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1 darthstar  Aug 7, 2014 5:21:12pm

mmm…new thread smell.

2 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:22:40pm

re: #1 darthstar

mmm…new thread smell.

It’s suck a cool thing.

I hear the sell air fresheners with that smell.

3 b_sharp  Aug 7, 2014 5:24:03pm

re: #2 FemNaziBitch

It’s suck a cool thing.

I hear the sell air fresheners with that smell.

I’m still using Axe deodorant.

4 darthstar  Aug 7, 2014 5:25:39pm

re: #2 FemNaziBitch

It’s suck a cool thing.

I hear the sell air fresheners with that smell.

I had a long fucking day. Spent 4 1/2 hours doing a sales presentation to potential clients - I’m an engineering manager here, but somebody thinks I’ve got good people skills, so this is my second presentation. And yeah, I did fine, but I’m really just done after four hours of Q&A.

5 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 5:26:43pm

That laugh at the end is really creepy

6 b_sharp  Aug 7, 2014 5:26:50pm

re: #4 darthstar

I had a long fucking day. Spent 4 1/2 hours doing a sales presentation to potential clients - I’m an engineering manager here, but somebody thinks I’ve got good people skills, so this is my second presentation. And yeah, I did fine, but I’m really just done after four hours of Q&A.

So asking you a question is probably not a good idea.

7 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:27:03pm

re: #4 darthstar

I had a long fucking day. Spent 4 1/2 hours doing a sales presentation to potential clients - I’m an engineering manager here, but somebody thinks I’ve got good people skills, so this is my second presentation. And yeah, I did fine, but I’m really just done after four hours of Q&A.

Ya know, salesmen love this stuff, it energizes them. I can do it effectively, but it burns me out after a while.

I feel your pain.

8 darthstar  Aug 7, 2014 5:27:48pm

Fuck it…gotta run. Talk to you all later.

9 klys  Aug 7, 2014 5:28:23pm

re: #6 b_sharp

So asking you a question is probably not a good idea.

re: #8 darthstar

Fuck it…gotta run. Talk to you all later.

SEE WHAT YOU DID???

//

10 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 5:28:31pm

After that James Taylor “Frozen Man” thread a couple of days ago I actually looked at guitars on ebay.

I haven’t played in 40 years. I don’t know why I gave it up. The things you regret when you get old.

11 b_sharp  Aug 7, 2014 5:29:27pm

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

That laugh at the end is really creepy

No. It made me laugh. It was a laugh of glee.

12 b_sharp  Aug 7, 2014 5:29:58pm

re: #9 klys

SEE WHAT YOU DID???

//

I didn’t do that…

13 b_sharp  Aug 7, 2014 5:30:20pm

re: #10 Pie-onist Overlord

After that James Taylor “Frozen Man” thread a couple of days ago I actually looked at guitars on ebay.

I haven’t played in 40 years. I don’t know why I gave it up. The things you regret when you get old.

Yes. That.

14 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 5:30:31pm

I was wondering how long this technique has been used, and found this:

Guitarists using double-handed tapping are able to music that is normally reserved for pianos or keyboards, because they can accurately play eight or even nine separate notes, depending on their dexterity.

The effective note range is also increased. Double-handed tapping allows a guitarist to play two melodies, or a melody and accompaniment simultaneously, in the same way that a pianist can.

Tapping is a technique that has been used on various stringed instruments for a long time in musical history. For modern guitar playing, it is due to Emmet Chapman’s pioneering in double-handed tapping, that made the technique popular.

He discovered the technique of using two hands for tapping, by positioning them parallel to the frets. He even went as far as to invent the “Chapman Stick”. This instrument is a modified guitar, with a wide neck and up to 12 strings, designed purely with tapping in mind.
guitarplayerworld.com

15 Lidane  Aug 7, 2014 5:31:09pm
16 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:31:35pm
17 dog philosopher  Aug 7, 2014 5:31:49pm

re: #4 darthstar

I had a long fucking day. Spent 4 1/2 hours doing a sales presentation to potential clients - I’m an engineering manager here, but somebody thinks I’ve got good people skills, so this is my second presentation. And yeah, I did fine, but I’m really just done after four hours of Q&A.

why does it stop working when i pull the plug out?

18 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:32:42pm

re: #14 jaunte

Yes, the Chapman Stick was sorta popular for a little while. The most well-known player of the Stick was probably Tony Levin, in Peter Gabriel’s band.

19 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 5:33:35pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

I’m constantly learning new things here.

20 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:33:38pm
21 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 5:34:01pm

New to me, anyway.

22 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 5:34:29pm

HURR HURR IRRENEVENT

23 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2014 5:34:58pm

re: #1 darthstar

mmm…new thread smell.

Like Fine Corinthian Leather…

24 b_sharp  Aug 7, 2014 5:35:03pm

re: #19 jaunte

I’m constantly learning new things here.

I feel your pain.

25 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:35:43pm

Here’s a good shot of Tony with his Chapman Stick:

26 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:37:12pm

New Thread, new trackpad.

Life is good.

27 Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2014 5:37:35pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

Like Fine Corinthian Leather…

I’ve been watching Star Trek: The Original Series on Blu-Ray and dragging myself through the lackluster third season just so I can watch the films on Blu-Ray and see “KHANNNNN!!!” :)

28 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 5:37:41pm

re: #26 FemNaziBitch

New Thread, new trackpad.

Life is good.

New thread, same old stupid. But it makes for a few hours of mindless entertainment.

29 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:38:13pm
30 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:38:21pm
31 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:38:52pm

re: #28 thedopefishlives

New thread, same old stupid. But it makes for a few hours of mindless entertainment.

Well, can you name a better way to spend a Thursday evening?

32 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:38:53pm
33 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:39:11pm

re: #27 Timothy Watson

I’ve been watching Star Trek: The Original Series on Blu-Ray and dragging myself through the lackluster third season just so I can watch the films on Blu-Ray and see “KHANNNNN!!!” :)

I like the whale movie.

34 Lidane  Aug 7, 2014 5:39:22pm

re: #29 FemNaziBitch

35 freetoken  Aug 7, 2014 5:40:00pm

There are lots of backwards places in this world, some have more money than others and it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference:

Activists slam findings of Saudi sexual harassment study

A study conducted by a research center in Saudi Arabia has garnered mixed views amongst commentators, after 80 percent of people in the national survey attributed an increase in harassment to the “deliberate flirtatious behavior” of women.

The survey, undertaken by the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue in Riyadh, quizzed 992 participants across the country. Roughly equal numbers of men and women were surveyed.

Many of those questioned said women deliberately wore their clothes and makeup to attract male attention, while a majority of 91 percent said “lack of religious restraint” is another reason behind gender-based harassment in the Kingdom.

[…]

36 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2014 5:40:25pm

re: #10 Pie-onist Overlord

After that James Taylor “Frozen Man” thread a couple of days ago I actually looked at guitars on ebay.

I haven’t played in 40 years. I don’t know why I gave it up. The things you regret when you get old.

hey! Never too old!
For my 50th birthday (oh so, so long ago) I decided to do something outrageous.
I started on a hand-me-down basic banjo, but within a few months bought a resonator banjo, took lessons (teacher focused on Scruggs rolls, but I decided to go more chromatic a la Bela Fleck) and kick ass all these years later, especially front porch pickin’ in the backwoods. Echos are freakin’ amazing.

37 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:41:18pm
38 wrenchwench  Aug 7, 2014 5:41:51pm

re: #10 Pie-onist Overlord

After that James Taylor “Frozen Man” thread a couple of days ago I actually looked at guitars on ebay.

I haven’t played in 40 years. I don’t know why I gave it up. The things you regret when you get old.

I gave it up three times because I suck. I was watching this video

Youtube Video

…and she told about the time someone told her she was ‘rushing’, so she practiced with a metronome for three days and fixed her rushing problem ‘in all styles of music’. That’s really what I needed, but for like months or years, because I could not keep a beat.

39 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 5:41:56pm

re: #31 FemNaziBitch

Well, can you name a better way to spend a Thursday evening?

No, that was my point. I like it here.

40 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:42:27pm

re: #35 freetoken

There are lots of backwards places in this world, some have more money than others and it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference:

Activists slam findings of Saudi sexual harassment study

Men can’t possibly be expected to check their behavior. They are the standard around which the rest of us must adjust.

);?

41 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:42:44pm

re: #39 thedopefishlives

No, that was my point. I like it here.

awwwwww

42 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 7, 2014 5:43:08pm

re: #25 Charles Johnson

Here’s a good shot of Tony with his Chapman Stick:

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Doesn’t Tony moonlight as an intergalactic hit-man?
;)

43 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 5:43:09pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Yes, the Chapman Stick was sorta popular for a little while. The most well-known player of the Stick was probably Tony Levin, in Peter Gabriel’s band.

…and the 80s version of King Crimson with Adrian Belew and Bill Bruford.

Youtube Video

44 freetoken  Aug 7, 2014 5:43:19pm

re: #40 FemNaziBitch

Thing is… half the respondents were women, so if 82% thought that way about women, that means over half the women think that way too.

45 dog philosopher  Aug 7, 2014 5:43:31pm

the ‘fuckstick’ had a less successful career as an instrument in popular music

46 b_sharp  Aug 7, 2014 5:43:49pm

re: #41 FemNaziBitch

awwwwww

Don’t encourage him or he’ll never leave.

47 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:44:02pm
49 Franklin Brewsevelt  Aug 7, 2014 5:45:09pm

re: #22 Pie-onist Overlord

50 wrenchwench  Aug 7, 2014 5:48:25pm

Excuse me, you’ve got something….

Later, lizards.

51 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:49:01pm

Trying to figure out how Mickey Kaus ever got a reputation as a liberal. He’s a pure right winger, through and through.

52 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 5:50:13pm
Baptist Child and Family Services made more than a quarter-billion $ in 2014 from feds to resettle illegals

I don’t think he knows what made money means.
You don’t ‘make’ it if you’re spending it on your central program.

53 Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2014 5:51:21pm

re: #52 jaunte

I don’t think he knows what made money means.
You don’t ‘make’ it if you’re spending it on your central program.

Well, the wingnut businessmen always tend to talk about revenue, instead of profits.

54 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 5:51:56pm

re: #2 FemNaziBitch

Missed your answer about new brat puppy?

55 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 5:52:22pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Trying to figure out how Mickey Kaus ever got a reputation as a liberal. He’s a pure right winger, through and through.

Did he say something against someone, anyone, on the far right? There’s your answer.

56 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 5:52:41pm

re: #4 darthstar

I had a long fucking day. Spent 4 1/2 hours doing a sales presentation to potential clients - I’m an engineering manager here, but somebody thinks I’ve got good people skills, so this is my second presentation. And yeah, I did fine, but I’m really just done after four hours of Q&A.

You probably have great people skills. Just don’t say fuck more than once.

57 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 5:53:06pm

re: #25 Charles Johnson

One thing is certain, you will never find a picture of Tony Levin holding a Chapman Stick in the comments section of your typical right wing blog.

58 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:53:36pm
59 freetoken  Aug 7, 2014 5:54:23pm

re: #55 thedopefishlives

Kaus was considered “liberal” because of his positive feelings for the FDR/Keynesian changes in government in the 20th century. He’s an old fashioned Democrat in that sense.

However, Kaus has clearly been a moocher on the train of hate, of late anyway. I chalk it up to Ann Coulter.

60 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 5:54:33pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

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Never let it be said that the USSS does not have a sense of humor.

61 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:55:33pm

Did I tell you I fell in love while my computer was in for repair?

Feral Girl and Brat Puppy

Feral Girl

62 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 5:56:16pm
63 Franklin Brewsevelt  Aug 7, 2014 5:56:26pm

Children are asleep, wife is reading a book and I am brewing an English Pale Ale - (Extra Special Bitter). All is right with the world, al teast as it pertains to my house at this immediate moment. Your results may vary.

64 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:58:38pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

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Excellent!

65 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2014 5:58:40pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

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But did it have an accent???!!???

67 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 5:58:59pm

re: #60 thedopefishlives

Never let it be said that the USSS does not have a sense of humor.

I have a feeling they were being serious.

:0

68 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 6:00:01pm
69 b_sharp  Aug 7, 2014 6:01:06pm

re: #68 jaunte

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Looks like a van Gogh.

70 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 6:02:21pm


smithsonianmag.com

71 RealityBasedSteve  Aug 7, 2014 6:03:00pm

re: #61 FemNaziBitch

Did I tell you I fell in love while my computer was in for repair?

Feral Girl and Brat Puppy

[Embedded image]Feral Girl

I don’t know how to break this to you, but both of your pets are possessed. They are probably planning how to sacrifice you to their dark lord even as you are posting.

72 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 6:03:05pm
73 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 6:03:47pm
74 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 6:04:32pm

re: #71 RealityBasedSteve

I don’t know how to break this to you, but both of your pets are possessed. They are probably planning how to sacrifice you to their dark lord even as you are posting.

We already have a cat.

75 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 6:04:48pm

re: #71 RealityBasedSteve

I don’t know how to break this to you, but both of your pets are possessed. They are probably planning how to sacrifice you to their dark lord even as you are posting.

iphone photo.

76 freetoken  Aug 7, 2014 6:05:06pm

re: #68 jaunte

earth.nullschool.net

77 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 6:06:11pm

re: #59 freetoken

Kaus was considered “liberal” because of his positive feelings for the FDR/Keynesian changes in government in the 20th century. He’s an old fashioned Democrat in that sense.

However, Kaus has clearly been a moocher on the train of hate, of late anyway. I chalk it up to Ann Coulter.

Perfect description.

78 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:06:47pm

re: #76 freetoken

earth.nullschool.net

I love that map. I remember turning it on when the Polar Vortex was teh hawtness.

79 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:07:15pm

There are four active cyclones in the Pacific right now. Sounds rather rare.

80 freetoken  Aug 7, 2014 6:07:45pm

re: #79 teleskiguy

Doozy just south of Japan:

earth.nullschool.net

81 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:08:59pm

re: #80 freetoken

Doozy just south of Japan:

earth.nullschool.net

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this the second super cyclone to make landfall in east Asia this season?

82 Franklin Brewsevelt  Aug 7, 2014 6:09:03pm

Anyone that is familiar with the #IceBucketChallenge should appreciate this:

83 Amory Blaine  Aug 7, 2014 6:09:15pm

I’ve been practicing the acoustic for millenia and I still fucking suck. Got too much time invested to stop I think. Maybe I’ll be good enough to busk for change someday.
Sigh.

84 klys  Aug 7, 2014 6:10:01pm

re: #82 Franklin Brewsevelt

Anyone that is familiar with the #IceBucketChallenge should appreciate this:

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Currently my favorite video for this.

85 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 6:10:02pm

re: #54 Stanley Sea

Missed your answer about new brat puppy?

There was a question?

86 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 6:10:05pm
87 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:11:02pm

re: #85 FemNaziBitch

There was a question?

In the previous thread, it was asked if you brought home a new brat puppy.

88 Amory Blaine  Aug 7, 2014 6:11:11pm

re: #79 teleskiguy

There are four active cyclones in the Pacific right now. Sounds rather rare.

That is rare. Usually they’re just laying around.
//

89 Bubblehead II  Aug 7, 2014 6:12:20pm

Night Lizards. As usual, may the Deity of your choice look/smile down upon you. KT, OWS wasn’t the end of the world. Get over it and man up.

Long Ride Home.

90 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 6:12:33pm

re: #87 thedopefishlives

In the previous thread, it was asked if you brought home a new brat puppy.

So sorry,

Yes, she is quite wonderful.

Vet is happy with her progress. She had EVERYTHING including canine lice when she was captured by Animal Control. Now we only have to work on getting her to know and trust people -well, she has to learn her manners and stuff. But so far very good.

91 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 6:12:58pm

re: #62 Charles Johnson

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Such hate.

Your link didn’t work for me, here’s another

10news.com

92 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 6:13:12pm

re: #88 Amory Blaine

That is rare. Usually they’re just laying around.
//

That’s what happens when they stop going to meetings, they get active and ruin their lives.

93 Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2014 6:13:37pm

Took this an hour or so ago, yes, he’s right at the edge of the diving board:

94 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:15:07pm

re: #93 Timothy Watson

Took this an hour or so ago, yes, he’s right at the edge of the diving board:
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That’s a catpocalypse waiting to happen. Heh heh heh.

95 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 6:15:40pm

re: #85 FemNaziBitch

There was a question?

You answered. You got her. She did not replace brat puppy.

96 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 6:15:46pm

re: #93 Timothy Watson

Took this an hour or so ago, yes, he’s right at the edge of the diving board:
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This is a cat who lives on the edge. A daredevil. A rebel.

97 Eventual Carrion  Aug 7, 2014 6:16:03pm

re: #29 FemNaziBitch

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Or it could rid us of religious extremists one church social at a time.

98 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 6:17:10pm

re: #91 Stanley Sea

Such hate.

Your link didn’t work for me, here’s another

10news.com

Mark Lane owns Poppa’s Fresh Fish Company in Logan Heights. He told 10News he does not have a position on the immigration crisis but he felt compelled to take a stand against the city of Murrieta when his 5-year-old son asked him why the buses carrying undocumented women and children were blocked.

“He asked me why the people were mad at the buses and I was like, it’s 2014 … why do I have to explain to my 5-year-old why people are mad at the buses when really they’re mad at the people inside of the buses ‘cause they’re brown,” said Lane.

99 goddamnedfrank  Aug 7, 2014 6:17:35pm
Man shoots himself in head while posing for gun selfie

You shouldn’t try to multi-task around firearms.

100 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:17:43pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

This is a cat who lives on the edge. A daredevil. A rebel.

He’s an orange cat. They’re like gingers, dancing with one foot just on the other side of the crazy line.

101 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:18:27pm

re: #93 Timothy Watson

Took this an hour or so ago, yes, he’s right at the edge of the diving board:
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Do you mind if I tweet this out with something kitteh snarky?

102 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 6:19:06pm

re: #93 Timothy Watson

Took this an hour or so ago, yes, he’s right at the edge of the diving board:
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What kind of cat is THAT?

103 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:19:31pm
104 ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2014 6:21:31pm

So, the President is set to address the country in a few minutes. Get ready for the hate. If it is about helping the folks in IranIraq escaping ISIS there will be bitching, even if it is helping people due to genocide based on faith.

Edit…Iraq! Dang it.

105 Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2014 6:24:03pm

re: #101 teleskiguy

Do you mind if I tweet this out with something kitteh snarky?

No problem, go ahead.

106 freetoken  Aug 7, 2014 6:24:30pm

re: #104 ObserverArt

An impeachable offense, for sure.

107 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:25:04pm

Look at this despotic tool bag thinking to himself “It’s like a huge giant turd! Hurr hurr!!!”

108 Eventual Carrion  Aug 7, 2014 6:25:21pm

re: #45 dog philosopher

the ‘fuckstick’ had a less successful career as an instrument in popular music

So it went into politics.

109 alpuz  Aug 7, 2014 6:27:00pm

re: #69 b_sharp

Or a weird scratchboard piece, scanned into photoshop and photoshopped. Either way, no bueno.

110 Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2014 6:27:00pm

re: #102 Stanley Sea

We rescue a lot of animals, especially cats, and one of my family members was in the pool at the time the photography was taken and a couple of the cats don’t mind being petted by someone with wet hands, as surprising as that is.

That particular one is a huge if you can’t tell, probably one of the biggest cats I ever seen especially since he isn’t fat or anything.

111 austin_blue  Aug 7, 2014 6:27:07pm

Charles:

Nice music choice. Love the percussive vs. picking/sliding bits.

112 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 6:27:45pm

re: #107 teleskiguy

Look at this despotic tool bag thinking to himself “It’s like a huge giant turd! Hurr hurr!!!”

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That guy in the gray shirt has a look on his face like Li’l Kim just said “You know, I would love to see what would happen if you threw a human being in the hopper!”

113 Kragar  Aug 7, 2014 6:28:00pm

ICYMI Black Jesus debuts tonight

Youtube Video

Wingnut butthurt expected to hit record levels

114 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:30:14pm
115 ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2014 6:30:58pm

President is speaking.

116 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 6:32:13pm

re: #113 Kragar

ICYMI Black Jesus debuts tonight

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Video

Wingnut butthurt expected to hit record levels

Reminded me of this
Youtube Video

117 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2014 6:32:15pm

airstrikes…

118 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:33:05pm

re: #112 Pie-onist Overlord

That guy in the gray shirt has a look on his face like Li’l Kim just said “You know, I would love to see what would happen if you threw a human being in the hopper!”

“This? This fuckface is the guy we’re stuck with running our country?”

119 GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 7, 2014 6:33:42pm

ISIL?

120 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:33:59pm

The President used the word “genocide” in his remarks this evening.

121 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:34:49pm
122 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:35:27pm

re: #119 GlutenFreeJesus

ISIL?

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - they call themselves that, I believe.

123 ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2014 6:35:52pm

re: #120 teleskiguy

The President used the word “genocide” in his remarks this evening.

Yes. Now let’s see how the American public and his critics react to it all. I do not expect everyone to put their big person clothes on.

124 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 6:36:05pm

re: #110 Timothy Watson

We rescue a lot of animals, especially cats, and one of my family members was in the pool at the time the photography was taken and a couple of the cats don’t mind being petted by someone with wet hands, as surprising as that is.

That particular one is a huge if you can’t tell, probably one of the biggest cats I ever seen especially since he isn’t fat or anything.

Seriously I thought bob cat. Mentally measured a diving board. Holy hell!!

125 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:37:13pm

Dim Jim is such a fucking hack. Called the President “evil” earlier today.

126 GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 7, 2014 6:37:23pm

re: #122 thedopefishlives

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - they call themselves that, I believe.

Yeah that’s what I thought.

127 Lidane  Aug 7, 2014 6:37:29pm
128 Eventual Carrion  Aug 7, 2014 6:38:01pm

re: #60 thedopefishlives

Never let it be said that the USSS does not have a sense of humor.

I hear they sure know how to party.

129 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:38:04pm

No one is watching this speech. They’re watching the fucking NFL.

130 bratwurst  Aug 7, 2014 6:38:41pm
131 andres  Aug 7, 2014 6:39:51pm

re: #34 Lidane

It’s quite probably overdone by now, but wasn’t there some bearded guy who went to spread his word among the leprous?

Nah, I’m just imagining things.

//-half.

132 Blue Fielder  Aug 7, 2014 6:42:21pm

So, how will the nutbags turn this into something to impeach, sue, protest, post racist bullshit, and scream “OMG TEH TYRANNIES” over?

133 Eventual Carrion  Aug 7, 2014 6:43:20pm

re: #69 b_sharp

Looks like a van Gogh.

Yeah, Starry Night feel

134 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 6:43:31pm

re: #132 Blue Fielder

on cue:

135 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:43:37pm

re: #132 Blue Fielder

So, how will the nutbags turn this into something to impeach, sue, protest, post racist bullshit, and scream “OMG TEH TYRANNIES” over?

He authorized airstrikes. Unlike Reagan’s offhanded “the bombing begins in five minutes”, President Obama’s use of American air power as an intimidation tool is unconstitutional and clearly the start of American dictatorship.

136 Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2014 6:44:34pm

re: #134 jaunte

on cue:

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They have to come back from vacay. So no.

137 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2014 6:44:49pm
138 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:44:56pm
139 Franklin Brewsevelt  Aug 7, 2014 6:45:44pm

re: #136 Stanley Sea

They have to come back from vacay. So no.

So these are recess airstrikes? ///

140 Targetpractice  Aug 7, 2014 6:46:08pm

re: #134 jaunte

on cue:

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Well, we know what tomorrow’s bitching from the wingnuts will be.

141 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:46:57pm

re: #136 Stanley Sea

They have to come back from vacay. So no.

Actually, on that topic, for lawhawk or anyone else who might be able to answer: Exactly what is the procedure if Congress is in recess when something comes along that would require a legitimate authorization of use of force? Can the President just order our forces into action, only to have to call them back should Congress refuse to authorize?

142 b.d.  Aug 7, 2014 6:48:12pm

Remember how Reagan got Congressional approval before he INVADED the sovereign nation of Grenada or when he bombed Libya?

Me neither.

143 prairiefire  Aug 7, 2014 6:48:20pm

re: #37 FemNaziBitch

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He’s tah awesome sauce. We’d be a sad side show circus without him.

144 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2014 6:49:29pm

Here’s Obama’s statement on Iraq:

Youtube Video

145 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 6:50:05pm
146 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 6:50:31pm

Case in point, Doughy Jonah.

147 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2014 6:53:35pm
148 prairiefire  Aug 7, 2014 6:54:19pm

re: #68 jaunte

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Looks like Van Gough.

149 Amory Blaine  Aug 7, 2014 6:54:43pm

I believe the POTUS has 60 days. Im on crappy tab so looking it up would likely make me want to punch myself in the face.

150 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 6:56:32pm

It’s a horrible situation. But if we don’t deal with it now it’s a ticking time bomb for the future.

Glad it isn’t my responsibility. The politics are a minefield.

151 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 6:56:56pm

Dim Jim is having a Derp Rage.

152 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 6:57:39pm
153 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 6:59:32pm

re: #150 Charles Johnson

It’s a horrible situation. But if we don’t deal with it now it’s a ticking time bomb for the future.

Glad it isn’t my responsibility. The politics are a minefield.

No freaking kidding. Anybody who says they want to be President when they grow up - solve this puzzle and I’ll vote for you.

154 prairiefire  Aug 7, 2014 6:59:34pm

re: #69 b_sharp

Looks like a van Gogh.

Ah, shit, and you spelled it right.

155 Targetpractice  Aug 7, 2014 6:59:40pm

There is no “military solution” to ISIS. We blow them up today and next week there will be another group picking up where they left off. It helps to remember that they’re partially made up of the remnants of Al-Q’s Iraqi branch, you know, those guys who moved in after we knocked over Saddam and left the entire country flapping in the wind?

156 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 6:59:46pm
157 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 7:00:28pm
158 Amory Blaine  Aug 7, 2014 7:00:56pm

That’s why their hair goes gray. Too much stress.

159 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 7:01:38pm

Central Command consulted zero (0) gatewaypundits in planning the supply mission.

160 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 7:02:13pm

re: #157 jaunte

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8000 MRE’s? Wow, we sure don’t like the Iraqis much./////

161 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 7:04:17pm
162 ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2014 7:04:20pm

re: #158 Amory Blaine

That’s why their hair goes gray. Too much stress.

And yet people that have no clue to how politics works on a world level (hell, even nationally) bitch about what they do and act like they could do a better job.

163 Targetpractice  Aug 7, 2014 7:04:42pm

re: #160 thedopefishlives

8000 MRE’s? Wow, we sure don’t like the Iraqis much./////

I know, haven’t these people suffered enough?!

164 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:05:21pm

re: #93 Timothy Watson

Took this an hour or so ago, yes, he’s right at the edge of the diving board:
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Kitty, confident in his abilities to conquer water.

165 Tigger2  Aug 7, 2014 7:05:48pm

re: #152 Pie-onist Overlord

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Can we all admit it now?… Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, Libertarians… Voting for #Obama was on big-ass mistake

No we wont Jim, I like a President that thinks things out and doesn’t make rash decisions .

166 thedopefishlives  Aug 7, 2014 7:06:38pm

re: #165 Tigger2

Can we all admit it now?… Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, Libertarians… Voting for #Obama was on big-ass mistake

No we wont Jim, I like a President that thinks things out and doesn’t make rash decisions .

WHY DO YOU HATE REAGAN?!?!?!

167 klys  Aug 7, 2014 7:07:27pm

re: #162 ObserverArt

And yet people that have no clue to how politics works on a world level (hell, even nationally) bitch about what they do and act like they could do a better job.

Or just criticize and sneer, without ever saying what they would do instead, as if their position is obviously morally superior.

168 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:07:28pm

re: #114 teleskiguy

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Adrenaline rush addict cat?

Is that the cat version of skydiving?

169 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 7:08:07pm

Zoomamies

170 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 7:08:20pm

Bazingas

171 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:08:58pm

re: #142 b.d.

Remember how Reagan got Congressional approval before he INVADED the sovereign nation of Grenada or when he bombed Libya?

Me neither.

That was different

172 Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2014 7:09:13pm
173 Tigger2  Aug 7, 2014 7:09:19pm

re: #166 thedopefishlives

WHY DO YOU HATE REAGAN?!?!?!

Because I lived through the Reagan fiasco that the conservatives have rewritten to make Reagan look a lot better then what he really was. lol

174 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 7:09:34pm
175 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:09:55pm

re: #154 prairiefire

Ah, shit, and you spelled it right.

van Go or van Goff?

176 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:10:42pm

re: #162 ObserverArt

And yet people that have no clue to how politics works on a world level (hell, even nationally) bitch about what they do and act like they could do a better job.

I haven’t gotten past the basics of toddler politics.

but then again, most adults can’t manage toddlers. …

177 teleskiguy  Aug 7, 2014 7:11:28pm
178 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:11:39pm

re: #167 klys

Or just criticize and sneer, without ever saying what they would do instead, as if their position is obviously morally superior.

Morals. I’m so sick of that word being used for justification and rationalization of just about every thing, including when politicians take a shit.

179 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 7:12:21pm
180 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:12:24pm

re: #173 Tigger2

Because I lived through the Reagan fiasco that the conservatives have rewritten to make Reagan look a lot better then what he really was. lol

Reagan changed his position on abortion, but you never hear about that—huh?

181 HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2014 7:12:39pm

re: #172 Charles Johnson

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Typical Hoft.

182 Eventual Carrion  Aug 7, 2014 7:13:27pm

re: #107 teleskiguy

Look at this despotic tool bag thinking to himself “It’s like a huge giant turd! Hurr hurr!!!”

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That worker standing next to him is thinking, “I wish he would use some of that while he’s FUCKING US!”

183 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:15:54pm

Isn’t she CUTE! Gremlin ears!!!!! When she first got here she preferred to be under the dining room table. Brat puppy tried to coax her out by chewing on her and such.

feral girl with brat puppy chewing her ear

184 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 7, 2014 7:16:01pm

TCOT has gone utterly berserk with rage. I mean up to eleven more than their usual everyday rage.

185 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:16:33pm

I thought it was interesting that Obama said he “would continue to work with Congress” on this issue.

nice dig there.

186 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:17:14pm

Conservative told me the other day that Obama was not cleared of any Benghazi shenanigans.

187 Belafon  Aug 7, 2014 7:17:52pm

re: #29 FemNaziBitch

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And, yet, if it killed more Christians than any of the others, they would just claim that they were not being conservative enough.

188 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:18:44pm

re: #183 FemNaziBitch

Isn’t she CUTE! Gremlin ears!!!!! When she first got here she preferred to be under the dining room table. Brat puppy tried to coax her out by chewing on her and such.

feral girl with brat puppy chewing her ear

She is going to end-up being a Shepherd Mini. We don’t know what is in the mix, but she is definitely GSD in every way. Already counter surfing.

189 HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2014 7:18:48pm

I’m getting real think of these fundamentalist zealots in our country. Tax the bastards.

190 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 7:21:06pm
191 Tigger2  Aug 7, 2014 7:21:46pm

re: #180 FemNaziBitch

Reagan changed his position on abortion, but you never hear about that—huh?

Just like you never hear of Reagan raising taxes after he cut them.

192 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:22:30pm

I love my puppy.

can you tell?

193 Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2014 7:22:35pm

re: #160 thedopefishlives

8000 MRE’s? Wow, we sure don’t like the Iraqis much./////

OBUMMER IS PAYING SECRET HALAL TAX TO GIVE MRES TO TERRORISTS!1!!!

194 HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2014 7:25:48pm

re: #191 Tigger2

Just like you never hear of Reagan raising taxes after he cut them.

Or how conservatives who want to DEPORT THEM ALL don’t talk about how Ronnie signed an amnesty or those who accuse Obama of being “soft” don’t talk about how Reagan would have liked to live in a world without nukes. I think the only reason why Reagan gets away with so much in their eyes is that he’s been their only real winner since Nixon. Yes, Bush was a two termer but his Electoral College contests were both very close. If Reagan wasn’t charismatic, they’d call him a RINO like how they do with Ford and both Bushes.

195 ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2014 7:26:20pm

re: #188 FemNaziBitch

She is going to end-up being a Shepherd Mini. We don’t know what is in the mix, but she is definitely GSD in every way. Already counter surfing.

Great looking doggie.

What do you mean by Shepherd mini? My understanding of the breed in American is Shepherds have grown larger (taller) than what the breed was originally. Even as a mix, maybe she is purer than the typical American breed and is smaller because of it.

Train her up good, she looks like she is very smart and aware.

196 HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2014 7:26:21pm

re: #193 Timothy Watson

OBUMMER IS PAYING SECRET HALAL TAX TO GIVE MRES TO TERRORISTS!1!!!

Does the secret halal tax include mandatory kabob Mondays?

197 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2014 7:26:23pm

Toddling off to sleep now. Tomorrow is another day.

198 Eventual Carrion  Aug 7, 2014 7:26:24pm

re: #138 teleskiguy

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If the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq (or another subsequent resolution) is still in effect then this is well within the presidents rights.

199 jaunte  Aug 7, 2014 7:28:12pm
200 HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2014 7:29:29pm

re: #199 jaunte

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I don’t think they’re going to do that per say but more of giving him a hard time to not acting sooner. The rank and file OTOH who wanted any critic of Iraq to shut up………….

201 HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2014 7:31:11pm

Honest Obama just can’t win. The purer than thou left acts like any military action is IMPERIALISM AND BUSH LIKE. The right will either accuse of him of being soft ala Cheney and McCain or claim even more outrageous shit like he’s doing so to cover up his secret allegiance to radical islam. I look forward to Obama’s memoirs and what he has to say about his critics on both.

202 Tigger2  Aug 7, 2014 7:31:42pm

And I really hate Reagan because I see him as the beginning of the attacks on unions that has really hurt the workers in American, Unions played a major
part in lifting a lot of people up into the middle class, As we see more of the decline of the middle class i see that as a result of the loss of more and more unions.

203 klys  Aug 7, 2014 7:34:51pm

I NEED THIS.

204 HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2014 7:35:46pm

re: #202 Tigger2

And I really hate Reagan because I see him as the beginning of the attacks on unions that has really hurt the workers in American, Unions played a major
part in lifting a lot of people up into the middle class, As we see more of the decline of the middle class it goes along with the loss of more and more unions.

He really hurt a lot of things that men like my grandfather fought for. My grandfather was a lifer in the NLRB. Reagan is the president that turned government from being close to a fair arbitrator between labor and management to outright taking management’s side and what’s even more maddening is that the hypocrite was in charge of a union himself. But I’ll tell you as bad as Reagan is for that, he’s even worse for bringing the religious right into the Republican Party. The Religious Right has been one of the most toxic parts of politics since Reagan’s election and Reagan and his pandering to the Falwell types deserves the brunt of the blame for that.

205 HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2014 7:36:07pm

re: #203 klys

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I NEED THIS.

That is cool.

206 Kragar  Aug 7, 2014 7:37:45pm
207 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:41:36pm

re: #195 ObserverArt

Great looking doggie.

What do you mean by Shepherd mini? My understanding of the breed in American is Shepherds have grown larger (taller) than what the breed was originally. Even as a mix, maybe she is purer than the typical American breed and is smaller because of it.

Train her up good, she looks like she is very smart and aware.

She was feral until a month ago and already has her adult teeth. Is 30 lbs. WE don’t think she’ll get a whole lot bigger. So, she’ll look like small shepherd. IIRC breed standard is something like 65 lbs for a female -2 feet tall at shoulder. I think she’ll always be petite since she hasn’t had good nutrition for the first 5 months of her life. Therefore, Shepherd Mini

She had every possible parasite and bacteria known to veterinary science. Even if she had good food, she didn’t absorb it properly. Now that she is healthy, she is eating 3 full meals a day. Yesterday she was acting so much like a 3 year old that was late for a meal, I gave her a fourth meal. She gobbled it up and was much better behaved after that.

208 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:43:05pm

ANOTHER new thread this late at night????? ——->>>

209 FemNaziBitch  Aug 7, 2014 7:46:41pm
German Shepherds were bred specifically for their intelligence,[12] a trait for which they are now famous.[4] In the book The Intelligence of Dogs, author Stanley Coren ranked the breed third for intelligence, behind Border Collies and Poodles.[13][14] He found that they had the ability to learn simple tasks after only five repetitions and obeyed the first command given 95% of the time.[4] Coupled with their strength, this trait makes the breed desirable as police, guard and search and rescue dogs, as they are able to quickly learn various tasks and interpret instructions better than other large breeds.[15]
210 lawhawk  Aug 8, 2014 5:54:46am

re: #141 thedopefishlives

Actually, on that topic, for lawhawk or anyone else who might be able to answer: Exactly what is the procedure if Congress is in recess when something comes along that would require a legitimate authorization of use of force? Can the President just order our forces into action, only to have to call them back should Congress refuse to authorize?

Notification of Congress can be done any number of ways. Conference calling the Congressional leaders from both parties and chambers could be sufficient; a written report is also required under the circumstances and law. The President can act as CinC without Congressional action of a declaration of war for a limited time (60 days) as per the WPA. (50 USC 1541 and following).


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