Sunday Acoustic: Calum Graham, “Burning Up”

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A really cool song from acoustic finger-style guy Calum Graham. Who knew he could sing too?

EP “Burning Up” & Guitar Tab available at candyrat.com

iTunes: itunes.apple.com

Calum’s playing a Stonebridge Baritone Guitar stonebridgeguitars.com

Visit Calum Graham at calumgraham.com
Facebook: facebook.com

A very special thanks to Steve Wood and Greg MacGillivray for donating their time, and filming this at Greg’s little slice of paradise in Laguna Beach, CA while working on the new ‘Humpbacks’ IMAX Documentary.
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515 comments
1 bratwurst  Feb 15, 2015 5:14:31pm

I don’t think I am going to be able to deal with the smug self-congratulatory bullshit quotient of this 3.5 hours of Saturday Night Live anniversary show, especially as I haven’t had more than a laugh or two from the show for the last 20+ years…outside of Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin, of course.

2 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 15, 2015 5:15:13pm

It’s hilarious you libtards believe this obviously fake video!

NOTE THE HANDS!!!!

3 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 15, 2015 5:16:55pm

re: #1 bratwurst

I don’t think I am going to be able to deal with the smug self-congratulatory bullshit quotient of this 3.5 hours of Saturday Night Live anniversary show, especially as I haven’t had more than a laugh or two from the show for the last 20+ years…outside of Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin, of course.

I stuck with them through three peaks and a couple of really deep troughs, but they lost me about the turn of the century. Just a generation thing, I guess.

4 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 5:18:15pm

re: #2 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

It’s hilarious you libtards believe this obviously fake video!

NOTE THE HANDS!!!!

The pixels aren’t even the same size.

5 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 5:18:24pm

re: #2 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

It’s hilarious you libtards believe this obviously fake video!

NOTE THE HANDS!!!!

6 freetoken  Feb 15, 2015 5:18:46pm

re: #1 bratwurst

I think I stopped watching SNL when Chevy Chase left.

7 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 5:20:38pm
8 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 15, 2015 5:23:23pm

Hey Charles, who was the host that night?

9 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 15, 2015 5:25:12pm

Anybody else watch the rerun of the first episode last night? Notice the “Show Us Your Guns” segment? Plus ça change….

10 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 5:25:18pm

re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg

Hey Charles, who was the host that night?

I think it was Peter Boyle. I found what I think might be the episode on Hulu, but it’s only for paid members.

11 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 15, 2015 5:25:54pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

I think it was Peter Boyle. I found what I think might be the episode on Hulu, but it’s only for paid members.

I was just looking at that myself.

12 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 5:26:25pm
13 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Feb 15, 2015 5:33:11pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

I wish like hell you said that sooner. That episode ran on VH 1 classic in the last 24 hours

14 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 5:34:01pm

#tcot is getting trolled so hard with #ILoveObama hashtag

15 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Feb 15, 2015 5:35:15pm

Lorne michaela was quoted as saying whatever cast was on in your late teens was prolly your favorite

16 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 5:36:27pm
17 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Feb 15, 2015 5:37:59pm

I don’t watch it like I used to. I have less patience for the bad skits then when I was younger, and I don’t believe the best days are behind us. Two of my favorite skits are from the same episode in about 2005. Lindsey Lohan in a Harry Potter skit and a Debbie Downer

18 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 5:38:49pm
19 prairiefire  Feb 15, 2015 5:41:01pm

Happy 40th, SNL!

20 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 5:47:11pm

Quality of this isn’t great, but there’s a interesting guitarist:

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21 jaunte  Feb 15, 2015 5:50:48pm

Looking forward to Kyle Smith’s NY Post thinkpiece on how Lorne Michaels turned lies into comedy and brainwashed a generation.

22 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 15, 2015 5:54:13pm

Freep post (the second along this line today).

North Carolina’s ISIS Beachhead: Slain Sisters & Father’s Terror Connections. Media Blackout.

What is it with these people attacking bereaved parents (compare Sandy Hook)? They are something like human hyenas (though hyenas are only trying to feed themselves), always on the lookout for the vulnerable, the easiest targets to yield the most pain. It fits nicely with their “nuke Mecca” and “let ‘em die” memes and their enthusiastic support for torture.
It is probably the most shameful episode of my life that I ever publicly associated myself with the rightwing.

23 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 5:56:07pm

re: #22 Shiplord Kirel

Freep post (the second along this line today).

North Carolina’s ISIS Beachhead: Slain Sisters & Father’s Terror Connections. Media Blackout.

What is it with these people attacking bereaved parents (compare Sandy Hook)? They are something like human hyenas (though hyenas are only trying to feed themselves), always on the lookout for the vulnerable, the easiest targets to yield the most pain. It fits nicely with their “nuke Mecca” and “let ‘em die” memes and their enthusiastic support for torture.
It is probably the most shameful episode of my life that I ever publicly associated myself with the rightwing.

Hate, a very powerful drug.

24 CuriousLurker  Feb 15, 2015 5:59:15pm

re: #22 Shiplord Kirel

Freep post (the second along this line today).

North Carolina’s ISIS Beachhead: Slain Sisters & Father’s Terror Connections. Media Blackout.

What is it with these people attacking bereaved parents (compare Sandy Hook)? They are something like human hyenas (though hyenas are only trying to feed themselves), always on the lookout for the vulnerable, the easiest targets to yield the most pain. It fits nicely with their “nuke Mecca” and “let ‘em die” memes and their enthusiastic support for torture.
It is probably the most shameful episode of my life that I ever publicly associated myself with the rightwing.

Here, this should make you smile;

25 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:05:04pm

Stupid question cause I’m lame.

Is the SNL thing East coast or all coast? What channel?

26 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:07:29pm

Ah, think I’m reading East Coast tweets, we don’t begin for awhile.

Gonna re-watch The Walking Dead instead.

27 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 15, 2015 6:07:37pm

re: #25 #FergusonFireside

Stupid question cause I’m lame.

Is the SNL thing East coast or all coast? What channel?

Your local NBC channel at 8. Runway arrivals at 7

Maybe Central an hour early still? I dunno.

28 goddamnedfrank  Feb 15, 2015 6:08:36pm

Oblivious gross racist lady is still being oblivious, gross, and racist.

29 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:08:56pm

re: #27 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

TY. I have an hour or so.

30 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 6:10:31pm
31 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 6:10:40pm

I’m listening to Neil Young while putting away leftovers. No particular interest in SNL - I think their miss rate on skits and characters was much higher than their hit rate.

32 prairiefire  Feb 15, 2015 6:11:02pm

re: #26 #FergusonFireside

9, your time, doll. It is fantastic. Maybe the last time I see Sir Paul live.

33 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 6:12:15pm

re: #28 goddamnedfrank

Oblivious gross racist lady is still being oblivious, gross, and racist.

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34 Targetpractice  Feb 15, 2015 6:14:08pm

re: #33 Kragar

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Yep. Europeans showed up in Africa and the local tribes just walked up to them and said “Would you like to buy some slaves?”

35 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Feb 15, 2015 6:16:00pm

re: #34 Targetpractice

No, stoopid, the Africans pointed their guns at the EUropeans and made them buy slaves/

36 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:16:28pm

re: #32 prairiefire

9, your time, doll. It is fantastic. Maybe the last time I see Sir Paul live.

Hey Prairie Girl!! Hope all’s well in your neck of the woods. I’m sending out my resume tomorrow and of course getting my hopes up prior to anything happening. Thinking of taking I-40 across the country and hitting up any and all Lizards along the way.

It’s one of the great motivators.

37 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 6:16:53pm
38 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 6:19:08pm

re: #2 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

It’s hilarious you libtards believe this obviously fake video!

NOTE THE JAZZ HANDS!!!!

had to fix that…

39 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 15, 2015 6:20:44pm

WTFITS?

Bibi Ad Shows ISIS Asking Directions to Jerusalem

…

In the latest Likud ad for the upcoming Israeli elections, a group of ISIS terrorists (played by actors, of course) are seen asking for directions to Jerusalem. Likud is led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Elections there are a month away.

The ad shows the group of terrorists pulling up to a random Israeli to ask how to get to Jerusalem. “Take left,” they’re told.

The screen goes dark and Hebrew words appear as gun shots can be heard. “The left will surrender to terror,” the text on the screen reads.

Needless to say, the gang would have to make its way across Jordan without being shot or hanged first, so the Jordanians are being defamed here too.
Expect some clones of this to start appearing in American political advertising later this year.

40 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:21:26pm

re: #39 Shiplord Kirel

WTFITS?

Bibi Ad Shows ISIS Asking Directions to Jerusalem

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Needless to say, the gang would have to make its way across Jordan without being shot or hanged first, so the Jordanians are being defamed here too.
Expect some clones of this to start appearing in American political advertising later this year.

He’s a fucking warmonger, trying to stay in power via fear.

What an asshole.

41 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 6:25:47pm
42 goddamnedfrank  Feb 15, 2015 6:26:32pm

Apparently conservatives don’t believe in the transitive property of theft. If I steal something, like say a bicycle or a human being’s freedom, and then sell it, the person who purchases from me is totally absolved of all wrongdoing in the transaction, they now own it legally free and clear. They’re then free to take whatever it is I sold them, again whether inanimate object or a person with wants and dreams, and ride them all day long totally free from worry.

If it’s a human being they bought, they’re free to breed them like cattle too, and to keep or sell their offspring, in perpetuity, because liberty and freedom. There is no such statist crime as receiving stolen goods or perpetuating slavery in conservative land, that’s just like normal market forces at play or something.

43 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 6:26:36pm

re: #20 A Cranky One

Quality of this isn’t great, but there’s a interesting guitarist:

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One thing I liked about this video is that everyone seems to really enjoy playing together. You can feel the energy. Stopped going to concerts for a good while after seeing too many shows where the musicians seemed to be just going through the motions.

Looks like Stanley was a blast to work with. I’m jealous!

44 HappyWarrior  Feb 15, 2015 6:29:58pm

re: #42 goddamnedfrank

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Apparently conservatives don’t believe in the transitive property of theft. If I steal something, like say a bicycle or a human being’s freedom, and then sell it, the person who purchases from me is totally absolved of all wrongdoing in the transaction, they now own it legally free and clear. They’re then free to take whatever it is I sold them, again whether inanimate object or a person with wants and dreams, and ride them all day long totally free from worry.

If it’s a human being they bought, they’re free to breed them like cattle too, and to keep or sell their offspring, in perpetuity, because liberty and freedom. There is no such statist crime as receiving stolen goods or perpetuating slavery in conservative land, that’s just like normal market forces at play or something.

You really can’t fix stupid. Sure, many Africans did sell other Africans into slavery. But it wasn’t Africans who kept slavery going for three centuries and it sure as hell wasn’t Africans that fought any restrictions on slavery at the Constitutional Convention and it definitely wasn’t Africans who threw a fit because Lincoln became president and seceded from the Union illegally.

45 HappyWarrior  Feb 15, 2015 6:30:54pm

Hope everyone’s doing well. I got a job interview on Friday with weirdly enough the same agency where my mom started and even weirder is that it’s the Mine and Safety Administration. My mom’s grandfathers were both coal miners. We can’t seem to escape the damn mines I guess.

46 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 6:31:43pm

African tribes captured prisoners of war from other African tribes and sold them to Europeans who just happened to show up.

AND WHAT IF THEY WHITES DIDN’T SHOW UP LIBTARD? THEY WOULD HAVE EATED TEH PRISONERS!!!!1!!!!

47 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:32:02pm

re: #45 HappyWarrior

Hope everyone’s doing well. I got a job interview on Friday with weirdly enough the same agency where my mom started and even weirder is that it’s the Mine and Safety Administration. My mom’s grandfathers were both coal miners. We can’t seem to escape the damn mines I guess.

Good good wishes.

48 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 6:32:41pm

It’s not even making any fucking sense at all:

49 HappyWarrior  Feb 15, 2015 6:32:45pm

re: #47 #FergusonFireside

Good good wishes.

Thanks. It’s only a GS-4 position but hey Mom started as a GS-3 and has risen through the ranks quite well.

50 HappyWarrior  Feb 15, 2015 6:33:18pm

re: #48 The Vicious Babushka

It’s not even making any fucking sense at all:

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Forget it Buska, it’s Wingnuttown.

51 Amory Blaine  Feb 15, 2015 6:33:55pm

You all seem…taller.

52 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 6:34:11pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

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I’m still looking but I did find this free 2-minute bit from that episode of SNL:

vudu.com

53 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 6:34:29pm

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54 CuriousLurker  Feb 15, 2015 6:34:48pm

re: #48 The Vicious Babushka

It’s not even making any fucking sense at all:

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*Whoosh!* It went right over her head.

55 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 6:35:06pm

re: #48 The Vicious Babushka

It’s not even making any fucking sense at all:

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And Alison still sounds like a complete idiot.

56 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:35:30pm

re: #54 CuriousLurker

*Whoosh!* It went right over her head.

Hate makes you so very stupid.

57 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 6:36:23pm

re: #48 The Vicious Babushka

Sounding like Moses is a bad thing?

58 HappyWarrior  Feb 15, 2015 6:37:24pm

re: #54 CuriousLurker

*Whoosh!* It went right over her head.

It was pretty obvious what he meant. As I said, yeah it’s true that Africans did sell other Africans into slavery but as I said, it wasn’t Africans that fought any attempts by this country’s government to abolish. John C. Calhoun? Not an African. The fireburners? No Africans among them. And as much as they love to claim that Christianity “ended” slavery, they ignore the fact that the Southern Baptists were founded for the explicit purpose of seeing slavery as moral. Before the 1960’s the Baptists weren’t regional at all.

59 Amory Blaine  Feb 15, 2015 6:37:55pm

re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth

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60 prairiefire  Feb 15, 2015 6:38:15pm

re: #36 #FergusonFireside

Are you coming East? It would be great to see you! We are a bit north from I-40. I will let you know!

61 goddamnedfrank  Feb 15, 2015 6:39:15pm

I sound just like Moses.

62 Bubblehead II  Feb 15, 2015 6:39:22pm

re: #57 A Cranky One

Sounding like Moses is a bad thing?

Well he did steal the slaves (Jews) from their rightful owners (Egyptians) don’t ya know.

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63 HappyWarrior  Feb 15, 2015 6:39:48pm

re: #62 Bubblehead II

Well he did steal the slaves (Jews) from their rightful owners (Egyptians) don’t ya know.

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Ayn Rand would have considered Moses a thief.

64 Great White Snark  Feb 15, 2015 6:40:07pm

Sometimes it pays to tune out the pundits and indulge a little in your art. For your perusal, Sunday Night Hummingbird Video. Just for fun.
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Be sure to retweet the bird if ya like him!

65 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 15, 2015 6:40:16pm

re: #39 Shiplord Kirel

I think I can imagine the GOP riff on this:

A ragged smoke-belching old suburban pulls up to an intersection. In the front is a stereotyped “Ill-eagle” couple; fat, unkempt, the man is drinking a beer. In the back are 8 or 10 wheezing, coughing, measle-pocked kids The man asks a concerned looking Anglo the way to the local elementary school, triumphantly waving a thick sheaf of papers as he does so. “Got our enrollment right here!”
The screen fades to black with the caption “Democrats want this. Do you?”

66 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 6:41:35pm

re: #61 goddamnedfrank

I sound just like Moses.

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Your word is now LAW!

67 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 6:42:14pm

re: #51 Amory Blaine

You all seem…taller.

That’s because we aren’t discussing Upchuck. When commenting on Upchuck, the proper position is a squat…

68 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 6:42:35pm

Listening to this for the next long while…

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69 Bubblehead II  Feb 15, 2015 6:42:49pm

re: #61 goddamnedfrank

I sound just like Moses.

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So when are you going to bring us the latest revised version of the 10 Commandments?

70 goddamnedfrank  Feb 15, 2015 6:43:01pm

re: #57 A Cranky One

Sounding like Moses is a bad thing?

It’s her way of saying I sound like the Juice.

71 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 6:43:31pm

re: #61 goddamnedfrank

I sound just like Moses.

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Give us the 15 Commandments!
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72 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:43:42pm

re: #60 prairiefire

Are you coming East? It would be great to see you! We are a bit north from I-40. I will let you know!

I will let YOU know. It’s a goal right now, setting it into motion. We will see.

73 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 6:44:18pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

dancing in my computer chair…oh yeah…

74 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 6:45:35pm
75 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 6:45:48pm

re: #70 goddamnedfrank

It’s her way of saying I sound like the Juice.

How Judeo-Christian of her! Wonder what she thinks of Leviticus then?

76 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:46:56pm

re: #64 Great White Snark

Sometimes it pays to tune out the pundits and indulge a little in your art. For your perusal, Sunday Night Hummingbird Video. Just for fun.
Paged

Be sure to retweet the bird if ya like him!

So excellent!!

77 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:47:06pm
78 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 6:47:38pm

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

dancing in my computer chair…oh yeah…

Hey! Rule 43, No dancing!

79 CuriousLurker  Feb 15, 2015 6:47:58pm

re: #70 goddamnedfrank

It’s her way of saying I sound like the Juice.

No such thing as Juice—there are only not-yet-perfected Christians. //

80 goddamnedfrank  Feb 15, 2015 6:47:59pm

re: #69 Bubblehead II

So when are you going to bring us the latest revised version of the 10 Commandments?

I described my religion awhile ago, it only has five rules.

81 prairiefire  Feb 15, 2015 6:48:42pm

re: #77 wrenchwench

Oh my gosh, how are you, darling?? {{WW}}

82 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:50:12pm

re: #81 prairiefire

Oh my gosh, how are you, darling?? {{WW}}

Getting better, a way to go yet…

83 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 6:51:03pm

re: #78 A Cranky One

Hey! Rule 43, No dancing!

sorry, I gotta be what I am:

Dance like nobody’s watching
84 Bubblehead II  Feb 15, 2015 6:51:19pm

re: #80 goddamnedfrank

I described my religion awhile ago, it only has five rules.

You have obviously been mislead about the those heathen canines. REPENT! and be saved! :-)

85 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 6:51:26pm

Why sure - that’s exactly the same.

86 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 6:51:57pm

re: #85 Charles Johnson

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Why sure - that’s exactly the same.

jazz hands…

87 Bubblehead II  Feb 15, 2015 6:52:42pm

Night Lizards.

88 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:52:55pm

re: #77 wrenchwench

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Tara suggested bikes last episode.

89 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 6:54:04pm

Due to the extreme cold, New York City has officially changed its name to Chicago and renamed the Hudson River as Lake Michigan.

I blame Rahm Emanuel.

90 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:55:25pm

re: #88 #FergusonFireside

Tara suggested bikes last episode.

I lack a TV, so I can’t criticize a lack of bicycle.

91 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 6:55:32pm
92 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 6:56:08pm

re: #85 Charles Johnson

Hands, pshaw! Never underestimate the power of the elbow.

93 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 15, 2015 6:57:25pm

I always figured that good MTN bikes would be essential in any apocalyptic event. Fairly low maint, easy to carry a good supply of spares in a small bag, lets you cover a lot more ground with less effort than on foot.

I’m afraid that my recumbents will be the first to fall however.

RBS

94 prairiefire  Feb 15, 2015 6:58:15pm

re: #82 wrenchwench

My girl, we here on the prairie are in your corner! Smooch!

95 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 6:58:15pm

Fucking a. Tyreese.

So sad, the 2nd time. RIP
96 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 6:59:40pm
97 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 6:59:47pm

re: #93 RealityBasedSteve

I always figured that good MTN bikes would be essential in any apocalyptic event. Fairly low maint, easy to carry a good supply of spares in a small bag, lets you cover a lot more ground with less effort than on foot.

I’m afraid that my recumbents will be the first to fall however.

RBS

The older the customer, the more desirable the recumbent.

98 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:00:22pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is really REALLY nice.
So glad Charles went me looking for SNL and I stumbled onto this.

99 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 7:00:36pm

Wingnut heads everywhere just exploded

100 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:01:33pm

re: #99 The Vicious Babushka

bwahahahaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

101 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 7:01:46pm

re: #91 Charles Johnson

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I’m hoping the Republicans decide to adopt this proposal. I think exporting rednecks would do wonders for the country and would greatly reduce the Republican base.

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102 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:02:10pm

re: #90 wrenchwench

I lack a TV, so I can’t criticize a lack of bicycle.

I trust they will figure it out. Or resign themselves to mopeds. There is gas around.

103 CuriousLurker  Feb 15, 2015 7:02:13pm

Good on them for not showing terrorist bullies any fear:

Copenhagen shootings: Gunman named as 22yo Omar El-Hussein, may have been inspired by Paris attacks, Danish police say

Netanyahu urges Jews to ‘move to Israel’

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the attack on Copenhagen’s main synagogue by urging European Jews to move to Israel.

Mr Netanyahu said Israel was preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe.

However Denmark’s small but vibrant Jewish community rebuffed the call to emigrate.

“We appreciate the invitation, but we are Danish citizens, this is our country,” Dan Rosenberg Asmussen, chairman of the Jewish Society in Denmark, said.

“I feel just as safe on the streets today as I did the day before yesterday,” Jewish community member Bent Bograd said, as he laid flowers at the synagogue.

“We can’t do anything about it, and it’s a risk that exists.” […]

G’nite, lizards.

104 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 15, 2015 7:02:29pm

re: #97 wrenchwench

The older the customer, the more desirable the recumbent.

And just what are you implying with that statement? (looking at his 3 recumbents).

RBS

105 Floral Giraffe  Feb 15, 2015 7:02:37pm

Greg macgilvery has made some rocking films. Sister Sarah not so much!

106 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 7:02:48pm

Good bike shops are hard enough to find right now. After a zombie apocalypse, all bets are off.

107 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 7:02:55pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

sorry, I gotta be what I am:

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The Feline Overlords think this was a good use of the Kragle.
>^..^<

108 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:03:19pm

Oh my, Johnny Clegg & Savuka now…breath taking music.

109 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:03:56pm

DEATH TO ME Sister Sarah on the red carpet wearing the sexy dress. Click

110 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 7:04:22pm

That’s gotta be Tina Fey.

111 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 7:04:40pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

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As a trophy, or a holy relic?
:p (spit)

112 Amory Blaine  Feb 15, 2015 7:04:48pm

I’m at the office. Sans pants.

113 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:05:16pm

re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh my, Johnny Clegg & Savuka now…breath taking music.

love love love harmony vocals that go on forever.

114 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 7:05:20pm
115 goddamnedfrank  Feb 15, 2015 7:05:49pm

The reason there are no bicycles in zombie films is because the second you put a motherfucker on a bike they start to smile. And you just can’t have that shit in a film where your heroes are struggling for survival in a crumbling dystopian apocalyptic hellscape dealing with the bleak pointlessness of the modern human condition. Bicycles are intrinsically hopeful things, and except for the very end zombie movies are generally all about a setting of hopelessness and despair.

116 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:06:15pm

re: #99 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnut heads everywhere just exploded

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Her peeps and their checkbooks, FINALLY lost their shit.

Unless they will write this off as she had to play nice.

117 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 15, 2015 7:07:13pm

re: #112 Amory Blaine

I’m at the office. Sans pants.

I’m in my pants. Sans office.

RBS

118 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 7:08:24pm

re: #112 Amory Blaine

I’m at the office. Sans pants.

Really really casual Sunday?

119 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 15, 2015 7:08:38pm

Looks like this was a whaling expedition:

120 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 7:10:03pm

re: #104 RealityBasedSteve

And just what are you implying with that statement? (looking at his 3 recumbents).

RBS

Just recounting observations over the years.

re: #106 Charles Johnson

Good bike shops are hard enough to find right now. After a zombie apocalypse, all bets are off.

There should be one back in a few weeks!

121 Amory Blaine  Feb 15, 2015 7:12:03pm

re: #118 A Cranky One

Heh I had to lie in the snow for a few hours tonight and perform some duties so I got soaked. Sunday evening silence is a relief. No worries, I put them on when I dry them out. Usually I have spares, but not today.

122 Great White Snark  Feb 15, 2015 7:12:15pm

thinking about CCJ and other online fools…

Be careful With a Fool.

Never bad advice is it?

Video

123 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:12:36pm

re: #120 wrenchwench

Just recounting observations over the years.

There should be one back in a few weeks!

Gosh I hope so. WW, so much love & strength to ya.

124 wrenchwench  Feb 15, 2015 7:12:45pm

re: #111 Feline Fearless Leader

As a trophy, or a holy relic?
:p (spit)

I thought it sounded like twisted Catholicism.

125 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 15, 2015 7:13:10pm

re: #121 Amory Blaine

Heh I had to lie in the snow for a few hours tonight and perform some duties so I got soaked. Sunday evening silence is a relief. No worries, I put them on when I dry them out. Usually I have spares, but not today.

You realize that your “explanation” raises far more questions than it answers, don’t you?

126 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 7:13:48pm
127 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:15:42pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Once again (and that cat will be very pissed if Chuck keeps pushing it):

128 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 15, 2015 7:16:02pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

I remember the first time I drank Boones Farm too…

RBS

129 prairiefire  Feb 15, 2015 7:16:16pm

re: #120 wrenchwench

Oh my dog, I hope so!

130 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:17:02pm

omg this red carpet shit. Donald Trump?

SOLD OUT

click.

131 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 7:17:17pm

40 years of SNL sports without a clip of Garrett Morris’ Chico Escuela saying “Baseball been bery bery good to me”?

¿Qué coño?
132 Lidane  Feb 15, 2015 7:18:39pm

The lead singer of Arcade Fire just introduced Miley Cyrus on the 40th anniversary SNL special.

Really? They couldn’t just book Arcade Fire to play?

133 prairiefire  Feb 15, 2015 7:20:01pm

re: #132 Lidane

I know, why does Lorne like her so? At least she is doing her own version.

134 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 7:21:03pm

I don’t trust myself to say anything about this sad SNL debacle tonight, so I’ll just zip my lip.

135 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 15, 2015 7:21:23pm

re: #132 Lidane

The lead singer of Arcade Fire just introduced Miley Cyrus on the 40th anniversary SNL special.

Really? They couldn’t just book Arcade Fire to play?

Comedy isn’t pretty…

136 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 7:21:34pm

re: #133 prairiefire

I know, why does Lorne like her so? At least she is doing her own version.

At least Paul McCartney’s very talented drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr. got some more air time.

137 jaunte  Feb 15, 2015 7:21:58pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

I liked the Downton Abbey part in the middle.

138 Belafon  Feb 15, 2015 7:24:01pm

re: #99 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnut heads everywhere just exploded

[Embedded content]

It’s the Family Guy episode where Moore and Limbaugh are together brought to life.

139 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 7:24:40pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

I don’t trust myself to say anything about this sad SNL debacle tonight, so I’ll just zip my lip.

////

140 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:25:21pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

I don’t trust myself to say anything about this sad SNL debacle tonight, so I’ll just zip my lip.

happy that I don’t get network TV.
Having a nice time listening to the Night Music link on YouTube.

141 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:27:09pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

I don’t trust myself to say anything about this sad SNL debacle tonight, so I’ll just zip my lip.

The fucking need for the red carpet and it’s horror. Why?

Show the clips. That’s all we want.

142 prairiefire  Feb 15, 2015 7:27:19pm

re: #136 De Kolta Chair

At least Paul McCartney’s very talented drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr. got some more air time.

Monster drummer, plus the guitarists were good.

143 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 15, 2015 7:27:21pm

re: #103 CuriousLurker

Good on them for not showing terrorist bullies any fear:

G’nite, lizards.

How tone-deaf can Bibi be? (Ha!) Danish Jews are going to abandon the country that smuggled all their Jewish citizens across The Sound to safety in Sweden just before they were to be rounded up, just to take their chances in Bibi-trying-his-damndest-to-ratchet-up-the-terrorism-for-his-own-political-gain-istan? Dream on, asswipe!

144 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:27:47pm

Darlene Love and Al Jarreau singing “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess now.
So great!

145 bratwurst  Feb 15, 2015 7:28:43pm

re: #141 #FergusonFireside

The fucking need for the red carpet and it’s horror. Why?

Show the clips. That’s all we want.

You are going to be disappointed with the show…mostly about celebs, very little about the clips.

146 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:29:31pm

re: #145 bratwurst

You are going to be disappointed with the show…mostly about celebs, very little about the clips.

Fuck it then.

147 nearly-headless smith25  Feb 15, 2015 7:30:16pm

re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth

Darlene Love and Al Jarreau singing a song from Porgy and Bess now.
So great!

Ready for the snow tonight?

148 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:30:24pm

HGTV, my default for no brain background.

while I read the net.

149 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 15, 2015 7:30:38pm

re: #145 bratwurst

You are going to be disappointed with the show…mostly about celebs, very little about the clips.

Yeah, I switched over to Big Bang Theory reruns. I did like seeing the first episode last nigh, though.

150 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:30:47pm

re: #145 bratwurst

You are going to be disappointed with the show…mostly about celebs, very little about the clips.

I figgered as much and liking my alternative online music option.

I’m still dancing in my chair…

152 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 7:31:21pm

re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth

Darlene Love and Al Jarreau singing a song from Porgy and Bess now.
So great!

Dang, I left the room for half a minute and missed it.

153 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:31:31pm

re: #147 nearly-headless smith25

Ready for the snow tonight?

Nope, nope NOPE!!
But I have sufficient adult beverage supplies…

154 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:32:56pm

re: #152 De Kolta Chair

Dang, I left the room for 40 seconds and missed it.

It’s not SNL.
It’s around the 25 minute mark at …

155 Lidane  Feb 15, 2015 7:33:14pm

re: #151 Charles Johnson

156 nearly-headless smith25  Feb 15, 2015 7:33:55pm

re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nope, nope NOPE!!
But I have sufficient adult beverage supplies…

Me neither. We are off school for Presidents Day tomorrow anyway, but wondering if enough hits to cancel for Tuesday. Last forecast I saw put us in the 8”-14” possible range.

157 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 7:34:23pm

re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth

I figgered as much and liking my alternative online music option.

I’m still dancing in my chair…

You’re incorrigible!

158 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 7:35:25pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s not SNL.
It’s around the 25 minute mark at [Embedded content]

Thanks, I loved that show!

159 Lidane  Feb 15, 2015 7:35:35pm

re: #147 nearly-headless smith25

Ready for the snow tonight?

re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nope, nope NOPE!!
But I have sufficient adult beverage supplies…

160 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 7:37:40pm

re: #151 Charles Johnson

Cats ARE pushy. That’s why I’m a dog person.

Oh wait, my argument is invalid. Never mind ;)

161 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Feb 15, 2015 7:38:21pm

re: #155 Lidane

Heh Dig the Dallas Cowboys shirt

162 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 7:39:21pm
Some people have all the luck.

Just kidding, Don, you were the best. Loved you on Zappa’s “I’m The Slime.”

163 Dark_Falcon  Feb 15, 2015 7:39:59pm

re: #143 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

How tone-deaf can Bibi be? (Ha!) Danish Jews are going to abandon the country that smuggled all their Jewish citizens across The Sound to safety in Sweden just before they were to be rounded up, just to take their chances in Bibi-trying-his-damndest-to-ratchet-up-the-terrorism-for-his-own-political-gain-istan? Dream on, asswipe!

His real primary audience is not Danish Jews, its his political base. The tactic is to point at a terrorist and say “There is a Bad Man, and there are lots like him out there! That’s why you need to elect me, because I will protect Israel from those Bad Men!”

164 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:40:26pm

re: #158 De Kolta Chair

Thanks, I loved that show!

I’m the point in the video now where Al Jarreau is singing scat.
Loving it!

165 CuriousLurker  Feb 15, 2015 7:41:09pm

Drive-by - Just came to drop this off:

So we’re gonna have white Western-born Muslim guys fighting white Western-born Christian guys in the Mideast? Yay, progress! //

166 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 7:41:15pm

re: #163 Dark_Falcon

His real primary audience is not Danish Jews, its his political base. The tactic is to point at a terrorist and say “There is a Bad Man, and there are lots like him out there! That’s why you need to elect me, because I will protect Israel from those Bad Men!”

Well, it worked for George W and his base.

167 makeitstop  Feb 15, 2015 7:41:26pm

I just took the puppy out for his late-night constitutional, and the thermometer on our back porch informed me that it is currently 0 degrees.

Ze. Ro.

Suffice it to say I’m done with going outside tonight.

168 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 7:44:22pm

re: #163 Dark_Falcon

His real primary audience is not Danish Jews, its his political base. The tactic is to point at a terrorist and say “There is a Bad Man, and there are lots like him out there! That’s why you need to elect me, because I will protect Israel from those Bad Men!”

And all it shows is a craving for power. Regardless of truth, compassion or empathy.

Same as any other warmonger based candidate.

169 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:44:50pm

re: #158 De Kolta Chair

Thanks, I loved that show!

Almost end of the show at about 39 minutes, the band is playing “Can’t Get Enough of that Boogie Stuff” with all toy instruments.

The smile on my face is so wide it almost hurts.
Such FUN!!!

170 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 7:45:20pm

Speaking of unfunny, was the writing staff of “Shameless” on strike during this week’s episode? Yikes, that hurt was too boring to be painful.

171 Dark_Falcon  Feb 15, 2015 7:49:06pm

re: #168 #FergusonFireside

And all it shows is a craving for power. Regardless of truth, compassion or empathy.

Same as any other warmonger based candidate.

It’s not actually warmongering, Stanley. Regardless of which way the election goes, Israel is not going to move against ISIS unless those asshole make the mistake of attacking Israel first, a mistake they have so far refrained from making.

But Israel is not really capable of fighting a war of occupation in Syria, and Netanyahu knows this. So while he is dramatizing and sensationalizing the ISIS threat, he is not actually seeking a war with the “Islamic State”.

172 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 7:50:42pm

re: #171 Dark_Falcon

It’s not actually warmongering, Stanley. Regardless of which way the election goes, Israel is not going to move against ISIS unless those asshole make the mistake of attacking Israel first, a mistake they have so far refrained from making.

But Israel is not really capable of fighting a war of occupation in Syria, and Netanyahu knows this. So while he is dramatizing and sensationalizing the ISIS threat, he is not actually seeking a war with the “Islamic State”.

He wants other people to fight those wars.

173 retired cynic  Feb 15, 2015 7:50:46pm

re: #171 Dark_Falcon

No, it’s more like ‘you and him go fight.’

174 Lidane  Feb 15, 2015 7:51:28pm

And to think I decided to watch the SNL 40 show instead of The Walking Dead.

Then again, I’ve seen a lot of lifeless corpses shambling around SNL tonight, so maybe I didn’t actually change the station.

175 Dark_Falcon  Feb 15, 2015 7:53:18pm

re: #165 CuriousLurker

Drive-by - Just came to drop this off:

[Embedded content]

So we’re gonna have white Western-born Muslim guys fighting white Western-born Christian guys in the Mideast? Yay, progress! //

It does have the benefit of shipping two sets of crazies off to another country where they can indulge their hatred for one another and kill each other wholesale.

176 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 7:54:39pm
“My only regret is that the other guy has only one life to give for his country.”
177 Mattand  Feb 15, 2015 7:54:51pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

I don’t trust myself to say anything about this sad SNL debacle tonight, so I’ll just zip my lip.

There was a Justin Timberlake show a few years back where SNL did an elaborate 5 Timer Host Club sketch wherein JT achieved that milestone. They had cameos from other hosts who were five timers.

Some people like Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, and Alec Baldwin were entertaining. The appearances from people Chevy Chase and Paul Simon? Calling them cringeworthy is being kind.

I keep thinking this show is going to be like that one.

178 Dark_Falcon  Feb 15, 2015 7:55:12pm

re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth

He wants other people to fight those wars.

True, but most Israelis want that, so peddling that idea is relatively popular.

179 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 15, 2015 7:55:46pm

Speaking of bike shops…

…

180 Dark_Falcon  Feb 15, 2015 7:58:29pm

re: #176 De Kolta Chair

[Embedded content]

To be fair, going to Iraq to fight is not the deed of a chickenhawk. Such a “Christian Militiaman” may be a wingnut, he may well be a dominionist, but if he stand firm under fire he cannot be called a chickenhawk.

181 GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 15, 2015 8:00:03pm

…

182 Belafon  Feb 15, 2015 8:00:47pm

re: #165 CuriousLurker

Drive-by - Just came to drop this off:

[Embedded content]

So we’re gonna have white Western-born Muslim guys fighting white Western-born Christian guys in the Mideast? Yay, progress! //

Talk about rooting for injuries/death.

183 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 8:03:18pm

re: #180 Dark_Falcon

To be fair, going to Iraq to fight is not the deed of a chickenhawk. Such a “Christian Militiaman” may be a wingnut, he may well be a dominionist, but if he stand firm under fire he cannot be called a chickenhawk.

It was a total coincidence that I posted that graphic at that time, Dark Falcon. Nothing to do with this guy. This bearded ISIS looking guy.

Holy shit, he’s an ISIS double agent!!!!

184 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 8:04:11pm

It’s the 21st century, and we’ve still got people revved up for religious wars. Seems like we’ve regressed culturally a few centuries.

185 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 8:04:27pm

re: #174 Lidane

And to think I decided to watch the SNL 40 show instead of The Walking Dead.

Then again, I’ve seen a lot of lifeless corpses shambling around SNL tonight, so maybe I didn’t actually change the station.

They got the Rolling Stones on!!!!
;)

186 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 8:05:17pm

re: #171 Dark_Falcon

It’s not actually warmongering, Stanley. Regardless of which way the election goes, Israel is not going to move against ISIS unless those asshole make the mistake of attacking Israel first, a mistake they have so far refrained from making.

But Israel is not really capable of fighting a war of occupation in Syria, and Netanyahu knows this. So while he is dramatizing and sensationalizing the ISIS threat, he is not actually seeking a war with the “Islamic State”.

Well, so he’s a warmonger politician. Using the current situ for his benefit.

Asshole.

187 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 15, 2015 8:05:20pm

re: #175 Dark_Falcon

It does have the benefit of shipping two sets of crazies off to another country where they can indulge their hatred for one another and kill each other wholesale.

Unfortunately catching a bunch of innocent civilians in the middle. But since they aren’t white Christian Americans I guess they don’t matter.
////

188 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 8:06:20pm

re: #178 Dark_Falcon

True, but most Israelis want that, so peddling that idea is relatively popular.

Lovely.

189 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:07:51pm

re: #20 A Cranky One

Quality of this isn’t great, but there’s a interesting guitarist:

[Embedded content]

Video

Way cool. Charles was really getting into it. Damn fast licks there!!!

Edit: Note the hands!

190 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 8:09:10pm

re: #188 #FergusonFireside

Lovely.

It’s like D_F is speaking for all Israelis like Bibi is speaking for all Jews around the world!

191 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 8:12:59pm

re: #165 CuriousLurker

He and the other volunteers worried they would not be allowed home if they were associated with the PKK, which the United States and Europe consider a terrorist organization. They also said they disliked the group’s leftist ideology.

“LEFTIST IDEOLOGY!!!”
192 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 8:15:44pm

West Coast here. Paul and Paul doing Falling was excellent. Haters ragging on it before. Why.

193 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 15, 2015 8:21:09pm

It is getting closer.
New forecast is 7-13 inches of snow. Currently 13F, low is to be 6F.
Woodstove is loaded, taps are dripping…shit is supposed to start hitting the fan in about 3-4 hours.
I should catch some sleep whilst I can:

laterz, lizardim….

194 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 8:22:56pm

I’m totally enjoying the clips.

195 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 8:23:21pm

Bass-o-matic.

196 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 8:24:08pm

I so remember Larry the Lobster. Wonder if they do. There was an 800 # to save him.

197 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:28:59pm

re: #78 A Cranky One

Hey! Rule 43, No dancing!

Hey, I thought word came down from central processing saying Rule 43 was replaced by 43-176b.

It was all made clear in Form A15B7-32/5.

198 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 8:30:33pm
REUTERS — Blaargarian Predators are joining the Fangorian militia to fight Glaagarian Predators on the planet Blxxnar VII
199 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 15, 2015 8:31:37pm

re: #197 ObserverArt

Hey, I thought word came down from central processing saying Rule 43 was replaced by 43-176b.

It was all made clear in Form A15B7-32/5.

Rule 34 over rules it all… :eek:

200 teleskiguy  Feb 15, 2015 8:35:48pm

re: #106 Charles Johnson

Good bike shops are hard enough to find right now.

Man I miss Steamboat Springs, CO. There are three excellent bike shops in town, Steamboat Ski and Bike Kare, Ski Haus, and Orange Peel. Moots frames are also manufactured in Steamboat.

201 teleskiguy  Feb 15, 2015 8:39:44pm

re: #115 goddamnedfrank

The reason there are no bicycles in zombie films is because the second you put a motherfucker on a bike they start to smile. And you just can’t have that shit in a film where your heroes are struggling for survival in a crumbling dystopian apocalyptic hellscape dealing with the bleak pointlessness of the modern human condition. Bicycles are intrinsically hopeful things, and except for the very end zombie movies are generally all about a setting of hopelessness and despair.

Asute commentary. Shared!

202 teleskiguy  Feb 15, 2015 8:41:29pm

Oh gawd, I just got followed on Twitter by a Williamsburg, “Brooklyn-based indie mag covering art, fashion, and the creative lifestyle.”

The hipsters are on to me, man!

203 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:42:48pm

re: #167 makeitstop

I just took the puppy out for his late-night constitutional, and the thermometer on our back porch informed me that it is currently 0 degrees.

Ze. Ro.

Suffice it to say I’m done with going outside tonight.

I found out the quickest way to feel warm inside this ol’ brick house with a ton of really big windows and doors many facing north and west…is to run outside for about a minute. And then go right back in.

Yeah that’s right…it’s warm now!

(Repeat)

204 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 8:47:28pm
You just know that when ISIS takes over they’re going to totally eff up the Thankskilling movie franchise.
205 A Cranky One  Feb 15, 2015 8:47:44pm

re: #197 ObserverArt

Hey, I thought word came down from central processing saying Rule 43 was replaced by 43-176b.

It was all made clear in Form A15B7-32/5.

True. However, it’s not in force yet because central processing forgot to attach this first.

Didn’t you get the memo?
206 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:48:24pm

re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s like D_F is speaking for all Israelis like Bibi is speaking for all Jews around the world!

Dark wants to join in the war. Someway, somehow.

Maybe he and Chucky could set up some kind of private hit squad.

//

207 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 8:48:29pm

GE Smith just shown. He’s SNL more than anyone.

208 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:52:42pm

re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth

It is getting closer.
New forecast is 7-13 inches of snow. Currently 13F, low is to be 6F.
Woodstove is loaded, taps are dripping…shit is supposed to start hitting the fan in about 3-4 hours.
I should catch some sleep whilst I can:

Embedded Image

laterz, lizardim….

Good luck Sleuth!

It is odd how the cold front high pressure is right on I-70 and it seems to be keeping the snow south of the typical patterns. Weird.

So, they are saying Columbus is right on the edge of snow by just a bit. Who the heck knows, it could still slide north and whack us too.

209 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 8:54:18pm

re: #207 #FergusonFireside

GE Smith just shown. He’s SNL more than anyone.

I caught him in 1988 supporting Bob Dylan at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre. Neil Young sat in (or more correctly stood) for several numbers. A fun show which coulda been longer. Neil didn’t want to stop.

210 teleskiguy  Feb 15, 2015 8:56:48pm

Why is it snowing where it doesn’t need to snow? It needs to snow in the mountain ranges of the west coast something fierce. Mt. Baker, Washington closing for a time due to rain in February is a mega-bummer. darthstar can attest to the miserable skiing in California I’m sure. Hell, here in the north-central mountains of Colorado a paltry foot of snow has fallen in the month of February, it was less than that for the whole month of January.

Might have to sacrifice an old pair of skis to a raging pallet fire.

211 ObserverArt  Feb 15, 2015 8:58:36pm

re: #205 A Cranky One

True. However, it’s not in force yet because central processing forgot to attach this first.

[Embedded content]

Aww crap. That must have got hung up in one of the tubes.

And with that…later Lizards.

Dark, don’t start a major conflict without proper consideration.

212 #FergusonFireside  Feb 15, 2015 9:00:44pm

nighty, first day off in 2 mo tomorrow! gonna love it in.

213 De Kolta Chair  Feb 15, 2015 9:07:15pm
And once again we honor our first president by celebrating his birthday on the wrong day.
214 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 15, 2015 9:12:43pm

Presidents Day, Celebrated by 50% off bedroom and living room suites.

RBS

215 teleskiguy  Feb 15, 2015 9:12:50pm

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Vail/Beaver Creek, CO have wrapped up. It was a crazy two weeks. I’ve never seen so many people descend upon this valley. The ski races were very cool to see up close. I watched the Men’s Super G halfway down the course. The men were going over 60 m.p.h. where I was watching.

I also watched the Women’s Giant Slalom, from the same spot above. What was striking was how their hips got so goddamned close to the snow, just insane angles. It’s a trip to watch in person.

Skiing’s most prestigious competition outside the Olympics has ended. It was pretty neat. I’m glad it’s over. The last two weeks I’ve had to add an hour to my commute because of lack of parking, congestion, etc. That ends tomorrow. YAY!

Farewell #Vail2015. It’s been real.

216 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 15, 2015 9:18:56pm

Bah…. I could get down that hill easy. Of course I’d be lying on my side, clawing at the snow and whimpering like a schoolgirl all the way down.

RBS

217 teleskiguy  Feb 15, 2015 9:28:18pm
218 Charles Johnson  Feb 15, 2015 9:53:28pm

And now Chuck’s going there.

219 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 10:00:41pm
220 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 10:14:38pm

VB, I paged my report about the Dancing Imams photo you mentioned the other day. littlegreenfootballs.com

I’m still working on verifying the claims that government officials are banning religious instruction and prayers. Those claims I suspect are “embellished” to further a narrative, but probably contain some germs of truth.

221 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 10:16:01pm

re: #215 teleskiguy

Cool photo.

222 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 10:18:25pm

re: #218 Charles Johnson

He’ll do it for the clicks, and claim it’s all OK because of how the MSM treated Bristol and the Bush daughters.

I presume the WH press staff have advised the Obama girls on how to lock down their social media accounts.

223 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Feb 15, 2015 10:36:45pm

re: #222 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I would be surprised if they even had social media accounts until after they leave the White House.

224 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 10:39:49pm

re: #223 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I would be surprised if they even had social media accounts until after they leave the White House.

They could FireChat at school, I suppose, but you’re right. Their social media accounts would be prime targets for scum like CCJ to mine for clickbait.

225 BeachDem  Feb 15, 2015 10:54:09pm

re: #219 Kragar

[Embedded content]

Sarah has borrowed that dress before, to wear to Dancing with the Stars. And somebody needs to teach Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods about accessorizing. Sheesh. She looks like she’s headed for a tractor pull.

Once I saw they’d invited her to the SNL show, it sucked the fun right out of it for me and I didn’t watch.

226 sagehen  Feb 15, 2015 11:16:02pm

I thought she looked pretty good… and I’m certainly no fan of hers.

227 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 11:37:20pm

It’s almost Chinese New Year, and single Chinese girls face a big problem — coming home without a boyfriend to please their parents. Fortunately, there is now a service to help these unfortunate young women.

Youtube Video

228 Dr Lizardo  Feb 15, 2015 11:41:27pm

re: #77 wrenchwench

The Walking Dead (and a good many other zombie flicks) take place in an alternate reality where the bicycle was never invented.

Clearly.

:D

229 Kragar  Feb 15, 2015 11:49:43pm

Fall of Prospero

The Fall of Prospero, also referred to as the Scouring of Prospero, the Burning of Prospero and the Battle of Prospero, was the name given by later Imperial scholars to the sanctioned Imperial military reprisal against the Thousand Sons Legion of Space Marines’ homeworld of Prospero at the start of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium. The action was carried out by the Space Wolves Legion and elements of the Legio Custodes and the Sisters of Silence as a punishment for the Thousand Sons’ flagrant violation of the Emperor of Mankind’s edicts against the use of psychic powers and sorcery made at the Council of Nikaea.

230 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 15, 2015 11:51:24pm

re: #228 Dr Lizardo

The Walking Dead (and a good many other zombie flicks) take place in an alternate reality where the bicycle was never invented.

Clearly.

:D

Seriously speaking, filming a group of people having a conversation on bicycles while they’re carrying weapons is a lot harder than filming them walking around carrying weapons and anguishing over their next move.

Plus, there’s no drama if a zombie approaches the Hero, and the Hero escapes by jumping on his bike and pedaling away as fast as possible.

Now, if the zombies were on bikes, too, it might be more interesting.

231 Dr Lizardo  Feb 16, 2015 12:11:55am

re: #230 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Good points.

Zombies on bicycles would be pretty damned interesting.

232 Kragar  Feb 16, 2015 12:19:15am

re: #230 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Seriously speaking, filming a group of people having a conversation on bicycles while they’re carrying weapons is a lot harder than filming them walking around carrying weapons and anguishing over their next move.

Plus, there’s no drama if a zombie approaches the Hero, and the Hero escapes by jumping on his bike and pedaling away as fast as possible.

Now, if the zombies were on bikes, too, it might be more interesting.

Zombie movies rely on people doing stupid things.

Look at the Dawn of the Dead remake. A bunch of survivors in a mall across the street from a guy who is trapped in a gun store and is an expert sniper. If they were smart, they could have spent every day culling zombies to the point they could arrange a quick expedition to join up with the guy. Instead, they piss around for weeks while the guy is starving, only to launch a half-assed rescue which gets most of them killed and end up on the run.

It still gets me when soldiers in zombie movies say “THEY’RE NOT GOING DOWN” and blaze away all their ammo on full auto. The zombie genre is firmly embedded in pop culture. The decision to quit wasting ammo on full auto and switch to head shots would kick in after the first couple shots.

I do admit that I’ve probably over thought this topic.

233 Varek Raith  Feb 16, 2015 12:19:42am

re: #231 Dr Lizardo

Good points.

Zombies on bicycles would be pretty damned interesting.

Nope.

234 Varek Raith  Feb 16, 2015 12:22:29am

re: #232 Kragar

Zombie movies rely on people doing stupid things.

Look at the Dawn of the Dead remake. A bunch of survivors in a mall across the street from a guy who is trapped in a gun store and is an expert sniper. If they were smart, they could have spent every day culling zombies to the point they could arrange a quick expedition to join up with the guy. Instead, they piss around for weeks while the guy is starving, only to launch a half-assed rescue which gets most of them killed and end up on the run.

It still gets me when soldiers in zombie movies say “THEY’RE NOT GOING DOWN” and blaze away all their ammo on full auto. The zombie genre is firmly embedded in pop culture. The decision to quit wasting ammo on full auto and switch to head shots would kick in after the first couple shots.

I do admit that I’ve probably over thought this topic.

You trained for this, didn’t you???

235 Kragar  Feb 16, 2015 12:26:54am

re: #234 Varek Raith

You trained for this, didn’t you???

I plan for everything. It comes from being a long time RPG player.

My old DM was pissed when we tried the Star Trek RPG and my character used the environmental controls to end his invisible intruder scenario in less than 5 minutes.

236 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 16, 2015 12:37:44am

Egypt ‘bombs IS in Libya’ after beheadings video

Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after the group published video showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.

State TV said the dawn strikes had targeted camps, training sites and weapons storage areas.

Earlier, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt had the “right to respond” against IS.

Freeper response (unclear on the concept):

Go Egypt go! Crush islam in all forms! Wipe that beastly satatic death cult off the planet!

237 Varek Raith  Feb 16, 2015 12:40:56am

ISIL’s strategy seems to be ‘Piss off everyone so they bomb us’.
Brilliant!

238 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 16, 2015 12:46:39am

re: #236 Shiplord Kirel

Egypt ‘bombs IS in Libya’ after beheadings video

Freeper response (unclear on the concept):

“Go Egypt go! Crush islam in all forms! Wipe that beastly satatic death cult off the planet!”

These people are monumentally stupid.

Gotta love the “Obama lit the match” too. I know 2003 was a long time ago, and lost in that crack in time where Obama took over directly from Clinton, but still….

239 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 12:47:07am

re: #232 Kragar

Zombie movies rely on people doing stupid things.

Look at the Dawn of the Dead remake. A bunch of survivors in a mall across the street from a guy who is trapped in a gun store and is an expert sniper. If they were smart, they could have spent every day culling zombies to the point they could arrange a quick expedition to join up with the guy. Instead, they piss around for weeks while the guy is starving, only to launch a half-assed rescue which gets most of them killed and end up on the run.

It still gets me when soldiers in zombie movies say “THEY’RE NOT GOING DOWN” and blaze away all their ammo on full auto. The zombie genre is firmly embedded in pop culture. The decision to quit wasting ammo on full auto and switch to head shots would kick in after the first couple shots.

I do admit that I’ve probably over thought this topic.

Last night, I decided to indulge in mindless entertainment and watched action movies. Mission to Mars was on, and took me nearly half the film to remember I had seen it before and hated it. It was the slow-as-molasses response the crew had to two “life threatening” 1-cm size leaks in the hull that reminded me how uncommonly silly it is. Four supposedly trained people — one without a helmet — take close to 10 agonizingly slow minutes to locate and plug two leaks that could not possibly have depleted the cabin pressure as fast as depicted in the movie.

Rather than fumble about finding them, a real crew would have all followed protocol, suited up, shut off the air supply and gone about about fixing the leaks without all the “OMG we’re gonna die” drama.

Well, only Gary Sinise’s character McConnell would have died, because he said “there was no time” to put on his helmet, despite their taking 10 long minutes to plug the holes.

Simple technical details like that bug the hell out of me. And it was only just one of many. But, it’s a Brian dePalma film and not one of his best, so it has some redeeming moments.

240 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Feb 16, 2015 12:57:40am

re: #239 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Last night, I decided to indulge in mindless entertainment and watched action movies. Mission to Mars was on, and took me nearly half the film to remember I had seen it before and hated it. It was the slow-as-molasses response the crew had to two “life threatening” 1-cm size leaks in the hull that reminded me how uncommonly silly it is. Four supposedly trained people — one without a helmet — take close to 10 agonizingly slow minutes to locate and plug two leaks that could not possibly have depleted the cabin pressure as fast as depicted in the movie.

Rather than fumble about finding them, a real crew would have all followed protocol, suited up, shut off the air supply and gone about about fixing the leaks without all the “OMG we’re gonna die” drama.

Well, only Gary Sinise’s character McConnell would have died, because he said “there was no time” to put on his helmet, despite their taking 10 long minutes to plug the holes.

Simple technical details like that bug the hell out of me. And it was only just one of many. But, it’s a Brian dePalma film and not one of his best, so it has some redeeming moments.

Either the leaks are big enough that you’ve got only minutes to fix them or you’ll die—in which case they’ll cause a hell of a draft, and should be easy to find by tossing a little chaff in the air—or they’re not—in which case you have plenty of time.

Even the Salyut 1 crew would have survived if the valve that stuck open wasn’t inaccessible under the center couch.

241 Kragar  Feb 16, 2015 1:09:18am

5 Problems in Movies You Only Notice If You’re Old

#3. Self-Journeying Protagonists Are Dicks

Movies are good at featuring protagonists who throw aside their normal lives to find adventure … and themselves. The 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind is probably the most extreme example of this plot: in this movie, a young suburban father ends up leaving behind his earthly family to go travel the universe with aliens, after which no one at all is impressed with the neighbor’s really enlightening backpacking trip to India.

How It Changes

Director Steven Spielberg now regrets Close Encounters’ ending, calling the decision to have the protagonist leave his family a “privilege of youth.” Lead actor Richard Dreyfuss doesn’t have a better opinion:

242 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 16, 2015 1:19:46am
especially in the days before edit post
243 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 1:49:30am

re: #241 Kragar

5 Problems in Movies You Only Notice If You’re Old

“Next on Oprah: Her mentally disturbed father abandoned them to travel with ETs”

244 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 1:49:31am

Eh, watching Paul McCartney was painful. I watched about 45 min or so of the show with my grandson and a lot of it was painful. People, please—leave us with memories when you were at your best—we’re not particularly interested in how your career is aging.

I’ve never figured out why people like Miley Cyrus and other pop figures are allowed on this show, either. In 1975, i was 34 yrs old—so I remember its genesis and real genius (many of the originals were Second City alumni), and i think it really did lose its mojo by the time I turned 40. Even the real talent later couldn’t save the writing.

245 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 2:10:42am

Well, you’re in deep shit now.

Attorney: Prosecutors say 2 men arrested for suspected links to Denmark attacks gunman planned to help him hide - @cnnbrk
end of alert

It figures…

Ukrainian forces have come under fire from pro-Russian rebels over 100 times in the last 24 hours, despite ‘cease-fire’ - @AFP
news.yahoo.com

246 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 3:45:32am

That which we call a sheep would still smell …

Thursday begins the Chinese New Year — the year of the goat, or sheep, or ram, depending who you ask. In Chinese, it’s 羊年 (yang nian), and my Chinese “sign.”

news.yahoo.com

247 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 16, 2015 3:50:25am

re: #246 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

That which we call a sheep would still smell …

Thursday begins the Chinese New Year — the year of the goat, or sheep, or ram, depending who you ask. In Chinese, it’s 羊年 (yang nian), and my Chinese “sign.”

news.yahoo.com

This is important: I will eat sheep cheese, although I don’t particularly like it, but goat cheese I do not like at all, and ram cheese is right out of the question…

248 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 3:52:49am

re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

This is important: I will eat sheep cheese, although I don’t particularly like it, but goat cheese I do not like at all, and ram cheese is right out of the question…

I see what you did there.

249 freetoken  Feb 16, 2015 4:08:58am

MP3 Audio

250 Bubblehead II  Feb 16, 2015 4:12:23am

Morning Charles. Just a quick post to let you know the log Out button above the comments box is still hanging up. I have to refresh the page then re-click to properly log off. Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, Firefox 35.0.1 w/no add ons.

251 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 4:41:52am

re: #241 Kragar

5 Problems in Movies You Only Notice If You’re Old

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Cracked is firewalled here. What are the other 4 problems?

252 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 4:44:41am

FairTaxers are too dumb to chew their own food. I got retweeted by a “FairTaxer” for saying this and linking to an article about Why Fair Tax Is The Stupidest Idea Ever & Hates On Poors

And this guy included it in his “Fair Tax” newsletter

253 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 5:01:08am
254 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 16, 2015 5:01:27am

re: #232 Kragar

Zombie movies rely on people doing stupid things.

Look at the Dawn of the Dead remake. A bunch of survivors in a mall across the street from a guy who is trapped in a gun store and is an expert sniper. If they were smart, they could have spent every day culling zombies to the point they could arrange a quick expedition to join up with the guy. Instead, they piss around for weeks while the guy is starving, only to launch a half-assed rescue which gets most of them killed and end up on the run.

It still gets me when soldiers in zombie movies say “THEY’RE NOT GOING DOWN” and blaze away all their ammo on full auto. The zombie genre is firmly embedded in pop culture. The decision to quit wasting ammo on full auto and switch to head shots would kick in after the first couple shots.

I do admit that I’ve probably over thought this topic.

That’s because the military extras for zombie movies were washouts from Mobile Infantry training.
// :p

255 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:11:51am
self-explanatory
256 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 5:13:05am

re: #255 Justanotherhuman

Image: self-explanatory

Doodlings of a Dropout

257 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 16, 2015 5:13:27am

re: #255 Justanotherhuman

“88” I understand as the abbreviation for “Heil Hitler” (8th letter of the alphabet), but what is with the “14”?

258 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 5:14:29am

re: #257 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

“88” I understand as the abbreviation for “Heil Hitler” (8th letter of the alphabet), but what is with the “14”?

The “14 words”

White Supremacist glossary

259 Teukka  Feb 16, 2015 5:14:53am

re: #257 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

“88” I understand as the abbreviation for “Heil Hitler” (8th letter of the alphabet), but what is with the “14”?

14

260 Dark_Falcon  Feb 16, 2015 5:16:34am

re: #238 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

“Go Egypt go! Crush islam in all forms! Wipe that beastly satatic death cult off the planet!”

These people are monumentally stupid.

Gotta love the “Obama lit the match” too. I know 2003 was a long time ago, and lost in that crack in time where Obama took over directly from Clinton, but still….

That Freep thread is about Libya so the ‘lit match’ is either Obama’s decision to aid the revolt against Gaddafi, or its BENGHAZI!!1.

261 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:17:11am

re: #259 Teukka

14

I dunno—I associate ‘14’ with the 14 points of fascism.

ellensplace.net

262 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 16, 2015 5:18:02am

Just Another Responsible Gun Owner

Father charged after his 4-year-old shoots him with his gun.

Also note that the man initially lied about the circumstances of how he got shot. And since the .40 S&W is a automatic pistol cartridge this pretty much means he put a handgun in the back of the car with his unrestrained young daughter with a round in the chamber.

263 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 16, 2015 5:19:21am

re: #261 Justanotherhuman

I dunno—I associate ‘14’ with the 14 points of fascism.

ellensplace.net

I assume that 14 is a significant number in that luminous pseudo-intellectual fog that surrounds Aryan mysticism

264 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 16, 2015 5:19:55am

re: #262 Feline Fearless Leader

Just Another Responsible Gun Owner

Father charged after his 4-year-old shoots him with his gun.

Also note that the man initially lied about the circumstances of how he got shot. And since the .40 S&W is a automatic pistol cartridge this pretty much means he put a handgun in the back of the car with his unrestrained young daughter with a round in the chamber.

He wanted to keep her safe from assailants!

265 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:20:36am

re: #262 Feline Fearless Leader

“Paulson was shot Jan. 31 when his daughter, who wasn’t in a child restraint seat, pulled the loaded .40 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun from the pocket of her dad’s overalls, according to a probable cause affidavit, prosecutors said. It went off and hit Paulson in his upper right arm.” (my emphasis)

266 Dark_Falcon  Feb 16, 2015 5:21:02am

re: #255 Justanotherhuman

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I do hope that young woman is given the help he needs after this has come to light. Because if he keeps up with that Nazi filth he’s not going to have much of a life. Most colleges and employers don’t consider “fan of murderous totalitarianism” to be a positive qualification.

267 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 5:22:55am

re: #266 Dark_Falcon

I do hope that young man is given the help he needs after this has come to light. Because if he keeps up with that Nazi filth he’s not going to have much of a life. Most colleges and employers don’t consider “fan of murderous totalitarianism” to be a positive qualification.

Looks like a girl to me.

268 Dark_Falcon  Feb 16, 2015 5:23:39am

re: #265 Justanotherhuman

“Paulson was shot Jan. 31 when his daughter, who wasn’t in a child restraint seat, pulled the loaded .40 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun from the pocket of her dad’s overalls, according to a probable cause affidavit, prosecutors said. It went off and hit Paulson in his upper right arm.” (my emphasis)

He’s lucky she shot him and not herself. But he secured neither his child nor his gun, and thus merits punishment for what happened.

And he wasn’t a responsible gun owner, either. ‘Responsible’ by definition means you take precautions to prevent this sort of thing.

269 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 5:23:47am

re: #263 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I assume that 14 is a significant number in that luminous pseudo-intellectual fog that surrounds Aryan mysticism

That’s the maximum intellectual age they can achieve.

270 Dark_Falcon  Feb 16, 2015 5:25:07am

re: #267 wrenchwench

Looks like a girl to me.

You’re right, post edited. But given the Nazis relative misogyny, that makes her fascination with them even dumper.

271 Doofus  Feb 16, 2015 5:25:07am

-8 degrees here in upstate New York. Made some grits with brown sugar and butter topped with heavy cream.

272 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 5:28:40am

re: #271 Doofus

-8 degrees here in upstate New York. Made some grits with brown sugar and butter topped with heavy cream.

Sounds tasty. I like grits, too, though I grew up in NY. Southerners would probably use sorghum syrup, though.

273 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 5:29:40am
274 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 5:29:44am

The ICU that saved me just saved a guy from this county who was shot in the head twice. He’s up and walking. They are miracle workers, using science.

275 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:30:42am

re: #267 wrenchwench

She’s a terribly fucked up 23 yr old.

276 Doofus  Feb 16, 2015 5:31:29am

re: #272 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I have a good friend who used to live in Georgia, she recoiled in horror at the mention of grits being sweet. Like it is not done. Then she called me a Yankee. I think I touched a nerve.

277 lawhawk  Feb 16, 2015 5:31:36am
A really cool song from acoustic finger-style guy Calum Graham. Who knew he could sing too?

Note the hands. /

Missed out on yesterday’s thread, but Chuckles definitely seems to have jumped the shark in a nuke-proof fridge. Dude’s something else entirely, and his rants are increasingly disorganized. Not good for him or anyone around him.

278 darthstar  Feb 16, 2015 5:31:46am

Mornin’ everyone…apparently SNL turned 40 this weekend. Who knew?

Sarah Palin was there too…in one of her daughter’s dresses.

279 darthstar  Feb 16, 2015 5:32:09am
280 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 5:33:46am

re: #275 Justanotherhuman

She’s a terribly fucked up 23 yr old.

Old enough to know better. Possibly too old for the turn-around hoped for by D_F.

281 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:34:02am

re: #272 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Southerners absolutely do not sweeten their grits.

That would be sacrilege. : ) We use butter, salt and pepper for the most part. Some people make a ‘white’ gravy from sausage or ham drippings, though I never have and don’t intend to.

282 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:35:44am

re: #279 darthstar

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Funny, it looks too small for Bristol and too large for her mother. They must have compromised on the size.

283 lawhawk  Feb 16, 2015 5:36:35am

re: #279 darthstar

The Mrs was flipping back and forth, and every time she stopped on SNL, it was painful. Mostly because the funniest bits were the decades old clips, not anything done “live”.

284 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:36:54am

re: #280 wrenchwench

Old enough to know better. Possibly too old for the turn-around hoped for by D_F.

Yeah, my thinking, too. At that age, I was raising 2 kids on my own and holding down a FT job.

285 Dark_Falcon  Feb 16, 2015 5:37:06am

re: #278 darthstar

Mornin’ everyone…apparently SNL turned 40 this weekend. Who knew?

Sarah Palin was there too…in one of her daughter’s dresses.

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It must have galled Taylor Swift to be seated next to the vortex of Stupid that is Sarah Palin.

286 darthstar  Feb 16, 2015 5:38:46am

re: #282 Justanotherhuman

Funny, it looks too small for Bristol and too large for her mother. They must have compromised on the size.

I suppose she went to the SNL thing because she was just being a good sport and no hard feelings about all the skits about her in 2008.

287 darthstar  Feb 16, 2015 5:39:45am

re: #285 Dark_Falcon

It must have galled Taylor Swift to be seated next to the vortex of Stupid that is Sarah Palin.

Suffice it to say Swift doesn’t look super excited.

288 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 5:40:08am

re: #284 Justanotherhuman

Yeah, my thinking, too. At that age, I was raising 2 kids on my own and holding down a FT job.

I’ve been stubborn (too much for my own good) all my life. Not a racist, though.

289 darthstar  Feb 16, 2015 5:40:17am

Okay…don’t know what woke me up but it’s only 5:30…going back to sleep for a bit.

290 lawhawk  Feb 16, 2015 5:41:03am

re: #287 darthstar

From what I saw of the audience shots, that was a common theme. There were lots unhappy faces.

291 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 5:41:53am

re: #289 darthstar

Okay…don’t know what woke me up but it’s only 5:30…going back to sleep for a bit.

Or you could change time zones.

292 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:41:55am

re: #263 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Umberto Eco is hardly a “pseudo-intellectual”.

publiceye.org

293 Alyosha  Feb 16, 2015 5:42:17am

re: #269 The Vicious Babushka

That’s the maximum intellectual age they can achieve.

At the risk of damaging any rep I have here, I absolutely agree that 13-14 is the mental age at which supremacists of any type assume their intellectual peak. I am ashamed to say that I was a big admirer of the Nazis when I was in my first year of high school. I can’t say what precipitated this fascination, I certainly didn’t understand the subtext of anti-semitism and had never met a Jew. I am very lucky though that I had observant parents who cared for me who explained in detail (my father, over a long-distance call from Mawson Station, Antarctica, was most effective) how national socialism was a poison.
I have since determined that the only minds susceptible to such ideas are in the infancy of their intellectual awakening but still replete with all the childish desires to blame others for their shortcomings.
I consider it my true political awakening, having cast off those weird adolescent shackles of fascist fantasy. And yet, ironically, I see in my parents’ generation, a tendency towards severe racism encouraged by conservative fearmongering.
Please don’t think less of me.

294 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 5:45:31am

re: #293 Alyosha

I consider it my true political awakening, having cast off those weird adolescent shackles of fascist fantasy. And yet, ironically, I see in my parents’ generation, a tendency towards severe racism encouraged by conservative fearmongering.
Please don’t think less of me..

I think more of you. Remarkable to come out of that environment still sane.

295 Alyosha  Feb 16, 2015 5:46:14am

re: #292 Justanotherhuman

Umberto Eco is hardly a “pseudo-intellectual”.

publiceye.org

Can’t find the source but I swear I once saw him in a 9/11 truther doco.

296 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 16, 2015 5:50:08am

re: #286 darthstar

I suppose she went to the SNL thing because she was just being a good sport and no hard feelings about all the skits about her in 2008.

Puts her in the camera’s eye - therefore it is good.
//

297 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:50:45am

re: #293 Alyosha

With any luck at all, people will learn and grow. I’ll be 74 on Friday and I’m still learning and growing. : )

298 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:51:55am

re: #296 Feline Fearless Leader

Puts her in the camera’s eye - therefore it is good.
//

Let’s not forget the paycheck.

299 Alyosha  Feb 16, 2015 5:52:27am

re: #295 Alyosha

Can’t find the source but I swear I once saw him in a 9/11 truther doco.

I am most likely mistaken. As I recall, his quotations mostly seemed cherry-picked.

300 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 5:54:21am

re: #299 Alyosha

That’s because the 9/11 “truther” business was started by libertarian types, afaik.

301 Alyosha  Feb 16, 2015 5:55:30am

re: #294 wrenchwench

I think more of you. Remarkable to come out of that environment still sane.

It helps that that point in my life was due to disaffection and I was the only one who had cobbled together a supremacist ‘philosophy’ if any sort. If I had been exposed to anyone older and articulate with similar ideas I might not have been so lucky.

302 Doofus  Feb 16, 2015 5:58:46am

mmmmm, cherries.

303 Alyosha  Feb 16, 2015 5:59:32am

As you were, Lizards. Thought I’d chuck in that tidbit. Thanks for the kind ear :) gotta be up and about in five hours, stalk y’all later!

304 sagehen  Feb 16, 2015 6:00:13am

re: #283 lawhawk

The Mrs was flipping back and forth, and every time she stopped on SNL, it was painful. Mostly because the funniest bits were the decades old clips, not anything done “live”.

I quite liked the Fallon/Timberlake opening number.

305 Dark_Falcon  Feb 16, 2015 6:00:59am

re: #287 darthstar

Suffice it to say Swift doesn’t look super excited.

Who would be excited to sit next to Princess Dumbass of the North Woods, unless they were running for a Republican nomination for statewide or national office?

BBL

306 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 6:06:59am

My explanation for last night’s yawn is in #244. And yes, it was painful to hear McCartney sing. I won’t say what my grandson said.

307 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 16, 2015 6:08:39am

re: #305 Dark_Falcon

Who would be excited to sit next to Princess Dumbass of the North Woods, unless they were running for a Republican nomination for statewide or national office?

BBL

About 80% of the GOP male pundits?
(They sure seemed to react that way in 2008!)
//

308 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 6:14:27am

That would be Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the PM of Denmark.

309 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 6:17:58am

re: #281 Justanotherhuman

Southerners absolutely do not sweeten their grits.

That would be sacrilege. : ) We use butter, salt and pepper for the most part. Some people make a ‘white’ gravy from sausage or ham drippings, though I never have and don’t intend to.

Oh, I know. I lived in Kentucky for almost 30 years. No one sweetens grits. But like Doofus, I’m a Yankee, so mine get sweetened somehow.

Not that China has grits, though.

Now I’m missing biscuits and red-eye gravy. Damn.

310 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 6:19:43am

Fear is going to drive conservatives into office in a lot of places…

Poll shows UK Conservatives up 6% to 36%, Labour Party down 1% to 32% ahead of May general election - @guardian

theguardian.com

311 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 16, 2015 6:26:18am

re: #292 Justanotherhuman

Umberto Eco is hardly a “pseudo-intellectual”.

publiceye.org

He is also not an Aryan mystic. I was referring to the 14 Words

312 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 6:35:04am

re: #206 ObserverArt

Dark_Falcon,

No sense of humor about your typical take on ISIS and the Middle East…so you downding me.

Figures.

313 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 16, 2015 6:55:58am

Freeper depravity:

Fantasies about white chicks and iphones are the two biggest motivating factors behind every moslem.
10 posted on 2/16/2015, 8:39:52 AM by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)

This is on a thread about Kayla Mueller.

I could easily start to hate these people but I’ll try hard not to, since I know where that road leads. They seem to go out of their way to strip themselves of all redeeming human qualities.

314 retired cynic  Feb 16, 2015 6:56:31am

re: #312 ObserverArt

I almost did. Comparing DF to Chuck is pretty far.

315 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 7:04:45am

#tcot is all umgebroyzelt this morning that Obama was taking “selfies” with his new “selfie stick” while the latest ISIS atrocity was going on.

Or he was playing golf, or at a fund-raiser, or something else.

They believe their St. Ronaldus sat with hands clasped in the Oval Office looking Presidential all the fucking time.

316 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 7:06:03am

re: #313 Shiplord Kirel

Freeper depravity:

This is on a thread about Kayla Mueller.

I could easily start to hate these people but I’ll try hard not to, since I know where that road leads. They seem to go out of their way to strip themselves of all redeeming human qualities.

UpChuck was tweeting some hateful shit about Mueller, basically saying it was her own fault for putting herself in harm’s way, etc., etc.

Putz

317 Timothy Watson  Feb 16, 2015 7:06:44am

About to go nuts dealing with a particular government institution. My jam right now:
…

318 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 7:08:42am

re: #252 The Vicious Babushka

Paperly automatically pulls in stuff based on text and hashtags. The person who created the paper doesn’t have control over it. So, if anyone reads his crap it’s a good thing you’re there.

I tried to do a paperly for work and the crap it brought in made me go, Uh, No…only if I want to lose my job.

319 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 7:10:53am

re: #253 The Vicious Babushka

Yair Rosenberg @Yair_Rosenberg

Israel’s central election committee rules Netanyahu’s Congress speech must be broadcast w/ a 5-minute delay, to edit out any electioneering.

Really? Funny how the Israelis are concerned about Netanyahu’s politicking his speech before Congress and the Republicans are doing it for nothing but the politics.

I hope this blows up in orange Boehner’s face.

320 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:11:44am

Shouldn’t this be “rebels’ proposal by way of instructions from Moscow”?

Ukrainian military spokesman says government rejects rebels’ proposal to create a corridor for Ukrainian troops out of Debaltseve, as under Minsk deal terms, ‘It is ours’ - @Reuters
end of alert

And yes, Debaltseve is still part of Ukraine, iirc.

321 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 7:13:00am

re: #290 lawhawk

From what I saw of the audience shots, that was a common theme. There were lots unhappy faces.

I thought the SNL special mirrored SNL itself…lots of funny stuff, but then you get a lot of crap. Watching last night was just like fast forwarding through 40 years. :-)

Someone mentioned Miley Cyrus above…she did a killer rendition of the Paul Simon song. Even hubby said it was really well done live. Many live musical performances just blow chunks. (Paul McCartney was terrible awful.)

322 Eventual Carrion  Feb 16, 2015 7:14:00am

Boston mayor, on live press conference, just asked people to stop jumping out of windows into snow banks :-)

Party pooper.

323 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 7:15:05am
324 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 7:16:00am

re: #319 ObserverArt

Really? Funny how the Israelis are concerned about Netanyahu’s politicking his speech before Congress and the Republicans are doing it for nothing but the politics.

I hope this blows up in orange Boehner’s face.

There are very good reasons why the Constitution does not empower Representatives to set foreign policy or negotiate with foreign leaders. Trying to do an end run around the White House about Netanyahu is a very bad idea, not the least of which the possibility that a Democratic House might do the same thing to a Republican White House sometime in the future.

325 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:16:42am

re: #321 WhatEVs

I don’t understand why aging rockers continue to do this. Can’t they just turn it down, or does the continuing quest to stay in the spotlight just become embarrassing? Certainly McCartney has made enough money by now.

326 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 16, 2015 7:17:07am

The gist of the RWNJ response to the Egyptian air strikes against ISIS seems to be that strong leaders like Egypt’s Sisi and Jordan’s Abdullah are willing to take action while President Obama sits on his hands or actively encourages the terrorists.

These people are beyond stupid. The US has in fact conducted more than 600 air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria plus an unknown but possibly substantial number of special forces ground operations. Beyond this, we are bankrolling Iraqi government and Kurdish efforts against ISIS and providing substantial logistical support to the participating allies. It is not as though any of this is a secret and there is no doubt at all about the extreme butthurt the head-choppers feel over the US actions.

327 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 7:18:33am

Before TWD came on, I watched the first hour of SNL40 and laughed out loud several times. The Jeopardy redux was freaking hilarious.

328 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 7:18:40am

re: #12 Charles Johnson

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Or that Charles is lying about playing on SNL. “Watch the HANNNNNZ”!

329 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:18:40am

re: #324 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

It’s like having 535 commanders-in-chief, not one. There’s nothing in the Constitution that gives them that power.

330 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 7:19:10am

re: #321 WhatEVs

I thought the SNL special mirrored SNL itself…lots of funny stuff, but then you get a lot of crap. Watching last night was just like fast forwarding through 40 years. :-)

Someone mentioned Miley Cyrus above…she did a killer rendition of the Paul Simon song. Even hubby said it was really well done live. Many live musical performances just blow chunks. (Paul McCartney was terrible awful.)

Sir Paul needs to retire from performing. Ditto the Stones.

331 Timothy Watson  Feb 16, 2015 7:20:18am

re: #329 Justanotherhuman

It’s like having 535 commanders-in-chief, not one. There’s nothing in the Constitution that gives them that power.

REPUBLICANS LOVE TEH CONSTITUTION LIBERAL LIAR!!1!

332 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 16, 2015 7:21:57am

re: #329 Justanotherhuman

It’s like having 535 commanders-in-chief, not one. There’s nothing in the Constitution that gives them that power.

I’m sure the framers of the Constitution were well aware of the short-sighted political horizons of locally elected officials. Boehner’s stunt would be a classic example of how wise they were to place foreign policy initiatives with the executive branch.

333 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:24:55am

This was hilarious:

…

334 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 7:25:37am

re: #314 retired cynic

I almost did. Comparing DF to Chuck is pretty far.

So, the /// tags no longer mean anything?

Got it.

Funny thing though…I never downding Dark when he is getting hammered by the board for his outrageous comments.

So, a little poke at him for being a bit over the top (like Chuck) yesterday with his blood lust for ISIS is not okay.

Got it.

335 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 16, 2015 7:25:40am

It’s cold (8F) and I haz snow.

3.25 inches of snow so far and still falling
336 nearly-headless smith25  Feb 16, 2015 7:26:13am

Morning all.

Snow falling about 1.5” per hour right now. Got a good 4+” on the ground.

Then got online and see this:

….

337 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:28:35am

Holy shit, just holy shit. Shall we say, ‘ex-tycoon’? If there’s any justice at all.

Guard run over with Hummer by Kerala tycoon dies

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

338 Eventual Carrion  Feb 16, 2015 7:28:51am

re: #335 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s cold (8F) and I haz snow.

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NW Pennsylvania here. We didn’t really get any new snow overnight, but it was -11F earlier this morning. Has warmed up to -3F now (worse in the wind of course).

339 Timothy Watson  Feb 16, 2015 7:30:44am

Northern Central Virginia here. 17F and expecting to get a crap load of snow this evening.

340 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 7:32:12am

re: #325 Justanotherhuman

I don’t understand why aging rockers continue to do this. Can’t they just turn it down, or does the continuing quest to stay in the spotlight just become embarrassing? Certainly McCartney has made enough money by now.

I don’t begrudge any artist of any age to keep doing what they love and are all about.

Take Willie Nelson as a damn fine example.

McCartney’s problem was he should have done something he could hit with his older voice. That would not be “Maybe I’m Amazed.”

If anything his ego got in the way of reality…but then McCartney was pretty good at doing just that when he was younger.

In my opinion.

341 Ace-o-aces  Feb 16, 2015 7:32:28am
342 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:34:50am

It’s 26, which is damned cold enough for me to have pinto beans in the slow cooker w/an onion, garlic, salt and red pepper flakes. Later, I’ll add some tomatoes, sweet Italian sausage links (turkey, of course) and continue it on the stove top. Just seemed like the perfect day for it and there will be leftovers for tomorrow, which should be the same as today.

Actually, we didn’t get the snow this am, and it’s supposed to get up around 40, so maybe we’ll get spared, although it does look like a snow sky, maybe something tonight. : )

343 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 7:34:56am

re: #208 ObserverArt

Good luck Sleuth!

It is odd how the cold front high pressure is right on I-70 and it seems to be keeping the snow south of the typical patterns. Weird.

So, they are saying Columbus is right on the edge of snow by just a bit. Who the heck knows, it could still slide north and whack us too.

It’s been snowing in Cincy metro since about 5 am ish. We’re supposed to get 6-8, with high of 16 degrees today. I can’t see the city outside of my window, so it must be snowing pretty hard. The worst is expected to hit this afternoon. So glad I don’t have to go to work today and for the first day ever I can park my car in a garage during a bad storm!!!!!

344 Timothy Watson  Feb 16, 2015 7:38:24am

re: #343 urbanmeemaw

It’s been snowing in Cincy metro since about 5 am ish. We’re supposed to get 6-8, with high of 16 degrees today. I can’t see the city outside of my window, so it must be snowing pretty hard. The worst is expected to hit this afternoon. So glad I don’t have to go to work today and for the first day ever I can park my car in a garage during a bad storm!!!!!

Yeah, lucky me is off today for the Holiday and tomorrow because I have a dentist appointment which I’m probably going to have to cancel anyway if we get the amount of snow they’ve been predicting.

345 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 7:38:36am

re: #343 urbanmeemaw

It’s been snowing in Cincy metro since about 5 am ish. We’re supposed to get 6-8, with high of 16 degrees today. I can’t see the city outside of my window, so it must be snowing pretty hard. The worst is expected to hit this afternoon. So glad I don’t have to go to work today and for the first day ever I can park my car in a garage during a bad storm!!!!!

So far it is staying just below that mystical weather line of I-70. No snow in Columbus and it is 4° F. They say we will be getting maybe 1 or 2 inches.

346 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 7:39:21am

Sarah Palin forget her Flag Pin and Star of David necklace last night on SNL40.

Video

347 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 7:41:07am

re: #342 Justanotherhuman

It’s 26, which is damned cold enough for me to have pinto beans in the slow cooker w/an onion, garlic, salt and red pepper flakes. Later, I’ll add some tomatoes, sweet Italian sausage links (turkey, of course) and continue it on the stove top. Just seemed like the perfect day for it and there will be leftovers for tomorrow, which should be the same as today.

Actually, we didn’t get the snow this am, and it’s supposed to get up around 40, so maybe we’ll get spared, although it does look like a snow sky, maybe something tonight. : )

There’s chili in the slow cooker. I took some of the advice from the chili thread, used a cast iron pan to brown the meat, used jalapeno, cayenne & chili seasoning so we’ll see how it turns out.

348 Timothy Watson  Feb 16, 2015 7:41:28am

I’m just west of Fredericksburg on that map.

349 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:42:26am

re: #340 ObserverArt

I don’t begrudge any artist of any age to keep doing what they love and are all about.

Why should “artists” get a pass? isn’t the paying audience, in a way, their employers?

For us lowlier types, we’re put out to pasture well before some of us have lost our skills—by our employers.

350 CuriousLurker  Feb 16, 2015 7:43:29am

re: #313 Shiplord Kirel

Freeper depravity:

This is on a thread about Kayla Mueller.

I could easily start to hate these people but I’ll try hard not to, since I know where that road leads. They seem to go out of their way to strip themselves of all redeeming human qualities.

Yeah, she’s getting the Rachel Corrie treatment. Apparently, if you get killed while young & naively idealistic, you deserve to die.

re: #326 Shiplord Kirel

The gist of the RWNJ response to the Egyptian air strikes against ISIS seems to be that strong leaders like Egypt’s Sisi and Jordan’s Abdullah are willing to take action while President Obama sits on his hands or actively encourages the terrorists.

These people are beyond stupid. The US has in fact conducted more than 600 air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria plus an unknown but possibly substantial number of special forces ground operations. Beyond this, we are bankrolling Iraqi government and Kurdish efforts against ISIS and providing substantial logistical support to the participating allies. It is not as though any of this is a secret and there is no doubt at all about the extreme butthurt the head-choppers feel over the US actions.

If action isn’t accompanied by photos and chest beating* then it didn’t happen.

————————

*Not the actual term I had in mind, but I’m not gonna use the other one this early in the morning. //

351 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 7:44:28am

re: #281 Justanotherhuman

Southerners absolutely do not sweeten their grits.

That would be sacrilege. : ) We use butter, salt and pepper for the most part. Some people make a ‘white’ gravy from sausage or ham drippings, though I never have and don’t intend to.

I like mixing grits with eggs.

352 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 7:45:57am

re: #347 The Vicious Babushka

There’s chili in the slow cooker. I took some of the advice from the chili thread, used a cast iron pan to brown the meat, used jalapeno, cayenne & chili seasoning so we’ll see how it turns out.

Did you use beef broth too? It really does help.

I’m making a big pot today too.

353 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:46:54am

re: #351 urbanmeemaw

I like mixing grits with eggs.

A fine practice. I only cook over-easy eggs in butter when i have grits and put the egg on top. : )

354 danarchy  Feb 16, 2015 7:47:38am

re: #334 ObserverArt

So, the /// tags no longer mean anything?

Got it.

A winky face(or sarc tags) doesn’t make everything ok ;)

355 nearly-headless smith25  Feb 16, 2015 7:48:01am

re: #352 ObserverArt

Did you use beef broth too? It really does help.

I’m making a big pot today too.

Add me to that list as well. Not going anywhere in this cold white mess. Gotta stay warm.

356 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 16, 2015 7:50:10am

Good morning Lizards. was 2 F this morning and now up to a balmy 9 F here in an overcast Center City Philadelphia. Supposed to warm up further and then snow overnight. Plus maybe a bit more snow before it gets cold again. There is also a stiff breeze blowing to make walking about outside a little bit more painful.

Last night’s semi-experimental meal (producing left-overs for the next three days) was assembling pasta and other ingredients:
a) Loose hot italian sausage was browned in olive oil along with fresh ground black pepper and a finely minced white onion.

b) Mixed in ~1 lb al dente cooked ziti and tossed it a bit to coat the ziti so it wouldn’t stick together.

c) Sauce was a simple red sauce: Large can of crushed tomatoes; medium can of diced tomatoes; small can of tomato paste; minced garlic, salt, two sprigs of fresh rosemary, minced fresh oregano, and simmered for about 45 minutes.

Served with an arugula salad and a Cabernet savignon.

357 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 7:50:32am

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

Listening to this for the next long while…

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Video

Thank you for sharing that. Jarreau is a master and I’m a huge Darlene Love fan (her memoir is worth reading. At one point she had to clean houses to make a living).

358 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 7:50:46am
359 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 7:51:36am

re: #353 Justanotherhuman

A fine practice. I only cook over-easy eggs in butter when i have grits and put the egg on top. : )

I also have mixed scrambled eggs. Now I’m getting hungry! But I don’t have any grits, alas.

360 CuriousLurker  Feb 16, 2015 7:51:40am

In other news, Geert Wilders will be delivering the keynote address at Geller’s stupid contest: donotlink.com

She’s pulling out all the stops, desperately trying to get (one or more) Muslims here in the U.S. to react badly so she can point and say, “See? I told you!!”

361 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 7:53:21am
362 Pip's Squeak  Feb 16, 2015 7:54:27am

re: #341 Ace-o-aces

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Were they not royalty, editors, and people with tapeworms?

363 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 7:55:32am

re: #352 ObserverArt

Did you use beef broth too? It really does help.

I’m making a big pot today too.

Did not use beef broth or beef bullion, that stuff has way too much sodium!

364 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 16, 2015 7:55:42am

Yikes…this pic from Tennessee:

365 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 7:57:01am

re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yikes…this pic from Tennessee:

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That’s supposed to be coming our way, alas.

366 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 8:00:57am

It’s morning in my part of the world. It’s also freakin’ cold.

I thoroughly enjoyed the SNL 40th anniversary show last night. I had major flashbacks from Junior High and beyond —even had to call an old friend.

Miley Cyrus has real talent, —who knew?

you?

367 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 8:02:14am

re: #345 ObserverArt

So far it is staying just below that mystical weather line of I-70. No snow in Columbus and it is 4° F. They say we will be getting maybe 1 or 2 inches.

Yup. I keep hearing the further north you are of 275 belt the less snow you will see from this storm. A nice change for Dayton/Columbus/Cleveland people!

368 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 8:03:09am

re: #347 The Vicious Babushka

There’s chili in the slow cooker. I took some of the advice from the chili thread, used a cast iron pan to brown the meat, used jalapeno, cayenne & chili seasoning so we’ll see how it turns out.

I fixed cottage ham, green beans and potatoes in the crock pot yesterday and have enough for about 4-5 more meals.

369 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 8:03:29am

re: #347 The Vicious Babushka

There’s chili in the slow cooker. I took some of the advice from the chili thread, used a cast iron pan to brown the meat, used jalapeno, cayenne & chili seasoning so we’ll see how it turns out.

I think Charles should put a link to the Chili Thread on the sidebar …

It’s not too much to ask, is it?

:)

370 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 8:03:54am

re: #346 Dr. Matt

Sarah Palin forget her Flag Pin and Star of David necklace last night on SNL40.

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She seemed to be a good sport.

371 KingKenrod  Feb 16, 2015 8:04:15am

re: #340 ObserverArt

McCartney’s problem was he should have done something he could hit with his older voice. That would not be “Maybe I’m Amazed.”

If anything his ego got in the way of reality…but then McCartney was pretty good at doing just that when he was younger.

In my opinion.

I’ve heard McCartney live a few times over the past few years, and I’ve been impressed with how well his voice has held up. But his voice was shot last night, he had no business attempting a song like Maybe I’m Amazed. I think he usually sounds better, but he had done a two hour show the night before.

372 CuriousLurker  Feb 16, 2015 8:07:13am

re: #366 FemNaziBitch

It’s morning in my part of the world. It’s also freakin’ cold.

I thoroughly enjoyed the SNL 40th anniversary show last night. I had major flashbacks from Junior High and beyond —even had to call an old friend.

Miley Cyrus has real talent, —who knew?

you?

It’s about the same in my area. Brrrrr…

373 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 8:08:17am

re: #366 FemNaziBitch

She’s no Beth Hart.

374 Wile E. Wonka  Feb 16, 2015 8:10:25am

re: #295 Alyosha

If Umberto Eco was put into a 9/11 Truther thing, he must have been heavily edited indeed:

livemint.com

Eco is a semioticist who writes extensively about conspiracy theories, how they form, and why they form. His article on 9/11 Trutherism name-drops Hofstadter’s famous “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” and expounds on the reasons that people fall for such conspiracy hoaxes.

Also, Eco is very much anti-fascist. His political leanings are kind of academic and philosophical, but for the most part he spends his time expanding on Orwell’s themes of media and language manipulation, how they can be used to seize and hold power by fascists, and how to fight that. I recommend actually reading his “Ur-Fascism” article, which is fascinating.

(I’m probably doing my dead-thread trick again by now, but I like Eco and was kind of wondering how he got into a conversation about the pseudo-philosophical mumbo-jumbo of fascists.)

375 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 8:11:58am

re: #349 Justanotherhuman

Why should “artists” get a pass? isn’t the paying audience, in a way, their employers?

For us lowlier types, we’re put out to pasture well before some of us have lost our skills—by our employers.

I don’t disagree. It is not so much about an artist getting a pass. They just need to realize whether they can still deliver, even if they do a song in a different range or phrasing. Paul should have done something he could have had better control of. Maybe I’m Amazed is a tough song to sing like the original.

I used Willie Nelson as an example. The dude just loves to go out and play if people will have him. He’s 81 or so now, if he stopped playing he’ll probably die from boredom.

As far as the SNL thing last night, I tried to keep in mind it was an anniversary show and there would be reminiscing, trying old bits they can’t do any longer, older folks having a good time, etc. It was not meant to be a new show. It was a party. I try to keep things in perspective.

And in a way…artists are different in that they can paint and write will into old age. With singers and dancers there are physical limitations, but that desire is still there and I can understand.

I’m 60 and still jamming and writing songs. I don’t play out, but I certainly love to play. Two of my Friday night buddies have packed it in. One is getting pretty tired and slowing way down, and he is younger than me.

No one wants to get old when you still feel like a teen. I guess that fits the “its an age old problem” and we all have to deal with it if we are lucky enough to be old.

And after that book…see you all later,

376 darthstar  Feb 16, 2015 8:14:06am

Funky, if true.

377 darthstar  Feb 16, 2015 8:14:35am

I mean funky in a strange bedfellows sort of way.

378 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 8:16:04am

re: #354 danarchy

A winky face(or sarc tags) doesn’t make everything ok ;)

I understand that. I’ve been a member of sports forum wars for years.

I just figured Dark_Falcon would understand..I’ve teased him in the past, and like I said…he can look at the threads he got slammed with 30 downdings and not see me as one of them.

Maybe I expected too much. I’ll treat all that differently from now on.

Leaving now…

379 KingKenrod  Feb 16, 2015 8:18:38am

re: #366 FemNaziBitch

It’s morning in my part of the world. It’s also freakin’ cold.

I thoroughly enjoyed the SNL 40th anniversary show last night. I had major flashbacks from Junior High and beyond —even had to call an old friend.

Miley Cyrus has real talent, —who knew?

you?

I enjoyed 90% of it, but I’m nostalgic that way.

I didn’t like Miley, didn’t like her singing a Paul Simon song. It’s not that she’s untalented, she’s just annoying and I find her celebrity puzzling.

Some people were surprised Eddie Murphy took part. I was more surprised to see Bill Murray.

And I saw Al Franken in the audience, was disappointed he didn’t do something.

380 ObserverArt  Feb 16, 2015 8:18:45am

re: #363 The Vicious Babushka

Did not use beef broth or beef bullion, that stuff has way too much sodium!

I buy the low sodium or salt free.

381 Romantic Heretic  Feb 16, 2015 8:19:53am

re: #229 Kragar

Fall of Prospero

Embedded Image

Thereby ensuring that the Thousand Sons went over to Chaos.

‘Subtle’ is not a term that will ever be applied to the Imperium of Man.

382 lawhawk  Feb 16, 2015 8:22:18am

RIP Louis Jourdan.

The French actor Louis Jourdan, best known for his role in the multi-Oscar winning 1958 musical Gigi, has died in California aged 93.

Born in Marseilles, he began his career acting in French films before being lured to the US.

Often seen in roles that capitalised on his Gallic charm, he described himself as Hollywood’s “French cliche”.

His later years saw him play evil villains, including in the 1983 Bond film Octopussy.

Jourdan died at his home in Los Angeles, his official biographer Olivier Minne said.

383 allegro  Feb 16, 2015 8:22:35am

All I can say about last night’s teevee offerings: Oh No! Poor Isis!! *sniff*

384 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 8:23:00am

re: #374 Wile E. Wonka

If Umberto Eco was put into a 9/11 Truther thing, he must have been heavily edited indeed:

livemint.com

Eco is a semioticist who writes extensively about conspiracy theories, how they form, and why they form. His article on 9/11 Trutherism name-drops Hofstadter’s famous “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” and expounds on the reasons that people fall for such conspiracy hoaxes.

Also, Eco is very much anti-fascist. His political leanings are kind of academic and philosophical, but for the most part he spends his time expanding on Orwell’s themes of media and language manipulation, how they can be used to seize and hold power by fascists, and how to fight that. I recommend actually reading his “Ur-Fascism” article, which is fascinating.

(I’m probably doing my dead-thread trick again by now, but I like Eco and was kind of wondering how he got into a conversation about the pseudo-philosophical mumbo-jumbo of fascists.)

I love Umberto Eco. He is one of those authors that never fails to challenge me.

385 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 8:24:07am

re: #379 KingKenrod

I enjoyed 90% of it, but I’m nostalgic that way.

I didn’t like Miley, didn’t like her singing a Paul Simon song. It’s not that she’s untalented, she’s just annoying and I find her celebrity puzzling.

Some people were surprised Eddie Murphy took part. I was more surprised to see Bill Murray.

And I saw Al Franken in the audience, was disappointed he didn’t do something.

OMG! I thought her Paul Simon tribute was amazing.

386 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 8:24:41am

re: #380 ObserverArt

I buy the low sodium or salt free.

Look in the organic/health food aisle. There is a vacuum packaged broth that is really low in sodium (in comparison).

387 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 8:24:49am

re: #382 lawhawk

RIP Louis Jourdan.

Often seen in roles that capitalised on his Gallic charm, he described himself as Hollywood’s “French cliche”.

And I always thought that was Maurice Chevalier.

388 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 8:26:20am

re: #382 lawhawk

RIP Louis Jourdan.

ah, yes, I remember him well.

mmmmmmm!

389 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 8:26:54am

I only saw the first hour of SNL40 (DVRed it), but was BatShit Crazy Victoria Jackson in attendance?

390 lawhawk  Feb 16, 2015 8:27:04am

re: #387 The Vicious Babushka

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391 withak  Feb 16, 2015 8:27:50am

re: #379 KingKenrod

And I saw Al Franken in the audience, was disappointed he didn’t do something.

I was disappointed as well, but not surprised. He’s kept a pretty low profile in the entertainment world ever since he was elected.

392 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 8:29:00am

re: #386 FemNaziBitch

Look in the organic/health food aisle. There is a vacuum packaged broth that is really low in sodium (in comparison).

I buy the Swanson’s low sodium beef and chicken broths at Kroger. That’s my favorite brand. But I’m a terrible cook, also, so my advice may not be good! LOL

393 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 8:32:12am

re: #382 lawhawk

Yes, Jourdan was seen by women back in my day as incredibly good looking and “suave’. But he seemed to have a healthy handle on stardom many didn’t.

Incredibly, he was married to his wife for 60 years (she just died last year). Perhaps not “going Hollywood” had something to do with it.

394 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 8:34:14am

re: #325 Justanotherhuman

I don’t understand why aging rockers continue to do this. Can’t they just turn it down, or does the continuing quest to stay in the spotlight just become embarrassing? Certainly McCartney has made enough money by now.

I think it’s more feeling the need to be relevant. It must be hard going from being one of the most famous people in the world to old age. That’s just my thought since I am neither famous or relevant.

395 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 16, 2015 8:35:52am

re: #394 WhatEVs

I think it’s more feeling the need to be relevant. It must be hard going from being one of the most famous people in the world to old age. That’s just my thought since I am neither famous or relevant.

The musical equivalent of having a twenty-three-year-old girlfriend, I guess…

396 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 8:41:13am

re: #376 darthstar

Funky, if true.

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What is “an unbreakable code”?

397 A Cranky One  Feb 16, 2015 8:41:25am

re: #394 WhatEVs

I think it’s more feeling the need to be relevant. It must be hard going from being one of the most famous people in the world to old age. That’s just my thought since I am neither famous or relevant.

I’ve seen McCartney perform elsewhere and he’s still capable of doing a decent job. I suspect fatigue or other factors affected the performance last night; he should probably have picked something less demanding to sing.

Paul Simon’s performance was the one I didn’t care for. Seemed like the poor keyboard player was really struggling trying to stay with Paul, who seemed to pay zero attention to the beat/phrasing.

As for Miley, my dad baptized her so she must have a few redeeming qualities ;)

398 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 8:44:16am

re: #379 KingKenrod

I enjoyed 90% of it, but I’m nostalgic that way.

Me too. It was a trip back to my yoot.

And I saw Al Franken in the audience, was disappointed he didn’t do something.

Likely by design. He’s tried hard to be an “upstanding” Senator. The RW already goes nuts (likely because he’s funny and that is something they simply cannot tolerate).

399 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 8:44:46am

re: #394 WhatEVs

Getting old isn’t so bad if you keep it in perspective. There are plenty of things I can no longer do, at least physically (I have no desire to jump out of an airplane via parachute, for instance). And acknowledging long ago that I would never change the world, or contribute anything amazing to it, also helps. Acceptance is pretty hard sometimes, but it brings more peace to who you are.

400 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 8:45:17am

re: #389 Dr. Matt

I only saw the first hour of SNL40 (DVRed it), but was BatShit Crazy Victoria Jackson in attendance?

I didn’t see her at all. Not at the red carpet thing or during the show. But I could have missed her. That would have been ok by me. :-)

401 Timothy Watson  Feb 16, 2015 8:46:31am

Sitting in the car outside the Vet’s office because they’re so filled up plus one of the dogs has a cough and they don’t want him in there.

402 CuriousLurker  Feb 16, 2015 8:47:10am

This is one of my feline overlords after she commandeered half of my electric throw yesterday. Now she’s sitting on the arm of my chair staring a hole through me again. *sigh*

The sweetness of victory!
403 Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 16, 2015 8:47:11am

re: #379 KingKenrod

I enjoyed 90% of it, but I’m nostalgic that way.

I didn’t like Miley, didn’t like her singing a Paul Simon song. It’s not that she’s untalented, she’s just annoying and I find her celebrity puzzling.

Some people were surprised Eddie Murphy took part. I was more surprised to see Bill Murray.

And I saw Al Franken in the audience, was disappointed he didn’t do something.

I can imagine the RW freakout about Franken showing disrespect to the position of Senator if he had. It’s a disgrace when our elected officials beclown themselves so.
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404 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 8:47:43am

re: #400 WhatEVs

I didn’t see her at all. Not at the red carpet thing or during the show. But I could have missed her. That would have been ok by me. :-)

I found this story below. Of course the headline reeks of victimhood and then in the second paragraph lists the other people that were not in attendance (posted below the link).

“SNL 40″ Reunites Most of Show’s Stars, Except Right Wingers Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson

Some others were missing too. Conan O’Brien, who wrote for the show in the late 80s, went to Cuba instead. Cheri Oteri remains a mystery. Julia Sweeney, who was in the audience last winter, didn’t get to trot out It’s Pat! for some reason. Eddie Murphy was a let down after Chris Rock gave him a huge build up. Eddie got a standing ovation, but did nothing. Albert Brooks was very much missing, as was Buck Henry (who at least got a an interstitial photo.)

405 GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 16, 2015 8:48:18am

Screw SNL. Bring back MadTV.

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406 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 8:49:08am

re: #401 Timothy Watson

Sitting in the car outside the Vet’s office because they’re so filled up plus one of the dogs has a cough and they don’t want him in there.

Whenever I go to the vet, I *always* sit outside in my car until they call me. There’s no better place for your furry kiddo to get sick than the vet. Especially if you’re there for shots and someone else is there for something awful (and/or contagious).

If you don’t give your dog bordatella shots (intranasal for kennel cough), you should not sit in the waiting room at a vets office. Ever.

407 CuriousLurker  Feb 16, 2015 8:50:15am

re: #405 GlutenFreeJesus

Screw SNL. Bring back MadTV.

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E gad she looks like the pig castration lady… what’s-her-name… Joni Ernst!

O_o

408 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 8:51:03am
409 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 8:52:21am

re: #404 Dr. Matt

They showed Dennis Miller at the Weekend Update desk. I don’t recall seeing Jackson at all in any clips.

Chris Rock was totally unfunny. I don’t remember what Eddie Murphy said so it wasn’t spectacular by any measure.

Lorne Michaels never, ever dissed Victoria Jackson. I am sure she was invited as was everyone else (I would imagine you would have to have a really bad relationship with Michaels to not be…and if you had that kind of relationship, I would think working in the industry just got harder for you).

410 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 8:53:47am

‘Saturday Night Live’: All 141 Cast Members Ranked

138. Victoria Jackson
34. Dennis Miller
20. Al Franken

5. Dan Aykroyd
4. Mike Myers
3. Tina Fey
2. Eddie Murphy
1. John Belushi

Edit: Norm Macdonald at 135 is ridiculous and calling him a “Dennis Miller clone” is doubly ridiculous.

411 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 8:58:53am

re: #394 WhatEVs

I think it’s more feeling the need to be relevant. It must be hard going from being one of the most famous people in the world to old age. That’s just my thought since I am neither famous or relevant.

McCartney always seemed a bit like an control/power monger to me. In an interview I saw a long time ago, Linda said they only spent 1 or 2 (I can’t remember) nights apart in their long marriage.

I wondered if that had something to do with his next marriage being so short.

412 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:00:57am

re: #399 Justanotherhuman

Getting old isn’t so bad if you keep it in perspective. There are plenty of things I can no longer do, at least physically (I have no desire to jump out of an airplane via parachute, for instance). And acknowledging long ago that I would never change the world, or contribute anything amazing to it, also helps. Acceptance is pretty hard sometimes, but it brings more peace to who you are.

It’s difficult, the acceptance part. Hubby got a new company car. I am pissed at all the computerized controls. No longer can one just push a button to do simple things. One must access multiple menus and then hit the right icon.

I can’t imagine having do that and drive at the same time.

WHAT A PITA!

I may not be driving in a few years.

413 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:01:45am

re: #403 Feline Fearless Leader

I can imagine the RW freakout about Franken showing disrespect to the position of Senator if he had. It’s a disgrace when our elected officials beclown themselves so.
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Well if every POTUS can appear on SNL, I think a Senator can also …

414 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:02:24am

re: #405 GlutenFreeJesus

Screw SNL. Bring back MadTV.

Screw MadTV…bring back Fridays!

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415 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:06:01am

re: #414 WhatEVs

Screw MadTV…bring back Fridays!

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While talking about Fridays, I will never forget this. I was watching one night and they had this interview portion where they had a guy from the KKK and someone from the NAACP (or some related organization). It started out well enough but about a minute in it went sideways in a big way. I thought they were going to wind up fighting and the “host” of this interview skit wound up going to a commercial and when they came back, both guests were sitting looking away from each other.

It was the single craziest thing I ever saw on television. I am trying to find a clip from it. I remember sitting there staring at my television with my mouth literally hanging open. I was asking my friends…did you see that? WTF?

I will post it if I can find it.

416 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 9:06:21am

re: #410 Dr. Matt

I don’t think that listing gave Jane Curtin enough credit. That woman could do anything - so versatile and talented. And she had one of the most enduring careers in TV after SNL.

417 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:06:39am

re: #411 FemNaziBitch

McCartney always seemed a bit like an control/power monger to me. In an interview I saw a long time ago, Linda said they only spent 1 or 2 (I can’t remember) nights apart in their long marriage.

I wondered if that had something to do with his next marriage being so short.

Yeah, I know. While I think Heather Mills was scheming for money, all that stuff that came out about him was really ugly.

418 A Cranky One  Feb 16, 2015 9:07:34am

re: #412 FemNaziBitch

It’s difficult, the acceptance part. Hubby got a new company car. I am pissed at all the computerized controls. No longer can one just push a button to do simple things. One must access multiple menus and then hit the right icon.

I can’t imagine having do that and drive at the same time.

WHAT A PITA!

I may not be driving in a few years.

A pet peeve of mine! Good ergonomics should dictate controls which can be adjusted with a minimum of attention. You should be able to adjust the heat, defrost, music, whatever without taking your eyes off the road.

Just because it can be computerized doesn’t mean it should be. Sigh.

419 sagehen  Feb 16, 2015 9:08:17am

re: #396 WhatEVs

What is “an unbreakable code”?

Enigma. Until Turing got to it.

Oh, and the Navajo stuff.

420 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:08:38am

re: #404 Dr. Matt

I found this story below. Of course the headline reeks of victimhood and then in the second paragraph lists the other people that were not in attendance (posted below the link).

“SNL 40″ Reunites Most of Show’s Stars, Except Right Wingers Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson

I missed Fr. Guido Sarducci and Mary Gross.

THERE was a great musical skit with her in it snarking PBS. They sang a song “We’re not stuffy anymore.” The next week the actual head of PBS was on weekend update saying unequivocally that PBS was going to remain stuffy.

421 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 9:10:54am

re: #410 Dr. Matt

‘Saturday Night Live’: All 141 Cast Members Ranked

138. Victoria Jackson
34. Dennis Miller
20. Al Franken

5. Dan Aykroyd
4. Mike Myers
3. Tina Fey
2. Eddie Murphy
1. John Belushi

Cannot believe that Jane Curtin was ranked #47. The writer must not have even been born when she was on. At least Bill Murray, another favorite of mine, was #6.

See who watched this?

‘Saturday Night Live’ anniversary special breaks NBC ratings records, scores 7.8 rating among adults 18 - 49 - @EW
read more on ew.com

422 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:11:20am

Wait, Egypt launched airstrikes agains Libya? In FP email I just got.

423 KingKenrod  Feb 16, 2015 9:11:54am

re: #414 WhatEVs

Screw MadTV…bring back Fridays!

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Friday’s was one of the first “adult” shows I watched as a kid, and I loved it although most of it went over my head - I’m pretty sure I had no idea why “Gimme ganja” was so funny, but it was funny. I distinctly remember seeing King Crimson do a couple of songs and the strangeness of it freaked my young mind out. I think I was 9.

424 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:12:01am

Yep

425 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 9:12:09am

re: #412 FemNaziBitch

It’s why I’m driving a 5 spd, 13 yr old car, for the most part.

426 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:13:36am

re: #425 Justanotherhuman

It’s why I’m driving a 5 spd, 13 yr old car, for the most part.

I’m thinking of costing out the cost of a contract with a local limo company or taxi when the time comes. (for weekly errands etc)

I have a feeling it would be cheaper than all the expenses that go with the purchase of a car.

I don’t drive as much as I used to and can often con friends into driving for the cost of a Starbucks.

Either that or I’ll have to move into the City where there is reliable public transportation.

427 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 9:14:39am

ISIS is doing a brilliant job of uniting Arab countries to drop bombs on them. It’s about time the regional powers get involved.

428 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 9:14:46am
429 sagehen  Feb 16, 2015 9:15:10am

re: #409 WhatEVs

They showed Dennis Miller at the Weekend Update desk. I don’t recall seeing Jackson at all in any clips.

Chris Rock was totally unfunny. I don’t remember what Eddie Murphy said so it wasn’t spectacular by any measure.

Lorne Michaels never, ever dissed Victoria Jackson. I am sure she was invited as was everyone else (I would imagine you would have to have a really bad relationship with Michaels to not be…and if you had that kind of relationship, I would think working in the industry just got harder for you).

I’m pretty sure I saw a moment of Victoria during one of the montages.

430 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 9:17:33am

See, when you’re fooling around with a computer screen, this is what happens…

abc2news.com

431 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:17:36am

One of the funniest things I ever saw on SNL was James Belushi and Pamela Sue Martin doing the White Man’s Rap.

Lyrics went something like….

I’m a white guy, I don’t take no crap
When I deliver my white rap

I got my money the old fashioned way
My granddaddy dropped dead one day

I’m rich, hot damn
I never had to go to Vietnam

Got a BMW and MBA
Vote GOP on Election Day

On Sundays for an extra thrill
We fire up the Weber grill
Invite some white guys and their wives
We drink to within an inch of our lives
Then it’s off to Ruth and Ed’s
Where we wind up in each other’s beds
I wake up, Ruth’s next to me
I’m so glad I had a vasectomy

But that’s all right, we won’t fight
It’s just not done when your extremely white

we’re extremely white- that’s right-
we walk with our buttocks extremely tight

The Wife says:

Drop him off at the railway station
Grip my teeth in sheer frustration

Then it off to the tennis club
For a tennis match and body rub

We all go shopping. I buy a dress
Put it on the white guy’s American Express

“I’m liberated. I belong to NOW.
But I voted for Reagan anyhow

Vodka, Gin and Sweet Vermouth
Lots of bran to keep our bowels loose

432 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:18:31am

re: #423 KingKenrod

I was a teenager who was often pretty stoned on Fridays. It was a perfect fit. :-)

433 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 9:19:39am

re: #427 Dr. Matt

ISIS is doing a brilliant job of uniting Arab countries to drop bombs on them. It’s about time the regional powers get involved.

Yes, because with ISIS, it Sunni v Shiite until the apocalypse or bust.

434 Targetpractice  Feb 16, 2015 9:20:38am

re: #428 The Vicious Babushka

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Another day, another attempt to show “compassion” by barring women from controlling their own bodies.

435 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 9:21:25am

Apparently Batshit Crazy Victoria Jackson was there last night. Someone just tweeted me a pic of her with Bill Murray.

436 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 9:22:29am

re: #435 Dr. Matt

Apparently Batshit Crazy Victoria Jackson was there last night. Someone just tweeted me a pic of her with Bill Murray.

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Poor Bill…at least he has compassion.

437 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:23:04am

re: #435 Dr. Matt

I would have loved a pic of her and Palin. The Caption Contests and # would have been outstanding!

438 Eventual Carrion  Feb 16, 2015 9:23:41am

re: #396 WhatEVs

What is “an unbreakable code”?

One that hasn’t been broken yet.

439 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:25:01am

re: #438 Eventual Carrion

One that hasn’t been broken yet.

I kinda gathered that, but what is it used for? Is it internal ISIS communications or…?

440 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:26:28am

I have a huge hunk of salmon and am looking for a good recipe I can use to make it and then eat it out of the fridge for a few days.

Anyone have any suggestions?

441 Lidane  Feb 16, 2015 9:27:49am

What could possibly go wrong?

“Our military needs to know that they’re not gonna be prosecuted when they come back, because somebody has, said “You did something that was politically incorrect.” There is no such thing as a politically correct war. We need to grow up, we need to mature. If you’re gonna have rules for war, you should just have a rule that says no war. Other than that, we have to win. Our life depends on it.”

442 Timothy Watson  Feb 16, 2015 9:28:02am

re: #376 darthstar

Funky, if true.

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I would take what that guy says with a grain of salt, it seems he flirted with 9/11 Trutherism awhile back.

443 Eventual Carrion  Feb 16, 2015 9:29:34am

re: #405 GlutenFreeJesus

Screw SNL. Bring back MadTV.

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MadTV was where I first saw Keegan-Michael Key of the Key and Peele show. I thought he was real funny back then too.

444 danarchy  Feb 16, 2015 9:30:35am

re: #430 Justanotherhuman

See, when you’re fooling around with a computer screen, this is what happens…

abc2news.com

Or this

Or maybe that is just what happens when someone continues to drive after they are really capable of it.

445 Targetpractice  Feb 16, 2015 9:34:37am

re: #441 Lidane

What could possibly go wrong?

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Can the honorable gentleman provide examples of soldiers who were court martialed for doing something “politically incorrect”?

446 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:39:09am

re: #444 danarchy

Or this

Or maybe that is just what happens when someone continues to drive after they are really capable of it.

Holee shitola. That was insane! Was that really from some old person driving that did all that damage?

447 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 9:40:08am

Anyone that refers to our military and political correctness in the same sentence clearly has never served in the military and has zero business running for the presidency.

448 danarchy  Feb 16, 2015 9:40:35am

re: #446 WhatEVs

Holee shitola. That was insane! Was that really from some old person driving that did all that damage?

92 year old.

wkow.com

449 Ace-o-aces  Feb 16, 2015 9:40:55am

re: #410 Dr. Matt

‘Saturday Night Live’: All 141 Cast Members Ranked

138. Victoria Jackson
34. Dennis Miller
20. Al Franken

5. Dan Aykroyd
4. Mike Myers
3. Tina Fey
2. Eddie Murphy
1. John Belushi

Edit: Norm Macdonald at 135 is ridiculous and calling him a “Dennis Miller clone” is doubly ridiculous.

Nora Dunn (60) and Victoria Jackson should have ranked higher. They both got screwed by the fact that the writers were a boys club that didn’t really know what to do with them. And Mcdonald may not have been a Denis Miller clone, but he had the misfortune of having to follow Millers fantastic late 80’s early 90’s run.

Also, I keep forgetting that Ben Stiller and Gibert Godfrey were on SNL. Seriously, It’s like my brain is unable to retain that information.

450 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 9:42:27am

re: #448 danarchy

92 year old woman.

wkow.com

92 year old man, not woman.

451 A Cranky One  Feb 16, 2015 9:42:35am

re: #445 Targetpractice

Can the honorable gentleman provide examples of soldiers who were court martialed for doing something “politically incorrect”?

He would probably point to this:
Two U.S. Marines—Staff Sergeants Joseph W. Chamblin and Edward W. Deptola—have been charged in the middle of September 2012 for “violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice” for their involvement in the urination incident.[17][18][19][20] The two staff sergeants were officially charged with “posing for unofficial photographs with human casualties,” failing to properly prevent or report misconduct by junior Marines under their command, the indiscriminate firing of a grenade launcher and the indiscriminate firing of an enemy machine gun.[20] Lt. Gen. Mills referred both staff sergeants to a Special Court Martial.

Dana Loesch, among others, treated this as a violation of PC instead of a violation of basic human decency.

I guess the good doctor wouldn’t have any problem with the use of chemical weapons, torture of prisoners, indiscriminate killing of civilians, etc.

What a douche bag.

452 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 9:43:52am

re: #442 Timothy Watson

I would take what that guy says with a grain of salt, it seems he flirted with 9/11 Trutherism awhile back.

At least he did in this interview, which could have been edited for their own bias, since it appears to be one of the ‘truther’ sites. 911blogger.com

453 danarchy  Feb 16, 2015 9:44:12am

re: #450 The Vicious Babushka

92 year old man, not woman.

Yeah, I removed the reference to gender. When I saw it on the local news last night I swear they said it was a woman.

454 Targetpractice  Feb 16, 2015 9:44:26am

re: #447 Dr. Matt

Anyone that refers to our military and political correctness in the same sentence clearly has never served in the military and has zero business running for the presidency.

He’s playing to the wingnuts, who think that to win against our enemies, we have to look “strong,” which means being every bit as depraved as those we fight.

455 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:45:30am

Have I told you how much I admire Jimmy Carter?

456 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 9:46:34am

re: #454 Targetpractice

He’s playing to the wingnuts, who think that to win against our enemies, we have to look “strong,” which means being every bit as depraved as those we fight.

Sadly, the wingnuts will fall for it. Even more pathetic, these same wingnuts were screeching just last year that US has zero business getting involved in Libya because there were no US interests. These bozos can’t make up their minds.

457 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:47:33am

re: #449 Ace-o-aces

Nora Dunn (60) and Victoria Jackson should have ranked higher. They both got screwed by the fact that the writers were a boys club that didn’t really know what to do with them. And Mcdonald may not have been a Denis Miller clone, but he had the misfortune of having to follow Millers fantastic late 80’s early 90’s run.

Also, I keep forgetting that Ben Stiller and Gibert Godfrey were on SNL. Seriously, It’s like my brain is unable to retain that information.

The original cast set the standard.

Really, no one has come close, IMHO.

458 wrenchwench  Feb 16, 2015 9:47:43am
459 danarchy  Feb 16, 2015 9:48:14am

Anyone have any advice for unfreezing pipes. It is just a small section by the kitchen sink, the rest of the water in the house is working fine. This has happened twice before when the temperature goes below zero overnight but always seems to thaw during the day. Unfortunately it is not supposed to get above or close to freezing until next sunday around here.

460 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 16, 2015 9:49:39am

re: #459 danarchy

Anyone have any advice for unfreezing pipes. It is just a small section by the kitchen sink, the rest of the water in the house is working fine. This has happened twice before when the temperature goes below zero overnight but always seems to thaw during the day. Unfortunately it is not supposed to get above or close to freezing until next sunday around here.

open the water taps, open the cupboard door, point a small space heater to the pipes from a few feet away.

461 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:50:00am

re: #448 danarchy

92 year old woman.

wkow.com

I think they said it was a guy, not a woman.

Don’t they require people over the age of like 80 to get a new license every year? I can’t imagine the insurance cost for someone 92 years old.

My grandmother, at 84, used to pay almost $5000 for auto insurance (she should not have been driving at 84. She was a road hazard…couldn’t stay in a single lane at all. I tried, I can’t count how many times, to get her to stop driving.) She said her car was her freedom. Mind you, she lived in Chicago, on Lake Shore Drive, where the bus stopped in front of her building, the city provided free handicapped transit, and she had a doorman with immediate access to taxi cabs. Not to mention that cab drivers throughout the city who would have loved to be at her beck and call (she was a great tipper).

That said, medical issues can pop up no matter the age.

A girl I used to work with was in an accident where a guy (in his 40’s) had a heart attack and hit her and several others. And my friend’s ex husband, at 38, had an epileptic seizure (the first one in his life) and ran into a house…the entire car was in the living room, it broke through the front bay window and kept on going.

462 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 9:51:01am

Serves this douchebag right.

Lance Armstrong fined $10 million in SCA Promotions case; arbitrators cite ‘unparalleled pageant of international perjury, fraud and conspiracy’ - @cyclingweekly
read more on cyclingweekly.co.uk

463 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 9:53:09am

re: #459 danarchy

Anyone have any advice for unfreezing pipes. It is just a small section by the kitchen sink, the rest of the water in the house is working fine. This has happened twice before when the temperature goes below zero overnight but always seems to thaw during the day. Unfortunately it is not supposed to get above or close to freezing until next sunday around here.

Hair dryer.

Then leave the sink running a little to keep the pipes running free.

(edited)

464 danarchy  Feb 16, 2015 9:54:02am

re: #461 WhatEVs

Don’t they require people over the age of like 80 to get a new license every year? I can’t imagine the insurance cost for someone 92 years old.

Depends on the state. In Massachusetts once you get your license all you have to do to renew is take an eye exam once every 10 years(you need to renew every 5 years, but can do every other one online without the exam).

465 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 9:55:47am

So it continues…

FBI investigating vandalism at Muslim school in West Warwick, RI - @NBCNews
nbcnews.com

466 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 9:57:32am

FACT CHECK: Rand Paul backtracks on vaccines and college

467 A Cranky One  Feb 16, 2015 9:58:16am

re: #460 Backwoods_Sleuth

open the water taps, open the cupboard door, point a small space heater to the pipes from a few feet away.

If you do that, keep an eye on the situation to make sure it doesn’t get too warm under the sink and also watch for a potentially cracked/burst pipe which could be a problem once the pipe thaws.

You might consider picking up a heat tape to wrap around the exposed pipes to help keep them warm. You’d only need to turn it on when the temp gets really low.

You might also want to insulate the section of pipe under the cabinet floor (the section from the foundation that goes up into the cabinet); this is often the place where the pipes freeze (less inside air can reach the pipes).

468 bratwurst  Feb 16, 2015 10:03:13am
469 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 10:04:49am

re: #466 FemNaziBitch

FACT CHECK: Rand Paul backtracks on vaccines and college

He would probably just say he’s ‘clarifying’. Maybe, just maybe, he should think before he ‘misspeaks’.

470 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 10:08:41am

Yeehaw, BWS! One less day for them to torment the people of KY.

Kentucky legislature cancels Tuesday session due to snow - @AP
read more on wkyt.com

471 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 10:08:42am

re: #469 Justanotherhuman

He would probably just say he’s ‘clarifying’. Maybe, just maybe, he should think before he ‘misspeaks’.

Assumption that Rand Paul has the ability to think. There are insanely smart people in this world who barely manage to feed themselves. I am starting to think (assuming that his three years in college before being accepted into a medical degree program at Duke was earned and not a gift from daddy) that Rand could be one of those people who simply cannot think on their feet.

472 KingKenrod  Feb 16, 2015 10:08:55am

re: #421 Justanotherhuman

Cannot believe that Jane Curtin was ranked #47. The writer must not have even been born when she was on. At least Bill Murray, another favorite of mine, was #6.

See who watched this?

‘Saturday Night Live’ anniversary special breaks NBC ratings records, scores 7.8 rating among adults 18 - 49 - @EW
read more on ew.com

Massive ratings for NBC.

The SNL 40th Anniversary Special scored a 7.8 adults 18-49 rating from 8-11PM, and was NBC’s top-rated primetime entertainment telecast, excluding post-Super Bowl programs since the Will & Grace finale on May 18, 2006, which earned a 8.4 adults 18-49 rating. It was also the network’s top-rated entertainment special in ten years, since the Friends clip show that aired before its series finale which notched a 16.7 adults 18-49 rating on May 6, 2004. Link

473 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 16, 2015 10:10:03am

re: #467 A Cranky One

If you do that, keep an eye on the situation to make sure it doesn’t get too warm under the sink and also watch for a potentially cracked/burst pipe which could be a problem once the pipe thaws.

You might consider picking up a heat tape to wrap around the exposed pipes to help keep them warm. You’d only need to turn it on when the temp gets really low.

You might also want to insulate the section of pipe under the cabinet floor (the section from the foundation that goes up into the cabinet); this is often the place where the pipes freeze (less inside air can reach the pipes).

After having our kitchen pipes burst twice, we finally got the heat tape. Ours has a thermostat so it only turns on after a certain temperature is reached and shuts itself off when the temperature rises above freezing.

474 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 10:11:37am

World’s Largest Migration Tracked by Chinese Search Engine Baidu

nbcnews.com

BEIJING — The largest human migration in history — equivalent to almost every American travelling 10 times over — is being captured graphically for the first time, according to China’s leading search engine.

“The country’s transport network expected to record more than 2.8 billion trips over a 40-day Chinese New Year holiday period. Travel volume is expected to peak Monday.” More

475 Shiplord Kirel  Feb 16, 2015 10:21:16am

re: #441 Lidane

What could possibly go wrong?

[Embedded content]

William Calley is sitting in his Georgia apartment saying, “Gee, I was born 50 years too soon.”

476 Kragar  Feb 16, 2015 10:24:24am
477 Lidane  Feb 16, 2015 10:26:17am

re: #476 Kragar

Netanyahu’s just wanting to talk about Israeli security issues! He wouldn’t do something so craven like undermine American foreign policy.

//////

478 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 10:26:26am

PUPPIES!!!!!

479 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 16, 2015 10:26:33am

yep…5 inches of snow so far and its still falling…

480 Targetpractice  Feb 16, 2015 10:31:23am

re: #476 Kragar

[Embedded content]

The man really does seem to believe that the US-Israeli alliance is so strong that he can do whatever the fuck he wants and there will be no consequences. Perhaps it’s time the President considered a shot across the bow, like say informing Bibi that the Israel ambassador who started this mess is no longer welcome.

481 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 10:31:38am

re: #476 Kragar

[Embedded content]

I am at a loss why Bibi is acting this way. Is he trying to get America to turn its back on Israel? Because that is what it looks like to me. He is, aside from alienating Democrats, alienating American citizens. Is his only endgame his own next election? I am baffled by this.

482 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 10:31:40am

re: #476 Kragar

Netanyahu is a smarmy little weasel. No wonder he finds solace with the GOP.

483 Lidane  Feb 16, 2015 10:35:58am

*facepalm*

484 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 10:38:21am

For Israeli Prime Minister, it’s only a game

485 Charles Johnson  Feb 16, 2015 10:38:23am
486 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 10:39:07am

Do I need a new Rx or did the font change for our names?

487 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 10:41:35am

Having a firearm is not a license to kill … .
Woman Shot in Las Vegas ‘Road Rage’ Incident Dies

This shit has to stop.

488 Targetpractice  Feb 16, 2015 10:42:23am

re: #483 Lidane

*facepalm*

[Embedded content]

Yes, the “authority of God,” as established over 1000 years ago by a power-hungry Church through the compiling of those books written by illiterate farmers that they approved of into a book that has been translated more times than the instructions for stereo equipment.

So, which version of the “authority of God” does he want to put into the state constitution?

489 Kragar  Feb 16, 2015 10:42:44am

re: #486 Dr. Matt

Do I need a new Rx or did the font change for our names?

I blame the magnetic chemtrails

490 urbanmeemaw  Feb 16, 2015 10:43:19am

re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth

My daughter and son in law were supposed to fly back to Tampa from Nashville tonight, but all flights to Florida have been cancelled.

491 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 16, 2015 10:43:48am

Hey Gang,

We’ve got about 5 inches here in Clarksvegas, with a base of freezing rain / ice. Not as bad as it could have been, but the roads are pretty bad from what I’m seeing on the local cameras. I haven’t even tried to get out of the driveway, no purpose in going out just for the sake of going out.

Hope all is well for the rest of you.

RBS

492 RealityBasedSteve  Feb 16, 2015 10:44:47am

re: #486 Dr. Matt

Do I need a new Rx or did the font change for our names?

Now that mention it, they do look a bit ‘condensed’.

RBS

493 Charles Johnson  Feb 16, 2015 10:45:37am

The people who run Unz Review are clever enough to pay for syndicated columns from non-racists, and mix them in with the white supremacist stuff from Derbyshire, Jared Taylor, Sam Francis, Israel Shamir, etc., to hide what they’re really doing.

494 Charles Johnson  Feb 16, 2015 10:47:11am

re: #486 Dr. Matt

Yep, it uses the same font as the article titles - Cabin Condensed.

495 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 10:47:12am

re: #487 FemNaziBitch

Having a firearm is not a license to kill … .
Woman Shot in Las Vegas ‘Road Rage’ Incident Dies

This shit has to stop.

But now is not the right time to talk about better gun control laws. //

496 FemNaziBitch  Feb 16, 2015 10:49:24am

bbl

497 WhatEVs  Feb 16, 2015 10:53:08am

re: #487 FemNaziBitch

Having a firearm is not a license to kill … .
Woman Shot in Las Vegas ‘Road Rage’ Incident Dies

This shit has to stop.

Oy. It doesn’t just keep on going, it keeps getting worse. Talk about the Wild West.

Meyers’ 15-year-old daughter ran into the house before the shooting, and did not witness the incident. Police say one of her brothers came out of the house and fired back at the other vehicle.

And the suspect looks like Boyd Crowder (a young Boyd).

498 Dr. Matt  Feb 16, 2015 10:57:18am

re: #497 WhatEVs

Oy. It doesn’t just keep on going, it keeps getting worse. Talk about the Wild West.

Meyers’ 15-year-old daughter ran into the house before the shooting, and did not witness the incident. Police say one of her brothers came out of the house and fired back at the other vehicle.

And as gun laws become less and less restrictive, the righties mock the Left for concerns about returning to the days of the Wild West.

499 Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 16, 2015 11:00:04am

5.5 inches of snow now.
Big old goofy hound took one look outside and said “nope!”
The JackRussellTerror had fun making trails, however:

500 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 16, 2015 11:00:24am
501 Varek Raith  Feb 16, 2015 11:01:40am

Just started snowing in the DC area.
8-12 inches expected here.
Whee.

502 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 11:03:40am

re: #498 Dr. Matt

And as gun laws become less and less restrictive, the righties mock the Left for concerns about returning to the days of the Wild West.

I don’t want to live in what they want.

And I swear, I’m not psychologically fit for cold weather anymore. Brrrrrr!

Low pressure will track across the Deep South this afternoon and then through the Carolinas tonight. Precipitation will begin spreading into the mountains of Northeast Georgia and the Western Carolinas around noon, then gradually spread across the foothills and Piedmont through the rest of the afternoon into the early evening hours. Enough cold air will be in place to support an initial period of snow and sleet across most of the area, but quickly warming temperatures aloft will allow for a transition to freezing rain from southwest to northeast late this afternoon and this evening. The precipitation will taper off late tonight, but not before significant accumulations of snow and ice occur.

Yet i haven’t seen one iota of precipitation. Maybe later.

503 Kragar  Feb 16, 2015 11:03:58am

re: #501 Varek Raith

Just started snowing in the DC area.
8-12 inches expected here.
Whee.

You don’t know how hard it is for me to not post a mom related joke here.

504 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 11:05:33am

Snow reports now up to 1 foot in southern Illinois and west Kentucky as snow continues to fall - @weatherchannel

505 Varek Raith  Feb 16, 2015 11:06:15am

re: #503 Kragar

You don’t know how hard it is for me to not post a mom related joke here.

You must be suffering!
:P

506 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 11:06:53am

Expect more.

507 Kragar  Feb 16, 2015 11:08:10am

re: #505 Varek Raith

You must be suffering!
:P

“We got 10 inches here!”
“Well, I’m happy for you, but don’t you think that is oversharing?”

508 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 11:09:52am

They wanted to create a “VIRAL AD SENSATION” and they did.

@seasaltcompany Twitter feed sounds just like Chuck.

509 Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 16, 2015 11:12:03am

re: #508 The Vicious Babushka

I can’t believe someone approved that.

510 Varek Raith  Feb 16, 2015 11:12:14am

re: #507 Kragar

“We got 10 inches here!”
“Well, I’m happy for you, but don’t you think that is oversharing?”

Feel better???

511 Kragar  Feb 16, 2015 11:12:56am

re: #510 Varek Raith

Feel better???

No, because that is just a generic example

512 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 16, 2015 11:17:16am

re: #509 Eclectic Cyborg

I can’t believe someone approved that.

And they still don’t explain what the fuck it is they’re trying to sell.

Whoa, they’re getting hammered now.

513 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 11:35:04am

Haha, we’re west of Charlotte and haven’t seen a flake or drop of anything.

Charlotte, NC, airport seeing average delay of 3 hours and 40 minutes due to snow and ice, according to FlightAware
read more on flightaware.com

514 Justanotherhuman  Feb 16, 2015 11:36:42am

re: #508 The Vicious Babushka

It’s fucking Floriduh, after all.

515 TedStriker  Feb 16, 2015 12:07:45pm

re: #491 RealityBasedSteve

Hey Gang,

We’ve got about 5 inches here in Clarksvegas, with a base of freezing rain / ice. Not as bad as it could have been, but the roads are pretty bad from what I’m seeing on the local cameras. I haven’t even tried to get out of the driveway, no purpose in going out just for the sake of going out.

Hope all is well for the rest of you.

RBS

It’s pretty much all sleet, ice, and freezing rain here in Nashville…even Gallatin Road’s a slushy mess right now. I had to chip off a good 1/2 inch of ice off my car, just to drop my suit off at the dry cleaners and go to Kroger.


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