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1 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 1:08:24pm

Watched it this AM. Best Stewart I’ve seen.

2 Franklin  Aug 27, 2014 1:09:07pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Watched it this AM. Best Stewart I’ve seen.

Agreed.

3 leftynyc  Aug 27, 2014 1:09:27pm

So good to see Jon back. Show last night was great. For those who simply have to know what David Chase had in mind for the Soprano’s last episode (i.e. Is Tony dead), the answer is here:

tv.yahoo.com

4 Bubblehead II  Aug 27, 2014 1:16:42pm

That “Cops” cameraman shot last night didn’t make it. From the report it appears he was most likely hit by “friendly” fire.

Law enforcement sources reportedly told the World-Herald that over 30 shots were fired - all by police. The robbery suspect was apparently only carrying an Airsoft gun, a non-lethal weapon which shoots plastic projectiles, officials said.

5 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 1:17:34pm

re: #4 Bubblehead II

That “Cops” cameraman shot last night didn’t make it. From the report it appears he was most likely hit by “friendly” fire.

Law enforcement sources reportedly told the World-Herald that over 30 shots were fired - all by police. The robbery suspect was apparently only carrying an Airsoft gun, a non-lethal weapon which shoots plastic projectiles, officials said.

but air soft rifle pellets sting so obviously 30 shots is justified //

6 klys  Aug 27, 2014 1:20:27pm

How do I put in an order to get the clouds on land?

7 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 1:24:13pm

re: #4 Bubblehead II

That “Cops” cameraman shot last night didn’t make it. From the report it appears he was most likely hit by “friendly” fire.

Law enforcement sources reportedly told the World-Herald that over 30 shots were fired - all by police. The robbery suspect was apparently only carrying an Airsoft gun, a non-lethal weapon which shoots plastic projectiles, officials said.

Jesus. Another one.

We had a homeowner in Pico Rivera killed by “friendly fire” earlier this month and a female bank teller hostage killed by “friendly fire” last spring.

BTW, when did it become acceptable for police to promiscuously fire with handguns at a car with a confirmed hostage inside?? I take it that backing off and waiting for the negotiator is just too 1988?

8 dog philosopher  Aug 27, 2014 1:25:16pm

my apologies for getting out the purina troll chow last thread

my blood gets angried up

9 Kragar  Aug 27, 2014 1:25:26pm

“You see, you being ignorant of those attempts doesn’t mean the issue itself is being ignored. In the same way that when it snows where you live doesn’t mean the world isn’t getting hotter.”

10 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 1:26:19pm

re: #5 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

but air soft rifle pellets sting so obviously 30 shots is justified //

airsoft guns also come with orange plastic parts to let other people know that IT IS NOT REAL.

Unless you are a cop. In that case, you get to shoot ROTC cadets holding a Wii remote and people holding garden sprinkler attachments.

11 Timothy Watson  Aug 27, 2014 1:27:09pm

re: #7 Aunty Entity Dragon

Jesus. Another one.

We had a homeowner in Pico Rivera killed by “friendly fire” earlier this month and a female bank teller hostage killed by “friendly fire” last spring.

BTW, when did it become acceptable for police to promiscuously fire with handguns at a car with a confirmed hostage inside?? I take it that backing off and waiting for the negotiator is just too 1988?

The don’t train their officers to watch their backgrounds (i.e., what’s behind what you’re shooting)?

12 klys  Aug 27, 2014 1:27:17pm

re: #8 dog philosopher

my apologies for getting out the purina troll chow last thread

my blood gets angried up

The odor of smug superiority that permeates the comments can have that effect on people. I recommend washing your hands thoroughly.

13 Kragar  Aug 27, 2014 1:28:08pm

re: #11 Timothy Watson

The don’t train their officers to watch their backgrounds (i.e., what’s behind what you’re shooting)?

Real Men don’t worry about collateral damage.
///

14 Timothy Watson  Aug 27, 2014 1:28:32pm

re: #10 Aunty Entity Dragon

airsoft guns also come with orange plastic parts to let other people know that IT IS NOT REAL.

Unless you are a cop. In that case, you get to shoot ROTC cadets holding a Wii remote and people holding garden sprinkler attachments.

They’re supposed to be, but I’ve bought ones that didn’t have them. And people doing a robbery might paint it over or break the piece off.

15 ausador  Aug 27, 2014 1:29:11pm

re: #10 Aunty Entity Dragon

airsoft guns also come with orange plastic parts to let other people know that IT IS NOT REAL.

Unless you are a cop. In that case, you get to shoot ROTC cadets holding a Wii remote and people holding garden sprinkler attachments.

Could have been a raygun from the future, best not to take the chance.

Seems dangerous to me!

16 Lidane  Aug 27, 2014 1:30:14pm

re: #13 Kragar

Real Men don’t worry about collateral damage.
///

How did you know the motto of the Open Carry loons?

17 JasonA  Aug 27, 2014 1:32:32pm
(CNN) — A 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to Arizona authorities.
The instructor, 39-year-old Charles Vacca, died at a hospital Monday night after he was shot in the head.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said the girl was with her parents. The three reside in New Jersey. The website of Bullets and Burgers, the shooting range where the accident happened, says children between the ages of 8 and 17 can shoot a weapon if accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Bullets and Burgers. The Onion has become obsolete.

cnn.com

18 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 1:32:35pm
A disabled woman in Hesperia, California was arrested last week as a part of a “drug sweep” simply because her eyes were bloodshot. When Kylee Olsen, a 25-year-old born with fetal alcohol syndrome, told the cops that she had “special needs,” they just laughed at her.

Police Arrest, Mock Disabled Woman For Having Bloodshot Eyes

When the police called her father, Steve Olsen, to inform him of her arrest, he also told them that she had a disability. Their only response was to tell him that he could pick her up in six to eight hours.

“It’s like arresting a 5-year-old kid,” Steve Olsen said. “If the guy could not figure out that she has disabilities he is just an idiot. This one is so obvious.”

Olsen tested negative for her drug test. Her father says she’s never even taken a sip of alcohol before, let alone used drugs.

“I’m a retired fire captain and this is just the most outrageous thing I’ve ever heard in my life,” her father said. “I am a total supporter of law enforcement, but this was wrong. This was out of control.”

19 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 1:33:00pm

re: #13 Kragar

Real Men don’t worry about collateral damage.
///

“Officer safety is the most important thing” in every freaking cop forum I read…and yes, that does in fact mean letting you die or shooting you to get at a bad guy as long as their safety is protected.

Not an exaggeration.

20 Charles Johnson  Aug 27, 2014 1:33:10pm

21 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 1:35:07pm

re: #15 ausador

Could have been a raygun from the future, best not to take the chance.

Seems dangerous to me!

That is exactly what some poor bastard in Long Beach had a couple years ago when two rookie officers came up behind him under cover of some bushes and shot him repeatedly without ever announcing themselves.

Long Beach was ordered to pay 6.5 million to the family this year. The city is appealing the verdict. The rookies are still on the job.

22 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 1:36:26pm

23 ausador  Aug 27, 2014 1:36:37pm

re: #13 Kragar

Real Men don’t worry about collateral damage.
///

Don’t worry, just spray the area in the direction of the suspect, if someone else gets hit then God obviously meant for that to happen.

Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. - - Arnaud Amalric
(“Kill them. For the Lord knows those that are His own.” The original quote that spawned “kill them all and let god sort it out”)

24 nines09  Aug 27, 2014 1:38:55pm

re: #23 ausador

Taught to empty the clip?
Imagine full auto side arms.

25 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 1:39:31pm

re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth

Police Arrest, Mock Disabled Woman For Having Bloodshot Eyes

You know, I’m starting to really dislike the police. I know this isn’t all cops but there’s something seriously wrong with our police departments IMO.

26 Franklin  Aug 27, 2014 1:39:45pm

re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth

Interesting bit from that article:

This is just another example of the police not understanding how to deal with people with disabilities. In many cases, their lack of training and empathy is fatal, because they assume that anyone resisting them has full mental capacity and immediately respond with violence. In fact, a 2012 study shows that about half of the people shot and killed by police are mentally ill. In many of these cases, police officers knew that the “subjects were unstable,” but went ahead and pulled the trigger.

27 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 27, 2014 1:40:22pm

re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth

Police Arrest, Mock Disabled Woman For Having Bloodshot Eyes

We have been sold on the premise that more policemen + more firepower = better police protection. Quality of training does not seem to enter into the equation, just sheer numbers and the size of the arsenal

28 Targetpractice  Aug 27, 2014 1:40:34pm

re: #24 nines09

Taught to empty the clip?
Imagine full auto side arms.

Last I checked, most cops are trained to shoot for center mass, as that is the largest target and generally the easiest to hit. There is really no place on the human body that can be shot that won’t give arise to complications.

29 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 1:41:11pm

On the guy with sprinkler case I mentioned:

SANTA ANA — After a day of deliberations, a jury Thursday found Long Beach police officers violated the civil rights of a man who was shot and killed without warning in 2010, awarding his family $6.5 million in damages.

Officers Jeffrey Shurtleff and Victor Ortiz were found liable in the death of Douglas Zerby, 35, who was killed without warning as he sat on the stoop of a friend’s apartment playing with a pistol-grip hose nozzle that police mistook for a gun.

In a unanimous verdict in federal civil court, the jury of women and two men found not only that the officers violated Zerby’s 4th Amendment Constitutional rights, but that they committed a battery on Zerby and were negligent.

Attorneys for the Zerby family had asked for $21.5 million in damages, and received about a third of that. Zerby’s son, River, was awarded $3.5 million, his father, Mark, $2 million, and his mother, Pam Amici, $1 million.

Brian Claypool, an attorney who has been with the Zerby family from the outset, saw large implications in the verdict, saying it was much bigger than Zerby.

“This to me is a public confirmation of the fact that the Long Beach Police Department was unjustified, reckless and careless in failing to give Doug a command,” Claypool said. “The use of deadly force was categorically excessive, unjust and unreasonable. “

Claypool said from the beginning the case resonated with him because Zerby could have been anyone. He had not committed a crime, was unarmed, was never a threat to anyone and was killed probably without ever knowing he was being watched.

presstelegram.com

30 Kragar  Aug 27, 2014 1:41:34pm

re: #28 Targetpractice

Last I checked, most cops are trained to shoot for center mass, as that is the largest target and generally the easiest to hit. There is really no place on the human body that can be shot that won’t give arise to complications.

Center mass is standard training everywhere.

31 Skip Intro  Aug 27, 2014 1:43:57pm

re: #17 JasonA

Bullets and Burgers. The Onion has become obsolete.

cnn.com

RWNJ America has really become a totally insane parallel universe.

32 Targetpractice  Aug 27, 2014 1:44:14pm

re: #30 Kragar

Center mass is standard training everywhere.

Ayep.

33 Kragar  Aug 27, 2014 1:45:55pm

When I was a member of security forces, we ran close quarter battle drills all the time. Standard training was to put two shot center mass into a target, because even if he was wearing body armor, he’d be stunned momentarily and you would have time to make a head shot.

None of this nonsense about “shooting to wound”. You don’t fire a gun to wound someone. You fire a gun to kill them.

34 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 27, 2014 1:46:13pm

re: #29 Aunty Entity Dragon

Until these [censored] start getting thrown into prisons - incl. for shooting pets, the situation is unlikely to change.

35 nines09  Aug 27, 2014 1:47:30pm

re: #28 Targetpractice

No call for emptying a clip into an unarmed person. Period.

36 Lidane  Aug 27, 2014 1:47:38pm

re: #17 JasonA

The video for that is a case study of What Not To Do. The instructor helped the girl fire a single shot with the Uzi, and then tells her he’s switched it to full auto. Now he’s dead, and a 9-year old girl has to live with that.

What the fuck kind of lunatic expects a 9-year old to be able to control an Uzi, especially if it really was at full auto? And what the fuck kind of parent has their kid firing an Uzi at that age? There are age appropriate ways to teach your kid about guns, including smaller caliber rifles made to teach kids how to shoot.

37 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 27, 2014 1:49:14pm

re: #36 Lidane

What the fuck kind of lunatic expects a 9-year old to be able to control an Uzi, especially if it really was at full auto? And what the fuck kind of parent has their kid firing an Uzi at that age? There are age appropriate ways to teach your kid about guns, including smaller caliber rifles made to teach kids how to shoot.

I cannot expect any DA in Arizona to bring charges of criminal negligence in this situation, although it would be entirely warranted.

38 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 27, 2014 1:50:27pm

re: #37 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I cannot expect any DA in Arizona to bring charges of criminal negligence in this situation, although it would be entirely warranted.

There were charges in an earlier Uzi case, I think everyone was acquitted.

39 Schadenboner  Aug 27, 2014 1:50:31pm

re: #36 Lidane

The video for that is a case study of What Not To Do. The instructor helped the girl fire a single shot with the Uzi, and then tells her he’s switched it to full auto. Now he’s dead, and a 9-year old girl has to live with that.

What the fuck kind of lunatic expects a 9-year old to be able to control an Uzi, especially if it really was at full auto? And what the fuck kind of parent has their kid firing an Uzi at that age? There are age appropriate ways to teach your kid about guns, including smaller caliber rifles made to teach kids how to shoot.

Fucking hell. I think the video cutting off just as the uzi starts to go out of control may almost be more disturbing. Although there’s really no “good” way to show a video of a guy getting/about-to-get it in the head.

40 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 1:50:59pm

All three of my stepkids are/were FAS children. I raised them from the ages of 12-14 (and after the first month, I called my mother and apologized for every single “bad” thing I had done in my life up to that point).
The oldest died six years ago at age 47 from brain cancer, she had the major behavioral issues that are sometimes associated with FAS. The youngest had minor behavioral issues, which were effectively dealt with by enlisting in the USAF, which provided a highly structured environment and he thrived there during the course of his more than 20-year military career (he retired as a TSgt). The middle child had no behavioral issues, but got the physical abnormalities, which are now full-blown life-threatening at the age of 52.
Interacting with some people with disabilities can be a challenge on any given day for many people. Police really need better training.

41 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 27, 2014 1:54:29pm

re: #38 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

There were charges in an earlier Uzi case, I think everyone was acquitted.

This is Arizona, seriously red. Cannot imagine a DA willing to risk the political fallout of even pursuing a case.

42 Lidane  Aug 27, 2014 1:54:37pm

re: #31 Skip Intro

RWNJ America has really become a totally insane parallel universe.

I had dipshits over on Mediaite run with the “My kid fired [insert gun here] and they’re fine! Why do you hate freedom?” type idiocy, missing the goddamn point that whatever might work for their kid doesn’t work for every kid, and that having a 9-year old firing an Uzi is irresponsible as shit.

I don’t care if someone wants to teach their kids to shoot at a young age. My cousins learned to shoot when they were young so they could go hunting. I learned a little bit at that age too. But it was done with the fact that we were kids in mind. We weren’t handed Uzis.

43 Kragar  Aug 27, 2014 2:03:13pm

There is no legitimate reason to put a full auto weapon in the hands of a child.

Ever.

44 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 2:03:57pm

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

Wow. You took on a tremendous task. Good work.

Interacting with some people with disabilities can be a challenge on any given day for many people. Police really need better training.

It would be nice if the general public could get some training. I had a customer with FAS. His adoptive mother thanked me one day for being so nice to him, because apparently at the other bike shop they weren’t, and the guy was into bikes (until he got the scooter he rides now). And I was only regular-nice to him.

45 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 2:04:41pm

re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

This is Arizona, seriously red. Cannot imagine a DA willing to risk the political fallout of even pursuing a case.

It’s a particularly weird part of Arizona, too.

46 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:05:04pm

re: #42 Lidane

I had dipshits over on Mediaite run with the “My kid fired [insert gun here] and they’re fine! Why do you hate freedom?” type idiocy, missing the goddamn point that whatever might work for their kid doesn’t work for every kid, and that having a 9-year old firing an Uzi is irresponsible as shit.

I get that same nonsense argument from the anti-child labor law eejits when it comes to children operating ag equipment on “family farms”.
I know too many children who have been killed or permanently maimed by operating farm equipment. My kids weren’t allowed to drive the tractor, and that goes for my grandkids now as well.

47 Ace-o-aces  Aug 27, 2014 2:05:18pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Watched it this AM. Best Stewart I’ve seen.

Yeah, but he missed pointing out that Fox had Mark fucking Fuhrman on to discuss racism.

48 b.d.  Aug 27, 2014 2:06:35pm

Wesley Clark calling on Saudi Arabia to step up to he plate in a really good CNN op ed.

Saudi Arabia must recognize that it will eventually become the primary target of ISIS. It controls the most holy sites of Islam, and by its adherence to, promotion and export of extremist interpretations of Islam, Saudi Arabia is uniquely vulnerable to the ISIS’s moral suasion.

Massive purchases of Western arms will help only if the Saudi armed forces and populace remain loyal to the Saudi government. For Saudi Arabia, this time, there’s no safety in underwriting the services of others from outside the region. Ultimately, it will have to be the Saudi people themselves, their ruling family and their clergy who rally to defeat the threat of ISIS.

cnn.com

49 A Mom Anon  Aug 27, 2014 2:07:02pm

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is one of my biggest nightmares. My son is autistic, what if he can’t look a cop in the eye or gets scared and shuts down or runs? He has long hair and looks like a stoner (though he’s not) he could be stopped just on appearances.

The changes in how policing is done has happened gradually and right under our noses. I’m not sure how to fix it, but something needs to change and quickly. The cops are acting like anyone who’s not a cop is an enemy, that’s the root of this madness.

And bless you for raising those kids up to adulthood, it’s the work of angels, seriously. Sorry for your losses too, I’m glad they had you as a mom.

50 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:08:17pm

re: #44 wrenchwench

The thing about FAS, it’s a lot like autism spectrum: each person is different. One size doesn’t fit all, so to speak.
Just treat them like people. A little empathy goes a long way, even when dealing with “normals” (who, sometimes, can be even more aggravating)…

51 Kragar  Aug 27, 2014 2:09:11pm
52 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 2:09:52pm

re: #47 Ace-o-aces

Yeah, but he missed pointing out that Fox had Mark fucking Fuhrman on to discuss racism.

I missed that too. Or hoped it was a similar name, but not that guy. (Article in the last thread was by Mark Follman.)

53 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 2:11:01pm

re: #50 Backwoods_Sleuth

The thing about FAS, it’s a lot like autism spectrum: each person is different. One size doesn’t fit all, so to speak.
Just treat them like people. A little empathy goes a long way, even when dealing with “normals” (who, sometimes, can be even more aggravating)…

I know that can be taught. It should be part of the curriculum.

54 Ace-o-aces  Aug 27, 2014 2:11:08pm

re: #52 wrenchwench

I missed that too. Or hoped it was a similar name, but not that guy. (Article in the last thread was by Mark Follman.)

Nope, it’s him.

55 makeitstop  Aug 27, 2014 2:11:33pm

re: #52 wrenchwench

I missed that too. Or hoped it was a similar name, but not that guy. (Article in the last thread was by Mark Follman.)

No, it was that Fuhrmann. I’m still kind of stunned at the level of tone-deafness, but it is Fox. They prolly did it on purpose knowing people who get mad about it.

56 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 2:13:13pm

re: #55 makeitstop

No, it was that Fuhrmann. I’m still kind of stunned at the level of tone-deafness, but it is Fox. They prolly did it on purpose knowing people who get mad about it.

They’re trying to incite ALL of us to riot.

57 A Mom Anon  Aug 27, 2014 2:13:37pm

re: #50 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yeah, imagine that, just treat anyone, disabled or not like a human being. What a novel concept. I think some of what we’ve been seeing with the cops is just the symptom of a much larger cultural/societal problem. A lack of empathy and a complete disregard for anything that you personally don’t experience directly. Poor people are poor because they’re lazy, everyone has the same opportunities. Minorities need to assimilate better, then no one would bother them and racism would go away. If you’re sick and aren’t insured well, you should have been saving up for such an emergency. The list is endless and it’s not getting any better.

58 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 2:14:59pm

What The Everloving Fucking Fuck

59 Schadenboner  Aug 27, 2014 2:23:15pm

re: #58 Pie-onist Overlord

What The Everloving Fucking Fuck

[Embedded content]

Not clicking that link so I’ll do a Johnny Carson “envelope to the head” thing (although without the clever rhyme scheme): One of those RCP assholes might have been mumbling something about Palestine.

60 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 2:23:25pm

*tap* *tap* *tap*

is this thing on?

61 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 27, 2014 2:24:38pm

Are there hiccups at LGF’s server, or is it just me?

62 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 27, 2014 2:25:05pm

re: #60 Pie-onist Overlord

*tap* *tap* *tap*

is this thing on?

O HAI

63 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:25:29pm

re: #61 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Are there hiccups at LGF’s server, or is it just me?

Me, too.

64 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 27, 2014 2:25:40pm

re: #58 Pie-onist Overlord

The “Occupy” scriptbook.

65 Bubblehead II  Aug 27, 2014 2:25:41pm

re: #61 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Are there hiccups at LGF’s server, or is it just me?

Not just you. Had a server time out error for a few minutes.

66 Charles Johnson  Aug 27, 2014 2:25:47pm

Apache sometimes needs a little rest.

67 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:26:29pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

Apache sometimes needs a little rest.

whew…it could have been NSA!!11!!

68 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 2:27:29pm

You know that Twitter idiot that we were making fun of this afternoon? The one that I thought might be a parody?

Well I found its Facebook page, and it’s a real thing. Lame as shit, so I’m not bothering to link.

69 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:27:48pm
70 ObserverArt  Aug 27, 2014 2:28:54pm

re: #58 Pie-onist Overlord

What The Everloving Fucking Fuck

[Leftists Turn #Ferguson into Jew-Hating, Pro-Hamas Movement shar.es via @gatewaypundit]

Well, sure looks like Jimmy is going all in.

Is he going to blow a gasket…he’s trying awfully hard these days? Maybe he is getting rattled being in the spot light. Almost like he feels a need to perform, put on the show. Strange.

By the way…I’ve had connectivity issues the last two days. Apache must need a big rest!

71 ausador  Aug 27, 2014 2:30:34pm

re: #55 makeitstop

No, it was that Fuhrmann. I’m still kind of stunned at the level of tone-deafness, but it is Fox. They prolly did it on purpose knowing people who get mad about it.

How can we troll the the libtards harder with this story?

How about getting get David Duke on…

Naw, too obvious, besides he is a has been…

I know, we’ll get Mark Fuhrman!

Thats brilliant!

72 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 27, 2014 2:30:41pm

There are panicky messages about the beginning of a full-scale invasion into Ukraine.

73 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:30:45pm

Wait Mr. I linked to the white collar KKK is accusing people of anti-semitism and Jew hating?

74 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Aug 27, 2014 2:31:10pm

re: #59 Schadenboner

Not clicking that link so I’ll do a Johnny Carson “envelope to the head” thing (although without the clever rhyme scheme): One of those RCP assholes might have been mumbling something about Palestine.

It’s based on this:

Not just “leftists”: Code Pink.

75 missliberties  Aug 27, 2014 2:31:29pm

All you need to hear is that woman on Fox say it is not fair to describe Mike Brown as an unarmed teenager.

Because what should be said is he was big and black and deserved to be shot?!?!?!?!

Like all the other big and black teens that lack good manners. ?!?!?!?!

How do these people’s brains work that they can’t hear the unabashed racism in their own sentences.

76 Schadenboner  Aug 27, 2014 2:31:30pm

re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth

whew…it could have been NSA!!11!!

re: #66 Charles Johnson

Apache sometimes needs a little rest.

THAT‘S JUST WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK!

77 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:32:15pm

re: #74 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

It’s based on this:

[Embedded content]

Not just “leftists”: Code Pink.

What a derptard. Seriously Jim just admit you were wrong for once in your sad little life.

78 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:33:28pm

re: #75 missliberties

All you need to hear is that woman on Fox say it is not fair to describe Mike Brown as an unarmed teenager.

Because what should be said is he was big and black and deserved to be shot?!?!?!?!

Like all the other big and black teens that lack good manners. ?!?!?!?!

How do these people’s brains work that they can’t hear the unabashed racism in their own sentences.

It really does tell you all you need to know about FOX that they’re upset that the truth is being presented. It bears repeating that Ailes did get his start working for Nixon when Nixon perfected the Southern Strategy and was H.W Bush’s top strategist when the Willie Horton ad was pushed. It’s not a surprise at all that race baiting is part of the culture at FNC.

79 OhNoZombies!  Aug 27, 2014 2:35:33pm

Well…
My 10 year old has ADHD, and tends to be socially awkward. He’s also kind of big for his age, I mean this year I had to buy his school shoes in the men’s department for chrissakes.
Am I stressed out?
You betcha!

80 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:35:49pm

OK, I was looking at this first photo this morning. I don’t know the first thing about how ejection seats work, but I had noticed a very thin smoke line off to the left of the main plume. I enlarged the picture and it goes all the way to the ground. Could that be it?

81 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 2:37:21pm

Well except for “Bullets & Burgers” where a gun, not a crazy person, killed a person.

[deleted that horrible graphic]
click at your own risk

82 goddamnedfrank  Aug 27, 2014 2:38:31pm

Seems legit:

ATLANTA—During a press event at Arby’s headquarters last week, the company officially launched its new $2.99 Grab-N-Go Meal Deal, which allows patrons to go behind the counter at any franchise location and grab as much roast beef as they can with their bare hands.

“We’re thrilled to announce an exciting new dining option that lets customers step right into our kitchen and dig hands-first into our famous slow-roasted beef,” spokesman Gavin Milne said while standing in front of a cardboard cutout that depicted Oven Mitt—the Arby’s mascot—cupping a steaming mound of beef slices. “As soon as we ring up your transaction, you have 15 seconds to grab all the meat you can carry, and however much you manage to bring back across the counter is yours to eat—all for under $3! Who could resist?”

…

“Letting people sprint around the counter and take as much roast beef as they are physically able to pick up was really the next logical step in our business model,” CEO Hala Moddelmog said. “We’ve found most Arby’s customers would rather not hassle with vegetables, buns, or trays. They just want beef, and they want it fast, fresh, and wadded up in their mouths.

…

“I’ve come here every day since they started this,” said Kansas City customer Roy Arnold, 41, as he enjoyed two dripping handfuls of roast beef while standing over one of the numerous garbage cans that have replaced tables at most Arby’s locations. “After a few times through, you really get the hang of how to use your chin and hands together to keep a big mound from falling over.”/blockquote>

83 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 2:38:34pm

re: #76 Schadenboner

Updinged just for the time put into making that text happen LOL

84 Schadenboner  Aug 27, 2014 2:40:02pm

re: #83 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Updinged just for the time put into making that text happen LOL

I was honestly surprised that the nested span classes escalated like that.

85 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 2:40:14pm

re: #82 goddamnedfrank

Had to be the Onion, don’t know anyone who would want to eat that much Arby’s roast processed beef product.

86 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:40:21pm

re: #81 Pie-onist Overlord

Well except for “Bullets & Burgers” where a gun, not a crazy person, killed a person.

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Crazy people you say. So you mean like Michelle Bachmann who actually thinks POTUS wants to experiment on migrant children. The many religious righters in Congress who think gay marriage is akin to Nazism. Oh you mean these are people who disagree with you and you just found some unflattering photos that you put together in collage that a 10 year old could make.

87 klys  Aug 27, 2014 2:41:00pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

Apache sometimes needs a little rest.

/puts out carrots for the hamsters

88 A Mom Anon  Aug 27, 2014 2:41:05pm

re: #81 Pie-onist Overlord

And how the hell do you outlaw a so called crazy person?

Freaking gun nuts, I swear. If you were really a non crazy responsible gun owner you’d have no problem with proper testing, licensing and background checks. It’s harder to get and drive a car than it is to own and operate a gun. I don’t hear anyone bitching about what you have to do to drive, ever. But even hint at gun rules and a fair portion of the population becomes completely unglued.

89 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:41:09pm

re: #85 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Had to be the Onion, don’t know anyone who would want to eat that much Arby’s roast processed beef product.

People do love their fast food.

90 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 2:41:11pm

re: #84 Schadenboner

I was honestly surprised that the nested span classes escalated like that.

That was pure awesome and deserves to be paged or somehow commemorated as more than just a comment.

91 Varek Raith  Aug 27, 2014 2:41:18pm

re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth

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OK, I was looking at this first photo this morning. I don’t know the first thing about how ejection seats work, but I had noticed a very thin smoke line off to the left of the main plume. I enlarged the picture and it goes all the way to the ground. Could that be it?
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It’s possible. Ejection seats use rockets.

92 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 2:41:51pm

re: #89 HappyWarrior

People do love their fast food.

I get that but man, my stomach turns just thinking about eating that much Arby’s. Don’t get me wrong a beef and cheddar is good now and then but…

93 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:42:01pm

re: #88 A Mom Anon

And how the hell do you outlaw a so called crazy person?

Freaking gun nuts, I swear. If you were really a non crazy responsible gun owner you’d have no problem with proper testing, licensing and background checks. It’s harder to get and drive a car than it is to own and operate a gun. I don’t hear anyone bitching about what you have to do to drive, ever. But even hint at gun rules and a fair portion of the population becomes completely unglued.

It’s just insane isn’t it but remember many of these people are convinced that scripture gives them the right to be as loaded as possible. It’s stupid, yes but also scary.

94 goddamnedfrank  Aug 27, 2014 2:42:50pm

re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth

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OK, I was looking at this first photo this morning. I don’t know the first thing about how ejection seats work, but I had noticed a very thin smoke line off to the left of the main plume. I enlarged the picture and it goes all the way to the ground. Could that be it?

Pretty sure that’s an unrelated high altitude contrail.

95 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:43:17pm

re: #92 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I get that but man, my stomach turns just thinking about eating that much Arby’s. Don’t get me wrong a beef and cheddar is good now and then but…

I know, it’s crazy to me too. I can’t eat as much fast food as I used to. This past weekend was tough since we took my thirteen brother and three of his good friends camping at the beach and kids you know love their fast food so we went to Taco Bell, Chik-Fil-A, Five Guys, and McD’s. I didn’t get my beloved shrimp tacos from my favorite mom and pop place.

96 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:43:26pm

re: #94 goddamnedfrank

Pretty sure that’s an unrelated high altitude contrail.

all the way to the ground?

97 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:46:03pm
98 goddamnedfrank  Aug 27, 2014 2:46:30pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

all the way to the ground?

All the way to the horizon.

Odds are the F15 pilot ejected a good ways off from the crash itself. If he had engine trouble he’d probably have ejected and the plane then went into a ballistic trajectory from there, could have covered several miles from the punch out point.

99 ObserverArt  Aug 27, 2014 2:46:51pm

re: #90 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

That was pure awesome and deserves to be paged or somehow commemorated as more than just a comment.

I just copied the code so I can use it as a eye/brain maze!

I do sometimes copy some comment markup just so I have my own desktop reference if needed.

100 Bubblehead II  Aug 27, 2014 2:47:00pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

all the way to the ground?

Optical illusion. It’s extending to the horizon not the ground.

101 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 2:48:14pm

re: #95 HappyWarrior

I know, it’s crazy to me too. I can’t eat as much fast food as I used to. This past weekend was tough since we took my thirteen brother and three of his good friends camping at the beach and kids you know love their fast food so we went to Taco Bell, Chik-Fil-A, Five Guys, and McD’s. I didn’t get my beloved shrimp tacos from my favorite mom and pop place.

my wife just did a “groom’s cake” for a wedding that was fast food themed. The main cake looked like a big mac, there was a piece designed to look like a slice of pepperoni pizza (from pizza hut) cookies made to look like McDonald’s fries and some cake/rice crispy thing that looked like a drink from taco bell.

102 Bubblehead II  Aug 27, 2014 2:48:25pm

re: #98 goddamnedfrank

All the way to the horizon.

Odds are the F15 pilot ejected a good ways off from the crash itself. If he had engine trouble he’d probably have ejected and the plane then went into a ballistic trajectory from there, could have covered several miles from the punch out point.

Missed it by just 30 sec. :-)

103 ObserverArt  Aug 27, 2014 2:48:52pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

all the way to the ground?

Maybe to the far horizon, yes. And since the trail may be dissipating it might not have a good perspective.

104 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:49:53pm

re: #101 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

my wife just did a “groom’s cake” for a wedding that was fast food themed. The main cake looked like a big mac, there was a piece designed to look like a slice of pepperoni pizza (from pizza hut) cookies made to look like McDonald’s fries and some cake/rice crispy thing that looked like a drink from taco bell.

That sounds pretty neat actually. Not that I don’t have the fast food weakness but at this point in my life, I’d rather have a falafel sandwich or rice bowl than Big Mac or Burrito supreme. Now that said, I always do appreciate a fine burger and fries and coke whereever I go.

105 ObserverArt  Aug 27, 2014 2:50:21pm

re: #103 ObserverArt

Maybe to the far horizon, yes. And since the trail may be dissipating it might not have a good perspective.

EDIT/ADD…way behind…can’t watch TV check email and comment at the same time.

106 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:50:54pm

My first thought this morning was contrail, but when I enlarged the picture, the smoke trail curves in a weird way and, overall, it just looked odd.

107 klys  Aug 27, 2014 2:52:10pm

re: #101 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

my wife just did a “groom’s cake” for a wedding that was fast food themed. The main cake looked like a big mac, there was a piece designed to look like a slice of pepperoni pizza (from pizza hut) cookies made to look like McDonald’s fries and some cake/rice crispy thing that looked like a drink from taco bell.

My favorite wedding cake.

108 goddamnedfrank  Aug 27, 2014 2:52:12pm

re: #92 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I get that but man, my stomach turns just thinking about eating that much Arby’s. Don’t get me wrong a beef and cheddar is good now and then but…

Arby’s is disgusting, that’s the joke. It’s the kind of food designed to be eaten over a garbage can by people who’ve lost all sense of human dignity and decorum.

109 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 2:52:30pm

re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth

My first thought this morning was contrail, but when I enlarged the picture, the smoke trail curves in a weird way and, overall, it just looked odd.

That’s because it’s a chemtrail. They’re under real-time control from Dover AFB.

110 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 2:52:32pm

Forgive me…I just could’t help it…

111 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 2:52:34pm

re: #104 HappyWarrior

That sounds pretty neat actually. Not that I don’t have the fast food weakness but at this point in my life, I’d rather have a falafel sandwich or rice bowl than Big Mac or Burrito supreme. Now that said, I always do appreciate a fine burger and fries and coke whereever I go.

I don’t mind burgers and fries I just like GOOD burgers and fries. I really have come to loathe fast food. Even for lunch I go get a GOOD sandwich.

112 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 2:54:29pm

re: #110 Aunty Entity Dragon

Forgive me…I just could’t help it…

being well-read in psychological research and dynamics of human sexuality

I think he means the Penthouse ‘Letters’ column.

113 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 2:54:48pm

re: #110 Aunty Entity Dragon

Forgive me…I just could’t help it…

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He has a Facebook page. Ima let you find it.

114 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 2:55:38pm

Here’s a pic of the cake I was talking about:

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115 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 27, 2014 2:56:35pm

re: #111 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I don’t mind burgers and fries I just like GOOD burgers and fries. I really have come to loathe fast food. Even for lunch I go get a GOOD sandwich.

That sort of thing got driven home to me on this trip. I was in Lexington, VA with about 40 minutes to spare before a walking tour started. I went into a bistro about two blocks away and got a slice of a nice summer vegetable quiche and a cup of soup for… $7.

I’ve been trying to avoid fast food joints the entire trip. Not always succeeding, but trying. Also eating a lot of BBQ, but when in Rome (or Tennessee in this case).

116 ausador  Aug 27, 2014 2:56:54pm

Horse does not like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge… (only 16 seconds long)

Youtube Video

117 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:57:00pm

re: #111 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I don’t mind burgers and fries I just like GOOD burgers and fries. I really have come to loathe fast food. Even for lunch I go get a GOOD sandwich.

Yeah I’ve come to loathe it too. Since I’ve lost weight and stopped eating it as much. I’ve wondered what the hell I was doing to my body. It’s tough though since fast food is so cheap and quick. My favorite place to eat in D.C while I was working there though was a Mediterranean place in the style of Chipolte. One of the reasons why I love falafel so much is it’s not only good for you and tasty but filing too.

118 Varek Raith  Aug 27, 2014 2:58:03pm

re: #108 goddamnedfrank

Let the hate flow through you!
:P

119 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:58:29pm

I’ve come to prefer Thai to Chinese and due to my SiL and her family’s influence prefer Peruvian to Mexican. Mediterranean to Italian, etc. I still love to eat obviously but I want to eat well.

120 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 2:58:50pm

re: #117 HappyWarrior

I like most Mediterranean, even as fast food. There is a place near my office that does really good home cooked (but fast) italian I like to go to, only downside is the pasta coma afterwards.

121 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 2:59:10pm

re: #113 Pie-onist Overlord

He has a Facebook page. Ima let you find it.

bwahahaha!

Dairy/Frozen Foods Manager at Hy-Vee Grinnell, Minister at Universal Life Church Monastery and Talk Show Host at The Ron Livingston Show
Past: Marshalltown Community School District

122 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 2:59:32pm

Calling guns a “Green Technology” is like calling genocide “sustainability”

123 klys  Aug 27, 2014 2:59:55pm

re: #119 HappyWarrior

I’ve come to prefer Thai to Chinese and due to my SiL and her family’s influence prefer Peruvian to Mexican. Mediterranean to Italian, etc. I still love to eat obviously but I want to eat well.

I married a foodie.

This is why I have learned to cook.

124 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 2:59:58pm

re: #122 Pie-onist Overlord

Calling guns a “Green Technology” is like calling genocide “sustainability”

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Uh no gun fuck.

125 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:00:33pm

re: #123 klys

I married a foodie.

This is why I have learned to cook.

My kid brother called me a foodie the other day. Hey, I like to eat good food and I’m also a beer snob.

126 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:00:53pm

re: #115 Feline Fearless Leader

That sort of thing got driven home to me on this trip. I was in Lexington, VA with about 40 minutes to spare before a walking tour started. I went into a bistro about two blocks away and got a slice of a nice summer vegetable quiche and a cup of soup for… $7.

I’ve been trying to avoid fast food joints the entire trip. Not always succeeding, but trying. Also eating a lot of BBQ, but when in Rome (or Tennessee in this case).

If you’re on I65 between the Alabama border and Nashville, The Tennessean is a very good, authentic truck stop. Wife says it’s near Pulaski, so you can piss at the birthplace of the (first) Klan.

127 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 27, 2014 3:01:14pm

Oh, and another thing about Tennessee. My one attempt to see if a Greek-style place there that had a menu like a Greek-owned diner in New Jersey could fix decent Greek food.

Nope.

What they did to the ground meat in the moussaka I got should not be described.

128 klys  Aug 27, 2014 3:01:45pm

re: #125 HappyWarrior

My kid brother called me a foodie the other day. Hey, I like to eat good food and I’m also a beer snob.

I think there’s nothing wrong with enjoying tasty food (and healthy food) as long as it doesn’t extend to being an ass to other people about their food choices.

See: my ex and his paleo diet.

129 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:02:29pm

Truth of the matter is I just like trying new things. Oh? There’s a Korean BBQ food truck near the office today, let’s try that. There’s a Yugoslavian restaurant? Oh man I’ll try that. I just like trying new things. It can be tough when dining with people like my mother and grandmother who especially is very the opposite.

130 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:03:33pm

re: #128 klys

I think there’s nothing wrong with enjoying tasty food (and healthy food) as long as it doesn’t extend to being an ass to other people about their food choices.

See: my ex and his paleo diet.

Exactly. I don’t judge. I mean if you like the simple things, that’s fine with me but man when I’m out and about it, I want to try new things.

131 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 27, 2014 3:03:52pm

re: #126 Decatur Deb

If you’re on I65 between the Alabama border and Nashville, The Tennessean is a very good, authentic truck stop. Wife says it’s near Pulaski, so you can piss at the birthplace of the (first) Klan.

Hmm. Haven’t thought of doing truck stop fare. Might have to do that on the way back east.

BTW, I have arrived in Memphis. Get to sight-see all day tomorrow and whatever spot(s) I want to hit on Friday before heading north to Illinois.

132 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 3:04:04pm

re: #128 klys

I think there’s nothing wrong with enjoying tasty food (and healthy food) as long as it doesn’t extend to being an ass to other people about their food choices.

See: my ex and his paleo diet.

You went from a paleo to a foodie? Good move.

133 GeneJockey  Aug 27, 2014 3:04:11pm

re: #108 goddamnedfrank

Arby’s is disgusting, that’s the joke. It’s the kind of food designed to be eaten over a garbage can by people who’ve lost all sense of human dignity and decorum.

HEY! I ate a fair amount of Arbys when I was in college. We considered it to be better than McDonalds. Talk about a low bar!

134 dog philosopher  Aug 27, 2014 3:04:30pm

A TAX FREE, REGULATION FREE PARADISE JUST WAITING FOR RUSH LIMBAUGH

I have just returned with a team of scientists from six weeks at sea conducting research in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — one of five major garbage patches drifting in the oceans north and south of the Equator at the latitude of our great terrestrial deserts. Although it was my 10th voyage to the area, I was utterly shocked to see the enormous increase in the quantity of plastic waste since my last trip in 2009. Plastics of every description, from toothbrushes to tires to unidentifiable fragments too numerous to count floated past our marine research vessel Alguita for hundreds of miles without end. We even came upon a floating island bolstered by dozens of plastic buoys used in oyster aquaculture that had solid areas you could walk on.

apparently great pacific garbage patch tourism is already a reality get in while you still can

135 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:05:19pm

re: #133 GeneJockey

HEY! I ate a fair amount of Arbys when I was in college. We considered it to be better than McDonalds. Talk about a low bar!

If only for one reason, it’s better than McD’s. And that word ladies and gentlemen is curly fries.

136 goddamnedfrank  Aug 27, 2014 3:05:24pm

re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth

My first thought this morning was contrail, but when I enlarged the picture, the smoke trail curves in a weird way and, overall, it just looked odd.

Draw an imaginary line normal / perpendicular to the horizon. You’ll see that the smoke from the crash drifts left to right, indicating a breeze. A left to right wind motion would deflect the contrail similarly if it extends to higher altitudes, so that the older portions are moved progressively further rightward, creating an apparent curve.

137 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 3:05:39pm

re: #134 dog philosopher

A TAX FREE, REGULATION FREE PARADISE JUST WAITING FOR RUSH LIMBAUGH

I have just returned with a team of scientists from six weeks at sea conducting research in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — one of five major garbage patches drifting in the oceans north and south of the Equator at the latitude of our great terrestrial deserts. Although it was my 10th voyage to the area, I was utterly shocked to see the enormous increase in the quantity of plastic waste since my last trip in 2009. Plastics of every description, from toothbrushes to tires to unidentifiable fragments too numerous to count floated past our marine research vessel Alguita for hundreds of miles without end. We even came upon a floating island bolstered by dozens of plastic buoys used in oyster aquaculture that had solid areas you could walk on.

apparently great pacific garbage patch tourism is already a reality get in while you still can

If Rush could float, he’d be a Big Ocean Garbage Patch all by himself.

138 klys  Aug 27, 2014 3:05:48pm

re: #135 HappyWarrior

If only for one reason, it’s better than McD’s. And that word ladies and gentlemen is curly fries.

The real question is: do they use Old Bay on the curly fries?

If the answer is no they are heretics and must be burned.

139 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 3:06:24pm

re: #125 HappyWarrior

I’m a total foodie and beer snob as well LOL.

140 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:06:34pm

re: #138 klys

The real question is: do they use Old Bay on the curly fries?

If the answer is no they are heretics and must be burned.

Alas they do not. But speaking of the Old Bay, used some on my toast today that I had with my soup.

141 Amory Blaine  Aug 27, 2014 3:07:29pm

I sneakily installed a bidet attachment in the bathroom just now. Chaos is ensuing among the inhabitants. Heh.

142 klys  Aug 27, 2014 3:07:37pm

Back to the fast food topic, it took me 4 years of living in CA before I tried In-n-Out.

I still don’t get it.

143 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:07:57pm

re: #139 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I’m a total foodie and beer snob as well LOL.

I don’t see why how anyone can’t be a beer snob. Well I guess money does play a role but in all honesty, I’d rather drink water than drink the really really cheap beer.

144 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 3:08:20pm

re: #129 HappyWarrior

Truth of the matter is I just like trying new things. Oh? There’s a Korean BBQ food truck near the office today, let’s try that. There’s a Yugoslavian restaurant? Oh man I’ll try that. I just like trying new things. It can be tough when dining with people like my mother and grandmother who especially is very the opposite.

When my stepmother was here, she lamented the lack of chain restaurants.

On the other hand, we have great New Mexican food here, but that’s ALL we have. No Italian, no Thai, no Greek, no Korean, no Japanese, the Chinese options are deadly… There is a place that does German food once a week.

145 klys  Aug 27, 2014 3:08:42pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

I don’t see why how anyone can’t be a beer snob. Well I guess money does play a role but in all honesty, I’d rather drink water than drink the really really cheap beer.

Electrolytes. It’s good for rehydration when running.

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146 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 3:08:55pm

re: #135 HappyWarrior

If only for one reason, it’s better than McD’s. And that word ladies and gentlemen is curly fries.

Five Guys cajun fries are better than plain old curly fries any day.

147 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 3:09:15pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

I don’t see why how anyone can’t be a beer snob. Well I guess money does play a role but in all honesty, I’d rather drink water than drink the really really cheap beer.

Amen.

148 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 3:09:17pm

re: #141 Amory Blaine

I sneakily installed a bidet attachment in the bathroom just now. Chaos is ensuing among the inhabitants. Heh.

What, no video?

149 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:09:22pm

re: #146 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Five Guys cajun fries are better than plain old curly fries any day.

Oh hell yeah.

150 dog philosopher  Aug 27, 2014 3:09:24pm

re: #129 HappyWarrior

Truth of the matter is I just like trying new things. Oh? There’s a Korean BBQ food truck near the office today, let’s try that. There’s a Yugoslavian restaurant? Oh man I’ll try that. I just like trying new things. It can be tough when dining with people like my mother and grandmother who especially is very the opposite.

if you eat yugoslavian food, do you dissolve into a number of mutually antagonistic entities?

151 ipsos  Aug 27, 2014 3:10:02pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

I don’t see why how anyone can’t be a beer snob. Well I guess money does play a role but in all honesty, I’d rather drink water than drink the really really cheap beer.

That goes double for whiskey in general, and triple for bourbon.

152 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:10:15pm

re: #150 dog philosopher

if you eat yugoslavian food, do you dissolve into a number of mutually antagonistic entities?

Hahaha I’ve actually never had it. There was a place around here called Serbian Crown that wasn’t actually Serbian. I actually would like to try it though.

153 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 3:10:33pm

re: #151 ipsos

That goes double for whiskey in general, and triple for bourbon.

I have to say I am a big, BIG fan of Jim Beam Maple

154 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:10:39pm

re: #151 ipsos

That goes double for whiskey in general, and triple for bourbon.

Yep, vodka too. Oh man the stories I could tell about cheap vodka at college parties.

155 klys  Aug 27, 2014 3:11:16pm

I’ll just take my gin collection and go sit in the corner.

156 dog philosopher  Aug 27, 2014 3:11:21pm

re: #146 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Five Guys cajun fries are better than plain old curly fries any day.

what’s this about five gay cajun guys getting fried?

157 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 3:11:24pm

I am so glad that we keep kosher because if we didn’t Zedushka would already be dead from fast food overdose.

158 Stanley Sea  Aug 27, 2014 3:11:37pm

re: #116 ausador

Horse does not like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge… (only 16 seconds long)

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Video

Quite the fail. Hope she’s ok.

159 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:11:47pm

re: #144 wrenchwench

When my stepmother was here, she lamented the lack of chain restaurants.

On the other hand, we have great New Mexican food here, but that’s ALL we have. No Italian, no Thai, no Greek, no Korean, no Japanese, the Chinese options are deadly… There is a place that does German food once a week.

Up through the cold War, living near Army bases always assured great foreign restaurants. Ft. Rucker AL had two very good German places and several Korean and Thai. No one seems to be bringing brides or food home from SWA.

160 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:12:40pm

re: #150 dog philosopher

if you eat yugoslavian food, do you dissolve into a number of mutually antagonistic entities?

You can have FRYs with that.

161 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:12:57pm

re: #144 wrenchwench

When my stepmother was here, she lamented the lack of chain restaurants.

On the other hand, we have great New Mexican food here, but that’s ALL we have. No Italian, no Thai, no Greek, no Korean, no Japanese, the Chinese options are deadly… There is a place that does German food once a week.

I’ve said it here before but what I’ve loved about where I’ve lived is the variety. But your point about your stepmother reminds me of a joke my Dad has about my grandmother and it’s that she considers Olive Garden ethnic. I mean OG isn’t bad food by any means but it’s just something that could be done just as easily at home.

162 HappyWarrior  Aug 27, 2014 3:13:50pm

German is good, ja. Introduced the SiL to it last month after her, my brother, and I went on a hike and she just enjoyed it.

163 A Mom Anon  Aug 27, 2014 3:15:04pm

re: #122 Pie-onist Overlord

So basically any one this person deems inferior deserves to be murdered with a gun. Pro Life my ass. THIS is the kind of person who shouldn’t be allowed near sharp cutlery let alone a gun.

I’m losing patience with this shit.

164 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 27, 2014 3:15:13pm

re: #150 dog philosopher

if you eat yugoslavian food, do you dissolve into a number of mutually antagonistic entities?

My friend married a Yugoslavian lady and wound up with an acerbic Croatian who was slow, venal and ate a mass of donuts…

165 klys  Aug 27, 2014 3:15:27pm

re: #159 Decatur Deb

Up through the cold War, living near Army bases always assured great foreign restaurants. Ft. Rucker AL had two very good German places and several Korean and Thai. No one seems to be bringing brides or food home from SWA.

The Bay Area spoils foodies so much. It’s great. I can get pretty much any kind of cuisine and the various Asian types are fantastic.

We are actually planning on very authentic Japanese tonight.

166 Stanley Sea  Aug 27, 2014 3:15:43pm

Ah, another day at work down the tubes.

See ya later.

167 Amory Blaine  Aug 27, 2014 3:15:45pm

I have been drinking more locally brewed craft beers than imported lately. Seems weird to me now that I pound down a six pack that came all the way from Germany or wherever when I could just drink stuff from around here. Takes a lot of energy to bring me that six pack of beer.

168 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 3:16:44pm

re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I jus watchd the Prelude to Axanar mock documentary. Wow!

169 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 3:16:52pm

re: #158 Stanley Sea

Quite the fail. Hope she’s ok.

I thought she was going to hang on, but it looked like after the shock wore off, the horse was pissed. When you’re riding bareback, and have only the mane to hang onto, and horsie puts its head down and its butt up, you are on the ground.

170 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 3:17:01pm

re: #163 A Mom Anon

So basically any one this person deems inferior deserves to be murdered with a gun. Pro Life my ass. THIS is the kind of person who shouldn’t be allowed near sharp cutlery let alone a gun.

I’m losing patience with this shit.

These gun-fuckers are real sick shits.

171 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 3:17:01pm

re: #135 HappyWarrior

If only for one reason, it’s better than McD’s. And that word ladies and gentlemen is curly fries.

Ollie’s Trolley in Cincinnati can not be beat for curly fries.
And I’m drooling right now over the very thought of an Ollie Burger…

172 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:17:56pm

re: #165 klys

The Bay Area spoils foodies so much. It’s great. I can get pretty much any kind of cuisine and the various Asian types are fantastic.

We are actually planning on very authentic Japanese tonight.

Ah. A little something taken from China, Mongolia, India, Korea, and the Philipines.

173 klys  Aug 27, 2014 3:20:12pm

re: #172 Decatur Deb

Ah. A little something from China, Mongolia, India, Korea, and the Philipines.

Yep.

Fantastic little place, none of the American version of Japanese food there. The tempura I had last time was amazingly good.

174 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 3:20:47pm

re: #165 klys

The Bay Area spoils foodies so much. It’s great. I can get pretty much any kind of cuisine and the various Asian types are fantastic.

We are actually planning on very authentic Japanese tonight.

I have been looking up how to make “hot pot” Japanese cuisine. We have an excellent Asian supermart in Greensboro

175 klys  Aug 27, 2014 3:21:37pm

re: #174 Aunty Entity Dragon

I have bee looking up hw to make “hot pot” Japanese cuisine. We have an excellent Asian supermart in Greensboro

I actually have a cookbook devoted entirely to that.

176 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:21:37pm

re: #173 klys

Yep.

Fantastic little place, none of the American version of Japanese food there. The tempura I had last time was amazingly good.

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Diner.

177 goddamnedfrank  Aug 27, 2014 3:23:32pm

re: #165 klys

The Bay Area spoils foodies so much. It’s great. I can get pretty much any kind of cuisine and the various Asian types are fantastic.

We are actually planning on very authentic Japanese tonight.

There’s an inverse square law relating restaurant quality in California from the distance to San Francisco. There’s a brief pick up around LA but it’s pretty much all in food truck form and super expensive yuppie hellholes. The mission towns usually have a couple really good local hole in the wall Mexican places, but the other options are hit and miss at best. It’s fucked up.

178 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 3:23:32pm

re: #174 Aunty Entity Dragon

I have been looking up how to make “hot pot” Japanese cuisine. We have an excellent Asian supermart in Greensboro

I’m coming to Greensboro next week, for a week. Don’t know what kind of time I’ll have in my hands, but can I DM contact info to you on the twitter?

179 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 3:25:17pm

re: #172 Decatur Deb

Ah. A little something from China, Mongolia, India, Korea, and the Philipines.

mentioning Mongolian reminds me that I have not been to my favorite Mongolian BBQ place in ages.

180 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 3:26:47pm

re: #175 klys

I actually have a cookbook devoted entirely to that.

Thank you! :)

181 Aunty Entity Dragon  Aug 27, 2014 3:27:28pm

re: #178 wrenchwench

I’m coming to Greensboro next week, for a week. Don’t know what kind of time I’ll have in my hands, but can I DM contact info to you on the twitter?

Absolutely! :D

182 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:28:42pm

re: #179 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

mentioning Mongolian reminds me that I have not been to my favorite Mongolian BBQ place in ages.

We brought back a brass charcoal broiler and a bulgogi ‘hubcap’ from Korea.

Image: $_35.JPG

183 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 3:30:44pm

re: #182 Decatur Deb

We brought back a brass charcoal broiler and a bulgogi ‘hubcap’ from Korea.

Image: $_35.JPG

My wife loves Korean BBQ, I just can’t get into it. I just don’t see the allure of paying to cook my own food.

Now the Mongolian place we go to does it right with the shaved lamb which I LOVE

184 TedStriker  Aug 27, 2014 3:34:35pm

re: #75 missliberties

All you need to hear is that woman on Fox say it is not fair to describe Mike Brown as an unarmed teenager.

Because what should be said is he was big and black and deserved to be shot?!?!?!?!

Like all the other big and black teens that lack good manners. ?!?!?!?!

How do these people’s brains work that they can’t hear the unabashed racism in their own sentences.

Hey, that’s pretty much what Ben Stein said..

185 makeitstop  Aug 27, 2014 3:35:47pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

I don’t see why how anyone can’t be a beer snob. Well I guess money does play a role but in all honesty, I’d rather drink water than drink the really really cheap beer.

I had a rehearsal last night, and the drummer bought 24 oz. PBRs for everybody. By the time I finished the beer and rehearsal and headed home, I had a slamming headache. I don’t understand how hipsters can drink that stuff.

186 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:35:50pm

re: #184 TedStriker

Hey, that’s pretty much what Ben Stein said..

I’m sure he sounded much more…droll.

187 Charles Johnson  Aug 27, 2014 3:36:52pm

Jim Hoft is deleting any comments that link to LGF, by the way. So I’d like to encourage our readers to go over there and comment on his site.

188 Bubblehead II  Aug 27, 2014 3:37:30pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

I don’t see why how anyone can’t be a beer snob. Well I guess money does play a role but in all honesty, I’d rather drink water than drink the really really cheap beer.

Guess my Natural Ice is safe when your around. My Crown Royal on the other hand.

189 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 3:37:46pm

re: #185 makeitstop

I had a rehearsal last night, and the drummer bought 24 oz. PBRs for everybody. By the time I finished the beer and rehearsal and headed home, I had a slamming headache. I don’t understand how hipsters can drink that stuff.

Yeah, cheap beer gives me a wicked headache. One of my buddies loves Natural Ice. His reasoning is he can drink a lot of it without getting completely faced (though that’s debatable after he downs a 30 pack) whereas I drink 3 good craft beers and I am good and buzzed. But I just can’t drink the cheap stuff.

190 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 3:37:58pm

Think debtors’ prisons are a thing of the past? Think again.

The Expanding World of Poverty Capitalism

nytimes.com

“Poverty capitalism and government policy are now working on their own and in tandem to shift costs to those least equipped to pay and in particular to the least politically influential segment of the poor: criminal defendants and those delinquent in paying fines.

“Last year, Ferguson, Mo., the site of recent protests over the shooting of Michael Brown, used escalating municipal court fines to pay 20.2 percent of the city’s $12.75 million budget. Just two years earlier, municipal court fines had accounted for only 12.3 percent of the city’s revenues.

“What should be done to interrupt the dangerous feedback loop between low-level crime and extortionate punishment? First, local governments should bring private sector collection charges, court-imposed administrative fees and the dollar amount of traffic fines (which often double and triple when they go unpaid) into line with the economic resources of poor offenders. But larger reforms are needed and those will not come about unless the poor begin to exercise their latent political power. In many ways, everything is working against them. But the public outpouring spurred by the shooting of Michael Brown provides an indication of a possible path to the future. It was, after all, just 50 years ago — not too distant in historical terms — that collective action and social solidarity produced tangible results.”

191 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:41:11pm

Memorandum is headlining a Nation article. Seems someone liberated another 47%ish audio from a GOP Senate/Koch festival:

Caught on Tape: What Mitch McConnell Complained About to a Roomful of Billionaires (Exclusive)

thenation.com

192 Bubblehead II  Aug 27, 2014 3:41:34pm

re: #168 Aunty Entity Dragon

I jus watchd the Prelude to Axanar mock documentary. Wow!

Same here. I was able to DL it using Download Helper for Firefox. Looks like it’s going to be kick ass.

193 Kragar  Aug 27, 2014 3:43:03pm

re: #187 Charles Johnson

Jim Hoft is deleting any comments that link to LGF, by the way. So I’d like to encourage our readers to go over there and comment on his site.

Sigh…

Leftists Turn #Ferguson into Jew-Hating, Pro-Hamas Movement

And links to a photo taken from a Gaza protest taken on August 3d

See comment #16

democraticunderground.com

194 makeitstop  Aug 27, 2014 3:43:23pm

re: #189 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Yeah, cheap beer gives me a wicked headache. One of my buddies loves Natural Ice. His reasoning is he can drink a lot of it without getting completely faced (though that’s debatable after he downs a 30 pack) whereas I drink 3 good craft beers and I am good and buzzed. But I just can’t drink the cheap stuff.

I feel ya. The good news around here is that more and more restaurants are following the lead of the smaller pubs and going in for good micros and imports on tap. Long Island in general is in the midst of a restaurant boom, with lots of new places with really creative chefs.

They kind of dull the noise of the Olive Gardens and Applebee’s that sit in just about every shopping center and mall out here.

195 TedStriker  Aug 27, 2014 3:46:15pm

re: #191 Decatur Deb

Memorandum is headlining a Nation article. Seems someone liberated another 47%ish audio from a GOP Senate/Koch festival:

Caught on Tape: What Mitch McConnell Complained About to a Roomful of Billionaires (Exclusive)

thenation.com

What an elitist douchebag…here’s to hoping that Grimes mops the floor with his ass.

196 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 3:47:07pm

re: #189 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Yeah, cheap beer gives me a wicked headache. One of my buddies loves Natural Ice. His reasoning is he can drink a lot of it without getting completely faced (though that’s debatable after he downs a 30 pack) whereas I drink 3 good craft beers and I am good and buzzed. But I just can’t drink the cheap stuff.

Two words: corn syrup. It boosts the alcohol content, but you suffer the consequences of its use.

brewingdebate.wordpress.com

197 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 3:50:06pm

re: #191 Decatur Deb

Memorandum is headlining a Nation article. Seems someone liberated another 47%ish audio from a GOP Senate/Koch festival:

Caught on Tape: What Mitch McConnell Complained About to a Roomful of Billionaires (Exclusive)

thenation.com

Skip Intro paged that earlier today.
littlegreenfootballs.com

198 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 3:50:09pm

National Security Council: ‘We’re aware of media reporting and social media activity indicating that a 2nd American citizen associated with ISIL has been killed in Syria. At this point, we are not in a position to confirm those reports. Should that change, we will provide an update’ - @NSCPress
end of alert

199 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 27, 2014 3:51:14pm

re: #159 Decatur Deb

Up through the cold War, living near Army bases always assured great foreign restaurants. Ft. Rucker AL had two very good German places and several Korean and Thai. No one seems to be bringing brides or food home from SWA.

Was driving in New York state near Fort Drum a few months back and saw at least two places that looked like they were serving Arabic/SWA food.

200 darthstar  Aug 27, 2014 3:52:18pm

Erickson’s fanboys are as annoying as Greenwald’s.

201 Decatur Deb  Aug 27, 2014 3:54:42pm

re: #199 Feline Fearless Leader

Was driving in New York state near Fort Drum a few months back and saw at least two places that looked like they were serving Arabic/SWA food.

That’s 10th Mountain Div. They spent most of their time in AFG this go-around.

202 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 3:55:09pm

re: #196 Justanotherhuman

Two words: corn syrup. It boosts the alcohol content, but you suffer the consequences of its use.

brewingdebate.wordpress.com

Wow, another reason not to drink PBR. There’s a great hotdog place not far from where I live, the only beer they have? PBR…on tap. I just. don’t. get. it.

203 dog philosopher  Aug 27, 2014 4:01:00pm

actually i think central european food is a bit overlooked in the u.s. i had some great food in denmark - frikadeller and various salmon preparations among others - and there’s a wonderful czech restaurant buried somewhere up deep in the woods in mendocino

but there is at least one superlative german restaurant readily easy to hand in the bay area - the speisekammer in alameda

not only is the food, and, of course, beer, really first rate, but whoever books the live music for the place has the same weird taste that i have for small group swing of the 1930s

204 klys  Aug 27, 2014 4:05:41pm

re: #203 dog philosopher

actually i think central european food is a bit overlooked in the u.s. i had some great food in denmark - frikadeller and various salmon preparations among others - and there’s a wonderful czech restaurant buried somewhere up deep in the woods in mendocino

but there is at least one superlative german restaurant readily easy to hand in the bay area - the speisekammer in alameda

not only is the food, and, of course, beer, really first rate, but whoever books the live music for the place has the same weird taste that i have for small group swing of the 1930s

I will have to remember that the next time we are up that direction to feed my needlework habit. We need to do the tiki bar in Alameda too.

Teske’s in San Jose is also tasty, although nothing like the best food we had in Munich.

205 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 4:17:43pm

Evening Lizardim from the sunny, stunning, spectacular wild north country. So this week’s segment of the “honey-do” list has been checked off - I have sprayed the lawn for weeds, reseeded it, fertilized it, and applied a coating to the deck. Now I get to relax and enjoy a stormy, rainy, cloudy Labor Day weekend. How go things in the war on derp? How did our troll fare after I departed for the afternoon?

206 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 4:19:47pm

re: #202 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Wow, another reason not to drink PBR. There’s a great hotdog place not far from where I live, the only beer they have? PBR…on tap. I just. don’t. get. it.

One word: Profit.

207 klys  Aug 27, 2014 4:20:29pm

re: #205 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the sunny, stunning, spectacular wild north country. So this week’s segment of the “honey-do” list has been checked off - I have sprayed the lawn for weeds, reseeded it, fertilized it, and applied a coating to the deck. Now I get to relax and enjoy a stormy, rainy, cloudy Labor Day weekend. How go things in the war on derp? How did our troll fare after I departed for the afternoon?

He wandered off, but I’m pretty sure he’ll be back again at some point.

208 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 4:21:36pm

re: #207 klys

He wandered off, but I’m pretty sure he’ll be back again at some point.

Still wiggling. Can’t cook it yet.

209 klys  Aug 27, 2014 4:22:15pm

re: #208 wrenchwench

Still wiggling. Can’t cook it yet.

…none of the mental images that popped into my head were appetizing.

210 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 4:23:20pm

re: #207 klys

He wandered off, but I’m pretty sure he’ll be back again at some point.

Well, of course. He is the ultimate dead thread hero.

211 Charles Johnson  Aug 27, 2014 4:23:59pm
212 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 27, 2014 4:25:04pm

For the foodies - a picture of the repast while at a rest stop along the interstate in Tennessee.

Do you have any Red Leister?

213 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 4:25:46pm

re: #211 Charles Johnson

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Those people really haven’t evolved,, and probably never will,.

214 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Aug 27, 2014 4:25:52pm

re: #207 klys

He wandered off, but I’m pretty sure he’ll be back again at some point.

I don’t think he’s a troll. I think he’s sincere.

215 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 4:26:29pm

re: #211 Charles Johnson

Breitbart clown @NolteNC titles his piece “CNN worried shooting audio is a hoax,” but the only ones saying that are former policemen

And Dim Jim Hoft, but everybody already knows that.

216 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 4:26:51pm

re: #214 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I don’t think he’s a troll. I think he’s sincere.

He still lacks reading comprehension.
Or he just doesn’t bother to read past a headline…

217 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 4:26:59pm

re: #214 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

I don’t think he’s a troll. I think he’s sincere.

One can be sincere and still be trolling. Most of us would call the stalkers “trolls”, but they legitimately believe in their hatred.

218 Franklin  Aug 27, 2014 4:27:30pm

re: #196 Justanotherhuman

Two words: corn syrup. It boosts the alcohol content, but you suffer the consequences of its use.

brewingdebate.wordpress.com

Yep, corn syrup bad.

I’ll add regular table sugar to some of my homebrews (sucrose) to boost alcohol and keep it light bodied.

But corn syrup will make you gassy.

219 klys  Aug 27, 2014 4:30:10pm

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

He still lacks reading comprehension.
Or he just doesn’t bother to read past a headline…

He just wants to be clear to us that we should all be following his superior, unemotional, logical take on the news, and if we can’t see that, well, we’re all idiots.

I think he’s very sincere in that belief.

220 Franklin  Aug 27, 2014 4:32:09pm

“Everyone is stupid except me. “

—Homer Simpson

221 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 4:32:36pm

But the original tweet is still at TeamWON:

I read the linked article. Good grief…

222 Varek Raith  Aug 27, 2014 4:33:16pm

Guns are not supposed to be ‘fun’.

223 Franklin  Aug 27, 2014 4:34:18pm
224 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 4:35:05pm

When I went to pick up the munchkin from his pre-K class at the daycare today, I noticed there was quite a diversity of kids in the class, which made my spirits rise. He was napping, worn out by his first day (and not the only one).

The classes have 18 kids in each, this facility runs 2 pre-K classes, and I think the teachers who run it should be making at least $1800/wk, $100 for each child. But, of course, daycare workers get some of the worst pay out there, paid little for assuming responsibility for all that human potential.

225 A Mom Anon  Aug 27, 2014 4:38:55pm

re: #224 Justanotherhuman

I used to do that job. It’s not at all easy and certainly underpaid, usually with no health insurance or paid leave/vacation of any kind. I’ll never get why people object to teachers of any age class being paid good money. And then in the next breath many of those same people talk about their “family values”.

226 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 4:40:16pm

re: #225 A Mom Anon

I used to do that job. It’s not at all easy and certainly underpaid, usually with no health insurance or paid leave/vacation of any kind. I’ll never get why people object to teachers of any age class being paid good money. And then in the next breath many of those same people talk about their “family values”.

Teachers and daycare workers should be one of the better paid professions out there, in my opinion.

227 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 27, 2014 4:41:57pm

re: #222 Varek Raith

Guns are not supposed to be ‘fun’.

Ok, as someone who used to hunt and used to shoot (in a sandpit in near my house in the middle of nowhere and now at a gun range on occasion) shooting and guns are fun. HOWEVER handling them comes with big responsibility.

228 b.d.  Aug 27, 2014 4:44:05pm

How about some good corporation news for a change?

(Reuters) - General Motors Co is shifting some production of the Cadillac SRX from Mexico to Tennessee, but will partly offset that by moving some Chevrolet Equinox manufacturing from Tennessee to Mexico, an industry source told Reuters.

//snip

A GM spokesman said the production changes at Spring Hill likely would result in the creation of more U.S. jobs but declined to say how many.

229 bubba zanetti  Aug 27, 2014 4:44:42pm

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

Good thing she brought all that camo to the range.

230 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 4:47:15pm

Mike McFadden commercial (running against Al Franken for MN Senator): “Al Franken cast the deciding vote for Obamacare.” He says that like it’s a bad thing! MN’s health care exchange was relatively well received; I don’t think that line is going to have the desired effect. Talk about tone deaf.

231 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 4:48:23pm

re: #225 A Mom Anon

I used to do that job. It’s not at all easy and certainly underpaid, usually with no health insurance or paid leave/vacation of any kind. I’ll never get why people object to teachers of any age class being paid good money. And then in the next breath many of those same people talk about their “family values”.

They are going to know I’m their champion. I’ve already donated kiddie books, and will do whatever I can to make their job easier, even volunteer from time to time.

I mean, I have 6-1/2 hrs “free time” now, after all. : )

232 Charles Johnson  Aug 27, 2014 4:48:59pm

re: #217 thedopefishlives

I don’t call the stalkers “trolls.” They’re psychos. People with serious mental problems.

233 b.d.  Aug 27, 2014 4:49:09pm

re: #230 thedopefishlives

Hardball just showed an ad for the guy running for AR senate against Pryor and it stated that Pryor cast the deciding vote for Obamacare too! What a coincidence.

234 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 4:49:34pm

re: #232 Charles Johnson

I don’t call the stalkers “trolls.” They’re psychos. People with serious mental problems.

All of which can be true at the same time, but the point is well taken.

235 Kragar  Aug 27, 2014 4:52:52pm

Live footage of a stalker engaged in one of their traditional greetings

Youtube Video

236 nsmith25  Aug 27, 2014 4:55:55pm

#1. If you don’t follow Goldie Taylor on Twitter, you should.

#2. She has tweeted a several post recount of the actions of her day, when Mike Brown was murdered.

I didn’t follow her until the next morning, but reading her recollections was like a gut punch to me just now.

237 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 4:57:19pm
238 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 5:02:28pm

re: #236 nsmith25

#1. If you don’t follow Goldie Taylor on Twitter, you should.

#2. She has tweeted a several post recount of the actions of her day, when Mike Brown was murdered.

I didn’t follow her until the next morning, but reading her recollections was like a gut punch to me just now.

239 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 5:04:26pm

Well, we enjoyed our anniversary dinner at the new steak house in town. I hope it stays open. Sadly, kosher restaurants tend to not flourish in Detroit. It’s said that we are cheapskates & shitty tippers, but I think it has more to do with the fact that we get no tourists, unlike Chicago, LA, New York, Miami & Toronto.

There was a party (middle aged couple treating their 175-year-old mom) at the other table SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS. We got to “enjoy” every word of their conversation and learned all about Noranne & Daniel’s trip to Israel & they are planning on visiting China for their next vacation, and Al’s son’s Bar Mitzvah in Chicago. Maybe Mom is hard of hearing so they have to shout when she’s with them.

People at least had the sense to not SCREAM AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS on their cell phones, because this was a classy joint.

But, Noranne & Dan & your mom: you suck.

240 klys  Aug 27, 2014 5:04:52pm

Public service announcement: layout != id.

One of those days. One of those days.

241 Charles Johnson  Aug 27, 2014 5:05:26pm
242 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 5:05:40pm

re: #239 Pie-onist Overlord

Happy Anniversary.

243 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 5:06:54pm

re: #239 Pie-onist Overlord

Well, we enjoyed our anniversary dinner at the new steak house in town. I hope it stays open. Sadly, kosher restaurants tend to not flourish in Detroit. It’s said that we are cheapskates & shitty tippers, but I think it has more to do with the fact that we get no tourists, unlike Chicago, LA, New York, Miami & Toronto.

There was a party (middle aged couple treating their 175-year-old mom) at the other table SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS. We got to “enjoy” every word of their conversation and learned all about Noranne & Daniel’s trip to Israel & they are planning on visiting China for their next vacation, and Al’s son’s Bar Mitzvah in Chicago. Maybe Mom is hard of hearing so they have to shout when she’s with them.

People at least had the sense to not SCREAM AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS on their cell phones, because this was a classy joint.

But, Noranne & Dan & your mom: you suck.

They don’t know about hearing aids? : )

244 Skip Intro  Aug 27, 2014 5:07:58pm

re: #243 Justanotherhuman

Mom doesn’t think she needs them.

245 dog philosopher  Aug 27, 2014 5:08:09pm

re: #241 Charles Johnson

Next you’ll try to tell me Goofy isn’t a dog

excuse me just who is the dog here???

246 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 5:10:32pm

Battleship USS Iowa Museum in Los Angeles closed to visitors due to high surf from Hurricane Marie; museum scheduled to reopen Thursday - @NBCNews
end of alert

Hurricane Cristobal passing between Bermuda and North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras with 75 mph winds - @NHC_Atlantic
read more on noaa.gov

Thanks, Obama. : )

247 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 5:10:55pm
248 Kid A  Aug 27, 2014 5:11:22pm
249 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 5:11:31pm

SHOOT ALL THE BLEACHES!!!!

250 Kid A  Aug 27, 2014 5:12:24pm

re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is that Matt Drudge on the left?

251 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 5:12:43pm

Cargo shorts are totally derpy.

252 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 27, 2014 5:12:47pm

girlgeniusonline.com

An amusing Girl Genius - with their usual dash of stiff upper lip sarcasm.

253 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 5:13:27pm
254 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 5:14:41pm

And what’s with the totally stupid finger position in that picture?
It screams “look at me! I’m a stupid gun owner, yet STILL responsible. LOOK AT MY FINGER PLACEMENT!!11!!”

255 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 5:14:47pm

re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Their “uniforms” must be at the laundry getting bleached.

256 wrenchwench  Aug 27, 2014 5:14:47pm

re: #250 Kid A

Is that Matt Drudge on the left?

His hat, at least.

257 Kid A  Aug 27, 2014 5:15:43pm

re: #256 wrenchwench

His hat, at least.

That’s why I mentioned it. Drudge looks like a dork with/without it regardless.

258 Kid A  Aug 27, 2014 5:16:04pm

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cargo shorts are totally derpy.

They are EVERYWHERE in Texas.

259 dog philosopher  Aug 27, 2014 5:16:24pm

Hello Kitty is not a

and no more magritte jokes pls

260 Kid A  Aug 27, 2014 5:16:33pm

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cargo shorts are totally derpy douchey.

261 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 5:16:34pm

re: #258 Kid A

They are EVERYWHERE in Texas.

I am totally not surprised.

262 Stanley Sea  Aug 27, 2014 5:16:48pm

re: #246 Justanotherhuman

Battleship USS Iowa Museum in Los Angeles closed to visitors due to high surf from Hurricane Marie; museum scheduled to reopen Thursday - @NBCNews
end of alert

Hurricane Cristobal passing between Bermuda and North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras with 75 mph winds - @NHC_Atlantic
read more on noaa.gov

Thanks, Obama. : )

We are going to have some really great surf this weekend from Sra. Marie.

263 Bubblehead II  Aug 27, 2014 5:17:55pm

Night Lizards. Real world intruding. Sleep well and may the deity of your choice smile down upon you.

264 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 5:17:56pm

re: #250 Kid A

Is that Matt Drudge on the left?

All douches look the same underneath the trilby.

265 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 5:18:24pm

re: #262 Stanley Sea

We are going to have some really great surf this weekend from Sra. Marie.

I imagine our coastal area will be getting some good surf, also. : )

266 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 5:20:05pm
267 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 5:22:27pm
268 Skip Intro  Aug 27, 2014 5:22:37pm

re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth

And what’s with the totally stupid finger position in that picture?
It screams “look at me! I’m a stupid gun owner, yet STILL responsible. LOOK AT MY FINGER PLACEMENT!!11!!”

I see it as “I’m white, I can go anywhere I please carrying this and the cops won’t do a thing about it because, have I mentioned that I’m white?”.

269 Justanotherhuman  Aug 27, 2014 5:22:43pm

Well, exhaustion has set in from all the cleaning I had to catch up on today from being ill over the weekend. Seeing the doc tomorrow.

So—later, Lizards!

270 Stanley Sea  Aug 27, 2014 5:29:31pm

Reading @goldietaylor stream.

271 Charles Johnson  Aug 27, 2014 5:31:54pm
272 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 5:32:04pm

What about domestic policy Rand Paul? Are you down with cops shooting first & asking questions later?

273 Targetpractice  Aug 27, 2014 5:32:26pm

re: #271 Charles Johnson

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Aliens? Please say it’s aliens.

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274 Lidane  Aug 27, 2014 5:32:58pm

re: #273 Targetpractice

Aliens? Please say it’s aliens.

//

275 Targetpractice  Aug 27, 2014 5:33:14pm

re: #272 Pie-onist Overlord

What about domestic policy Rand Paul? Are you down with cops shooting first & asking questions later?

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Rand does know his base thinks that bombing anything that moves is a valid way to fight terrorists, right?

276 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 27, 2014 5:34:57pm

re: #275 Targetpractice

Rand does know his base thinks that bombing anything that moves is a valid way to fight terrorists, right?

Yeah that sure destroyed Hamas dinnit

277 klys  Aug 27, 2014 5:35:05pm

re: #271 Charles Johnson

I read the article after you tweeted it. Very nicely written to be accessible, which is nice to see on a topic like that.

I need to get back out there with the good camera.

Camping near the Racetrack.

The rocks, they move.

278 Lidane  Aug 27, 2014 5:37:28pm

Mah surprise, etc. —

279 Rightwingconspirator  Aug 27, 2014 5:38:23pm

She does nice heartfelt Pages. Sucks to see someone tromp in and muddy it up.

280 BeachDem  Aug 27, 2014 5:39:25pm

re: #250 Kid A

Is that Matt Drudge on the left?

Kory Watkins—a Texas (Tarrant County) Open Carry loon.

281 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 27, 2014 5:41:09pm

re: #279 Rightwingconspirator

She does nice heartfelt Pages. Sucks to see someone tromp in and muddy it up.

He does put the “dick” in the name Peter…

282 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 27, 2014 5:42:51pm

re: #274 Lidane

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Why isn’t he holding a concertina? I think that every time that picture rotates through!

O_o

283 thedopefishlives  Aug 27, 2014 5:43:15pm

re: #279 Rightwingconspirator

She does nice heartfelt Pages. Sucks to see someone tromp in and muddy it up.

But he’s not racist.

284 lawhawk  Aug 27, 2014 6:06:59pm

re: #271 Charles Johnson

I was out at Death Valley a few years back, and rented a 4x4 to do the off-road trip to Racetrack Playa. Photos don’t ever do it justice. It was amazing. You see these rocks sitting there, and you just wonder how did they ever move with the trails that stretch on for hundreds of feet. Not small ones - the big rocks.

Half the fun was just getting there - the rest was enjoying the near solitude and desolate beauty of the place.


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