1 b.d.  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:08:50am

Forgive me for watching CNN but how in the hell is a guy who has been looking for Amelia Earhart referred to as an “expert in finding lost aircraft”?

2 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:13:23am

re: #1 b.d.

Forgive me for watching CNN

That part of your statement right there disqualifies you from asking a question!!
/

3 jaunte  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:13:53am

re: #1 b.d.

4 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:17:08am
5 b.d.  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:18:50am

re: #2 sattv4u2

Forgive me for watching CNN

That part of your statement right there disqualifies you from asking a question!!
/

Today by watching CNN I learned that wooden pallets are occasionally used for other than non-777 related matters.

6 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:22:08am

re: #1 b.d.

Forgive me for watching CNN but how in the hell is a guy who has been looking for Amelia Earhart referred to as an “expert in finding lost aircraft”?

The same way Glenn Greenwald is referred to as a “journalist”

7 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:23:25am

I’m sure many of you have already seen this on youtube, but I’m sharing here because I think it’s hilarious.

If Google was a Guy

Youtube Video

(Note: this is part 2, you can go back and watch part 1, I chose to share part 2 because in my opinion it’s the better one).

8 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:26:39am

re: #5 b.d.

Today by watching CNN I learned that wooden pallets are occasionally used for other non-777 related matters.

NEXT UP, after a word from our sponsers

Not all debris in large bodies of water are from crashed airplanes!!!

9 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:28:59am

HURR HURR!!!!! MAKE TEH WELFARE MOOCHERS WORK FOR FREES TO GET THERE WELFARES & FOOD STAMPS!!!!!!

10 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:30:43am

Got a free Starz weekend on DirecTV.
I don’t watch much TV anymore, but right now I’m watching “White House Down”.
These bad guys are pretty bad shots when all they have are gunz.

11 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:31:27am

re: #8 sattv4u2

NEXT UP, after a word from our sponsers

Not all debris in large bodies of water are from crashed airplanes!!!

Nonsense, the ONLY way debris can get to the middle of the pacific ocean, the largest ocean in the entire universe is by crashed airplanes.

And maybe by ship.
And maybe currents.
Possibly by garbage dumping along coasts.

But, as I said before, most definitely can ONLY arrive in the middle of the ocean by ALIENS.

12 jaunte  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:33:42am

re: #9 Pie-onist Overlord

Seems like some people would love to see society collapse.

13 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:38:16am

re: #12 jaunte

Seems like some people would love to see society collapse.

I’m just here for the zombies.

14 Weet  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:38:54am
15 Stanley Sea  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:39:39am

The Tree!!!!

16 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:50:40am

Raising the minimum wage…

Image: minimumwage_031814.jpg

17 jaunte  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:51:38am

re: #16 Justanotherhuman

But they’d just turn around and spend the money. Oh wait…

18 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:53:39am
19 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:54:42am

[Whistles]

20 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:54:59am

re: #16 Justanotherhuman

Raising the minimum wage…

Image: minimumwage_031814.jpg

21 states and D.C. already have minimum wages above the federal minimum wage.

21 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:55:24am

re: #19 Gus

[Whistles]

stop looking at my gams!!!

22 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:56:45am

re: #18 Gus

Have you read the paper? It’s pretty nifty.

23 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:57:01am

Another one bites the dust

#2 in their section Kansas knocked out of March Madness by #10 Stanford

24 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:57:11am

re: #21 sattv4u2

stop looking at my gams!!!

Gams?

What are you, 100 years old?

25 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:57:36am

re: #22 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Have you read the paper? It’s pretty nifty.

Glanced through it. Rather technical. HANDY is mainly a mathematical formula or equation.

26 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:57:40am

re: #24 b_sharp

Gams?

What are you, 100 years old?

closer to 100 than to 0! so ,,,,,,,,

27 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:59:04am

re: #22 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Have you read the paper? It’s pretty nifty.

Made sure to find it after reading that junk from The Guardian. Smelled a fish a mile a way. Clickbait. Then I looked through the paper and thought, “wait a minute.”

28 jaunte  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:59:05am

*The current federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour, since 2009.
*The Harkin-Miller proposal increases minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

29 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:01:29pm

re: #20 sattv4u2

21 states and D.C. already have minimum wages above the federal minimum wage.

It’s not about the current min wage; it’s about the proposed new min wage which most states do not exceed.

Do you know of any that top $10/hr off the top of your head?

30 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:02:12pm

re: #27 Gus

Made sure to find it after reading that junk from The Guardian. Smelled a fish a mile a way. Clickbait. Then I looked through the paper and thought, “wait a minute.”

The Guardian has become just another rag.

31 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:03:41pm

Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY): Modeling

PDF. Nothing like what the The Guardian made it out to be. Happens all the time.

32 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:03:57pm

re: #29 Justanotherhuman

It’s not about the current min wage; it’s about the proposed new min wage which most states do not exceed.

Do you know of any that top $10/hr off the top of your head?

Oregon and Washington (state) I think If not $10, close

33 lawhawk  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:04:35pm

re: #29 Justanotherhuman

Here’s the 50 state current minimum wages. Washington comes close at 9.32 per hour, and they’re indexed to inflation. Oregon is at $9.10 per hour and indexes as well.

34 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:04:40pm

Today’s Wikipedia wander went to some odd places.

A site I read is covering WW2 day-by-day 70 years ago. Today in 1944 was the partisan attack in Rome that directly led to a German reprisal killing of over 300 Italians the next day in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome.

en.wikipedia.org

From there I was reading about the follow-on from those events - debate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or terrorism, the reaction (or arguably lack of reaction) by the Vatican, what happened to the German officers that handled the reprisal after the war, etc.

That eventually led to the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) and the fact that there are splinter “traditionalist” Catholic organizations who consider the current Holy See illegitimate and hopelessly “modernists”.

35 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:10:38pm

re: #34 Feline Fearless Leader

Today’s Wikipedia wander went to some odd places.

A site I read is covering WW2 day-by-day 70 years ago. Today in 1944 was the partisan attack in Rome that directly led to a German reprisal killing of over 300 Italians the next day in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome.

en.wikipedia.org

From there I was reading about the follow-on from those events - debate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or terrorism, the reaction (or arguably lack of reaction) by the Vatican, what happened to the German officers that handled the reprisal after the war, etc.

That eventually led to the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) and the fact that there are splinter “traditionalist” Catholic organizations who consider the current Holy See illegitimate and hopelessly “modernists”.

“[D]ebate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or terrorism.” Really?

36 lawhawk  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:12:58pm

So, back from vacation, as some who have been following me on twitter might have surmised. Went to Moab, so hit Arches, Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point SP, Mesa Verde, and Capitol Reef.

Had an awesome time. Took a ton of pictures, and I’ll eventually post them (first time shooting all RAW so there’s a bit of learning curve on how to process and adjust my workflow). Even took a few night shots inside Arches that came out pretty damned good - the Milky Way and then Balanced Rock lit up by oncoming cars while the moon rose into the sky. I’d have to say those were my favorite shots to take so far, but the 3 mile roundtrip hike to Delicate Arch is the highlight. Going out there, the wind was starting to pick up, but by the time we were there, it was a raging sandstorm.

I got sand in places no one should ever want to. But there was still enough light to take a few good pictures, and if you ever get a chance to do Arches, make the Delicate Arch hike one to do. Slightly easier to do is Landscape Arch, and it’s just as spectacular. It’s so thin that you wonder just how it still stands.

Driving out to Mesa Verde, we caught Wilson Arch in the morning and then at sunset. That had some of the best color on the trip.

By the numbers: Over 1,600 miles drive and 1,600+ pictures taken between the Mrs. and myself.

Oh yeah, it was good to get away. But now we’re hearing that there’s a potential snow-bomb for Tuesday into Wednesday? Really? Seriously? Well, if that happens, then I’ve got more time to work on the photos. These three were from my cellphone and only hint at the color.


37 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:16:05pm

re: #35 Gus

“[D]ebate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or >terrorism.” Really?

Chuck Yeager, in his own biography, says that he was a terrorist with the Maquis. That word has seen a lot of change in the past 70 years.

38 Feline Fearless Leader  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:17:35pm

re: #35 Gus

“[D]ebate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or >terrorism.” Really?

From the Wikipedia page I linked to:

Freedom fighting or terrorism?

In 1952 the new Italian Supreme Court declared the Via Rasella attack to have been a legitimate act of war after an appeal by Kappler’s lawyers of his conviction of guilt in the Ardeatine Massacre.

This decision was reaffirmed in 1999, when the Italian Supreme Court declared the Partisans immune from prosecution after a Roman prosecutor had unsuccessfully attempted to bring a suit against them for the death of the boy Piero Zuccheretti, who had been killed in Via Rasella. Historian Robert Wolfe finds “persuasive” (in his words) Katz’s characterization of the Pope’s decision to condemn the Partisans for the Via Rasella attack, rather than the Nazis for the reprisals, as evidence of “a moral failure” resulting from one of the “great misreadings of history”.

In the 1990s, there was a revisionist campaign by Il Giornale, a newspaper owned by Paolo Berlusconi, brother of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, to re-label the World War II Partisans responsible for the attack on Via Rasella as “terrorists”. In response, the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation officially ruled that the act in Via Rasella had been a legitimate act of war and not a terrorist attack and ordered the publisher to pay punitive damages of 45 thousand euro. Nevertheless, some historians, such as Richard Raiber and István Deák, continue to imply that the Partisans were the equivalent of terrorists and were, moreover, responsible for avoidable suffering, thus offering some support for the official judgment of the Vatican at the time. Historian Patrick Gallo, however, in For Love and Country: The Italian Resistance (University Press of America, 2003), argues that the Rome-based Resistance not only undermined German morale but also achieved important strategic objectives and was hence not a useless provocation, as contended by critics, but an act of legitimate military significance in furthering the Allied victory.

Reviewing Katz’s book, The Battle for Rome, István Deák, on the other hand, cautions that although “armed resistance during World War II was romanticized because the Nazis were such an appalling enemy, and because in that war the guerrillas’ targets were still mainly soldiers”, it is increasingly hard to draw the line between freedom fighting and terrorism. In his opinion, the Hague Conventions regulating irregular warfare has been “more a failure than success.” “What is needed,” Deák stresses, “is a recognition of reality, namely that future wars will increasingly consist of civilians shooting at soldiers from hiding and frightened soldiers killing innocent civilians. And what is needed, in the aftermath of such a sobering recognition, is an attempt to create a new international law for the more efficient regulation of this type of horrible warfare.” Robert Katz’s book, The Battle for Rome, Deák concludes, “provides fine arguments for this necessary debate”.

39 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:20:40pm

re: #35 Gus

“[D]ebate about whether the partisan attack was a legitimate act of war or >terrorism.” Really?

Italian partisans were often run by the Communists. As a result, the far right in Italy has tried to push a revisionist history that they were all terrorists rather than heroes.

40 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:24:30pm

oh

goody

my vertigo is back

Not NEARLY as bad as when it 1st happened, but here non0the-less!

Joy!

41 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:26:08pm

Update: Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say

Iranian newspapers said it was “part of the decor” of a movie being made by Iranian director Nader Talebzadeh on the 1988 shooting down of an Iran Air civilian plane by the USS Vincennes. The United States says the downing of the plane, which killed all 290 passengers and crew, was an accident.

42 Kragar  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:27:30pm
43 Kragar  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:28:11pm

re: #41 Killgore Trout

Update: Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say

Why would they need a full scale mock up for that?

44 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:28:56pm

re: #41 Killgore Trout

Update: Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say

umm,,,, errrr,,, ahhh,,

a 1988 version of the USS Vincennes would look NOTHING like a “U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, complete with planes”

SO ,,,,,, Someones Got Some Splainin To Do!!!

45 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:31:38pm

re: #43 Kragar

Why would they need a full scale mock up for that?

Yeah

It’s not like there are no photos/ videos of the Uss Vincennes (and similar) that a movie maker couldn’t edit into a movie

46 Kragar  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:32:11pm

re: #44 sattv4u2

umm,,,, errrr,,, ahhh,,

a 1988 version of the USS Vincennes would look NOTHING like a “U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, complete with planes”

SO ,,,,,, Someones Got Some Splainin To Do!!!

And why would you need a full scale mock up, built in a dry dock? You could build sets to cover the interior, certain sections of the outside, then use CGI or other effects to cover exterior shots for a fraction of the cost.

47 Lidane  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:32:26pm
48 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:32:42pm

Thousands of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza
Exactly WTF is up with that picture?
washingtonpost.com

49 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:33:48pm

re: #43 Kragar

Why would they need a full scale mock up for that?

I don’t know. Maybe they want to use it as a set with lots of actors and extras milling around.

50 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:33:57pm

re: #48 Killgore Trout

Thousands of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza
Exactly WTF is up with that picture?
washingtonpost.com

That is THE worst hat rack I’ve ever seen !!!!

51 jaunte  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:34:04pm

re: #41 Killgore Trout

Holocaust denier Nader Talebzadeh.
Liveleak Video

52 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:34:36pm

re: #41 Killgore Trout

Update: Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say

Torah! Torah! Torah! //

53 lawhawk  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:35:38pm

re: #44 sattv4u2

Jobs program for some Iranian shipyards, for a barge that will likely become part of target practice for a new missile the Iranians claim to have, that would use basic electronics to steer the missile in to a carrier sized ship from over the horizon. Crude, but effective, if they can get it to work. This might be what they’re going to use to test the missile systems for.

If it was for a movie, as claimed, it would have been cheaper to do mockups, unless you’re Costner doing Waterworld. No reason to do a full-sized ship for a movie.

54 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:35:48pm

re: #51 jaunte

Holocaust denier Nader Talebzadeh.
[Embedded content]

For real? Can’t watch videos yet.

55 jaunte  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:36:46pm

re: #54 Gus

Yes, he thinks it was exaggerated. As a bonus at the end, he throws in a little 9/11 troof.

56 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:38:00pm

I guess heads on sticks is a thing
gettyimages.com

57 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:38:50pm

re: #40 sattv4u2

oh

goody

my vertigo is back

Not NEARLY as bad as when it 1st happened, but here non0the-less!

Joy!

Don’t look down.

58 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:39:49pm

re: #55 jaunte

Yes, he thinks it was exaggerated. As a bonus at the end, he throws in a little 9/11 troof.

Surprise! OK, not a surprise. Hence my original title for the film.

59 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:40:04pm

re: #56 Killgore Trout

I guess heads on sticks is a thing
gettyimages.com

Ventriloquist Jeff Dunhams version

Image: 0227_art_dunham.jpg

Jose Jalapeno on a stick

60 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:40:20pm

re: #57 b_sharp

Don’t look down.

or up
or to either side

61 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:41:28pm

This wingnut Tweet is supposed to show HOW DUMB IS TEH TEACHERS but I dunno, SO MUCH TEH STUPID in this Tweet, how much can you find?

62 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:41:28pm

re: #60 sattv4u2

or up
or to either side

I sometimes get vertigo too. It doesn’t last long though.

63 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:41:28pm

Filed under “shit you can make up” and still be right. //

64 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:43:45pm
65 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:45:07pm

In a stunning new development… it appears that the director is also a holocaust denier.

66 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:46:36pm

re: #59 sattv4u2

Ventriloquist Jeff Dunhams version

Image: 0227_art_dunham.jpg

Jose Jalapeno on a stick

“I brought my wife to the Hamas rally. She will now recite the Quran while I drink a glass of water”

67 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:46:44pm

re: #61 Pie-onist Overlord

This wingnut Tweet is supposed to show HOW DUMB IS TEH TEACHERS but I dunno, SO MUCH TEH STUPID in this Tweet, how much can you find?

[Embedded content]

Proves there are some pretty stupid tcot tweeters

68 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:47:48pm

re: #62 b_sharp

I sometimes get vertigo too. It doesn’t last long though.

Yeah. Mine has been coming and going to various degrees for a few months now. More annoying than anything else

69 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:47:54pm

re: #61 Pie-onist Overlord

This wingnut Tweet is supposed to show HOW DUMB IS TEH TEACHERS but I dunno, SO MUCH TEH STUPID in this Tweet, how much can you find?

[Embedded content]

bwahahaaaa….

70 Lidane  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:49:24pm

This is both completely nerdy and completely awesome:

71 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:52:17pm

re: #48 Killgore Trout

Thousands of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza
Exactly WTF is up with that picture?
washingtonpost.com

At a quick glance I swear I thought the headline read:

Friends of Hamas supporters rally in Gaza

…I think maybe I’ve been on this site too much. /

72 Kilroy01  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:54:18pm

re: #41 Killgore Trout

Can you image the up roar if they where remaking the Hunt for Red October.

.

73 b_sharp  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:54:55pm

re: #68 sattv4u2

Yeah. Mine has been coming and going to various degrees for a few months now. More annoying than anything else

Not good when you’re driving. I’ve had to pull over a couple of times.

74 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 1:34:00pm

re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth

bwahahaaaa….

[Embedded content]

Snopes says “undetermined” but you know it’s phony.

snopes.com


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