NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Simone Dinnerstein, Bach Two-Part Inventions

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In this incredibly great Tiny Desk Concert, piano virtuoso Simone Dinnerstein plays several of Johann Sebastian Bach’s infamously difficult Two-Part Inventions, and talks about the demands these pieces make on a pianist’s independence and musicality.

And wow, is she ever skilled in both of these. She takes a couple of these inventions at an insanely fast tempo; it’s exhilarating to watch.

Set List

J.S. Bach: Inventions Nos. 1, 6, 8
J.S. Bach: Inventions Nos. 9, 10
J.S. Bach: Inventions Nos. 12, 13, 14

Credits

Producers: Denise DeBelius, Tom Huizenga; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Denise DeBelius, Olivia Merrion; Production Assistant: Faith Masi; photo by Jim Tuttle/NPR

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242 comments
1 darthstar  Jun 8, 2014 2:48:09pm

Sometimes people don’t suck.

Youtube Video

2 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 2:51:45pm

Thank you so much!

3 darthstar  Jun 8, 2014 2:53:42pm

And sometimes they do suck…what the fuck:

reviewjournal.com

Witnesses told police one yelled “This is the start of a revolution” before shooting the officers. The shooters then stripped the officers of their weapons and ammunition and went into the Walmart at 201 North Nellis.

4 William Barnett-Lewis  Jun 8, 2014 2:54:45pm

Sweet. But then, I dearly love me some Bach. I may have to put the Musical Offering to play after I get back from grocery shopping.

5 Iwouldprefernotto  Jun 8, 2014 2:57:22pm

Cleaning out my e-mail.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: (From word of the day)
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. -Susan B Anthony, reformer and suffragist (1820-1906)

6 Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2014 2:57:54pm

re: #3 darthstar

That’s the previous thread…

7 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 2:58:29pm

And this stupid as fuck meme:

8 Dr Lizardo  Jun 8, 2014 2:59:34pm

re: #3 darthstar

And sometimes they do suck…what the fuck:

reviewjournal.com

I’m pretty sure the shooters were planning some kind of massacre, and then things didn’t go the way they’d anticipated.

9 darthstar  Jun 8, 2014 3:00:09pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

That’s the previous thread…

Oh…I see that now…arriving a little late to the internet.

10 goddamnedfrank  Jun 8, 2014 3:01:29pm

re: #7 Pie-onist Overlord

And this stupid as fuck meme:

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Conservatives are now against the mortgage interest tax credit?

11 Justanotherhuman  Jun 8, 2014 3:01:30pm

I always thought Bach was pretty boring, but Bach did not write for the piano as it wasn’t invented yet.

This is music intended for the clavichord.

Youtube Video

Doesn’t sound as boring, does it?

12 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2014 3:01:50pm
13 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 3:03:23pm

CBS reports the Las Vegas shooters were a man and a woman

They shot (and killed) someone at the entrance of the Wal Mart, then the woman shot the man in the Wal Mart then herself

14 KerFuFFler  Jun 8, 2014 3:03:50pm

Love the piano inventions! I still have four of them memorized that I learned as a teenager. Since this thread may get more attention from classical music loving lizardim, I want to share a link to my favorite recent discovery, a piano piece by Ernesto Halffter, a Cuban born composer who studied under De Falla.

I’m a real sucker for Spanish classical piano pieces…so much passion and oomph!

15 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 3:09:12pm

I just added this album to my wish list.

I would download it, but my MP3 player is in the car.

16 b.d.  Jun 8, 2014 3:11:56pm

A lie can circle the earth…

17 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 3:13:04pm

SMH

18 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 8, 2014 3:13:38pm

Hey Gang,

Back from my open water scuba training. If you recall yesterday evening I was feeling a bit of apprehension about it, turns out my fears were totally unwarranted.

Everything went like a charm. Visibility was about 10-15 feet, the wetsuit kept me nice and warm, and never even noticed it in any negative way. I did all my skills with no problem, never felt uncomfortable underwater, and had a great time.

The Quarry is full of brim / bluegill type fish, and they can be aggressive. I had one about 4 inches long total come up, look at me, and then tried to take a bite at my finger. it was too funny.

Only downside, I get home, putting my wetsuit in the tub to wash it off, and my phone jumps out of my pocket into the water. I get it out, it reboots a couple of times, and now it’s in a bag of rice, sim and sd cards out of it. It’s a Razr Maxx, so no battery to remove, it’s all a sealed unit.

It’s stuck in a not on / not off state, I’m really hoping that overnight in the bag of rice will save it. I really like that phone, it’s funny that off all the water I’ve been around since I’ve had it, it takes it’s trip in a bath tub.

RBS

19 Stanley Sea  Jun 8, 2014 3:13:41pm

re: #13 sattv4u2

CBS reports the Las Vegas shooters were a man and a woman

They shot (and killed) someone at the entrance of the Wal Mart, then the woman shot the man in the Wal Mart then herself

That doesn’t fit the usual profile. We’re expanding.

20 Stanley Sea  Jun 8, 2014 3:15:08pm

re: #18 RealityBasedSteve

Hey Gang,

Back from my open water scuba training. If you recall yesterday evening I was feeling a bit of apprehension about it, turns out my fears were totally unwarranted.

Everything went like a charm. Visibility was about 10-15 feet, the wetsuit kept me nice and warm, and never even noticed it in any negative way. I did all my skills with no problem, never felt uncomfortable underwater, and had a great time.

The Quarry is full of brim / bluegill type fish, and they can be aggressive. I had one about 4 inches long total come up, look at me, and then tried to take a bite at my finger. it was too funny.

Only downside, I get home, putting my wetsuit in the tub to wash it off, and my phone jumps out of my pocket into the water. I get it out, it reboots a couple of times, and now it’s in a bag of rice, sim and sd cards out of it. It’s a Razr Maxx, so no battery to remove, it’s all a sealed unit.

It’s stuck in a not on / not off state, I’m really hoping that overnight in the bag of rice will save it. I really like that phone, it’s funny that off all the water I’ve been around since I’ve had it, it takes it’s trip in a bath tub.

RBS

May need a couple of days in the rice, if my illustrious past is any reference.

21 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 3:15:54pm
22 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 3:16:14pm

re: #17 Pie-onist Overlord

So what’s his answer? Sterilizing the poor?

23 Single-handed sailor  Jun 8, 2014 3:16:47pm

My weather station shows the first 100+ degree day of the year.

24 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 3:17:19pm

re: #19 Stanley Sea

That doesn’t fit the usual profile. We’re expanding.

Could be a leader/ follower situation, like the Boston Marathon bombers or the DC snipers a few years back

25 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 3:18:01pm

re: #21 Gus

One unconfirmed report is that the two exchanged gunfire with a citizen who was carrying a concealed weapon, and that one of the shooters was injured

26 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 3:20:28pm

re: #25 sattv4u2


One unconfirmed report is that the two exchanged gunfire with a citizen who was carrying a concealed weapon, and that one of the shooters was injured

The man and woman then went to the back of the store and “there was some kind of suicide pact,” McMahill said.

27 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 3:20:33pm

re: #22 Lidane

So what’s his answer? Sterilizing the poor?

BUTTHURT.

28 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 3:21:03pm

UR WORTHLESS U WALMART ASSOCIATE.

29 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 3:21:36pm

SO

Maybe the guy was shot outside the store by a “citizen”, then when the couple made it to the back of the store the guy figured he wasn’t going to make it, had the woman kill him with the promise she’d off herself after

30 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 3:22:28pm

First the wingnuts hate WELFARE TAKERS, THEY REFUSE TO GET A JRRB!!!!!!] then they hate people who DO GET A JRRB.
Fuckers. They really are horrible human beings.

31 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 3:22:43pm
32 Justanotherhuman  Jun 8, 2014 3:23:03pm

re: #21 Gus

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Shit. It possibly could be those 2.

Man sentenced to probation in Las Vegas for domestic terrorist plot

reviewjournal.com

Woman takes deal in Vegas ‘sovereign citizen’ case

bigstory.ap.org

33 Targetpractice  Jun 8, 2014 3:23:16pm

re: #25 sattv4u2


One unconfirmed report is that the two exchanged gunfire with a citizen who was carrying a concealed weapon, and that one of the shooters was injured

Wait, you mean the fellow with the concealed gun didn’t cap them both in the head without breaking a sweat?

//

34 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 3:23:22pm

re: #32 Justanotherhuman

Shit. It possibly could be those 2.

Man sentenced to probation in Las Vegas for domestic terrorist plot

reviewjournal.com

Woman takes deal in Vegas ‘sovereign citizen’ case

bigstory.ap.org

That’s what I was thinking.

35 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 3:23:34pm

HURR HURR!!! I WORKED IN MUD & SHIT ALL DAY & I LIKED IT!!!!! DEMOCRATZ IS TEH REAL RACISTS HURR HURR!!!!!!

36 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 3:24:23pm

re: #33 Targetpractice

Wait, you mean the fellow with the concealed gun didn’t cap them both in the head without breaking a sweat?

//

All // aside,,, IF true he may have saved others from getting shot

37 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 3:25:29pm

re: #31 Pie-onist Overlord

An oddly appropriate tweet:

38 Dr Lizardo  Jun 8, 2014 3:25:55pm

re: #32 Justanotherhuman

Shit. It possibly could be those 2.

Man sentenced to probation in Las Vegas for domestic terrorist plot

reviewjournal.com

Woman takes deal in Vegas ‘sovereign citizen’ case

bigstory.ap.org

If it was those two, then it’s what I thought. Sovereign Citizens nuts.

39 Justanotherhuman  Jun 8, 2014 3:27:15pm

re: #34 Gus

That’s what I was thinking.

I just hope judges start taking this crap seriously.

Probation, deals and no prison time for a kidnapping plan involving cops? Sheeeesh. And Brutsche: Brutsche, 42, is a six-time convicted felon and child sex offender from California.

40 Dr Lizardo  Jun 8, 2014 3:28:05pm

re: #32 Justanotherhuman

Shit. It possibly could be those 2.

Man sentenced to probation in Las Vegas for domestic terrorist plot

reviewjournal.com

Woman takes deal in Vegas ‘sovereign citizen’ case

bigstory.ap.org

And some eerily prophetic comments from the Review Journal link.

KayakTahoe • 2 months ago

The police who will deal with this nut job will have their hands full…..he will screw up on his probation and we will hear from him again.

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This type of criminal is not noted for high IQs, and are well known to be repeat offenders.
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KayakTahoe Richard White • 2 months ago

True, and the PD will probably end up fighting this nut when they arrest him the next time.

Looks like those commenters pretty much nailed it if it turns out it was those two.

41 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 3:28:06pm

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun after the bad guy kills several people first.

42 A Mom Anon  Jun 8, 2014 3:28:14pm

re: #31 Pie-onist Overlord

And since she supposedly knows what its like to work in the mud and cow poop all day, I wonder what she thought her labor was worth? Did she consider it hard work? Was it worth a living wage for a full week’s worth?

What work is good enough for these assholes to consider worth a halfway decent paycheck?

43 thedopefishlives  Jun 8, 2014 3:28:45pm

re: #42 A Mom Anon

And since she supposedly knows what its like to work in the mud and cow poop all day, I wonder what she thought her labor was worth? Did she consider it hard work? Was it worth a living wage for a full week’s worth?

What work is good enough for these assholes to consider worth a halfway decent paycheck?

Being the CEO of a large company, of course.

44 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 3:33:19pm

re: #41 Gus

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun after the bad guy kills several people first.

From the Armscor website.

45 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 3:34:11pm
46 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 3:34:28pm

re: #44 jaunte

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From the Armscor website.

Looks like Nicholas Brody. //

47 EmmaAnne  Jun 8, 2014 3:34:34pm

re: #7 Pie-onist Overlord

And this stupid as fuck meme:

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She also thinks they should eat cake.

48 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 3:34:35pm

Who can argue with shooting science?

49 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 3:35:17pm

Stopped clock moment alert:

50 thedopefishlives  Jun 8, 2014 3:36:30pm

re: #48 jaunte

Who can argue with shooting science?

Don’t shoot science, what did it ever do to you?

51 b.d.  Jun 8, 2014 3:36:57pm

re: #49 Lidane

Stopped clock moment alert:

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Thank God Juan Williams is on the case!

52 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 3:38:54pm

re: #41 Gus

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun after the bad guy kills several people first.

I must have missed the part where the good guy with a gun came in. As far as I can tell, they killed three people, then each other.

53 Amory Blaine  Jun 8, 2014 3:40:21pm

Review Journal is crashing.

54 Killgore Trout  Jun 8, 2014 3:40:36pm

Meanwhile in Chicago
Chicago Plagued With at Least 29 Shootings Over Weekend

55 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 3:41:29pm

re: #52 Skip Intro

I must have missed the part where the good guy with a gun came in. As far as I can tell, they killed three people, then each other.

This report reviewjournal.com
has a line that states “One unconfirmed report is that the two exchanged gunfire with a citizen who was carrying a concealed weapon, and that one of the shooters was injured”

56 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 3:41:58pm

So it looks like the NRA is having its most successful year ever.

57 Amory Blaine  Jun 8, 2014 3:43:38pm

We have Summerfest coming up (Pridefest this weekend BTW) and thousands of people are rubbing elbows, makes one nervous.

58 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 3:44:10pm

re: #57 Amory Blaine

We have Summerfest coming up (Pridefest this weekend BTW) and thousands of people are rubbing elbows, makes one nervous.

Why

Are their elbows infected with something???

59 Killgore Trout  Jun 8, 2014 3:44:21pm

re: #54 Killgore Trout

Meanwhile in Chicago
Chicago Plagued With at Least 29 Shootings Over Weekend

I didn’t notice the cops on that list, make that 31
Suspect in shooting that wounded 2 Chicago officers held without bail

60 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 3:44:27pm

re: #56 Skip Intro

So it looks like the NRA is having its most successful year ever.

With all the mass shootings I’m sure they’ll see an uptick in sales.

They couldn’t be happier.

61 Stanley Sea  Jun 8, 2014 3:45:28pm

re: #60 Lidane

With all the mass shootings I’m sure they’ll see an uptick in sales.

They couldn’t be happier.

Free market! Deaths incl.

62 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 3:46:56pm

I’m also missing the part where I’m supposed to be able to tell the difference between a Good Guy Open Carrying a Gun and a Bad Guy Open Carrying a Gun.

What’s a person in a SYG state supposed to do?

63 Amory Blaine  Jun 8, 2014 3:47:18pm

re: #21 Gus

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The dream team.

64 goddamnedfrank  Jun 8, 2014 3:48:22pm

re: #54 Killgore Trout

Meanwhile in Chicago
Chicago Plagued With at Least 29 Shootings Over Weekend

It’s almost like cities, counties, states don’t have strict border and import controls. For any gun control measure to stand a chance at being effective it must apply nation wide.

65 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 3:49:10pm

re: #62 Skip Intro

What’s a person in a SYG state supposed to do?

Shoot first and ask questions later, of course.

66 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 3:49:36pm

re: #65 Lidane

Shoot first and ask questions later, of course.

Absolutely right.

67 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 3:51:30pm

Meanwhile in Iraq.

Mission accomplished.

68 Amory Blaine  Jun 8, 2014 3:51:55pm

69 freetoken  Jun 8, 2014 3:53:40pm

re: #68 Amory Blaine

Image: giphy.gif

70 Justanotherhuman  Jun 8, 2014 3:55:07pm

Arrgghh. Stomach upset from tramadol. Knew I should have gotten more Advil instead.

71 Amory Blaine  Jun 8, 2014 3:55:10pm

Brooks Brothers is Gods tailor.

72 Killgore Trout  Jun 8, 2014 3:55:50pm

re: #67 Gus

Meanwhile in Iraq.

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Mission accomplished.

I think his point is most of the deaths are up north where the spillover from Syria is happening.

73 Justanotherhuman  Jun 8, 2014 3:57:23pm

Pakistani intelligence official: Some of the militants at the Karachi airport tried to hijack a plane but were unsuccessful - @washingtonpost
Read more on washingtonpost.com

74 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 3:58:07pm

There’s no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons.”
 - Libturd Commie Gungrabber Ronald Reagan

75 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 3:58:52pm

re: #72 Killgore Trout

I think his point is most of the deaths are up north where the spillover from Syria is happening.

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ISIS which exploded in numbers and strength after the invasion. Mission accomplished.

76 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 3:59:21pm

HURR HURR U CRIPPLES GET A JRRB!!!! HERE’S A CUP OF PENCILS!!!!! LAZY MOOCHERS!!!!!

77 Romantic Heretic  Jun 8, 2014 4:00:02pm

re: #62 Skip Intro

I’m also missing the part where I’m supposed to be able to tell the difference between a Good Guy Open Carrying a Gun and a Bad Guy Open Carrying a Gun.

What’s a person in a SYG state supposed to do?

Something like this.

78 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:01:06pm
79 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:02:42pm

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is keep bringing up Chicago violence every time a mass shooting happens.

80 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 4:03:33pm

re: #79 Gus

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is keep bringing up Chicago violence every time a mass shooting happens.

Yeah, but it doesn’t seem to be stopping Chicago violence, so ,,,,,,,

81 A Mom Anon  Jun 8, 2014 4:04:49pm

re: #64 goddamnedfrank

This is also a right wing talking point that comes up on the few liberal talk radio shows there are all the damned time. As soon as anyone talks about gun violence anywhere the calls start in with “well, what about CHICAGO?? Why doesn’t anyone care about all the shootings in CHICAGO?” Because what’s happening in Chicago cancels out EVERYTHING else. Maybe more uniform gun laws might fix that problem, but nooo, it’s always too soon to talk about any of that…

82 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2014 4:05:04pm

re: #80 sattv4u2

Yeah, but it doesn’t seem to be stopping Chicago violence, so ,,,,,,,

it’s not stopping mass shootings either.

83 Dr Lizardo  Jun 8, 2014 4:07:00pm

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

it’s not stopping mass shootings either.

These mass shootings, which naturally generate wall-to-wall coverage (especially if the body count is high) feed each other.

It’s becoming one big copycat clusterfuck, with every nutburger seemingly determined to outdo his predecessor.

84 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:09:11pm

85 Amory Blaine  Jun 8, 2014 4:09:19pm

A real fucking economy, not one based on shitty service jobs, would go a long way towards reducing violence.

86 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 4:10:15pm

re: #83 Dr Lizardo

These mass shootings, which naturally generate wall-to-wall coverage (especially if the body count is high) feed each other.

It’s becoming one big copycat clusterfuck, with every nutburger seemingly determined to outdo his predecessor.

Yeah, I thought about it that way too, then I thought they still have to be deeply disturbed because it’s not like the one before them achieved fame and fortune and adulation after

87 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 4:10:37pm

re: #79 Gus

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is keep bringing up Chicago violence every time a mass shooting happens.

But what does Plato say about Chicago gun violence?

88 calochortus  Jun 8, 2014 4:10:56pm

re: #85 Amory Blaine

A real fucking economy, not one based on shitty service jobs, would go a long way towards reducing violence.

What? Giving people a future reduces violence and crime?
How is this possible?

/

89 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:11:27pm

re: #87 Lidane

But what does Plato say about Chicago gun violence?

Potato.

90 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 4:12:26pm

re: #83 Dr Lizardo

These mass shootings, which naturally generate wall-to-wall coverage (especially if the body count is high) feed each other.

It’s becoming one big copycat clusterfuck, with every nutburger seemingly determined to outdo his predecessor.

Killing two cops really ups the ante for the Sov. Cit. terrorists. I wouldn’t want to be a BLM agent anywhere in the Southwest where these vermin nest these days.

91 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 4:13:00pm

THIS is going to be real ugly

sports.yahoo.com

Brazil is to deploy a 170,000-strong security force for the World Cup to deter hooligans from home and abroad.

Mass protests against the tournament and deadly fan violence have put authorities on alert ahead of the start of the tournament on June 12.

92 A Mom Anon  Jun 8, 2014 4:14:38pm

re: #85 Amory Blaine

OMG, YES!!

Look, you’re never going to get rid of all the guns or the nuts. Or the gun nuts.

But, if there wasn’t a massive amount of insecurity over people’s financial future and the anxiety and panic that creates, we’d see far fewer people going off the rails. Because their fears wouldn’t be so easily stoked by this fucking fearmongering that’s taken the place of information. When people are scared and stressed over their finances, it feeds all kinds of awful things

93 Amory Blaine  Jun 8, 2014 4:15:23pm

I think most people are in denial as to how easily replaceable they are at work.

94 William Barnett-Lewis  Jun 8, 2014 4:15:54pm

re: #92 A Mom Anon

OMG, YES!!

Look, you’re never going to get rid of all the guns or the nuts. Or the gun nuts.

But, if there wasn’t a massive amount of insecurity over people’s financial future and the anxiety and panic that creates, we’d see far fewer people going off the rails. Because their fears wouldn’t be so easily stoked by this fucking fearmongering that’s taken the place of information. When people are scared and stressed over their finances, it feeds all kinds of awful things

It’s always easier to blame guns or video games than it is to deal with the real root causes.

95 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 4:16:56pm

re: #93 Amory Blaine

I think most people are in denial as to how easily replaceable they are at work.

Or how little they’re worth to their employers, who can just replace them with someone who is desperate enough to work for less.

96 Dr Lizardo  Jun 8, 2014 4:17:38pm

re: #86 sattv4u2

Yeah, I thought about it that way too, then I thought they still have to be deeply disturbed because it’s not like the one before them achieved fame and fortune and adulation after

I don’t think mass shooters are interested in fame or adulation - it’s kind of a grim competition to see who can one-up the other.

And in any event, they certainly do get their names in the history books, and I think for some disturbed individuals that may be motivation enough.

97 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 4:18:29pm

Watching a replay of the Canadian Grand Prix right now. I think I can see why people watch F1. This is cool.

I’ll have to try and make it out to the racetrack here in Austin sometime. Looks fun.

98 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 4:18:52pm

re: #97 Lidane

Watching a replay of the Canadian Grand Prix right now. I think I can see why people watch F1. This is cool.

I’ll have to try and make it out to the racetrack here in Austin sometime. Looks fun.

it’s GREAT live

99 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 4:19:21pm

re: #76 Pie-onist Overlord

If you pay liberals adequately, they will teach English punctuation.

100 A Mom Anon  Jun 8, 2014 4:19:30pm

re: #93 Amory Blaine

Especially the ones running their mouths about how only lazy people have shitty jobs because they weren’t hit by this recession for whatever reason.

101 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:20:00pm

OK. Here starts the presser.

102 Decatur Deb  Jun 8, 2014 4:20:30pm

re: #18 RealityBasedSteve

Hey Gang,

Back from my open water scuba training. If you recall yesterday evening I was feeling a bit of apprehension about it, turns out my fears were totally unwarranted.

Everything went like a charm. Visibility was about 10-15 feet, the wetsuit kept me nice and warm, and never even noticed it in any negative way. I did all my skills with no problem, never felt uncomfortable underwater, and had a great time.

The Quarry is full of brim / bluegill type fish, and they can be aggressive. I had one about 4 inches long total come up, look at me, and then tried to take a bite at my finger. it was too funny.

Only downside, I get home, putting my wetsuit in the tub to wash it off, and my phone jumps out of my pocket into the water. I get it out, it reboots a couple of times, and now it’s in a bag of rice, sim and sd cards out of it. It’s a Razr Maxx, so no battery to remove, it’s all a sealed unit.

It’s stuck in a not on / not off state, I’m really hoping that overnight in the bag of rice will save it. I really like that phone, it’s funny that off all the water I’ve been around since I’ve had it, it takes it’s trip in a bath tub.

RBS

Saved mine a couple weeks ago after putting it through the wash-spin-rinse-spin cycles. I put it in a .50 cal can full of silica gel. (I think you can get it cheap at drug stores.) All it lost was the cheezy camera feature.

103 thedopefishlives  Jun 8, 2014 4:20:34pm

re: #95 Skip Intro

Or how little they’re worth to their employers, who can just replace them with someone who is desperate enough to work for less.

Is that a problem with employees or employers, though? I found a company that values me highly enough to retain me through multiple rounds of firings. It’s the closest thing to a sure-thing job I’ve ever had. As a programmer, I am always technically in danger of being replaced by the next child prodigy to come out of university (or from India, for that matter), but my company has built a sense of security around me. Of course, they’re a privately owned company with a much flatter financial structure, not a megacorp with a CEO who makes multiple millions of dollars in what I call “alternately taxed income” (stock options and other capital gains).

104 William Barnett-Lewis  Jun 8, 2014 4:21:44pm

re: #97 Lidane

Formula _is_ racing. NASCAR is just bumper cars.

/// well, only a little.

105 Stanley Sea  Jun 8, 2014 4:21:59pm

re: #101 Gus

OK. Here starts the presser.

pls report.

106 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:22:01pm
107 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:22:26pm

re: #105 Stanley Sea

pls report.

fox5vegas.com

108 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:22:37pm

One officer fired back.

109 Decatur Deb  Jun 8, 2014 4:22:39pm

re: #90 Skip Intro

Killing two cops really ups the ante for the Sov. Cit. terrorists. I wouldn’t want to be a BLM agent anywhere in the Southwest where these vermin nest these days.

They have a strange eagerness for violence, considering their signature ploy is lawfare. They’ve shot a couple cops in traffic stops and similar situations. The nut who grabbed the kid from the Alabama schoolbus was identifiably SC.

110 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:23:17pm

2nd call. Shots fired at Walmart.

1 deceased citizen at door of Walmart.

Officers came in contact with suspects.

111 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:23:39pm

Female suspect shot the male suspect then shot herself.

112 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:24:27pm

“My officers were simply having lunch.”

113 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 4:24:38pm

re: #111 Gus

Female suspect shot the male suspect then shot herself.

Too bad she didn’t do that when she got up this morning.

114 goddamnedfrank  Jun 8, 2014 4:24:44pm

re: #96 Dr Lizardo

I don’t think mass shooters are interested in fame or adulation - it’s kind of a grim competition to see who can one-up the other.

And in any event, the certainly do get their names in the history books, and I think for some disturbed individuals that may be motivation enough.

I think they just hate; people, the world, their lives. Like most people shit hasn’t worked out the way they like but unlike most people they just can’t accept it. They collect wounds. Lots of people have homicidal ideation, it’s fantastically common yet most people just let transitory fucked up ideas pass by and never act on them. These guys just reach a breaking point where natural inhibition no longer functions and the idea becomes a fixation, a fantasy, then an actual plan intended to be carried out.

115 aagcobb  Jun 8, 2014 4:24:44pm

re: #110 Gus

2nd call. Shots fired at Walmart.

1 deceased citizen at door of Walmart.

Officers came in contact with suspects.

So we had three good guys with guns, two cops and a civilian, and they all died. Only goes to show there weren’t ENOUGH good guys with guns.//

116 Stanley Sea  Jun 8, 2014 4:24:59pm

Cant hear the questions.

117 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:25:09pm

No comments on motive yet.

118 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:25:36pm

Said “this is a revolution” is “unconfirmed.”

119 thedopefishlives  Jun 8, 2014 4:25:40pm

re: #117 Gus

No comments on motive yet.

I expect to hear the words “sovereign citizen” at some point.

120 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:25:57pm

Asked about sovereign citizens said he doesn’t know.

121 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 4:26:11pm

re: #115 aagcobb

So we had three good guys with guns, two cops and a civilian, and they all died. Only goes to show there weren’t ENOUGH good guys with guns.//

So maybe one “good guy with a gun” would still be alive if he didn’t have a gun?

122 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:26:52pm

CCW citizen… unconfirmed.

123 aagcobb  Jun 8, 2014 4:27:43pm

re: #121 Skip Intro

So maybe one “good guy with a gun” would still be alive if he didn’t have a gun?

Unpossible, good guys with guns can only lower, not increase, the body count of good guys.//

124 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 4:28:28pm

re: #104 William Barnett-Lewis

Formula _is_ racing. NASCAR is just bumper cars.

/// well, only a little.

NASCAR = rednecks. Formula 1 = rich douchebags. I will gladly deal with the rich douchebags any day. They won’t have Confederate flags flying around everywhere.

125 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:29:08pm

2 patrol officers. Having lunch.

“…and they were AMBUSHED.”

126 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 8, 2014 4:29:17pm

Good evening/late afternoon to the Lizards.

Been out walking, then cooking dinner. And I see that things have escalated to ambushing law enforcement officers in a pizza store.

Right about when I left to go for a walk I got called into work to check on something. Since I already had my camera in my bag I took it along. Since there was no one else about I had free access to offices in order to do some photography from higher altitude than normal. Once I download and do some basic editing and resizing I’ll post a few shots of what Philadelphia looks like from 30 or 40 stories up in an office building. Plus the usual odd photo of a building or plant.

127 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 4:29:52pm

re: #98 sattv4u2

it’s GREAT live

I’ve heard that about Indy, too.

128 Dr Lizardo  Jun 8, 2014 4:29:56pm

I guess they didn’t release the names of the shooters pending notification of relatives. That’s fairly normal SOP.

129 Kid A  Jun 8, 2014 4:30:37pm

re: #124 Lidane

You haven’t been to a drag race, obviously. I photographed that for the first time a month ago, and it was like a red-state county fairy on steroids.

130 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 4:32:32pm

re: #127 Lidane

I’ve heard that about Indy, too.

Been there also,,,

AWESOME

131 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 4:33:11pm

re: #129 Kid A

You haven’t been to a drag race, obviously. I photographed that for the first time a month ago, and it was like a red-state county fairy on steroids.

Never been to any race in my life. I’d see NASCAR on TV and wonder what the big deal was.

Formula 1 is the first time I’ve looked at auto racing and decided I want to see it in person.

132 Kid A  Jun 8, 2014 4:34:09pm
133 Kid A  Jun 8, 2014 4:36:43pm

Tears and cheers frame from yesterday’s Longhorns victory. (Photo: Kid A)

134 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 4:38:02pm

re: #133 Kid A

Tears and cheers frame from yesterday’s Longhorns victory. (Photo: Kid A)
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Did you levitate that guy with your mind!?!?!

135 Ryan King  Jun 8, 2014 4:38:33pm

Dissent, how hath thine been crushed todayeth?

136 Single-handed sailor  Jun 8, 2014 4:38:56pm

114 mass shootings in US/CA in 2014, as of Friday, 6 June 2014, at 11:29AM.

Mass Shootings in 2014

137 Kid A  Jun 8, 2014 4:39:26pm

re: #134 sattv4u2

I have mad Nikon-levitation skillz.

138 Amory Blaine  Jun 8, 2014 4:39:30pm

Ford and Samsung’s new lithium-ion battery may send lead-acid units to the scrap heap

The lead-acid car battery was invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté, and if you pop open the hood of your car right now, you’ll probably see something very similar to his first prototype. For all the advancements cars have made over the years, its batteries have remained eerily unchanged.
This Tuesday, Ford and technology mogul Samsung announced a dual-battery system for gas-powered vehicles that could be the beginning of the end for the lead-acid battery.
Ford and Samsung have combined a lithium-ion battery with a 12-volt lead-acid unit, creating a new, lighter, and more flexible power source. The new concept has massive potential for fuel savings, as the lithium-ion component can be recharged through regenerative braking.

139 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 4:40:06pm

re: #136 Single-handed sailor

114 mass shootings in US/CA in 2014, as of Friday, 6 June 2014, at 11:29AM.

Mass Shootings in 2014

So it’s at least 115 now.

140 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:41:31pm
141 Single-handed sailor  Jun 8, 2014 4:41:56pm

re: #139 Skip Intro

So it’s at least 115 now.

yeah, I wasn’t confidant enough to call this one #115.

143 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 4:42:25pm
144 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:43:30pm

145 Killgore Trout  Jun 8, 2014 4:44:31pm

re: #138 Amory Blaine

Ford and Samsung’s new lithium-ion battery may send lead-acid units to the scrap heap

Semi-related: Saw a cool thread on Reddit last night about Tesla’s problems opening its own dealerships in some states. It’s an interesting anti-trust/monopoly issue. Hadn’t really considered it before but I’m leaning against them running the dealerships, distribution and manufacturing but I’m afraid anti-trust laws are being eroded. Elon Musk will probably get his monopoly.

146 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 4:44:51pm

re: #144 Gus

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Can’t even imagine the anguish they are feeling

God bless them all

147 Shiplord Kirel  Jun 8, 2014 4:45:31pm

re: #91 sattv4u2

THIS is going to be real ugly

sports.yahoo.com

Brazil is to deploy a 170,000-strong security force for the World Cup to deter hooligans from home and abroad.

Mass protests against the tournament and deadly fan violence have put authorities on alert ahead of the start of the tournament on June 12.

As I noted a while back, this army (the largest ever assembled in South America) is backed by helicopters, armor, and (attention, Greenwald) Brazil’s very own drones. What they are doing on the electronic monitoring front doesn’t bear thinking about.

148 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 4:45:52pm

re: #142 Pie-onist Overlord

One of my daughters is a veteran, married to a veteran of 20 years. She works the night shift at McDonalds to make ends meet. I wonder if jjauthor served, or ever had to work two jobs?

149 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 8, 2014 4:46:25pm

BW of a Gray stone row house

Tweaked the photo a bit to get better contrast on the stonework.

150 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 4:46:40pm

Janie’s life before Twitter:
HANG OUT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.
PLAY TENNIS.
NO JOB. NOT EVER.
MARRY SOME RICH GUY.

151 calochortus  Jun 8, 2014 4:47:14pm

re: #142 Pie-onist Overlord

So she’s saying soldiers should be paid more?
No, I didn’t think so.

152 Kragar  Jun 8, 2014 4:49:07pm

re: #143 Pie-onist Overlord

Active duty military receive full medical and dental care, housing, and food allowances, yet their families still qualify for food stamps

153 Kid A  Jun 8, 2014 4:49:21pm
154 Shiplord Kirel  Jun 8, 2014 4:51:08pm

re: #142 Pie-onist Overlord

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“to slap a burger on a bun”

These assholes are always demeaning the work other people do. It’s like a signature for them and a revealing look at the self-congratulatory, insecure arrogance that is so much a part of the status seeker lifestyle these days.

155 andres  Jun 8, 2014 4:51:32pm

re: #151 calochortus

So she’s saying soldiers should be paid more?
No, I didn’t think so.

That’s one of the things that angers me the most: in whatever discussion, when talking about someone else earning more than the pet profession (be it veteran, teacher, etc.), it’s in demand to lower the other guy’s pay. Can’t the demand be that their pet profession gets paid more than they currently are being paid? F**k.

Rant off.

156 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 4:51:35pm

re: #151 calochortus

So she’s saying soldiers should be paid more?
No, I didn’t think so.

Of course not, she’s saying U PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR MINIMUM WAGE (INCLUDING VETERANS) SHOULD ALWAYS EARN LESS THEN THE LOWEST SOLDIER’S PAY, BUT WITHOUT TEH BENEFITS BECAUSE U R TEH INFERIORS!!!!!!

157 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 4:52:27pm

Ok, I get it. Janie is a complete, self-absorbed asshole.

So why do I have to read her tweets here every single day?

158 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 4:52:31pm

HURR HURR FREE MARKET!!!!!

159 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 4:53:37pm

re: #157 Skip Intro

Ok, I get it. Janie is a complete, self-absorbed asshole.

So why do I have to read her tweets here every single day?

Because if nobody ever contradicts her, she will become even MOAR of a self absorbed evil horrible asshole.

160 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 4:55:10pm

HURR HURR CEO’S ARE BETTER THEN U!!!!!!

161 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 4:55:16pm

re: #159 Pie-onist Overlord

Because if nobody ever contradicts her, she will become even MOAR of a self absorbed evil horrible asshole.

I can’t say I’ve seen an improvement in her so far.

162 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 4:57:08pm

re: #160 Pie-onist Overlord

This is the skill set that created New Coke.

163 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 4:57:50pm

re: #160 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR CEO’S ARE BETTER THEN U!!!!!!

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So what is Bill saying here? If people aren’t “leaders” with advanced degrees they deserve to starve?

164 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 4:58:01pm

re: #161 Skip Intro

I can’t say I’ve seen an improvement in her so far.

She has 76,000 followers on Twitter. You don’t find that scary?

165 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:58:07pm

“Extend the protection of the Federal minimum wage laws to as many more workers as is possible and practicable.”
— 1956 GOP Platform

166 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 4:58:40pm

re: #163 Skip Intro

So what is Bill saying here? If people aren’t “leaders” with advanced degrees they deserve to starve?

There are people with advanced degrees and decades of industry experience who are unemployed because they don’t have the right “connections”

167 Kid A  Jun 8, 2014 4:59:00pm

re: #162 jaunte

This is the skill set that that falsified credit ratings to loan money to people that couldn’t possibly pay it back.

168 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 4:59:17pm

On Labor and Wages: The platform boasted that “the Federal minimum wage has been raised for more than 2 million workers. Social Security has been extended to an additional 10 million workers and the benefits raised for 6 1/2 million. The protection of unemployment insurance has been brought to 4 million additional workers. There have been increased workmen’s compensation benefits for longshoremen and harbor workers, increased retirement benefits for railroad employees, and wage increases and improved welfare and pension plans for federal employees.” It called for changes to the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act to “more effectively protect the rights of labor unions” and to “assure equal pay for equal work regardless of sex.”

boldprogressives.org

169 William Barnett-Lewis  Jun 8, 2014 5:00:29pm

re: #160 Pie-onist Overlord

HURR HURR CEO’S ARE BETTER THEN U!!!!!!

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Lets consider Carly Fiorina then. She destroyed 2 major corporations, gutted another & was booted from the last one at the last possible moment on a golden parachute. Why is she or any other CEO worth more than minimum wage?

170 calochortus  Jun 8, 2014 5:00:33pm

re: #160 Pie-onist Overlord

I guess he missed the “those who failed” part? Or are they still deserving?

171 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:00:56pm

When did being a tight wad become a “conservative” value?

172 Kid A  Jun 8, 2014 5:01:10pm

This is the skill set that gets public financing for stadiums for their professional sports teams that are worth nearly a billion dollars.

173 Kid A  Jun 8, 2014 5:01:40pm

re: #169 William Barnett-Lewis

And has been canonized as a conservative woman hero.

174 William Barnett-Lewis  Jun 8, 2014 5:01:53pm

re: #170 calochortus

I guess he missed the “those who failed” part? Or are they still deserving?

They’re captain’s of Industry!!! Of course they’re better than you scum of the earth!!!

175 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 5:02:26pm

HURR HURR!!!! TEH MOAST BEST POTUS QUALIFICATION IS PHOTO OPS WITH A CHAINSAW!!!!!

176 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 5:02:46pm

re: #171 Gus

Puritans: the “moral discipline” of thrift.

178 Single-handed sailor  Jun 8, 2014 5:08:38pm

I can’t believe Fox News enabled comments on the Las Vegas shooting story. It is what you’d expect.

179 Shiplord Kirel  Jun 8, 2014 5:08:54pm

I am definitely not an arrogant condescending snobbish rich guy, EXCEPT when I am dealing with smug status seekers and arrogant money grubbers. Then I act like they are dirt and I am the Emperor of the Known Universe. These are the sales reps, fund raisers, and other root weevils who would come into my office, insult our security guard and janitor, behave dismissively toward the receptionist, and then try to kiss my ass when I made an appearance. No, HELL NO, that would not do at all. It is amazing how many people would do this kind of stuff. For some reason, Boy Scout fund raisers were the worst of the worst, invariably rude and insulting toward working people, completely obsequious toward anyone they thought might have a pocket they could pick. It didn’t take too many visits to convince them they weren’t welcome. Then one of their overlords tried to blackmail me: “Do you want to become known as a company that doesn’t support the scouts?”
I responded, “Yes, I would like that very much. I am proud not to associate with your scam. Buy a full page ad if you like.”

180 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 5:09:55pm

re: #178 Single-handed sailor

I can’t believe Fox News enabled comments on the Las Vegas shooting story. It is what you’d expect.

Was just reading the latest update(s) via ABC News. There are comments there also

181 calochortus  Jun 8, 2014 5:09:59pm

re: #173 Kid A

And has been canonized as a conservative woman hero.

At least we didn’t elect her to the senate.
As of early last year she still hadn’t paid off $500,000 in campaign debt from 2010 (though she may have since.) That’s real personal responsibility in action.

182 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 5:11:37pm

Hey, Fox — your anchors and pundits =/= a representative sample:

183 Shiplord Kirel  Jun 8, 2014 5:12:03pm

I do support the Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. My younger daughter was a serious scout and still works with the organization.

184 calochortus  Jun 8, 2014 5:12:19pm

re: #179 Shiplord Kirel

I think we would survive much longer without brain surgeons and fund managers than without garbage men.
Also, I don’t want to collect other people’s trash, so when there is someone willing to do that, I treat them with respect.

185 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 8, 2014 5:13:35pm

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Might be a little hard to pick out, but the Delaware Memorial Suspension Bridge can be picked out on the horizon in the last picture.

186 calochortus  Jun 8, 2014 5:14:17pm

re: #182 Lidane

Hey, Fox — your anchors and pundits =/= a representative sample:

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Whomever did the screengrab did a great job getting a “mean girl” expression.

187 Shiplord Kirel  Jun 8, 2014 5:15:53pm

re: #184 calochortus

I think we would survive much longer without brain surgeons and fund managers than without garbage men.
Also, I don’t want to collect other people’s trash, so when there is someone willing to do that, I treat them with respect.

One of my best friends in college was a city garbage man. He went on to med school and became a very successful pediatric surgeon. He says the sanitation department was the best job he had ever had until he was several years into his practice.

188 Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2014 5:15:58pm

re: #182 Lidane

Wow! I just started laughing when I saw this one; what else can you do? Unreal.

189 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 5:16:23pm

re: #185 Feline Fearless Leader

Looking North

[Embedded image]Looking East

[Embedded image]Looking South

Might be a little hard to pick out, but the Delaware Memorial Suspension Bridge can be picked out on the horizon in the last picture.

Hey ,,, I think I see my cousins car in the middle lane heading north!!

190 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 5:16:59pm

re: #183 Shiplord Kirel

I do support the Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. My younger daughter was a serious scout and still works with the organization.

I was in Girl Scouts through the end of my 5th Grade year. I loved it and would’ve stayed in through middle school or even longer but finding a troop after elementary school was difficult.

191 Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2014 5:18:07pm
192 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 8, 2014 5:19:57pm

Finally on a break. Spent today editing a whole bunch of footage. While we were filming yesterday Dragon_Lady was taking stills. At one point I had to coat a steel mold with carbon so I fired up a propane torch and had at it. This was one of the best images of that moment of the day. Fire At Work-Photo By Donna Ballard

193 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:20:43pm

Weird. Fox News is like a cult.

194 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 5:20:59pm

re: #192 Rightwingconspirator

Finally on a break. Spent today editing a whole bunch of footage. While we were filming yesterday Dragon_Lady was taking stills. At one point I had to coat a steel mold with carbon so I fired up a propane torch and had at it. This was one of the best images of that moment of the day. Fire At Work-Photo By Donna Ballard

The REAL talent in of the duo!!

195 Stanley Sea  Jun 8, 2014 5:22:05pm

re: #183 Shiplord Kirel

I do support the Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. My younger daughter was a serious scout and still works with the organization.

One of the best qualifiers ever is how do they treat the people perceived below them.

197 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 5:22:22pm

re: #193 Gus

Weird. Fox News is like a cult.

Is it time for Pinhead or Patriot yet?

198 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 5:23:58pm

re: #196 Feline Fearless Leader

The Lunch Room - label your food containers!

I like the DEVO-esque light fixtures!!

Image: 343.jpg

199 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:24:05pm

re: #197 jaunte

Is it time for Pinhead or Patriot yet?

Even the woman on the left is like this Fox News stereotype. Weird, weird, weird. Well, at least she hasn’t been forced to dye her hair blonde.

200 thedopefishlives  Jun 8, 2014 5:25:25pm

re: #199 Gus

Even the woman on the left is like this Fox News stereotype. Weird, weird, weird. Well, at least she hasn’t been forced to dye her hair blonde.

Yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was coming. Kinda interesting, isn’t it, that almost all of the good conservative “hawt” women are blonde bombshells? With the notorious exception of Sarah Palin, I suppose, but it seems to reflect their misogynistic view of women that they so heavily favor the stereotype.

201 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 5:25:43pm

re: #195 Stanley Sea

One of the best qualifiers ever is how do they treat the people perceived below them.

Here’s a little exercise for everyone:

When you go to the supermarket and you’re pushing your stuff through the checkout, look at the cashier’s name tag and when you pay for your order say “Thank you [Cashier’s Name] have a great day!”

If you ask the bagger to help carry your stuff to the car, give them a tip.

202 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 5:26:25pm

re: #164 Pie-onist Overlord

She has 76,000 followers on Twitter. You don’t find that scary?

Of course I do. I also find Fox “News” being the number one cable network for “news” scary.

Personally, I think we’re finished as a country. The middle class is dying, soon to be extinct, and assholes like Janie and her followers couldn’t care less.

We’re well on our way to becoming a 10%top/90% bottom society, and I don’t see anything changing that, particularly when so much of the bottom votes for the policies that only benefit the top.

203 thedopefishlives  Jun 8, 2014 5:26:46pm

re: #201 Pie-onist Overlord

Here’s a little exercise for everyone:

When you go to the supermarket and you’re pushing your stuff through the checkout, look at the cashier’s name tag and when you pay for your order say “Thank you [Cashier’s Name] have a great day!”

If you ask the bagger to help carry your stuff to the car, give them a tip.

I always try to ensure that I treat cashiers with the utmost politeness and slip in a “have a nice day” after every transaction. My first high school job was working at a retail store; I will never do it again, but I gained a real appreciation for the mooks behind the counter.

205 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 5:28:28pm

re: #203 thedopefishlives

I gained a real appreciation for the mooks behind the counter.

ummm,,,, errrr,,,,

mook
1 [mook]
noun Slang.
a contemptible, incompetent person.
dictionary.reference.com

206 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 5:29:04pm

re: #203 thedopefishlives

I always try to ensure that I treat cashiers with the utmost politeness and slip in a “have a nice day” after every transaction. My first high school job was working at a retail store; I will never do it again, but I gained a real appreciation for the mooks behind the counter.

I have made friends at the Meijer store where I shop. I haz a sad that some of these people are my age.

207 calochortus  Jun 8, 2014 5:29:23pm

re: #203 thedopefishlives

I always try to ensure that I treat cashiers with the utmost politeness and slip in a “have a nice day” after every transaction. My first high school job was working at a retail store; I will never do it again, but I gained a real appreciation for the mooks behind the counter.

Being pleasant costs nothing, and probably lowers one’s own blood pressure.

208 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 8, 2014 5:30:05pm

Three shots from ten stories higher in the building.

Art Museum

Looking southeast - Da plane. Da Plane!

More southeast Philly

209 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 5:30:50pm

f you go through the same cashier line over and over, it’s nice to slip them a little something at Christmas.

210 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:31:08pm

re: #200 thedopefishlives

Yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was coming. Kinda interesting, isn’t it, that almost all of the good conservative “hawt” women are blonde bombshells? With the notorious exception of Sarah Palin, I suppose, but it seems to reflect their misogynistic view of women that they so heavily favor the stereotype.

211 Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2014 5:31:17pm

re: #200 thedopefishlives

Yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was coming. Kinda interesting, isn’t it, that almost all of the good conservative “hawt” women are blonde bombshells? With the notorious exception of Sarah Palin, I suppose, but it seems to reflect their misogynistic view of women that they so heavily favor the stereotype.

Fox knows their audience. Don’t ever make the mistake of thinking that Fox just happens to be the way it is. They probably have more PhD level psychologists and statisticians on staff than a mid sized university just to tailor their message/image to grab their audience.

212 Lidane  Jun 8, 2014 5:31:23pm

re: #203 thedopefishlives

I always try to ensure that I treat cashiers with the utmost politeness and slip in a “have a nice day” after every transaction. My first high school job was working at a retail store; I will never do it again, but I gained a real appreciation for the mooks behind the counter.

I do the same thing for bartenders, waiters, and anyone in the service industry. I used to work in a sports bar. I know what they go through. It’s not a hardship to smile and be kind to the person serving me food or a drink at a happy hour, or to tip them after the fact.

213 BeenHereAwhile  Jun 8, 2014 5:32:42pm

re: #18 RealityBasedSteve

Hey Gang,

Back from my open water scuba training. If you recall yesterday evening I was feeling a bit of apprehension about it, turns out my fears were totally unwarranted.

-snip-

Only downside, I get home, putting my wetsuit in the tub to wash it off, and my phone jumps out of my pocket into the water. I get it out, it reboots a couple of times, and now it’s in a bag of rice, sim and sd cards out of it. It’s a Razr Maxx, so no battery to remove, it’s all a sealed unit.

It’s stuck in a not on / not off state, I’m really hoping that overnight in the bag of rice will save it. I really like that phone, it’s funny that off all the water I’ve been around since I’ve had it, it takes it’s trip in a bath tub.

RBS

As you well know, if the contacts & data you need is on your Sim & SD cards, you’re better off replacing the device, as its reliability and battery will have been compromised. - should it come alive again.

214 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:35:59pm

re: #208 Feline Fearless Leader

Three shots from ten stories higher in the building.

Art Museum

[Embedded image]Looking southeast - Da plane. Da Plane!

[Embedded image]More southeast Philly

Any higher and you can see the Jersey shore.

215 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 8, 2014 5:37:48pm

Out of big pictures - so on to the macro stuff.

216 Stanley Sea  Jun 8, 2014 5:38:37pm

Fuck, I’m addicted to shrimp quesadillas.

217 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 5:39:22pm

Sovereign Citizens
A Growing Domestic Threat to Law Enforcement
By the FBI’s Counterterrorism Analysis Section

218 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 8, 2014 5:40:33pm

re: #207 calochortus

Being pleasant costs nothing, and probably lowers one’s own blood pressure.

It’s long been said, and I’ve always held to the notion that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he treats somebody who he feels has no ability to affect his career or life (ie, a cashier at a store). A “nice” person who treats a waiter badly, just to show his power, isn’t a “nice” person at all.

I’m alway sure to say things like “Please” and “Thank you very much” in my interactions with people. I like to look them in the eyes, smile, let them know that I see that they are there. I can’t believe the utter rudeness to another person that I see on a day in basis. Just because that person is behind the counter or fixing your latte doesn’t mean that it’s ok to ‘shush’ them because you’re on the phone. (which I’ve seen happen).

In my perfect world (which involves the powerball coming in), somebody getting a job working for me would be observed as they went about their routine day. If they treat sales clerks, cashiers, attendants poorly, they don’t work for me. Not only that, it would be made abundently clear to them why they didn’t get the job.

I have no idea why this post toggled my RANT setting. Maybe my mother just raised me right. Maybe I still remember those college jobs running a register. Maybe I’m just not a dick.

RBS

219 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:41:14pm

220 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 8, 2014 5:41:59pm

re: #219 Gus

[Embedded image]

That’s like Godzilla coming out of the surf in the various movies.

:D

221 Stanley Sea  Jun 8, 2014 5:42:33pm

re: #219 Gus

[Embedded image]

bummer

222 RealityBasedSteve  Jun 8, 2014 5:43:18pm

re: #213 BeenHereAwhile

As you well know, if the contacts & data you need is on your Sim & SD cards, you’re better off replacing the device, as its reliability and battery will have been compromised. - should it come alive again.

Yea… I’m not holding out much hope. Worst part is, I had that phone all set up exactly the way I wanted it, had even spent some money to get a couple of real apps installed. I imagine that I’m going to have to repurchase the ones that cost money. Not a big investment, but it’s going to be a PITA.

RBS

223 Blue Fielder  Jun 8, 2014 5:44:11pm

re: #219 Gus

[Embedded image]

“It is Grumpjira. We must flee.”

224 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 8, 2014 5:44:27pm

re: #221 Stanley Sea

bummer

Maybe Grumpy Cat is a Rangers fan.

225 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:44:28pm

re: #220 Feline Fearless Leader

That’s like Godzilla coming out of the surf in the various movies.

:D

226 Bear  Jun 8, 2014 5:44:33pm

re: #219 Gus

Looks as if the cat does not think much of the town.

227 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:45:33pm

re: #226 Bear

Looks as if the cat does not think much of the town.

It’s Philly and Grumpy’s in New Jersey. Can’t explain that.

228 Dr Lizardo  Jun 8, 2014 5:45:58pm

re: #217 jaunte

Sovereign Citizens
A Growing Domestic Threat to Law Enforcement
By the FBI’s Counterterrorism Analysis Section

Sounds like about at least 50% of the Freeper contingent. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find out that a lot of Freepers are also Sovereign Citizen types.

229 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 8, 2014 5:46:01pm

re: #225 Gus

[Embedded image]

What, no flight of F-16s fruitlessly firing rockets at it?
;P

230 Snarknado!  Jun 8, 2014 5:46:59pm

re: #222 RealityBasedSteve

Yea… I’m not holding out much hope. Worst part is, I had that phone all set up exactly the way I wanted it, had even spent some money to get a couple of real apps installed. I imagine that I’m going to have to repurchase the ones that cost money. Not a big investment, but it’s going to be a PITA.

RBS

When I added a new android device, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I owned all my paid apps, and didn’t need to pay again to put them on a second device. That was from google play.

231 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:47:01pm

Grumpy is attacking the City of Brotherly Love after joining the Cat Taliban because she hates are freedoms.

232 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 5:49:35pm

re: #231 Gus

233 BeenHereAwhile  Jun 8, 2014 5:51:19pm

re: #97 Lidane

Watching a replay of the Canadian Grand Prix right now. I think I can see why people watch F1. This is cool.

I’ll have to try and make it out to the racetrack here in Austin sometime. Looks fun.

Love F1, (grumble) miss the shriek of last years 17,000 RPM engines.

234 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 5:51:49pm

She that is.

235 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 5:51:58pm

re: #232 jaunte

[Embedded image]

“I didn’t do it,,, whateber it was dat was done!!!

236 jaunte  Jun 8, 2014 5:53:36pm

237 Bear  Jun 8, 2014 5:55:00pm

re: #236 jaunte

What did I do now?

238 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 5:56:52pm

re: #236 jaunte

[Embedded image]

I sowwy

239 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 8, 2014 5:57:38pm

HURR HURR!!!!
Its profile says ‘CONSERVATIVE’ ‘CHRISTIAN’

240 Gus  Jun 8, 2014 6:00:49pm

241 sattv4u2  Jun 8, 2014 6:02:21pm

re: #240 Gus

[Embedded image]

“DINSDALE!!”

Youtube Video

242 BeenHereAwhile  Jun 8, 2014 7:10:29pm

re: #222 RealityBasedSteve

Yea… I’m not holding out much hope. Worst part is, I had that phone all set up exactly the way I wanted it, had even spent some money to get a couple of real apps installed. I imagine that I’m going to have to repurchase the ones that cost money. Not a big investment, but it’s going to be a PITA.

RBS

The apps should be re-downloadable at no cost as you have already purchased them.

Should more extreme measures be necessary, even tho we do forensic work on handhelds, we send the wet-dead and near-dead handhelds to a shop in Cool Springs for data recovery.

Let me know and I’ll provide contact info, and you can review your options with them.
(Don’t want to violate LGF TOS)


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