pm

re: #97 RealityBasedSteve

What happens in Thailand stays in Thailand.

RBS

“Mexico… was a nightmare”

100 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:33:26pm

One journalist I follow tweets an article by another journalist I follow…


Here’s the single-page link.

He was fun to follow when he covered Romney, and now he’s happy to be back in Kentucky.

101 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:36:29pm

Some very odd web crawler activity at the LGF server tonight. I just got an email notification that an IP in Lebanon accessed a script that isn’t linked anywhere at LGF — and the last time I got a notification from this script was more than 6 years ago. Not a problem, just weird.

102 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:40:20pm

What’s a good movie on Netflix?

I have The Dark Knight Rises on blue-ray, is it worth watching?

103 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:40:25pm

re: #101 Charles Johnson

Some very odd web crawler activity at the LGF server tonight. I just got an email notification that an IP in Lebanon accessed a script that isn’t linked anywhere at LGF — and the last time I got a notification from this script was more than 6 years ago. Not a problem, just weird.

That usually happens right before the tentacles come shooting out of the monitor and drag you into the Netherworld.

Jesus, Charles, have we learned nothing from SyFy channel movies???

104 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:41:52pm

re: #102 Pie-onist Overlord

What’s a good movie on Netflix?

I have The Dark Knight Rises on blue-ray, is it worth watching?

Go for it. It’s a popcorn movie. Just try not to dwell on too many plot holes.

105 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:44:47pm

re: #102 Pie-onist Overlord

What’s a good movie on Netflix?

I have The Dark Knight Rises on blue-ray, is it worth watching?

What you in the mood for?

My daughter and I watched Trading Places the other night. First time for her.

106 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:45:00pm

re: #104 Mattand

Go for it. It’s a popcorn movie. Just try not to dwell on too many plot holes.

Still trying to figure out why a man in such a hurry still had time to make such a gaudy entrance.

107 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:46:08pm

re: #100 wrenchwench

One journalist I follow tweets an article by another journalist I follow…

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Here’s the single-page link.

He was fun to follow when he covered Romney, and now he’s happy to be back in Kentucky.

Reading now - good!

it was harder to ignore the near criminal disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country, especially in an industry that has turned neighbors against each other while its instigators clock out and meet for a beer together, skilled actors who in many cases spend the day feigning hatred for each other on camera but are actually bound by their shared nihilism and reckless self-absorption. In Washington, a divided America is good for business.

Read more: politico.com

108 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:47:48pm

Speaking of watching things, trying to play catch-up with Doctor Who in time for the Christmas special on Wednesday. Never realized how much I’d missed watching the show.

109 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:47:57pm

The 12 Scams of Christmas

MP4 Video

110 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:49:33pm

re: #102 Pie-onist Overlord

What’s a good movie on Netflix?

I have The Dark Knight Rises on blue-ray, is it worth watching?

Lately I’ve been playing catch-up on Sherlock and watching Wallander.

The Dark Knight Rises is good, but a definite popcorn flick. Don’t expect high art.

111 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:53:40pm

OK I’m poppin up some popcorn. See you guys later.

112 GeneJockey  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:55:21pm

re: #110 Lidane

Lately I’ve been playing catch-up on Sherlock and watching Wallander.

The Dark Knight Rises is good, but a definite popcorn flick. Don’t expect high art.

Think MOVIE, not FILM, and you’ll be fine.

113 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 5:56:34pm

re: #10 b.d.

The NSA is going after Appelbaum!!!1!!

dw.de

Of course if anybody did want something on his computer wouldn’t they have just taken it? I mean, it all being super encrypted and all that?

Exactly why dudebros expect the NSA to just roll over and accept their theft of intelligence information boggles my mind. Especially given how evil they think the agency is. Life isn’t a cartoon, and the other side may not give up on something just because you win a round.

114 wrenchwench  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:00:44pm

Later, lizards.

115 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:01:07pm

The boyfriend just opened the boxed wine he bought at the store earlier.

I am classing up the joint, yo.

116 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:01:08pm

re: #114 wrenchwench

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Later, lizards.

Why, whatever could it be?

117 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:02:21pm

re: #114 wrenchwench

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Later, lizards.

I don’t think front disk wheels are legal.

RBS

118 Decatur Deb  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:03:38pm

Did we cover this? Saw it somewhere tonight:

Missing POW’s remains returned to his widow 63 years after his death

latimes.com

119 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:03:45pm

re: #114 wrenchwench

Wow, that will be a nice surprise!

120 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:10:15pm

Great moments in Tea Party history:

121 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:11:02pm

re: #114 wrenchwench

Whatever could it be?

122 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:12:22pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

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Ah memories.

123 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:12:43pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

Great moments in Tea Party history:

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Texas Tea-Bagger = Asshole

124 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:14:38pm

Another great moment in Tea Party history:

125 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:15:18pm
126 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:16:14pm

More great moments in Tea Party history:

127 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:16:22pm

Youtube Video

128 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:20:44pm

129 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:21:29pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

More great moments in Tea Party history:

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130 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:22:14pm

re: #129 Gus

O_o

131 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:22:21pm

re: #124 Charles Johnson

Another great moment in Tea Party history:

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This one isn’t the same as the first and third photos. Those photos show signs that are hateful and racially inflammatory , while the second sign depicts an economic/political argument that is well within the bounds of decency.

132 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:23:05pm

133 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:24:36pm

re: #131 Dark_Falcon

This one isn’t the same as the first and third photos. Those photos show signs that are hateful and racially inflammatory , while the second sign depicts an economic/political argument that is well within the bounds of decency.

Your party is screwed until you all stop pandering to and eject these nuts.

134 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:25:07pm

135 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:26:08pm

136 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:27:17pm

137 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:27:33pm

re: #118 Decatur Deb

Did we cover this? Saw it somewhere tonight:

Missing POW’s remains returned to his widow 63 years after his death

latimes.com

Saw that on NPR. Had a whiny little wingbro (fundamentalist & dudebro) start complaining it was a needless war. I asked if we should have allowed all Korea to be the hell NK is? I didn’t bother seeing if he answered.

138 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:29:37pm

139 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:29:37pm

First new Minecraft game in a while and it spawns me at the bottom of an ocean.
Sigh.

140 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:32:48pm

re: #137 William Barnett-Lewis

Saw that on NPR. Had a whiny little wingbro (fundamentalist & dudebro) start complaining it was a needless war. I asked if we should have allowed all Korea to be the hell NK is? I didn’t bother seeing if he answered.

The answer wouldn’t have been worth reading anyways.

141 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:33:22pm

re: #139 Varek Raith

First new Minecraft game in a while and it spawns me at the bottom of an ocean.
Sigh.

First world Minecraft problems.

//

142 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:36:58pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

143 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:37:45pm

Good hard storm line passing overhead right now. No dangers, but happy I’m Inside.

RBS

144 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:37:54pm

A true rarity: a severely negative firearms review

Gun Review: ATI Omni Gen2 Hybrid Polymer AR15 Lower

While polymers are all the rage for guns, they aren’t yet up to being the primary material for an Ar-15 lower receiver. This is the first gun article I’ve ever read where the review calls the gun ‘unsafe’:

They have fixed the problem of the polymer failing around the rear take down pin and the buffer tube collar, but there are just too many other problems with them right now to be able to recommend that you run out and buy a polymer lower. If you happen to want to build a nice, light rifle my suggestions would be to find a good aluminum lower, and build the rifle with light materials. While some will call this a step in the right direction for polymer, it is still far from ready for the open market. These rifles, as received from ATI are, in my opinion, coupled with the opinion of two gunsmiths, unsafe. They are out of tolerance and can and will hurt someone that shoots them if ATI continue to sell them as built. Save a few more dollars and get something better and more reliable made out of aluminum. Remember, you are purposely setting off an explosion that is 3” from your face; safety is paramount and should never be compromised.

145 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:37:55pm

146 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:38:37pm

147 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:39:58pm

148 nines09  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:41:46pm

Geraldo Rivera Defends Alec Baldwin, Claims ‘C*cksucking Faggot’ Isn’t Always Gay Slur
Because people call Geraldo that all the time and he’s not gay.

149 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:43:55pm

150 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:44:03pm

wow… Internet has slowed WAY down however…

RBS

151 lawhawk  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:45:52pm

re: #98 Pie-onist Overlord

Shocking!

152 lawhawk  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:46:23pm

re: #149 Charles Johnson

I don’t think that’s got enough crazy. Need more. 11TY!

153 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:46:35pm


I just don’t that will cut it anymore.

154 lawhawk  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:46:37pm
155 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:46:52pm

Georgia school board approves purchase of M4s for school resource officers (VIDEO)

he Gainesville, Georgia school board voted on and approved a proposal Monday to purchase M4s to be kept at three of the district’s campuses for use by school resource officers, the Gainesville Times reported.

Three Colt 6920 M4 carbines will be purchased for Gainesville High, Gainesville Middle School and Wood’s Mill Academy. The rifles will be stored in safes which feature biometric technology and will only be accessible by the school resource officers by means of their unique fingerprints. However, the guns will not be stored at the school when the officers are not on duty. The estimated cost for the project is $6,000, which will be split evenly between the school district’s fund and the Gainesville Police Department.

“We have a very strong relationship with Gainesville Police Department,” Chairwoman Maria Calkins said. “We work with them every day to protect the kids and make Gainesville City Schools a safe place.”

In fact, it was the Gainesville Police Department who originally proposed the idea to purchase rifles for the schools nearly a year ago following the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

Thoughts?

156 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:47:23pm

re: #149 Charles Johnson

157 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:49:31pm

158 lawhawk  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:50:58pm
159 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:51:18pm

160 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:52:46pm

re: #158 lawhawk

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That’s Me!!!! I live right on the ‘i’ in Clarksville.

RBS

161 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:53:47pm

162 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:54:14pm

163 lawhawk  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:55:11pm

Tea Party 2013: Rebranding brought to you by Justine Sacco?

164 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:57:00pm
165 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:57:42pm

re: #153 FemNaziBitch

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I just don’t that will cut it anymore.

30+ years of the poor getting poorer, I don’t think the idea that they’re just millionaires waiting to strike it rich will sell anymore.

166 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:58:41pm

167 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:01:12pm

168 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:02:53pm

re: #165 Targetpractice

30+ years of the poor getting poorer, I don’t think the idea that they’re just millionaires waiting to strike it rich will sell anymore.

The 50-40 yo and younger don’t buy the cold war propaganda anymore. They either didn’t grow-up with it or have been disillusioned by reality.

The constant reinforcement by the Eastern Bloc has been gone since the wall came down.

Chinese are becoming millionaires …

169 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:04:24pm

170 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:06:03pm

171 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:06:17pm

re: #169 Gus

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I don’t even know who those people are …

172 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:06:42pm

re: #168 FemNaziBitch

The 50-40 yo and younger don’t buy the cold war propaganda anymore. They either didn’t grow-up with it or have been disillusioned by reality.

Well, wouldn’t you be, if you grew up in a country where the best chance for success one has is being lucky? Folks of my generation and younger, the ones who came of age in the 90s, didn’t grow up with the Hollywood ideal of stumbling across success. We got told that the rich were above us, better than us, and the only way you got into that exclusive club was either marrying into it or playing by its rules. Except they wrote the rules to be sure that the only people who get in the club were those born into it.

173 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:08:18pm

re: #168 FemNaziBitch

The 50-40 yo and younger don’t buy the cold war propaganda anymore. They either didn’t grow-up with it or have been disillusioned by reality.

The constant reinforcement by the Eastern Bloc has been gone since the wall came down.

Chinese are becoming millionaires …

I think it’ll be interesting to see what millennials turn out like. Since the baby boomers we’ve been on a real binge. Each generation thinks they can have it all, consume as much as you want, you deserve it! Vacations, cars, credit. I think we’re overdue for a cultural change.

174 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:09:03pm

re: #172 Targetpractice

Well, wouldn’t you be, if you grew up in a country where the best chance for success one has is being lucky? Folks of my generation and younger, the ones who came of age in the 90s, didn’t grow up with the Hollywood ideal of stumbling across success. We got told that the rich were above us, better than us, and the only way you got into that exclusive club was either marrying into it or playing by its rules. Except they wrote the rules to be sure that the only people who get in the club were those born into it.

Don’t forget the Lottery!

And those that do well, are often looked-down upon because you know, Rap and Hip Hop and everything that goes with it is not acceptable.

Hey, someone’s been making a lot of money. License fees, etc.

Athletes that do well after they retire aren’t admired they way even Bob Hope was.

The way to wealth isn’t the same as it was after WWII and the elite-thinking don’t seem to like that.

175 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:11:20pm

re: #171 FemNaziBitch

I don’t even know who those people are …

Current RNC Chairman, Reince Priebus; birther queen, Orly Taitz; and former governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty.

176 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:13:52pm

re: #175 Gus

Current RNC Chairman, Reince Priebus; birther queen, Orly Taitz; and former governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty.

ah!, that explains it.

How come the film looks like the 1980’s quality?

177 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:14:31pm

re: #174 FemNaziBitch

Don’t forget the Lottery!

The lottery is a tax on people who can’t do math. Besides, most of us have become disillusioned with that as well. We still will tell each other what we’d do if we won, but it seems these days that the winners fall into one of three categories: The pensioner who’ll drop dead before they collect even half of the money, the working poor person who ends up blowing through the lump sum, and finally the large group of people who end up dividing up the winnings.

178 nines09  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:16:01pm

re: #161 Gus

Sums it up in one sentence. Racist? Not at all. Just an interior decorator. Who cares./

179 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:16:12pm

re: #176 FemNaziBitch

ah!, that explains it.

How come the film looks like the 1980’s quality?

Don’t know.

180 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:16:46pm

re: #177 Targetpractice

The lottery is a tax on people who can’t do math. Besides, most of us have become disillusioned with that as well. We still will tell each other what we’d do if we won, but it seems these days that the winners fall into one of three categories: The pensioner who’ll drop dead before they collect even half of the money, the working poor person who ends up blowing through the lump sum, and finally the large group of people who end up dividing up the winnings.

I see lines of people still buying lottery tickets like they are at the betting window at the track.

181 nines09  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:17:38pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

How hate grows.

182 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:18:24pm

re: #176 FemNaziBitch

How come the film looks like the 1980’s quality?

Because everything that came after the glorious reign of St. Ronald of Reagan is for liberals and commies.

183 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:19:39pm

re: #180 FemNaziBitch

I see lines of people still buying lottery tickets like they are at the betting window at the track.

Online Lottery Simulator….. It’s SO depressing to start it running and watch my Rate Of Return go lower and lower.

At work all the trainers went in on the powerball last week. I got a 70% return on my investment. Entertainment value is all it has for me.

RBS

184 nines09  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:21:00pm

re: #135 Gus

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And lobotomies.

185 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:24:57pm

186 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:25:57pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

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Fear of Slave Revolt?

187 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:26:17pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

188 Charles Johnson  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:26:33pm

189 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:26:42pm

re: #183 RealityBasedSteve

Online Lottery Simulator….. It’s SO depressing to start it running and watch my Rate Of Return go lower and lower.

At work all the trainers went in on the powerball last week. I got a 70% return on my investment. Entertainment value is all it has for me.

RBS

The lottery is a tax, a regressive one that states are relying upon more and more as times get dire and people’s desperation grows.

190 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:27:16pm

191 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:28:26pm
192 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:28:43pm

Ben if you think your religion requires you to be a dick to people,
you’re doing it wrong.

193 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:30:53pm

re: #191 Gus

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OK that is very cute.

194 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:30:55pm

re: #192 Pie-onist Overlord

Ben if you think your religion requires you to be a dick to people,
you’re doing it wrong.

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No Ben, I don’t despise the Bible, I despise the people who haven’t read past Leviticus.

195 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:31:57pm
196 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:32:08pm

re: #189 Targetpractice

The lottery is a tax, a regressive one that states are relying upon more and more as times get dire and people’s desperation grows.

No argument there. I stayed awake in math class, and when I go to Vegas each year for a Microsoft conference, I take some money for the tables, but it’s just entertainment. Problem is that most people have NO concept of how math and statistics work.

RBS

197 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:32:12pm

re: #193 Stanley Sea

OK that is very cute.

Snooo!

[Faints.]

198 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:32:33pm

re: #192 Pie-onist Overlord

Ben if you think your religion requires you to be a dick to people,
you’re doing it wrong.

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“It would be nice if the right would actually read the Bible _before_ trying to quote it.”

199 nines09  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:32:42pm

“The Tea Party. Folks just like you and me.” Uh. No Sparky. I don’t have undiagnosed head trauma and I didn’t work 15 days in my garage or carport to construct a banner that tells the world I’m a freaking moron. What racism? What hate? What’s spell check? What? Koo Koo. Koo Koo.

200 nines09  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:33:52pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

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Obviously. He left his brain at home.

201 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:33:58pm

re: #194 Targetpractice

No Ben, I don’t despise the Bible, I despise the people who haven’t read past Leviticus.

Or even all of Leviticus. Like that hilarious tattoo of the homosexuality verse that ignores the prohibition of tattoos…

202 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:35:05pm

re: #196 RealityBasedSteve

No argument there. I stayed awake in math class, and when I go to Vegas each year for a Microsoft conference, I take some money for the tables, but it’s just entertainment. Problem is that most people have NO concept of how math and statistics work.

RBS

I love nickel slots. I can play all night for a $20 bill and enjoy watching the show around me.

203 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:35:11pm

re: #201 William Barnett-Lewis

Or even all of Leviticus. Like that hilarious tattoo of the homosexuality verse that ignores the prohibition of tattoos…

Indeed. It would be nice if those people who claim to believe in what the Bible says actually read the damned thing, instead of picking and choosing the passages they want to abide by.

204 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:36:51pm
205 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:38:57pm

These are the “unlikely millionaire rednecks” that the RWNJs are losing their shit defending:

All these morons are getting played and they’re too stupid to realize it.

206 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:44:26pm

re: #205 Lidane

These are the “unlikely millionaire rednecks” that the RWNJs are losing their shit defending:

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All these morons are getting played and they’re too stupid to realize it.

Phony as a three dollar bill. A&E wanted to sell to a particular demographic, so they found people who were willing to dress and act like that demographic. Shocker.

207 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:45:36pm

re: #205 Lidane

These are the “unlikely millionaire rednecks” that the RWNJs are losing their shit defending:

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All these morons are getting played and they’re too stupid to realize it.

Beard costumes coming right up!

208 nines09  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:46:48pm

re: #204 Gus

Never saw an unhappy black because of being discriminated against? That is quite an accomplishment. I wish I could ignore the world at times. BTW, don’t you think a black would be a little leery of bitching to you, a white man, in the Old Dominion in Jim Crow times?

209 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 7:48:07pm

Also:

210 Romantic Heretic  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:17:40pm

re: #3 Kragar

Well, finished Bioshock Infinite

Fun game. Cool ending. Reminded me of a Roger Zelazny or Michael Moorcock story with its multiversal theme.

I also liked how it accurately portrayed life in 1912.

Myself I’m playing Borderlands 2 these days. Fun, but a bit of a slog at times.

211 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:23:00pm

re: #148 nines09

Geraldo Rivera Defends Alec Baldwin, Claims ‘C*cksucking Faggot’ Isn’t Always Gay Slur
Because people call Geraldo that all the time and he’s not gay.

Yeah, that was a IRL LOL.

212 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:23:19pm

re: #210 Romantic Heretic

Fun game. Cool ending. Reminded me of a Roger Zelazny or Michael Moorcock story with its multiversal theme.

I also liked how it accurately portrayed life in 1912.

I would have kind of liked being able to have made more choices about how I ended the game, but it was all right.

Beautiful looking game.

213 EmmaAnne  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:25:29pm

re: #209 Lidane

Also:

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I was kind of sad when I figured out what Duck Dynasty is, because in the back of my head I was envisioning a DucK Tales spinoff.

214 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:26:02pm
215 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:26:15pm

Just saw this tweet. I loled.

Yes, that is Sweden’s Foreign Minister, mocking Kim-Jong Un.

216 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:32:48pm


Looking rather Teutonic there, I’d say …

217 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:33:20pm

re: #188 Charles Johnson

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So, have they been paying attention to Russia?

218 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:34:50pm

re: #196 RealityBasedSteve

No argument there. I stayed awake in math class, and when I go to Vegas each year for a Microsoft conference, I take some money for the tables, but it’s just entertainment. Problem is that most people have NO concept of how math and statistics work.

RBS

I fully admit it. I have no concept of how math and statistics work.

219 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:35:27pm

Decided to watch “Black Sunday”, wanted to see if it held up over time.

220 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:35:48pm

re: #216 FemNaziBitch

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Looking rather Teutonic there, I’d say …

I looked into that. Not him.

221 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:36:38pm

re: #204 Gus

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hmmm, my understanding of normal has something to do with that curve on the graph. The vast majority of the curve is in the “normal” range and only the very edges are considered abbynormal.

Functional —well, that is a little different.

222 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:39:31pm

re: #196 RealityBasedSteve

No argument there. I stayed awake in math class, and when I go to Vegas each year for a Microsoft conference, I take some money for the tables, but it’s just entertainment. Problem is that most people have NO concept of how math and statistics work.

RBS

I will also tell you I stayed awake in math class, but it did absolutely no good. I should have been stoned (ggt regrets the wasted time I didn’t spend in HS) as It might have made sense then.

223 Killgore Trout  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:41:02pm

re: #220 Gus

I looked into that. Not him.

I thought the pic had been discredited too. It showed up on reddit today and someone posted this in the comments.

Did Vladimir Putin meet Ronald Reagan as an undercover KGB man?

According to Pete Souza, President Barack Obama’s official photographer, a picture he took in Red Square 21 years ago indicates that Mr Putin was part of a KGB plot to embarrass Reagan on his first ever visit to Moscow.

224 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:41:45pm

re: #223 Killgore Trout

I thought the pic had been discredited too. It showed up on reddit today and someone posted this in the comments.

Did Vladimir Putin meet Ronald Reagan as an undercover KGB man?

Ya’ll could have told me before I posted it!

:0

225 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:42:48pm


His nose could have been broken or otherwise misfigured between then and now.

226 The Ghost of a Flea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:43:30pm

re: #211 Mattand

Yeah, that was a IRL LOL.

After all, Mr Baldwin might have just been saying that the paparazzo was a old-fashioned British meatball in the process of eating a rooster….

227 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:44:04pm
228 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:44:20pm

re: #223 Killgore Trout

I thought the pic had been discredited too. It showed up on reddit today and someone posted this in the comments.

Did Vladimir Putin meet Ronald Reagan as an undercover KGB man?

Putin has a sloping and bulbous nose at the end. That and he was already balding in 1988. Including the fact that he was stationed in East Germany at the time. It’s like an post facto conspiracy.

229 GlutenFreeJesus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:46:30pm

re: #102 Pie-onist Overlord

What’s a good movie on Netflix?

I have The Dark Knight Rises on blue-ray, is it worth watching?

Clue!

230 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:46:47pm

231 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:47:56pm

re: #230 jaunte

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Putin was everywhere in 1988! No.

232 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:48:52pm

re: #230 jaunte

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Sergei Ivanov

Got that name elsewhere.

233 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:49:09pm

re: #231 Gus

The facial proportions of that guy in the Reagan photo are different.

234 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:50:30pm

re: #233 jaunte

The facial proportions of that guy in the Reagan photo are different.

Yep. Putin’s forehead has more of a slope.

235 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:50:41pm

How come the male of the russian species has to end their names with ovs or offs and the females with ovnas?

236 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:51:14pm

re: #234 Gus

Yep. Putin’s forehead has more of a slope.

YOu know, they have some really unbelievable make-up artists in the KGB—ever seen Mission Impossible?

237 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:52:08pm

I have to go to sleep.

bbl

238 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:52:14pm

re: #236 FemNaziBitch

YOu know, they have some really unbelievable make-up artists in the KGB—ever seen Mission Impossible?

There would have been no reason for them to send Putin to Moscow in the first place.

239 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:52:27pm

re: #228 Gus

Putin has a sloping and bulbous nose at the end. That and he was already balding in 1988.

Oh well, all white people look alike anyway.

240 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:54:41pm

re: #231 Gus

Putin was everywhere in 1988! No.

He’s a Time Lord.

241 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:56:31pm

re: #240 Targetpractice

I’m pretty sure even the Master would think Putin is bullshit.

Namely because Putin is a little, little Man.

242 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 8:56:51pm
243 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:02:14pm

corbisimages.com

Derp. I contacted them on the 7th.

244 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:04:42pm

re: #241 The War TARDIS

I’m pretty sure even the Master would think Putin is bullshit.

Namely because Putin is a little, little Man.

We’re talking about the Master, a guy whose last gig was shooting second-rate Force lightning and eating anything that stayed still long enough.

245 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:05:09pm

re: #243 Gus

corbisimages.com

Derp. I contacted them on the 7th.

But there is no money to be made if they tell the truth.

RBS

246 prairiefire  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:09:15pm

Looks like I might be getting a divorce for Christmas. : (

247 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:09:45pm

re: #246 prairiefire

Looks like I might be getting a divorce for Christmas. : (

Oh no! That’s awful. I’m so sorry. :(

248 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:10:14pm

re: #246 prairiefire

Looks like I might be getting a divorce for Christmas. : (

Well, fuck.

249 prairiefire  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:11:25pm

re: #247 Lidane

It’s been bad for awhile, horrible fight last night. I said things that in the clearer light of the next day were harsh. Harsh but true. Today he says he’s done.

250 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:11:39pm

re: #246 prairiefire

Sorry. I hope things improve for you.

251 prairiefire  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:12:55pm

re: #250 jaunte

Thanks, I hope we can get our shit together. We’ll see.

252 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:13:15pm

re: #246 prairiefire

Looks like I might be getting a divorce for Christmas. : (

NO! Are you OK?

253 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:14:07pm
254 prairiefire  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:14:47pm

re: #252 Stanley Sea

No. But I’m going to act like it for the kids.

Love you guys, seriously.

255 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:16:56pm
256 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:17:32pm

re: #254 prairiefire

Oh girl. We are here for you.

257 prairiefire  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:18:12pm

re: #256 Stanley Sea

{{SS}}

258 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:18:17pm

re: #254 prairiefire

No. But I’m going to act like it for the kids.

Love you guys, seriously.

{{{prairiefire}}}

259 blueraven  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:21:58pm

re: #254 prairiefire

No. But I’m going to act like it for the kids.

Love you guys, seriously.

{{{{prairiefire}}}}
Hope all works out for the best!

260 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:22:36pm
261 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:27:12pm

Prariefire, I’m sorry to hear that, my best wishes for you and the future.

RBS

262 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:29:54pm

re: #235 FemNaziBitch

How come the male of the russian species has to end their names with ovs or offs and the females with ovnas?

It’s gender based, just like the Scandinavian countries. The suffixes would mean “son of ” or “daughter of”.

en.wikipedia.org

263 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:32:20pm

Wah Wah Kitty

Youtube Video

264 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:39:22pm

Ok, Black Sunday is holding up. Pretty damn good movie. Robert Shaw as a Mossad agent, Bruce Dern as a terrorist sympathizer planning to attack the Super Bowl.

265 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:40:15pm

re: #216 FemNaziBitch

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Looking rather Teutonic there, I’d say …

Wait, people are saying the guy on the left in the striped shirt is Putin? Seriously?

266 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:41:54pm

re: #255 Kragar

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They forgot the part where your opponent shouts obscenities about your mother and racial slurs over a headset.

267 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:43:37pm

Pirate the Tripawd Cat

268 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:44:35pm

re: #246 prairiefire

Looks like I might be getting a divorce for Christmas. : (

Sorry to hear that. Hang in there.

269 wheat-dogghazi  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:45:03pm

re: #265 Mattand

Wait, people are saying the guy on the left in the striped shirt is Putin? Seriously?

He was also on the grassy knoll in Dallas in ‘63.

//

270 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:45:19pm

Bingelibong

271 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:52:16pm

shimejiwasabi

272 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:54:17pm
273 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:58:03pm

re: #272 Gus

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The warmth, comfort, and protection is appreciated and all that, but WHERE’S THE FUCKING MILK?!?!?!

274 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 9:58:40pm

re: #273 austin_blue

This is how barking cats come about.

275 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:00:31pm

re: #274 The War TARDIS

This is how barking cats come about.

Does that mean spiders want milk too? //

276 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:01:49pm

re: #275 Gus

Does that mean spiders want milk too? //

Spiders make silk, too.

277 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:02:13pm

re: #273 austin_blue

The warmth, comfort, and protection is appreciated and all that, but WHERE’S THE FUCKING MILK?!?!?!

Instagram link is in #271.

278 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:03:38pm

re: #277 Gus

Instagram link is in #271.

That dog puts up with a lot.

279 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:04:04pm

re: #277 Gus

Instagram link is in #271.

Great. Now I’m diabetic.

280 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:04:08pm

Never fails to amuse me, the way TV producers will create sub interior sets that would never fit inside an actual submarine.

281 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:04:54pm

re: #278 jaunte

That dog puts up with a lot.
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Julian Assange? //

282 jaunte  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:05:16pm

re: #281 Gus

See what I mean?

283 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:05:59pm

re: #280 Targetpractice

Never fails to amuse me, the way TV producers will create sub interior sets that would never fit inside an actual submarine.

Sort of how I feel when I see an infantry patrol in a movie where the guys are all within about 5’ of each other.

284 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:06:30pm

re: #280 Targetpractice

Never fails to amuse me, the way TV producers will create sub interior sets that would never fit inside an actual submarine.

I was spoiled by Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. The Seaview rocked, even when it was getting eaten by calamari.

285 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:07:35pm

re: #283 Kragar

Sort of how I feel when I see an infantry patrol in a movie where the guys are all within about 5’ of each other.

“Let’s create a single, big target. That ought to keep us safe.”

286 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:09:58pm

re: #285 Targetpractice

“Let’s create a single, big target. That ought to keep us safe.”

Or when they show the guys dramatically walking along a ridge line so you just see their silhouettes.

Its called a military crest guys. Look it up.

287 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:11:02pm

re: #283 Kragar

Sort of how I feel when I see an infantry patrol in a movie where the guys are all within about 5’ of each other.

That way one of the those super-grenades that can blow up an entire building in one blast can be sure to get the whole group.

RBS
Tactical spacing people… Tactical Spacing

288 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:12:07pm

re: #287 RealityBasedSteve

That way one of the those super-grenades that can blow up an entire building in one blast can be sure to get the whole group.

RBS
Tactical spacing people… Tactical Spacing

Countered by being shelled (or mortared) and running around without a scratch or concussion damage when the stuff hits 15’ away.

289 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:12:56pm

re: #283 Kragar

Sort of how I feel when I see an infantry patrol in a movie where the guys are all within about 5’ of each other.

That was the great thing about Band of Brothers. The combat scenes showed how silent soldiers had to be, how they used hand signals, and how they kept their distance from each other. Loved it.

290 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:13:29pm

re: #280 Targetpractice

Never fails to amuse me, the way TV producers will create sub interior sets that would never fit inside an actual submarine.

Which is true about a lot of interior shots in movies. Though especially military equipment doesn’t leave a lot of room for people.

291 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:15:34pm

re: #290 Feline Fearless Leader

Which is true about a lot of interior shots in movies. Though especially military equipment doesn’t leave a lot of room for people.

It certainly does not. One thing you don’t want to be in the sub service is claustrophobic.

292 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:16:26pm

re: #280 Targetpractice

Hi Doctor Who

293 Gus  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:16:51pm

re: #289 austin_blue

That was the great thing about Band of Brothers. The combat scenes showed how silent soldiers had to be, how they used hand signals, and how they kept their distance from each other. Loved it.

Flash!

294 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:17:23pm

re: #290 Feline Fearless Leader

Which is true about a lot of interior shots in movies. Though especially military equipment doesn’t leave a lot of room for people.

I remember touring the USS Midway in San Diego. Not a lot of creature comforts, and especially if you were a lower ranking enlisted, your whole storage space was about the size of a medium locker at the local health club. Even the officers didn’t have a lot of space.

RBS

295 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:17:37pm

re: #289 austin_blue

That was the great thing about Band of Brothers. The combat scenes showed how silent soldiers had to be, how they used hand signals, and how they kept their distance from each other. Loved it.

Actually, one of the things I like about the new Dredd movie was the Judges actually made the attempt to move tactically thru the building. Leapfrogging, weapon awareness, single well aimed shots, etc.

296 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:20:38pm

re: #292 The War TARDIS

Hi Doctor Who

Yeah, a Soviet sailor with a Browing Hi-Power is good for a laugh. I do like that they at least took the time to acknowledge Able Archer 83 and the subsequent paranoia it created in the Soviets that the whole thing was a prelude to a nuclear strike.

297 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:22:11pm

re: #295 Kragar

Actually, one of the things I like about the new Dredd movie was the Judges actually made the attempt to move tactically thru the building. Leapfrogging, weapon awareness, single well aimed shots, etc.

Don’t even get me going on Cover vs Concealment. That bush is NOT stopping rounds.

RBS

298 Stanley Sea  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:25:17pm

Not really….

And with that, I’m out lizards.

299 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:25:17pm

re: #283 Kragar

Sort of how I feel when I see an infantry patrol in a movie where the guys are all within about 5’ of each other.

Oy. Ain’t that the truth?

300 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:26:51pm

re: #280 Targetpractice

Never fails to amuse me, the way TV producers will create sub interior sets that would never fit inside an actual submarine.

I saw something once where a director in the 60’s tried to do it right but couldn’t get the cameras through the sets…

301 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:26:52pm

re: #294 RealityBasedSteve

I remember touring the USS Midway in San Diego. Not a lot of creature comforts, and especially if you were a lower ranking enlisted, your whole storage space was about the size of a medium locker at the local health club. Even the officers didn’t have a lot of space.

RBS

Yep. And I toured the USS North Carolina in September. It’s in it’s WW2 configuration*, which means the bunking had to cover all the crew for the extra AAA guns they crammed onto the design in the early 40s. Lots of small rooms for the junior officers squirreled away all over in the superstructure. I think the biggest “rooms” I saw were the galleys. Engine rooms and barbettes maybe larger, but full of equipment and often sub-divided for watertight integrity.

Still nothing quite as cramped as the subs though. Hot bunking and sleeping on top of torpedoes. Sub design, especially in the WW2 period was an big set of compromises in order to get range, capacity, and diving and handling characteristics.

* - The USS New Jersey and USS Iowa are both in a 70s or 80s configuration. All the 20mm and 40mm guns removed, a few fewer 5” turrets, and missiles (Harpoon, Tomahawk) and Phalanx systems added. Less crew complement as a result and therefore a bit more individual room.

302 austin_blue  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:27:12pm

I’m for the rack. Night all. Sweet scaly dreams.

303 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:27:41pm

re: #297 RealityBasedSteve

Don’t even get me going on Cover vs Concealment. That bush is NOT stopping rounds.

RBS

“I’m behind something, rendering me immune to incoming fire.”

304 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:28:35pm

re: #303 Kragar

“I’m behind something, rendering me immune to incoming fire.”

It’s only partial cover, you need full cover for the defense bonus.

//

305 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:29:32pm

re: #303 Kragar

“I’m behind something, rendering me immune to incoming fire.”

Didn’t Mythbusters cover that? Including showing how well various bullets went through car doors and interiors.

306 RealityBasedSteve  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:30:25pm

well, I’m going to hang it up for the night. Talk at ya all later.

RBS

307 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:30:31pm

re: #296 Targetpractice

Yeah, a Soviet sailor with a Browing Hi-Power is good for a laugh. I do like that they at least took the time to acknowledge Able Archer 83 and the subsequent paranoia it created in the Soviets that the whole thing was a prelude to a nuclear strike.

Brrr. I was a tanker in Bavaria in 1983. I remember those days really clearly. They are not good memories and they add to what I despise about that rat bastard Reagan.

308 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:31:11pm

re: #305 Feline Fearless Leader

Didn’t Mythbusters cover that? Including showing how well various bullets went through car doors and interiors.

Can’t remember that myth, but I do remember they covered the one about causing a car to explode by shooting it. I remember they rather nicely busted it by riddling the car with bullets for several minutes.

309 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:32:09pm

re: #305 Feline Fearless Leader

Didn’t Mythbusters cover that? Including showing how well various bullets went through car doors and interiors.

If Fallout 3 taught me one thing, it was never take cover behind a car.

310 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:33:08pm

re: #309 Kragar

If Fallout 3 taught me one thing, it was never take cover behind a car.

If Fallout 3 taught me anything, it’s to not go venturing into dark metro tunnels with anything lighter than an automatic rifle. *shudders*

311 GeneJockey  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:34:06pm

re: #280 Targetpractice

Never fails to amuse me, the way TV producers will create sub interior sets that would never fit inside an actual submarine.

It allows us claustrophobes to watch without booze of Xanax. Realism is overrated.
////

312 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:34:44pm

re: #297 RealityBasedSteve

Don’t even get me going on Cover vs Concealment. That bush is NOT stopping rounds.

RBS

Neither is that partition wall, at least in Dredd. Start at 3:47:

Youtube Video

313 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:35:02pm

re: #296 Targetpractice

They swung and missed in one regard, but hit a home run in another.

It would have been more convincing on a larger surface vessel. Say, a Destroyer?

Or a larger Soviet Sub than a Delta-III class.

314 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:35:50pm

re: #308 Targetpractice

Can’t remember that myth, but I do remember they covered the one about causing a car to explode by shooting it. I remember they rather nicely busted it by riddling the car with bullets for several minutes.

That might be it. Didn’t get it to explode, but did show that a lot of rounds that movies don’t have penetrate cars do. And the Military Channel programs will show you what a Ma Deuce can do to a car.

315 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:36:09pm

re: #313 The War TARDIS

They swung and missed in one regard, but hit a home run in another.

It would have been more convincing on a larger surface vessel. Say, a Destroyer?

Or a larger Soviet Sub than a Typhoon Class.

Typhoon would have worked. Setting it on a surface vessel would have made it hard to play the “locked in a closed space with a monster” bit.

316 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:37:43pm

re: #315 Targetpractice

Yeah, I fucked it up. Thought Delta-III, but Typhoon was stuck in my head.

They should have just had it a Typhoon-Class submarine.

Other than goofy-props (Hi BBC budget cuts!), I thought it was a good episode.

317 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:38:08pm

re: #292 The War TARDIS

Hi Doctor Who

Ok, now I know I’m missing something. Details, please?

318 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:39:13pm

re: #316 The War TARDIS

Yeah, I fucked it up. Thought Delta-III, but Typhoon was stuck in my head.

They should have just had it a Typhoon-Class submarine.

Other than goofy-props (Hi BBC budget cuts!), I thought it was a good episode.

It is a good episode. One thing I’ve given Davies and Moffat a lot of credit for is bringing back creatures and species from the old series in new and interesting ways, while avoiding the camp of the old days.

319 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:41:05pm

re: #317 William Barnett-Lewis

Cold War, the 2nd Doctor and Clara episode, was set on a Soviet Delta-III class submarine.

The interior spaces however were more of a Typhoon-Class.

Also, because of Austerity in Britain, instead of having Soviet Gun Props, they had American Gun Props.

But, I still adored the episode.

320 The War TARDIS  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:42:34pm

re: #318 Targetpractice

I still don’t like Davies in how he wrote stuff, and how he handled season and character arcs.

I adored the Day of the Doctor for being able to fused together Old Who and New Who, along with Night of the Doctor.

321 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:44:25pm

re: #320 The War TARDIS

I still don’t like Davies in how he wrote stuff, and how he handled season and character arcs.

I adored the Day of the Doctor for being able to fused together Old Who and New Who, along with Night of the Doctor.

I think Moffat did a great job of undoing a lot of what Davies screwed up with the whole Time War handwave to explain why the Time Lords were no longer around, but did it in a way that he didn’t just effectively unwrite the last 7 seasons.

322 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:48:18pm

re: #319 The War TARDIS

Cold War, the 2nd Doctor and Clara episode, was set on a Soviet Delta-III class submarine.

The interior spaces however were more of a Typhoon-Class.

Also, because of Austerity in Britain, instead of having Soviet Gun Props, they had American Gun Props.

But, I still adored the episode.

Oh. And in the nasty mess that was 1983.

I became a believer due to the fact that humanity should not have survived that year. It was several years later, looking back, but I still, really, do not think that we survived that year on our own. Call the messiah Christ or Who, I don’t care. But something as strange as Easter Sunday must have happened.

323 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 10:59:03pm

re: #22 RealityBasedSteve

And welcome to Obamacare

I can’t imagine how that would have felt, just don’t have any kind of a frame of reference, like if you told me that gold melted at 2000* F I don’t have a reference for that, other than HOT. Same thing, to have a hole drilled in the skull. Next time my doc goes “This may sting a little bit” I figure at least he’s not using scraping my skull open with a sharpened stone.

RBS

IIRC, there are no pain receptors in that part of the brain or something.

I forget, but it’s possible to do the skull drilling without numbing drugs.

324 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:00:47pm

19 Pregnant Girls Freed in Nigerian ‘Baby Factory’ Raid

It is illegal to buy or sell children in Nigeria. Human trafficking, including the selling of children, is the third most common crime after fraud and drug trafficking, according to the United Nations.

It seems it was part baby factory and part unwed mother’s home.

Although I think all the babies were *sold*.

Which, is probably the Number One reason to remove the stigma of unwed motherhood.

EXPLOITATION.

325 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:01:25pm

Hey, I got 1.5 hours sleep!

326 Mattand  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:02:49pm

re: #278 jaunte

That dog puts up with a lot.
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So does this one…

327 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:03:58pm

OK, so the ending of Black Sunday looked a bit dated, but that was mostly due to the special effects available at the time.

328 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:04:47pm

‘Duck Dynasty’ Family Announcing They Will Likely Quit A&E Network

329 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:08:26pm

re: #328 FemNaziBitch

‘Duck Dynasty’ Family Announcing They Will Likely Quit A&E Network

Translation: A&E didn’t like our publicity stunt and they’re playing hardball on paying us what we want for Season 5.

330 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:09:07pm

re: #328 FemNaziBitch

‘Duck Dynasty’ Family Announcing They Will Likely Quit A&E Network

Same press release as the other day. But hey, if they decide to quit the show, no skin off my back. If nothing else, it means there won’t be a “Duck Dynasty” for awhile. The non-compete clause in their contract and exclusivity will mean that they’ll have to wait 6-12 months before they can try to reboot the show on another network.

331 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:09:47pm

re: #328 FemNaziBitch

‘Duck Dynasty’ Family Announcing They Will Likely Quit A&E Network

Why am I certain they think the world will quack up without them?

That said, g’night all.

332 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:12:53pm

Also, the Robertson’s quitting the show doesn’t mean that A&E can’t just go ahead and air the season they already have in the can. Not unless the family wants to take this court and spent some of that fortune that they think means they can push the network around.

333 sagehen  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:12:57pm

re: #305 Feline Fearless Leader

Didn’t Mythbusters cover that? Including showing how well various bullets went through car doors and interiors.

It does make it harder for them to aim at your most vulnerable bits…

334 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:14:05pm

re: #330 Targetpractice

Same press release as the other day. But hey, if they decide to quit the show, no skin off my back. If nothing else, it means there won’t be a “Duck Dynasty” for awhile. The non-compete clause in their contract and exclusivity will mean that they’ll have to wait 6-12 months before they can try to reboot the show on another network.

Not only would they have to reboot it, but anything and everything that A&E has trademarked and copyrighted would likely be verboten. Catchphrases, logos, the show name, any websites, apps, etc. would all revert to the network.

And since A&E are owned jointly by Hearst and ABC-Disney, they’ve got a whole bunch of lawyers at the ready to defend those rights.

335 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:17:43pm

re: #328 FemNaziBitch

‘Duck Dynasty’ Family Announcing They Will Likely Quit A&E Network

Hmm, how do I sum up my feeling on the matter clearly and concisely?

Fuck them right up their fake hillbilly beards.

336 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:18:46pm

Here you are.

The BULLSHIT ITEM OF THE YEAR a/k/a TWISTED LOGIC OF PROPAGANDA

Allegedly distributed by Crisis Pregnancy Centers.

2010 article from the Daily Iowan.

More links from the FB group: Crisis Pregnancy Center, the Pro Life Trap

It has come to my attention that one of the big things that the Pro-Life movement is talking about, is how abortion promotes domestic violence. I’m not sure quite where they are coming from, but it is definitely something that needs to be brought to light.

Abortion does not by itself bring about domestic violence. One of the big things surrounding it, is the stigma of abortion. The act itself is not what brings about the violence, but the weight and anger put towards it. I’m going to link several articles below, citing both about the connection between abortion and domestic violence, as well as an article about forced abortion and domestic violence.

I hope this helps to enlighten some people.
~Seisho

PS: If I am wrong, please by all means, show me where I am wrong, and provide articles and documentation to back it up. I welcome any information from the “other side”. Just please, no Lifesitenews, that website is about as worthwhile as Fox News.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

rhrealitycheck.org

dailyiowan.com

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

alternet.org

slate.com

thinkprogress.org

(Video)
facebook.com

prochoice.org

I took myself out of Pages Gulag for this one.

337 Varek Raith  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:20:55pm

Duck Dynasty not returning?

Here’s a cargo hold of all the fucks I have to give.

338 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:24:48pm

Still think the whole thing’s nothing more than a big publicity stunt. Happens right before the last shopping weekend before Christmas, with shelves full of Duck Dynasty-branded items, and the next season’s already filmed meaning that they can keep Phil on the sidelines for weeks or months before quietly lifting the suspension just in time to start filming the next season.

Wingnuts are getting played for fools. And we all know what they say about a fool and his money…

339 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:24:49pm

re: #337 Varek Raith

Duck Dynasty not returning?

Here’s a cargo hold of all the fucks I have to give.

340 Kragar  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:26:05pm
341 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:26:27pm

So, I’m listing to an SF podcast sent in the past. “That idiot POTUS Polk decided to annex Texas and Congress agreed with him.” (parahrased)

HA!

342 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:27:46pm

re: #341 FemNaziBitch

So, I’m listing to an SF podcast sent in the past. “That idiot POTUS Polk decided to annex Texas and Congress agreed with him.” (parahrased)

HA!

Decided to annex? I know I wasn’t the brightest bulb in school, but I quite clearly remember the Texans wanting to be annexed, not the other way around.

343 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:30:26pm

re: #342 Targetpractice

Decided to annex? I know I wasn’t the brightest bulb in school, but I quite clearly remember the Texans wanting to be annexed, not the other way around.

It’s a Sci-Fi short story.

344 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:33:24pm

bbl

345 Lidane  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:34:14pm

re: #342 Targetpractice

Decided to annex? I know I wasn’t the brightest bulb in school, but I quite clearly remember the Texans wanting to be annexed, not the other way around.

Ah, but in The Glorious History of the Almighty State of Texas as told by every idiot redneck, secessionist teabagger, and revisionist fucktard in this state, Texas agreed to be annexed on a provisional basis and still has the ability to go back on the whole annexation thing. And annexing Texas was a simple thing, really.

It’s all total bullshit, of course, but that’s never stopped the morons.

346 Targetpractice  Sat, Dec 21, 2013 11:41:07pm

re: #345 Lidane

Ah, but in The Glorious History of the Almighty State of Texas as told by every idiot redneck, secessionist teabagger, and revisionist fucktard in this state, Texas agreed to be annexed on a provisional basis and still has the ability to go back on the whole annexation thing. And annexing Texas was a simple thing, really.

It’s all total bullshit, of course, but that’s never stopped the morons.

Helps them keep alive this myth in their minds that they can still leave whenever they like. Sort of like the Neo-Confederates who still keep alive the idea of the “Lost Cause.”

347 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 2:25:05am

MP3 Audio

348 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 2:30:00am

re: #328 FemNaziBitch

‘Duck Dynasty’ Family Announcing They Will Likely Quit A&E Network

If true, they might be thinking of “going over the top” as it is now called.

Traditional cable idiom of pre-programmed networks sold in general packages is starting to see declines. For the first time, last year the number of traditional cable TV subscribers went down.

The new model being pushed, after all these experiments with Hulu, Netflix, Youtube, etc. is that the show makers will directly sell their products through an on-demand system.

Dick Dynasty could probably find itself in even more homes if they work on it, given all this publicity.

349 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 2:33:20am

I’m in the midst of doing a massive search of the FamilySearch.org database, on a family tree with over five thousand people in it. Neat that it can be automated with the genealogy program I’m using… but the results trickling in from the database engine are just that - trickling in at about 1kbytes/sec.

I suppose FamilySearch has to bandwidth limit these sort of mass searches to conserve on the bandwidth for actual human searchers, but at the current rate it’s going to take days to get the results in.

350 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 2:35:57am

This one goes out to our Pie Overlord — Ellington and orchestra:

MP3 Audio

351 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 2:51:40am

If there is any genre that lays bare the creative bankruptcy of the American music industry it has to be Christmas music.

Sure, musicians have to eat and Christmas music can pretty much be treated like a commodity; but just because something can be done doesn’t mean it should be.

Two things annoy me - (1) electronic glitz for no good reason but that some producer can do it so they go ahead and let a computer do its thing; and (2) people who can’t sing but want to pretend they can and normally hide that fact behind a curtain of electronic sound magic.

Anyway, here is Joan Baez, who fortunately for us sings well:

MP3 Audio

352 Decatur Deb  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:01:44am

Weihnachtsglitz

Youtube Video

353 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:10:16am

Hmmm… hard to follow Bach… but for a change of pace here is Chet Akins:

MP3 Audio

354 Decatur Deb  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:19:58am

re: #353 freetoken

Spooky that Bach quotes the St Matthew Passion in Christmas music.

355 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:26:21am

Spookiness in music - I find countertenors spooky, and here is one of the most famous, to contrast with Baez:


MP3 Audio

356 Decatur Deb  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:38:44am

re: #355 freetoken

Spookiness in music - I find countertenors spooky, and here is one of the most famous, to contrast with Baez:

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Well, if you can’t have voci bianche.

357 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:41:56am

Here’s what is also spooky: How so many self-described God-fearin’ Americans can whine about the “War on Christmas” while simultaneously being so totally not self aware to the extent that they don’t realize that the reason the same old Christmas songs are played on radio and in stores is to get them to buy, buy, buy.

It’s about evoking feelings, in this case of nostalgia, while in a commercial setting. To move the listener from being less rational and more emotional.

358 Uncle Obdicut  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:43:00am

re: #357 freetoken

What makes you think they don’t realize that?

359 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:43:18am

re: #356 Decatur Deb

Well, if you can’t have voci bianche.

I wonder if all those longing for the good old days will embrace bring the castrati back?

360 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:44:23am

re: #358 Uncle Obdicut

What makes you think they don’t realize that?

Christmas music sales targets. That’s why so much contemporary Christmas music is “Country” - the producers are going after the same market.

361 freetoken  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:46:26am

Not Country:

MP3 Audio

362 Uncle Obdicut  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:48:46am

re: #360 freetoken

Christmas music sales targets. That’s why so much contemporary Christmas music is “Country” - the producers are going after the same market.

I’m sorry, I don’t understand how this is an answer to my question. In general, people are pretty aware when you survey them that cultural elements get used to sell to them. You seem to be indicating you think people are unaware of this, and i’m asking you what you base that on. People often state this directly, along the lines of “I like shopping when they play the Christmas songs”, etc.

363 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 4:22:48am

Ruined my Sat with “Equilibrium”. I ordinarily like Christian Bale, but that was really a POS movie. I hope Kurt Wimmer was not allowed to make any more movies.

Woops. Yes, he was, none of which I’ve seen or even heard of.

imdb.com

364 Uncle Obdicut  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 4:39:40am

Here’s a really amazing thing: A well-done flash presentation.

english.pobediteli.ru

It’s a history of the Eastern Front, with interviews with veterans, contemporary news stories, and other cool jazz.

365 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 4:42:25am

re: #284 austin_blue

I was spoiled by Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. The Seaview rocked, even when it was getting eaten by calamari.

The one that really got it right was “Das Boot”. An authentic replica of a Type VIIC submarine. I remember seeing that film when I was about 13 or so, and noticed immediately noticed how incredibly claustrophobic it must have been.

366 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 4:44:25am

re: #348 freetoken

If true, they might be thinking of “going over the top” as it is now called.

Traditional cable idiom of pre-programmed networks sold in general packages is starting to see declines. For the first time, last year the number of traditional cable TV subscribers went down.

The new model being pushed, after all these experiments with Hulu, Netflix, Youtube, etc. is that the show makers will directly sell their products through an on-demand system.

Dick Dynasty could probably find itself in even more homes if they work on it, given all this publicity.

As I recall, Morgan Freeman predicted such a thing many years ago, though in his case, he was speaking about films. He envisioned that in the not-too-distant future, a lot of movies wouldn’t be released theatrically, but instead made for on-demand cable services.

367 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 5:30:03am

re: #365 Dr Lizardo

The one that really got it right was “Das Boot”. An authentic replica of a Type VIIC submarine. I remember seeing that film when I was about 13 or so, and noticed immediately noticed how incredibly claustrophobic it must have been.

I really liked it, also. I was 40 at the time. : ) The ultimate submarine movie, and a very moving and horrific portrait of humanity on a mission not of their own choosing, but “following orders”. Yes, the “enemy” has the same desires, concerns, cares, love, that the rest of us have while at the same time intent on our destruction and saving themselves. War really is hell of our own making.

I think if it hadn’t been dubbed for showing in the US, it might not have been so well attended. If Americans have to read sub-titles, they generally don’t attend foreign movies, unless there is something really shocking or there is a lot of sex involved.

368 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 5:49:29am

re: #351 freetoken

If there is any genre that lays bare the creative bankruptcy of the American music industry it has to be Christmas music.

Sure, musicians have to eat and Christmas music can pretty much be treated like a commodity; but just because something can be done doesn’t mean it should be.

I suspect there is some truth to this:

Every year at Christmas (where “Christmas” means “the day after Thanksgiving through the day after New Year’s Day”) my mother used to torture us to death with the dynamic musical stylings of Slim Whitman and THE RAY CONNIFF SINGERS. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Ray Conniff Singers, but for your sake, I hope you aren’t. Suffice to say that if you ever find yourself trapped in a Kafkaesque mental hospital in the 1960s, chances are they’ll be playing Ray Conniff during ‘medication time.’ They routinely used so much reverb that you could hardly breathe.

369 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 5:53:20am

re: #368 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I suspect there is some truth to this:

[Embedded image]

Every year at Christmas (where “Christmas” means “the day after Thanksgiving through the day after New Year’s Day”) my mother used to torture us to death with the dynamic musical stylings of Slim Whitman and THE RAY CONNIFF SINGERS. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Ray Conniff Singers, but for your sake, I hope you aren’t. Suffice to say that if you ever find yourself trapped in a Kafkaesque mental hospital in the 1960s, chances are they’ll be playing Ray Conniff during ‘medication time.’ They routinely used so much reverb that you could hardly breathe.

I can’t even begin to describe all the hate that I have for those “songs” and all the various “stylings” that have been inflicted upon us over the decades. To say that my hate for these “Christmas stylings” exceeds even the hate that Bryan Fischer and Phil Robertson have for Teh Ghey is not sufficient. It goes way beyond their hate.

I hate “Jingle Bells” most of all. It does not appear on that infograph, since it was composed in the 1850’s, but it has had the most horrific stylings committed on it, probably because PUBLIC DOMAIN.

The original lyrics to “Jingle Bells” were actually kind of naughty and off-color, mostly about sleigh-driving while drunk and picking up cool bitchez in your pimpin’ sleigh.

370 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 5:54:27am

re: #367 Justanotherhuman

I really liked it, also. I was 40 at the time. : ) The ultimate submarine movie, and a very moving and horrific portrait of humanity on a mission not of their own choosing, but “following orders”. Yes, the “enemy” has the same desires, concerns, cares, love, that the rest of us have while at the same time intent on our destruction and saving themselves. War really is hell of our own making.

I think if it hadn’t been dubbed for showing in the US, it might not have been so well attended. If Americans have to read sub-titles, they generally don’t attend foreign movies, unless there is something really shocking or there is a lot of sex involved.

I’ve always ranked “Das Boot” as one of the best war films ever; and you’re right, had it not been dubbed in its US release, very few would’ve seen it at all - there’s only a small niche market for subtitled/foreign films.

371 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 5:55:02am

Amazing color photos of London during WWII, including from The Blitz. Twenty thousand were killed in London during The Blitz, and around 40K in Britain overall by German bombings. I can understand why Britain’s security laws are stricter, and the outlook quite different from the US, not to mention years of IRA bombings, and various and sundry plots by others that were never brought to fruition.

life.time.com

When you haven’t experienced this kind of loss of life right in your own front yard, it’s much easier to condemn your government wholesale for what you perceive to be “overreach”. So, fix the flaws but don’t throw the NSA out completely, as some would do. We will always have enemies; every country does.

372 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:10:54am

re: #363 Justanotherhuman

Ruined my Sat with “Equilibrium”.

Cleanse your cinematic palate with any or all of the following:

Moon
Children of Men
the film adaptation of “1984” starring John Hurt
Gattaca
Videodrome (possibly my all-time favorite movie)
Existenz
The Road

373 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:27:32am

re: #372 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Cleanse your cinematic palate with any or all of the following:

Moon
Children of Men
the film adaptation of “1984” starring John Hurt
Gattaca
Videodrome (possibly my all-time favorite movie)
Existenz
The Road

Oh, I’ve done that. I read “The Road” which I thought better than the movie, of course. One glaring thing in “The Road” which I didn’t think ring true was the boy calling his father “Papa”. What kid uses that term these days? Otherwise, even though it was a pretty bleak film, it was worthwhile. Can’t say “enjoyable” because how do you enjoy misery? I admit, though, I rather like the dystopic movies like “Children of Men” which I see as more realistic, more than “sterile future” ones like “Gattaca”. Life’s messy; we’ll never be able to “clean up” like science fictions tends to portray us.

374 sattv4u2  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:29:59am

re: #373 Justanotherhuman

the boy’s calling his father “Papa”. What kid uses that term these days?

Young family lives next door to me
One son (4 years old) and 2 y/o twin daughters. All call the father Papa

ALSO,,, my grand-nieces in Ireland call my brother in law (their grandfather) Papa

375 lawhawk  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:39:10am

re: #205 Lidane

These are the “unlikely millionaire rednecks” that the RWNJs are losing their shit defending:

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All these morons are getting played and they’re too stupid to realize it.

All these people getting played so that A&E and the show can get more attention, even when Robertson gets to return in January, and never left airtime due to reruns.

A&E knew that he was a walking PR disaster all along. They went with it because they saw the reward outweigh the risk.

But the people who were busy defending Robertson want to ignore the racism and homophobia for some mistaken notion of free speech that simply doesn’t exist in an employer-employee at-will relationship.

376 Flounder  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:39:41am

re: #373 Justanotherhuman

My daughter called me “papa” for the first five years of her life.

377 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:40:07am

re: #374 sattv4u2

the boy’s calling his father “Papa”. What kid uses that term these days?

Young family lives next door to me
One son (4 years old) and 2 y/o twin daughters. All call the father Papa

ALSO,,, my grand-nieces in Ireland call my brother in law (their grandfather) Papa

It just seems so early 20th century, though, like “Father”. I don’t think it’s used at all in the south—“Dad” or “Daddy” is the preferred term here.

I could see “Papi” or “Papa” used among Hispanics, though, in the US. I’ve heard “Papi” used among Hispanic immigrants here in the south.

378 sattv4u2  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:41:48am

re: #377 Justanotherhuman

I don’t think it’s used at all in the south

I live in Georgia,,, as does my neighbor!!!

379 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:42:18am

Maybe it is just a southern thing, then. My g-grandson calls his father “Dad”, always has. Most kids here don’t even say “my father”, they say my “my dad”, also.

380 sattv4u2  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:42:50am

re: #376 Flounder

My daughter called me “papa” for the first five years of her life.

Cute!!

My son calls me lots of things now that he’s 19!!!
//

381 sattv4u2  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:44:36am

And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons

382 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:44:37am

re: #375 lawhawk

All these people getting played so that A&E and the show can get more attention, even when Robertson gets to return in January, and never left airtime due to reruns.

A&E knew that he was a walking PR disaster all along. They went with it because they saw the reward outweigh the risk.

But the people who were busy defending Robertson want to ignore the racism and homophobia for some mistaken notion of free speech that simply doesn’t exist in an employer-employee at-will relationship.

The critical question is: Will advertisers continue to buy airtime during the commercial breaks in Duck Dynasty? If they do, then this will just blow over and the Robertsons will go back to making money off of their schtick. If advertisers don’t buy airtime, then the show is a ‘dead duck’.

383 Flounder  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:48:50am

re: #380 sattv4u2

Yesterday, I think she wanted to call me asshole, but I’ was just doing my parenting duty (she’s sixteen). I fed her waffles this morning, all is good!

384 Flounder  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:50:40am

re: #375 lawhawk

To the Robertsons, it is definitely NOT about the money.

385 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:56:41am

re: #378 sattv4u2

I don’t think it’s used at all in the south

I live in Georgia,,, as does my neighbor!!!

Yeah, but what do the rest of the kids in the neighborhood call their dads?

Also, in Ireland, the word “Da” is used quite frequently, and even in Gaelic, Dadaí (DAH dee), is used.

I suppose a lot of it depends on location, tradition, class, and other factors, including what the father wants to be called.

386 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 6:58:41am

re: #382 Dark_Falcon

The critical question is: Will advertisers continue to buy airtime during the commercial breaks in Duck Dynasty? If they do, then this will just blow over and the Robertsons will go back to making money off of their schtick. If advertisers don’t buy airtime, then the show is a ‘dead duck’.

And will the profits made by A&E from the “Duck Dynasty” merchandising be enough compensation for cancelling any more shows?

That shit is everywhere.

387 Ryan King  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:00:11am

re: #372 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I started watching The Road last night then the wife came home.

Why are you watching this movie again? It’s depressing as hell. Can we watch Christmas movies?

Yes dear.

388 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:00:37am

re: #384 Flounder

To the Robertsons, it is definitely NOT about the money.

ShSl, it’s always about the money!

389 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:03:10am

re: #383 Flounder

Yesterday, I think she wanted to call me asshole, but I’ was just doing my parenting duty (she’s sixteen). I fed her waffles this morning, all is good!

My boys have been calling their father “that SOB” for almost 50 yrs and the “sperm donor” more recently, since he deserted them all those years ago.

390 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:14:03am

My new Page:

A conservative proposal to deal with ‘Too Big To Fail’

Please read the article I linked to and let me know what you think.

391 William of Orange  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:29:31am

The king of Chat roulette strikes again!

Youtube Video


Here’s his previous hit.
Youtube Video

392 Dave In Austin  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:39:48am

re: #390 Dark_Falcon

Sorry, there was an ad with a big breasted blond next to the article. It totally disrupted my concentration…..

393 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:41:40am

re: #392 Dave In Austin

Sorry, there was an ad with a big breasted blond next to the article. It totally disrupted my concentration…..

[D_F throws a buckets-worth of cold water at Dave]

394 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:47:13am

re: #374 sattv4u2

the boy’s calling his father “Papa”. What kid uses that term these days?

Young family lives next door to me
One son (4 years old) and 2 y/o twin daughters. All call the father Papa

ALSO,,, my grand-nieces in Ireland call my brother in law (their grandfather) Papa

My kids all called my dad “Papa” instead of “Grandpa”

395 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:51:17am

It’s the Lord’s Day, as usual Bryan Fischer is spewing hate.

396 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:56:47am

Well, fun weather here overnight.
Lots of wind and rain. The solar array has been re-oriented about 90 degrees, lots of stuff blown down and around.
Hubs got called out this morning and is on his way to Michigan for the aftermath of the ice storm there (and was told to expect to be away for at least a week).

397 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:59:38am

THIS IS SICKO:

398 A Mom Anon  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:02:05am

re: #395 Pie-onist Overlord

It’s ANY day and that douchebag is spewing hate. Water is wet, birds fly, bears do what they do in the woods. I think Bryan has a lot of unresolved childhood issues, my understanding is his childhood was kinda messed up. So was mine though, and I’m not consumed with hatred. Some people are stronger than others I guess. He needs help, but help would require he admit he’s rarely right and he’d have to DO something constructive. HA.

399 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:09:32am

re: #394 Pie-onist Overlord

Well, I don’t know where this originated, but “Paw Paw” and “Maw Maw” are used a lot in the south for grandparents. So is Nana. Really, a lot of it depends upon culture, location, family tradition, etc.

Naming grandparents (even if they don’t want it, sometimes)

pregnancy.about.com

I hated it when my former DIL told my grandchildren to call me “Maw Maw”. My adult grandson now calls me “grandma” and that’s fine w/me. So does my g-grandson who will just come over and say, “I love you, grandma” and give me a kiss on the cheek. It just makes my day. : )

400 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:10:11am

re: #396 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well, fun weather here overnight.
Lots of wind and rain. The solar array has been re-oriented about 90 degrees, lots of stuff blown down and around.
Hubs got called out this morning and is on his way to Michigan for the aftermath of the ice storm there (and was told to expect to be away for at least a week).

Oh damn! That means he won’t be home for xmas? So sorry.

401 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:10:52am

re: #397 Pie-onist Overlord

THIS IS SICKO:

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They forgot the bodies…

402 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:13:34am

re: #400 Justanotherhuman

Oh damn! That means he won’t be home for xmas? So sorry.

He hasn’t been home for Christmas in years.
It’s no big deal anymore. Christmas will happen when it happens.

403 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:16:39am

Two working-class towns big winners of Spain’s ‘El Gordo’ prize

thestar.com.my

“The Christmas lottery was designed in 1812 to allow as many people as possible to get a festive windfall. This year 160 “series”, or versions, of the winning number were issued at 200 euros each, capable of being divided into 10ths of 20 euros each.”

Happy Holidays!

404 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:20:21am

So—we should want strong security everywhere, amirite?

Weak US card security made Target a juicy target

bigstory.ap.org

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target’s stores will get worse before they get better.

“That’s in part because U.S. credit and debit cards rely on an easy-to-copy magnetic strip on the back of the card, which stores account information using the same technology as cassette tapes.

(snip)

“In most countries outside the U.S., people carry cards that use digital chips to hold account information. The chip generates a unique code every time it’s used. That makes the cards more difficult for criminals to replicate. So difficult that they generally don’t bother.”

405 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:30:40am

So, here’s a brief photogallery of the last weekend before Christmas here in Ostrava. The photos were taken in the town center.

moravskoslezsky.denik.cz

406 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:33:03am

re: #404 Justanotherhuman

So—we should want strong security everywhere, amirite?

Weak US card security made Target a juicy target

bigstory.ap.org

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target’s stores will get worse before they get better.

“That’s in part because U.S. credit and debit cards rely on an easy-to-copy magnetic strip on the back of the card, which stores account information using the same technology as cassette tapes.

(snip)

“In most countries outside the U.S., people carry cards that use digital chips to hold account information. The chip generates a unique code every time it’s used. That makes the cards more difficult for criminals to replicate. So difficult that they generally don’t bother.”

The problem is that adopting such a system costs a good bit of money and so far its simply cheaper for large financial institutions to deal with the disruptions from weak security. Until that calculus changes, those chips won’t be adopted here.

407 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:34:40am

BBL

408 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:34:45am

Does this camo make me look fat?

Image: original.jpg

Wouldn’t call these people style-setters by any stretch of the imagination.

409 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:35:28am

Seems unusual.

410 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:37:58am

re: #405 Dr Lizardo

So, here’s a brief photogallery of the last weekend before Christmas here in Ostrava. The photos were taken in the town center.

moravskoslezsky.denik.cz

Wow, those photos in the mall—you might think they had been taken at any mall in the US.

411 CuriousLurker  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:38:26am

re: #409 jaunte

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Seems unusual.

It is—very. A few days ago it was snowing and I was freezing, even with the radiators on. Today, I just turned on my AC. O_o

412 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:39:08am

re: #411 CuriousLurker

Today it’s warmer in NYC than Houston.

413 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:39:33am

re: #409 jaunte

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Seems unusual.

Today was relatively mild in Ostrava, I must say. I took a look at long-term forecast - 90 days - and I notice that between then and now, we’re forecast to have only about one week of snow.

That’s an unusually mild winter here on the border of Eastern Europe.

414 sattv4u2  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:39:50am

re: #409 jaunte

70’s here too (Atlanta)

But alas, it’s pouring rain all day

Temp =’s Golf
Rain =’s not so much

UPSIDE ,,,, some good football games on this afternoon

415 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:40:02am

re: #408 Justanotherhuman

Does this camo make me look fat?

Image: original.jpg

Wouldn’t call these people style-setters by any stretch of the imagination.

It’s all just redneck drag. Those women wouldn’t have been caught dead in camo dresses before the show, and none of the Robertson sons looked like that before reality TV came calling.

Sadly, they’re not doing anything that hasn’t been done before. Camouflage formal dresses aren’t new. Hell, there are even camo wedding dresses. It’s so weird and tacky.

416 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:40:12am

re: #410 Justanotherhuman

Wow, those photos in the mall—you might think they had been taken at any mall in the US.

Not much difference, to be honest. Malls in the Czech Republic are quite similar to their counterparts in the US.

417 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:40:52am

re: #416 Dr Lizardo

Nice shots, I like the creche scene!

418 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:42:07am

re: #411 CuriousLurker

It is—very. A few days ago it was snowing and I was freezing, evne with the radiators on. Today, I just turned on my AC. O_o

Yeah, the thermostat registers 81 in here, although it’s not really uncomfortable sitting around, but we’re getting a cool breeze through the sliding glass door. I’ll put the a/c on soon, though. Didn’t even need a cover last night. Outside at 72 already.

419 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:43:11am

re: #417 jaunte

Nice shots, I like the creche scene!

They’re called Betlemskí - “Bethlehems” - locally. They’re ubiquitous here.

Surprisingly so, considering that a majority of Czechs consider themselves outright atheists or agnostics.

420 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:43:51am

re: #419 Dr Lizardo

They’re called Betlemskí - “Bethlehems” - locally. They’re ubiquitous here.

Surprisingly so, considering that a majority of Czechs consider themselves outright atheists or agnostics.

Traditions are hard to shake. : )

421 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:46:16am

re: #420 Justanotherhuman

Traditions are hard to shake. : )

I think the Czechs just seem to enjoy the tradition of it all, though for most, it’s simply the presentation of a mythology, nothing more.

422 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:49:08am

I get a weird little thrill out of the idea that some future historian studying the 20th century 300 years from now is probably going to discover “Aces High” by Iron Maiden.

423 sattv4u2  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:52:18am

re: #422 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I get a weird little thrill out of the idea that some future historian studying the 20th century 300 years from now is probably going to discover “Aces High” by Iron Maiden.

better yet

Paradise By The Dashboard Lights/

Meatloaf

So many 20th century themes all in one song!!!

424 Political Atheist  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:53:38am

LA Times piece-Disabled people who want to enjoy shooting sports or add a gun to their self defense options. Paged. The story has a personal side for me.

425 BongCrodny  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:54:01am

re: #375 lawhawk

All these people getting played so that A&E and the show can get more attention, even when Robertson gets to return in January, and never left airtime due to reruns.

A&E knew that he was a walking PR disaster all along. They went with it because they saw the reward outweigh the risk.

But the people who were busy defending Robertson want to ignore the racism and homophobia for some mistaken notion of free speech that simply doesn’t exist in an employer-employee at-will relationship.

Yep. Meanwhile, Rupert Murderp’s New York Post has an “story” in today’s paper about how liberals at A&E were just dying to get rid of Phil Robertson.

Sick of the Robertsons and their Christian beliefs, liberal television executives at A&E manipulated the situation to control the Louisiana family, the Daily Mail reported, quoting sources within the clan.

The Post is fishwrap to begin with, but it’s extra nice to see their nonsense proven to be horseshit the same day it’s published.

426 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:54:22am

re: #409 jaunte

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Seems unusual.

Meanwhile, it’s 46 degrees here in Austin.

427 Political Atheist  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:55:40am

re: #422 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I get a weird little thrill out of the idea that some future historian studying the 20th century 300 years from now is probably going to discover “Aces High” by Iron Maiden.

Jimmy Hendrix being heard in 300 years… “Kiss the sky ” or “Kiss this guy” ? ////

428 BongCrodny  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:58:11am

re: #427 Political Atheist

Jimmy Hendrix being heard in 300 years… “Kiss the sky ” or “Kiss this guy” ? ////

The ants are my friends, they’re blowing in the wind
The ants they are blowing in the wind.

429 Political Atheist  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:59:54am

Weather report?

Youtube Video


Oh, oh sorry. Gonna be warm and breezyy in Los Angeles today. Not a winter day!

430 GeneJockey  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:02:33am

re: #390 Dark_Falcon

My new Page:

A conservative proposal to deal with ‘Too Big To Fail’

Please read the article I linked to and let me know what you think.

Here’s the problem, in a single sentence:

With a better bankruptcy process, he argues, “the market would impose an adequate capital structure” on big banks.

Toomey has failed to grasp the essential lesson of the 1929 Crash, the intervening 80 years of stability, and the 2008 Crash - The Marked is NOT self-policing. Any TBTF solution that depends on The Market preventing or dealing with another crash, or even the collapse of a TBTF institution is basically the Underpants Gnomes.

431 CuriousLurker  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:04:12am

Yikes! I guess you don’t wanna mess with people’s holiday cheer, huh? The 1826 Christmas egg nog riot at West Point:

Egg Nog: It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Starts a Holiday Riot

December 25, 1826, at West Point was not a typical Christmas morning. Cadets stumbled from their barracks, clothes torn or astrew. Many were barefoot, cursing, still drunk from the night before. Behind the cadets, West Point’s North Barracks stood in a state of near ruin. Windows had been smashed, along with the building’s furniture. Banisters had been ripped from stairways, thrown down with other rubble. Shards of shattered plates, dishes an cups lined the ground. Looking at the mix of hungover and drunk cadets, the officer of the day dismissed the corps. It had been a long night for everyone. There had been, after all, a riot-caused by egg nog.

blogs.smithsonianmag.com

432 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:07:01am

re: #431 CuriousLurker

Thanks for posting that. Great story, and look who showed up:

Not to be denied a night of revelry, some cadets set about smuggling in liquor from nearby taverns for the holiday party. One of the cadets was Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederacy. Jefferson had a history of bad behavior with alcohol. A member of the class of 1828, he was the first student to be arrested for going to Benny Haven, one of two taverns located near West Point and the only one which allowed students to barter for alcohol. Another time, Davis was reportedly so drunk that he fell down a 60-foot ravine. He wasn’t one to shy away from a good party, and was enthusiastically on board with the other cadets’ plan to bring booze to the holiday party.

blogs.smithsonianmag.com

433 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:07:07am

re: #370 Dr Lizardo

I’ve always ranked “Das Boot” as one of the best war films ever; and you’re right, had it not been dubbed in its US release, very few would’ve seen it at all - there’s only a small niche market for subtitled/foreign films.

I saw it with subtitles in 1982(?) when it was re-released with the sound in Dolby. Small theater, lightly attended, and the four of us has choice of seats.

434 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:07:46am

re: #430 GeneJockey

Toomey has failed to grasp the essential lesson of the 1929 Crash, the intervening 80 years of stability, and the 2008 Crash - The Marked is NOT self-policing. Any TBTF solution that depends on The Market preventing or dealing with another crash, or even the collapse of a TBTF institution is basically the Underpants Gnomes.

Toomey is just echoing general failure of fiscal conservatism. They refuse to admit that the market will never self-correct or police itself.

435 Political Atheist  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:08:01am

re: #404 Justanotherhuman

I may have missed something.

The RFID chip in the newer cards can be read at a distance with a handheld device. So we are supposed to carry these “more secure” cards in metal wallets that shield them.

If a server gets hacked, it matters little what media the data rode in on.

436 Stanley Sea  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:11:45am

Seen on the street this morning:

437 b.d.  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:14:45am

re: #436 Stanley Sea

Seen on the street this morning:

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Merry Gibbness?

438 Stanley Sea  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:15:59am

re: #437 b.d.

Merry Gibbness?

I wish.

The ploy worked. Christians are offended into making street art and plastering it around my hood.

439 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:30:33am

440 Political Atheist  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:30:38am

Question for you HTML/PHP wizards- How difficult would it be to have a zoom-mouse rollover feature like at this link at a small time blog or photography site? Wordpress handle it maybe?

441 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:31:19am

It’s bright white in Chicagoland!

442 Uncle Obdicut  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:31:56am

re: #435 Political Atheist

They’re not static RFIDs. I don’t think they’re RFIDs at all, actually. It’s called ‘chip and pin’, and it’s definitely a better system when it comes to outright cloning fraud.

443 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:33:04am

re: #426 Lidane

Meanwhile, it’s 46 degrees here in Austin.

Not to bad here today.

444 Political Atheist  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:34:01am

re: #442 Uncle Obdicut

So why the metal wallets?

445 wrenchwench  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:35:20am
446 Uncle Obdicut  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:36:46am

re: #444 Political Atheist

So why the metal wallets?

Sorry, was conflating two things: In the US, we use RFID chips on cards so that you can just wave them at stuff, in Europe they use chips on the card as a form of security and encryption. Two separate things.

447 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:37:10am

re: #444 Political Atheist

So why the metal wallets?

because a truck can drive over them and not destroy them or their contents, even in bad weather.

At least, that is why I bought one. Because I had a wallet and everything ruined in it because it happened to me.

And, because it fits in your back pocket and the plastic doesn’t get bent and break. Had to replace a driver’s license once for that.

448 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:37:19am


Yeah, good luck with that. The GOP won’t listen to any of it until they’ve gone through their own Mondale-style beating.

449 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:38:26am

Holiday colors, today in the back yard:

450 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:40:15am

So if pure Socialism has “never been tried” argument is invalid, how come the the pure free market capitalism isn’t?

451 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:40:47am
452 CuriousLurker  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:43:30am

re: #440 Political Atheist

Question for you HTML/PHP wizards- How difficult would it be to have a zoom-mouse rollover feature like at this link at a small time blog or photography site? Wordpress handle it maybe?

There’s pretty much a WP plugin for everything, you just have to know what to search for (I tried “loupe” and “lightbox” before simply searching for “magnify image”). I found several that seem to do exactly what you want, but you’ll need to look at them more closely and also pay attention to the ratings, version compatibility, and last update to make sure the developer is staying on top of things.

Search results: wordpress.org

453 wrenchwench  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:44:30am
454 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:45:32am

Police blame Palestinian militants for bus blast

bigstory.ap.org

JERUSALEM (AP) — A pipe bomb believed to have been planted by Palestinian militants exploded on board a bus in central Israel just moments after it had been evacuated, police said, in the most serious attack inside Israel in more than a year.

“The explosion came at a sensitive time in Mideast peace efforts. Israel and the Palestinians resumed talks last summer for the first time in nearly five years, and the U.S.-brokered negotiations have made little visible progress. The explosion threatened to further poison what has become a tense and negative atmosphere.

“Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said there were no injuries in the blast, which took place in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam. The explosion blew windows out of the bus and charred the sides of the vehicle.”

There’s always someone who wants to fuck things up.

455 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:46:05am
456 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:46:39am

Hmm. Doing turkey prep.

Not as difficult as it sounds since it’s a smoked turkey breast and the only real work is reheating it. But going to do that and use the cooking time to do some rosemary and thyme roasted potatoes at the same time.

Why turkey today? Simple, I won’t be able to do it tomorrow or Tuesday evening due to dinner engagements. I’ll be the main one eating it since my brother is a vegetarian and my niece is not that fond of turkey. And if I reheat and slice up the bird today I get a carcass and time to make a killer smoked turkey broth for soup for Wednesday. Which I think both of them *will* consider eating.

457 Stanley Sea  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:47:18am

re: #455 Lidane

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I am about to start!

Definitely using the butter knife trick this time. Thanks to GeneJockey? for that tip?

458 CuriousLurker  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:48:12am

re: #454 Justanotherhuman

There’s always someone who wants to fuck things up.

Indeed. Good to hear there were no injuries or deaths.

459 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:49:18am

Racism Graphic.

460 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:52:00am

re: #456 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm. Doing turkey prep.

Not as difficult as it sounds since it’s a smoked turkey breast and the only real work is reheating it. But going to do that and use the cooking time to do some rosemary and thyme roasted potatoes at the same time.

Why turkey today? Simple, I won’t be able to do it tomorrow or Tuesday evening due to dinner engagements. I’ll be the main one eating it since my brother is a vegetarian and my niece is not that fond of turkey. And if I reheat and slice up the bird today I get a carcass and time to make a killer smoked turkey broth for soup for Wednesday. Which I think both of them *will* consider eating.

Turkey soup! I did the same for Ts-giving turkey, but froze it and made soup twice. Put lots of carrots, celery and onion in it with noodles or rice and they very well might eat it. : )

Share your roasted potatoes recipe, please? I have rosemary and thyme plants. And a 10 lb bag of Idahos (some will be used for potato salad to go with the spiral ham).

461 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:55:43am

Weekly Feminist Reader

462 Political Atheist  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:58:51am

re: #446 Uncle Obdicut

Aha that ‘splains it.

463 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:59:37am

Mental health series
December 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Share with others:

tweet everywhere.

Now is the time when we pause to reflect on the year that passed and give thanks. So with that in mind, I want to give special thanks to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a series of stories the newspaper ran last week and earlier in the year. These stories — first by Joe Smydo about the mental health system and then by Mark Roth about depression — shed light on the mental health problems some residents struggle to overcome, as well as the challenges providers face to ensure these individuals have the highest quality of care.

The realities of mental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, addictive diseases and rehabilitation needs are easily misunderstood and oftentimes overlooked, ignored and underfunded. As one of the largest and most diverse state health and human services associations in the nation, we see it every day, and we do all we can to change that.

Clearly, these are issues we simply can’t afford to overlook or ignore — and stories and series like those published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette help to address the realities of the mental health system.

RICHARD S. EDLEY
President & CEO
Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association
Harrisburg, Pa

464 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 9:59:44am

The poor people of South Sudan, still suffering.

South Sudan: US Sends Special Envoy Booth
Clashes in the past week have left hundreds dead and seen tens of thousands fleeing to UN bases for protection.

news.sky.com

“South Sudan has been blighted by ethnic divisions, corruption and poverty since it won independence in 2011.

“Foreign governments, including the US, Britain, Uganda, Kenya and Lebanon, have been organising special evacuation flights to pull out their nationals.

“On Saturday four US servicemen were wounded when their aircraft came under fire in a rebel-held area.”

465 Political Atheist  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:00:18am

re: #452 CuriousLurker

Thanks!!

466 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:01:31am

re: #464 Justanotherhuman

The poor people of South Sudan, still suffering.

Who cares? The Duck Dynasty guy is being persecuted for being a Christian!

//////////

467 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:03:06am

re: #460 Justanotherhuman

Turkey soup! I did the same for Ts-giving turkey, but froze it and made soup twice. Put lots of carrots, celery and onion in it with noodles or rice and they very well might eat it. : )

Share your roasted potatoes recipe, please? I have rosemary and thyme plants. And a 10 lb bag of Idahos (some will be used for potato salad to go with the spiral ham).

Will do lots of carrot/onion/celery into the stock as well. Filler will probably be rice (steamed separately and added right before serving).

For the potatoes this will be a ad hoc experiment. Will quarter a few pounds of potatoes and put in a roasting pan with garlic cloves, chopped rosemary and thyme (like you I have plants), and then put in some butter or olive oil and some white wine. Then let cook with the turkey and then turn up heat to 400 and cook another 15 minutes maybe while the turkey cools a bit.

468 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:04:34am
469 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:05:09am

re: #466 Lidane

Who cares? The Duck Dynasty guy is being persecuted for being a Christian!

//////////

Now, I’m hearing how A&E caved.

IT WAS A MARKETING PLOY —and who the fuck cares?

470 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:05:30am

re: #467 Feline Fearless Leader

Will do lots of carrot/onion/celery into the stock as well. Filler will probably be rice (steamed separately and added right before serving).

For the potatoes this will be a ad hoc experiment. Will quarter a few pounds of potatoes and put in a roasting pan with garlic cloves, chopped rosemary and thyme (like you I have plants), and then put in some butter or olive oil and some white wine. Then let cook with the turkey and then turn up heat to 400 and cook another 15 minutes maybe while the turkey cools a bit.

updings for garlic cloves!

471 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:06:15am

re: #469 FemNaziBitch

Now, I’m hearing how A&E caved.

IT WAS A MARKETING PLOY —and who the fuck cares?

The endgame already? There’s still time to shop before Christmas.

472 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:08:57am
473 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:09:32am

re: #467 Feline Fearless Leader

Will do lots of carrot/onion/celery into the stock as well. Filler will probably be rice (steamed separately and added right before serving).

For the potatoes this will be a ad hoc experiment. Will quarter a few pounds of potatoes and put in a roasting pan with garlic cloves, chopped rosemary and thyme (like you I have plants), and then put in some butter or olive oil and some white wine. Then let cook with the turkey and then turn up heat to 400 and cook another 15 minutes maybe while the turkey cools a bit.

Ah, thanks. That’s doable w/o the turkey, then. : )

474 wrenchwench  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:12:32am
475 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:12:59am

re: #457 Stanley Sea

I am about to start!

Definitely using the butter knife trick this time. Thanks to GeneJockey? for that tip?

There is a trick to using a butter knife on a cat?

476 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:16:55am

re: #470 FemNaziBitch

updings for garlic cloves!

Love garlic! I bought a clay garlic pot w/lid, and believe it or not, I bought 2 bulbs of garlic about a month ago, and what little I haven’t used is still very good, not dried out at all. So much better than hanging.

477 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:17:22am
478 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:18:41am

re: #476 Justanotherhuman

Love garlic! I bought a clay garlic pot w/lid, and believe it or not, I bought 2 bulbs of garlic about a month ago, and what little I haven’t used is still very good, not dried out at all. So much better than hanging.

OMgosh! I have a large and a small. bake the garlic, mash it with spices and a small amount of your favorite olive oil and eat —with or without bread.

It spreads like butter.

It’s awesome on potatoes, with garlic, eggs, whatthefuck EVER!

479 Charles Johnson  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:18:52am
480 Charles Johnson  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:19:57am
481 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:20:20am

ahahahahahaa #noreallythisisbullshit

482 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:20:58am

re: #479 Charles Johnson

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Remember when Cracker Barrel tried to fire all it’s LGBT employees?

I guess they became true capitalists …

483 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:21:55am
484 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:23:45am
485 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:23:47am

re: #481 FemNaziBitch

ahahahahahaa #noreallythisisbullshit

Great twitter site! And this—very applicable to Phil Robertson & Co.

486 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:27:05am

487 wrenchwench  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:27:38am
488 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:30:25am

re: #480 Charles Johnson

489 A Mom Anon  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:37:10am

re: #463 FemNaziBitch

Thanks for that. I suffer from a more acute rather than chronic form of depression that doesn’t respond well to medication. I’ve tried meds, several, and I seem to be the poster child for all those side effects in the commercials. So, I have to muddle through it, mostly alone. Most people don’t really want to hear about it or they dismiss it as not real, especially at this time of year. I really hate the holidays because of this, if one more person tells me to “just smile and put up a tree, you’ll feel better” I am going to need a place to hide the body. I used to suck it up and plaster a smile on my face and not cry, mostly when The Teenager was little. The mission was Don’t Ruin Christmas You Selfish Ass. It happened again this year, when I confessed to a friend I hated Christmas and why and she totally negated my feelings and experiences as not being real, all in my head. So I kinda have vowed to just not tell anyone who doesn’t already know.

What helps me is outdoor activity, getting enough sleep and not pulling the covers over my head(that is the hardest part for me-being sad and not wanting to leave the house or even look at people). I see a therapist sporadically as finances allow, but honest to god, my dog has been the best thing for my illness, she makes me get up and will often just lay her head on my lap if I am sad, with all the patience of a saint. I really hope that someday our stupid culture grows up and begins to understand and embrace treatments and discussions of depression and other disorders that effect so many. Shame and isolation make suicide seem like the only answer, which is so unnecessary and such a loss for all of us.

490 CuriousLurker  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:37:42am

re: #487 wrenchwench

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*snort*

491 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:38:12am

For the military buffs around here:

492 HoosierHoops  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:40:39am

The ice is melting..The Colts are playing and I’m packed up ready to move.
Winston! Grab me a beer out of the Fridge! He is a useless dog.
I won’t have Internet access for awhile..So I’ll sing to you all

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on your troubles will be out of sight, yeah

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on your troubles will be miles away, oh

Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore, ah
Faithful friends who are dear to us
They gather near to us once more, ooh

Through the years we all will be together and
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bow, oh yeah, oh
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now, oh, oh

493 Stanley Sea  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:44:10am
494 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:47:57am

re: #489 A Mom Anon

Thanks for that. I suffer from a more acute rather than chronic form of depression that doesn’t respond well to medication. I’ve tried meds, several, and I seem to be the poster child for all those side effects in the commercials. So, I have to muddle through it, mostly alone. Most people don’t really want to hear about it or they dismiss it as not real, especially at this time of year. I really hate the holidays because of this, if one more person tells me to “just smile and put up a tree, you’ll feel better” I am going to need a place to hide the body. I used to suck it up and plaster a smile on my face and not cry, mostly when The Teenager was little. The mission was Don’t Ruin Christmas You Selfish Ass. It happened again this year, when I confessed to a friend I hated Christmas and why and she totally negated my feelings and experiences as not being real, all in my head. So I kinda have vowed to just not tell anyone who doesn’t already know.

What helps me is outdoor activity, getting enough sleep and not pulling the covers over my head(that is the hardest part for me-being sad and not wanting to leave the house or even look at people). I see a therapist sporadically as finances allow, but honest to god, my dog has been the best thing for my illness, she makes me get up and will often just lay her head on my lap if I am sad, with all the patience of a saint. I really hope that someday our stupid culture grows up and begins to understand and embrace treatments and discussions of depression and other disorders that effect so many. Shame and isolation make suicide seem like the only answer, which is so unnecessary and such a loss for all of us.

(((((((a Mom Anon)))))))

495 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:53:45am
496 AlexRogan  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:54:55am

re: #479 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

And as I was posting the second half of my tweet, I noticed that neither of them showed on that thread anymore; I’ve apparently been blocked by Cracker Barrel.

Seems like, in regards to gays and blacks, CB’s old habits die hard and they don’t like people to remind others about it; I really thought they’d changed, but apparently not.

497 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:55:30am

re: #495 jaunte

Rookie Pope? Hilarious.

498 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:55:52am

re: #482 FemNaziBitch

Remember when Cracker Barrel tried to fire all it’s LGBT employees?

I guess they became true capitalists …

But that’s different than what A & E did to poor St. Phil… ‘cuz well, gays are icky and might touch my food. That’s just an employer exercising their rights. If you can’t see the difference it just proves that liebruelism is a mental disease.

Funny how the RWNJs are all about the rights of the property owner / employer to decide all the rules, and how contracts are important, unless it’s A & E that’s the employer. It’s not unlike how they cheer each time public service employee pension get cut (A type of promise / contract), unless it’s the military, in which case they scream how the democraps are destroying our military. We have made a promise to these brave men and women.

They are already claiming victory in the DD matter. I suspect that what actually will get it resolved is the fact that you have a bunch of lawyers on both sides that see a good thing and will find a way to make a face saving solution that all sides can easily live with.

RBS
Who is getting an upgraded cynicism module for X-mas.

499 wrenchwench  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:57:09am

re: #489 A Mom Anon

{{{{{A Mom Anon}}}}}

500 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:57:14am

re: #497 Lidane

Rookie Pope? Hilarious.

Well everybody knows that the Pope card from the rookie year is always a lot more valuable.

RBS

501 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:57:31am

re: #497 Lidane

Prosperity Gospellers up in arms.

502 ObserverArt  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 10:58:52am

re: #440 Political Atheist

Question for you HTML/PHP wizards- How difficult would it be to have a zoom-mouse rollover feature like at this link at a small time blog or photography site? Wordpress handle it maybe?

Check out WooThemes, They have themes that work with WordPress and they build in many features. They can be used as blogs or just web sites, or a combination. Pretty cool stuff offered. And they too have many plug-ins that add extra features. I believe they are a group of South African web developers.

503 CuriousLurker  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:01:39am

LOL—a friend just send this to me. An epic rant by a southern guy:

Duck Dynasty Is Fake! (NSFW)

Youtube Video

504 AlexRogan  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:02:11am

re: #496 AlexRogan

And, in less than a minute, this was gone from their feed as well; I’m apparently not blocked, but CB has someone actively “pruning” their feed today.

Fuck ‘em.

505 wrenchwench  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:03:23am

re: #490 CuriousLurker

*snort*

Heck, I’ve even seen them before. You’d think somebody on the parade committee would check YouTube.

Youtube Video

506 AlexRogan  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:05:24am

…

507 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:08:16am

re: #506 AlexRogan

…

Exactly what Alex said.

RBS

508 GeneJockey  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:09:28am

re: #489 A Mom Anon

Thanks for that. I suffer from a more acute rather than chronic form of depression that doesn’t respond well to medication. I’ve tried meds, several, and I seem to be the poster child for all those side effects in the commercials. So, I have to muddle through it, mostly alone. Most people don’t really want to hear about it or they dismiss it as not real, especially at this time of year. I really hate the holidays because of this, if one more person tells me to “just smile and put up a tree, you’ll feel better” I am going to need a place to hide the body. I used to suck it up and plaster a smile on my face and not cry, mostly when The Teenager was little. The mission was Don’t Ruin Christmas You Selfish Ass. It happened again this year, when I confessed to a friend I hated Christmas and why and she totally negated my feelings and experiences as not being real, all in my head. So I kinda have vowed to just not tell anyone who doesn’t already know.

What helps me is outdoor activity, getting enough sleep and not pulling the covers over my head(that is the hardest part for me-being sad and not wanting to leave the house or even look at people). I see a therapist sporadically as finances allow, but honest to god, my dog has been the best thing for my illness, she makes me get up and will often just lay her head on my lap if I am sad, with all the patience of a saint. I really hope that someday our stupid culture grows up and begins to understand and embrace treatments and discussions of depression and other disorders that effect so many. Shame and isolation make suicide seem like the only answer, which is so unnecessary and such a loss for all of us.

I married into a family with what we euphmistically call ‘Serotonin Issues’, so I’m keenly aware of how badly society at large understands depression, anxiety and related emotional health issues. The message when we were growing up was schizophrenic - either ‘Buck up!’, or numb yourself with tranks. And then we looked upon those poor numbed folks as weak.

My wife spent most of her life ‘faking it’, dealing with her anxiety and depression by doing the things that society expected, and wondering why they didn’t seem to be making her happy. Outwardly, she seemed happy, outgoing - even extroverted - active, always signing up for classes in this and that, joining this group and that group, and dreaming up and starting projects - projects I often had to finish. Eventually, she was diagnosed as mildly bipolar, and properly medicated, and she has been marvelling at the difference ever since. It did take a couple years for her to figure out what she really wants, when not driven by anxiety.

She tells me that one of the hardest things to deal with before was the expectation, both external and internal, that all she had to do was ‘try harder’, and her problems and anxieties would all fade away. It makes you feel guilty, and that just makes the anxiety and depression worse.

509 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:10:00am

Quack quaaaackkk.

510 wrenchwench  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:11:37am

re: #503 CuriousLurker

(NSFW)

It was safe up to about 1:40. Then it got good.

511 Stanley Sea  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:12:56am

Just found this in my wrapping paper stuff. A gift not given dammit!

512 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:13:37am

re: #511 Stanley Sea

What does that smell like?

513 GeneJockey  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:13:55am

re: #509 jaunte

Having eaten in a few CB’s while travelling Back East, I’d note their clientele tends to be older, and whiter than the average American, so the retreat is less surprising than the original removal of DD items. They know which side their butt is breaded on.

514 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:14:05am

heh…

515 Stanley Sea  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:14:14am

re: #512 jaunte

What does that smell like?

It doesn’t anymore :(

516 sagehen  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:18:43am

re: #371 Justanotherhuman

Amazing color photos of London during WWII, including from The Blitz. Twenty thousand were killed in London during The Blitz, and around 40K in Britain overall by German bombings. I can understand why Britain’s security laws are stricter, and the outlook quite different from the US, not to mention years of IRA bombings, and various and sundry plots by others that were never brought to fruition.

life.time.com

When you haven’t experienced this kind of loss of life right in your own front yard, it’s much easier to condemn your government wholesale for what you perceive to be “overreach”. So, fix the flaws but don’t throw the NSA out completely, as some would do. We will always have enemies; every country does.

Russia has even more horrific losses in living memory, so even more reason to be paranoid. Being invaded in WWII cost them a full 15% of their population, tens of millions of people — and those who lived all came out of it with vivid memories of hideous deprivation. Cities under siege, no heating fuel through the winter, eating shoe leather and wallpaper paste… it’s no wonder they’re willing to put up with a heavy hand from the government that’s kept that from happening again.

517 AlexRogan  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:19:08am

re: #509 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Quack quaaaackkk.

Over 32000 posts on CB’s Facebook thread; there was never any doubt how it was gonna lean, but I could only skim through the first 200 posts before I had to hit the eject button.

Cracker Barrel, it seems that a large part of your loyal clientele is fucking stupid; I’m not saying that I’ll boycott you like these people said they would when y’all first pulled the Phil merchandise, but I have other choices on where to eat and y’all have been pushed way further down the list.

518 wrenchwench  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:19:23am
519 jaunte  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:19:50am

re: #514 Backwoods_Sleuth

He can deny it all he wants; the ducks know.

The quintessential duck’s quack is the sound of the female mallard. Females often give this call in a series of 2-10 quacks that begin loudly and get softer. When courting, she may give a paired form of this quack. The male does not quack; instead he gives a quieter, rasping, one- or two-noted call. Ducklings make soft, shrill whistles when alarmed.allaboutbirds.org

520 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:20:53am

re: #501 jaunte

Prosperity Gospellers up in arms.

They hate it when they get called the greedy assholes they really are.

The Prosperity Gospel flies in the face of everything Jesus says in the NT. It tells people that their self-worth is determined by their bank balance. It’s horrifying.

521 CuriousLurker  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:25:57am

Cats vs. Christmas Trees

Youtube Video

522 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:26:08am

523 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:26:17am

Turkey and potatoes in the oven. Will post pictures later.

I think the main issue with the potatoes will be seeing how well they brown. I think they’ll turn out delicious regardless. Just one of those things where the ingredients will take good together regardless unless I burn them or serve them raw.

524 Lidane  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:27:48am

re: #517 AlexRogan

Cracker Barrel isn’t even that good unless you like bland Southern cooking.

Thanks but no. I’ll stick to mom & pop Southern and soul food restaurants for higher quality food.

525 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:28:53am

re: #522 FemNaziBitch

[Embedded image]

My adopted cats are the first ones I’ve had that went after toilet paper on the dispenser. I am starting to think that the shelters include training for cats in how to do it.

Cooking and wrapping presents today have been a constant battle against the feline forces of chaos. One already unrolled a roll of wrapping paper across the floor and then lay on it. The other keeps stealing the tape dispenser. O_o

526 HappyWarrior  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:30:06am

First off, Mr. Thile is really talented. I enjoyed him and his group very much at the Inside Llewyn Davis concert show on Showtime. Secondly, I’m a lucky man. My brother married a wonderful woman with a wonderful family yesterday and I now have three sisters. Hope everyone has a great Sunday.

527 Stanley Sea  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:31:54am

re: #521 CuriousLurker

>Cats vs. Christmas Trees

[Embedded content]

ha

528 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:33:21am


ROTFLAMO

529 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:34:15am

The next thread —I’m looking at snow.

Thanks Charles.

530 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:35:08am

531 AlexRogan  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:40:24am

re: #524 Lidane

Cracker Barrel isn’t even that good unless you like bland Southern cooking.

Thanks but no. I’ll stick to mom & pop Southern and soul food restaurants for higher quality food.

I ain’t gonna lie; I like their chicken-fried steak with the sawmill gravy (gravy good!) and their sausage and biscuits and it’s nice that they have a store less than a mile from my office. However, they’ve made it crystal clear with their DD walkback that all of the lawsuits and governmental actions against them over their treatment of gay and black employees over the years hasn’t changed a damned thing; RWNJs butter their bread and everyone else can go pound sand.

Like I said before, fuck ‘em.

532 GeneJockey  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 11:55:59am

re: #531 AlexRogan

I ain’t gonna lie; I like their chicken-fried steak with the sawmill gravy (gravy good!) and their sausage and biscuits and it’s nice that they have a store less than a mile from my office. However, they’ve made it crystal clear with their DD walkback that all of the lawsuits and governmental actions against them over their treatment of gay and black employees over the years hasn’t changed a damned thing; RWNJs butter their bread and everyone else can go pound sand.

Like I said before, fuck ‘em.

i’d have to go a hell of a way to find one to boycott.

533 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 12:06:49pm

re: #531 AlexRogan

I ain’t gonna lie; I like their chicken-fried steak with the sawmill gravy (gravy good!) and their sausage and biscuits and it’s nice that they have a store less than a mile from my office. However, they’ve made it crystal clear with their DD walkback that all of the lawsuits and governmental actions against them over their treatment of gay and black employees over the years hasn’t changed a damned thing; RWNJs butter their bread and everyone else can go pound sand.

Like I said before, fuck ‘em.

That also was my favorite thing to eat there, about the only thing I would ever order there. Now I’m going to have to find a new source for when I’m jonesing.

RBS

534 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Dec 22, 2013 12:58:35pm

re: #489 A Mom Anon

{{{Mom Anon}}}


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