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1 RealityBasedSteve  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 7:54:59pm

Their evolution isn’t complete, they stopped about cro-magnon era. The best was yet to come, the Recumbent, a Civilized Bike for a Civilized Man.

One of RBS’s recumbents.

RBS

2 freetoken  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:06:51pm

For those who are interested in the latest, multi-national, multi-religion churn over the new movie Noah:

Indonesia Bans Noah

Indonesia has banned the release of the Hollywood blockbuster Noah, saying the biblical epic contradicts the teachings of the Koran and may mislead people.

[…]

Just to remind us, that an uncomfortably large portion of the world’s population still embrace the ignorance of yesteryear.

3 Gus  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:07:15pm
4 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:10:36pm

Is there a new control in place? I’m seeing Twitter pics now as truncated and I have to click them to see the full picture. It does make for more compact comments.

5 Gus  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:14:07pm

@ScienceBasedMed

Science-Based Medicine is a group blog exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine

sciencebasedmedicine.org

6 Gus  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:14:45pm
7 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:17:49pm

Taking girl dog to a new vet tomorrow.

Now, I think she also has a bladder infection.

8 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:20:24pm

Good night all.

9 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:22:20pm

Ok, this is funny

10 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:24:14pm

11 Kragar  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:26:36pm

re: #1 RealityBasedSteve

Their evolution isn’t complete, they stopped about cro-magnon era. The best was yet to come, the Recumbent, a Civilized Bike for a Civilized Man.

One of RBS’s recumbents.

RBS

Next up, the Recomfy Bike

Youtube Video

12 Kragar  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:34:56pm

The Last Reasonable Games Designer Says…

Checkout this fictional harrowing fly on the wall tale of interoffice politicking, at the latest developmental meeting for everyone’s favorite company. But remember kids, this is purely fictional…

Wallace Cumberlich, resident of Nottingham for ten years, slightly chubby, happily married to an equally slightly chubby wife, and general lover of heavy British pub food and heavier British beer sat down at the table next to his co-workers- Cruddace, Ward, and Kelly.

He had been working for Gee Dub for a few years now, and although the likes of Cruddace and Ward were his seniors by a score of years and must have known for sure what they were doing, Wallace often had a nagging, paranoid feeling every time the design team sat down for tea that he was the only sane human being in the room.

Every time they talked about 40K, he felt like he was trying to herd cats.

13 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:44:58pm

re: #12 Kragar

The Last Reasonable Games Designer Says…

Came across a game store over near Drexel Univ. that does 40K games on Saturday. Six large tables of 40K action, and six guys at smaller tables in the corner playing ASL.

:D

14 freetoken  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:45:37pm

Pondering the concept of “bacon flavored” birth control….

15 freetoken  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:46:08pm

I hate it when Chrome goes bad.

Because when Chrome goes bad, it can go really bad.

16 kirkspencer  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:48:31pm

re: #14 freetoken

Pondering the concept of “bacon flavored” birth control….

Depends how tough it is. I mean with some people it would have to hold up to a lot of, well, a lot.

17 Gus  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:50:02pm
18 Kragar  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:52:12pm

re: #13 Feline Fearless Leader

Came across a game store over near Drexel Univ. that does 40K games on Saturday. Six large tables of 40K action, and six guys at smaller tables in the corner playing ASL.

:D

Had to cancel my game last weekend. Probably wont get a chance to play till middle of next month

19 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 8:59:33pm

re: #10 FemNaziBitch

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Rational Self Interest?

20 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:00:03pm

How kewl is this?

21 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:00:28pm

TRUTH

22 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:03:55pm

re: #20 FemNaziBitch

How those two women get that stat is unsaid and thus dubious, but the one on the left already has suspect judgement, given that she’s a cheesehead.

23 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:06:01pm
24 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:07:40pm

*ahhhhhhhhhhh*

25 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:08:13pm

nytol

26 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:08:43pm

re: #24 FemNaziBitch

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*ahhhhhhhhhhh*

The octopus on ice thing is Detroit, not Canada IIRC.

27 TedStriker  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:12:12pm

re: #26 Feline Fearless Leader

The octopus on ice thing is Detroit, not Canada IIRC.

Indeed:

The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings home playoff games where octopuses are thrown onto the ice surface. The origins of the activity go back to the 1952 playoffs, when a National Hockey League team played two best-of-seven series to capture the Stanley Cup. The octopus, having eight arms, symbolized the number of playoff wins necessary for the Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup. The practice started April 15, 1952 when Pete and Jerry Cusimano, brothers and storeowners in Detroit’s Eastern Market, hurled an octopus into the rink of The Old Red Barn.[1] The team swept the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens en route to winning the championship, as well as winning two of the next three championships.

en.wikipedia.org

28 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:12:49pm
29 freetoken  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:15:06pm

One of the internet’s most privacy invading companies goes all in:

Oculus Rift Sex Stimulator Questions Arise After Facebook Announces Purchase Of Virtual Reality Company

“Oculus Rift Sex Stimulator” just sounds awkward when you try to pronounce it.

30 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:16:41pm

re: #26 Feline Fearless Leader

The octopus on ice thing is Detroit, not Canada IIRC.

The rubber ones have no drama involved. They only use a real octopus in Detroit.

31 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:18:51pm

re: #30 NJDhockeyfan

The rubber ones have no drama involved. They only use a real octopus in Detroit.

And only Canada would put a story about an octopus and a hockey puck eloping in their physics textbooks.
////

32 Gus  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:19:45pm
33 TedStriker  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:22:36pm

re: #29 freetoken

One of the internet’s most privacy invading companies goes all in:

Oculus Rift Sex Stimulator Questions Arise After Facebook Announces Purchase Of Virtual Reality Company

“Oculus Rift Sex Stimulator” just sounds awkward when you try to pronounce it.

Oh, I know of quite a few people who were looking forward to the Oculus Rift; now that FB’s buying the company, pretty much all of them are saying that OR can go piss off and DIAF, because they aren’t gonna reward FB for their acquisition.

Myself, I wonder how long it’s going to take FB to completely fuck OR up, that is, if OR survives the present gamer wailing and gnashing of teeth (along with the cancellation of pre-orders and promises never to buy OR as long as FB owns them).

34 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:25:39pm

re: #30 NJDhockeyfan

The rubber ones have no drama involved. They only use a real octopus in Detroit.

Though Detroit got thrown onto the ice like a octopus tonight as the Blue Jackets beat them 4-2. The Chicago Blackhawks won by the same score over the Dallas Stars.

The Blackhawks now face a tough road trip that will take them first to Boston, then to Ottawa, and lastly to Pittsburgh. The Bruins and Penguins are tough and the Blackhawks need to beat at least one of them (this assumes the Hawks defeat the Senators).

35 Lidane  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:36:07pm

re: #22 Dark_Falcon

How those two women get that stat is unsaid and thus dubious, but the one on the left already has suspect judgement, given that she’s a cheesehead.

IIRC the statistic is based on a study where 98% of the Catholic women that were surveyed had reported using artificial birth control at some point in their lives.

36 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:36:20pm

re: #34 Dark_Falcon

Though Detroit got thrown onto the ice like a octopus tonight as the Blue Jackets beat them 4-2. The Chicago Blackhawks won by the same score over the Dallas Stars.

The Blackhawks now face a tough road trip that will take them first to Boston, then to Ottawa, and lastly to Pittsburgh. The Bruins and Penguins are tough and the Blackhawks need to beat at least one of them (this assumes the Hawks defeat the Senators).

By ‘need to’, i mean in order to insure a good playoff spot. With 99 points already, the Blackhawks will secure a postseason berth with one more win or overtime loss. So for the Blackhawks its now about getting a good position rather than ‘a position’.

37 Lidane  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:38:26pm

Gotta love that GOP minority outreach:

Please proceed.

38 palmerskiss  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:49:11pm

ty charles, i love geeky stuff like this video…

39 freetoken  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 9:50:00pm

re: #37 Lidane

The audio is a perfect example of re-messaging:


SoundCloud

40 goddamnedfrank  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 10:02:30pm
A state lawmaker from Lincoln County who once opposed a bill that would force insurers to cover chemotherapy pills says she changed her position after she learned she has cancer.

Mary Czaja, R-Irma, the state representative for the 35th Assembly District, said her view on the bill — which could take effect next year — began to change in January. That’s when she began her own battle with stage 3 breast cancer.

“I’m not a big mandate person,” said Czaja, who spent the bulk of her career in the insurance industry. “After a long conversation with my doctor, I started to think about the issue in a new way. It’s not just the affordability factor; it’s about helping people get back to normal and get back to work.”

You know what Republicans? It’d be a lot easier to take you seriously if you weren’t so abjectly self centered and fucking ridiculous. This is exactly what people mean when they talking about a general empathy deficit on the right, and the difference between sympathy and empathy. Republicans operate, continuously in a mode where connecting with others and seeing them as human beings worth something is only possible if there’s a shared experience to create a bridge.

That’s why they can connect with rich, selfish assholes, because that’s a shared experience. But it takes an extraordinary event to even try to connect with poor people, people suffering, the sick, uninsured or in need. For Republicans the idea that everyone has an intrinsic value, that you don’t need to have literally gone through the same experiences as another to view them as a person worth something in and of themselves is a totally alien concept, and totally anathema.

41 wheat-dogghazi  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 10:12:49pm

re: #40 goddamnedfrank

I think many of them are stuck in a juvenile concrete thinking mode, and have limited abstract thinking skills. In other words, they can’t relate to something unless they experience it personally.

It would make for an interesting reality show to take a handful of these heartless top-percenters, take away their wallets and bankcards, and drop them somewhere to fend for themselves for a few days. They might sing a different tune after doing day labor just to buy themselves a room to sleep in for the night.

42 goddamnedfrank  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 10:29:34pm

re: #41 wheat-dogghazi

I think many of them are stuck in a juvenile concrete thinking mode, and have limited abstract thinking skills. In other words, they can’t relate to something unless they experience it personally.

It would make for an interesting reality show to take a handful of these heartless top-percenters, take away their wallets and bankcards, and drop them somewhere to fend for themselves for a few days. They might sing a different tune after doing day labor just to buy themselves a room to sleep in for the night.

I think it’d take a lot more than a few days, it’s too cliche - to pat - simplistic Trading Places shit. You’d need them to actually believe the circumstances of their lives had irrevocably changed, forever, to even have a hope of reaching through.

I mean, the woman in the article already had cancer, and a double mastectomy. She thought she’d beaten it, and that shit was behind her. It’s only when the cancer came back that she gained a hint of humanity on the issue and stopped thinking of mandating that health plans cover chemotherapy as some kind of a fucking “handout.”

I don’t know what it is, where the conditioning comes from, whether it’s something in the way they’re raised or what. But the empathy deficit often seems to extend down to the very core of the conservative personality, like a pathological rot.

43 darthstar  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 11:10:50pm

They’re still playing hockey? I’ve got tickets to see one of the last two pre-season Giants baseball games Thursday. Season starts next week.

Tell those puckers to get a life.

44 Dr Lizardo  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 11:19:59pm

What a perfect thread to post this.

I have the chance to pick up this beauty for under $40; I’ll have to go pick it up by train, which isn’t a problem - it’s a little south of my location.

What say you, Lizards? The owner says it’s in very good condition, only a minor problem with the rear axle (I can fix that easy enough) but otherwise, fully functional and ready to ride. It’s an older Waffenrad
Steyr - Puch bicycle.

45 Floral Giraffe  Tue, Mar 25, 2014 11:34:49pm

re: #44 Dr Lizardo

It’s a thing of beauty! RUN for that train!

46 Lidane  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 12:13:02am
47 Kragar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 12:53:01am
48 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 12:55:04am

re: #45 Floral Giraffe

It’s a thing of beauty! RUN for that train!

I think I will. I might need to rebuild the rear axle, but it’s a single speed bike with a coaster brake, and that’s not really a problem. Commonly available parts - and it might also just need to be re-greased; I’ve encountered that before.

Back later today, Lizards.

49 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 1:01:04am

re: #46 Lidane

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To be fair, “millions” is pretty much the Pentagon’s stock answer for the cost of doing anything, ever.

50 freetoken  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 1:08:44am

Not heard nearly as much as it should:

MP3 Audio

51 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 2:21:43am
But as Ian Millhiser noted at ThinkProgress, the news from the court isn’t all rosy. For one thing, Justice Anthony Kennedy seems to believe this is a case about abortion. Millhiser points out that Kennedy does not seem to think — as Hobby Lobby (incorrectly) does — that emergency contraception is an abortion-inducing drug. Instead, he seemed interested in the possibility that a future law may compel Hobby Lobby to pay for abortion:

[Kennedy] did not weigh in on the question of whether non-abortions can count as abortion — indeed, he seemed to understand the difference between birth control and abortion. Nevertheless, he looked at the government’s requirement to provide birth control coverage and envisioned a future law compelling Hobby Lobby to pay for actual abortions — just as he once gazed upon a requirement to buy health insurance and imagined the government forcing everyone to buy broccoli. In Justice Kennedy’s Courtroom, the government doesn’t have to defend the law it actually passed, it has to defend the worst law Kennedy can imagine them passing — even if that law would never make it through Congress.

What the fuck is wrong with this asshole?

52 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 2:38:37am

re: #35 Lidane

IIRC the statistic is based on a study where 98% of the Catholic women that were surveyed had reported using artificial birth control at some point in their lives.

Guttmacher Institute study.

53 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 2:49:07am

re: #29 freetoken

One of the internet’s most privacy invading companies goes all in:

Oculus Rift Sex Stimulator Questions Arise After Facebook Announces Purchase Of Virtual Reality Company

“Oculus Rift Sex Stimulator” just sounds awkward when you try to pronounce it.

I predict we’ll soon have a backlash of ginormous proportions against so much sharing. After your real life privacy is invaded so many times by strangers through technology, why would you bother to share anything with anyone in real life? Or is that the way of the future, fantasy enabled by technology overtaking reality in the meat world?

It’s really an odd dichotomy when you think about it: “Sharing” types of technology invented by dudebro types who fully embrace the concept of libertarianism. And as Zuckerberg has shown in a fine example of the Big Fish gulping down the Little Fish, his recent purchases of small companies like Oculus mean, for the most part, that sharing is really not part of their business plan. Making zillions more in wealth is.

It’s one of the striking examples offered by Robert Reich, BTW, in his movie, “Inequality for All”, in which he makes the observation that individual tech types like Zuckerberg get rich in virtually a small time frame through technology. When their companies are offered as an IPO, these tech millionaires can become billionaires overnight while those at the initial selling, the institutional investors who help him set it up, also increase their own worth, thereby diverting the bulk of the fortunes they create to the upper 1%. And all for a time waster that produces nothing much of real value in the real world for those who utilize it. Well, maybe it gives some people a bit of “power” when they can “unfriend” or “block” you, but the damaging effects have already been accomplished.

54 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 2:58:46am

Is the world overlooking Russia’s acts of war against Ukraine?

55 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:00:29am

check out this blog —and the little icon in their tab

56 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:01:42am

Ah, so.

57 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:02:24am

re: #42 goddamnedfrank

I think it’d take a lot more than a few days, it’s too cliche - to pat - simplistic Trading Places shit. You’d need them to actually believe the circumstances of their lives had irrevocably changed, forever, to even have a hope of reaching through.

I mean, the woman in the article already had cancer, and a double mastectomy. She thought she’d beaten it, and that shit was behind her. It’s only when the cancer came back that she gained a hint of humanity on the issue and stopped thinking of mandating that health plans cover chemotherapy as some kind of a fucking “handout.”

I don’t know what it is, where the conditioning comes from, whether it’s something in the way they’re raised or what. But the empathy deficit often seems to extend down to the very core of the conservative personality, like a pathological rot.

There definitely seems to be an inability to think philosophically. IIRC, that has something to do with frontal lobe development …

58 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:09:13am

MRA Attorney?

Let’s say a man meets a woman at a bar in downtown Denver. They get along, so they start dating. On the second date, the woman drinks too much, and they end up going back to his apartment and sleeping together. The next day, the woman is embarrassed when she mentions what happened to one of her friends. Mortified that she slept with a man on their second date, she accuses him of Sexual Assault - C.R.S. 18-3-402, and says she was too drunk to say ‘yes.” The man could be accused with felony rape and the sentence enhancer of Domestic Violence, because the alleged crime occurred between two people who were in an “intimate relationship.”

59 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:19:38am

re: #57 FemNaziBitch

There definitely seems to be an inability to think philosophically. IIRC, that has something to do with frontal lobe development …

I believe an awful lot of it comes from both a teaching and feeling of extreme “individualism” that the person can be and do anything which gives them a sort of veil of “self-protection” and insulation from reality. “I am an island!” These are the same kinds of people who don’t show their emotions to others and mock those who do. They don’t “need” anyone but themselves. There is little balance in their lives but little joy, either, in the human interactions they actually do engage in. There is no give and take, of any kind, and what they try to simulate is obviously artificial to the astute observer of people.

Look at someone like Sarah Palin, for instance, or any of the “names” we know that are like-minded. They have absolutely no interior life; they don’t even think about it. People are just another commodity to them.

60 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:32:10am

re: #57 FemNaziBitch

There definitely seems to be an inability to think philosophically. IIRC, that has something to do with frontal lobe development …

I don’t know, maybe, that does make some sense. The frontal lobe is definitely involved in inhibition and the ability to check one’s self.

61 freetoken  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:35:56am

See, we need the 1%:

The altruistic side of aggressive greed

[…]

Humans are unique in their innate ability and willingness to cooperate within groups ranging in size from small-scale forager bands to nations of millions of individuals. Yet, cooperation has its downsides as it can lead to what scientists call “the collective action problem,” which says that if individual effort is costly and a group member can benefit from the action of group-mates, then there is an incentive to “free-ride,” whereby effort is reduced or withdrawn completely. If a number of group-mates follow this logic, the public good is not produced and all group members suffer. The collective action problem also occurs in conflicts between groups: everyone benefits from the group’s success, but achieving success requires costly contributions by members of the group.

[…]

62 freetoken  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:49:48am

There’s stoopid, and then there is state-sponsored stoopid.

China Central TV’s English news service runs this story:

Mount Ararat believed to be resting place of Noah’s Ark

[…]

In Khor Virap, close to the Turkish border, an ancient monastery provides reminders of the biblical story. There’s an excerpt from the Book of Genesis on display here, in front of a picturesque view of Ararat. Visitors are also given the opportunity to release a dove, as a reminder of Noah apparently sending out a dove from the Ark to search for ground.

“Ararat for me is proof that what is written in the Bible is true, contrary to those who say that this is myth,” said Aris Tonoyan, archpriest at the monastery.

“Ararat proves that it is true and Noah found a resting place here. There are some scientists who doubt it and are searching for Ararat elsewhere, I don’t know where they have got this idea from but all historic maps show that Mount Ararat is here. “

Sceptics believe the story of Noah is nothing but people’s memory of natural disasters. They doubt the correlation between the biblical stories and archaeology.

“This is how Ararat valley looked when it was covered with water. It was impossible to live there, and only when the water disappeared people came down from the mountains to the valley to start working in the fields. That is from where the legend of Noah has come from,” said archaeologist Boris Gasparyan.
Though both sides point to archaeological evidence it is hardly likely they will reach any consensus soon.

Whether history or myth, many people will agree the story of Noah is truly an inspiring epic of faith, courage and hope.

Absolutely without any evidence at all… and yet somehow there is “proof”.

Proof without evidence.

63 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:52:16am

re: #61 freetoken

See, we need the 1%:

The altruistic side of aggressive greed

The report starts out citing “many group living species” and ends up correlating human behavior to that, setting aside the fact that human beings are thinking, reasoning creatures, not simply another “group living species”, like fish, for instance.

This is just bullshit for some animals are more equal than others, using “nature” as an excuse.

64 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:53:31am

re: #62 freetoken

There’s stoopid, and then there is state-sponsored stoopid.

China Central TV’s English news service runs this story:

Mount Ararat believed to be resting place of Noah’s Ark

Absolutely without any evidence at all… and yet somehow there is “proof”.

Proof without evidence.

Anything to keep the masses quietly obedient.

65 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 3:57:04am

Ohhhh-kay, then.

Court in Turkey issues temporary injunction ordering restoration of Twitter access, local media reports say - @AP, @AFP

read more on abcnews.go.com

66 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:03:38am

More about the dreamy Vlad Putin from the fawning rightwing know-nothings’ spokesmodel, Steven Seagal:

67 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:25:02am

The sometime emptiness of instant communication and what it inspires.

“In the weeks following her first televised address, Poklonskya has become an unexpected viral sensation on the internet, even inspiring anime-style fan art.”

68 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:25:21am

re: #64 Justanotherhuman

The masses don’t watch CCTV English broadcasts, even if they understand English. I found nothing on the CCTV Chinese reports about it.

69 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:26:56am

re: #2 freetoken

Just to remind us, that an uncomfortably large portion of the world’s population still embrace the ignorance of yesteryear.

And that too many people do not understand the difference between reality and a Hollywood movie.

70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:28:10am

re: #14 freetoken

Pondering the concept of “bacon flavored” birth control….

Bacon flavored potency pills already exist: Lard-On Brand.

71 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:29:27am

re: #10 FemNaziBitch

72 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:30:52am

re: #41 wheat-dogghazi

I think many of them are stuck in a juvenile concrete thinking mode, and have limited abstract thinking skills. In other words, they can’t relate to something unless they experience it personally.

It would make for an interesting reality show to take a handful of these heartless top-percenters, take away their wallets and bankcards, and drop them somewhere to fend for themselves for a few days. They might sing a different tune after doing day labor just to buy themselves a room to sleep in for the night.

They have also not learned that branding anyone who disagrees with you as a communist/terrorist sympathizer/subhuman mongrel all but precludes them ever coming around to your point of view or voting for your party…

73 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:32:16am

re: #44 Dr Lizardo

What a perfect thread to post this.

I have the chance to pick up this beauty for under $40; I’ll have to go pick it up by train, which isn’t a problem - it’s a little south of my location.

What say you, Lizards? The owner says it’s in very good condition, only a minor problem with the rear axle (I can fix that easy enough) but otherwise, fully functional and ready to ride. It’s an older Waffenrad
Steyr - Puch bicycle.

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Ewwww! That’s a girl’s bike.

74 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:32:40am

Narcissism strikes again. And loses.

Man who used good looks as defense convicted of rape

ajc.com

“A Cobb County jury convicted a 23-year-old man Tuesday afternoon of kidnapping and assaulting a woman he met at a East-West Connector pharmacy.

“Darrious Mathis, of Austell, was found guilty on all charges related to the October 2011 incident, including kidnapping, carjacking, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a first-offender probationer, the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office said.

“A woman said Mathis forced her from a CVS parking lot, drove her around and then sexually assaulted her in Atlanta. The victim said she tried to keep Mathis calm along the way. Video surveillance footage from the CVS and DNA and physical evidence corroborated the woman’s story, according to the DA’s office.” More

75 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:35:40am

re: #32 Gus

Manny, Moe, and Jack.

76 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:39:21am

It’s been a bummer the past couple dozen hours.

You ever be emotionally down, realize intellectually that your situation isn’t really all that bad or your problems are minor/first-world privilege bullshit, then feel bad that you’re feeling emotionally out-of-sorts when the world is as fucked up as it is and other people have it a lot worse than you?

Yeah, me too.

77 Lidane  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:40:30am

Compassionate conservatism:

78 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:40:46am

re: #40 goddamnedfrank

You know what Republicans? It’d be a lot easier to take you seriously if you weren’t so abjectly self centered and fucking ridiculous. This is exactly what people mean when they talking about a general empathy deficit on the right, and the difference between sympathy and empathy. Republicans operate, continuously in a mode where connecting with others and seeing them as human beings worth something is only possible if there’s a shared experience to create a bridge.

That’s why they can connect with rich, selfish assholes, because that’s a shared experience. But it takes an extraordinary event to even try to connect with poor people, people suffering, the sick, uninsured or in need. For Republicans the idea that everyone has an intrinsic value, that you don’t need to have literally gone through the same experiences as another to view them as a person worth something in and of themselves is a totally alien concept, and totally anathema.

QFT.

79 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:42:56am

re: #30 NJDhockeyfan

The rubber ones have no drama involved. They only use a real octopus in Detroit.

But they’re not alive, they are thawed, frozen octopi imported from the far East/

I remember PETA protesting the Red Wings, complaining that MILLIONS OF BABY OCTOPI ARE MURDERED JUST SO THAT HOCKEY FANS CAN THROW THEM ON THE ICE!!!!!

The Red Wings management patiently explained that octopus is a seafood staple in Japan and other far East countries and the small container of frozen octopus is but a mere drop in the octopus production of those countries, and if they want to STOP TEH OCTOPUS SLAUGHTER go to Japan.

80 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:43:45am

re: #41 wheat-dogghazi

I think many of them are stuck in a juvenile concrete thinking mode, and have limited abstract thinking skills. In other words, they can’t relate to something unless they experience it personally.

It would make for an interesting reality show to take a handful of these heartless top-percenters, take away their wallets and bankcards, and drop them somewhere to fend for themselves for a few days. They might sing a different tune after doing day labor just to buy themselves a room to sleep in for the night.

Sometimes not even then, if it’s second-hand via a friend or relation — when you say “personally” above, for some it literally means the person themselves have to be going through it, whereas others can catch the clue if family or friends experience something.

81 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:46:02am

re: #76 chadu

It’s been a bummer the past couple dozen hours.

You ever be emotionally down, realize intellectually that your situation isn’t really all that bad or your problems are minor/first-world privilege bullshit, then feel bad that you’re feeling emotionally out-of-sorts when the world is as fucked up as it is and other people have it a lot worse than you?

Yeah, me too.

Could be zeitgeist, mild depression, too many Bergman movies, bad fish taco. If it’s not serious enough for expensive intervention, it helps to assign yourself a small, short, discrete task that has a real-world outcome. IOW, build a birdhouse. Worst case—you get a birdhouse.

82 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:46:40am

re: #42 goddamnedfrank

I don’t know what it is, where the conditioning comes from, whether it’s something in the way they’re raised or what. But the empathy deficit often seems to extend down to the very core of the conservative personality, like a pathological rot.

I think part of it is the “I’m an asshole and proud of it” mentality, where “asshole” means (to them) that one is always honest and blunt and outspoken and tells it like the world is and lets the chips fall where they may and yadda yadda.

Basically, not having any concern for other people. You know, actually being an asshole,

83 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:46:58am

re: #76 chadu

It’s been a bummer the past couple dozen hours.

You ever be emotionally down, realize intellectually that your situation isn’t really all that bad or your problems are minor/first-world privilege bullshit, then feel bad that you’re feeling emotionally out-of-sorts when the world is as fucked up as it is and other people have it a lot worse than you?

Yeah, me too.

All the time. We’re “poor” in the eyes of many, financially, yet I feel rich with love and we have enough to get by. We’re not starving, we’re not cold, we’re not sick and dying.

Life is pretty fucking excellent, esp when the 4 yr old comes over to me out of the blue and says, “I love you, MawMaw.” : )

84 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:47:51am

re: #73 Decatur Deb

Ewwww! That’s a girl’s bike.

I had one very similar to it when I lived in Berlin - a Victoria bicycle, quite old, made in the early 1930s. I didn’t want to lug it with me when I moved here, so I gave it a friend of mine, and she’s still riding it around.

Everyone loved that bike - I let friends borrow it, and once they got used to it - especially the coaster brake and the spoon brake up front - they wanted one too. Yeah, it’s a “girl’s bike”, but they’re dependable, easy to work on, and overbuilt. You could run that thing into a brick wall.

85 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:51:42am

re: #44 Dr Lizardo

What a perfect thread to post this.

I have the chance to pick up this beauty for under $40; I’ll have to go pick it up by train, which isn’t a problem - it’s a little south of my location.

What say you, Lizards? The owner says it’s in very good condition, only a minor problem with the rear axle (I can fix that easy enough) but otherwise, fully functional and ready to ride. It’s an older Waffenrad
Steyr - Puch bicycle.

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Didn’t you just get a free bike from a neighbor, or was that another Lizard?

86 Lidane  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:52:22am

re: #76 chadu

You ever be emotionally down, realize intellectually that your situation isn’t really all that bad or your problems are minor/first-world privilege bullshit, then feel bad that you’re feeling emotionally out-of-sorts when the world is as fucked up as it is and other people have it a lot worse than you?

Yeah, me too.

All the time. Every damn day. Especially since I’m looking for work and I keep reading these articles talking about how shitty the market is and how my chances of ever getting a callback decrease the longer my unemployment goes on.

It’s hard to stay positive and to keep moving forward sometimes, but the alternative of curling up in a corner and giving up isn’t an option. I just have to hope things will change soon.

87 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:53:28am

re: #51 goddamnedfrank

What the fuck is wrong with this asshole?

Answered your own question there, buddy.

88 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:55:57am

re: #85 chadu

Didn’t you just get a free bike from a neighbor, or was that another Lizard?

Yes, I did, but this one is what I’ve been looking for - it’s almost identical to the one I had in Berlin, and it’s a single-speed which I prefer. It’s waaay easier to work on, and parts are easily available for it.

With the freebie, I’ll fix it up and sell it.

89 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:57:06am

re: #86 Lidane

All the time. Every damn day. Especially since I’m looking for work and I keep reading these articles talking about how shitty the market is and how my chances of ever getting a callback decrease the longer my unemployment goes on.

It’s hard to stay positive and to keep moving forward sometimes, but the alternative of curling up in a corner and giving up isn’t an option. I just have to hope things will change soon.

And we’re rooting for you! If I had had this 20 yrs ago, I probably would have come out for the better all around. : )

90 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:57:06am

re: #58 FemNaziBitch

Let’s say … The man could be …

I can play this game too!

Let’s say a man buys a car. The man could be accused for reckless endangerment if he chooses to drive on the sidewalk. Therefore, we should ignore people driving on sidewalks.

91 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:58:05am

re: #59 Justanotherhuman

I believe an awful lot of it comes from both a teaching and feeling of extreme “individualism” that the person can be and do anything which gives them a sort of veil of “self-protection” and insulation from reality. “I am an island!” These are the same kinds of people who don’t show their emotions to others and mock those who do. They don’t “need” anyone but themselves. There is little balance in their lives but little joy, either, in the human interactions they actually do engage in. There is no give and take, of any kind, and what they try to simulate is obviously artificial to the astute observer of people.

Look at someone like Sarah Palin, for instance, or any of the “names” we know that are like-minded. They have absolutely no interior life; they don’t even think about it. People are just another commodity to them.

Overall QFT.

Some people are frightened (actively or passively) at looking inside themselves.

92 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:58:55am

re: #80 chadu

Sometimes not even then, if it’s second-hand via a friend or relation — when you say “personally” above, for some it literally means the person themselves have to be going through it, whereas others can catch the clue if family or friends experience something.

That was my intent. Personal as in “you are there.”

93 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:58:57am

re: #62 freetoken

There’s stoopid, and then there is state-sponsored stoopid.

China Central TV’s English news service runs this story:

Mount Ararat believed to be resting place of Noah’s Ark

Absolutely without any evidence at all… and yet somehow there is “proof”.

Proof without evidence.

The proof is in the pudding.

Mmm, pudding.

94 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 4:59:30am

re: #63 Justanotherhuman

The report starts out citing “many group living species” and ends up correlating human behavior to that, setting aside the fact that human beings are thinking, reasoning creatures, not simply another “group living species”, like fish, for instance.

This is just bullshit for some animals are more equal than others, using “nature” as an excuse.

Two legs good, four legs bad!

95 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:01:14am

re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Bacon flavored potency pills already exist: Lard-On Brand.

(Nathan Fillion reaction shot)

96 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:02:35am

re: #86 Lidane

All the time. Every damn day. Especially since I’m looking for work and I keep reading these articles talking about how shitty the market is and how my chances of ever getting a callback decrease the longer my unemployment goes on.

It’s hard to stay positive and to keep moving forward sometimes, but the alternative of curling up in a corner and giving up isn’t an option. I just have to hope things will change soon.

From 2001-2010 I was unemployed for a total of 7 years. SEVEN. FUCKING YEARS. The only jobs that I had during that time were short-term contract assignments. By short term I mean my job had to be negotiated every SIX FUCKING WEEKS. There were no non-temp, permanent jobs to be found.

After Y2K, virtually every IT department in the auto industry moved operations overseas, especially the call centers.

Then in 2009 something happened to reverse that trend. Gee what could it have been? Tax breaks for the CEO’s? Nope. Deregulation? Nope nope.

97 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:02:57am

re: #79 Pie-onist Overlord

But they’re not alive, they are thawed, frozen octopi imported from the far East/

I remember PETA protesting the Red Wings, complaining that MILLIONS OF BABY OCTOPI ARE MURDERED JUST SO THAT HOCKEY FANS CAN THROW THEM ON THE ICE!!!!!

The Red Wings management patiently explained that octopus is a seafood staple in Japan and other far East countries and the small container of frozen octopus is but a mere drop in the octopus production of those countries, and if they want to STOP TEH OCTOPUS SLAUGHTER go to Japan.

So, encouraging foreign trade!

98 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:05:52am

re: #81 Decatur Deb

Could be zeitgeist, mild depression, too many Bergman movies, bad fish taco. If it’s not serious enough for expensive intervention, it helps to assign yourself a small, short, discrete task that has a real-world outcome. IOW, build a birdhouse. Worst case—you get a birdhouse.

Yeah, been doing that, pretty consistently, over past couple weeks and it’s been working mostly. It’s just caught up with me.

Now I have all of these (metaphorical) birdhouses, both literal and figurative, and am depressed about the clutter. And all the damn birds.

;)

99 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:06:17am

re: #96 Pie-onist Overlord

From 2001-2010 I was unemployed for a total of 7 years. SEVEN. FUCKING YEARS. The only jobs that I had during that time were short-term contract assignments. By short term I mean my job had to be negotiated every SIX FUCKING WEEKS. There were no non-temp, permanent jobs to be found.

After Y2K, virtually every IT department in the auto industry moved operations overseas, especially the call centers.

Then in 2009 something happened to reverse that trend. Gee what could it have been? Tax breaks for the CEO’s? Nope. Deregulation? Nope nope.

The Beijing Olympics?
My arrival in China?
Gee, it’s a stumper!
//

100 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:07:29am

re: #98 chadu

Yeah, been doing that, pretty consistently, over past couple weeks and it’s been working mostly. It’s just caught up with me.

Now I have all of these (metaphorical) birdhouses, both literal and figurative, and am depressed about the clutter. And all the damn birds.

;)

Now make a slingshot, and download a blackbird pie recipe. Bootstraps, lad, bootstraps.

101 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:09:58am

re: #83 Justanotherhuman

All the time. We’re “poor” in the eyes of many, financially, yet I feel rich with love and we have enough to get by. We’re not starving, we’re not cold, we’re not sick and dying.

Life is pretty fucking excellent, esp when the 4 yr old comes over to me out of the blue and says, “I love you, MawMaw.” : )

That made me feel good, then made me feel bad, then made me feel guilty, then made me feel good again, then I felt guilty again, then I decided I need more coffee, then I felt like a whiner, then I decided I should take the heartfelt metaphorical hug in the manner it was intended and try to actually listen to it, then I felt bummed out, then I put a smile on my face and started typing.

That’s how the headgears have been meshing recently.

102 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:12:14am

re: #98 chadu

Yeah, been doing that, pretty consistently, over past couple weeks and it’s been working mostly. It’s just caught up with me.

Now I have all of these (metaphorical) birdhouses, both literal and figurative, and am depressed about the clutter. And all the damn birds.

;)

Model kits.

Get yourself a good model kit. Something really detailed.

When I get into something like that, an entire day can pass and I won’t even know it; I’m immersed in my task. I lose myself in the detail work.

hobbymasters.com

Over three feet long and super detailed. Oh yeah; that’s what I’m talking about.

103 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:13:17am

Here is the story behind octopus tosses and shows a few getting thrown on the ice. One of them in the video is a huge 30 pounder.

The Octopus Tradition of the Detroit Red Wings

Youtube Video

104 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:14:22am

re: #86 Lidane

All the time. Every damn day. Especially since I’m looking for work and I keep reading these articles talking about how shitty the market is and how my chances of ever getting a callback decrease the longer my unemployment goes on.

It’s hard to stay positive and to keep moving forward sometimes, but the alternative of curling up in a corner and giving up isn’t an option. I just have to hope things will change soon.

Yeah, moving back to an economically depressed area that has little to know no jobs in my chosen profession, a place I was only too happy to flee 20 years because I simply don’t fit into this small-town life/mentality/culture and never had have, may not have been the smartest move I’ve made.

I have a graduate degree, and I’m having trouble finding any work. Mostly because as noted there’s no work in my profession, but also in that McD’s and the like are probably unlikely to answer my application because they know I’d jump for a more white collar one if it bops along.

Meanwhile, graduate degree gotta pay rent and eat.

105 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:15:06am

re: #88 Dr Lizardo

Yes, I did, but this one is what I’ve been looking for - it’s almost identical to the one I had in Berlin, and it’s a single-speed which I prefer. It’s waaay easier to work on, and parts are easily available for it.

With the freebie, I’ll fix it up and sell it.

Okay. I was just wondering if you had a Bike Problem. ;)

106 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:16:30am

re: #101 chadu

re: #102 Dr Lizardo

Disagreeing. All snark aside, shut down the higher functions and do something violently physical, preferably with a hammer. Use real-world skills or build some. People at Habitat will let you frame a house, even if they have to teach you how to hold a nail first.

107 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:16:44am

re: #92 wheat-dogghazi

That was my intent. Personal as in “you are there.”

I figured, but I wanted to be sure.

There are some of these folks who make the connection if they see it rather than having to experience it.

It’s a spectrum of… whatever. Stuff. Perhaps things. Maybe some whatnot on the side.

108 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:19:39am

re: #101 chadu

That made me feel good, then made me feel bad, then made me feel guilty, then made me feel good again, then I felt guilty again, then I decided I need more coffee, then I felt like a whiner, then I decided I should take the heartfelt metaphorical hug in the manner it was intended and try to actually listen to it, then I felt bummed out, then I put a smile on my face and started typing.

That’s how the headgears have been meshing recently.

Aww. Well, life isn’t perfect even though we may strive to make it so. My grandson and I squabble a lot (generation gap from hell and I’m lucky he’s not into a lot of things that would screw up his life), but it’s tolerable, it’s rich, and I wish I had the money to travel a bit, but what the hell? I’d probably have to go on one of those old people’s tours instead of free-styling (given my age and no experience in going overseas) and not see what I really wanted to see, and I would hate it.

Yeah, I still would like to see some of the world, in person, outside this small one. : )

109 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:20:28am

re: #96 Pie-onist Overlord

Then in 2009 something happened to reverse that trend. Gee what could it have been? Tax breaks for the CEO’s? Nope. Deregulation? Nope nope.

It’s right on the tip of my tongue.

Something about bongos? Irish musicians? Broken O’Bongos (or something like that) gave a concert?

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that was it.

Broken O’Bongos: Irish Beatnik.

Broken O’Bongos; openedfor= the Redeemers; venuewas= Capitol Ballroom; bighit= (none); shit=tight.

110 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:21:16am

re: #109 chadu

It’s right on the tip of my tongue.

Something about bongos? Irish musicians? Broken O’Bongos (or something like that) gave a concert?

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that was it.

Broken O’Bongos: Irish Beatnik.

Broken O’Bongos; openedfor= the Redeemers; venuewas= Capitol Ballroom; bighit= (none); shit=tight.

It had something to do with General Motors.

111 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:21:28am

re: #100 Decatur Deb

Now make a slingshot, and download a blackbird pie recipe. Bootstraps, lad, bootstraps.

I can buy a slingshot or boots!

DECISIONS!

112 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:22:16am

re: #110 Pie-onist Overlord

It had something to do with General Motors.

That Irish beatnik musician did a commercial for them, right? Helped out their bottom line somehow?

Yeah, that’s gotta be right.

113 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:23:05am

re: #104 chadu

Yeah, moving back to an economically depressed area that has little to know jobs in my chosen profession, a place I was only too happy to flee 20 years because I simply don’t fit into this small-town life/mentality/culture and never had, may not have been the smartest move I’ve made.

I have a graduate degree, and I’m having trouble finding any work. Mostly because as noted there’s no work in my profession, but also in that McD’s and the like are probably unlikely to answer my application because they know I’d jump for a more white collar one if it bops along.

Meanwhile, graduate degree gotta pay rent and eat.

Any chance of an “online” type of job? I don’t mean those ones where you “earn” $8K a week doing practically nothing, if you know what I mean. : )

The guy next door to me is very reclusive and I’m told he works on his computer. I’ve never asked him exactly what he does, though.

114 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:25:02am

re: #113 Justanotherhuman

Any chance of an “online” type of job? I don’t mean those ones where you “earn” $8K a week doing practically nothing, if you know what I mean. : )

The guy next door to me is very reclusive and I’m told he works on his computer. I’ve never asked him exactly what he does, though.

Mom in [your ZIP code determined by IP] earns $5927/week online at home with this One Weird Trick!

115 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:25:21am
116 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:26:13am

re: #114 Pie-onist Overlord

Mom in [your ZIP code determined by IP] earns $5927/week online at home with this One Weird Trick!

Yea, but ya gotta have at least 2 good web cams, lighting, changes of costumes to make that kind of money…. trust me.

RBS

117 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:28:34am

My daughter and son-in-law operate a food bank in Jerusalem. I was surprised at what a huge operation it is, they process and deliver truckloads of food all over Israel.

Jews and Palestinians alike receive food aid.

118 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:33:18am

re: #106 Decatur Deb

Disagreeing. All snark aside, shut down the higher functions and do something violently physical, preferably with a hammer. Use real-world skills or build some. People at Habitat will let you frame a house, even if they have to teach you how to hold a nail first.

Not a bad idea. (And it’s best if they’d teach me how to hold that nail.)

Just need to figure out how to fit that in with the freelance contract work I’m finishing up this week, the part-time job, group therapy, the job search, and the other volunteering I’m already doing.

Hm, that looks like a passive-aggressive answer, and it might be probably is, but there’s a real time-management question in there.

119 Lidane  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:34:17am

re: #104 chadu

Meanwhile, graduate degree gotta pay rent and eat.

Which is precisely my problem. I could easily apply at the restaurants and shops around my house for quick cash and part time work, but with a graduate degree and my resume, I’m insanely overqualified and over-educated for all of it. Anyone I’d apply to would know that the first “real job” that comes along for me, I’m out the door and they have to hire someone all over again. Why hire me when they can go with someone else?

At the same time, finding “real work” is a pain in the ass. It’s a double-edged sword.

120 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:36:34am

PRO-TIP: Resume listing services, I may be listing with y’all because I need a job/money, and I may not be able to pay you for enhanced services. Just an FYI.

PRO-TIP 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: Resume listing services, if you want me to pay you for enhanced services, your spam would probably be better served by, I don’t know, providing examples of jobs listed that are in the same galactic neighborhood of the resume I sent to you. Just sayin’.

121 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:37:56am

re: #115 NJDhockeyfan

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Trying to get a better look, but none of those are Italian leftist symbols I’m familiar with. Been gone too long, perhaps, or these are minor players.

122 Stephen T.  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:38:59am

re: #40 goddamnedfrank

At least Mary Czaja is a Republican who changed her position due to her experience. I see far too many Republicans who, when faced with the consequences of their own policy positions, will not change their mind, only change the law or policy to make an exception of themselves.

123 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:40:29am

re: #113 Justanotherhuman

Any chance of an “online” type of job? I don’t mean those ones where you “earn” $8K a week doing practically nothing, if you know what I mean. : )

The guy next door to me is very reclusive and I’m told he works on his computer. I’ve never asked him exactly what he does, though.

That’s the freelance contract I’m closing out right now: I’m a writer/editor, and can do my work anywhere I have my laptop, a printer, paper, and my purple pen.

But a lot of these positions are now in-office. It seems like a switch: five years ago, the pendulum was all about telework, but now it’s swung back the other way.

Just as I became up for it.

Le sigh.

124 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:41:01am

re: #114 Pie-onist Overlord

Mom in [your ZIP code determined by IP] earns $5927/week online at home with this One Weird Trick!

That “one weird trick” being “cooking meth.”

125 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:41:40am

re: #116 RealityBasedSteve

Yea, but ya gotta have at least 2 good web cams, lighting, changes of costumes to make that kind of money…. trust me.

RBS

“Stuffing envelopes”: Scam or Euphemism?

126 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:41:54am

You mean just uploading your resume to Monster and then waiting for the calls to roll in doesn’t cut it anymore?

127 danarchy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:41:56am

re: #86 Lidane

All the time. Every damn day. Especially since I’m looking for work and I keep reading these articles talking about how shitty the market is and how my chances of ever getting a callback decrease the longer my unemployment goes on.

It may be a bit late for this advice, but if anyone finds themselves unemployed the first thing you should do is form an S Corp, or at least a Sole Proprietorship if you don’t want to go that far. Do a couple of small projects even if it is just for family and friends, that way no gaps in your resume. Then if a prospective employer asks you about it, you tell them a little bit about the projects you did do and just say you were never able to quite find enough contracts to make it work.

That way no gaps in the resume. They may even like the initiative of trying to start your own business. Clearly, this works better in some industries than others. As an IT consultant it was pretty easy for me. I actually almost had enough work to make a go of it even.

128 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:42:46am

re: #119 Lidane

Which is precisely my problem. I could easily apply at the restaurants and shops around my house for quick cash and part time work, but with a graduate degree and my resume, I’m insanely overqualified and over-educated for all of it. Anyone I’d apply to would know that the first “real job” that comes along for me, I’m out the door and they have to hire someone all over again. Why hire me when they can go with someone else?

At the same time, finding “real work” is a pain in the ass. It’s a double-edged sword.

Ever think of committing a “sin of omission” and leaving off the degrees? After all, resume writers tell people all the time to only list jobs you’ve done that are applicable to the one for which you’re applying. And if you can “pad” your resume with BS, like many we’ve seen, why not leave stuff off?

But I can understand why you wouldn’t want to be deceptive. However, when the money crunch comes, all bets tend to be off…

129 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:42:48am

re: #118 chadu

Not a bad idea. (And it’s best if they’d teach me how to hold that nail.)

Just need to figure out how to fit that in with the freelance contract work I’m finishing up this week, the part-time job, group therapy, the job search, and the other volunteering I’m already doing.

Hm, that looks like a passive-aggressive answer, and it might be probably is, but there’s a real time-management question in there.

To maximize the theraputic effect, just try to make the volunteering more physical/real-life/concrete. Helping an NGO with its database is very valuable for them, but might be too remote for your needs. Doesn’t have to be a Habitat house, but for now should be something that casts a shadow.

130 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:43:24am

re: #119 Lidane

Which is precisely my problem. I could easily apply at the restaurants and shops around my house for quick cash and part time work, but with a graduate degree and my resume, I’m insanely overqualified and over-educated for all of it. Anyone I’d apply to would know that the first “real job” that comes along for me, I’m out the door and they have to hire someone all over again. Why hire me when they can go with someone else?

At the same time, finding “real work” is a pain in the ass. It’s a double-edged sword.

Yup-yup.

But I’m still putting in for the restaurants and the shops… Gotta do the footwork. Like I said: rent, eat, bills.

131 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:43:48am

re: #127 danarchy

It may be a bit late for this advice, but if anyone finds themselves unemployed the first thing you should do is form an S Corp, or at least a Sole Proprietorship if you don’t want to go that far. Do a couple of small projects even if it is just for family and friends, that way no gaps in your resume. Then if a prospective employer asks you about it, you tell them a little bit about the projects you did do and just say you were never able to quite find enough contracts to make it work.

That way no gaps in the resume. They may even like the initiative of trying to start your own business. Clearly, this works better in some industries than others. As an IT consultant it was pretty easy for me. I actually almost had enough work to make a go of it even.

I did something like that. I operated the Zionist Mall and the History archive it’s attached to (the ZM is like a Museum Gift Shop, but online!) I also incorporated the History Archive and applied for a 501(c)(3) as a religious and educational resource.

132 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:44:51am

I really have to update the Zionist Mall. One of the vendors hasn’t paid me in 2 years, so I have to delete all the links to their products.

133 A Mom Anon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:46:46am

re: #101 chadu

Hey, at least you don’t (or I hope you don’t) have “friends” who tell you a) your depression is messing up their “zen”. b) well, you don’t have it as bad as so and so who has cancer. c)if you didn’t want people’s opinions you shouldn’t have told your “friends” you went to the ER for your depressive symptoms. I see it this way; your problems and feelings matter, period. Unless you’re whining about shit like your third home in the Seychelles needs repair, or your stupid chauffeur swerved to miss that squirrel. Your instincts seem right on to me, doing things that take you outside your own head a little are good, and knowing none of this is permanent, you will find your way out and around it.

I need a new set of friends, I know. It was so hard to make these friends I’m having trouble letting go. But I am, slowly. Wait til it’s pool season and suddenly they all want to hang out with me again. Ha.

134 Lidane  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:48:49am

re: #127 danarchy

It may be a bit late for this advice, but if anyone finds themselves unemployed the first thing you should do is form an S Corp, or at least a Sole Proprietorship if you don’t want to go that far. Do a couple of small projects even if it is just for family and friends, that way no gaps in your resume. Then if a prospective employer asks you about it, you tell them a little bit about the projects you did do and just say you were never able to quite find enough contracts to make it work.

That way no gaps in the resume. They may even like the initiative of trying to start your own business. Clearly, this works better in some industries than others. As an IT consultant it was pretty easy for me. I actually almost had enough work to make a go of it even.

Not a bad idea. I’ll definitely look into it, especially since I’ve been kicking around a few ideas and an outline for a blog of my own.

135 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:49:22am

re: #126 Pie-onist Overlord

You mean just uploading your resume to Monster and then waiting for the calls to roll in doesn’t cut it anymore?

I can’t hear your snark over putting in the resumes for today:
* Residential Program Worker
* AM & PM Retail/AM Processing (Krispy Kreme)
* Front Desk (Holdiay Inn Express)
* Technology & Promotions Coordinator (part-time) (chamber of commerce)
* Library Business Manager (part- or full-time)
* PT Admin Assistants/Call Center Customer Service Associates
* Front Desk Clerks (Ramada Inn)
* Custodian (community college)
* Dining Assistant (health center)
* Cage worker (casino)
* All positions (Panera Bread)

136 GoatLord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:50:09am

re: #1 RealityBasedSteve

Needs moar Dakka.

137 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:50:58am
I can’t hear your snark over putting in the resumes for today:
* Residential Program Worker

Oh, sweet Lord, Small-Town Syndrome strikes:

That position is related to an obituary I edited/processed LAST NIGHT.

Shoot me now.

138 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:52:06am
139 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:52:20am

Since resumes are the topic, I’ll just leave the last little bit of my current one here…

STAY AT HOME DAD
July 2008 - Present
Responsibilities /Achievements
Primary child care duties.
Design and implementation of household operational procedures.
Supervising, training and managing children and their needs.
Complaint resolution,
Household bookkeeping and finance management

Hasn’t been too successful for a 50 year old. Probably going to end up back at Schneider National doing long haul driving again. Not terrible but .3 a mile sucks.

140 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:53:14am

re: #127 danarchy

It may be a bit late for this advice, but if anyone finds themselves unemployed the first thing you should do is form an S Corp, or at least a Sole Proprietorship if you don’t want to go that far. Do a couple of small projects even if it is just for family and friends, that way no gaps in your resume. Then if a prospective employer asks you about it, you tell them a little bit about the projects you did do and just say you were never able to quite find enough contracts to make it work.

That way no gaps in the resume. They may even like the initiative of trying to start your own business. Clearly, this works better in some industries than others. As an IT consultant it was pretty easy for me. I actually almost had enough work to make a go of it even.

Some states have a Sole Proprietorship being essentially the same thing as a DBA (Doing Business As), which is basically just a form and fee. You’ll probably also have to get a business license for your locality, locality depending.

141 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:55:28am

re: #129 Decatur Deb

To maximize the theraputic effect, just try to make the volunteering more physical/real-life/concrete. Helping an NGO with its database is very valuable for them, but might be too remote for your needs. Doesn’t have to be a Habitat house, but for now should be something that casts a shadow.

And that’s the way I took it, no worries.

Current volunteering is a mix of assembling/creating/editing some documents, physical work (moving stuff around, sweeping, taking out the garbage), and transportation (grocery runs and shuttling people and the like).

142 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:55:35am

re: #137 chadu

Oh, sweet Lord, Small-Town Syndrome strikes:

That position is related to an obituary I edited/processed >LAST NIGHT.

Shoot me now.

I think the next natural step in your job progression is gravedigger—lots of shovel-ready projects.

(Don’t be insulted, during the Nixon recession I wound up as town clerk for the cemetery/DPW/sewage treatment plant.)

143 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:56:49am

re: #117 Pie-onist Overlord

Are they associated with Leket?

144 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:57:27am

re: #135 chadu

I can’t hear your snark over putting in the resumes for today:
* Residential Program Worker
* AM & PM Retail/AM Processing (Krispy Kreme)
* Front Desk (Holdiay Inn Express)
* Technology & Promotions Coordinator (part-time) (chamber of commerce)
* Library Business Manager (part- or full-time)
* PT Admin Assistants/Call Center Customer Service Associates
* Front Desk Clerks (Ramada Inn)
* Custodian (community college)
* Dining Assistant (health center)
* Cage worker (casino)
* All positions (Panera Bread)

I haven’t updated my resume since last year but I get calls from recruiters every damn day. EVERY FREAKING DAY.

Is it just because these jobs are in Detroit and nobody wants to move here?

145 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:59:31am

I also get calls from recruiters for jobs in Indiana, Cincinnati, New York, and Atlanta.

If I knew what the secret was I would pass it on to you guys.

146 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 5:59:54am

re: #143 lawhawk

Are they associated with Leket?

This is a Chabad operation.

147 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:00:33am

re: #145 Pie-onist Overlord

I also get calls from recruiters for jobs in Indiana, Cincinnati, New York, and Atlanta.

If I knew what the secret was I would pass it on to you guys.

They’ve heard about your pies.

148 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:01:16am

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

They’ve heard about your pies.

That must be it.

149 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:02:17am

Gah, I shouldn’t get on Twitter first thing in the AM.

Murfreesboro, TN. These asshats are being incredibly hostile to this student journalist—to all of them covering the story. Look at the hate on their faces, and then listen to the lady who acts as if they’re responsible for death threats she’s supposedly received start whining, “We’re tied of having to be put at the back of the bus. We don’t like it.”

W? T? F? These people are freaking psychotic. O_o

Mini morning rant over. Time to get to work…

150 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:02:19am

re: #146 Pie-onist Overlord

I ask because Leket works with other nonprofits to distribute food to those in need - whether it’s food that restaurants or catering halls didn’t serve or excess food produced that is nearing expiration, to gleaning from fields that the organization either owns or gets rights to use from farmers who find the costs too high to gather.

151 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:02:20am

Out for a bit—our kitchen floor is full of seedlings I had to move back in because of a late-season freeze warning. BBL

152 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:03:15am

Meanwhile, Steven Seagal is partnering with Vlad Putin to promote a new KGB fitness regime.

[facepalm]

153 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:04:29am

re: #133 A Mom Anon

Hey, at least you don’t (or I hope you don’t) have “friends” who tell you a) your depression is messing up their “zen”.

I do.

b) well, you don’t have it as bad as so and so who has cancer.

Yup.

c)if you didn’t want people’s opinions you shouldn’t have told your “friends” you went to the ER for your depressive symptoms.

To follow the example, the people who actually “took me to the ER” are the ones offering their opinions on my “depressive symptoms.”

I see it this way; your problems and feelings matter, period. Unless you’re whining about shit like your third home in the Seychelles needs repair, or your stupid chauffeur swerved to miss that squirrel. Your instincts seem right on to me, doing things that take you outside your own head a little are good, and knowing none of this is permanent, you will find your way out and around it.

Yes, but I’ve been looking for 15 minutes*, and I haven’t gotten a job** in this economically depressed area that has few jobs at all, so I must obviously be doing something wrong, they say.

* Friends not seeing (or believing that I have sent) the resumes I’ve been sending out for the past 2.5 months. Granted, frequency started at like 1/week, but are now up to multiple per day.

** Any job will do, but “preferred” (actually, not really) for my friends on my behalf is a job in my chosen field that pays 10K more than what I was making in DC.***

*** Untangling this footnote will take more than a footnote, and I’m out of coffee.

I need a new set of friends, I know. It was so hard to make these friends I’m having trouble letting go. But I am, slowly. Wait til it’s pool season and suddenly they all want to hang out with me again. Ha.

Ah, one last thing. For purposes of the discussion above, “friends” = “family,” because I have few friends left here, and have only started meeting people.

So I have that going for me.

154 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:04:48am

re: #152 lawhawk

lolol

Steve-O could use a little “fitness regime” himself. Looks to me like he’s been hitting the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet a little too often.

155 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:06:00am

re: #144 Pie-onist Overlord

I haven’t updated my resume since last year but I get calls from recruiters every damn day. EVERY FREAKING DAY.

Is it just because these jobs are in Detroit and nobody wants to move here?

I’ll move to Detroit.

Especially if you offer a piece of pie on occasion.

…

Holy crap, I’m not even joking.

O.o

You know of any technical editing/writing jobs in Detroit?

(rolls dice)

156 Lidane  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:06:13am

re: #149 CuriousLurker

Screw the haters. This should cheer you up a bit:

157 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:06:32am

re: #150 lawhawk

I ask because Leket works with other nonprofits to distribute food to those in need - whether it’s food that restaurants or catering halls didn’t serve or excess food produced that is nearing expiration, to gleaning from fields that the organization either owns or gets rights to use from farmers who find the costs too high to gather.

I’ll ask if they coordinate with Leket, it would make sense to avoid redundant efforts.

158 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:07:06am

re: #156 Lidane

Screw the haters. This should cheer you up a bit:

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Heh, thanks—I actually do feel better now. ;)

159 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:08:09am

re: #155 chadu

I’ll move to Detroit.

Especially if you offer a piece of pie on occasion.

…

Holy crap, I’m not even joking.

O.o

You know of any technical editing/writing jobs in Detroit?

(rolls dice)

Technical Writer, GM

160 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:08:44am

re: #142 Decatur Deb

I think the next natural step in your job progression is gravedigger—lots of shovel-ready projects.

(Don’t be insulted, during the Nixon recession I wound up as town clerk for the cemetery/DPW/sewage treatment plant.)

No insult taken!

Or I could go back to school and become a mortician. That was… Plan D? Plan D-ish, at least… back in HS.

161 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:09:22am

re: #160 chadu

No insult taken!

Or I could go back to school and become a mortician. That was… Plan D? Plan D-ish, at least… back in HS.

It’s a dying business.

162 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:13:29am

Media outlets are reporting that satellite data is showing more debris in the vicinity of the most recent areas targeted for searches for #MH370. Of course, CNN is off speculating again.

This time, it’s about flammable cargo.

I wont link, because it’s just as everything else CNN has posted as “news” in recent weeks. Speculation. Endless speculation.

With nothing else to go on, that’s all they do. Speculate.

While they’re at it, why not blame black holes. Oh wait, they did. And apparently they don’t recognize that Lost is a fictional tv show, not a documentary.

163 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:15:50am

Oh, best one I’ve heard recently is “You can be (occupation); so-and-so went to school for (other profession) and worked at (occupation)” which would be awesome if (occupation-place) was hiring, which it’s not.

So, I’ve started replacing (occupation) and (occupation-place) with random occupations:

“Yes, mom, I could indeed be an astronaut. I shall go down to the astronaut factory and see if they’re hiring.”

164 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:16:54am

re: #149 CuriousLurker

Then definitely don’t read this story - two bullets apparently hit a Chicago mosque. Police can’t definitively say that it was intentional since there is hunting allowed in the area, but they can’t rule that out either:

Worshipers praying inside the Orland Park Prayer Center at 16530 104th Ave. heard a loud bang and noticed debris on the floor under the gold dome just after 6 a.m.

Police arrived and noticed two small holes in the ceiling that they assume are bullet holes, although they aren’t 100 percent sure because bullets have not been found. The roof is too high for investigators to inspect it closely.

Police have not classified the incident a hate crime because they’re unaware of the intent. The mosque is located near a wooded area, and police believe incident could also have been errant gunfire from a hunter.

Police patrols have been increased in the area.

Around 30 people were inside the mosque when it happened. The congregation continued to hold prayer services Tuesday evening.

165 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:19:41am

re: #159 Pie-onist Overlord

Technical Writer, GM

Thank you!

My qualifications don’t match 100%, but am applying now*!

* Well, after I finish this reply.

166 Kid A  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:21:24am
167 danarchy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:24:16am

re: #140 chadu

Some states have a Sole Proprietorship being essentially the same thing as a DBA (Doing Business As), which is basically just a form and fee. You’ll probably also have to get a business license for your locality, locality depending.

As a side benefit, you can take a deduction for all those home office expenses, like internet access etc. Just be careful with the home business deductions, if you get carried away it can be a big red flag for the IRS.

168 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:25:59am
169 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:26:14am

re: #159 Pie-onist Overlord

Technical Writer, GM

Resume submitted.

170 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:27:50am

re: #162 lawhawk

Media outlets are reporting that satellite data is showing more debris in the vicinity of the most recent areas targeted for searches for #MH370. Of course, CNN is off speculating again.

This time, it’s about flammable cargo.

I wont link, because it’s just as everything else CNN has posted as “news” in recent weeks. Speculation. Endless speculation.

With nothing else to go on, that’s all they do. Speculate.

While they’re at it, why not blame black holes. Oh wait, they did. And apparently they don’t recognize that Lost is a fictional tv show, not a documentary.

People in China are hopping mad at Malaysia now, claiming that Malaysians have been covering up the disappearance of the plane, or fouling up the investigation, or just plain lying about it all. There were about 150 Chinese on the plane, so you can imagine the emotional impact. But, as a bystander, I don’t understand the sheer rage involved, as if Malaysia itself was responsible for the plane disappearing.

The delay in reporting the satellite data set this rage-gasm off. People believe that there might have been a chance of rescuing survivors if the search-and-rescue teams had been looking in the right place. But I’m pretty sure there was not a chance of surviving a plunge into the ocean. Even if they survived the crash, the weather conditions and ocean currents would have doomed them within days.

171 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:27:52am

re: #161 Pie-onist Overlord

It’s a dying business.

Not here.

More funeral homes than you can shake a stick at. Buddy of mine from HS has his own now, not inherited from family.

172 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:28:50am

re: #164 lawhawk

Yeah, I ran across that one this morning too. *sigh*

What do you mean “Islamophobia”? There’s no such thing—they’re just making it up to avoid criticism! //

173 A Mom Anon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:29:43am

re: #153 chadu

AKA People Suck. Sigh. You know, the friend in our circle who has cancer had everyone rally around her. As we should have. She is not going to make it, her health is deteriorating rapidly. No one wants to talk about it, but I am already working to make peace with it, and I won’t be surprised when the phone call comes. This lady has other issues, including dependency on pain meds which started long before the cancer. As a result, she and I have had serious clashes, and I have to talk to her and work that out soon. I don’t look forward to it, but I feel like it has to happen.

On the flip side, because my issues aren’t visible, I got no support. Like I was making shit up. No one offered to help me by walking the dog when I was bedridden and sick from the fucking Paxil, no one brought food, no one called me. Especially once I opted out of medication, you’d think I’d kicked a baby or something the amount of shit I took for that. So, I told everyone I was extremely sorry for inconveniencing them (dripping with sarcasm) and they could be damned sure I wouldn’t fuck up their special zen ever again. I guess you find out who your friends are and aren’t when things go “there”.

What’s working for me is being outdoors (and this weather, were it a person would be getting an ass beating from me), walking my dog, writing and seeing a therapist as finances allow. I’m doing better, but it’s a process and I’m starting to be OK with that.

174 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:30:18am

re: #167 danarchy

As a side benefit, you can take a deduction for all those home office expenses, like internet access etc. Just be careful with the home business deductions, if you get carried away it can be a big red flag for the IRS.

I just deduct whatever percentage of rent TurboTax recommends for using my second bedroom as an office and keep the receipts for office supplies. It adds up.

175 A Mom Anon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:33:17am

re: #174 chadu

Yeah, we got slammed one year because all our home office records got destroyed when a pipe burst in the basement and our file cabinet drowned. Lesson: keep that stuff in a plastic waterproof container.

I hope things get better for you soon, job and otherwise (((hugs)))).

176 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:34:11am

177 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:35:20am

Nantucket is taking a hurricane strength beating.

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178 chadu  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:35:31am

re: #175 A Mom Anon

Yeah, we got slammed one year because all our home office records got destroyed when a pipe burst in the basement and our file cabinet drowned. Lesson: keep that stuff in a plastic waterproof container.

I hope things get better for you soon, job and otherwise (((hugs)))).

Fanks!

179 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:36:53am

Jobs!

180 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:37:48am

re: #177 Justanotherhuman

Nantucket is taking a hurricane strength beating.

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Lots of photos, video and other information Cape Cod Times. It’s brutal.

181 A Mom Anon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:38:52am

re: #179 Justanotherhuman

Some of the stalling in growth is due to cuts in government jobs across the board. I can see doing some streamlining and omitting redundancy, but last time I checked the numbers, it was around 800K. Hopefully some of those jobs will return.

182 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:39:01am

In other news from China, here’s a possibly bogus bill for Michelle Obama’s family hotpot dinner in Chengdu that is sure to make the RWNJ circles in the States soon.
shanghaiist.com

As the article notes, the cellphone snaps show four Obamas at the table, but the bill indicates a party of 20. (20人) Perhaps the other 16 are staff and SS people, as there seems to be another table of Westerners nearby.

The tab is 1316 RMB, which is $212 for a party of 20, or $10.60 a head. Quite a bargain, but I predict the RW media will twist it somehow to show how Michelle’s squandered Our Tax Dollars.

You heard it here first.

183 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:41:06am

re: #67 Justanotherhuman

The sometime emptiness of instant communication and what it inspires.

“In the weeks following her first televised address, Poklonskya has become an unexpected viral sensation on the internet, even inspiring anime-style fan art.”

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184 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:42:57am

re: #182 wheat-dogghazi

In other news from China, here’s a possibly bogus bill for Michelle Obama’s family hotpot dinner in Chengdu that is sure to make the RWNJ circles in the States soon.
shanghaiist.com

As the article notes, the cellphone snaps show four Obamas at the table, but the bill indicates a party of 20. (20人) Perhaps the other 16 are staff and SS people, as there seems to be another table of Westerners nearby.

The tab is 1316 RMB, which is $212 for a party of 20, or $10.60 a head. Quite a bargain, but I predict the RW media will twist it somehow to show how Michelle’s squandered Our Tax Dollars.

You heard it here first.

OTOH, I think that the presidential family pays for their own food, don’t they? Although since this appears to be an official visit, it may have been included in the cost of the visit, but I could give a rat’s ass what it cost.

These venues are set up in advance for purposes of security, so fuck the rightwingers who complain about it.

185 A Mom Anon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:43:18am

re: #182 wheat-dogghazi

She could have nibbled a box of saltines and they’d find a reason to bitch. If it cost 79 cents a day to feed her and the whole entourage it would be too much.

May the fleas of a thousand wild dogs infest their netherparts.

186 A Mom Anon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:45:35am

OK, chores and a dog walk (when it warms up a little more) await. Have a lovely morning Lizards.

187 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:46:12am

In happier/funnier news, around 6:30am a LOT of people started tweeting pics from the UAE—most of them were gloomy & wet and I couldn’t figure out why they kept doing it and claiming how beautiful the UAE is.

After about a dozen tweets & half a dozen WTFs, it finally dawned on me that rain is a big event in a desert country. I remembered back in Texas picking up one of the Saudi women I knew when it was raining once and I complained about the awful weather—she said, “NO! It’s beauuuutifuuuul! It almost never rains where I come from! When it does, everyone runs outside to enjoy it.” Heh, context—it matters. For some, rain is a joyous occasion.

I had to giggle at their streets flooding because a little rain though. Kinda like what used to happen when it would snow in South Texas.

Here’s the hashtag they’re using: #IloveUAErainbecause

188 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:47:00am

re: #171 chadu

Not here.

More funeral homes than you can shake a stick at. Buddy of mine from HS has his own now, not inherited from family.

I was making a funny, son. Funeral homes—dying business, get it?

189 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:47:46am

re: #177 Justanotherhuman

Nantucket is taking a hurricane strength beating.

Image: Bjp0Pl6IAAAbAGM.jpg:large

Wow. We’re getting nothing here in NJ. The wind is blowing really hard though.

190 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:49:08am

re: #170 wheat-dogghazi

People in China are hopping mad at Malaysia now, claiming that Malaysians have been covering up the disappearance of the plane, or fouling up the investigation, or just plain lying about it all. There were about 150 Chinese on the plane, so you can imagine the emotional impact. But, as a bystander, I don’t understand the sheer rage involved, as if Malaysia itself was responsible for the plane disappearing.

The delay in reporting the satellite data set this rage-gasm off. People believe that there might have been a chance of rescuing survivors if the search-and-rescue teams had been looking in the right place. But I’m pretty sure there was not a chance of surviving a plunge into the ocean. Even if they survived the crash, the weather conditions and ocean currents would have doomed them within days.

The families of the victims (and I’m going to call them victims since they are nearly certainly deceased as a result of a crash into a very hostile environment - the Indian Ocean) are focusing on those who are providing information. That’s why they’re attacking the Malaysian govt, even though it wasn’t their plane. Information has been lacking at any number of steps along the way, and there’s been plenty of conflicting information too. Can’t blame all of it on the Malaysian government, or even on the airline. But people want closure, so they’ll take it out on whoever is the public face.

Right now, that’s the government of Malaysia. That’ll shift to others in coming days and weeks. Heck, there’s a US law firm circulating plans to sue Malaysian Airlines and Boeing, claiming it was a defect or mechanical problem.

191 CuriousLurker  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:49:13am

Oh, and here’s one more smile to make up for my grouchy start.

Gotta call a client at 10:00. BBL…

192 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:51:32am

WOW SUCH DUMB. VERY MORON.

193 Lidane  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:52:20am
194 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:52:29am
195 Lidane  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:53:13am

re: #192 Pie-onist Overlord

WOW SUCH DUMB. VERY MORON.

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OW. Mah brain hurts from all that stupid.

196 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:53:40am

re: #190 lawhawk

The families of the victims (and I’m going to call them victims since they are nearly certainly deceased as a result of a crash into a very hostile environment - the Indian Ocean) are focusing on those who are providing information. That’s why they’re attacking the Malaysian govt, even though it wasn’t their plane. Information has been lacking at any number of steps along the way, and there’s been plenty of conflicting information too. Can’t blame all of it on the Malaysian government, or even on the airline. But people want closure, so they’ll take it out on whoever is the public face.

Right now, that’s the government of Malaysia. That’ll shift to others in coming days and weeks. Heck, there’s a US law firm circulating plans to sue Malaysian Airlines and Boeing, claiming it was a defect or mechanical problem.

Interestingly enough, the Chinese government absolutely condemns rumors on the Internet … when such rumors don’t suit the government. China’s Internet censors are apparently doing nothing to quash the rumor-mongering about MH370, because it suits the Party to get the people angry about something other than the Party.

197 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:56:42am

re: #183 NJDhockeyfan

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Of the party, but not of the party. She’s 36 and went straight into govt work after graduating from law school in 2002.

- You are already experienced official, moreover considering your young age. Would you like to make a party carrier simultaneously? Considering that the power in any country should ground on this or that organization-party structure. As earlier you held one of the leading roles in the organization “Revival”, which today has transformed into the Presidential political party.

- Today I have no plans to make a party career. Many of my colleagues, friends are the members of ‘Revival”. I share the approaches of the party towards reforms of economy and optimization of the system of state management. The Transnistrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs actively promotes its interaction with the institutions of civil society in various forms, and I’m sure that they with develop this dialogue also with parties.

eurodialogue.org

198 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:57:40am

re: #188 Pie-onist Overlord

I was making a funny, son. Funeral homes—dying business, get it?

Not too far from where I work, there is a small 3 shop building. The tenents are, and I’m not making this up, a “Naturopath / Chiropractor”, a Personal Injury Attorney, and a Funeral Parlor.

It just makes the mind boggle.

RBS

199 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 6:59:09am

re: #194 NJDhockeyfan

Everything old is new again.

200 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:01:07am

re: #67 Justanotherhuman

The sometime emptiness of instant communication and what it inspires.

“In the weeks following her first televised address, Poklonskya has become an unexpected viral sensation on the internet, even inspiring anime-style fan art.”

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She’s pretty enough, and she’s part of a major news event, so this isn’t a big surprise.

201 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:13:00am

re: #200 Dark_Falcon

She’s pretty enough, and she’s part of a major news event, so this isn’t a big surprise.

Looks like Fox News has annexed Crimea. //

202 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:13:01am
203 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:13:36am

re: #200 Dark_Falcon

She’s pretty enough, and she’s part of a major news event, so this isn’t a big surprise.

I don’t think these guys care how pretty she is. For anyone, it should be what you do, not how you look. Looks fade; deeds are not forgotten.

204 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:15:50am

re: #198 RealityBasedSteve

Not too far from where I work, there is a small 3 shop building. The tenents are, and I’m not making this up, a “Naturopath / Chiropractor”, a Personal Injury Attorney, and a Funeral Parlor.

It just makes the mind boggle.

RBS

Heh, the perfect one-stop shopping:

You got to the naturopath/chiropractor because they supposedly can heal you.

You go to the attorney when it turns out that naturopaths/chiropractors are quacks by nature, and made your ailment worse.

You end up in the funeral parlor from the damage the chiropractor/naturopath did and the stress of having to sue them.

205 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:16:23am

US President Obama says US, Europe looking closely at possible sanctions at Russia aimed at energy sector - @Reuters
end of alert

206 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:17:24am

re: #205 Justanotherhuman

Now that is some serious business.

Maybe.

207 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:18:26am

re: #203 Justanotherhuman

I don’t think these guys care how pretty she is. For anyone, it should be what you do, not how you look. Looks fade; deeds are not forgotten.

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Exactly…and her words reveal her true character.

Following her appointment, Poklonskaya described the political unrest in Ukraine as an “anti-constitutional coup,” stating that she did not “propagate Nazism, unlike certain regime functionaries in Kiev.”

Is that pretty enough for you?

208 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:19:26am

re: #166 Kid A

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That’s rich. Let’s totally ignore that the GOP nearly nominated Rick Santorum 2 years ago and that its nominee went from trying to outflank Ted Kennedy on LGBT rights to accuse POTUS of “forcing gay marriage.” Sorry Republicans, it’s nice that some of y’all are coming around on SSM but we’re not going to forget that you’re why many bans on same sex marriage passed in the first place.

209 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:19:29am

re: #204 Mattand

Heh, the perfect one-stop shopping:

You got to the naturopath/chiropractor because they supposedly can heal you.

You go to the attorney when it turns out that naturopaths/chiropractors are quacks by nature, and made your ailment worse.

You end up in the funeral parlor from the damage the chiropractor/naturopath did and the stress of having to sue them.

More than likely the opposite. You go to personal injury lawyer first, chiro second (recommended by the lawyer), because they work hand in glove. Until they have an argument over percentages of settlements. Then one shoots the other.

I worked for PI lawyers for 5 yrs.

210 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:20:31am

re: #207 darthstar

No, but Russian stooge is. : )

211 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:20:33am

re: #205 Justanotherhuman

US President Obama says US, Europe looking closely at possible sanctions at Russia aimed at energy sector - @Reuters
end of alert

When you’re dealing with a regional power, and one that has a fairly significant chunk of its economy tied to the west, you hit them where it hurts…in their billionaires.

Putin won’t change. But Russia will tire of Putin if he fucks their economy.

212 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:22:02am

re: #211 darthstar

When you’re dealing with a regional power, and one that has a fairly significant chunk of its economy tied to the west, you hit them where it hurts…in their billionaires.

Putin won’t change. But Russia will tire of Putin if he fucks their economy.

Which is already happening.

213 danarchy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:22:37am

re: #205 Justanotherhuman

US President Obama says US, Europe looking closely at possible sanctions at Russia aimed at energy sector - @Reuters
end of alert

Unless Putin moves further into Ukraine, I think looking is all they are likely to do.

214 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:23:43am

re: #203 Justanotherhuman

The man in the foreground is cradling an SVD Dragunov Designated Marksman’s Rifle, while the man in the middle has an RPK Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). I can’t tell what the man in the background is armed with.

215 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:24:04am

re: #212 Justanotherhuman

Which is already happening.

I think it was happening before Putin’s actions in Ukraine. I think Putin’s actions in Ukraine are a diversion from his domestic problems and to stir up Russian nationalism in his supporters.

216 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:26:19am

re: #212 Justanotherhuman

Which is already happening.

Regime change begins at home. I hope this is what Obama’s trying to do, because it would probably be successful - more so than listening to the likes of Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain.

217 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:27:31am

re: #215 HappyWarrior

I think it was happening before Putin’s actions in Ukraine. I think Putin’s actions in Ukraine are a diversion from his domestic problems and to stir up Russian nationalism in his supporters.

Yes. This.

Fact is, there is widespread poverty in Russia, outside of the Moscow sphere.

In some accounts I have read, it is pure hell and there is lots of alcoholism, and drug addiction among youth. Of course, the oligarchs had to get theirs first, and in Russia, there is little to no “trickle down” at all, even.

218 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:28:47am

Said regional power just turned Ukraine on its head and sent US, EU and NATO scrambling while Putin returns to Soviet style cold war policies sending even more political, IR, FP and military analysts scurrying while yesterday said regional power lifted off another NASA team in US-Russia on board a Soyuz rocket towards the ISS.

219 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:28:52am

Three guys who were partying in Amsterdam when they shouldn’t have been:

Secret Service agents on Obama detail sent home from Netherlands after night of drinking

Three Secret Service agents responsible for protecting President Obama in Amsterdam this week were sent home and put on administrative leave Sunday after going out for a night of drinking, according to three people familiar with the incident. One of the agents was found drunk and passed out in a hotel hallway, the people said.

The hotel staff alerted the U.S. Embassy in the Netherlands after finding the unconscious agent Sunday morning, a day before Obama arrived in the country, according to two of the people. The embassy then alerted Secret Service managers on the presidential trip, which included the agency’s director, Julia Pierson.

SNIP

According to two people familiar with the Amsterdam incident, the three are members of the Secret Service’s Counter Assault Team, known in the agency as CAT.

The alleged behavior would violate Secret Service rules ­adopted in the wake of a damaging scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, in April 2012, when a dozen agents and officers had been drinking heavily and had brought prostitutes back to their hotel rooms before the president’s arrival for an economic summit.

Under the requirements, anyone on an official trip is forbidden to drink alcohol in the 10 hours leading up to an assignment. As members of the advance team for a presidential trip, the CAT members would have been called to duty sometime Sunday for a classified briefing ahead of the president’s arrival on Monday. Drinking late into the night Saturday evening and Sunday morning would have violated that rule.

220 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:31:25am

re: #217 Justanotherhuman

Yes. This.

Fact is, there is widespread poverty in Russia, outside of the Moscow sphere.

In some accounts I have read, it is pure hell and there is lots of alcoholism, and drug addiction among youth. Of course, the oligarchs had to get theirs first, and in Russia, there is little to no “trickle down” at all, even.

Yeah I’ve read about the rampant problems with alcoholism and drug addiction too. Putin, I think combines a sentimentality for the old USSR combined with the Romanov dynasty with his appeals to church. Putin to me is someone without a really set ideology except for power and Pan-Russianism.

221 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:33:04am

Looks like Max Brooks was prophetic about the nature of the Russian government/society, though he was a bit early on the zombie apocalypse.

222 Kid A  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:34:42am
223 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:34:44am

re: #221 lawhawk

Looks like Max Brooks was prophetic about the nature of the Russian government/society, though he was a bit early on the zombie apocalypse.

Maybe Putin releases Lenin from his mausoleum and after a 90 year rest, Zombie Lenin comes to life. Must-Crush-Capitalism-rarrr-rarrr.

224 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:36:19am

re: #220 HappyWarrior

Yeah I’ve read about the rampant problems with alcoholism and drug addiction too. Putin, I think combines a sentimentality for the old USSR combined with the Romanov dynasty with his appeals to church. Putin to me is someone without a really set ideology except for power and Pan-Russianism.

More like ideology for power and using Pan-Russianism as the cloak for gaining and holding it.

225 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:36:31am

re: #223 HappyWarrior

I’d be much more worried about Zombie Rasputin. /

226 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:36:37am

PETA needs to fly to Moscow right away and protest!

227 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:37:17am

re: #224 Feline Fearless Leader

More like ideology for power and using Pan-Russianism as the cloak for gaining and holding it.

Yes, good point.

228 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:37:35am

re: #225 lawhawk

I’d be much more worried about Zombie Rasputin. /

Wasn’t he in Hellboy?

229 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:39:42am

re: #227 HappyWarrior

Yes, good point.

Heh. So Fascism came to Russia wrapped in the flag and carrying a Bible if you look at it in a certain way.

230 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:40:40am

Sounds bites. Still relatively useless after all these years.

231 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:40:42am

re: #218 Gus

Said regional power just turned Ukraine on its head and sent US, EU and NATO scrambling while Putin returns to Soviet style cold war policies sending even more political, IR, FP and military analysts scurrying while yesterday said regional power lifted off another NASA team in US-Russia on board a Soyuz rocket towards the ISS.

Regional Power is also advancing its influence in, Europe, the Middle east, Asia, North Africa and South America. Nothing to see here, move along.

232 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:43:30am

re: #229 Feline Fearless Leader

Heh. So Fascism came to Russia wrapped in the flag and carrying a Bible if you look at it in a certain way.

Yeah, you could definitely say that.

233 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:43:43am

re: #229 Feline Fearless Leader

Heh. So Fascism came to Russia wrapped in the flag and carrying a Bible if you look at it in a certain way.

Eh, more like Czar Alexander, Czar Stalin, Czar Putin. Only real difference is the body counts… ///well half. Exaggeration, I suppose. Still …

234 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:47:00am

re: #233 William Barnett-Lewis

Eh, more like Czar Alexander, Czar Stalin, Czar Putin. Only real difference is the body counts… ///well half. Exaggeration, I suppose. Still …

If Stalin was the Red Czar, what is Putin?

235 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:47:40am

re: #218 Gus

BTW, it turns out the US Navy isn’t only replacing P-3Cs with P-8s, it’s also buying these:

Image: Reaper_trials_-_main.jpg

The hard points under the wings are for carrying Hellfire missiles, Paveway Laser-Guided Bombs, AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM), and all the other fun things used to send pirates, Al-Qaeda terrorists and other assorted scumbags to the great beyond.

236 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:49:07am

re: #234 HappyWarrior

If Stalin was the Red Czar, what is Putin?

The Manly One. Obviously.
///

237 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:51:02am
238 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:51:03am

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Regional Power is also advancing its influence in, Europe, the Middle east, Asia, North Africa and South America. Nothing to see here, move along.

Yeah, was reading about Iran the other day too. Something about nukes. Then you have that other tiny country, North Korea.

239 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:51:06am

re: #220 HappyWarrior

The Soviet Union was not dissolved through mutual agreement among the 15 member states, it simply fell apart.

I wondered why this was allowed to happen.

Now it becomes clear, after letting chaos reign for decades Putin can come to power as an authoritarian and reconstruct the old Russian Empire under terms that are much more favorable to Russia.

240 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:52:22am

re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The Soviet Union was not dissolved through mutual agreement among the 15 member states, it simply fell apart.

I wondered why this was allowed to happen.

Now it becomes clear, after letting chaos reign for decades Putin can come to power as an authoritarian and reconstruct the old Russian Empire under terms that are much more favorable to Russia.

If you love something, set it free. If it doesn’t come back on its own, hunt it down and annex it?

241 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:53:23am

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Regional Power is also advancing its influence in, Europe, the Middle east, Asia, North Africa and South America. Nothing to see here, move along.

Oh yeah. I forgot to add RU-Venezuela military agreements.

242 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:53:42am

re: #51 goddamnedfrank

What the fuck is wrong with this asshole?

Old, privileged, white male pretty much sums it up.

243 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:54:34am

re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Getting the Soviet band back together….

244 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:57:17am

re: #237 NJDhockeyfan

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Late Model T-72s in the shorter, possibly the new T-72B3 model that just became operational last fall. The 2nd Generation Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) on the turret front and the storage tube on the bottom rear of the turret are clear recognition features.

245 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:57:31am

re: #243 Bulworth

Getting the Soviet band back together….

“We’re on a mission from Lenin!”

246 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:58:23am

re: #244 Dark_Falcon

Late Model T-72s in the shorter, possibly the new T-72B3 model that just became operational last fall. The 2nd Generation Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) on the turret front and the storage tube on the bottom rear of the turret are clear recognition features.

Here is another video

247 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:58:28am

Many chemotherapy drugs used to fight tumors can adversely affect, and outright damage, gametes (sperm in males and eggs in females). So, what will stop the Hobby Lobby’s of the world from using “religious freedoms” to prevent their employees from receiving such care that can damage/kill potential unborn?

248 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:58:45am

re: #245 NJDhockeyfan

“We’re on a mission from Lenin!”

Gives a different meaning to “Back in the USSR”.
/

249 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:59:07am

So how many wingnuts ya think are gonna show up for this shindig? 20?

250 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:00:41am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

I like their choice of yellow as a color scheme.

251 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:00:56am

re: #247 Dr. Matt

I used the example yesterday about how a business owner could conceivably claim that insurance shouldn’t cover transfusions, vaccinations, or other procedures that are widely accepted and necessary, because of religious beliefs. It still stands.

And it opens the door to so much mischief that a religious belief exemption could undermine pretty much any law that they disagree with.

252 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:01:46am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

So how many wingnuts ya think are gonna show up for this shindig? 20?

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25.7.

253 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:01:52am

re: #218 Gus

My guess is President Obama knows how insecure Putin is, and by minimizing him as a regional power, he’s basically saying, “Please proceed, Dictator.”

That’s not to say that Russia isn’t formidable. But I’d rather a war of words than swords.

254 Timothy Watson  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:02:20am

re: #223 HappyWarrior

boreme.com

255 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:02:36am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

“PJStrikeForce”? Pajama (media) StrikeForce?

256 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:03:04am
257 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:03:19am

re: #254 Timothy Watson

boreme.com

Yay been looking for a clip of that for some time.

258 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:04:02am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

So how many wingnuts ya think are gonna show up for this shindig? 20?

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24 will show up.
1,000 will be outraged on Twitter for 24 hours.
299,998,976 will be like, “what the fuck is American Spring?”

259 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:04:10am

re: #255 Bulworth

“PJStrikeForce”? Pajama (media) StrikeForce?

260 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:04:16am

re: #251 lawhawk

I used the example yesterday about how a business owner could conceivably claim that insurance shouldn’t cover transfusions, vaccinations, or other procedures that are widely accepted and necessary, because of religious beliefs. It still stands.

And it opens the door to so much mischief that a religious belief exemption could undermine pretty much any law that they disagree with.

The ‘law’ of unintended consequences are huge if the Justices side with Hobby Lobby et al. Teabaggers are so obsessed with sticking it to Prez Obama, that they don’t realize the potential downstream effects can, and likely will, impact them.

261 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:05:02am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

So how many wingnuts ya think are gonna show up for this shindig? 20?

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My first thought?

Nice of them to bunch up like that.

262 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:05:27am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

So how many wingnuts ya think are gonna show up for this shindig? 20?

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That project is already split by internal accusations of gov infiltration. It has it’s supporters, mostly the fantasts who staged the million-nothing marches last year. The harcore threeper sites are shying away from it. With this much prep, the sane press should have had time to set up for decent crowd-estimation imagery. They won’t bother.

263 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:05:45am

re: #259 Pie-onist Overlord

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Chicago thugs yet they’re the ones who want to bring their guns everywhere they go.

264 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:06:07am

re: #253 darthstar

My guess is President Obama knows how insecure Putin is, and by minimizing him as a regional power, he’s basically saying, “Please proceed, Dictator.”

That’s not to say that Russia isn’t formidable. But I’d rather a war of words than swords.

“Jaw, jaw is better than war, war.” - Winston Churchill

265 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:06:20am

re: #259 Pie-onist Overlord

Fanny pack at 9 o’clock!!

266 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:07:19am

re: #263 HappyWarrior

Chicago thugs yet they’re the ones who want to bring their guns everywhere they go.

“Not wet he people”

267 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:07:21am

re: #246 NJDhockeyfan

Here is another video

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The longer video from the first account you linked to should be watched as well. It does not show tanks, just some MT-LB tracked vehicles that carry supplies or people and a whole lot of trucks. It gives an idea of the logistical effort needed to sustain that company of T-72B3s in battle.

And yes, it really does take 12-15 soldiers to sustain one T-72, and only three of them are actually crewing the tank. All of those trucks and MT-LBs carry the food, fuel, ammunition and spare parts needed to keep a tank company rolling.

Amateurs study battles, professionals study logistics.

268 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:08:00am

re: #253 darthstar

My guess is President Obama knows how insecure Putin is, and by minimizing him as a regional power, he’s basically saying, “Please proceed, Dictator.”

That’s not to say that Russia isn’t formidable. But I’d rather a war of words than swords.

Putin doesn’t care what Obama says.

269 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:08:04am

But, if the Justices somehow figure out a way to side with the religious nuts, I’m hoping (and predicting) that Prez Obama will issue an executive order to help out women who are slighted by the ruling.

270 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:09:08am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

So how many wingnuts ya think are gonna show up for this shindig? 20?

Hopefully there are enough charging stations for their motorized scooters….paid for by medicare.

271 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:09:11am

re: #263 HappyWarrior

That’s only because Obama’s DHS has ammunition and is planning to take away all their gunz and put them in FEMA trailer camps.

//

272 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:09:19am

re: #260 Dr. Matt

The ‘law’ of unintended consequences are huge if the Justices side with Hobby Lobby et al. Teabaggers are so obsessed with sticking it to Prez Obama, that they don’t realize the potential downstream effects can, and likely will, impact them.

Get ahead of things and get your religion started that is totally against taxation, military service, and total freedom from societal obligations for all members. Be selective of the initial membership, and then their businesses can help them and their employees get tax-free lives. And I’m sure if you work it right you can probably get free parking as well.
///

273 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:11:45am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

So how many wingnuts ya think are gonna show up for this shindig? 20?

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250, I’d wager. But to compare Barack Obama to Hosni Mubarak is just…

274 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:12:07am

re: #260 Dr. Matt

Speaking of unintended consequences, another major outbreak has been reported. This time its mumps in Ohio, and scientists are trying to pinpoint the source.

That’s on top of the ongoing measles outbreak in the NYC metro area and a new outbreak out in California.

To say nothing of other smaller outbreaks across the nation.

All this is on anti-vaxxers. This is a wholly preventable disease through vaccination, which protects not only those who get vaccinated, but those who can’t because they’re immune compromised or are too young to be vaccinated. Now, those populations are at risk because the anti-vaxxers have gained undue sway.

Add to this the religious beliefs exemption, and it’s a recipe for a public health crisis.

275 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:12:53am

bwahahaaaa!!!

276 darthstar  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:13:57am

Front page of dKos right now.

dailykos.com

277 Dr Lizardo  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:15:31am

re: #228 HappyWarrior

Wasn’t he in Hellboy?

Yes, played by Czech actor Karel Roden.

Also, Karl Ruprecht Kroenen was played by a Czech actor (and choreographer) as well; Ladislav Beran.

278 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:15:41am

re: #259 Pie-onist Overlord

[Embedded image]

Every time I look at a photo of a flock of teabags, all I see is “I’M NOT RACIST BUT BLACK PRESIDENT OMG THOSE PEOPLE TOOK MY COUNTRY AWAY!!!!”

That, and how my elementary school nieces and nephews have a better command of grammar than this lot.

279 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:15:48am

re: #276 darthstar

Front page of dKos right now.

[Embedded image]

dailykos.com

They forgot to work in a few ads there in order to make clear what was really going on. Otherwise, somewhat frighteningly spot on.

280 Timothy Watson  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:17:03am

re: #275 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nice to see that the Nebraska National Guard doesn’t have any grooming standards.

281 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:17:24am

[grrr]

282 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:18:15am

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

The longer video from the first account you linked to should be watched as well. It does not show tanks, just some MT-LB tracked vehicles that carry supplies or people and a whole lot of trucks. It gives an idea of the logistical effort needed to sustain that company of T-72B3s in battle.

And yes, it really does take 12-15 soldiers to sustain one T-72, and only three of them are actually crewing the tank. All of those trucks and MT-LBs carry the food, fuel, ammunition and spare parts needed to keep a tank company rolling.

Amateurs study battles, professionals study logistics.

And for those who want to know more about the MT-LB, here’s a link to its stats.

283 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:19:31am

re: #281 Pie-onist Overlord

Wakato Farnaby might as well cancel his/her car, life, fire, house and health insurance, then, Oh, and refuse all future Social Security and Medicare payments.

284 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:19:56am

re: #280 Timothy Watson

Nice to see that the Nebraska National Guard doesn’t have any grooming standards.

The photos is of the Iowa National Guard and I have no idea as to what you are referring.

285 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:20:09am
286 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:20:22am

re: #274 lawhawk

I hadn’t heard about the mumps outbreak at OSU. That’s seriously frightening news. It’s an amazing scientific observation how a small minority can cause such a huge and expansive problem. These anti-vaxers are indeed a “cancer”. Their defect by not getting vaccines is allowing the disease to propagate. Although these viruses are pretty stable genetically, our worst nightmare is they acquire a key mutation that renders our current vaccines useless. World War Z in the making….

287 ericblair  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:21:22am

re: #268 Gus

Putin doesn’t care what Obama says.

I think he does. Apparently a lot of the grievance that Russia has with the West and the US in particular is that they’ve been ignoring Russia ever since the breakup of the Soviet Union. They want to be treated like a superpower again; they haven’t been, and this sort of adventurism is one way to get back in the game.

288 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:21:46am

re: #285 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m sorry - when did birth control (actually: sex without perceived consequences) become a human right? #tcot #HobbyLobby
— Tom Toth (@TomToth3) March 26, 2014

I’m sorry, when did corporations have the right to dictate what medications their employees are allowed to use and have covered?

289 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:22:06am

re: #272 Feline Fearless Leader

Wouldn’t be easier to just start working for GG?

290 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:22:34am

If you’re paying your insurance premiums, then it’s not free to you or your dependents. That’s how insurance works. It’s a covered benefit that you’ve paid for.

Employers pay a portion, as part of a tax benefit to them (with additional special benefits to small corporations), and it is part of your overall compensation. It isn’t free birth control.

291 Timothy Watson  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:22:34am

re: #284 Dark_Falcon

The photos is of the Iowa National Guard and I have no idea as to what you are referring.

Sorry, Iowa. I was referring to the hair on her ears and it looks like it’s down to her collar.

292 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:23:51am

re: #274 lawhawk

Speaking of unintended consequences, another major outbreak has been reported. This time its mumps in Ohio, and scientists are trying to pinpoint the source.

That’s on top of the ongoing measles outbreak in the NYC metro area and a new outbreak out in California.

To say nothing of other smaller outbreaks across the nation.

All this is on anti-vaxxers. This is a wholly preventable disease through vaccination, which protects not only those who get vaccinated, but those who can’t because they’re immune compromised or are too young to be vaccinated. Now, those populations are at risk because the anti-vaxxers have gained undue sway.

Add to this the religious beliefs exemption, and it’s a recipe for a public health crisis.

My cousin’s oldest is going in for alt-med hard, by way of promoting a border-line radical vegan* lifestyle. She’s already trotted out the standard “Kids receive too many vaccines” nonsense.

She’s unfortunately become the walking definition of the Naturalistic Fallacy: everything from Nature™ is perfect, and everything from a lab will kill us all.

What I get worried about is that her uncle (and one of my many cousins) and his wife just had a baby boy, born two months early. I’m genuinely concerned that Naturopath Cousin is going to convince the new parents to not vaccinate the baby.

I’ve been reading about this stuff for about 9 years now. To see it up close, however, is fucking scary.

*For clarification, there’s nothing wrong with going vegan. The stuff cousin’s kid has cited as proof that veganism is superior falls apart when you actually research it.

293 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:24:04am

re: #285 Pie-onist Overlord

Funny thing how those who say they care so much about Freedom and Liberty don’t like the idea of human rights very much.

294 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:24:35am

re: #290 lawhawk

If you’re paying your insurance premiums, then it’s not free to you or your dependents. That’s how insurance works. It’s a covered benefit that you’ve paid for.

Employers pay a portion, as part of a tax benefit to them (with additional special benefits to small corporations), and it is part of your overall compensation. It isn’t free birth control.

If an employer finds alcohol, nude shows or gambling to be immoral, do they have the right to forbid their employees from drinking, going to lapdance clubs or gambling?

295 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:24:36am

re: #293 Bulworth

Funny thing how those who say they care so much about Freedom and Liberty don’t like the idea of human rights very much.

It’s about their freedom and liberty to be assholes. Other people? Fuck them.

296 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:25:55am

re: #289 Internet Tough Guy

Wouldn’t be easier to just start working for GG?

The Church of Greenwald and his martyr The Snowman is an already poisoned well. Better off doing the extra work and being clear of that crumbling edifice. Besides, it will be such a useful target to rail against when the time comes to rally the followers.
//

297 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:26:03am

re: #285 Pie-onist Overlord

You mad about unapproved sexy time, bro?

298 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:26:20am

re: #286 Dr. Matt

I hadn’t heard about the mumps outbreak at OSU. That’s seriously frightening news. It’s an amazing scientific observation how a small minority and cause such a huge and expansive problem. These anti-vaxers are indeed a “cancer”. Their defect by not getting vaccines is allowing the disease to propagate. Although these viruses are pretty stable genetically, our worst nightmare is they acquire a key mutation that renders our current vaccines useless. World War Z in the making….

Anti-vaxxers are part of the lunatic fringe of both parties, which makes them especially problematic since any politician who goes after them risks the damaging charge of being part of the corrupt political establishment and a Washington Insider.

299 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:27:12am

re: #290 lawhawk

If you’re paying your insurance premiums, then it’s not free to you or your dependents. That’s how insurance works. It’s a covered benefit that you’ve paid for.

Employers pay a portion, as part of a tax benefit to them (with additional special benefits to small corporations), and it is part of your overall compensation. It isn’t free birth control.

Sadly, I’ve encountered people RWNJs on comments sections AND real life that believe if women add birth control to their policy, then everyone’s policy will increase to the amounts to cover the meds. The ignorance is so painful.

300 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:27:32am

re: #280 Timothy Watson

Nice to see that the Nebraska National Guard doesn’t have any grooming standards.

Usually they do but female officers get a double case of “benefit of the doubt” as it were. I do remember being escorted by the battalion CSM to the barber’s shop and getting a hair cut to his specifications once as an E3 in Germany ;) He was good tempered about it but it was going to be a nice short hair cut anyway!

301 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:27:47am

The Chocolate Oligarch is leading in the polls.

Well, at least he’s Ukrainian and not involved in heavy industry, nor does he have the stink of Yanuk on him, either, even though he’s served in govt.

302 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:28:36am

re: #198 RealityBasedSteve

It’s the one stop shop for accident victims.

303 BongCrodny  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:30:13am

re: #249 Pie-onist Overlord

So how many wingnuts ya think are gonna show up for this shindig? 20?

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Eleventy.

304 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:30:29am

re: #298 Dark_Falcon

Anti-vaxxers are part of the lunatic fringe of both parties, which makes them especially problematic since any politician who goes after them risks the damaging charge of being part of the corrupt political establishment and a Washington Insider.

Much as I despise the “They all do it” viewpoint, there is some merit in that.

We’re the country that put men on the freaking moon, yet we view science overall as something to be scorned and avoided.

One thing I truly despise about modern America is how many of my fellow citizens treat knowledge and education with out-and-out hatred.

305 jaunte  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:30:53am

re: #297 Bulworth

You mad about unapproved sexy time, bro?

I think he means ‘if he can’t have any, no one can have any.’

306 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:31:31am

re: #294 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

If an employer finds alcohol, nude shows or gambling to be immoral, do they have the right to forbid their employees from drinking, going to lapdance clubs or gambling?

To combine two on-going threads - what if the employer is an anti-vaxxer?

307 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:33:43am

re: #306 Feline Fearless Leader

In the best George Takei voice I can muster: “Oh, my.”

That’s beyond scary.

308 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:34:42am

CBS Chicago ‏@cbschicago 25m

NTSB investigator says Blue Line operator dozed off before crash, woke up when it hit.

CBS Chicago ‏@cbschicago 27m

NTSB: Operator of train in CTA crash admitted dozing off in February and missing a stop. Also admitted oversleeping before crash.

309 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:34:50am

re: #306 Feline Fearless Leader

To combine two on-going threads - what if the employer is an anti-vaxxer?

[Charlie Brown] AUUUGGGGGHHHH!!!! [/Charlie Brown]

That’s a good question, though. I think the SCOTUS will probably spin their decision so that the Poor Oppressed Religious Americans will only be able to refuse contraception.

That’s what happens when you appoint religious nuts to a lifetime judicial seat.

310 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:35:53am

I work in a very large hospital and during flu season every employee has two options: get the flu vaccine or wear a surgical mask every day throughout flu season.

As much as I hate getting the seasonal flu vaccine, I receive it because it’s important to our patients of whom many have failing or no immune system at all. And yet, there are fellow employees who are stubborn year after year and refuse the vaccine. It’s frustrating.

311 Skip Intro  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:37:19am

Mama hummingbird feeding her young.

latimes.com

312 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:37:40am

WTF? Leland Yee? WTF?

State Sen. Yee indicted on public corruption charges

313 Timothy Watson  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:39:34am

re: #312 Justanotherhuman

WTF? Leland Yee? WTF?

State Sen. Yee indicted on public corruption charges

Good, that asshole was the one responsible for California’s blatantly unconstitutional anti-video game bill.

314 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:42:02am

re: #312 Justanotherhuman

Part of a major crime sweep, including gangs in Chinatown.

A series of search warrants are being executed by the FBI across the Bay Area this morning. ABC7 News has learned they are making numerous arrests in a widespread sweep involving suspected gang members.

One of the searches is taking place at the San Francisco Chinatown office of the Gee King Tong Free Masons and is linked to the arrest this morning of Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow.

315 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:42:23am
316 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:42:28am

Flight MH370: Pilot in wrong state of mind to fly

The captain of Flight 370 was in no state of mind to fly the day it disappeared and could have taken the Boeing 777 for a “last joyride” before crashing into the Indian Ocean, a fellow pilot says.

Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah’s world was crumbling, said the long-time associate. He had been facing serious family problems, including separation from his wife and relationship problems with another woman he was seeing

The latest ‘theory’…..

317 Skip Intro  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:43:11am

re: #275 Backwoods_Sleuth

bwahahaaaa!!!

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Shouldn’t Sarah be busy standing in front of a greenscreen, pretending to hunt Bigfoot, for her new TV show?

318 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:43:21am

re: #310 Dr. Matt

I work in a very large hospital and during flu season every employee has two options: get the flu vaccine or wear a surgical mask >every day throughout flu season.

As much as I hate getting the seasonal flu vaccine, I receive it because it’s important to our patients who many have failing or no immune system at all. And yet, there are fellow employees who are stubborn year after year and refuse the vaccine. It’s frustrating.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia made the news a few years ago over that. Basically, it was get a flu shot or GTFO. Some nitwits were making a really weak religious argument.

I remember thinking that if your religion essentially requires you to risk sick children’s lives because God says you can’t be vaccinated, not only should you be fired, you should face criminal charges.

319 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:44:47am

hey Gus! Your photoshop has shown up in my twitter TL:

320 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:45:04am

re: #287 ericblair

I think he does. Apparently a lot of the grievance that Russia has with the West and the US in particular is that they’ve been ignoring Russia ever since the breakup of the Soviet Union. They want to be treated like a superpower again; they haven’t been, and this sort of adventurism is one way to get back in the game.

I think it’s important to recognize the difference between a foreign policy statement and a zinger/talking point for domestic purposes. Obama’s original zinger in the debate with Romney was just a zinger for domestic political purposes. Yesterday’s follow up about “regional power” was the same. It doesn’t reflect the administrations foreign policy towards Russia and the Russians don’t care about the insult. It won’t change their plans in the slightest.

321 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:46:46am

re: #316 Dr. Matt

Flight MH370: Pilot in wrong state of mind to fly

The latest ‘theory’…..

I just ran across this “theory” on my nieces FB post:

Malaysian Plane: 20 Passengers Worked For ELECTRONIC WARFARE And MILITARY RADAR Firm

no idea of the source (jewsnews?) or the veracity of it…

322 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:47:31am

re: #314 lawhawk

Part of a major crime sweep, including gangs in Chinatown.

Corrupt Dem bites the dust.

323 GunstarGreen  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:49:05am

re: #33 TedStriker

Oh, I know of quite a few people who were looking forward to the Oculus Rift; now that FB’s buying the company, pretty much all of them are saying that OR can go piss off and DIAF, because they aren’t gonna reward FB for their acquisition.

Myself, I wonder how long it’s going to take FB to completely fuck OR up, that is, if OR survives the present gamer wailing and gnashing of teeth (along with the cancellation of pre-orders and promises never to buy OR as long as FB owns them).

I will never purchase an OR as long as FB owns them.

Then again, I probably wouldn’t buy one anyway. I’m old enough to remember the last time we tried this VR Goggles fad with games like Descent, and Kinect has thoroughly proven to be completely incapable of any compelling gameplay. For the OR to be of any value to me, it would have to be paired with a Kinect-style solution that actually, you know, worked worth a damn.

324 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:49:27am

re: #317 Skip Intro

Shouldn’t Sarah be busy standing in front of a greenscreen, pretending to hunt Bigfoot, for her new TV show?

“With a full heart empty head and a full magazine…”

325 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:50:36am

re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

My only response is a “WTF look”:

WTF?

326 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:51:01am

re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I just ran across this “theory” on my nieces FB post:

Malaysian Plane: 20 Passengers Worked For ELECTRONIC WARFARE And MILITARY RADAR Firm

no idea of the source (jewsnews?) or the veracity of it…

Shit, it was probably CNN. I joked on Twitter the other day that CNN now stands for “Crash News Network.”

It’s really sad to see how far they’ve fallen. It’s like the National Enquirer dressed up in a cheap suit, and taking cues from Fox News on to how act like a news org.

327 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:51:34am

re: #317 Skip Intro

Shouldn’t Sarah be busy standing in front of a greenscreen, pretending to hunt Bigfoot, for her new TV show?

I think she was intended by the GOP in 2008 to be a mere projection surface on which everyone would make out their image of the ideal conservative candidate: tough, self-reliant, assured in her convictions, etc…

But then she started opening her mouth.

328 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:51:46am

VERY MORON. SUCH TEH STUPID.

329 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:52:05am

re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

20 people on board did work for a software company, Freescale Semiconductor. But they do a whole lot more than just military hardware:

Freescale Semiconductor has been developing microprocessors, sensors and other technology for the past 50 years. The technology it creates is commonly referred to as embedded processors, which according to the firm are “stand-alone semiconductors that perform dedicated computing functions in electronic systems.”

The technology is used in a variety of things, including smartphones, appliances and automobiles.

The company has more than 18,000 employees and operates manufacturing facilities, design centers and sales offices throughout the world. About 5,900 employees work in the United States; there are about 3,000 in Malaysia and about 4,000 in China.

The company had revenue of $4.2 billion in 2013. Before 2004, it was a subsidiary of Motorola.

330 GunstarGreen  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:52:58am

re: #328 Pie-onist Overlord

SUCH MORON. VERY TEH STUPID.

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We’d have used one of the other orifices, but you enormous assholes keep insisting on keeping sodomy laws on the books.

331 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:53:38am

re: #330 GunstarGreen

We’d have used one of the other orifices, but you enormous assholes keep insisting on keeping sodomy laws on the books.

120K followers. I haz a depress.

332 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:54:11am

re: #328 Pie-onist Overlord

SUCH MORON. VERY TEH STUPID.

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Maybe the choice was to have a little fun after some drinks.

I genuinely don’t know how you can function in today’s society holding archaic view like that.

333 jaunte  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:54:28am

re: #331 Pie-onist Overlord

Monomania can be popular.

334 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:57:48am

re: #332 Mattand

Maybe the choice was to have a little fun after some drinks.

I genuinely don’t know how you can function in today’s society holding archaic view like that.

It’s easy, you just discard them whenever they inconvenience you and then pick them right back up again.

335 GunstarGreen  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:59:11am

re: #332 Mattand

Maybe the choice was to have a little fun after some drinks.

I genuinely don’t know how you can function in today’s society holding archaic view like that.

The answer is that you don’t.

There’s a reason the divorce rate is around 50%. There’s a reason that Republican politicians will talk all day about ‘family values’ and then get caught off in the Andes with their mistress, or whatever. There’s a reason that Palin’s teenage daughter popped out a kid.

The people that insist on ‘family values’ and ‘abstinence only’ do not function in society. They are sociopaths in the very best case. They’re dysfunctional, fundamentally unhappy people that insist on spreading their misery around because the skydad commands it, and they were indoctrinated from birth that if they don’t follow the skydad they get to be tortured for all eternity.

336 calochortus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:04:19am

re: #328 Pie-onist Overlord

Since walking across the street can result in being hit by a car, isn’t it your fault if you try to cross the street and don’t make it?

337 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:06:43am
338 Mattand  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:07:34am

re: #337 Pie-onist Overlord

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Andrea who?

339 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:08:19am

re: #338 Mattand

Andrea who?

Probably the wingnut who started this idiotic meme.

340 jaunte  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:08:32am

re: #338 Mattand

Someone whose career is dependent on the government boogie man.

341 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:10:33am
342 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:10:36am

It does not mean what you think it means

343 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:11:33am

re: #340 jaunte

Someone whose career is dependent on the government boogie man.

Boogie Men

344 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:12:50am

re: #319 Backwoods_Sleuth

hey Gus! Your photoshop has shown up in my twitter TL:

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Saw that. That’s the one with the mismatched nail polish. :D PHOTOSHOPPED!

345 Snarknado!  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:13:09am

re: #298 Dark_Falcon

Anti-vaxxers are part of the lunatic fringe of both parties, which makes them especially problematic since any politician who goes after them risks the damaging charge of being part of the corrupt political establishment and a Washington Insider.

If we (now) fine people for not having health insurance, why can’t we do the same for failure to vaccinate? Surely it costs the general public just as much in unnecessary outbreaks (and pain and suffering, which can’t be as easily quantified).

346 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:13:41am
347 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:16:25am
348 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:16:34am
349 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:16:55am

Urban Dictionary bot will answer.

Define _________ .

350 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:17:17am

re: #345 Snarknado!

If we (now) fine people for not having health insurance, why can’t we do the same for failure to vaccinate? Surely it costs the general public just as much in unnecessary outbreaks (and pain and suffering, which can’t be as easily quantified).

The S.Ct. ruled that the failure to have health insurance is a tax, not a penalty/fine. That’s even though it operates as a penalty.

States have increasingly been willing to give opt-outs for any number of reasons for vaccinations, and until some major deadly outbreak occurs, this will continue. And I’m talking of something along the lines of a polio outbreak, rather than measles or mumps or chicken pox - all of which are preventable.

351 jaunte  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:18:17am

_________ .

A relatively tall stick figure with detached head.

352 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:18:33am

re: #351 jaunte

_________ .

A relatively tall stick figure with detached head.

:P

353 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:19:08am
354 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:19:53am
355 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:22:53am
356 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:23:16am

re: #345 Snarknado!

If we (now) fine people for not having health insurance, why can’t we do the same for failure to vaccinate? Surely it costs the general public just as much in unnecessary outbreaks (and pain and suffering, which can’t be as easily quantified).

Because religious and philosophical exceptions for vaccines are fairly well-established and simply ending them by establishing a tax like that would strike many people as “tyranny”. Moreover, it would lose some left-wing support at a time when it would need unified support on the left since no Republican could vote for it, as the Obamacare mechanism is a tax not a fine per SCOTUS. And as a tax it cannot be voted in by Republicans who do not want to risk Grover Norquist’s ire.

357 Internet Tough Guy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:24:00am

re: #355 Gus

Were they looking for the Malaysia Airlines jet?

358 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:26:09am

re: #357 Internet Tough Guy

Were they looking for the Malaysia Airlines jet?

LOOK! AN AIRPLANE JUST FLEW BY!

359 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:29:51am

re: #358 Gus

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!

There are parts. In the oceans.

360 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:31:33am

This just proves that libruls are the real racists!

361 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:32:14am

re: #358 Gus

LOOK! AN AIRPLANE JUST FLEW BY!

Look, this is what an airplane looks like. But if you look outside the window at the airport where you’re probably watching this, it’s the big machine approaching or sitting at your gate. /CNN by way of Jon Stewart

362 Snarknado!  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:32:33am

re: #350 lawhawk

The S.Ct. ruled that the failure to have health insurance is a tax, not a penalty/fine. That’s even though it operates as a penalty.

States have increasingly been willing to give opt-outs for any number of reasons for vaccinations, and until some major deadly outbreak occurs, this will continue. And I’m talking of something along the lines of a polio outbreak, rather than measles or mumps or chicken pox - all of which are preventable.

Or some highly placed person loses a baby or close relative to a preventable illness. That might get someone’s attention. (Measles, mumps and chicken pox are at least — mostly — survived by the victims. I’m more worried about diphtheria, which might not be recognized before it’s too late. Or whooping cough in a young child.)

363 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:34:30am

re: #355 Gus

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Yep, soon as I started to read the story, it confirmed my suspicion…

According to police, Yon Pomrenze, 35, and Connor Fieldman Boals, 26, are charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct after they tried to climb a fence and sneak in through a gate.
CNN confirmed their reporters were in the area to do a story on the security breaches at the World Trade Center, and specifically “the notion that daredevils are being drawn to them,” but said it did not instruct them to gain access to the building, The New York Times reports.

They were going to show how the security was lax, the day after 2 major stories on lax security broke. Ya know guys… that might be the one time that the guards are MOST VIGILANT????

It’s like how here in Nashville, during the Anthrax scare, they did a big story how “Water Treatment Plant Not Secure”, and showed their reporter climbing through a hole in the chain link fence. Biggest problem, the water treatment plant they were showing was the WASTE WATER treatment plant. I highly doubt that terrorists wanted to poison our poo.

Sometimes you report the news, and sometimes you are the news.

RBS

364 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:34:31am

It’s morning, I’m leaving for the vet in a few.

It’s bright and cold in my part of the world.

you?

365 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:34:46am

re: #362 Snarknado!

Or some highly placed person loses a baby or close relative to a preventable illness. That might get someone’s attention. (Measles, mumps and chicken pox are at least — mostly — survived by the victims. I’m more worried about diphtheria, which might not be recognized before it’s too late. Or whooping cough in a young child.)

And there are a large number of children who cannot be vaccinated due to other heath conditions and lose their “herd immunity” when too many other children go unvaccinated.

366 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:35:00am

re: #360 Gus

And the newly created charter schools are invariably even more segregated than the public schools that parents are trying to flee.

The article further notes that much of the segregation is due to where people live, and not necessarily the policy of the Department of Education.

367 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:36:47am

And so it begins….

Chicago-based law firm sues Malaysia Airlines and Boeing over Flight MH370

A US law firm said Wednesday it has initiated what it called the first civil legal proceedings over the crash of flight MH370 and said it planned to pursue lawsuits seeking “millions of dollars” for aggrieved families.

Chicago-based Ribbeck Law Chartered said it filed a court petition in the US state of Illinois targeting Malaysia Airlines and Boeing, blaming the two companies for the disaster.

“We are going to be filing the lawsuits for millions of dollars per each passenger based on prior cases that we have done involving crashes like this one,” its head of aviation litigation, Monica Kelly, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.

368 jaunte  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:37:57am

“… At the height of the Russian invasion of the Crimea, a Russian-language website appeared, predatel .net which translates to “Traitors .net”. The sponsors of the site are not indicated, and little is known about the server host beyond the commercial name t-trading .nichost .ru. The site currently lists 21 people who are viewed as “traitors” to Russia because they have opposed the forcible annexation of the Crimea. To add to its KGB-informers’ feel, the site enables you to denounce the “traitors” on Twitter, Facebook or VKontakte, the popular Russian social media site (and tens of thousands have already). You can also file an anonymous denunciation of someone you feel should be added to the list.”

369 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:38:08am

re: #337 Pie-onist Overlord

Damn, got us all figured out. /

370 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:38:34am

re: #367 Dr. Matt

And so it begins….

Chicago-based law firm sues Malaysia Airlines and Boeing over Flight MH370

Not a surprise. These sorts of cases always attract lawsuits and one can hardly blame the families of those who died for suing.

371 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:40:33am

re: #364 FemNaziBitch

It’s morning, I’m leaving for the vet in a few.

It’s bright and cold in my part of the world.

you?

Sunny, very windy, and temp just above freezing.

And the cats want to go out and wander about the hallway.

372 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:41:02am

re: #368 jaunte

[Embedded content]

yea… no historical precedent for that …

RBS

373 Skip Intro  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:41:32am

re: #345 Snarknado!

If we (now) fine people for not having health insurance, why can’t we do the same for failure to vaccinate? Surely it costs the general public just as much in unnecessary outbreaks (and pain and suffering, which can’t be as easily quantified).

Because you can’t fine stupid, no matter how well deserved.

374 danarchy  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:41:48am

re: #367 Dr. Matt

And so it begins….

Chicago-based law firm sues Malaysia Airlines and Boeing over Flight MH370

I can maybe see going after Malaysian airlines, but having no idea what actually happened how do you go after Boeing? For all we know the plane performed exactly as designed.

375 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:42:15am
The Supreme Court reversed the appeals court and reinstated the charges against Castleman, in an opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Writing for the court, Sotomayor said it was enough that Castleman pleaded guilty to having “intentionally or knowingly caused bodily injury to” the mother of his child.

“Because Castleman’s indictment makes clear that physical force was an element of his conviction, that conviction qualifies as a ‘misdemeanor crime of domestic violence,’” Sotomayor said.

also Paged

376 Skip Intro  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:42:42am

re: #367 Dr. Matt

And so it begins….

Chicago-based law firm sues Malaysia Airlines and Boeing over Flight MH370

How can they blame the companies when they have no idea what happened? I know, legal magic.

377 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:42:48am

Russia behaving ‘like an adversary’, says SACEUR

NATO’s response to Crimea must go beyond heightened patrols along its eastern border to embrace a more strategic repositioning of allied forces, says NATO’s top military commander.

This means changing NATO’s deployment, readiness and force structure on its home territory in response to a Russia that is now acting “like an adversary”, General Philip Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) said at the Brussels Forum of security and economic policymakers on 23 March.

“We need to think about the positioning of our forces within the alliance and the readiness of those forces so that we can respond to any pressure on the Baltics or anywhere else,” he said.

“Moving forces is not a trivial matter. If you allow your opponent to do this - position, prepare and provision his forces - but you don’t, then you are fatally behind. We now need to be positioned differently, and we have the forces to do that,” said Gen Breedlove, noting that: “it is very clear that Russia is acting much more like an adversary than a partner”.

378 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:43:18am

re: #374 danarchy

I can maybe see going after Malaysian airlines, but having no idea what actually happened how do you go after Boeing? For all we know the plane performed exactly as designed.

Because you always cast the net as wide as possible at first. Especially in order to include large fish with deep pockets.

379 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:43:40am

re: #367 Dr. Matt

And so it begins….

Chicago-based law firm sues Malaysia Airlines and Boeing over Flight MH370

CNN is pleased that it has more news to report on mh370…

380 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:46:10am

Oh look. Latest news about GMOs linked on Twitter to some place called “Natural Society.” Look at my shocking discoveries!

381 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:46:56am

re: #380 Gus

Oh look. Latest news about GMOs linked on Twitter to some place called “Natural Society.” Look at my shocking discoveries!

Do they have a recipe for a nightshade berry pie posted yet?
/////

382 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:46:58am
re: #374 danarchy

I can maybe see going after Malaysian airlines, but having no idea what actually happened how do you go after Boeing? For all we know the plane performed exactly as designed.

Perhaps they’ll go after Boeing for hopes of a settlement? Lawhawk? Thoughts?

383 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:47:40am

Ron Paul Nutter

384 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:47:57am

re: #374 danarchy

In lawsuits like this, you’d bring all parties into the suit. You’d probably also bring in any subcontractors who might have done work on the plane, though as a defendant, the airline would bring a 3d party suit to bring the subs in. But that’s looking well ahead.

Boeing was brought in because they’re alleging a mechanical failure or perhaps design defect, even though there’s no evidence to indicate anything wrong with the plane at this time.

Getting the suit filed now can help avoid a statute of limitations issue down the road, but there’s little evidence to support any claims - for pretty much anything relating to the flight.

Oh, and bringing in a company like Boeing is all about seeking out the deep pockets should this eventually get settled or go to trial.

The Black Boxes, if and when found, may well address what actually happened.

385 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:48:50am

re: #380 Gus

Oh look. Latest news about GMOs linked on Twitter to some place called “Natural Society.” Look at my shocking discoveries!

[Embedded content]

Hey, pass the hemlock salad with nightshade and a side order of arsenic.

386 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:49:37am

re: #375 FemNaziBitch

also Paged

Sotomayor’s opinion was joined by Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, Kennedy, and Kagan. Justice Scalia filed a opinion that partially concurred with the majority’s reasoning and fully concurred with the judgement. Justice Alito filed a concurring opinion that was joined by Justice Thomas. Thus the judgement was unanimous

GGT, the court’s ruling and opinions are here. I’d ask you to please add it to your Page.

387 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:49:50am

re: #384 lawhawk

In lawsuits like this, you’d bring all parties into the suit. You’d probably also bring in any subcontractors who might have done work on the plane, though as a defendant, the airline would bring a 3d party suit to bring the subs in. But that’s looking well ahead.

Boeing was brought in because they’re alleging a mechanical failure or perhaps design defect, even though there’s no evidence to indicate anything wrong with the plane at this time.

Getting the suit filed now can help avoid a statute of limitations issue down the road, but there’s little evidence to support any claims - for pretty much anything relating to the flight.

So they are pretty much just “staking their claim” now, or to be more colorful, “marking their territory” if I follow you correctly.

RBS

388 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:50:10am

re: #384 lawhawk

I was just about to say the exact same thing. You beat me to it, jerk.

///

389 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:50:19am

re: #386 Dark_Falcon

Sotomayor’s opinion was joined by Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, Kennedy, and Kagan. Justice Scalia filed a opinion that partially concurred with the majority’s reasoning and fully concurred with the judgement. Justice Alito filed a concurring opinion that was joined by Justice Thomas. Thus the judgement was unanimous

GGT, the court’s ruling and opinions are here. I’d ask you to please add it to your Page.

already done. Was just going to post it here.

390 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:50:22am

re: #385 lawhawk

Hey, pass the hemlock salad with nightshade and a side order of arsenic.

Anthony Gucciardi - LewRockwell.com

391 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:51:04am

re: #390 Gus

Anthony Gucciardi - LewRockwell.com

a little pennyroyal just for good measure.

392 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:51:12am

re: #387 RealityBasedSteve

Yeah, it’s that. Preserving right to sue down the line, and being first to court to gain potential clients from the families of those involved. Suing in Chicago makes sense since that’s Boeing’s HQ.

393 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:51:28am

It’s a bicycle thread, right?

394 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:51:58am

Fred Phelps needs a roommate:

Pat Roberson: Jesus more likely to stone gays to death than bake them a wedding cake

395 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:52:50am

re: #393 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

It’s a bicycle thread, right?

As much as any LGF thread is, in some vague and insubstantial way, connected to the post it’s under.

RBS

396 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:54:06am

re: #394 Dr. Matt

Fred Phelps needs a roommate:

He was a carpenter, not a baker. So maybe he would have made a nice bench and matching table for them.

397 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:54:18am

re: #393 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

It’s a bicycle thread, right?

WHY IS HE NOT WEARING A HELMET!?

398 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:55:57am

re: #397 Gus

WHY IS HE NOT WEARING A HELMET!?

Kohl has been out of office since 1998.
;p

399 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:56:35am

re: #391 FemNaziBitch

a little pennyroyal just for good measure.

So apparently “natural living” includes racism.

400 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:56:52am

Neurosurgeon Explains How You can Detox Chemtrail Poisons

401 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:56:55am

re: #393 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

It’s a bicycle thread, right?

Hey!!! Isn’t that Dr. Lizardos bike? BIKE THIEF!!!!

RBS

402 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:58:12am

There is a National Puppy Day?

403 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:58:22am
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404 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:58:47am

re: #399 Dark_Falcon

So apparently “natural living” includes racism.

[Embedded image]

What?

405 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:58:51am

This guy is a nut.

406 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:58:52am

re: #395 RealityBasedSteve

As much as any LGF thread is, in some vague and insubstantial way, connected to the post it’s under.

RBS

We used to have genuine, dedicated bicycle threads in which Charles would tell about a ride he did. Then the stalkers threatened his life using knowledge of his rides. Stalkers are evil.

407 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:58:57am

re: #402 FemNaziBitch

There is a National Puppy Day?

Since every day is kitteh day I guess they should get a break.

409 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:59:53am

Bankster spies!

There’s another word that sets off an alarm in me. Bankster. Then you know you’re dealing with serious derp.

410 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:00:15am

re: #402 FemNaziBitch

There is a National Puppy Day?

[Embedded content]

It’s amazing that puppies (and otters, see way above) have claws in the womb. Seems so hazardous.

411 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:00:56am

re: #404 FemNaziBitch

What?

I understood Lew Rockwell to be a racist.

412 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:01:08am
413 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:01:38am

re: #411 Dark_Falcon

I understood Lew Rockwell to be a racist.

ah! yes.

414 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:01:44am

My religion does NOT teach that people who follow other religions are going to burn in eternal hellfire. In fact the concept of an afterlife is not even mentioned in the Tanakh.

415 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:01:54am

off to the vet with little girl dog.

416 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:02:23am

Yep. Creationism. Heh.

417 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:02:35am

re: #415 FemNaziBitch

off to the vet with little girl dog.

Good luck.

418 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:04:20am

re: #412 FemNaziBitch

[Embedded content]

Women are unable to control their libidos or other base instincts, which is why it is the duty of Good Christian men to protect them from themselves.

419 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:05:41am

Everyone Likes Kittens

420 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:09:04am

re: #418 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Women are unable to control their libidos or other base instincts, which is why it is the duty of Good Christian men to protect them from themselves.

How come I never meet any women like that… the ones I meet seem to have their libidos well under control (more’s the pity)

RBS

421 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:09:41am

Puppies > Kittens. I am no fan of cats, which is probably why my friends’ cats all seem to use me as a climbing toy.

422 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:10:34am

re: #421 lawhawk

Puppies > Kittens. I am no fan of cats, which is probably why my friends’ cats all seem to use me as a climbing toy.

You don’t smell like a cat - therefore you are unclaimed territory for the enterprising feline overlord.

423 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:11:02am

More derp.

424 Jack Burton  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:11:18am

re: #420 RealityBasedSteve

How come I never meet any women like that… the ones I meet seem to have their libidos well under control (more’s the pity)

RBS

Well that is because you live in the reality-based (no pun intended) world, rather than a Christo- or Islamo- fantasy land.

425 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:11:26am

Neocon Watch!

Neocon. Just as dumb as “banksters.”

426 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:11:36am

re: #419 Dark_Falcon

Everyone Likes Kittens

Needed to deploy those with the Tiger Tanks in Russia in order to prevent the mice from gnawing on the wiring insulation.

427 Dr. Matt  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:12:22am

re: #412 FemNaziBitch

Alaska Republican: Birth Control Might Not Work for Women Who Binge Drink t.co
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 26, 2014

He’s correct…..under the assumption that while she is binge drinking, she forgets to take her birth control.

428 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:12:45am

Paulnuts are butthurt about this: Ron Paul Gets It Wrong When He Speaks about Secession and Crimea

429 jaunte  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:12:53am

Everybody gonna secede now.

430 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:12:57am

re: #423 Gus

More derp.

[Embedded content]

The logo looks like a crucified dove.

431 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:13:49am

re: #429 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Everybody gonna secede now.

LINO!

432 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:14:40am

I tell ya.

433 Gus  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:15:41am

NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON NEOCON

434 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:16:28am

WHAT RIGHT-WING RACISM?
(Click on link at own risk, not embedding racist Tweet here)

435 jaunte  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:18:01am

Ron Paul Institute To Split.
Ro, nPa, ulInsti, and tute celebrate freedom to dissociate.

436 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:18:35am

re: #426 Feline Fearless Leader

Needed to deploy those with the Tiger Tanks in Russia in order to prevent the mice from gnawing on the wiring insulation.

That particular vehicle is and SDKFZ-251 half-track, with an MG-34 with periscope sight. The sight was used to allow the gunner to lay down suppressing fire without exposing himself. The MG08 had such sights made for it during World War I and these proved successful enough that the MG34 followed suit.

437 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:22:42am

re: #434 Pie-onist Overlord

WHAT RIGHT-WING RACISM?
(Click on link at own risk, not embedding racist Tweet here)

Given how little ‘ghetto’ there ever was in Michelle Obama’s life, for which her mother and her late father must receive a great deal of credit for shielding her from the worst parts of life in Chicago. But even having said that, her father had job with the city and he made enough that Michelle Obama didn’t have to grow up in the ghetto.

This the racist tweet is an EPIC FAIL.

438 Timothy Watson  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:23:00am

re: #434 Pie-onist Overlord

I’m not sure what is more racist; the content itself or the assumption that Michelle Obama is from the “ghetto”. Two-story houses in Chicago and vacations in “rustic cabin[s]” usually aren’t considered “ghetto”.

439 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:25:05am

re: #436 Dark_Falcon

That particular vehicle is and SDKFZ-251 half-track, with an MG-34 with periscope sight. The sight was used to allow the gunner to lay down suppressing fire without exposing himself. The MG08 had such sights made for it during World War I and these proved successful enough that the MG34 followed suit.

Knew it was an interior shot of a halftrack, but not sure whether it was a Sdkfz-251 or possibly the smaller Sdkfz-250. And obviously a MG-34 since due to the circular barrel shape as compared to the more slab-sided barrel of a MG-42.

440 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:29:35am

re: #439 Feline Fearless Leader

Knew it was an interior shot of a halftrack, but not sure whether it was a Sdkfz-251 or possibly the smaller Sdkfz-250. And obviously a MG-34 since due to the circular barrel jacket shape as compared to the more slab-sided barrel jacket of a MG-42.

Slight fix for you. The barrel on both MGs was rounded, but the square barrel jacket of the MG42 was open on the left side to enable easier barrel changes.


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