New Year’s Eve Open Thread
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It’s already 2014 in some parts of the world, but we still have about 9 hours to go on the left coast. Here’s an open thread as the fireworks start warming up…
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:16:57pm |
Yay, party time!!
We need some lively music…what’s good to put on?
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Charles Johnson Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:17:36pm |
Let’s face it, we’re really celebrating nothing more than an arbitrary recurring point in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:18:02pm |
Which is as good a reason to celebrate as anything, I guess.
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:18:57pm |
Oh, I know New Year’s is TOTALLY non-scientific, but it’s still an interesting part of our human existence…and a great excuse for a few drinks!
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:20:40pm |
Well I guess I’ll be the one to kick off the music!
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Varek Raith Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:21:24pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Let’s face it, we’re really celebrating nothing more than an arbitrary recurring point in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
*Tows asteroid in Earth’s path*
That ought to spice things up!
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:22:50pm |
re: #8 Varek Raith
*Tows asteroid in Earth’s path*
That ought to spice things up!
Dammit, somebody get Bruce Willis on the phone!
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Belafon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:23:40pm |
re: #4 Charles Johnson
Your old enough to remember that making it to that point without having wiped ourselved off the map was a good reason for celebration.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:26:38pm |
Offered my grandson a glass of this Riesling, but he declined. Naturally, I am celebrating early.
Kids today. Hrrmmpp.
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Political Atheist Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:27:02pm |
re: #8 Varek Raith
*Tows asteroid in Earth’s path*
That ought to spice things up!
Which way from here? I’d like to do a little better this time than those Russian guys with car cams did last time. ;-)
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Stanley Sea Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:28:51pm |
Sarah Palin and Duck Dynasty are ringing in the New Year on Fox News because who needs a middle class when you can get rich acting poor?
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 31, 2013
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:29:57pm |
Isn’t it already 2014 in most time zones?
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:30:44pm |
re: #14 Justanotherhuman
Isn’t it already 2014 in most time zones?
I believe North and South America are the only places left where it’s still 2013. Parts of Western Europe should be right around midnight.
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The War TARDIS Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:30:56pm |
One reason I have gotten so attached to the current companion? She is relatable for me. I have known so many close friends that are college graduates who have gone into teaching that are somewhat eccentric but a pillar strength for me emotionally.
On the other hand, I could never relate to Rose, because to me, I always got the impression she was the British Equivalent to White Trash. That is the reason I can not relate to the character. I can relate with nearly every other companion, even to the one-offs. But it is impossible with Rose. I also had a bit of a hard time with Adelaide Brook though.
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wrenchwench Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:34:59pm |
“What Are You Doing New Years Eve?” by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt http://t.co/5uAlKzjx9j— Althea May (@alymaybe) December 31, 2013
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:37:25pm |
re: #14 Justanotherhuman
Isn’t it already 2014 in most time zones?
It is in most of the benighted Old World, but here where it matters, where True Christians and patriots live by the King James Bible and the Second Amendment (selah), it is still 2013. It is also still ‘13 in the pagan occupied nether regions of darkest California, as well as Hawaii and a few other outposts
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makeitstop Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:37:42pm |
May you all have the happiest of all new years. Until next year.
We’re off to Brooklyn shortly, to do this. Whatever you’re doing tonight, do it safely.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:41:18pm |
re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg
I believe North and South America are the only places left where it’s still 2013. Parts of Western Europe should be right around midnight.
That’s right…. Make them other people be the Beta Testers for the New Year. That way when it gets to us, it’s all patched and stable already.
RBS
Damn Skippy
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Charles Johnson Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:41:42pm |
#NowPlaying Bonzo Dog Band > The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse > Hello Mabel http://t.co/5pkQQ8QyWw pic.twitter.com/pWEwhKY96n— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 31, 2013
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Charles Johnson Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:43:06pm |
When I bought that Bonzo Dog Band album on vinyl, lo, these many moons ago, it was called “Urban Spaceman.”
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Stanley Sea Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:47:11pm |
re: #17 wrenchwench
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I just watched an older movie with him - 50/50. He’s an adorable goof.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:49:11pm |
I knew these assholes had to be involved some way.
Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts
God damn it, the girl is dead. Deal with it.
Sorry to be so blunt, but someone is craving another 15 minutes of fame. Someone needs to explain the science to these parents. Again.
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rosiee Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:49:32pm |
Happy new year LGF.
You are all part of a very unique and good community on the internet.
Take care and kiss to you all.
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:50:47pm |
re: #22 Charles Johnson
When I bought that Bonzo Dog Band album on vinyl, lo, these many moons ago, it was called “Urban Spaceman.”
I like that title better.
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:51:08pm |
Happy New Year to all of my fellow Lizards.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:51:52pm |
re: #25 Justanotherhuman
I knew these assholes had to be involved some way.
Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts
God damn it, the girl is dead. Deal with it.
Sorry to be so blunt, but someone is craving another 15 minutes of fame. Someone needs to explain the science to these parents. Again.
Ugh. Not this shit again. What is wrong with these people? How can they think this is a moral thing to do?
I can’t even.
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:51:55pm |
I wonder if tonight will set a new record for drunken tweets?
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:52:30pm |
If she is left on the ventilator, wouldn’t her body still naturally die at some point in time?
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:52:41pm |
re: #30 Eclectic Cyborg
There is a possibility it may happen.
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Mattand Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:54:22pm |
re: #22 Charles Johnson
When I bought that Bonzo Dog Band album on vinyl, lo, these many moons ago, it was called “Urban Spaceman.”
I converted that to digital a few years ago for a co-worker.
It’s..umm…unique. An acquired taste, if you will.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:55:05pm |
re: #31 Eclectic Cyborg
If she is left on the ventilator, wouldn’t her body still naturally die at some point in time?
Yes, as long as they don’t keep her on a feeding tube. And the hospital has her off the tube since she has been pronounced dead, so the parents are trying to get her flown to NJ.
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Mattand Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:55:23pm |
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:55:47pm |
re: #34 Justanotherhuman
Yes, as long as they don’t keep her on a feeding tube. And the hospital has her off the tube since she has been pronounced dead, so the parents are trying to get her flown to NJ.
I presume because the laws are different in NJ?
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 3:57:42pm |
re: #36 Eclectic Cyborg
I presume because the laws are different in NJ?
Yes. In CA, if you’re pronounced brain dead, that is dead.
Evidently not so in NJ.
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:00:54pm |
From the above article:
Jahi McMath has been labeled a ‘deceased’ person. Yet she retains all the functional attributes of a living person, despite her brain injury,” the organization said. “This includes a beating heart, circulation and respiration, the ability to metabolize nutrition and more. Jahi is a living human being.”
The article also alleges she has responded to the sound of her mothers voice.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:01:45pm |
re: #29 Charles Johnson
Ugh. Not this shit again. What is wrong with these people? How can they think this is a moral thing to do?
I can’t even.
They’re scared of death, is what it boils down to.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:01:54pm |
re: #4 Charles Johnson
Which is as good a reason to celebrate as anything, I guess.
The demons keeping us in orbit could decide to abandon us and we’d spiral into the Sun.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:02:26pm |
It looks as though the parents got an order extending the time allowed for the ventilator to Jan 7 in order to get the body to NJ.
These poor folks are grasping at straws and there seem to be plenty of people providing them.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:02:32pm |
Happy Arbitrary Demarcation Point, everyone!— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 1, 2014
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:02:35pm |
re: #16 The War TARDIS
Rose is equivalent to white trash?
Really?
REALLY???
Good freakin’ grief…
Happy New Year to you, too, in any event, from someone who others thoughtlessly described as “white trash” all the time I was growing up…
signed,
White Trash with a Master’s degree.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:04:25pm |
re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg
From the above article:
The article also alleges she has responded to the sound of her mothers voice.
I doubt that. There are involuntary muscle spasms in this condition that can in no way be considered a “response”.
There is no brain activity detected so there can be no “response”.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:05:46pm |
re: #44 Justanotherhuman
I doubt that. There are involuntary muscle spasms in this condition that can in no way be considered a “response”.
There is no brain activity detected so there can be no “response”.
Butbutbut MIRACLE!
Ugh. Look, I do believe in a God that works miracles, but He doesn’t cure EVERYBODY. She’s dead, Jim.
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:06:08pm |
Happy New Year, lizards. May goodness come to you all in the coming year.
Except this Goodness. She’s trouble.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:06:29pm |
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
And I am particularly cranky tonight because my “white trash” husband is still in Lansing, Michigan, restoring power to people who have been sitting in the dark and cold since December 22.
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dog philosopher Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:06:50pm |
i hope everybody has sacrificed a goat to the sun god to encourage him to come back for another year
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:07:09pm |
From another article:
A leading pediatrician says that Jahi McMath, who is at the center of a national debate about whether she should remain on life support, is not “brain dead” and can recover with proper care and nutrition.
Of note: This pediatrician has never examined Jahi.
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:11:41pm |
Anyone opened the bar yet? I need a drink.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:13:29pm |
I’m here!!! Where are the dancing girls and cheap thrills I was promised?
RBS
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Eventual Carrion Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:13:55pm |
re: #40 b_sharp
The demons keeping us in orbit could decide to abandon us and we’d spiral into the Sun.
I try not to think about that too much.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:14:10pm |
re: #50 Eclectic Cyborg
Anyone opened the bar yet? I need a drink.
One each pan-galactic gargle blaster coming up.
RBS
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:14:34pm |
As cranky as I am tonight (get off me lawn!) this kitten vs lizards short video makes me smile.
A lot.
Spoiler: lizards win!
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:14:41pm |
re: #53 RealityBasedSteve
One each pan-galactic gargle blaster coming up.
RBS
Aww, no Klingon Blood Wine?
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thedopefishlives Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:17:42pm |
re: #51 RealityBasedSteve
I’m here!!! Where are the dancing girls and cheap thrills I was promised?
RBS
Dancing girls might be a problem, but cheap thrills, well, isn’t that what LGF is all about?
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Pie-onist Overlord Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:19:41pm |
OH HAI
I am at my mom’s house in LA between Sunset & the Valley, we are having some quality time just quietly reminiscing before the Gathering Of The Clan.
She offered me some vodka which she keeps in an antique cut crystal decanter.
I declined, mainly because spirits kept in antique cut crystal decanters ACCUMULATE LEAD.
Just no.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:20:25pm |
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:20:34pm |
re: #57 thedopefishlives
Dancing girls might be a problem, but cheap thrills, well, isn’t that what LGF is all about?
Hey DF. Understand that’s it another cold one for ya. You’re up in Wisconsin?
My new years resolution is to get involved in a quality relationship. After all, Cheap, Meaningless and Physical are types of quality aren’t they?
RBS
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:20:35pm |
re: #59 Pie-onist Overlord
OH HAI
I am at my mom’s house in LA between Sunset & the Valley, we are having some quality time just quietly reminiscing before the Gathering Of The Clan.
She offered me some vodka which she keeps in an antique cut crystal decanter.
I declined, mainly because spirits kept in antique cut crystal decanters ACCUMULATE LEAD.
Just no.
That’s why you need to carry a discrete, yet lovely, personal flask…
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Stanley Sea Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:20:38pm |
re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth
As cranky as I am tonight (get off me lawn!) this kitten vs lizards short video makes me smile.
A lot.
Spoiler: lizards win![Embedded content]
Hilarious
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:21:19pm |
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Stanley Sea Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:21:35pm |
re: #59 Pie-onist Overlord
OH HAI
I am at my mom’s house in LA between Sunset & the Valley, we are having some quality time just quietly reminiscing before the Gathering Of The Clan.
She offered me some vodka which she keeps in an antique cut crystal decanter.
I declined, mainly because spirits kept in antique cut crystal decanters ACCUMULATE LEAD.
Just no.
Welcome to the left coast.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:21:55pm |
re: #59 Pie-onist Overlord
OH HAI
I am at my mom’s house in LA between Sunset & the Valley, we are having some quality time just quietly reminiscing before the Gathering Of The Clan.
She offered me some vodka which she keeps in an antique cut crystal decanter.
I declined, mainly because spirits kept in antique cut crystal decanters ACCUMULATE LEAD.
Just no.
Really? I’m not doubting you, (I’ve learned better than that), but I thought that the lead was so bound into it that it couldn’t leach out. Learn something new everyday.
RBS
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:22:33pm |
I can provide the dancing girls…
…assuming Charles is ok with me using the LGF credit card for tonight.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:22:34pm |
Happy New Year xxxx pic.twitter.com/rWLnRbd6i2
— DOSS (@DorotallanDoss) January 1, 2014
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thedopefishlives Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:22:55pm |
re: #61 RealityBasedSteve
Hey DF. Understand that’s it another cold one for ya. You’re up in Wisconsin?
My new years resolution is to get involved in a quality relationship. After all, Cheap, Meaningless and Physical are types of quality aren’t they?
RBS
Minnesnowta here. It is amazingly cold out here, but that’s the life of a Northerner, don’t ya know.
Your new year’s resolution bit reminds me of the old joke I kick around for laughs: “I am in shape. Round is a shape.”
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:23:23pm |
re: #63 Stanley Sea
Hilarious
I’m not sure how many directions that kitties legs were moving at the same time. I think it was 4 dimensional scrabbling for traction.
RBS
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Targetpractice Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:23:30pm |
re: #16 The War TARDIS
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One reason I have gotten so attached to the current companion? She is relatable for me. I have known so many close friends that are college graduates who have gone into teaching that are somewhat eccentric but a pillar strength for me emotionally.
On the other hand, I could never relate to Rose, because to me, I always got the impression she was the British Equivalent to White Trash. That is the reason I can not relate to the character. I can relate with nearly every other companion, even to the one-offs. But it is impossible with Rose. I also had a bit of a hard time with Adelaide Brook though.
I’m split between Amy and Donna for top spot of Nu-Who companions. As for who I liked least, I’d have to say Martha, who always struck me as more of a rebound girl than a true companion. She seemed more along for the ride because the Doctor didn’t want to be alone than anything else.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:23:38pm |
I froze my tongue to a steel fence post so I’m typing with my thumbs.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:23:41pm |
re: #67 Eclectic Cyborg
I can provide the dancing girls…
…assuming Charles is ok with me using the LGF credit card for tonight.
We’re the lizard overlords and we still use credit cards? I thought we owned The System (tm).
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:23:43pm |
I’m using a balloon wine glass, and of course, pouring the second one, my grandson eyed the bottle and said, “Already drank the whole bottle?” (It was a little less than half full.)
Well, I only had one glass so far and just starting on the second one.
And it’s only wine. Riesling at 11.5% alcohol.
He never sees me drink except perhaps once a year, but both his parents are alcoholics. I hope he doesn’t think that at [almost] age 73 I’m going down that path. : )
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:24:30pm |
re: #59 Pie-onist Overlord
OH HAI
I am at my mom’s house in LA between Sunset & the Valley, we are having some quality time just quietly reminiscing before the Gathering Of The Clan.
She offered me some vodka which she keeps in an antique cut crystal decanter.
I declined, mainly because spirits kept in antique cut crystal decanters ACCUMULATE LEAD.
Just no.
B-b-b-but! They’re so damned pretty…
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:24:36pm |
re: #73 thedopefishlives
We’re the lizard overlords and we still use credit cards? I thought we owned The System (tm).
Why, whatever are you talking about??
*looks around suspiciously*
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:24:44pm |
re: #67 Eclectic Cyborg
I can provide the dancing girls…
…assuming Charles is ok with me using the LGF credit card for tonight.
Order ‘em from Amazon, he gets a cut of the action. (Does that make him “Charles the Pimp”?
RBS
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:24:44pm |
re: #70 RealityBasedSteve
I’m not sure how many directions that kitties legs were moving at the same time. I think it was 4 dimensional scrabbling for traction.
RBS
yeah, there was some really weird locomotion physics going on there.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:25:19pm |
re: #72 b_sharp
I froze my tongue to a steel fence post so I’m typing with my thumbs.
At least it wasn’t a lead post…
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:26:35pm |
re: #77 RealityBasedSteve
Order ‘em from Amazon, he gets a cut of the action. (Does that make him “Charles the Pimp”?
RBS
Hey now, there’s an idea: Amazon Prime Ladies
/
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Pie-onist Overlord Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:27:08pm |
re: #66 RealityBasedSteve
Really? I’m not doubting you, (I’ve learned better than that), but I thought that the lead was so bound into it that it couldn’t leach out. Learn something new everyday.
RBS
I looked it up on Google. Spirits that are kept in a leaded crystal container for years and years can accumulate a whole bunch of lead.
Pouring wine into a clean dry Swarovski goblet has no hazard.
I am not really in the mood of alcohols, I can haz Perrier.
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:27:25pm |
Obama names getting another dog as one of his 2013 accomplishments. How do you think Dim Jim’s robots reacted?
As a business owner I know what I would do with Obama. He wouldn’t have made it past the first 90 days. 5 years into his reign of error and this is all he has to talk about? He should thank Allah everyday that he is a black democrat and, therefore, cannot be touched.
it was a careful process to choose the dog I assume…
1st 0bama had to make sure it was male
and 2nd he had have gay sex with it and that it went well with fried rice and BBQ.
now we have 2 dogs and a giant fat yeti (moocha bama) living in the WH
There are nothing BUT dogs in the White House.
The Blacks consider it an accomplishment. Blacks are know for dog-fighting and animal abuse. Watch those dog-rescue shows on Animal Planet. So, Obama, who is from African and American Black culture, naturally considers it an accomplishment that he did not beat, torture, or kill his second dog.
Not killing a dog is an achievement for black kids. A black kid who did not bully someone, fight, beat, rape or kill—a true gem! A rarity, one of a kind.
This one got eight, count ‘em, eight “likes.”
Counting Mooch…that makes 3.
Happy New Year from The Dumbest Man on the Internet!
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SpaceJesus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:28:20pm |
“Obama: We’ve doubled the number of dogs in the White House in 2013”
To: Zakeet
Moochelle makes it a triple.
2 posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 12:28:35 PM by Argus
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“Doubling of dogs in the White House”
Oh, man…the retorts just write themselves.
No wonder the First Man-Woman of the United States (FMWOUS) is perpetually angry with Bathhouse Barry.
3 posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 12:30:08 PM by twister881
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To: Argus
Two dogs and one poop throwing monkey…just sayin…not meant to be racist, just for the sake of accuracy.
20 posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 3:50:53 PM by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:29:31pm |
re: #82 Kid A
Obama names getting another dog as one of his 2013 accomplishments. How do you think Dim Jim’s robots reacted?
This one got eight, count ‘em, >eight “likes.”
Happy New Year from The Dumbest Man on the Internet!
The idea of somebody having a little joke at his own expense seems to be beyond their ability to process.
RBS
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:31:38pm |
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
And I am particularly cranky tonight because my “white trash” husband is still in Lansing, Michigan, restoring power to people who have been sitting in the dark and cold since December 22.
Here’s to you, Sleuth, and your sacrificing husband and all those who go out and keep the lights and heat on for us ingrates.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:33:51pm |
well, I’m going to and see how much of a challenge mounting my new grinder onto the stand is going to be. Back in a while.
RBS
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:33:56pm |
Everyone remember all the crazy expensive New Years Eve stuff restaurants and clubs were trying to shill for 12/31/1999?
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:34:02pm |
And, to prove how stupid Jim is, I clicked his link to the story, and guess what? It was a fundraising email, and he didn’t list getting the new dog as an “accomplishment.” What an asshat.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:35:59pm |
re: #87 Eclectic Cyborg
Everyone remember all the crazy expensive New Years Eve stuff restaurants and clubs were trying to shill for 12/31/1999?
Arrrggghhhh! Y2K!!!!
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:36:56pm |
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:37:22pm |
STOCK UP WITH SIX MONTHS OF FOOD AND WATER!!!! Y2K!!!!
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:37:32pm |
A club near my house was offering a dinner/concert from some B level 80s singer at $1000/plate for 12/31/1999.
They ended up canceling due to “lack of interest”.
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BongCrodny Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:39:51pm |
Never really been much of an “Auld Lang Syne” kind of guy, so here’s a song that’s more in line with my hopes for the new year.
Youtube Video
Kid Rock covered this on one of his CDs, but I like the original better.
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Archangelus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:40:12pm |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Let’s face it, we’re really celebrating nothing more than an arbitrary recurring point in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
I’ll drink to that!
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:43:20pm |
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rose is equivalent to white trash?
Really?
REALLY???Good freakin’ grief…
Happy New Year to you, too, in any event, from someone who others thoughtlessly described as “white trash” all the time I was growing up…
signed,
White Trash with a Master’s degree.
I was often called white trash as well, since I lived in a trailer park and my none too stable parents had 7 children. I have a New Year’s message for those status seeker conformist-consumer types who favored this term:
HAVE A MISERABLE NEW YEAR, YOU ARROGANT GRUBWORMS! ENJOY YOUR WOBBLY LITTLE PILLAGED PENSIONS AND SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS! DREAM OF GALT’S GULCH AND FRY YOUR BRAINS ON REALITY TV! WATCH YOUR FINALLY PAID-FOR HOUSE ROT IN A DECAYING NEIGHBORHOOD! MY KIDS HAVE HAPPY FAMILIES AND PHDs, YOURS HAVE STDs AND RAP SHEETS. I LIVE ON A BEAUTIFUL RANCH AND DRIVE A ROLLS-ROYCE (once in a while, a Toyota the rest of the time). I DON’T OWE ANYONE A DIME. WHO IS TRASH NOW? I might yet be magnanimous and loan you the dough to bail your grandchildren out of jail, if you pay me back at high interest and sign the papers in blood (lots of it, and throw in a pound of flesh while you’re at it). I have a soft spot for grandchildren, you know, and it isn’t their fault they grew up with arrogant assholes, inherited and misapplied their arrogant asshole attitudes, and paid the price.
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The War TARDIS Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:46:19pm |
re: #95 Shiplord Kirel
I was trying to go out of my way to not call her a certain British term that would apply.
However, I seem to have stepped into another bad term.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:46:45pm |
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s why you need to carry a discrete, yet lovely, personal flask…
Might be best to pass, if you plan to live a couple more decades. Mom is probably alright. One of the joys of old age is that you stop worrying about slow toxins.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:46:55pm |
re: #93 BongCrodny
Never really been much of an “Auld Lang Syne” kind of guy, so here’s a song that’s more in line with my hopes for the new year.
[Embedded content]
Kid Rock covered this on one of his CDs, but I like the original better.
“Kid Rock” has a house (among 3 in a gated compound, nothing fancy, though) about 5 mi from here. Saw him in his Jaguar turning in front of us onto NC16 one day. He likes to hang out with the racing crowd in this area and curry favor. It’s bidness.
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:47:16pm |
re: #94 Archangelus
I’ll drink to that!
The Earth orbits around the sun, not the other way around?
//
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:47:59pm |
re: #99 Kid A
The Earth orbits around the sun, not the other way around?
//
Well, it’s simpler to think of it that way.
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:49:57pm |
#Liberalismin4Words is trending heavy on Twitter. I can’t even imagine the cesspool that has become.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:50:09pm |
re: #96 The War TARDIS
I was trying to go out of my way to not call her a certain British term that would apply.
However, I seem to have stepped into another bad term.
Yes, you did. Please retire that descriptive phrase from your vocabulary.
Thank you.
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:50:49pm |
re: #96 The War TARDIS
I was trying to go out of my way to not call her a certain British term that would apply.
However, I seem to have stepped into another bad term.
Billie Piper, the actress who played Rose, said in an interview that Rose is “…a bit of a chav” (or would that be chavette?)
I remember her character and that’s what she struck me as - that’s the way her character was written, more or less.
Edit: Link to interview here: digitalspy.co.uk
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:50:58pm |
re: #101 Kid A
#Liberalismin4Words is trending heavy on Twitter. I can’t even imagine the cesspool that has become.
Why not fight back with #conservatismin4words ?
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:51:54pm |
re: #96 The War TARDIS
I was trying to go out of my way to not call her a certain British term that would apply.
However, I seem to have stepped into another bad term.
It’s okay. I know you didn’t mean in the same sense I heard it while I was growing up.
It is really a hot button around here, though. The decline of social mobility is one of the great tragedies of the Reagan initiated age of greed. People my age often benefited from social mobility and took it for granted as an American tradition. It is all too clear that the same opportunity will not be available to future generations without some very serious changes.
/edited for clarity
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:52:00pm |
re: #104 Eclectic Cyborg
Why not fight back with #conservatismin4words ?
Nah, I posted mine!
#LiberalismIn4Words Heart of Our Constitution.
— Eric Christian Smith (@ericphototx) January 1, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:53:00pm |
I decided I will see THE HOBBIT: DESOLATION OF SMAUG in IMAX 3D.
Because 12 YEARS A SLAVE is such a downer to start the New Year. I can wait until it comes out on Blu Ray.
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Pie-onist Overlord Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:55:14pm |
There is no other reason for going to a big-screen movie theater except for IMAX 3D eye candy. For everything else there is Blu Ray.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:55:15pm |
re: #103 Dr Lizardo
Billie Piper, the actress who played Rose, said in an interview that Rose is “…a bit of a chav” (or would that be chavette?)
I remember her character and that’s what she struck me as - that’s the way her character was written, more or less.
Edit: Link to interview here: digitalspy.co.uk
Yes, she did say that and that’s how she played the character of Rose.
But “chav” is a description created by the same sort of people who call others here in the States “white trash” or “trailer park trash”.
I do not understand why there is this urge to make other groups of people less than worthy of common decency and respect, and create these descriptions that have no other purpose than be demeaning.
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The War TARDIS Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:55:59pm |
re: #103 Dr Lizardo
That is exactly my problem with her character. Not intellectually curious, and not leading a life away from the Doctor, and really treat Mickey like crap. Along with other companions (see School Reunion).
This is my issue with Davies. The Companions were always a bit dependent on him.
Meanwhile, Amy was….Amy, Rory was the best Nurse ever, and Clara is a teacher. I think the women in Moffat’s era are more independent women.
Not to mention, Vastra and Jenny seem better written as gay characters than Jack was. Jack always seemed a bit of a stereotype.
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The War TARDIS Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:57:03pm |
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
People who are willfully ignorant should shamed.
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ObserverArt Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:57:14pm |
re: #10 Belafon
Your old enough to remember that making it to that point without having wiped ourselved off the map was a good reason for celebration.
Duck ‘n’ Cover…a New Year is coming!
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:58:13pm |
Wish I could find a larger version of this:
The last mutant is Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 4:58:18pm |
#ConservatismIn4Words Jesus walked with dinosaurs.
— Eric Christian Smith (@ericphototx) January 1, 2014
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:01:08pm |
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes, she did say that and that’s how she played the character of Rose.
But “chav” is a description created by the same sort of people who call others here in the States “white trash” or “trailer park trash”.
I do not understand why there is this urge to make other groups of people less than worthy of common decency and respect, and create these descriptions that have no other purpose than be demeaning.
I guess some folks just feel to need to lord it up over others.
If I recall correctly, chavs are the British version of what Americans would call “trailer park trash”. There’s a similar thing here in the Czech Republic as well, though the word the Czechs use is simply šmejd (pronounced shmeyd) which means shoddy.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:01:17pm |
re: #108 Pie-onist Overlord
There is no other reason for going to a big-screen movie theater except for IMAX 3D eye candy. For everything else there is Blu Ray.
This is pretty much how the Mrs. Fish and I approach theater movies. We go to see the ones we know we’d regret if we didn’t see them (although we missed both Catching Fire and Thor: The Dark World). The Desolation of Smaug was, as expected, a beautiful presentation of Peter Jackson’s Middle-Earth. And Smaug was a badass piece of CGI-work, although his dialogue with Bilbo was a bit too short for my personal liking.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:01:52pm |
For some odd reason, I can live stream Channel 8 in Hartford, CT.
Ryan Secrest and “Rockin’ E Presents the Greatest 30 Women in Music?”
I don’t think so.
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:03:40pm |
And with that, goodnight and Happy New Year to Lizards all around the world. May 2014 be a great year for one and all.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:04:06pm |
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes, you did. Please retire that descriptive phrase from your vocabulary.
Thank you.
he’s young and still learning.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:04:35pm |
re: #118 Dr Lizardo
And with that, goodnight and Happy New Year to Lizards all around the world. May 2014 be a great year for one and all.
Happy New Year to You. Peace. : )
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:06:13pm |
re: #110 The War TARDIS
That is exactly my problem with her character. Not intellectually curious, and not leading a life away from the Doctor, and really treat Mickey like crap. Along with other companions (see School Reunion).
See, now here’s the thing. You really, REALLY dislike Rose for that.
I don’t mind Rose at all because in my life (and I have many decades on you) I’ve know scads more “not intellectually curious” people than “intellectually curious”). I actually like Rose quite a lot.
But when it comes down to “real life” none of that really matters to me. What DOES matter is how we treat each other, especially when push comes to shove.
And in the end, when it really does matter, this “intellectual curiosity” stuff doesn’t mean a hill of beans.
There’s more to a person than a single attribute. And there’s more to someone than what appears.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:06:34pm |
Jesus Humbucker Christ, if I get any more emails from the DNC today I’m going to… complain about it. I happily donated a grand total of about $50 over the course of the 2012 election cycle to a tiny handful of (D) candidates that made my bile gurgle significantly less than their (R) opponents, and now they’re pestering the shit out of me, much worse than my dog does when I’m sitting at my desk trying to eat a sandwich.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:08:33pm |
re: #119 b_sharp
he’s young and still learning.
Please note that I was gentle (although otherwise cranky) and did not downding his initial comment.
I think I deserve some chocolate and will now go scrounge in the kitchen…
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:08:54pm |
re: #122 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Jesus Humbucker Christ, if I get any more emails from the DNC today I’m going to… complain about it. I happily donated a grand total of about $50 over the course of the 2012 election cycle to a tiny handful of (D) candidates that made my bile gurgle significantly less than their (R) opponents, and now they’re pestering the shit out of me, much worse than my dog does when I’m sitting at my desk trying to eat a sandwich.
I would have said Jesus Single Coil Christ.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:09:20pm |
re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
Please note that I was gentle (although otherwise cranky) and did not downding his initial comment.
I think I deserve some chocolate and will now go scrounge in the kitchen…
You always deserve chocolate.
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:09:57pm |
Happy New Year fellow Lizards.
Our celebration here will involve pizza and, I understand, champagne, with friends at a neighbor’s house. We should all be in bed by 11 pm. It’s not a late night crowd so we’ll undoubtedly choose another time zone for our celebration.
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Varek Raith Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:10:38pm |
re: #122 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Jesus Humbucker Christ, if I get any more emails from the DNC today I’m going to… complain about it. I happily donated a grand total of about $50 over the course of the 2012 election cycle to a tiny handful of (D) candidates that made my bile gurgle significantly less than their (R) opponents, and now they’re pestering the shit out of me, much worse than my dog does when I’m sitting at my desk trying to eat a sandwich.
“Can we have a pool, Dad? Can we have a pool, Dad? Can we have a pool, Dad? Can we have a pool, Dad?”
-Simpsons
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:13:51pm |
re: #122 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Jesus Humbucker Christ, if I get any more emails from the DNC today I’m going to… complain about it. I happily donated a grand total of about $50 over the course of the 2012 election cycle to a tiny handful of (D) candidates that made my bile gurgle significantly less than their (R) opponents, and now they’re pestering the shit out of me, much worse than my dog does when I’m sitting at my desk trying to eat a sandwich.
At least it’s not phone calls. After contributing to the DNC, they seem to have sold our information to a bunch of other liberal causes, who all took up calling regularly along with the aforementioned DNC. I hate to say it, but I don’t think I’ll be donating again.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:15:51pm |
I think Greenwald is already drunk.
A quite pretty song about metadata, set to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah http://t.co/NDh6vRmzem— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 31, 2013
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Varek Raith Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:16:17pm |
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:16:39pm |
Just got home from picking up our sushi for tonight.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:18:28pm |
Wouldn't Napoleon XIV's “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” have been more appropriate? @ggreenwald— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 1, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:18:43pm |
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:19:15pm |
re: #129 Justanotherhuman
Speaking of drunk…
If we think our rights come from government rather than God, not a single one of those rights is safe.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) December 31, 2013
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:19:51pm |
re: #74 Justanotherhuman
I’m using a balloon wine glass, and of course, pouring the second one, my grandson eyed the bottle and said, “Already drank the whole bottle?” (It was a little less than half full.)
Well, I only had one glass so far and just starting on the second one.
And it’s only wine. Riesling at 11.5% alcohol.
He never sees me drink except perhaps once a year, but both his parents are alcoholics. I hope he doesn’t think that at [almost] age 73 I’m going down that path. : )
You offered him a drink. Now offer him a Shut Up.
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:20:29pm |
re: #134 Kid A
Speaking of drunk…
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Thanks, Bryan, but given God’s track record in this area, I feel safer with the government support of my rights.
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Varek Raith Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:20:50pm |
re: #135 Decatur Deb
You offered him a drink. Now offer him a Shut Up.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:21:02pm |
re: #135 Decatur Deb
You offered him a drink. Now offer him a Shut Up.
Naw, he was just kidding…but sometimes it’s really hard to tell. Sometimes there’s a lot of heartache in his “jokes”.
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:24:38pm |
re: #39 thedopefishlives
They’re scared of death, is what it boils down to.
It’s the same thing that drove the Schiavo fiasco, along with the family’s hatred of Terri’s husband.
They’re afraid of death. They’re afraid to let go of their daughter and to let nature take its course. Brain death is the exact same as death. She’s gone and will never, ever come back. No amount of prayers or moving her body is going to change that. Ever.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:24:44pm |
I got to thinking about 2013. A lot of good things have happened; a second fishspawn arrived, and I finally got the motivation to research my family tree. Of course, that motivation came too late for my late paternal grandmother, who passed before being able to see the junior fishspawn arrive. My father retired from his labors (or semi-retired, as he still does jobs on the side). My sister announced she is having another spawn. It’s been a real up-and-down year all around.
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:25:59pm |
re: #49 Eclectic Cyborg
Of note: This pediatrician has never examined Jahi.
Which one of the jabbering morans in Congress claimed to diagnose Terri Schiavo based on those heavily edited videos? Let’s call him for his opinion on Jahi.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:26:14pm |
Woot!
New Year’s revellers treated to feast of fruity flavours in London and traditional Hogmanay in Scotland
Peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-scented bubbles descended on party-goers at London’s New Year 2014 celebrations
Unfortunately, more rain and flooding expected in certain areas.
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:26:28pm |
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:26:43pm |
re: #141 Lidane
Which one of the jabbering morans in Congress claimed to diagnose Terri Schiavo based on those heavily edited videos? Let’s call him for his opinion on Jahi.
Frist. Another MD/Politician.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:26:52pm |
re: #124 b_sharp
I would have said Jesus Single Coil Christ.
I’ve always thought “humbucker” was a terribly unfortunate word. For no rational reason, I have always associated the word (not necessarily the pickups) with greasy Sweet Home Alabama rednecks. It’s sort of like having to go through life with a last name that rhymes with “Nantucket” and “bucket” and “Puckett”.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:27:31pm |
re: #145 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I’ve always thought “humbucker” was a terribly unfortunate word. For no rational reason, I have always associated the word (not necessarily the pickups) with greasy Sweet Home Alabama rednecks. It’s sort of like having to go through life with a last name that rhymes with “Nantucket” and “bucket” and “Puckett”.
They buck the hum.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:29:15pm |
Lynne Stewart is freed
Dying defense lawyer Lynne Stewart ordered released
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:29:31pm |
re: #139 Lidane
It’s the same thing that drove the Schiavo fiasco, along with the family’s hatred of Terri’s husband.
They’re afraid of death. They’re afraid to let go of their daughter and to let nature take its course. Brain death is the exact same as death. She’s gone and will never, ever come back. No amount of prayers or moving her body is going to change that. Ever.
I suspect the fact that this was elective surgery agreed to by the mother is resulting in a lot of guilt as well as denial. The people taking advantage of this poor woman should be ashamed of themselves.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:29:44pm |
re: #141 Lidane
Which one of the jabbering morans in Congress claimed to diagnose Terri Schiavo based on those heavily edited videos? Let’s call him for his opinion on Jahi.
Haha, that was Bill Frist.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:30:53pm |
re: #147 Killgore Trout
Lynne Stewart is freed
Dying defense lawyer Lynne Stewart ordered released
Saving one taxpayer operating budget at the probable cost of another.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:32:55pm |
re: #148 calochortus
I suspect the fact that this was elective surgery agreed to by the mother is resulting in a lot of guilt as well as denial. The people taking advantage of this poor woman should be ashamed of themselves.
Can’t fault a hopeless family. The fucking ghouls who will emerge to exploit them are another matter.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:33:17pm |
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Killgore Trout Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:33:51pm |
Socialists are pretty excited
socialism.com
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Amory Blaine Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:34:37pm |
My stepson is putting on the pressure to go out for a spell. Wifey offered to designated drive for us so…BBL!!
Happy New Year everyone!!
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Killgore Trout Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:35:10pm |
re: #150 Decatur Deb
Saving one taxpayer operating budget at the probable cost of another.
At least the state is off the hook for funeral expenses.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:35:14pm |
re: #148 calochortus
I suspect the fact that this was elective surgery agreed to by the mother is resulting in a lot of guilt as well as denial. The people taking advantage of this poor woman should be ashamed of themselves.
The girl was also morbidly obese which contributed to her sleep apnea.
You should read this: healthcentral.com
“Obstructive sleep apnea is much more common in obese individuals. It is believed that the airway of the obese individual becomes obstructed by large tonsils, enlarged tongue and increased fat in the neck, all pressing on the airway when the pharyngeal (throat) muscles are relaxed with sleep. A person’s neck circumference is a good predictor of sleep apnea. Obese men with a neck circumference of 17 inches or greater, and women with a neck circumference of 16 inches or greater are more likely to have sleep apnea. One study which looked at NFL lineman pointed to a very high incidence of sleep apnea.”
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ObserverArt Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:35:53pm |
re: #124 b_sharp
I would have said Jesus Single Coil Christ.
You can have it all…double stack mother humbucker in a single coil layout!
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:35:58pm |
re: #151 Decatur Deb
Can’t fault a hopeless family. The fucking ghouls who will emerge to exploit them are another matter.
I don’t know why the judge extended the stay on ending “life support”. There is no evidence that there is actually a place that is able and willing to take the girl’s body. That pediatric ICU bed is likely needed for someone else who might actually survive.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:36:29pm |
re: #141 Lidane
Which one of the jabbering morans in Congress claimed to diagnose Terri Schiavo based on those heavily edited videos? Let’s call him for his opinion on Jahi.
Charlie Pierce’s “Idiot America” is worth the purchase price for the chapter on the Schaivo affair alone. I had completely forgotten how disgusting that entire debacle was.
The jabbering moran in question was Bill Frist, who was at one time a heart surgeon. Rick Santorum visited her bedside and, with the help of his vast medical training and experience, pronounced that she was in a state no different from someone suffering mild cerebral palsy.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:36:38pm |
re: #155 Killgore Trout
At least the state is off the hook for funeral expenses.
And the pittance they would pay for convict medical care. She’s not likely to do more harm.
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Kid A Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:37:47pm |
re: #159 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
They are a special kind of stupid, aren’t they?
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:39:04pm |
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:39:59pm |
re: #156 Justanotherhuman
There is also some question as to whether tonsillectomies are effective in this sort of situation or not.
However, the hospital is saying this wasn’t a simple tonsillectomy, but because of patient confidentially laws they can’t say much else, while the family and their lawyer can say anything they want, and pretty much have.
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Political Atheist Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:40:47pm |
A toast to Charles and ya all for putting up with me and my contrary ways another whole year.
Cheers kind Sir.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:41:35pm |
Hurmph. Need a chunk of 3/4 ply to build up the mount for the new grinder so it will clear the sharpening jigs. I’ve already changed into sweats, so I’m NOT going back out again. I’ll deal with it in the morning.
Now to go put little strips of wood in the microwave, see if I can make them bend for me.
RBS
Yes, I AM Happy.
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Ryan King Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:42:21pm |
It’s going to be New Years Eve tonight in my locale.
Don’t any of you honco ass mofos spoil it with stories or pictures of fireworks. I want to surprise my wife.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:42:25pm |
re: #160 Decatur Deb
And the pittance they would pay for convict medical care. She’s not likely to do more harm.
Kind of interesting to read up on how unrepentant she is about it. She’s a true believer. I always wonder if people like her and George Galloway (etc) really support Islamists, dictators and terrorists. Some of them do, go figure.
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:42:45pm |
re: #159 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
At least my family is all on the same page about appropriate care, and oh yeah, I have a durable power of attorney for health care with my wishes spelled out pretty clearly. As sad as it might make them, I am confident my family will abide by those wishes. With no fighting about it.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:42:58pm |
I still feel a great sense of shame being a part of this generation.— FreeRepublic.txt (@FreeRepublicTXT) January 1, 2014
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:43:26pm |
re: #134 Kid A
Speaking of drunk…
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He’s right though. IF we put people like him in charge of the government none of our rights would be safe.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:43:37pm |
re: #164 Political Atheist
A toast to Charles and ya all for putting up with me and my contrary ways another whole year.
Cheers kind Sir.
We are Lizardim; we welcome all kinds here. As long as you’re not trolling. Those we take out back and put their gamey buttocks on the barbecue.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:43:47pm |
re: #164 Political Atheist
A toast to Charles and ya all for putting up with me and my contrary ways another whole year.
Cheers kind Sir.
And to you! We may not always agree on everything, but I’ll drink with you any time.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:44:50pm |
re: #169 Kragar
I still feel a great sense of shame being a part of this generation.
There’s a cure for that, Freeper.
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EmmaAnne Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:46:52pm |
re: #101 Kid A
#Liberalismin4Words is trending heavy on Twitter. I can’t even imagine the cesspool that has become.
Cares about other people.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:50:07pm |
re: #164 Political Atheist
A toast to Charles and ya all for putting up with me and my contrary ways another whole year.
Cheers kind Sir.
You’re easy to put up with. We just smile and wave.
Merry New year.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:51:22pm |
re: #166 Ryan King
It’s going to be New Years Eve tonight in my locale.
Don’t any of you honco ass mofos spoil it with stories or pictures of fireworks. I want to surprise my wife.
Good luck with that.
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EmmaAnne Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:52:27pm |
re: #122 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Jesus Humbucker Christ, if I get any more emails from the DNC today I’m going to… complain about it. I happily donated a grand total of about $50 over the course of the 2012 election cycle to a tiny handful of (D) candidates that made my bile gurgle significantly less than their (R) opponents, and now they’re pestering the shit out of me, much worse than my dog does when I’m sitting at my desk trying to eat a sandwich.
Unsubscribe. They really do respect it - though you have to unsubscribe from each sender and for each of your emails. And they may come back later if you sign a petition or send someone money.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:52:51pm |
Jack White - I’m Shakin’
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:53:58pm |
re: #163 calochortus
There is also some question as to whether tonsillectomies are effective in this sort of situation or not.
However, the hospital is saying this wasn’t a simple tonsillectomy, but because of patient confidentially laws they can’t say much else, while the family and their lawyer can say anything they want, and pretty much have.
Rather than helping the parents teach this young girl to lose weight with a proper diet and exercise, some doctor recommended this, or the parents insisted on it: She had an extensive surgery called a Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, which involves removing the uvula, T&A, soft palate & pharynx to help her breathe at night since she had sleep apnea.
If she had been a “normal” healthy 13 yr old, she would not have been in the condition she was in. I can’t understand how doctors would have operated on her until she had lost some weight and tried to correct at least some of her condition that way.
Surgery can kill as well as heal. It should always be a last resort.
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EmmaAnne Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:55:06pm |
re: #128 calochortus
At least it’s not phone calls. After contributing to the DNC, they seem to have sold our information to a bunch of other liberal causes, who all took up calling regularly along with the aforementioned DNC. I hate to say it, but I don’t think I’ll be donating again.
And for those you say these words, exactly:
“Put me on your ‘do not call’ list.”
Don’t mess with the formula. Saying they are calling you too much or you are tired of calls or it’s dinnertime won’t work.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:55:44pm |
Wife and I are alone, quarantined with the dog. We’ve started on the cheap wine and are saving some good Italian for midnight. (It’s a biblical thing—Cana.) I’m helping it with some powerful shit the doc gave me today, rated for anthrax and plague. Fur reel.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:57:34pm |
re: #181 Decatur Deb
Wife and I are alone, quarantined with the dog. We’ve started on the cheap wine and are saving some good Italian for midnight. (It’s a biblical thing—Cana.) I’m helping it with some powerful shit the doc gave me today, rated for anthrax and plague. Fur reel.
My cheap Barefoot is almost gone. Wish I’d gotten 2 bottles now.
Teehee. : )
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:57:35pm |
Somehow, with Duke up 21-3 on Texas A&M early in the second quarter, Manziel (A&M QB) is still the main topic of conversation by the announcers. Almost like the other 43+ players in the game don’t matter much in the face of the necessary narrative. (And this is the main reason I hate 90% of the sports announcers in US sports - this inane need to fit the game to a narrative and constantly talk about it during the game.)
Bleh!
(Off to crack open a bottle of wine.)
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:57:43pm |
re: #180 EmmaAnne
And for those you say these words, exactly:
“Put me on your ‘do not call’ list.”
Don’t mess with the formula. Saying they are calling you too much or you are tired of calls or it’s dinnertime won’t work.
Yes, but as political groups they don’t have to have a do not call list. I have been telling them that, but I suspect if we give money again, the whole thing will start over. I think the DNC is shooting themselves in the foot.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:58:52pm |
Dang it. I forgot to pick up a razor saw when I was out.
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:59:45pm |
re: #179 Justanotherhuman
Perhaps she had tried to lose weight and hadn’t been able to? I don’t know, but from what the mother has said, doctors recommended the surgery.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 5:59:48pm |
Not likely to be fireworks here in Chicagoland. It’s quite cold and the snow is falling at a good rate.
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:01:11pm |
re: #181 Decatur Deb
Wife and I are alone, quarantined with the dog. We’ve started on the cheap wine and are saving some good Italian for midnight. (It’s a biblical thing—Cana.) I’m helping it with some powerful shit the doc gave me today, rated for anthrax and plague. Fur reel.
I’m almost afraid to ask-do you have the plague?
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:01:58pm |
re: #183 Feline Fearless Leader
Somehow, with Duke up 21-3 on Texas A&M early in the second quarter, Manziel (A&M QB) is still the main topic of conversation by the announcers. Almost like the other 43+ players in the game don’t matter much in the face of the necessary narrative. (And this is the main reason I hate 90% of the sports announcers in US sports - this inane need to fit the game to a narrative and constantly talk about it during the game.)
Bleh!
(Off to crack open a bottle of wine.)
Question: If duke beats Texas A&M in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, how many wingnuts will be left crying?
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Stanley Sea Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:02:36pm |
re: #181 Decatur Deb
Wife and I are alone, quarantined with the dog. We’ve started on the cheap wine and are saving some good Italian for midnight. (It’s a biblical thing—Cana.) I’m helping it with some powerful shit the doc gave me today, rated for anthrax and plague. Fur reel.
My Hoppin John is cooking. Smells great.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:02:36pm |
re: #186 calochortus
Perhaps she had tried to lose weight and hadn’t been able to? I don’t know, but from what the mother has said, doctors recommended the surgery.
I don’t know; we would have to see her entire medical history and that’s not going to happen.
Still, I would have put her in a fat farm before doing all that—it was very risky surgery. She was 13 for chrissakes—she was allowed to become morbidly obese.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:03:30pm |
re: #188 calochortus
I’m almost afraid to ask-do you have the plague?
No. They let my daycare-infested grandson out of his ziplock bag while he was here for Christmas. Punk has given me pneumonia/near pn twice this year.
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:04:47pm |
re: #192 Decatur Deb
No. They let my daycare-infested grandson out of his ziplock bag while he was here for Christmas. Punk has given me pneumonia/near pn twice this year.
Well, at least your grandson’s immune system is getting a workout…
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:04:51pm |
My new co-conspirators:
Democrats of Palo Pinto County.
In some ways, this group has a much tougher task than the clueless Lubbock County Democrats. Unlike Lubbock, the county is overwhelmingly white and rural. Still, they do at least as well as the Lubbock Dems, probably because they exhibit few, if any, traces of moonbattery.
Btw, that beautiful courthouse stands in the unincorporated hamlet of Palo Pinto (population 425). It looms out of the countryside like a Greek temple in the Amazon jungle. Mineral Wells (pop. 16788) is the local metropolis but must defer to tiny Palo Pinto as the county seat. I know the area very well from the air, having undergone flight training at nearby Fort Wolters back in 1970. Wolters was deactivated in 1973.
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freetoken Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:07:03pm |
Getting some play in the media is this paper released in Nature:
Spread in model climate sensitivity traced to atmospheric convective mixing
Equilibrium climate sensitivity refers to the ultimate change in global mean temperature in response to a change in external forcing. Despite decades of research attempting to narrow uncertainties, equilibrium climate sensitivity estimates from climate models still span roughly 1.5 to 5 degrees Celsius for a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, precluding accurate projections of future climate. The spread arises largely from differences in the feedback from low clouds, for reasons not yet understood. Here we show that differences in the simulated strength of convective mixing between the lower and middle tropical troposphere explain about half of the variance in climate sensitivity estimated by 43 climate models. The apparent mechanism is that such mixing dehydrates the low-cloud layer at a rate that increases as the climate warms, and this rate of increase depends on the initial mixing strength, linking the mixing to cloud feedback. The mixing inferred from observations appears to be sufficiently strong to imply a climate sensitivity of more than 3 degrees for a doubling of carbon dioxide. This is significantly higher than the currently accepted lower bound of 1.5 degrees, thereby constraining model projections towards relatively severe future warming.
Nature also has a news entry on the paper:
nature.com
AGU blogger Dan Satterfield summarizes the press release:
One of the most difficult problems in climate modelling is simulating cloud processes, but new research under embargo until this morning indicates that the problem may be on the way to being solved. Unfortunately, when clouds are simulated better, the models seem to rule out the lower end warming estimates of some earlier (less sophisticated) numerical forecasts.
[…]
This paper is so important that the scientists in Australia who wrote the paper produced a video about it, and I suspect the paper will be world-wide news later today. I’ve known about it for a few days, but it has been under strict embargo:
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:07:49pm |
What the fuckety fuck is this? In the labor/delivery area?
Active shooter at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:08:34pm |
re: #169 Kragar
[Embedded content]
Amateur, pulling-it-out-of-my-ass, beanbag-psychologist time!
Shame means “Other people can see how wrong I am,” which is significantly different from “I did something wrong”. The latter would be “guilt.” These are not interchangeable. Distress over the former indicates a strong attachment to a particular view of one’s self. E.g., “I don’t want to think of myself as the type of person who would do such a thing,” vs. “I regret that I did such a thing.”
That guy is defending his sad position in relation to the rest of “his generation”, whatever the fuck that means, and trying to distance himself from it. Why? Because he doesn’t have an identity of his own. For all practical purposes, he does not exist except as a reluctant part of the machine he can’t help admitting he identifies with, despite finding it undesirable and dissatisfying.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I must be on my way. This vodka isn’t going to drink itself, you know.
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sagehen Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:08:36pm |
re: #48 dog philosopher
i hope everybody has sacrificed a goat to the sun god to encourage him to come back for another year
OMG I used a rabbit!! We’re doomed.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:08:38pm |
re: #194 Shiplord Kirel
My new co-conspirators:
Democrats of Palo Pinto County.In some ways, this group has a much tougher task than the clueless Lubbock County Democrats. Unlike Lubbock, the county is overwhelmingly white and rural. Still, they do at least as well as the Lubbock Dems, probably because they exhibit few, if any, traces of moonbattery.
Btw, that beautiful courthouse stands in the unincorporated hamlet of Palo Pinto (population 425). It looms out of the countryside like a Greek temple in the Amazon jungle. Mineral Wells (pop. 16788) is the local metropolis but must defer to tiny Palo Pinto as the county seat. I know the area very well from the air, having undergone flight training at nearby Fort Wolters back in 1970. Wolters was deactivated in 1973.
Had orders for Wolters in 1965 (then Camp Wolters, I think). Instead I fell out of a deuce in late basic. My wife, 4 kids, and 4 grandkids all exist because of that fall. Should get a bronzed copy of the DA285.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:08:48pm |
Sitting here with the wife watching America’s Funniest Videos. The big grandkid is upstairs playing video games. The little one is being a bad little monkey getting into everything. Their mother is at work doing the evening shift thing.
I’m bored and it’s way too cold to go running naked outside to scare the neighbours.
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ObserverArt Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:08:59pm |
re: #178 Charles Johnson
Jack White - I’m Shakin’
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Thanks for that link. I love that tune.
By the way…saw a further link off that vid for a “Jibber Jabber” Conan and Jack jabbering. It looks must watchable. First 10 minutes got me interested…three staples and all!
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:12:11pm |
re: #190 Stanley Sea
My Hoppin John is cooking. Smells great.
Had to ask southrn’ Wife. Black eyed peas and cornbread?
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:13:02pm |
re: #183 Feline Fearless Leader
Somehow, with Duke up 21-3 on Texas A&M early in the second quarter, Manziel (A&M QB) is still the main topic of conversation by the announcers. Almost like the other 43+ players in the game don’t matter much in the face of the necessary narrative.
Manziel is going to enter the NFL draft. And since the Houston Texans managed to suck more than everyone else in the league this year, they’ve got the first pick. The sports media here in Texas is salivating at the prospect of Manziel playing for Houston. I am amused.
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:13:10pm |
OOO…..
I have a bottle of Glogg. :D
Time to break out the ginger snaps.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:13:53pm |
re: #195 freetoken
Getting some play in the media is this paper released in Nature:
Spread in model climate sensitivity traced to atmospheric convective mixing
Nature also has a news entry on the paper:
nature.comAGU blogger Dan Satterfield summarizes the press release:
[Embedded content]
Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
How is it you get so many of these before the public?
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:13:55pm |
We picked up a 6pack of beer from BJs to have with the sushi tonight. Its the only beer my wife will drink.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:16:03pm |
re: #202 Decatur Deb
Had to ask southrn’ Wife. Black eyed peas and cornbread?
Another riff on peas and rice; a Creole dish, I believe. We have black eyed peas in this part of the south, but not that way. And rice is cooked separately.
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freetoken Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:16:27pm |
re: #205 b_sharp
How is it you get so many of these before the public?
Nature only released the paper today. There was an embargo apparently on some of the information. Several stories are popping up in the usual places. It’ll roll through the blogosphere/tweetosphere the next day or two. Eventually there will be a big religious discussion about it on HuffPo.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:16:40pm |
re: #206 Kragar
We picked up a 6pack of beer from BJs to have with the sushi tonight. Its the only beer my wife will drink.
You have a place called Blow Job that sells beer?
You have it goood.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:17:41pm |
re: #208 freetoken
Nature only released the paper today. There was an embargo apparently on some of the information. Several stories are popping up in the usual places. It’ll roll through the blogosphere/tweetosphere the next day or two. Eventually there will be a big religious discussion about it on HuffPo.
And the loons at WUWT will bring their own unique and completely wrong spin on it.
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Stanley Sea Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:17:42pm |
re: #202 Decatur Deb
Had to ask southrn’ Wife. Black eyed peas and cornbread?
Black eyed peas and kielbasa. Will pour over rice.
Good luck!
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:18:50pm |
Hoppin John recipe.
Ham hocks aren’t used much these days. You can always use the ham bone from the Christmas ham, though, if you need meat.
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sagehen Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:19:13pm |
re: #104 Eclectic Cyborg
Why not fight back with #conservatismin4words ?
conservatismin4words — You’re on your own.
liberalismin4words — We’re in this together.
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Stanley Sea Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:19:31pm |
re: #212 Justanotherhuman
Hoppin John recipe.
Ham hocks aren’t used much these days. You can always use the ham bone from the Christmas ham, though, if you need meat.
Here’s mine
Super yum.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:20:29pm |
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calochortus Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:20:43pm |
Time to get ready to head over to the neighbors. I trust everyone will enjoy their New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Hasta Mañana Lizards, see you in 2014.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:21:08pm |
Tonight: Sushi
Tomorrow: Carne Asada rice bowls
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:21:28pm |
re: #212 Justanotherhuman
Hoppin John recipe.
Ham hocks aren’t used much these days. You can always use the ham bone from the Christmas ham, though, if you need meat.
As a kid we (Pittsburgh Irish) did hamhocks for luck, and a bunch of Celtic voodoo involving guns, kids, and dollar bills.
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freetoken Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:21:50pm |
Coincidentally, or not, also rolling through the internetz:
Indus Civilization Collapsed Amid Illness and Injury
Archaeologists are in agreement that the Indus Civilization, which flourished in present-day Pakistan and northwest India from the 4th to the 2nd millennium B.C., met its demise do to a change in climate. Now Appalachian State University anthropologist Gwen Robbins Schug adds to that narrative, showing that a weakened monsoon season led to both disease and social instability in the region. An inspection of 160 burials found at the site of Harappa, which collapsed beginning in 1900 B.C., turned up evidence of trauma-related bone growth, sinus infections, and telltale signs of tuberculosis and leprosy, as well as indications of systematic violence between the city’s citizens. Women and children, in particular, who were struck by scarring diseases were most likely to have been the victims of assaults. The destabilization caused by the environmental changes appears to have led to violent displays of power directed at the lower classes.
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:23:50pm |
Got the bottle of Barefoot pink champagne and the grapes for tonight.
Tomorrow’s menu includes meatballs with my homemade bourbon BBQ sauce, Hoppin’ John, and collard greens.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:23:56pm |
re: #104 Eclectic Cyborg
Why not fight back with #conservatismin4words ?
Problem with that is that it also attracts DERP:
Letting #NSA run amok. #LiberalismIn4Words #ConservatismIn4Words
— Matthew Graybosch (@MGraybosch) January 1, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:24:11pm |
re: #214 Stanley Sea
Here’s mine
Super yum.
That is an abomination, y’all. In my almost 73 yrs, I have never heard of hoppin john made with anything but some kind of ham.
But leave it to Epicurious to invent this one.
Kielbasa? Kielbasa, y’all? Really?
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:25:50pm |
Freedom Justice Security Prosperity #conservatismin4words #tcot
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) January 1, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:27:39pm |
re: #131 Kragar
Just got home from picking up our sushi for tonight.
What a coincidence! I am also having sushi!
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Stanley Sea Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:28:13pm |
re: #222 Justanotherhuman
That is an abomination, y’all. In my almost 73 yrs, I have never heard of hoppin john made with anything but some kind of ham.
But leave it to Epicurious to invent this one.
Kielbasa? Kielbasa, y’all? Really?
haha, its great.
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AlexRogan Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:28:43pm |
re: #141 Lidane
Which one of the jabbering morans in Congress claimed to diagnose Terri Schiavo based on those heavily edited videos? Let’s call him for his opinion on Jahi.
re: #149 Justanotherhuman
Haha, that was Bill Frist.
Yes, one of my state’s Senators at the time, unfortunately.
As we’ve seen with the Pauls, being a doctor (good, great, or otherwise) in Congress is no guarantee of sanity or intelligence.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:28:48pm |
re: #224 Pie-onist Overlord
What a coincidence! I am also having sushi!
It ain’t sushi unless the fish is still wiggling.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:29:45pm |
re: #227 b_sharp
It ain’t sushi unless the fish is still wiggling.
Always stops when I microwave it.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:31:45pm |
re: #209 b_sharp
You have a place called Blow Job that sells beer?
You have it goood.
I REALLY misread it… I saw “Picked up some beer FOR BJs.”
Bad Steve for trying to multitask when he should be relaxing.
RBS
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BongCrodny Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:32:29pm |
re: #178 Charles Johnson
Jack White - I’m Shakin’
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I’m more familiar with the version by The Blasters, but this one pretty damn good.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:34:45pm |
re: #194 Shiplord Kirel
The concepts I most closely associate with the words “Mineral Wells” and “Palo Pinto County” are “baseball-sized hail”, “rotating cloud formations”, and “extremely hazardous weather conditions.” Honestly, I can’t even imagine hearing those place names spoken aloud without imagining them spoken vehemently and authoritatively through the tinny radio speaker by whoever reads aloud the latest live bulletin from the National Weather Service after the Emergency Broadcast System alert fires off.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:35:20pm |
I’m listening to Pink Spiders right now…
RBS
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:35:59pm |
Gunfire and fireworks are scaring the dog, and it’s still 8:30 here. Off to hang with him and find some more old Inspector Morse’s we missed.
To Lizards and Absent Lizards.
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Pie-onist Overlord Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:36:02pm |
It is 6 fucking 30 o’clock here in California Land, and my 3-days-away-from 90 mom is all tucked up in bed, watching her favorite (previously recorded) TV shows before she gently snoozes for the night.
According to my body clock it’s 9:30 but geez I FEEL OLD.
My mom said I can have anything I want from her liquor cabinet but after seeing the vodka in the antique cut crystal decanter I chose a Perrier instead of lead poisoning.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:37:00pm |
re: #234 Pie-onist Overlord
It is 6 fucking 30 o’clock here in California Land, and my 3-days-away-from 90 mom is all tucked up in bed, watching her favorite (previously recorded) TV shows before she gently snoozes for the night.
According to my body clock it’s 9:30 but geez I FEEL OLD.
My mom said I can have anything I want from her liquor cabinet but after seeing the vodka in the antique cut crystal decanter I chose a Perrier instead of lead poisoning.
YOLO
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BongCrodny Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:37:20pm |
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:37:59pm |
Black-eyed peas are actually not peas at all, but rather a variety of bean related to the cowpea and categorized as legumes, having both edible seeds and pods. According to the Library of Congress, they have been cultivated in China and India since pre-historic times and were eaten by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Early records from 1674 indicate that black-eyed peas were transported from West Africa to the West Indies by slaves. Subsequently, they reached the Lowcountry coastal regions of the Carolinas and Georgia, also via the slave trade, more than 300 years ago.
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:43:47pm |
re: #223 Dark_Falcon
#conservatismin4words — Theocrats And Gun Nuts
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:44:17pm |
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:46:18pm |
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:46:45pm |
Hockey game on with sound muted (Phil - Calgary). Have a glass of mulled wine, smoked cheese (Dutch Gouda), smoked turkey, raisins, almonds, and some ginger snaps. Also have a book on hand for reading.*
The wine isn’t bad. A bit overly sweet, but smells nicely of spices and works nicely with my cold/sinus infection since it soothes the throat going down.
(Figure if this keeps up I’ll kill the bottle and be drunk typing by 11:30.)
* - _Fighter Group_ by J Stout if anyone is interested. On the 352nd Fighter Group in Europe in WW2. (Nick-named the “Blue-nosed Bastards” for their standard nose paint by mid-1944 on their P-51s. They also initially flew P-47s in combat.)
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:47:06pm |
re: #225 Stanley Sea
haha, its great.
You must have collard greens with the peas…
I bought 2 bunches today to cook tomorrow. It’s a power veggie.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:47:22pm |
re: #237 Justanotherhuman
Black-eyed peas are actually not peas at all
Yes they are.
Look upon these twerks, ye mighty, and despair.
Point the First: American exceptionalism
Point the Second: Capitalism is pure meritocracy
OK, fine. Here you go.
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psddluva4evah Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:48:38pm |
Happy New Year Everybody…Be Safe.
I’m staying in the house because I have to work tomorrow, but I admit if I didn’t have to work, I would probably be downtown in NOLA ringing in the New Year with my peeps. Even though I still remember that one year, a tourist was killed by a falling bullet that was shot in the air for New Year’s Day. So everyone be safe.
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freetoken Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:51:15pm |
I see that the outrage outposts of the wingnuts have finally gotten around to that Pew poll on evolution.
One can always rely on Glenn Beck’s The Blaze fearlessly plunge in, here giving a fairly straight up article, relying on the copious commenters to supply teh derp:
CREATIONISM VS. EVOLUTION: HERE’S WHERE AMERICANS CURRENTLY STAND ON LIFE’S ORIGINS
Interestingly, the body of the article is pretty straightforward, while it was the headline that was the deception.
Anyway, moving on, Salem Communications finally weighed in via HotAir, by the usual suspect (AP):
Hey, who’s up for a contentious new poll about evolution?
The whole issue lays bare the posturing of the GOP backers the past couple of decades, in a practiced and calculated move to bring the know-nothings into the center of the GOP.
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Targetpractice Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:52:46pm |
BREAKING: Supreme Court justice halts birth control mandate in health care law for Catholic group.— The Associated Press (@AP) January 1, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:55:49pm |
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Targetpractice Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:56:15pm |
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:56:19pm |
Heard a rattle in the kitchen and just caught one of the cats on the shelf above the fridge. A few delicate items up there, and also the perfect place for “I like to shove stuff” cat to start bombarding the counter with the likes of platters and empty Crock Pots.
Grr…
And, of course, once I yelled and she got down from there she rubbed my ankles and showed how proud she was of her exploits.
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freetoken Tue, Dec 31, 2013 6:59:55pm |
Another article that misunderstands the Pew poll, this time from a high trafficked website:
Just 60% Of Americans, 43% Of Republicans, Accept Theory Of Evolution
The assertion in the title is false, as I tried to describe yesterday.
There were three options on that poll, only one was the Theory of Evolution. The others were 1) strict young human creationism, and 2) a God-sculpted change (“evolution”) in humans (presumably through an Old Earth religious view.)
Only half of the Pew respondents who accepted that humans had “evolved” also chose that this evolution happened through natural processes like “natural selection”, a phrase called out explicitly in the poll.
Why is this so hard for these media outlets to understand?
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bratwurst Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:03:56pm |
re: #250 freetoken
Why is this so hard for these media outlets to understand?
That’s the same media that is today rife with stories that high school students in Colorado are SMOKING MARIJUANA…a situation which isn’t happening in states not about to de-criminalize at all.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:08:37pm |
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freetoken Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:10:13pm |
When one looks at the various headlines on the evolution topic the latest Pew poll hath spawned:
I ask myself: just exactly how many different ways exist to make an egg salad sandwich?
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:11:13pm |
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nothing about it at SCOTUS blog yet
Latest at SCOTUS blog on this issue is 4:36 p.m. today.
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Targetpractice Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:13:01pm |
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
Latest at SCOTUS blog on this issue is 4:36 p.m. today.
I don’t know what to tell you, it popped up on my AP app as breaking news.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:13:46pm |
re: #255 Targetpractice
I don’t know what to tell you, it popped up on my AP app as breaking news.
yeah, it’s weird.
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freetoken Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:13:50pm |
re: #255 Targetpractice
I was under the impression that it would either have been the chief justice, or Kagan, as they were the two who were looking at it, no?
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goddamnedfrank Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:16:30pm |
re: #247 Pie-onist Overlord
Scalia?
Probably not, almost certainly Roberts, since he’s responsible for initial responses to the DC, Federal and 4th Circuit Courts.
Doesn’t bode well for the mandate surviving. Roberts may rule for it in the end since the arguments are intrinsically weak. Alternatively, Kennedy’s desperate need to be the deciding vote in as many cases as possible might save it.
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jaunte Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:17:03pm |
The Pacific barreleye fish has a transparent head. pic.twitter.com/TNURRkiDIx
— Planet Earth (@planetepics) January 1, 2014
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Kragar Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:18:11pm |
Franklin Graham chides Christians for not fighting beside Phil Robertson in ‘religious war’
In a statement issued on Monday, Franklin Graham — son of legendary televangelist Billy Graham and CEO of his Evangelical Association — complained about Christians who were unwilling to fight beside Phil Robertson in the “religious war against Christians and the biblical truths [they] stand for.”
“I appreciate the Robertson family’s strong commitment to biblical principles and their refusal to back down under intense media pressure over Phil Robertson’s comments in a recent interview,” Graham wrote. “As the Robertson controversy winds down—at least for now—I have been amazed at how many churches have apparently ‘ducked’ out on the issue (sin).”
He chastised those churches that “have fallen into the trap of being politically correct, under the disguise of tolerance.”
“God is not ‘politically correct,’” he wrote, “and He is certainly not tolerant of sin.”
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:18:33pm |
Update:
SAN ANTONIO - Police have questioned and released a suspect after an incident at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital on Sonterra Boulevard. All danger has passed, said Sgt. Javier Salazar from the San Antonio Police Department. The hospital was put on lock down as police searched for a man in a red jacket and blue scrubs. Police tell News 4 the incident started when someone in the hospital overheard a threat and police were called in to investigate.
This caused quite an uproar for an overheard snippet, with the SWAT team called out, a full lock down, and the hospital surrounded by emergency vehicles. In particular the report of shots fired appears to be a complete fabrication. Someone has a lot of explaining to do.
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Justanotherhuman Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:18:35pm |
Happy New Year everyone!
Tomorrow is just another day. : )
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:18:49pm |
re: #257 freetoken
I have long been under the impression that any individual SCOTUS justice could douse his dick with Ronsonol, strike a match, and dance around singing “Disco Inferno” and it wouldn’t mean shit legally unless he convinced 4 other suckers to do the same. Have I completely misunderstood the SCOTUS this entire time?
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:19:16pm |
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jaunte Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:19:50pm |
re: #264 RealityBasedSteve
Fish heard about the NSA and just gave up.
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:20:51pm |
re: #259 jaunte
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Weird and beautiful. What a beautiful and mysterious planet we have here.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:21:14pm |
speaking of evolution and technology downstairs earlier:
And with that, I bid all lizards a fond Happy New Year’s Eve because I plan to be well asleep by midnight.
See y’all next year…
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:23:32pm |
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
speaking of evolution and technology downstairs earlier:
And with that, I bid all lizards a fond Happy New Year’s Eve because I plan to be well asleep by midnight.
See y’all next year…
See y’ later.
RBS
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BongCrodny Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:26:16pm |
re: #251 bratwurst
That’s the same media that is today rife with stories that high school students in Colorado are SMOKING MARIJUANA…a situation which isn’t happening in states not about to de-criminalize at all.
Was watching a CNN story yesterday on the Colorado legalization issue. Banner headline under the story basically read: “TOMMY CHONG APPROVES.”
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:28:14pm |
Bourbon BBQ sauce is simmering and Sherlock season 2 is on my Netflix.
Back later.
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BongCrodny Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:28:56pm |
re: #260 Kragar
Franklin Graham chides Christians for not fighting beside Phil Robertson in ‘religious war’
“God is not ‘politically correct,’” he wrote, “and He is certainly not tolerant of sin.”
Dear “Rev.” Graham:
God doesn’t give a fuck about sin. It’s you and yours that are obsessed about it.
Uncordially,
Bong
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Pie-onist Overlord Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:32:04pm |
Not Scalia. Sotomayor. WTF.
Supreme Court justice blocks implementation of portions of health care law involving birth control: http://t.co/tHLPVl1Dg4— The Associated Press (@AP) January 1, 2014
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sagehen Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:35:31pm |
re: #263 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I have long been under the impression that any individual SCOTUS justice could douse his dick with Ronsonol, strike a match, and dance around singing “Disco Inferno” and it wouldn’t mean shit legally unless he convinced 4 other suckers to do the same. Have I completely misunderstood the SCOTUS this entire time?
They split up appeals, geographically, to decide whether it should get looked at by the Chief Justice (who will then decide whether the whole court should hear the case and render a decision).
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:41:59pm |
Here’s my take on the ACA Mandate and Religious Organizations. I don’t have a problem with a purely religious organization (ie a convent) where membership in and strict observation of the religions rules are required as a condition of employment.
Pretty much any organization beyond that should be required to provide contraceptive coverage. The argument that “This violates the religious rights of the owners” is totally without value in my opinion. My reasoning is that the “company” isn’t a person in the sense that the owners are. The company doesn’t go to church, it doesn’t hold any beliefs as such, it has no soul that is at risk.
The owners formed the corporation to limit their personal liability, and to isolate them as individuals from the business interests. In doing so it should be a clean break.
RBS
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BongCrodny Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:42:46pm |
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Teukka Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:43:51pm |
re: #195 freetoken
Getting some play in the media is this paper released in Nature:
Spread in model climate sensitivity traced to atmospheric convective mixing
Nature also has a news entry on the paper:
nature.comAGU blogger Dan Satterfield summarizes the press release:
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I’ve spent some time to come up with something appropriate to say, but all I can come up with is “FUCK.”
Not good. Not good at all.
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goddamnedfrank Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:46:06pm |
re: #272 Pie-onist Overlord
Not Scalia. Sotomayor. WTF.
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Jesus Christ, these people are professional victims.
But U.S. District Judge William J. Martínez sided with government officials who said that the Little Sisters were exempt from the contraception mandate and that all they needed to do to avoid hefty IRS fines was fill out and submit a form to the group administering their employee health care plan.
The Little Sisters immediately filed an appeal and are seeking an injunction to block any fines while the appeal is litigated.
The government says they’re exempt, the lower court agrees, but that’s not good enough. How the fuck do they even have the legal standing to bring or continue appealing the case?
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:46:50pm |
re: #276 BongCrodny
Hey, Dark ~~
This one’s for you.
The Stone Coyotes - The Ghost of Vicksburg
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Elton John and Leon Russell - Shiloh
RBS
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A Mom Anon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:47:19pm |
Happy New Year Lizards, I probably won’t make it til midnight, so I’ll just send well wishes to all and TTYL. I hope 2014 moves us forward to a good place.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:51:51pm |
Goodnight lizards.
I have faith the new year will be exactly like the old year with just a few modifications.
So, have a good one while they last and remember to roll with the punches.
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Joanne Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:51:56pm |
Just flying by to wish everybody a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!! May 2014 bring you everything you could ask for!
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bratwurst Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:54:14pm |
Seems like I am generally happy to see the numbers on the calendar change this time every year, but this is especially so tonight as I am ready to put some bad health problems behind me in 2014. I have slowly been headed in the right direction since about Thanksgiving, hoping to get to a place in the new year where this seems like a distant memory.
Thanks to everyone here for keeping me plugged in and entertained during some rough times and best wishes for the year to come!
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aagcobb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:57:04pm |
re: #263 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I have long been under the impression that any individual SCOTUS justice could douse his dick with Ronsonol, strike a match, and dance around singing “Disco Inferno” and it wouldn’t mean shit legally unless he convinced 4 other suckers to do the same. Have I completely misunderstood the SCOTUS this entire time?
Very vivid imagery there. Happy New Year!
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:57:18pm |
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aagcobb Tue, Dec 31, 2013 7:59:16pm |
re: #272 Pie-onist Overlord
Not Scalia. Sotomayor. WTF.
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Its only a temporary injunction while waiting for the government to respond. Sotomayor is also assigned Utah’s request for a stay of the same-sex marriage decision. She has given same-sex couples until noon Friday to file a response.
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wrenchwench Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:02:59pm |
re: #283 bratwurst
Glad to hear you’re doing better, sorry to hear you were doing worse!
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bratwurst Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:13:56pm |
re: #288 wrenchwench
Glad to hear you’re doing better, sorry to hear you were doing worse!
Thanks! It was a nasty kind of thing that struck out of the blue just as I was in the process of buying a home for the first time. I nearly called off the purchase because of it, but I am glad I persevered! Dealing with the closing issues, then getting some work done in here and getting moved was a brutal process while I was REALLY sick and could only just make it out of bed for a few hours at a time…but celebrating the end of the year in my lovely new home while feeling better than I have in a couple of months is awfully nice.
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Ryan King Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:14:31pm |
re: #238 Lidane
#conservatismin4words — Theocrats And Gun Nuts
Oh you shouldna didja dat hellzno… can’t.. stay… aaawheeeyyyy…..
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bratwurst Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:16:20pm |
re: #290 Ryan King
Oh you shouldna didja dat hellzno… can’t.. stay… aaawheeeyyyy…..
You are cracking me up on the twitter machine!
#conservatismin4words get a job hippy— Ryan King (@BigPapa1849) January 1, 2014
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Sherlock Hound Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:25:01pm |
re: #25 Justanotherhuman
I knew these assholes had to be involved some way.
That poor family. What the Schaivos wanted for that poor woman was a cruel parody of a life. At the time, I thought that if they “won”, they would parade Terry around in a scooter chair, with a service animal (“a sentience animal?”). They lost, until now.
Now, with that poor girl, someone will parade her around in what has to be another cruel parody. Satan is laughing. He surely loves this. It has to be a great joke!
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:31:44pm |
Alyssa Milano shows how you cut a hater’s throat without raising your voice:
he Fox talk show host made the disparaging remarks after the pair both attended the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series awards show in Las Vegas earlier this month. Jay hosted the event and Alyssa was a presenter.
Following the ceremony, Jay told a radio show, Alyssa’s ‘very tiny — in height — [but] it seems like she had a baby and said, “I don’t really give a s***” — I read it on her gut,’ according to RadarOnline.
He also called her ‘Melissa Milano,’ before adding, ‘Somebody sat in the director’s chair and was not wearing Spanx and I was like, “Jesus Christ.”’
The Who’s The Boss beauty, who gave birth to son Milo in August 2011, responded with a tweet on Christmas Day:
‘@jaymohr37 So sorry you felt the need to publicly fat-shame me. Be well and God Bless. Please send my love to your beautiful wife.’
Alyssa was referring to actress Nikki Cox, who sparked surgery rumours when she debuted plumper lips.
Note how Milano’s reply doesn’t insult Mohr. Instead she calls attention to his bad behavior while refusing to sink to his level.
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Ryan King Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:37:11pm |
re: #293 Dark_Falcon
Note how Milano’s reply doesn’t insult Mohr. Instead she calls attention to his bad behavior while refusing to sink to his level.
Now that is really hot.
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Sherlock Hound Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:39:30pm |
re: #141 Lidane
That would be ex-cardiologist Bill Frist.
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Sherlock Hound Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:40:23pm |
re: #146 b_sharp
I always associated “humbucker” with radio, specifically RF.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:41:04pm |
re: #294 Ryan King
Now that is really hot.
I liked it too. After the DERPY right-wing replies to dumb comments by MSNBC hosts, I wanted to showcase what a classy but sharp riposte looks like.
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:44:09pm |
Happy New Year all.
Looks like one of the encore channel is celebrating the New Year with a Godzilla movie marathon.
:D
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:46:39pm |
A privately-owned drone with a ‘Bad-Ass Laser’:
Death ray laser ‘Attacknid’ drone bot shoots blue beams of terror (VIDEO)
PEW, PEW!
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Ryan King Tue, Dec 31, 2013 8:51:06pm |
#conservatismin4wordsm #libertarianismin4words libertarianism's douchey younger brother
— Ryan King (@BigPapa1849) January 1, 2014
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Targetpractice Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:01:03pm |
Another year gone and nowhere closer to my flying cars or hover boards. Science, you have failed me!
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Monarch Butterfly Heading to rest Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:02:07pm |
re: #289 bratwurst
Congratulations! Health & a home! 2014 will rock for you!
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Targetpractice Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:10:56pm |
Ah, nothing quite like listening to the sound of the locals rediscovering the power of gunpowder. Thankfully I don’t have any dogs or they’d be going crazy right now.
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:15:14pm |
a few random fireworks going on, but nothing big. Cats are taking it in stride, that is, ignoring it.
45 minutes left in the year here in TN. then it’s a new one.
RBS
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sagehen Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:25:08pm |
#ConservatismIn4Words How things have been. #LiberalismIn4Words How things should be.— American Spirit (@Mearthe) January 1, 2014
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Mattand Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:28:44pm |
Well, 2014 is starting off just like 2013: I'm out of paint stripper and am covered in zebra bites. #HappyNewYear— mattand (@mattand) January 1, 2014
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Political Atheist Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:35:27pm |
The view from Griffith Park shot a week ago…
Vintage for the New Year
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Ryan King Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:36:28pm |
If corporations are people, then aren’t people corporations?
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nines09 Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:43:40pm |
Happy New Year to one and all. One day closer to SPRING!
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:44:50pm |
re: #309 Ryan King
If corporations are people, then aren’t people corporations?
Only if you’re into the whole Sovereign Citizen movement. In that case then we are no longer citizens, but are simply members of the Corporation of the United States, and it has something to do with CAPITAL LETTERS and flags with gold fringe. After that straightforward stuff it starts to get weird.
RBS
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bratwurst Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:45:19pm |
“I don't want polio!!!” MT @thomaskellet: This baby is giving Jenny McCarthy the side eye pic.twitter.com/rK1J2Tke7Z— loctastic (@loctastic) January 1, 2014
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 9:50:29pm |
re: #307 Mattand
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Could always be worse, you could be out of painted strippers.
RBS
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Lidane Tue, Dec 31, 2013 10:02:35pm |
HAPPY NEW YEAR, LIZARDS! Have a safe, happy, and prosperous 2014. :)
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RealityBasedSteve Tue, Dec 31, 2013 10:07:39pm |
HAPPY NEW YEAR~~~~~~ ((( HUGS TO EVERYBODY))))
RBS
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Snarknado! Tue, Dec 31, 2013 10:07:56pm |
Happy New Year to all, and to all a good night!
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ausador Tue, Dec 31, 2013 10:45:32pm |
Now you will never have to wonder what really caused the extinction of the dinosaurs again…
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BeenHereAwhile Tue, Dec 31, 2013 11:12:00pm |
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
Well I guess I’ll be the one to kick off the music!
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I started singing this song when I heard the [sad] news about Challenger on that day in January, 1986.
FWIW, on a clear day, if you had clear sight north from tall buildings in Miami, you could see the contrail of shuttle launches from Canaveral.
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BeenHereAwhile Tue, Dec 31, 2013 11:24:30pm |
re: #37 Justanotherhuman
Yes. In CA, if you’re pronounced brain dead, that is dead.
Evidently not so in NJ.
Time to call Senator Doctor Frist.
Or is it Doctor Senator Frist.
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Single-handed sailor Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:06:44am |
Oh, I guess it was Midnight here a bit ago. oops.
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Kragar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:10:17am |
I heard gun shots.
Must be New Years.
Dumbasses.
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Monarch Butterfly Heading to rest Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:11:23am |
Neighbors are doing illegal fireworks. They’re kind of pretty…
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plansbandc Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:14:16am |
Happy New Year Lizards! Hope everyone has a fantastic year. Love you guys and gals!
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prairiefire Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:28:37am |
re: #324 plansbandc
Happy New Year Lizards! Hope everyone has a fantastic year. Love you guys and gals!
The same to you!
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freetoken Wed, Jan 1, 2014 12:57:03am |
It’s not only the first day of the year (in the modern calendar), but it is also the 8th Day of Christmas, also known as the “Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God”.
Mother of God - always struck me as kind of strange, but oh well, this one goes out to the Mother of God:
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freetoken Wed, Jan 1, 2014 1:30:19am |
Since it is the eighth day of Christmas, and traditionally, apparently, Jewish boys were circumcised on the 8th day, this day is also known as the Circumcision of Jesus.
I am at a loss, however, in regards to what music is fit for such a circumcision.
But all is not lost. Given there are only 365 days in the year, any calendar day gets overbooked for celebrations, and today, the 8th Day of Christmas, is also known as a day dedicated to St. Basil, with associated liturgies, and here we are fortunate for St. Basil is credited (most likely erroneously) with creating some of the basics of traditional Christian music.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:07:13am |
The religious nuts were out in full force in NYC last night.
What's #NYE wo the chance 4 redemption. The protestors have added their voices to the crowd. #rjnye @kmcannonphoto pic.twitter.com/pGvE5n4O0Z— Rochel L Goldblatt (@ReporterRox) January 1, 2014
Pity the cops who had to just stand there and take it, although the one on the far left seems to be having a laugh. Wouldn’t be surprised if the protestor with the mike doesn’t go home and beat his wife later.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:18:46am |
Going to be a different year, I hope. After getting 7 solid hours of sleep in, woke up to the smell of coffee that my grandson had made. It’s delicious. Will have to make sure he takes over more chores of this type. : )
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:33:42am |
re: #329 Justanotherhuman
Going to be a different year, I hope. After getting 7 solid hours of sleep in, woke up to the smell of coffee that my grandson had made. It’s delicious. Will have to make sure he takes over more chores of this type. : )
Someone who can make a decent cup of coffee is worth his weight in gold.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:46:40am |
re: #330 wheat-dogghazi
Someone who can make a decent cup of coffee is worth his weight in gold.
Well, it’s Folger’s French Roast. In spite of all the coffees flooding the market, Folger’s is still the best mass-produced coffee out there. Better than some specialties I’ve paid too much for, and I’m a coffee hound who hasn’t always liked to drink all coffees black like this one which is smooth as silk and brewed exactly like all others.
You couldn’t pay me to drink Starbucks coffee black, for instance. Is it any wonder it has to be jazzed up as lattes, cappuccinos, etc?
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 2:52:05am |
re: #331 Justanotherhuman
Well, it’s Folger’s French Roast. In spite of all the coffees flooding the market, Folger’s is still the best mass-produced coffee out there. Better than some specialties I’ve paid too much for, and I’m a coffee hound who hasn’t always liked to drink all coffees black like this one which is smooth as silk and brewed exactly like all others.
You couldn’t pay me to drink Starbucks coffee black, for instance. Is it any wonder it has to be jazzed up as lattes, cappuccinos, etc?
I haven’t tried Folger’s French Roast. I may give it a try when I’m next back in the States. I usually buy the fancy stuff in the foil bags. But I hear ya about Starbucks. They over-roast the beans, in my opinion, and I don’t care for burnt coffee flavor.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:04:24am |
re: #332 wheat-dogghazi
I haven’t tried Folger’s French Roast. I may give it a try when I’m next back in the States. I usually buy the fancy stuff in the foil bags. But I hear ya about Starbucks. They over-roast the beans, in my opinion, and I don’t care for burnt coffee flavor.
Yeah, coffee is pretty subjective, but there’s an awful lot of coffee snobbery out there. When I find something relatively inexpensive yet with good flavor and no bitter taste, I tend to go for that. I have a coffee grinder, so I do grind beans once in a while, a French press (which I tend to use later in the day), a Mr. Coffee for everyday, so it’s not as though I’m a coffee novice. Last year, I found a mocha coffee that was delicious but only put out as a christmas item. I think I bought 3 bags of it. Haven’t seen it this year—it was not expensive, either, one of the house brands at the supermarket I frequent.
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:15:58am |
Just reading up on the Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. One of my wishes for the coming year is that the monster Charles Manson will finally die and go to hell. Manson is now 79 years old so that joyous day draws ever closer.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:17:36am |
re: #333 Justanotherhuman
Yeah, coffee is pretty subjective, but there’s an awful lot of coffee snobbery out there. When I find something relatively inexpensive yet with good flavor and no bitter taste, I tend to go for that. I have a coffee grinder, so I do grind beans once in a while, a French press (which I tend to use later in the day), a Mr. Coffee for everyday, so it’s not as though I’m a coffee novice. Last year, I found a mocha coffee that was delicious but only put out as a christmas item. I think I bought 3 bags of it. Haven’t seen it this year—it was not expensive, either, one of the house brands at the supermarket I frequent.
My mom swore by Savarin, but after I left the NYC area I didn’t see it much in the supermarkets. The house brands at Target and Wal-mart are pretty good, and not too expensive.
China is understandably not a coffee country The only place in China where coffee is grown is Hainan Province, but Vietnamese coffee is better. In the supermarkets, the only coffee available is instant, either black or mixed with creamer and sugar — Nescafe and Maxwell House being the most commonly found. To get ground coffee or beans, I have to order online, or prevail upon my family to ship me some.
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aagcobb Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:19:02am |
re: #334 Shiplord Kirel
Just reading up on the Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. One of my wishes for the coming year is that the monster Charles Manson will finally die and go to hell. Manson is now 79 years old so that joyous day draws ever closer.
Seems like him and Castro just go on and on and on.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:23:46am |
Lots of religious conflict going on. In the Central African Republican, it’s Muslims and Christians. More children being recruited into militias and “revenge” killings occcuring.
CAR conflict: Unicef says children ‘beheaded’ in Bangui
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:36:01am |
re: #335 wheat-dogghazi
My mom swore by Savarin, but after I left the NYC area I didn’t see it much in the supermarkets. The house brands at Target and Wal-mart are pretty good, and not too expensive.
China is understandably not a coffee country The only place in China where coffee is grown is Hainan Province, but Vietnamese coffee is better. In the supermarkets, the only coffee available is instant, either black or mixed with creamer and sugar — Nescafe and Maxwell House being the most commonly found. To get ground coffee or beans, I have to order online, or prevail upon my family to ship me some.
Oh dear, yes, tea drinkers no doubt.
I had some Vietnamese coffee that was a one time thing at the Dollar Store, of all places (a 7 oz pkg for $1, so I thought, WTH, worth trying). It was actually very good. Wish I had gotten more now. : ) Evidently the Vietnamese coffee industry is a thing now; the Vietnamese always drink it iced, mostly, with condensed milk. Don’t know if the coffee I bought had chicory in it which Viet coffee supposedly uses, too. I’m thinking it may be a French thing, since Louisiana coffee is famous for being part chicory. I think Napoleon’s blockade may have had something to do with it.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 3:47:15am |
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freetoken Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:11:33am |
re: #337 Justanotherhuman
Lots of religious conflict going on.
What good is a God if not as a talisman for victory in war?
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freetoken Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:13:33am |
re: #339 Justanotherhuman
Anything sufficiently old can be labeled “rare” and sold on eBay.
I’ve not used my eBay account in years, though I was one of the early users. Lots of photo equipment I traded on that place, back when cameras were real.
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 4:51:40am |
This is a test.
2014.
This has been a test to see if I could type 2014 for the first time without failure. The test was successful. Further testing will last approximately one month.
Happy first day of 2013…2014
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Flounder Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:01:34am |
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Yeah I’m yelling, how’s the head? Teehee!
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:06:25am |
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Flounder Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:10:46am |
re: #329 Justanotherhuman
Sammiches and coffee ALWAYS taste better when someone else makes them.
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Flounder Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:14:30am |
My grandfather always insisted buying coffee with chicory in it. I haven’t noticed it in anything in years.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:16:18am |
Where’s Dr. Lizardo?
Czech media: Palestinian ambassador in Prague injured in explosion
Wonder if DL was anywhere near this?
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:16:44am |
Coffee/TV trivia: Ricardo Montalban’s brother, Carlos, played El Exigente in the Savarin TV commercials. en.wikipedia.org
I think Savarin coffee is still being sold, at least in the NYC area.
And, in the hunt for Savarin online, I found out that Teh Juice of New York were coffee mavens, including the founder of Savarin.
The New York market was particularly competitive. Joseph Martinson, a Latvian immigrant, first sold his beans from a pushcart on the Lower East Side and then opened a factory on Water Street in lower Manhattan in 1898. By the 1930s, he had built a thriving business catering to leading hotels and restaurants, making deliveries in Rolls Royce trucks and soon branching out to packaging Martinson’s Coffee in cans to sell retail. His rival and Water Street neighbor was another Jew, Samuel Schonbrunn, who produced the high quality Savarin brand served at the Waldorf-Astoria. A later entrant was William Black whose nut stores became Chock Full o’ Nuts coffee shops. Some of these brands were bought out by larger businesses, but Schoenholt and a number of other old Jewish families remain in the coffee business, mostly producing specialty brands. (Full disclosure: Joseph Martinson was the author’s uncle.)
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:19:26am |
re: #346 Flounder
My grandfather always insisted buying coffee with chicory in it. I haven’t noticed it in anything in years.
Luzianne brand still has chicory in it. luzianne.com
I use Luzianne for iced tea.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:25:44am |
re: #349 Justanotherhuman
Luzianne brand still has chicory in it. luzianne.com
I use Luzianne for iced tea.
Chicory was a way to stretch expensive ground coffee beans to brew more cups. I think it also minimizes the bitterness of lower quality beans. There’s another brand besides Luzianne with chicory, but I don’t remember its name now. Used to see it in Kroger in Kentucky.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:27:45am |
re: #348 wheat-dogghazi
Coffee/TV trivia: Ricardo Montalban’s brother, Carlos, played El Exigente in the Savarin TV commercials. en.wikipedia.org
I think Savarin coffee is still being sold, at least in the NYC area.
And, in the hunt for Savarin online, I found out that Teh Juice of New York were coffee mavens, including the founder of Savarin.
Also interesting:
“In recent decades, American coffee culture has been reinvented by the omnipresent Starbucks, acquired in 1987 by Howard Schultz, a Brooklyn-born Jew. Interestingly, Israel, where coffee is also king, has resisted the Starbucks lure—the stores famously flopped in the Jewish state. Even before the founding of the state, Israel had a strong café scene; members of the underground Haganah forces would meet in Jerusalem’s Café Atara, as would writers such as Shai Agnon. For a long time there were only two widely available options: Nescafé, the generic term in Israel for “instant coffee,” originating from the Nestlé brand, or a thick Turkish coffee known as botz, meaning mud. Today, café hafuch—the name means “upside down coffee,” referring to the overwhelming ratio of milk to coffee—dominates the booming café scene. Coffee shops line streets like the popular Emek Refaim in Jerusalem’s German Colony. But instead of Starbucks, Israel’s coffee connoisseurs prefer a homegrown chain of cafés, appropriately named Aroma.”
That’s a pretty broad statement about the entire coffee culture in the US. Much more coffee is brewed in homes, and it ain’t Starbucks.
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Dr Lizardo Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:30:28am |
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:31:04am |
More about Savarin:
The owner of the Savarin and El Exigente trademarks is Jms Food Service LLC of Orrville, OH, since 1908 They also own the Cafe Bustelo and Medaglia d’Oro trademarks, which should be familiar to shoppers in the New York metro area and elsewhere. trademarkia.com
So, I guess you can still buy Savarin, somewhere.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:35:05am |
re: #353 Dr Lizardo
Some kind of a booby trap, according to the Czech media. He’s in a coma currently.
Sounds pretty clearly like an assassination attempt.
Ah, thanks for the report.
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Dr Lizardo Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:35:05am |
Here’s the story from the Czech Press Agency, ČTK, but it’s in Czech, so you can run it through Google Translate, which while not pretty, gives an idea at least.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:39:27am |
re: #356 Dr Lizardo
Here’s the story from the Czech Press Agency, ČTK, but it’s in Czech, so you can run it through Google Translate, which while not pretty, gives an idea at least.
WTH?
“According to unofficial information , which brought the server Novinky.cz, the explosion occurred when opening a safe in the house. The man reportedly suffered injuries of the lower and upper extremities .”
Someone rigged his safe? Also, “coma” as “artificial sleep”.
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Dr Lizardo Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:40:42am |
re: #357 Justanotherhuman
WTH?
“According to unofficial information , which brought the server Novinky.cz, the explosion occurred when opening a safe in the house. The man reportedly suffered injuries of the lower and upper extremities .”
Someone rigged his safe?
That’s what it seems like.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:46:26am |
Holy crap.
Toronto under extreme cold weather alert
“To protect the homeless, extra shelter spaces are made available for the homeless and overnight street outreach is increased in the downtown core to get the homeless in from the cold.
“TTC tokens are also offered so that people can use public transit to get to shelters.”
Probably a good thing those folks are in Toronto and not in many American cities.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:48:01am |
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:52:36am |
re: #354 wheat-dogghazi
Scratch the info in my #354. I swear, tracking down corporate ownership is harder than genealogical research. S.A. Schonbrunn & Co, the original makers of Savarin, were bought by American Maize, then by Tetley, which is owned by Tata Global Beverages of India. As to who makes Savarin coffee now is anyone’s guess.
Tata owns the Eight O’Clock Coffee brand, though. Talk about globalization.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 5:57:22am |
re: #362 wheat-dogghazi
Scratch the info in my #354. I swear, tracking down corporate ownership is harder than genealogical research. S.A. Schonbrunn & Co, the original makers of Savarin, were bought by American Maize, then by Tetley, which is owned by Tata Global Beverages of India. As to who makes Savarin coffee now is anyone’s guess.
Tata owns the Eight O’Clock Coffee brand, though. Talk about globalization.
Eight O’Clock? That was always A&P back in the day. The only coffee my grandmother would buy.
In a fit of nostalgia, I thought about buying some EOC beans at the grocery store, but didn’t because they were a bit pricey—now I know why.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:07:38am |
re: #363 Justanotherhuman
Eight O’Clock? That was always A&P back in the day. The only coffee my grandmother would buy.
In a fit of nostalgia, I thought about buying some EOC beans at the grocery store, but didn’t because they were a bit pricey—now I know why.
Many of those family-owned and small businesses from the early part of the 20th century are now parts of big conglomerates. That Jms Coffee Company I found has a couple of officers named Smucker, who I reckon are associated with Smuckers.
I see now why corporate lawyers are paid so well. You have to be a genius to sort out who owns who and what in today’s business world.
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Flounder Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:10:24am |
re: #362 wheat-dogghazi
This is from 2009, but 8 o’clock coffee rated the best. reuters.com
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:17:59am |
re: #365 Flounder
This is from 2009, but 8 o’clock coffee rated the best. reuters.com
A&P sold the brand to a private equity firm, which then sold it to Tata in 2006. en.wikipedia.org‘Clock_Coffee.
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Flounder Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:19:12am |
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:22:11am |
re: #368 Flounder
I like Tatas!
should I go now?
They ARE cute cars.
Image: tata-nano-01.jpg
.
.
.
(I know what you meant.)
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:27:14am |
Interestingly, Tata Global Brands and Starbucks have a 50-50 partnership in India under the name “Tata Starbucks Limited”; this is dated Nov 22, 2013.
It appears they have “subsidiaries” everywhere.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:32:35am |
re: #368 Flounder
I like Tatas!
should I go now?
Interestingly, also, the cover page of the 2013 Annual Report for Tata has a photo of a woman and states, “Celebrating Women”. It’s part of their “diversity” drive in their various enterprises.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:33:17am |
re: #360 Justanotherhuman
Holy crap.
Toronto under extreme cold weather alert
“To protect the homeless, extra shelter spaces are made available for the homeless and overnight street outreach is increased in the downtown core to get the homeless in from the cold.
“TTC tokens are also offered so that people can use public transit to get to shelters.”
Probably a good thing those folks are in Toronto and not in many American cities.
Chicago would take the former measure, but not the latter, mostly because Chicago no longer uses tokens for its transit system, and has moved to the so-far-flawed Ventra touch-card system.
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PhillyPretzel Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:42:37am |
Snow and very cold temps are headed for Philly. forecast.weather.gov
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:44:43am |
Good Morning & Happy New Year!
(note, image downloaded from elsewhere. I can’t get the twitter thing to work right for me.)
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:47:19am |
re: #373 PhillyPretzel
Snow and very cold temps are headed for Philly. forecast.weather.gov
The snow is already here in Chicagoland. It did stop late on the 31st, which let the city set off its fireworks at Navy Pier, but its started back up and there’s a lot of it coming down right now. Wind’s also out of the north, which means it will be brutally cold.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:49:58am |
re: #373 PhillyPretzel
Snow and very cold temps are headed for Philly. forecast.weather.gov
Everywhere.
Even supposed to be 24 here Fri am and 18 on Sat morning. Brrrr!
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:55:03am |
re: #376 Justanotherhuman
Everywhere.
Even supposed to be 24 here Fri am and 18 on Sat morning. Brrrr!
Where are you?
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:57:24am |
re: #377 Dark_Falcon
Where are you?
Piedmont NC bordering on foothills. ETA: When I say that, I mean western NC. It’s only about 50 mi from here to Asheville.
ETA: That’s as the crow flies. Longer because of the way the roads are laid out. Takes about 1-1/2 hrs to get there by car.
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Romantic Heretic Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:06:02am |
re: #331 Justanotherhuman
Well, it’s Folger’s French Roast. In spite of all the coffees flooding the market, Folger’s is still the best mass-produced coffee out there. Better than some specialties I’ve paid too much for, and I’m a coffee hound who hasn’t always liked to drink all coffees black like this one which is smooth as silk and brewed exactly like all others.
You couldn’t pay me to drink Starbucks coffee black, for instance. Is it any wonder it has to be jazzed up as lattes, cappuccinos, etc?
A couple of weeks ago I found something I haven’t seen in years; a percolator.
I’m drinking its wonderful elixir now. I don’t think drip coffeemakers make a decent cup of coffee no matter how good the beans are.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:09:20am |
re: #378 Justanotherhuman
Piedmont NC bordering on foothills. ETA: When I say that, I mean western NC. It’s only about 50 mi from here to Asheville.
ETA: That’s as the crow flies. Longer because of the way the roads are laid out. Takes about 1-1/2 hrs to get there by car.
Knew what you meant by Piedmont, though I thank you for the clarification. My mother is from that area.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:10:04am |
re: #380 Romantic Heretic
A couple of weeks ago I found something I haven’t seen in years; a percolator.
I’m drinking its wonderful elixir now. I don’t think drip coffeemakers make a decent cup of coffee no matter how good the beans are.
Humorous. Our cheap drip pot died a short time ago and to tide me over till payday I got out our camping percolator, loaded it with the Folger’s 50% lower caffeine roast that I drink and, well, haven’t spent any money on a new drip coffee maker yet ;)
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:10:49am |
re: #380 Romantic Heretic
A couple of weeks ago I found something I haven’t seen in years; a percolator.
I’m drinking its wonderful elixir now. I don’t think drip coffeemakers make a decent cup of coffee no matter how good the beans are.
Aha! Would you believe I still have a Corning Ware percolator (for the stove)? I never use it though. I like the French Press, but it doesn’t make enough coffee. We used to have a really large aluminum perco for camping, but I gave that to my son.
Nothing fills the house with that coffee smell like a percolator. : )
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:13:36am |
re: #362 wheat-dogghazi
Scratch the info in my #354. I swear, tracking down corporate ownership is harder than genealogical research. S.A. Schonbrunn & Co, the original makers of Savarin, were bought by American Maize, then by Tetley, which is owned by Tata Global Beverages of India. As to who makes Savarin coffee now is anyone’s guess.
Tata owns the Eight O’Clock Coffee brand, though. Talk about globalization.
Tata, perhaps the same corp., also owns Land Rover.
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Romantic Heretic Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:16:20am |
re: #382 William Barnett-Lewis
re: #383 Justanotherhuman
I actually was in Walmart (shudder) looking for an electric percolator they had advertised. Haven’t seen any of those in years either.
Had to get a camping percolator because sold out of the other. I got the last one of those. I guess I’m not the only one who wishes percolators were still around.
And yes, the smell of percolating coffee is wonderful.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:19:38am |
Hmm. I have 2 crockpots going now. One with a small pork roast and the other w/black eyed peas. Will cook the collard greens in a large stock pot on the stove (they tend to be bulky). Also, cornbread will be made. Maybe some rice (we like jasmine) to go w/the peas.
This is traditional southern New Year’s fare, at least in my family. Anyone who comes by the apt is welcome to eat. : )
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:23:02am |
BLOODY HANDS: NY Times Had Reporter on Ground While Terrorists Slaughtered US Ambassador http://t.co/xNxL6j3reb— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 1, 2014
Teh conspiracy spawns.
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:26:20am |
re: #362 wheat-dogghazi
Scratch the info in my #354. I swear, tracking down corporate ownership is harder than genealogical research. S.A. Schonbrunn & Co, the original makers of Savarin, were bought by American Maize, then by Tetley, which is owned by Tata Global Beverages of India. As to who makes Savarin coffee now is anyone’s guess.
Tata owns the Eight O’Clock Coffee brand, though. Talk about globalization.
Would that be the same Tata that also makes cars and is trying to get a small car in every home in Bombay?
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:28:02am |
re: #390 ObserverArt
Would that be the same Tata that also makes cars and is trying to get a small car in every home in Bombay?
You mean parked inside the house? : )
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:29:12am |
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:31:10am |
re: #391 Justanotherhuman
You mean parked inside the
houseSUV? : )
You could probably wedge a Tata Nano into an Escalade.
/
And yes, I think Tata Global Beverages is part of the Tata automobile company. They’re like the Mitsubishi of India.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:31:19am |
re: #390 ObserverArt
Would that be the same Tata that also makes cars and is trying to get a small car in every home in Bombay?
Yes, all part of the Tata Group:
“Tata Group remains a family-owned business, as the descendants of the founder (from the Tata family) own a majority stake in the company. The current chairman of the Tata group is Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, who took over from Ratan Tata in 2012.[8] Tata Sons is the promoter of all key Tata companies and holds the bulk of shareholding in these companies. The chairman of Tata Sons has traditionally been the chairman of the Tata group. About 66% of the equity capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the Tata family.”
The Waltons/Kochs of India?
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:32:30am |
re: #392 ObserverArt
Have you seen one? They are tiny.
I’ve seen them, and they’re too small for me to fit into.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:34:43am |
re: #394 Justanotherhuman
Yes, all part of the Tata Group:
“Tata Group remains a family-owned business, as the descendants of the founder (from the Tata family) own a majority stake in the company. The current chairman of the Tata group is Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, who took over from Ratan Tata in 2012.[8] Tata Sons is the promoter of all key Tata companies and holds the bulk of shareholding in these companies. The chairman of Tata Sons has traditionally been the chairman of the Tata group. About 66% of the equity capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the Tata family.”
The Waltons/Kochs of India?
If anything, the wealthy in India typically indulge in displays of conspicuous consumption that even Donald Trump would consider to be over-the-top.
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BongCrodny Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:35:38am |
re: #389 Gus
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Teh conspiracy spawns.
See, if it had been a Fox News reporter, he would have pulled out his trusty AK-47, shot all the terr’rists dead, and saved the Ambassador.
And they all lived happily ever after.
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RealityBasedSteve Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:37:16am |
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:38:57am |
re: #397 BongCrodny
See, if it had been a Fox News reporter, he would have pulled out his trusty AK-47, shot all the terr’rists dead, and saved the Ambassador.
And they all lived happily ever after.
NY Times report commandeers a Harrier.
She’s wearing an eye patch.
Her last words were, “I’ll be Bach.”
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:39:56am |
re: #396 Dark_Falcon
If anything, the wealthy in India typically indulge in displays of conspicuous consumption that even Donald Trump would consider to be over-the-top.
Wow. I knew they were big, but not as big as they actually are. Over 100 independantly operating companies under the Tata Group.
Another Monopoly game winner.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:40:03am |
re: #389 Gus
[Embedded content]
Teh conspiracy spawns.
The New York Times says they had a reporter on the ground while terrorists slaughtered US Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Blood on their hands once again.
How having a reporter on the ground doing interviews equals having blood on one’s hands I do not understand. I’d argue the reporter should have just observed instead of interviewing those scumbags attacking the consulate, but that does not mean the New York Times aided or supported the assault in any way.
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BongCrodny Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:40:11am |
re: #398 RealityBasedSteve
10 foot long and 5 foot wide.
RBS
I’ve got boots that look sturdier than that thing.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:41:34am |
re: #398 RealityBasedSteve
10 foot long and 5 foot wide.
RBS
10 ft? I don’t think so. More like 6 ft, if that. Looks like the engine sits in your lap. What a piece of junk.
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:42:34am |
re: #401 Dark_Falcon
How having a reporter on the ground doing interviews equals having blood on one’s hands I do not understand. I’d argue the reporter should have just observed instead of interviewing those scumbags attacking the consulate, but that does not mean the New York Times aided or supported the assault in any way.
What the heck would they do anyway? Typical Hoft weirdness. They hate Hollywood so much but view real world events as having alternate Hollywood endings. “NY Times reporter reveals himself as Superman! Saves US personnel in Benghazi. USA! USA! USA!”
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:42:41am |
re: #398 RealityBasedSteve
10 foot long and 5 foot wide.
RBS
Basically an enclosed golf cart. SUV drivers could throw one in back and use it as a spare car to replace the spare tire.
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Dave In Austin Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:44:21am |
re: #398 RealityBasedSteve
10 foot long and 5 foot wide.
RBS
Anyone ever driven or been driven on the roads in India???? I always was relegated to the front seat during my 2 weeks in Bangalore. The explanation I got from the driver was “We have a responsibility to take care of each other”.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:45:25am |
re: #398 RealityBasedSteve
10 foot long and 5 foot wide.
RBS
That thing is so slow it would actually be illegal to drive on much of I-94 between Chicago and Milwaukee, where the minimum speed is 45 MPH (max is 65 MPH).
Might be OK if most of the other cars are small, but Chicago has lots of SUVs that would just smash a Nano in a collision.
The Nano would also fare badly on a snowy day like today.
All in all, not a car well suited to Chicago. Too slow, too small, and unable to handle snow.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:46:20am |
re: #405 Belafon
The engine’s in the back.
So the engine is in the backseat, leaving you open to a front end collision that would no doubt kill you.
The wheelbase on this thing is supposed to be 7 ft, but I swear, I’m not believing the length at all.
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:46:23am |
In one month all of Colorado will be on heroin!
O.O
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RealityBasedSteve Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:51:02am |
Review of Tata Nano on Autocar UK. Review was actually quite impressed in some ways. It going to open up car ownership in India in a way that, in his mind, could be as big as the Model T Ford in it’s day.
It’s a 4 seater, the smart car is just a 2 person vehicle. My primary bicycle is the size of a smart car.
Well, I’m going to shower up, stop at starbucks for a sweet treat, then off to the hardware store. The test glueups I did last night didn’t come flying apart when I took the clamps off this morning. Now I’ve got to turn them and see if I’m getting the effect I want.
RBS
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BongCrodny Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:53:54am |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:58:10am |
re: #410 Gus
In one month all of Colorado will be on heroin!
O.O
Whereas you’re just high on being Gus. ;)
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Dr Lizardo Wed, Jan 1, 2014 7:59:32am |
For those Lizards not in L.A. - or even in the USA - here’s a livestream link to KTLA Channel 5 and their live coverage of the 125th Rose Parade.
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b.d. Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:03:32am |
re: #397 BongCrodny
See, if it had been a Fox News reporter, he would have pulled out his trusty AK-47, shot all the terr’rists dead, and saved the Ambassador.
And they all lived happily ever after.
And for FoxNews this is Steven Seagal reporting…
Happy New Year all.
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:04:32am |
Dark_Falcon..the damn little cars are designed for emerging and third-world countries and made for run-a-bout transportation in congested cities.
Wait, that could be a description of Chicago!
/ ; )
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:04:58am |
re: #411 RealityBasedSteve
Review of Tata Nano on Autocar UK. Review was actually quite impressed in some ways. It going to open up car ownership in India in a way that, in his mind, could be as big as the Model T Ford in it’s day.
[Embedded content]
Well, I’m going to shower up, stop at starbucks for a sweet treat, then off to the hardware store. The test glueups I did last night didn’t come flying apart when I took the clamps off this morning. Now I’ve got to turn them and see if I’m getting the effect I want.
RBS
The Smart Car is much better made and safer. plus, it’s electric. The Nano may hold 4 people but as usual in India, they are crammed in. A 2 cyl engine and 12” wheels with the kind of construction shown above doesn’t inspire confidence. When TATA planned to bring it to the US, the Nano would have cost around $10K with all the tweaking they would have to do.
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b.d. Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:05:31am |
re: #416 ObserverArt
Dark_Falcon..the damn little cars are designed for emerging and third-world countries and made for run-a-bout transportation in congested cities.
Wait, that could be a description of Chicago!
/ ; )
Obamacars! Everyone in Detroit gets one for free!
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Belafon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:06:53am |
re: #409 Justanotherhuman
That car, luckily, wouldn’t pass for a car in the US. I was just trying to point out that you would die a different death than having the enging dropped into your lap.
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:09:14am |
One thing I’d like to point out…cars in the not to distant future will have lots of aluminum, plastic and glue!
Even Ferrari has designed and tested hi-end sports cars with aluminum/carbon fiber chassis with high impact plastic panels and constructed with adhesives. Rust and corrosion may be a thing of the past in the future.
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Belafon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:10:45am |
re: #420 ObserverArt
But I was told by Spongebob that everything in the future would be chrome.
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:11:26am |
I want a marijuana infused-double latte-bacon cheeseburger-doughnut muffin-pizza cone cake.
Delivered.
Thanks.
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Flounder Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:11:45am |
Stopped in Harbor Freight yesterday and saw a bench grinder pedestal for $45
and I thought, hell I could make that with the scrap steel I have. So here it is, three casters at $3.69 and two guide-rail posts later.
Sorry if it looks sideways, it’s just an illusion.
| 424 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:12:18am |
And a side order of pie.
Apple, with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.
| 425 |
ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:12:23am |
re: #421 Belafon
But I was told by Spongebob that everything in the future would be chrome.
They chrome plastic!
| 426 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:12:47am |
I’ll also need a bucket. Preferably a galvanized steel bucket.
| 427 |
ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:14:03am |
re: #426 Gus
I’ll also need a bucket. Preferably a galvanized steel bucket.
Is that for after the one wafer thin mint?
| 428 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:14:42am |
| 429 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:17:05am |
Good morning USA,
I’ve got a feeling that it’s gonna be a wonderful day,
The sun in the sky has a smile on his face,
And he’s shining a salute to the American race,
Oh boy it’s swell to say, Good morning USA!
| 430 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:17:50am |
re: #416 ObserverArt
Dark_Falcon..the damn little cars are designed for emerging and third-world countries and made for run-a-bout transportation in congested cities.
Wait, that could be a description of Chicago!
/ ; )
You’re asking for it, boyo! There actually are cars made in Chicago, but those are Lincolns (which are a Ford brand). We get snow here that’ll bury tiny cars like that!
| 431 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:19:46am |
re: #424 Gus
And a side order of pie.
Apple, with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.
I’ve got either Cranberry Sprite or Pepsi Throwback to go with that. Which one would you like?
| 432 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:21:08am |
re: #431 Dark_Falcon
I’ve got either Cranberry Sprite or Pepsi Throwback to go with that. Which one would you like?
I’ll have the Cranberry Sprite.
| 435 |
Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:23:11am |
HAPPY NEW YEAR LIZARDIA!!!
I slept off my jet lag. Enjoying coffee and a Vicodin.
| 436 |
RealityBasedSteve Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:23:59am |
re: #435 Pie-onist Overlord
HAPPY NEW YEAR LIZARDIA!!!
I slept off my jet lag. Enjoying coffee and a Vicodin.
The breakfast of Champions.
RBS
| 437 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:24:15am |
re: #432 Gus
I’ll have the Cranberry Sprite.
[Slides can and a glass of ice down to Gus]
Here you go!
| 438 |
Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:27:06am |
Today the California NO MOAR FREE PASTIC GROCERY BAGS law kicks in.
439 |
GlutenFreeJesus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:27:09am |
Wondering this morning why I didn’t cut down my drinking years ago. Happy New Year!
| 440 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:28:03am |
Good morning and Merry New Year everyone! Beef jerky?
| 441 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:28:22am |
First day of legalized gateway drug, marijuana, in Colorado.
| 442 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:30:42am |
“must be full of reefer”
“full of reefer?!”
“yea man”
“you mean that cats high?!”
“sailing”
“sailing”
“sailing lightly”
“get away from here
Man is that the reefer man?”
“that’s the reefer man”
“I belive he’s losing his mind”
“I think he’s lost his mind!”
Oh have you ever met that funny reefer man reefer man
have you ever met that funny reefer man reefer man
If he said he swam to china, and he sell you south carolina
then you know your talkn to that reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
If he said he walks the ocean, any time he takes the notion
then you know your talkn to reefer man.
Have you ever met this funny reefer man reefer man
oh baby baby baby reefer man reefer man
If he trades you dimes for nickles
and calls watermellons pickles
then you know your talkn to that reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
If he takes a sudden mania
he’ll want to give you pennsylvaina
oh you know your talking to the reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man reefer man
If he said one sweet is funny
because he won’t sell me atlantic
then you know your talkin to that reefer man
| 443 |
Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:30:49am |
I guess Bryan Fischer’s New Year’s Resolution was BE EVEN MOAR OF AN ASSHOLE DOUCHE THAN IN 2013
I would not want to be a WalMart pharmacist this month, when people show up thinking Obama has already paid for everything.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 1, 2014
THE story of January, if media covers: the number of people who show up at the pharmacy and doctor thinking it's all free.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 1, 2014
Our calendars divide human history into two eras: history before Christ, and history after. He is the center point.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 1, 2014
You can't even date a check without bearing silent witness to the unparalleled impact of Jesus Christ on human history.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 1, 2014
| 444 |
PhillyPretzel Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:32:04am |
re: #438 Pie-onist Overlord
Those folks in CA can use these. llbean.com
| 445 |
calochortus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:32:20am |
re: #443 Pie-onist Overlord
Umm, Bryan? I don’t think anyone said Jesus didn’t have an impact. The question under consideration is whether he was the son of God.
| 446 |
Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:32:27am |
Your First Derp of the Year (not counting Bryan Fischer’s Tweets)
So how many CT gang banging thugs do you see registering their guns in this picture? #gunsense #guncontrol #uniteblue pic.twitter.com/Rxwtoev1fv— Moose (@sleeper362) January 1, 2014
| 447 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:32:53am |
This one looks better.
Man, what’s the matter with that cat there?
Must be full of reefer
Full of reefer?
Yeah man
You mean that cat’s high?
Sailing, Sailing
Sailing lightly
Get away from here
Man is that the reefer man?
That’s the reefer man
I believe, he’s losin’ his mind
I think, he’s lost his mind
Oh, have you ever met that funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
If he said, he swam to China
And he sell you South Carolina
Then you know
You’re talkin’ to that reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
Have you ever met funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
If he said, he walks the ocean
Any time he takes the notion
Then you know
You’re talkin’ to reefer man
Have you ever met this funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
Oh baby baby baby reefer man
(Reefer man)
If he trades you dimes for nickels
And calls watermelon’s pickles
Then you know
You’re talkin’ to that reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
Have you ever met funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
If he takes a sudden mania
He’ll want to give you, Pennsylvania
And you know
You’re talkin’ to the reefer man
Have you ever met funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
Have you ever met funny reefer man?
(Reefer man)
If he said, one sweet is funny
Because, he won’t sell me Atlantic
Then you know
You’re talkin’ to that reefer man
| 448 |
Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:33:18am |
How many “gang banging thugs” live in CT gated communities. He must be thinking of “Gang BANKING Thugs”
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darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:34:39am |
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Let’s face it, we’re really celebrating nothing more than an arbitrary recurring point in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
Maybe, but is there any coincidence it happens at the same time every year? I think not.
| 450 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:35:07am |
Apparently this is Abla Fatiha, Egyptian muppet being investigated for possible espionage activities. pic.twitter.com/HMwb6NNxjS (via @_amroali)— Tom Gara (@tomgara) January 1, 2014
| 451 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:35:24am |
I suspect a lot of folks woke up like this today:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Hobbes: The Basket Cat pic.twitter.com/85ANlcuHmj— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) January 1, 2014
| 452 |
jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:35:38am |
re: #441 Gus
First day of legalized gateway drug, marijuana, in Colorado.
Based on some of the other prohibitions in this article, it seems to have been legalized, but still largely prohibited (in public) at the same time:
thecannabist.co
| 453 |
PhillyPretzel Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:36:47am |
re: #451 Lidane
Cat is saying: Turn out the lights and pipe down I have a hangover.
| 454 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:37:16am |
re: #452 jaunte
Based on some of the other prohibitions in this article, it seems to have been legalized, but still largely prohibited (in public) at the same time:
thecannabist.co
Yep. Well, that’s for the street derp types on Colfax. :D
| 455 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:37:33am |
re: #446 Pie-onist Overlord
Your First Derp of the Year (not counting Bryan Fischer’s Tweets)
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@sleeper362 I don't like the CT gun control law either but to compare it to the Holocaust is both incorrect and extremely insulting to Jews.
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) January 1, 2014
| 456 |
RealityBasedSteve Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:37:47am |
re: #449 darthstar
Maybe, but is there any coincidence it happens at the same time every year? I think not.
Earth goes around the sun, hit’s the same point each time. Can’t explain that.
RBS
ALIENS~~~~~
| 457 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:39:09am |
Breaking: Colorado runs out of ice cream and snack foods.— Gus (@Gus_802) January 1, 2014
| 458 |
jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:39:50am |
re: #455 Dark_Falcon
Connecticut thug life: selling dubious insurance policies.
459 |
danarchy Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:39:55am |
re: #452 jaunte
Based on some of the other prohibitions in this article, it seems to have been legalized, but still largely prohibited (in public) at the same time:
thecannabist.co
Speaking of being banned in public, Boston’s Ban on smoking in public parks went into effect today. I hate smoking so I am not real broken up about it, but I think it is kind of stupid, especially since the ban extends to Electronic Cigarettes. I have no idea what the rationale is behind that.
| 460 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:40:26am |
I'll be rooting for Barbara Bush's full recovery while she's rooting for Baylor today. All my best to her and @GeorgeHWBush.— Bill Clinton (@billclinton) January 1, 2014
| 461 |
GlutenFreeJesus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:40:27am |
re: #374 William Barnett-Lewis
Good Morning & Happy New Year!
(note, image downloaded from elsewhere. I can’t get the twitter thing to work right for me.)
Here ya go!
My New Years Resolutions:
720x480
1152x768
1280x854
1440x960
2880x1920
320x240
640x480
800x600
1024x768
1152x864
1280x960
1400x1050
1600x1200
2048x1536
3200x2400
4000x3000
6400x4800
800x480
1280x768
1280x1024
2560x2048
5120x4096
852x480
1280x720
1365x768
1600x900
1920x1080
320x200
640x400
1280x800
1440x900
1680x1050
1920x1200
2560x1600
3840x2400
7680x4800
| 462 |
darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:40:31am |
Happy New Year everyone. I think I drank a lot more than I needed to last night. Never got stupid drunk or anything like that…just kept drinking from about 4pm to 2am. The result being my body feels a bit off this morning. And it hurts to snark. WTF? Maybe I’m just tired.
Hosted a nice little NYE party though. Still have a ton of crab leftover. Will be picking that and watching football for a while.
| 464 |
Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:42:03am |
re: #462 darthstar
Happy New Year everyone. I think I drank a lot more than I needed to last night. Never got stupid drunk or anything like that…just kept drinking from about 4pm to 2am. The result being my body feels a bit off this morning. And it hurts to snark. WTF? Maybe I’m just tired.
Hosted a nice little NYE party though. Still have a ton of crab leftover. Will be picking that and watching football for a while.
OK, we won’t jump you for being crabby today. {GROAN}
| 465 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:42:03am |
| 468 |
darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:44:30am |
| 469 |
Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:44:41am |
First Fam taking the 4 on their way to City Hall. #InaugNYC pic.twitter.com/VXO4Owow35— Rebecca Katz (@RebeccaKKatz) January 1, 2014
Very smart. : )
| 470 |
GlutenFreeJesus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:48:32am |
| 471 |
darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:49:24am |
GG apparently starting new year where he left off in the old…with butthurt.
Yes, Ruth Marcus, if you routinely defend top officials & are married to one, you're not a likely NSA target-congrats http://t.co/uZQP92ds4m— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 1, 2014
| 472 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:50:40am |
re: #471 darthstar
GG apparently starting new year where he left off in the old…with butthurt.
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Wait a second. Greenwald finally replaced his avi!
| 474 |
jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:51:14am |
re: #471 darthstar
“not a likely NSA target”
He’s taking a risk with his strategy of panicking a large audience when he brings in that “likelihood” aspect.
| 475 |
Belafon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:51:15am |
re: #470 GlutenFreeJesus
1600x900 and 1440x900 on the PC (it would have been nice if they were the same dimesions, but you work with what you can get, and they are pretty close).
1920x1080 on the laptop.
| 476 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:54:16am |
Which means unless you’re married to an NSA agent you’re likely being watched by the NSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| 477 |
darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:56:55am |
.@ggreenwald 110000101010011100001110001010010100100111001100100011001000111100100001110011001100011 Happy? #NSA #Paranoia— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 1, 2014
| 478 |
Decatur Deb Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:58:37am |
re: #476 Gus
Which means
unlessif you’re married to an NSA agent you’re likely being watched by the NSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| 479 |
darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:59:14am |
re: #476 Gus
Which means unless you’re married to an NSA agent you’re likely being watched by the NSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And if you are married to one, you’re being watched when you’re naked.
And his argument is stupid. The wife of an agent would be far more likely to have a dossier on her than a random Rand Paul fan.
| 480 |
Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:03:01am |
re: #471 darthstar
GG apparently starting new year where he left off in the old…with butthurt.
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He snarkily attacks Ed Schultz, too.
Oh, dear: I was lucky to have missed this the first time around. MSNBC has really had quite a year http://t.co/JjMK14d4Z0 #LeanForward— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 1, 2014
but supports Lynne Stewart.
| 482 |
darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:04:05am |
re: #480 Justanotherhuman
He snarkily attacks Ed Schultz, too.
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but supports Lynne Stewart.
He’s going back to June to look for material.
| 483 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:04:25am |
Today's firsts: Marijuana is now legal in Colorado Boy Scouts accept openly gay youths 6M people get Obamacare http://t.co/PnidOlUcCI— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 1, 2014
| 485 |
Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:04:51am |
re: #482 darthstar
He’s going back to June to look for material.
Yes. Grasping at straws now in his “poisoning the well” strategy.
| 487 |
darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:06:04am |
WTF? Photo-op gone bad?
#BREAKING: Palestinian ambassador Jamal al-Jamal dies after mishandling explosives in Prague, no sign of terror attack, Czech police say— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) January 1, 2014
| 488 |
Dr Lizardo Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:06:10am |
| 489 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:07:09am |
re: #487 darthstar
WTF? Photo-op gone bad?
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Er. What’s he doing with explosives. Or what was he doing.
| 490 |
Dr Lizardo Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:07:47am |
re: #487 darthstar
WTF? Photo-op gone bad?
[Embedded content]
Yeah…….what on earth were explosives doing in his new apartment? He just moved in today.
Weird.
| 491 |
darthstar Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:07:56am |
@ggreenwald That's from last June. #Snowden's “Escape from Witch Mountain” run to Russia is so 2013. Time to move on to other stories.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 1, 2014
| 492 |
Decatur Deb Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:08:25am |
re: #489 Gus
Er. What’s he doing with explosives. Or what was he doing.
Could have been document destroyers. We keep thermite grenades near some safes for that purpose.
| 493 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:08:28am |
BTW, society should collapse within the hour so get yer affairs in order. The Tournament of Roses parade is on and there’s a gay marriage float.
| 494 |
Stanley Sea Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:08:44am |
| 495 |
Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:08:47am |
#ConservatismIn4Words fiscal responsibility family values #Libertarianismin4words RONPAUL! #LiberalismIn4Words LOL
— Ryan King (@BigPapa1849) January 1, 2014
| 496 |
Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:09:24am |
#ConservatismIn4Words fiscal responsibility family values #LiberalismIn4Words destroyed economy oppresses gays #libertarianismin4words ….?
— Ryan King (@BigPapa1849) January 1, 2014
| 497 |
Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:10:45am |
| 498 |
jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:11:37am |
USS Arizona on the East River, New York City, 1916 pic.twitter.com/3qMhoNZO6O
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) January 1, 2014
| 499 |
b_sharp Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:12:28am |
re: #423 Flounder
Stopped in Harbor Freight yesterday and saw a bench grinder pedestal for $45
and I thought, hell I could make that with the scrap steel I have. So here it is, three casters at $3.69 and two guide-rail posts later.
Sorry if it looks sideways, it’s just an illusion.
Which highway is it that is now missing guide rail posts? Just so people know which one to avoid.
| 500 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:12:58am |
re: #455 Dark_Falcon
@sleeper362 The key difference is that Obama does not have Hitler's hate and rage. He's simply wrong, not actively malicious. #guncontrol
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) January 1, 2014
| 501 |
jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:15:35am |
re: #500 Dark_Falcon
If he’s making the argument that individuals with small arms could have stopped the Nazis, he’s not worth engaging.
| 502 |
makeitstop Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:15:41am |
Note to Colorado: Congrats on that legal weed thing, but the logo needs a little work…
| 503 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:15:44am |
re: #500 Dark_Falcon
Obama doesn’t have Hitler’s anything. Period.
| 504 |
ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:16:21am |
re: #493 Lidane
BTW, society should collapse within the hour so get yer affairs in order. The Tournament of Roses parade is on and there’s a gay marriage float.
Before reading your post I was doing just fine. Now that I know there is a gay marriage themed float in the Rose parade I will never be the same and life as I knew it is over!!!
(What you don’t know can’t hurt you or touch on the perfect American image of everything Mom, Apple Pie and the Love you left behind)
///
| 505 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:16:46am |
Welcome to the First Annual Colorado Marijuana Bowl Parade!
| 506 |
Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:16:56am |
re: #500 Dark_Falcon
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Downding for mentioning Hitler and President Obama in the same breath.
| 508 |
Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:18:33am |
#ConservatismIn4Words distrust science love CEO #LiberalismIn4Words distrust CEO trusts science #libertarianismin4words (crickets)
— Ryan King (@BigPapa1849) January 1, 2014
| 509 |
Stanley Sea Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:19:34am |
| 510 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:19:59am |
@sleeper362 True, Obama's not the devil. He's a left-liberal and most of his policies aren't right, but he's not motivated by malice.
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) January 1, 2014
@sleeper362 That said, it is also a fact that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) January 1, 2014
| 511 |
William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:20:27am |
re: #461 GlutenFreeJesus
Heh. My preferred isn’t on there either - 3024x3024.
512 |
allegro Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:22:12am |
Obama’s a left liberal? Hahaha! Pull the other one…
| 513 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:22:18am |
COLLAPSE OF SOCIAL ORDER! Eleventy!
Praying the Rose Parade doesn't last long enough for gay couple to consummate their marriage live too.— penelope210 (@penelopesire) January 1, 2014
| 514 |
jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:22:58am |
re: #513 Lidane
If you watch the Rose Parade you will automatically be gay married to someone. Choose wisely.
— TBogg (@tbogg) January 1, 2014
| 515 |
Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:23:35am |
#ConservatismIn4Words Global warming commie plot #LiberalismIn4Words science proves global warming #libertarianismin4words (crickets)
— Ryan King (@BigPapa1849) January 1, 2014
| 516 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:23:41am |
re: #512 allegro
Obama’s a left liberal? Hahaha! Pull the other one…
Seriously. The far left has just as many ZOMG OBAMA TYRANT moments as the far right.
| 517 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:23:55am |
re: #506 Justanotherhuman
Downding for mentioning Hitler and President Obama in the same breath.
Hey, i made clear that Obama is not Hitler. I’ll defend the president from accusations of malice or criminality all day long. But I won’t say his policies are right in most cases, because I don’t believe they are. But that doesn’t mean i hate the man, or that I won’t defend him when I think he’s right.
| 518 |
Varek Raith Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:24:08am |
re: #489 Gus
Er. What’s he doing with explosives. Or what was he doing.
He was mishandling them, duh.
;)
| 519 |
Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:24:51am |
Safe hadn’t been opened in 30 years? WTF?
Palestinian ambassador in Prague killed in blast
All kinds of shit going on: An explosion near the UN hdqtrs in Mogadishu; and Musharraf’s lawyer says he won’t come to court because explosive device found near his residence.
| 520 |
Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:25:31am |
AFTER HE TAKES AWAY ARE GUNZ, OBAMA WILL FORCE EVERYBODY TO GET GAY MARRIED TO AN ILLEGAL ALIEN!!!!1!!!!1!!!
| 521 |
jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:25:42am |
Woody Guthrie's wonderful New Year's resolutions [click to embiggen] http://t.co/fqwlvGr0tI
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) January 1, 2014
| 522 |
Varek Raith Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:25:58am |
re: #519 Justanotherhuman
Safe hadn’t been opened in 30 years? WTF?
Palestinian ambassador in Prague killed in blast
All kinds of shit going on: An explosion near the UN hdqtrs in Mogadishu; and Musharraf’s lawyer says he won’t come to court because explosive device found near his residence.
30 years?
This is getting weird. er.
| 523 |
makeitstop Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:26:16am |
re: #510 Dark_Falcon
He’s a left-liberal
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an example of the Overton Window in practice.
Just like Obama was the ‘most liberal’ senator - and Kerry before him, and Bill Clinton was the ‘most liberal governor.’ Same old, same old.
| 524 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:26:50am |
Moose just veered into Glen Greenwald territory:
@sleeper362 Obama didn't start the NSA's metadata collection, it began under GW Bush. And it's proven effective in stopping terror attacks.
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) January 1, 2014
| 525 |
ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:27:24am |
Dark…it’s only one day into a new year and your going to go deep with the Obama canned BS?
Obama is about as centrist as it gets…how else do you explain wingnut and dudebros?
Well, that is if you are not a wingnut in hiding, which truthfully your recent comments sort of hint you just may be and can’t see the middle as it is too far left of you.
| 527 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:28:16am |
re: #523 makeitstop
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an example of the Overton Window in practice.
Just like Obama was the ‘most liberal’ senator - and Kerry before him, and Bill Clinton was the ‘most liberal governor.’ Same old, same old.
‘Left-liberal’ ≠ ‘most liberal’.
| 528 |
jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:28:23am |
re: #524 Dark_Falcon
I’ll bet he has Alex Jones somewhere in his timeline.
| 529 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:29:00am |
re: #527 Dark_Falcon
‘Left-liberal’ ≠ ‘most liberal’.
And Obama’s not a left liberal. The moonbats hate him just as much as the wingnuts.
Try again.
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makeitstop Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:29:15am |
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:30:17am |
OK. This Public Storage float with the little green men is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. That was awesome.
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b_sharp Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:31:08am |
re: #517 Dark_Falcon
Hey, i made clear that Obama is >not Hitler. I’ll defend the president from accusations of malice or criminality all day long. But I won’t say his policies are right in most cases, because I don’t believe they are. But that doesn’t mean i hate the man, or that I won’t defend him when I think he’s right.
What does Obama have to do with CT registration?
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Dr Lizardo Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:31:13am |
re: #519 Justanotherhuman
Safe hadn’t been opened in 30 years? WTF?
Palestinian ambassador in Prague killed in blast
All kinds of shit going on: An explosion near the UN hdqtrs in Mogadishu; and Musharraf’s lawyer says he won’t come to court because explosive device found near his residence.
From the article:
It was not immediately clear how Malki knew the safe hadn’t been opened in at least 30 years or why the safe would have contained explosives.
It was also unclear where the safe had been three decades ago - during the Cold War, the Palestinian Liberation Organization maintained a presence in many eastern bloc countries.
It’s possible that the explosives were in that safe for a long time, and of course degraded to the point of severe instability.
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The War TARDIS Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:31:43am |
re: #519 Justanotherhuman
Well, he knows what’s in the safe.
This is what they mean by “curiosity killed the cat.”
Though, we have a sad story out of Minneapolis.
A three-story building, housing apartments and a grocery store, explodes and burns in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, injuring 13 people, some critically.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:32:08am |
Rep Sandy Levin says average UI is $1166/mo; will try to get UI benefits extended longer. That’s only a bit more than I get in SS, and believe me, it doesn’t go far. I don’t blame people for not getting PT jobs in fast food or retail just to “work” and relinquishing this benefit.
Anyone who thinks anybody receiving UI is getting rich and ripping off the govt is full of shit. That amount of money probably doesn’t pay shelter costs for some who might have been gainfully employed with a decent paycheck and could manage on it.
Maybe Congress should try living on 60% of the six figures they currently make and give up their perks, too.
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:33:42am |
re: #532 b_sharp
What does Obama have to do with CT registration?
Exactly. You would think a conservative would be fine with states rights.
Methinks Dark just got out a pistol and is making himself dance. I hope he doesn’t take off a toe…they are important for balance!
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CuriousLurker Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:33:48am |
Just driving by to say Happy New Year!
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to practice taking any fireworks photos with my new DSLR last night as it dropped down to a frigid 21° by 11:30pm. I never did hear any fireworks as the new year rolled in, so I guess they didn’t do it this year. Guess I have to wait until the 4th of July.
Anyway, a big thanks Charles for always giving us new little tech goodies and putting up with our various character flaws, and a big hug & thanks to all of you—okay, not all of you, but definitely most of you (LOL)—for participating and keeping me on my toes. I hope all of us are happy & healthy and still here at LGF when the next new year rolls around.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:35:05am |
re: #535 Justanotherhuman
Anyone who thinks anybody receiving UI is getting rich and ripping off the govt is full of shit. That amount of money probably doesn’t pay shelter costs for some who might have been gainfully employed with a decent paycheck and could manage on it.
The only way that UI pays the bills is if you cut back on everything else. I know, since that’s what I’m dealing with now while I look for work.
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:35:54am |
re: #535 Justanotherhuman
Rep Sandy Levin says average UI is $1166/mo; will try to get UI benefits extended longer. That’s only a bit more than I get in SS, and believe me, it doesn’t go far. I don’t blame people for not getting PT jobs in fast food or retail just to “work” and relinquishing this benefit.
Anyone who thinks anybody receiving UI is getting rich and ripping off the govt is full of shit. That amount of money probably doesn’t pay shelter costs for some who might have been gainfully employed with a decent paycheck and could manage on it.
Maybe Congress should try living on 60% of the six figures they currently make and give up their perks, too.
Hey, it is congress that is full of shit, getting rich and ripping off the government.
/
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makeitstop Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:37:42am |
re: #535 Justanotherhuman
Maybe Congress should try living on 60% of the six figures they currently make and give up their perks, too.
I believe that any sitting member of Congress should earn the median income of their district, and not a penny more.
If they’re in it for the public service and not to get rich, let them prove it.
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jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:46:42am |
Jonathan Chait:
Why Republicans Have No Ideas About Mass Unemployment
“…not to say that the GOP lacks any ideas about economic policy. Both parties have fairly well-defined ideas about the general role of taxes, spending, and regulation. The difference is that the Democratic Party also has a policy agenda that is specifically related to the special conditions of high unemployment and low interest rates. The Republicans are still merely asserting that their normal agenda applies just as well now as ever.”
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:46:50am |
Look at my chubby kitten belly! pic.twitter.com/d9J5JRAuhk— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) January 1, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:46:52am |
Republicans ought to be ashamed of taking food out of kids’ mouths, but they’re not.
New State Data: Record-low 25% of Jobseekers Now Receive Assistance
democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov
WASHINGTON — A record-low of only 25 percent of all unemployed Americans nationwide will likely receive unemployment insurance with the expiration of the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. The Dec. 28 expiration of the emergency federal program cut off more than 1.3 million Americans from unemployment insurance, with an additional 72,000 Americans losing their benefits each week during the first half of 2014, on average.
“The loss of these benefits will leave just a quarter of jobseekers for whom unemployment insurance taxes were paid during their prior employment receiving unemployment benefits. Since records began in 1946, the rate has never dropped below 30 percent. The table below shows the percentage in each state. Some states are well below the national average of 25 percent. These findings are based on data from the Department of Labor on the percentage of jobseekers receiving regular, state-provided unemployment insurance in the third quarter of 2013.
“With the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program in effect, 38 percent of unemployed Americans were receiving unemployment insurance. Congressional Democrats are urging a renewal of the program. The Senate is scheduled to vote on legislation to renew the program next week.”
How the hell are you supposed to look for a job when you don’t have gas, are maybe being evicted, are hungry, don’t even have the paper or ink to print your resume on?
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Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:47:10am |
@jon_jononymous #ConservatismIn4Words women's rights < zygote's rights
— Ryan King (@BigPapa1849) January 1, 2014
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Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:48:27am |
evolution: I didn’t come from no puddle of slime
abortion: this little clump of cells is equivalent to a human being
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b_sharp Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:48:42am |
Where are the answers to my question and implied question?
How is registration of firearms equivalent to confiscation of firearms?
How is Obama involved in CT’s firearm registration?
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:53:33am |
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:56:01am |
Watching a dog jump rope is a great antidote to Twitter derp. Haha.
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Eclectic Cyborg Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:57:20am |
Happy New Year everybody!
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Eclectic Cyborg Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:58:38am |
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wrenchwench Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:58:48am |
re: #553 Lidane
Watching a dog jump rope is a great antidote to Twitter derp. Haha.
Your feed is a couple minutes ahead of mine.
No spoilers!
/
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b_sharp Wed, Jan 1, 2014 9:59:48am |
My baby grandkid sleeps in between me and the wife. Last night he decided that grandpa needed to sleep right on the edge of the bed.
Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway) grandpa spent the night splitting his time between being too uncomfortable to fall asleep and moving the little guy back to the centre of the bed.
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Stanley Sea Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:00:11am |
City of LA #RoseParade float 50yrs ago hosted 1st black queen on major float [First black Rose Parade queen was 1985] pic.twitter.com/aYInmkBBJV
— LAhistory (@LAhistory) January 1, 2014
Congrats to the happy couple who just got married on the @AIDSHealthcare float! So cool! #MarriageEquality pic.twitter.com/8xd28m2EEa
— Jimmy Gomez (@JimmyGomezCA) January 1, 2014
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:00:26am |
re: #555 Eclectic Cyborg
$5 says he has a whole closet full.
Like the superhero dress on Seinfeld! :D
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allegro Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:00:26am |
So before Christmas I crocheted a bedspread (and donated coordinating bedding and pillows as well) and a toy for a family in need - here’s a picture:
As the lion toy sat on the chair until time to deliver I grew increasingly amused by his little face and expression - kept thinking he needed a bong. So yesterday I finished a new version of the dude for me:
Heh. Named him Rodney.
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Eclectic Cyborg Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:00:31am |
re: #541 makeitstop
I believe that any sitting member of Congress should earn the median income of their district, and not a penny more.
If they’re in it for the public service and not to get rich, let them prove it.
If I remember correctly, way back in the days of the Founders, most sitting members of congress actually worked day jobs.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:02:22am |
re: #558 Stanley Sea
SAD 2C #GayMarriage float N Rose Bowl parade-glorying in our shame, America! PRIVACY w/your deeds would yield more PUBLIC tolerance, beloved— AmericanAnswers.org (@JamesMeroney) January 1, 2014
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b_sharp Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:02:39am |
re: #561 Eclectic Cyborg
If I remember correctly, way back in the days of the Founders, most sitting members of congress actually worked day jobs.
Don’t they vote for their own pay raises?
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makeitstop Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:03:46am |
re: #561 Eclectic Cyborg
If I remember correctly, way back in the days of the Founders, most sitting members of congress actually worked day jobs.
If it’s good enough for the Founders, it should be good enough for that crop of grifters that are walking those halls today.
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Stanley Sea Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:03:50am |
re: #560 allegro
So before Christmas I crocheted a bedspread (and donated coordinating bedding and pillows as well) and a toy for a family in need - here’s a picture:
As the lion toy sat on the chair until time to deliver I grew increasingly amused by his little face and expression - kept thinking he needed a bong. So yesterday I finished a new version of the dude for me:
Heh. Named him Rodney.
OMG that is great!
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:03:59am |
@nbc @alroker @hodakotb The parade use to be a family show, now because of the gay marriage we can cross off the rose parade.— Jennifer Lynn Helms (@Jenhelms1972) January 1, 2014
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:04:08am |
re: #519 Justanotherhuman
Safe hadn’t been opened in 30 years? WTF?
Palestinian ambassador in Prague killed in blast
All kinds of shit going on: An explosion near the UN hdqtrs in Mogadishu; and Musharraf’s lawyer says he won’t come to court because explosive device found near his residence.
This is a funky translation but….
ceskenoviny.cz
Daniel Langer, chief surgeon of the Central Military Hospital in Prague, where Jamal Al Jamal was rushed, told CT that the ambassador suffered chest, stomach and head injuries that were not compatible with life.
Zoulova said the investigation continues and the police still check several versions.
She said the safety system of the safe that was part of it may have exploded.
Zoulova said the safe was strongly damaged, but added that the police have no indications to believe that the explosive system was placed there with the aim of damaging a person.
usually these booby trapped safes have road flare/thermite-type devices to destroy the contents of the safe and seal it shut. Using actual high explosives is stupid and dangerous for obvious reasons.
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Justanotherhuman Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:05:46am |
re: #560 allegro
So before Christmas I crocheted a bedspread (and donated coordinating bedding and pillows as well) and a toy for a family in need - here’s a picture:
As the lion toy sat on the chair until time to deliver I grew increasingly amused by his little face and expression - kept thinking he needed a bong. So yesterday I finished a new version of the dude for me:
Heh. Named him Rodney.
Beautiful work. : ) Love the adorable (ach!) lion and pillow, too. Love good people like you even more.
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:05:57am |
Oh boy. These people. Once gay marriage become more mainstream you won’t be seeing gay marriage floats.
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Stanley Sea Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:06:56am |
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:07:52am |
re: #569 Gus
Oh boy. These people. Once gay marriage become more mainstream you won’t be seeing gay marriage floats.
Ack. Butterfingers.
Seriously. They’re freaking out over a parade float. WTF.
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Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:07:54am |
re: #569 Gus
Oh boy. These people. Once gay marriage become more mainstream you won’t be seeing gay marriage floats.
More than that, I’m hoping the haters assume the marginalized outskirts of society recently vacated by LGTB.
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allegro Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:08:30am |
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:09:33am |
You know the anti #LGBT crowd is OFFICIALLY over when they claim the gays have destroyed a parade. #STFU #NoOneCares #WENeedALieSwatter— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) January 1, 2014
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Dr Lizardo Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:10:30am |
re: #567 Killgore Trout
This is a funky translation but….
ceskenoviny.czusually these booby trapped safes have road flare/thermite-type devices to destroy the contents of the safe and seal it shut. Using actual high explosives is stupid and dangerous for obvious reasons.
But it might not have been high explosives - if that safe had been kicking around for 30 years, unopened, the road flare/thermite-type device may have degraded and become dangerously unstable.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:12:34am |
re: #512 allegro
Obama’s a left liberal? Hahaha! Pull the other one…
In every other Western Democracy, Obama would be leader of a center-right party. He is here as well, it’s just that the GOP has been so twisted by the far right that the Democratic party appears to be leftist.
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:14:27am |
re: #572 Ryan King
More than that, I’m hoping the haters assume the marginalized outskirts of society recently vacated by LGTB.
I think you have hit on one of their fears. They won’t say it, but they obviously feel very threatened and see their neat little world changing and they are almost incapable of changing with it as it would take effort instead of following what they have been told and never looked into.
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Charles Johnson Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:14:27am |
Glenn Greenwald is raging and spewing insults at WaPo’s Ruth Marcus today, and here’s why: http://t.co/88dFuZ4XV4— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 1, 2014
| 579 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:15:45am |
'Ere! — Colorado State Motto 2014— Gus (@Gus_802) January 1, 2014
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allegro Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:16:16am |
re: #570 Stanley Sea
EVERYONE needs a lion with a bong.
That made my day.
Especially one with bell bottoms and hi-tops:
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:16:21am |
re: #576 William Barnett-Lewis
In every other Western Democracy, Obama would be leader of a center-right party. He is here as well, it’s just that the GOP has been so twisted by the far right that the Democratic party appears to be leftist.
Exactly.
The Democrats are a center-right party and have been since Clinton got elected POTUS. It’s not their fault that the GOP these days are a batshit insane far right party.
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:17:36am |
Greenwald better get his new gig going fast. In another few months he will have made himself sickening to about every rational person on earth. No way to build a new business when not many can stand your act.
| 583 |
ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:18:12am |
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Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:19:28am |
I can’t stop:
#LiberalismIn4Words supports gays minorities women #ConservatismIn4Words remember Big Tents? Exactly
— Ryan King (@BigPapa1849) January 1, 2014
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Stanley Sea Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:19:49am |
re: #580 allegro
Especially one with bell bottoms and hi-tops:
Are you on Etsy? Geeze, that is brilliant.
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:21:07am |
Remember him?
R.I.P. James Avery, star of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' who passed away at the age of 65. pic.twitter.com/RvGZGsb2Dg— The Film Stage (@TheFilmStage) January 1, 2014
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:21:27am |
re: #575 Dr Lizardo
But it might not have been high explosives - if that safe had been kicking around for 30 years, unopened, the road flare/thermite-type device may have degraded and become dangerously unstable.
Maybe but I’m guessing it was probably just a shitty security idea. Also, the Palestinians have the extra headache of bomb squads and police combing through the ambassadors residence, checking and possibly opening safes. No telling what may turn up.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:23:50am |
re: #548 b_sharp
Where are the answers to my question and implied question?
How is registration of firearms equivalent to confiscation of firearms?
How is Obama involved in CT’s firearm registration?
According to NRA talking points (which are tanamount to GOP policy these days), any step towards restricting gun rights is a step down the slippery slope that will lead to confiscation of firearms and the installation of the American Caliphate.
| 589 |
William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:24:11am |
Well, my Chromebook has been flakey as all get out since I made the very ill-advised upgrade to 13.10. Time to reinstall chrubuntu 12.04 LTS and leave it there for awhile.
BBL, I hope…
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:24:17am |
HURR HURR
For 2014, all those claiming telephone or email metadata isn't invasive should voluntarily & regularly post their own for the world to see.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 1, 2014
| 591 |
Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:25:16am |
HURR HURR
@jamiekilstein Right: and isn't at risk of having her house and kids droned, and therefore doesn't care about that either #DCInANutshell— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 1, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:26:03am |
re: #561 Eclectic Cyborg
If I remember correctly, way back in the days of the Founders, most sitting members of congress actually worked day jobs blockquote>
You mean they sat home and managed an estate where slaves did most of the work?
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Political Atheist Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:27:08am |
re: #567 Killgore Trout
My grandfathers circe 1930 vault door at the jewelry store had military grade CS gas canisters in it. I remember when that had to be removed by the safe company. Carefully.
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b.d. Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:27:36am |
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:28:56am |
Gobble gobble! lol RT @140elect: BREAKING: Colorado adopts new state bird pic.twitter.com/Z7shnMowMo #UniteBlue via @liberalease cc @jaketapper— Javacrucian Emissary (@javacrucianism) January 1, 2014
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allegro Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:29:16am |
re: #585 Stanley Sea
Are you on Etsy? Geeze, that is brilliant.
Aw, thanks again. Nothing for sale - I just enjoy fooling around with yarn. Now that I’m retired I’ve gone a little nuts with it.
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sagehen Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:29:40am |
My new mayor, unabashedly liberal and elected with 73% of the vote… hasn’t even finished his inauguration speech and he’s already irritated me.
He wants to get rid of the horse-drawn carriages, for some animal-rightsy reason or other. (what about the mounted police? is that bad for horses too?)
I’ve never even ridden in one of those horse-drawn carriages, but I like seeing them and petting them. Sometimes the driver will let random passers-by give them a carrot. If there’s a problem with their hours or their stable conditions then fix that, but don’t get rid of them.
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jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:29:49am |
re: #591 Pie-onist Overlord
His arguments are getting even goofier.
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Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:31:36am |
Although best known as the uncle/patriarch and judge “Philip Banks” on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), James Avery is a classically trained actor and scholar. A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, he joined the US Navy after graduating high school and served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Upon leaving the military, he moved to San Diego, California and began writing TV scripts and poetry for PBS. He won an Emmy for production during his tenure there and deservedly won a scholarship to the University of California at San Diego from which he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Drama and Literature. (Sidenote: His wife Barbara is the Dean of Student Life at California’s Loyola Marymount University.) In addition to his sitcom popularity, he has lent his voice to over a dozen animated television series and features. He also has been the primary host of the popular PBS travel and adventure series Going Places (1997). Armed with a diverse resume of credits, James Avery remains a unique creative force as convincing a comedian as he is a Shakespearean character.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:32:06am |
I wonder if the irony of people savaging Ruth Marcus, a member of the free US press, for her dissenting piece on #DudebroDefector, is lost.— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) January 1, 2014
| 601 |
Gus Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:32:50am |
BRB. Gotta go pick up some recreational marijuana.
//
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jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:33:52am |
re: #601 Gus
Frito-Lay has diverted the Oklahoma and New Mexico supplies of Cheetos and Doritos to Colorado distribution points.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:34:48am |
No 'mass exodus' from Boy Scouts as new gay scout rule goes into effect http://t.co/c1QCvUhvU8— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 1, 2014
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:34:53am |
re: #593 Political Atheist
My grandfathers circe 1930 vault door at the jewelry store had military grade CS gas canisters in it. I remember when that had to be removed by the safe company. Carefully.
Cool! I worked at a violin shop that was in an old bank. It had a huge walk in safe room with a vault door. there was a little compartment next to the door which I assumed was probably for that red dye stuff but it might have been for tear gas or something.
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:36:40am |
HURR HURR
Obama goes snorkeling while millions of Americans suddenly realize they have no health insurance. http://t.co/ds3IVqVLWK— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 1, 2014
| 606 |
Shiplord Kirel Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:38:12am |
Military news:
Pentagon contingency plan for emergency airdrop of Oreos if snow blocks Colorado roads.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:39:15am |
Remember, the #DudebroDefector position on the US press is that they must be protected at all costs. Unless they disagree with him.— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) January 1, 2014
Then they are “cheerleaders of Obama” and “tools of his surveillance state” and are the enemy who must be crushed and eliminated.
— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) January 1, 2014
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b_sharp Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:39:16am |
re: #589 William Barnett-Lewis
Well, my Chromebook has been flakey as all get out since I made the very ill-advised upgrade to 13.10. Time to reinstall chrubuntu 12.04 LTS and leave it there for awhile.
BBL, I hope…
Uninstall chromebook and then reinstall using the new repositories.
| 609 |
wrenchwench Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:40:40am |
re: #578 Charles Johnson
[Embedded content]
Yet the existing oversight, while flawed, is not as feckless as Snowden portrays it, and the degree of intrusion on Americans’ privacy, while troubling, is not nearly as menacing as he sees it.
Moderation is evil.
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:40:53am |
re: #605 Pie-onist Overlord
Bryan Fischer @BryanJFischer
Obama goes snorkeling while millions of Americans suddenly realize they have no health insurance.
Bryan goes derping while millions of Americans realize major political party has been taken over by psychopaths.
| 611 |
Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:44:18am |
My crazy ass brother-in-law might show up, totally uninvited, at my mom’s catered 90th birthday party.
Should we:
1. Tell him to go away
2. Let him socialize but not serve him any food
3. Call security and have them escort him out of the venue
I’m tending to #3, then I could take pictures and post them on Facebook.
| 612 |
Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:44:44am |
re: #610 Shiplord Kirel
Bryan goes derping while millions of Americans realize major political party has been taken over by psychopaths.
Bryan conflates two things that have little to do with each other, and in doing so, reminds us why Twitter is f*cking useless for political discussion beyond grandstanding and spouting talking points.
| 613 |
Lidane Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:45:47am |
re: #611 Pie-onist Overlord
My crazy ass brother-in-law might show up, totally uninvited, at my mom’s catered 90th birthday party.
Should we:
1. Tell him to go away
2. Let him socialize but not serve him any food
3. Call security and have them escort him out of the venueI’m tending to #3, then I could take pictures and post them on Facebook.
4. Let him socialize, but require him to pay for food and drinks.
Heh.
| 614 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:45:57am |
Lebanon ‘arrests head of Abdullah Azzam Brigades’
Interesting that some of the miscellaneous attacks in Lebanon were attempts to free him….
Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV cited security sources as saying that two attacks on army checkpoints outside Sidon on 15 December had been attempts to free him.
A soldier and four gunmen were killed in the ensuing clashes in the suburb of Majdelyoun, for which there was no claim of responsibility.
Majdelyoun is next to Ahmed al-Assir’s stronghold of Abra, which the army captured in June after fierce clashes in which dozens of his supporters were killed.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:46:38am |
re: #611 Pie-onist Overlord
My crazy ass brother-in-law might show up, totally uninvited, at my mom’s catered 90th birthday party.
Should we:
1. Tell him to go away
2. Let him socialize but not serve him any food
3. Call security and have them escort him out of the venueI’m tending to #3, then I could take pictures and post them on Facebook.
Try no. 1 at first, but, assuming he is crazy, you might have to resort to 3. DO NOT attempt no. 2, or he is likely to take it as an insult when he is denied food and cause a scene.
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b_sharp Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:47:10am |
re: #611 Pie-onist Overlord
My crazy ass brother-in-law might show up, totally uninvited, at my mom’s catered 90th birthday party.
Should we:
1. Tell him to go away
2. Let him socialize but not serve him any food
3. Call security and have them escort him out of the venueI’m tending to #3, then I could take pictures and post them on Facebook.
Still BiL or ex-BiL?
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:47:50am |
4. Tell him that each catered lunch costs $50 and since he isn’t an invited guest, he has to pay $50.
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jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:47:52am |
Europe at 12 o'clock last night | @wholehawthorn @Globe_Pics ➤ pic.twitter.com/laWjfQKRJM
— Jeff Faria (@PatriotsOfMars) January 1, 2014
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ObserverArt Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:48:47am |
I guess Bryan F’n’ Fischer never realized there were millions of Americans that didn’t have healthcare insurance before Obamacare.
That is a whole new level of stoopid…even for him.
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allegro Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:48:48am |
re: #612 Sol Berdinowitz
Bryan goes derping while millions of Americans realize major political party has been taken over by psychopaths.
Bryan conflates two things that have little to do with each other, and in doing so, reminds us why
political discussion beyond grandstanding and spouting talking pointscivil society.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:51:08am |
re: #620 allegro
It has uses, like letting friends know how you are hangin’ with your homies or what you had for lunch, but not much else….
| 622 |
Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:54:12am |
#Republicanismin4Words Keep poor people poor #LiberalismIn4Words Make more people poor #Libertarianismin4Words Create wealth for everyone
— Ian56 (@Ian56789) January 1, 2014
… PROFIT!
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jaunte Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:54:50am |
Wall Street Journal: The stock market finishes its best year since Bill Clinton was president. http://t.co/7NlOP6kXVu
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 31, 2013
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b_sharp Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:56:24am |
re: #622 Ryan King
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… PROFIT!
Somebody should tell him Milton Freidman was right only once.
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Ryan King Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:57:49am |
#LiberalismIn4Words butt sex is nice
— Ryan Lawrence (@plethoraofryan) January 1, 2014
Nope, not homoerotic antagonism there, nada.
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 1, 2014 10:57:56am |
HURR HURR
That’s from GW Bush charging 2 wars, Medicare D and a tax cut for the rich on Obama’s credit card.
From our friends in #Texas Y'all can't get the water to clear up Until you get the turd out of the creek #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/0BioxTVc4b— Commie Killer (@_Molon_Labe_) December 31, 2013
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Belafon Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:13:20am |
re: #510 Dark_Falcon
The greatest trick the Devil ever accomplished was convincing people that they’re not working for him.
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sagehen Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:21:20am |
re: #626 Pie-onist Overlord
HURR HURR
That’s from GW Bush charging 2 wars, Medicare D and a tax cut for the rich on Obama’s credit card.[Embedded content]
those numbers are inaccurate.
The figure they show as being 1-43, is actually 1-42.
43 added more than $5T.
And the collapsed economy + lower tax rates he left his successor with is why Obama will do about the same.
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