Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Jacob Collier w/ Metropole Orkest; Cond: Jules Buckley [VIDEO]

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Here’s one of my favorite songs from Jacob Collier’s new album with the Metropole Orkest, a wildly eclectic cover of a classic Police song.

The Police’s 1981 hit, “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”, reimagined by Jacob Collier with the Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley [OFFICIAL AUDIO] from Djesse (Vol. 1)

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:13:26pm

Heading out with my 14yo to see Lindsey Buckingham with J.S. Ondara opening. My son kind of expressed interest but my wife thought he was dying to go—turns out we’re both pretty much “meh,” but I have the tickets. I hope it’s good. This was supposed to be a big present. I have to learn to ask a bit more carefully when my wife interprets my kids’ desires. TTFN.

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Targetpractice  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:13:41pm

OFFS

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Seafaring, coquito drinking Santa!  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:18:59pm

From the last thread:

re: #1 Belafon

I need to ask for ideas on how to solve a problem. My son is taken Business Basics for one if his first classes in college. He’s got a really high grade in the class (as in, he’s currently got over a 4.0 because he’s been getting the extra credit), and has done all of the assignments, but she won’t let him turn in his final project - which counts for 30% of his grade) because she says he didn’t turn in all of the assessments, a particular set of online quizzes he had to take. Back in September, on of the assessments did not have a submit button, so when he finished, he assumed she received the grade. She didn’t.

He’s tried talking to her, including sending screenshots of the completed assessment, but she keeps saying that his failure to follow up is not her problem and he should just take the hit.

What can we do? She’s the assistant dean of undergraduate studies in the department, and we all pretty much think she just doesn’t like having to teach.

There are two more options: the students affairs dean, and the student ombudsperson (I think that’s how it’s translated). At least the ones here can also take the case.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:21:31pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:26:51pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

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OFFS

His advisers keep on feeding him bs I see.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:36:02pm

re: #5 HappyWarrior

His advisers keep on feeding him bs I see.

Reminds me of the movie Downfall where none of Hitler’s generals could gather the courage to push back against him and his irrational orders.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:37:28pm

re: #6 GlutenFreeJesus

Reminds me of the movie Downfall where none of Hitler’s generals could gather the courage to push back against him and his irrational orders.

FEGELIN! FEGELIN!

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:38:04pm

Saw on CNN that Deval Patrick isn’t going to run. TBH too bad because I think of the two Massachusettians that were rumored to be run, he would make the better candidate between him and Warren.

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Teukka  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:39:30pm

re: #6 GlutenFreeJesus

Reminds me of the movie Downfall where none of Hitler’s generals could gather the courage to push back against him and his irrational orders.

Pitfalls of ruling by authoritarianism and threats… No-one dares contradict the leadership strata, not even when it’s necessary… It’s one of the reasons why they are all doomed in the end.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:40:56pm

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:41:23pm

re: #9 Teukka

Pitfalls of ruling by authoritarianism and threats… No-one dares contradict the leadership strata, not even when it’s necessary… It’s why they are all doomed in the end.

The fun part with Trump is, he can’t even tell that they’re too afraid of him to tell him the truth. He thinks they ARE telling him the truth.

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Teukka  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:42:23pm

re: #11 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The fun part with Trump is, he can’t even tell that they’re too afraid of him to tell him the truth. He thinks they ARE telling him the truth.

They’re never able to, they get so used to not being contradicted…

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bd(Redacted)  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:43:56pm

re: #11 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The fun part with Trump is, he can’t even tell that they’re too afraid of him to tell him the truth. He thinks they ARE telling him the truth.

No upside to telling him the truth, he’ll dog you and you might lose your job.

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Teukka  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:44:52pm

re: #13 bd(Redacted)

No upside to telling him the truth, he’ll dog you and you might lose your job.

And in really authoritarian regimes, you might loose your liberty or even your life…

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:50:59pm
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Teukka  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:52:20pm

re: #15 Single-handed sailor

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Well… There are misdemeanors and felonies… But I’ve never heard of misdemeanor treason…

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:53:50pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:55:24pm

Have y’all seen these stupid memes about “Bob Dole made a point to stand and salute Bush so fuck you, you flag kneeling Libtards”?

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bd(Redacted)  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:56:42pm

re: #15 Single-handed sailor

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Ha!

Honestly though, I hope Trump has some good lawyers besides Rudy.

OK, I don’t really hope he does and it doesn’t look like it.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:57:22pm

re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg

Have y’all seen these stupid memes about “Bob Dole made a point to stand and salute Bush so fuck you, you flag kneeling Libtards”?

I’d respond with that photo where everyone else has their hands over their heart but Trumpy.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:57:50pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:58:27pm

re: #21 Patricia Kayden

What institutionalized racism??

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 4:59:06pm

re: #21 Patricia Kayden

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Meanwhile the crooked police chief who set up black men for murder is getting only 3. Our justice system is fucking awful.

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bd(Redacted)  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:01:17pm

re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg

Have y’all seen these stupid memes about “Bob Dole made a point to stand and salute Bush so fuck you, you flag kneeling Libtards”?

Bob Dole is a hateful person who believes hateful things and tried to shove those hateful beliefs on all America.

This country is fortunate to not have elected him as POTUS and the only reason people act like they like him now is because he is old. Screw him then and screw him now.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:01:55pm

Damn it all

After it was brought up downstairs right now what I really want to do is grill up some bulgogi table side, wrapping it up in some lettuce leafs with some good kimchi and other sides

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:03:38pm

re: #24 bd(Redacted)

Bob Dole is a hateful person who believes hateful things and tried to shove those hateful beliefs on all America.

This country is fortunate to not have elected him as POTUS and the only reason people act like they like him now is because he is old. Screw him then and screw him now.

TBH I liked the Dole-Bush picture but not for what the right is trying to represent it as. I see it as the more we’re seeing the last of the WWII veterans in public life. I do agree with you though. I’m glad we didn’t elect him President.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:03:50pm

re: #24 bd(Redacted)

Bob Dole is a hateful person who believes hateful things and tried to shove those hateful beliefs on all America.

This country is fortunate to not have elected him as POTUS and the only reason people act like they like him now is because he is old. Screw him then and screw him now.

Agree! Dole is awful, but he’ll be the next one praised like a saint when he passes away.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:06:24pm

re: #27 Charles Johnson

Agree! Dole is awful, but he’ll be the next one praised like a saint when he passes away.

I could almost deal with it but I know Carter isn’t going to get the same treatment and Carter while I’ll be the first to concede he wasn’t a great President was every bit the person every public servant should try to be.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:06:58pm

re: #25 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Damn it all

After it was brought up downstairs right now what I really want to do is grill up some bulgogi table side, wrapping it up in some lettuce leafs with some good kimchi and other sides

Unless you’ve got 10 or so “hubcaps” going over charcoal grills and a couple dozen heavy smokers in the room, it’s hard to get the carbon monoxide level you need for good bulgogi.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:08:03pm

Regarding Dole, he is the one who blamed the Democratic Party for all the wars when he was Ford’s VP in ‘76 though. Always thought Ford could have done better than Dole as a running mate.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:10:40pm

re: #30 HappyWarrior

Regarding Dole, he is the one who blamed the Democratic Party for all the wars when he was Ford’s VP in ‘76 though. Always thought Ford could have done better than Dole as a running mate.

Dole came and made a speech at my college when he was running for VP. Our ‘polite protest’ sign was welcoming the Secret Service to campus.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:11:23pm

The lightbulb went out outside my front door so I bought a pole to change it out. Got the old lightbulb out, but when I tried to install the new lightbulb, it got stuck, didn’t turn on, and when I tried to unscrew it and pull it out, I pulled the entire light fixture from the outside ceiling. It’s too dark for me to see anything and I’m going to have to pull out the extension ladder and try to fix it in the morning. Hoping I don’t have to replace the guts or doing any rewiring. Fuck!

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Teukka  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:11:34pm

re: #31 wrenchwench

Dole came and made a speech at my college when he was running for VP. Our ‘polite protest’ sign was welcoming the Secret Service to campus.

Now that… But scaled up to a town or city level…

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:12:56pm

re: #32 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

The lightbulb went out outside my front door so I bought a pole to change it out. Got the old lightbulb out, but when I tried to install the new lightbulb, it got stuck, didn’t turn on, and when I tried to unscrew it and pull it out, I pulled the entire light fixture from the outside ceiling. It’s too dark for me to see anything and I’m going to have to pull out the extension ladder and try to fix it in the morning. Hoping I don’t have to replace the guts or doing any rewiring. Fuck!

I had the glass break off of the light bulb base on one of my outside lights. The threads are still embedded in the fixture. I’ll have to take the window glass out of the fixture and see if I can get at the base with a pair of pliers or something.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:13:19pm

re: #31 wrenchwench

Dole came and made a speech at my college when he was running for VP. Our ‘polite protest’ sign was welcoming the Secret Service to campus.

I still do like the Goldwater story about how and him Dole were the new liberals of the GOP. Wonder what the hell Goldwater would make out of Trump. Not really a Goldwater fan though TBH. Appreciate the criticism of the Religious Right but do not think much of the weak stance on civil rights.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:14:35pm

re: #34 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I had the glass break off of the light bulb base on one of my outside lights. The threads are still embedded in the fixture. I’ll have to take the window glass out of the fixture and see if I can get at the base with a pair of pliers or something.

Power off at the breaker panel, insert half a potato to engage the base. (Keeping with our food theme.)

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:15:24pm

re: #36 Decatur Deb

Power off at the breaker panel, insert half a potato to engage the base. (Keeping with our food theme.)

Dude. Seriously, thank you. I never would’ve thought of that.

Plus, afterwards I can cut off the dirty bits and fry the potato.

/half

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:16:23pm

re: #35 HappyWarrior

I still do like the Goldwater story about how and him Dole were the new liberals of the GOP. Wonder what the hell Goldwater would make out of Trump. Not really a Goldwater fan though TBH. Appreciate the criticism of the Religious Right but do not think much of the weak stance on civil rights.

I want to see Flake come out as the new moderate.

He’ll always be the new Flake in my hair mind.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:16:28pm

re: #29 Decatur Deb

Unless you’ve got 10 or so “hubcaps” going over charcoal grills and a couple dozen heavy smokers in the room, it’s hard to get the carbon monoxide level you need for good bulgogi.

All my bulgogi grilling was done in Fayetteville NC, usually between 2-and 3 AM

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Decatur Deb  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:17:07pm

re: #39 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

All my bulgogi grilling was done in Fayetteville NC, usually between 2-and 3 AM

Fayette-nam.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:17:53pm

What I hate about that fucking meme is standing to salute a former President and fellow veteran is a little different than kneeling during the anthem to protest the callous deaths of unarmed black people.

The wingnuts seem to love these flawed, bullshit apples to oranges comparisons though (“If the Lottery can figure out if they have a winner in hours why can’t elections be like that?” and so on). Then so many people spread the memes it becomes an article of faith with them. So damn annoying.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:19:00pm

re: #38 wrenchwench

I want to see Flake come out as the new moderate.

He’ll always be the new Flake in my hair mind.

It’s coming.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:19:43pm

re: #36 Decatur Deb

Power off at the breaker panel, insert half a potato to engage the base. (Keeping with our food theme.)

Great suggestion.
Just one of the many reasons we’re glad you’re back with us!

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:21:23pm

re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg

Have y’all seen these stupid memes about “Bob Dole made a point to stand and salute Bush so fuck you, you flag kneeling Libtards”?

Nope but I don’t get that meme just like I don’t get most rightwing nonsense. It’s really not for me.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:22:17pm

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

Great suggestion.
Just one of the many reasons we’re glad you’re back with us!

If he skips the step about killing the panel breaker, he can also skip the step about frying the potato.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:22:27pm

re: #34 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I had the glass break off of the light bulb base on one of my outside lights. The threads are still embedded in the fixture. I’ll have to take the window glass out of the fixture and see if I can get at the base with a pair of pliers or something.

Yikes! That sounds worse than what I’m going to have to deal with. My problem is that is it at least one story high and the extension ladder is going to have to rest on the wall while the fixture is not against the wall, but in the middle. Might try some scaffolding thing with my taller ladder and the extension ladder. There is another burnt out bulb in the front, but that is 2 stories high. I haven’t seen anyone replace that one. I’m going to attempt it tomorrow as well. Good thing I’m not totally frozen at heights.

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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:22:41pm

Missed this earlier: more beating of the dead horse.
Gowdy doesn’t seem to have appreciated Comey’s mention of Russian history.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:23:11pm

re: #45 Decatur Deb

If he skips the step about killing the panel breaker, he can also skip the step about frying the potato.

I don’t fuck around with electricity. I’ve been knocked on my ass (minus a few brain cells) enough for one lifetime.

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William Lewis  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:23:22pm

re: #40 Decatur Deb

Fayette-nam.

I’ll have a nice big bowl of pho ga, thankyouverymuch.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:24:00pm

re: #44 Patricia Kayden

Nope but I don’t get that meme just like I don’t get most rightwing nonsense. It’s really not for me.

Right wing memes are always pathetically stupid. I saw one from my distant cousin that really made me SMH. Photo of Santa “You may make fun of kids for believing in me but there are adults who still believe in socialism.” I wanted to point out A) Barely anyone mocks kids for believing in Santa and B) The “socialists” the meme is talking about people who want our economy to be more socialistic than is but not outright socialism so the meme is stupid and I would point out how Trump has definitely done some very un-capitalistic things as President too but he wouldn’t get that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:24:05pm
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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:24:48pm

re: #45 Decatur Deb

If he skips the step about killing the panel breaker, he can also skip the step about frying the potato.

Do you grease the fixture or the thing you stick in it?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:26:07pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:27:06pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:27:20pm

re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth

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RIP.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:28:00pm

re: #52 wrenchwench

Do you grease the fixture or the thing you stick in it?

(Deleted, just in case someone might actually try it.)

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:28:15pm

re: #41 Eclectic Cyborg

What I hate about that fucking meme is standing to salute a former President and fellow veteran is a little different than kneeling during the anthem to protest the callous deaths of unarmed black people.

The wingnuts seem to love these flawed, bullshit apples to oranges comparisons though (“If the Lottery can figure out if they have a winner in hours why can’t elections be like that?” and so on). Then so many people spread the memes it becomes an article of faith with them. So damn annoying.

These men are nihilists.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:29:40pm

re: #41 Eclectic Cyborg

What I hate about that fucking meme is standing to salute a former President and fellow veteran is a little different than kneeling during the anthem to protest the callous deaths of unarmed black people.

The wingnuts seem to love these flawed, bullshit apples to oranges comparisons though (“If the Lottery can figure out if they have a winner in hours why can’t elections be like that?” and so on). Then so many people spread the memes it becomes an article of faith with them. So damn annoying.

NOt to mention Kaep got the idea/suggestion to kneel from a former Green Beret. I’m so sick of the lies about the kneeling by teh same people who love a piece of shit that has no idea about what real sacrifice means.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:29:56pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:31:16pm
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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:31:38pm
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retired cynic  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:32:41pm

re: #47 jaunte

Missed this earlier: more beating of the dead horse.
Gowdy doesn’t seem to have appreciated Comey’s mention of Russian history.

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I’m staggering through this doc (when I should be working), and boy, does Gowdy come across as an ass. With a stick up his.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:33:12pm

re: #50 HappyWarrior

Right wing memes are always pathetically stupid. I saw one from my distant cousin that really made me SMH. Photo of Santa “You may make fun of kids for believing in me but there are adults who still believe in socialism.” I wanted to point out A) Barely anyone mocks kids for believing in Santa and B) The “socialists” the meme is talking about people who want our economy to be more socialistic than is but not outright socialism so the meme is stupid and I would point out how Trump has definitely done some very un-capitalistic things as President too but he wouldn’t get that.

Isn’t Santa a socialist? Not to mention Jesus.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:33:26pm

my shocked face

President Donald Trump racked up an estimated $17 million tab by flying on Air Force One to more than 40 political rallies in the lead up to the 2018 midterm elections, a Quartz investigation found.

Because Trump had been using the plane to stump for Republican candidates, the GOP or his re-election campaign is supposed to reimburse taxpayers for a portion of the cost. However, Quartz reports that the Trump campaign has thus far only paid the Treasury $112,667.90 in March and April for air travel expenses, or approximately 0.7 percent of the total cost. It is unclear when, or if, the campaign might issue additional payments.

Trump was highly critical of President Barack Obama during the 2016 presidential election for flying with then-candidate Hillary Clinton to a rally in North Carolina. The Clinton campaign reimbursed the government for $37,000.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:35:21pm

re: #56 Decatur Deb

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Video

But will it unscrew the remnants of a light bulb?

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:35:40pm

re: #63 I Would Prefer Not To

Isn’t Santa a socialist? Not to mention Jesus.

There’s that too. FWIW I don’t consider Christ a socialist but I sure as shit don’t consider him the right’s interpretation of Capitalism either. If Christ’s teachings were Capitalistic, one would think that Capitalism would have its origins in a time of history when the Western world was most Christian.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:37:35pm

re: #65 wrenchwench

But will it unscrew the remnants of a light bulb?

Makes the whole house self-illuminating. For a while.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:38:59pm

re: #66 HappyWarrior

There’s that too. FWIW I don’t consider Christ a socialist but I sure as shit don’t consider him the right’s interpretation of Capitalism either. If Christ’s teachings were Capitalistic, one would think that Capitalism would have its origins in a time of history when the Western world was most Christian.

The early Church encouraged generosity, but it wasn’t enforced. Rich people weren’t required to give their wealth to the church, some of them just did it anyway (like they do today). However, unlike today, the early Church used those funds to take care of the poor and needy among them. While some individual churches may do that - and I’d like to give a shout-out to my church, which is very explicit about giving cash to people who need it for bills or food, and provides a temporary home for the homeless inside one of our campuses - the Church as a collective thinks that is beneath them.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:39:08pm

re: #56 Decatur Deb

(Deleted, just in case someone might actually try it.)

It said ‘don’t try this at home’. Has to be done in a dormitory.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:39:14pm

Jalapeno truck burns in Texas.

Facebook Post

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freetoken  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:41:08pm

re: #56 Decatur Deb

“Do not try this at home”, he said, in a video to give instructions on how to do this at home…

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Interesting Times  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:41:16pm

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

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That’ll boost their Scoville rating o_O

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Decatur Deb  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:41:27pm

re: #69 wrenchwench

It said ‘don’t try this at home’. Has to be done in a dormitory.

They actually used to sell a consumer product that worked that way, back when Lawn Darts were the year’s hottest Christmas present.

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:42:07pm

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

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mmmm, chipotle.

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bd(Redacted)  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:43:18pm

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

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Now it’s a truckload of chipotles

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:44:02pm

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

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Caliente y picante!

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:45:17pm

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Jalapeno truck burns in Texas.

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I wonder if the smoke caused from burning jalapenos will burn the eyes and skin more than regular smoke.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:46:31pm

Oh, and I only learned how to wire a light this past year. Wish me luck!

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:46:55pm

re: #77 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I wonder if the smoke caused from burning jalapenos will burn the eyes and skin more than regular smoke.

Actually, yes. Just ask the people who live in the same town as the Sriracha hot sauce factory.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:47:44pm

re: #78 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Oh, and I only learned how to wire a light this past year. Wish me luck!

I’m no good with heights or electricity. Careful on that ladder!

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:48:09pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:48:18pm

re: #80 wrenchwench

I’m no good with heights or electricity. Careful on that ladder!

Electricity I have no fear (albeit a healthy respect). I’ve come a long way on my fear of heights, but ladders still do me a doozy.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:51:23pm
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Targetpractice  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:52:48pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

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This is a joke, right? So far, the only person who has recused in response to a conflict of interest is Sessions, and Donny fired him for it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:53:15pm
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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:54:27pm

re: #79 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Actually, yes. Just ask the people who live in the same town as the Sriracha hot sauce factory.

Completely forgot about that!

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:54:33pm

re: #82 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Electricity I have no fear (albeit a healthy respect). I’ve come a long way on my fear of heights, but ladders still do me a doozy.

I used to be better with ladders. Since getting hit by a car, I have a vestibular deficiency.* I thought it was kinda fun for a while, but I got tired of it, and now I have to work on compensating, but not thinking about it too much.

* There’s an 8 page .pdf i used to diagnose myself

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nines09  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:55:03pm

re: #1 Barefoot Grin

Heading out with my 14yo to see Lindsey Buckingham with J.S. Ondara opening. My son kind of expressed interest but my wife thought he was dying to go—turns out we’re both pretty much “meh,” but I have the tickets. I hope it’s good. This was supposed to be a big present. I have to learn to ask a bit more carefully when my wife interprets my kids’ desires. TTFN.

Coming in here after the fact. In my humble experience taking a kid of any age to a good band is one very good thing to do for anyone of any age.
And I think when you come back from this you MAY agree.
If not, try another band.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:57:15pm

re: #80 wrenchwench

I’m no good with heights or electricity. Careful on that ladder!

I could ask my ex-husband, who was a climber and an electrician, but he’s not ever interested in helping me with anything. Doesn’t matter if the mother of his children kills herself. In 22 years of marriage, he never taught me how to wire anything. I learned it this past year to take care of wiring issues with lights that were installed in this rental home that were popping and sizzling when light switches were turned on. I’m pretty proud of myself because I’ve always liked to be self-sufficient.

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sagehen  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:57:29pm

re: #63 I Would Prefer Not To

Isn’t Santa a socialist? Not to mention Jesus.

The Fire Department is pure socialism.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:59:17pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

It seems like Barr may have a little conflict overseeing the investigation into Trump & Russia & may have to recuse based on this.

OMG, tRump would have a shit hemorrhage over that! I can’t wait.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 8, 2018 • 5:59:55pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

These men are nihilists.

I know. Unfortunately, like most of us I have friends and family that are both liberal and conservative so try as I might to ignore all this shit, it’s just not really possible.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:00:06pm

re: #89 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I could ask my ex-husband, who was a climber and an electrician, but he’s not ever interested in helping me with anything. Doesn’t matter if the mother of his children kills herself. In 22 years of marriage, he never taught me how to wire anything. I learned it this past year to take care of wiring issues with lights that were installed in this rental home that were popping and sizzling when light switches were turned on. I’m pretty proud of myself because I’ve always liked to be self-sufficient.

This is something that Mrs. Fish has always been paranoid about. To that end, I have tried to teach her what things I know in order to make sure she can take care of herself if something should happen to me (grave injury, death, a terminal bout of stupidity that causes one of us to leave the other). Unfortunately, she’s not super good at remembering things, and I’m a terrible teacher as well.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:00:39pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:01:20pm
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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:02:08pm

re: #82 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Electricity I have no fear (albeit a healthy respect). I’ve come a long way on my fear of heights, but ladders still do me a doozy.

What helped me was actually doing rock climbing and also rappelling from cliffs and into caves (and it was really ugly when I did the rappelling the first few times. I stood on the edge forever and cried and yelled at myself until I could take that first step). Unfortunately, I won’t be tied off, but this is in an entryway and enclosed places feel better on a ladder than when the ladder is against the outside wall of a house. I had to use the extension ladder outside when I first moved here to reach the vent for the dryer because I thought it might be clogged as the dryer was running really hot. That felt a little dicey, but I did it.

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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:03:12pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

Jonah Goldberg would like science to just be skepticism, but it’s a lot more work than that.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:03:22pm

re: #89 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I could ask my ex-husband, who was a climber and an electrician, but he’s not ever interested in helping me with anything. Doesn’t matter if the mother of his children kills herself. In 22 years of marriage, he never taught me how to wire anything. I learned it this past year to take care of wiring issues with lights that were installed in this rental home that were popping and sizzling when light switches were turned on. I’m pretty proud of myself because I’ve always liked to be self-sufficient.

Home Depot (black-hearted union busters) rent a good 26 ft. ladder for half-days. Check your local store.

homedepot.com

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:03:30pm

re: #89 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I could ask my ex-husband, who was a climber and an electrician, but he’s not ever interested in helping me with anything. Doesn’t matter if the mother of his children kills herself. In 22 years of marriage, he never taught me how to wire anything. I learned it this past year to take care of wiring issues with lights that were installed in this rental home that were popping and sizzling when light switches were turned on. I’m pretty proud of myself because I’ve always liked to be self-sufficient.

I can ride a bike across the country, carrying the tools I need to fix anything on it. It had a generator on it, but I don’t think there was any way to shock yourself with that, or I probably would have.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:03:55pm

re: #99 wrenchwench

I can ride a bike across the country, carrying the tools I need to fix anything on it. It had a generator on it, but I don’t think there was any way to shock yourself with that, or I probably would have.

Oh, no, it can be done. Ask me how I know.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:04:10pm

re: #87 wrenchwench

I used to be better with ladders. Since getting hit by a car, I have a vestibular deficiency.* I thought it was kinda fun for a while, but I got tired of it, and now I have to work on compensating, but not thinking about it too much.

* There’s an 8 page .pdf i used to diagnose myself

I had a short couple of week problem with a vestibular problem and I can’t even imagine how difficult it is to live with it. Yeah, no ladders for you!

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:06:03pm
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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:07:24pm

re: #97 jaunte

Jonah Goldberg would like science to just be skepticism, but it’s a lot more work than that.

Skepticism of science is skepticism. Skepticism of Jonah Goldberg is common sense.

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freetoken  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:07:50pm

re: #102 Charles Johnson

Jonah is also the guy who called Leonard Nimoy’s photos “pornographic.”

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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:09:45pm

I read Liberal Fascism. It was extremely silly.

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Belafon  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:10:14pm

re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg

Have y’all seen these stupid memes about “Bob Dole made a point to stand and salute Bush so fuck you, you flag kneeling Libtards”?

Ask them if they support this guy:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:10:55pm

speaking of electricity:

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:11:28pm

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:11:55pm

re: #88 nines09

Coming in here after the fact. In my humble experience taking a kid of any age to a good band is one very good thing to do for anyone of any age.
And I think when you come back from this you MAY agree.
If not, try another band.

I agree. I was able to take my girls to see Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns (example), a Vegas institution. They normally don’t let underage kids in, but my kids’ bassist uncle managed it. We had a great time!

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Sufficient unto the day...  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:13:41pm

HOLIDAY SPECIALS - Terrible Writing Advice

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:14:15pm
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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:14:17pm

re: #93 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

This is something that Mrs. Fish has always been paranoid about. To that end, I have tried to teach her what things I know in order to make sure she can take care of herself if something should happen to me (grave injury, death, a terminal bout of stupidity that causes one of us to leave the other). Unfortunately, she’s not super good at remembering things, and I’m a terrible teacher as well.

Well, then you’ll definitely have to stick together! LOL. My dad was never the mechanically inclined one. That was my mother who did all the plumbing and stuff in our house. It was actually my high school sweetheart/first ex-husband who came to town when I first moved into this place to help with the move, and he helped me choose a tool box and what to put into it and then taught me about wiring. He’s a very good teacher, so I got lucky there.

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Belafon  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:14:21pm

re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth

my shocked face

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All they’ve got is bothsiderism:

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:14:55pm

re: #105 jaunte

I read Liberal Fascism. It was extremely silly.

I started to but gave up like 35 pages in.

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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:15:54pm

re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg

Shorter than Battlefield Earth, but just as brainy.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:16:06pm

re: #112 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Well, then you’ll definitely have to stick together! LOL. My dad was never the mechanically inclined one. That was my mother who did all the plumbing and stuff in our house. It was actually my high school sweetheart/first ex-husband who came to town when I first moved into this place to help with the move, and he helped me choose and tool box and what to put into it and then taught me about wiring. He’s a very good teacher, so I got lucky there.

My dad is a jack-of-all-trades (a bit of a family trait, that) and my father-in-law is a plumber, and my family adores her, so unless she somehow managed to screw that up, she’d be well cared for if need be. She just likes feeling self-sufficient, as you do.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:16:58pm

aha…so this is what set off the moron earlier today:

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:17:06pm

re: #98 Decatur Deb

Home Depot (black-hearted union busters) rent a good 26 ft. ladder for half-days. Check your local store.

homedepot.com

I would have to rent the truck to go with it because that’s not fitting into my Subaru Outback. It’s a good idea, but the extension ladder will work. I dragged that thing to this new place. Might as well put it to use.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:18:24pm
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Danack  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:19:17pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh exactly the same theme:

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Belafon  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:19:36pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well, they might get less white supremacist goals accomplished.

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nines09  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:19:42pm

re: #109 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I agree. I was able to take my girls to see Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns (example), a Vegas institution. They normally don’t let underage kids in, but my kids’ bassist uncle managed it. We had a great time!

I had 2 tickets to Joe Bonamassa and I asked my daughter to come with me.
She did not wish to come. I gently told her it was her loss and took a friend.
His payment was driving me and feeding me and 3 drinks before the show.
My daughter will not lose anything but that moment.
My friend turned to me and said; “Did you know he was that good?”
Uh….
Sometimes…

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ObserverArt  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:19:58pm

re: #37 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Dude. Seriously, thank you. I never would’ve thought of that.

Plus, afterwards I can cut off the dirty bits and fry the potato.

/half

Just keep it away from any gravy.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:21:18pm

re: #90 sagehen

The Fire Department is pure socialism.

We should burn it down.. Oh wait…

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:21:24pm

re: #108 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:21:27pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

man. if the past 1.5 years were discipline, i’d hate to see what undisciplined is.

I’ve got a feeling you’re going to see it, all right….

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Danack  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:22:37pm

I may have found the best thing on the internet tonight:

direct link

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freetoken  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:23:44pm

For my weekly rant about “flippers” and the industry of “flipping” TV shows…

So I’ve watches several episodes of the HGTV show Desert Flippers and of course the show is all about sending people to Lowe’s, Wayfair, (and the even more evil Home Depot) etc. But in the need to do that the show sells the beauty of Palm Springs (often outside the city limits it appears)… and to sell the mystique of the desert to the parts of the country where it rains the producers constantly put up images of palms.

Now, the female show star keeps calling the palms “trees” (which as I always emphasize, palms are not trees)… but that is not the real issue here.

In almost all cases, the palms are untrimmed, unkempt, and in desperate need of attention.

Apparently no one around the area properly takes care of their palms.

Anyway, untrimmed palms are a health menace - rats nests, other vermine, and eventually the leaves when dried (and quite sharp) fall and can cause damage. At least around here, palms are trimmed regularly to avoid these issues.

Yet the show producers keep pimping the joy of desert living by showing the unkept rats nests.

And the show stars, flipping “experts”, appear unaware of the problems with palms, as they are unaware that the ubiquitous fan palms are weeds and an intrusive imported species.

Around here, flippers are always cutting down real trees and removing real bushes, to put in palms. I find it all quite offensive. It’s an appeal to laziness, on the part of flippers, as they can tell their prospective customers (who are overpaying) that the yard is “maintenance free.”

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:23:50pm

re: #125 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

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Belafon  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:26:30pm

Never mind.

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TedStriker  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:28:57pm

re: #34 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I had the glass break off of the light bulb base on one of my outside lights. The threads are still embedded in the fixture. I’ll have to take the window glass out of the fixture and see if I can get at the base with a pair of pliers or something.

Kill the power to the fixture, then use a cut potato to get the broken bulb base out.

Edit: DD beat me to the punch.

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fern01  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:29:51pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

he admitted he has *not* actually read any of them

Confirms my earlier thoughts - it is not that he doesn’t want to read - it is that he can’t read.

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TedStriker  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:30:06pm

re: #45 Decatur Deb

If he skips the step about killing the panel breaker, he can also skip the step about frying the potato.

Yeah, he and the potato will be fried at the same time.

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freetoken  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:31:16pm

HGTV shows tend to hire attractive, very affable stars, and for their flipping shows attractive couples, because what HGTV sells primarily is a fantasy life of the perfect couple.

Except for a few rare producers (such as Alton Brown), the shows are not intended to be educational but escapist, and as I keep repeating, designed to program the viewer with a few keep talking points to take into your local big box home store.

The deeper issue here is the constant reification of “The American Dream”, which factors into many of our society’s problems that come up in politics.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:31:28pm

re: #128 freetoken

For my weekly rant about “flippers” and the industry of “flipping” TV shows…

So I’ve watches several episodes of the HGTV show Desert Flippers and of course the show is all about sending people to Lowe’s, Wayfair, (and the even more evil Home Depot) etc. But in the need to do that the show sells the beauty of Palm Springs (often outside the city limits it appears)… and to sell the mystique of the desert to the parts of the country where it rains the producers constantly put up images of palms.

Now, the female show star keeps calling the palms “trees” (which as I always emphasize, palms are not trees)… but that is not the real issue here.

In almost all cases, the palms are untrimmed, unkempt, and in desperate need of attention.

Apparently no one around the area properly takes care of their palms.

Anyway, untrimmed palms are a health menace - rats nests, other vermine, and eventually the leaves when dried (and quite sharp) fall and can cause damage. At least around here, palms are trimmed regularly to avoid these issues.

Yet the show producers keep pimping the joy of desert living by showing the unkept rats nests.

And the show stars, flipping “experts”, appear unaware of the problems with palms, as they are unaware that the ubiquitous fan palms are weeds and an intrusive imported species.

Around here, flippers are always cutting down real trees and removing real bushes, to put in palms. I find it all quite offensive. It’s an appeal to laziness, on the part of flippers, as they can tell their prospective customers (who are overpaying) that the yard is “maintenance free.”

I’ve always called them palm trees. We have a ton in Las Vegas and some are so incredibly tall and have never ever been trimmed. We’ve had many people killed who tried to trim them from underneath the dead fronds, getting caught under the weight, and smothering to death.

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Targetpractice  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:31:46pm

re: #127 Danack

I may have found the best thing on the internet tonight:

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direct link

Still a better story than Episode 1.

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fern01  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:31:54pm

re: #14 Teukka

And in really authoritarian regimes, you might loose your liberty or even your life…

trump’s dream - his ideal form of government - if he is in charge.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:32:18pm

re: #132 fern01

Confirms my earlier thoughts - it is not that he doesn’t want to read - it is that he can’t read.

He can make out the simple words. I want to see how slow his TelePromTer goes.

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freetoken  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:33:31pm

re: #135 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Palms should only be trimmed by those properly equipped and trained.

Same for large trees.

My rule of thumb is if the plant is more than twice your height then you need to call an arborist.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:34:27pm

re: #138 wrenchwench

He can make out the simple words. I want to see how slow his TelePromTer goes.

I think we at least have an explanation of why he goes off script. Someone else writes his speech, but when they start using big words, he goes “fuck it” and rambles.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:34:28pm

re: #135 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I’ve always called them palm trees. We have a ton in Las Vegas and some are so incredibly tall and have never ever been trimmed. We’ve had many people killed who tried to trim them from underneath the dead fronds, getting caught under the weight, and smothering to death.

“Palm tree” is just standard usage. Nothing can be done about it. Sharks’ teeth are not actually teeth, either, but that’s a losing battle, too.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:35:03pm

re: #105 jaunte

I read Liberal Fascism. It was extremely silly.

I still have a hardcover copy. Next time I shoot my guns I’m using it for target practice.

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Targetpractice  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:35:55pm

The base didn’t save your ass in the midterms, Donny.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:36:01pm

re: #129 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

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steve_davis  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:36:15pm

re: #6 GlutenFreeJesus

Reminds me of the movie Downfall where none of Hitler’s generals could gather the courage to push back against him and his irrational orders.

the best translation of that famous scene in the bunker is when Hitler discovers that Steve Spurrier is NOT going to coach the Gamecocks, after having retired inopportunely halfway through the season.

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ObserverArt  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:37:33pm

re: #69 wrenchwench

It said ‘don’t try this at home’. Has to be done in a dormitory.

Or a detached garage or shed.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:37:47pm

re: #144 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

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steve_davis  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:37:49pm

re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg

Have y’all seen these stupid memes about “Bob Dole made a point to stand and salute Bush so fuck you, you flag kneeling Libtards”?

I honestly thought Dole had been dead the past 10 years.

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:38:08pm
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nicdanger  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:40:07pm

re: #143 Targetpractice

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The base didn’t save your ass in the midterms, Donny.

Oh yeah,that’ll work…go for it spanky .

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:41:01pm

re: #139 freetoken

Palms should only be trimmed by those properly equipped and trained.

Same for large trees.

My rule of thumb is if the plant is more than twice your height then you need to call an arborist.

I agree. I had African Sumac trees at my old house that were basically bushes when they were first planted. I don’t know anything about trimming trees, but I figured it out and by the time we left, they were big wonderful trees with a great canopy. They had gotten to the point, though, where they were tall enough that even with a ladder, I couldn’t reach the highest branches to trim them properly.

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ObserverArt  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:41:02pm

re: #78 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Oh, and I only learned how to wire a light this past year. Wish me luck!

If you have doubts, you can buy an inexpensive circuit tester at Lowes/Home Depot type or hardware store. It can tell you if the circuit is truly off and other info depending of the level of tester.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:41:08pm

The ski area has only been open on Friday Saturday Sunday thus far, eight days as of today. All eight of those days, it snowed.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:41:42pm

re: #141 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

“Palm tree” is just standard usage. Nothing can be done about it. Sharks’ teeth are not actually teeth, either, but that’s a losing battle, too.

I didn’t know that. What are they if they are not teeth?

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:42:23pm

re: #142 teleskiguy

I still have a hardcover copy. Next time I shoot my guns I’m using it for target practice.

But…but…libruls are skeered of gunz!

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:42:59pm

re: #143 Targetpractice

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The base didn’t save your ass in the midterms, Donny.

Yeah, like the base is going to keep him out of prison?

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:43:17pm

re: #155 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

But…but…libruls are skeered of gunz!

You’re talking to a liberal who has field-dressed a black bear, a couple of deer, and an elk.

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ObserverArt  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:43:26pm

re: #81 Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson ✔
@Green_Footballs
BREAKING: White supremacists no longer welcome at Glenn Beck’s joint, even though he’s promoted and profited from their views for years.

Until further notice, or when the heat is off and Glenn can get back with the program.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:43:32pm

Except for trump. When he ran the casino they lost.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:43:37pm

Well, it isn’t every day I run into Drew Carey shopping at Target.

And there he was in the checkout line with nobody asking if he was doing research for a new pricing game…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:43:39pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:43:46pm

re: #157 teleskiguy

You’re talking to a liberal who has field-dressed a black bear, a couple of deer, and and elk.

And I shoot well enough with a handgun to put a watermelon in a grave at 25 yards.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:44:31pm

re: #154 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I didn’t know that. What are they if they are not teeth?

Modified scales. They’re part of the skin, not set in the jawbone (jawcartilage?) like bony fish. That’s why they shed so easily.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:44:44pm

re: #159 I Would Prefer Not To

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Except for trump. When he ran the casino they lost.

Except as a casino owner, he was such a dismal failure that they went bankrupt.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:46:50pm

I have a tiny scar right above my right eyebrow. Scope on my .30/06 made that little crescent moon-shaped scar, I wasn’t holding the rifle properly when I fired it. I was 12.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:47:57pm

re: #165 teleskiguy

I have a tiny scar right above my right eyebrow. Scope on my .30/06 made that little crescent moon-shaped scar, I wasn’t holding the rifle properly when I fired it. I was 12.

As a teenager, I got into a shooting competition at 100 yards with my dad. Him on the .30-06, myself on a little .22 LR semi-automatic. He beat me… barely.

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Targetpractice  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:48:19pm

I continue to believe wholeheartedly that Donny will not finish his term in office. When Mueller finally puts the cap on his investigation, even if Congressional Dems choose not to impeach him, he’s gonna know federal indictments await his final exit past the White House. And everybody from the IRS to NYC is gonna want a pound of flesh before it’s all over. Even if by some miracle he avoids jail time, he’s going to watch everything he owns stripped away from him to pay off debt-collectors. He’s gonna end up leaving so much debt to Ivana’s spawn upon his death that they’ll be paying it off for decades.

So if he’s not already considering making a deal to step down in exchange for some of those charges going away, he’s certainly going to find himself doing so when the GOP leadership make it clear that when it comes to keeping Congress or seeing him out on his ass, they will not hesitate to usher out the front door themselves.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:49:38pm

re: #149 Single-handed sailor

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:51:48pm

re: #142 teleskiguy

I still have a hardcover copy. Next time I shoot my guns I’m using it for target practice.

Want to hear something funny? I haven’t fired any of my guns in over four years. This is a picture of the last time I did so, me and my friends in a nice spot in the White River National Forest. I’m on the left, pointing my shotgun upward.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:52:54pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:53:23pm

plz reload #169 😑

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:53:44pm

re: #169 teleskiguy

Want to hear something funny? I haven’t fired any of my guns in over four years. This is a picture of the last time I did so, me and my friends in a nice spot in the White River National Forest. I’m on the left, pointing my shotgun upward.

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I’m not that far off of you, actually. The last time I went shooting, it was into a devilish headwind with my dad’s 20-gauge against some clay pigeons off of his clay launcher. Mrs. Fish won the day that day, beating myself and my dad.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:55:57pm

re: #169 teleskiguy

Damn. I’m glad I still have this picture. The person who took it - good friend of mine - died two years ago. ☹️

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Dave In Austin  Dec 8, 2018 • 6:57:00pm
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goddamnedfrank  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:00:03pm

Been slowly getting into Red Dead Redemption 2 and it’s deep af, basically Old West Cowboy Skyrim.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:01:02pm

re: #147 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:03:30pm

re: #152 ObserverArt

If you have doubts, you can buy an inexpensive circuit tester at Lowes/Home Depot type or hardware store. It can tell you if the circuit is truly off and other info depending of the level of tester.

I am already the proud owner of a circuit tester which is sitting in my big wonderful toolbox which is filled with all sorts of quality tools!

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:04:39pm

re: #176 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:05:24pm

re: #157 teleskiguy

You’re talking to a liberal who has field-dressed a black bear, a couple of deer, and an elk.

I grew up in a liberal household with a dad who hunted deer every year that he could get a tag and also rabbit hunting. I know how to shoot a weapon and I’m not afraid of guns…healthy respect for them, yes, but I wouldn’t hesitate to use one if my life depended on it.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:08:51pm

My mother, father, all my sisters, nieces and nephew, are all getting together in Summit County, CO at my eldest sister’s condo to exchange gifts for Christmas/Greed Fest (my mom calls it Greed Fest and Clyde The Christmas Camel stands in for Santa Claus) tomorrow. I’ll once again be the only one absent, I’ll be working at the ski area.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:10:18pm

re: #180 teleskiguy

My mother, father, all my sisters, nieces and nephew, are all getting together in Summit County, CO at my eldest sister’s condo to exchange gifts for Christmas/Greed Fest (my mom calls it Greed Fest and Clyde The Christmas Camel stands in for Santa Claus) tomorrow. I’ll once again be the only one absent, I’ll be working at the ski area.

Glad you are working, but sad you won’t be able to see all your family.

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:10:30pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:10:38pm

re: #180 teleskiguy

My mother, father, all my sisters, nieces and nephew, are all getting together in Summit County, CO at my eldest sister’s condo to exchange gifts for Christmas/Greed Fest (my mom calls it Greed Fest and Clyde The Christmas Camel stands in for Santa Claus) tomorrow. I’ll once again be the only one absent, I’ll be working at the ski area.

Mrs. Fish is having the family Christmas at our house this year. I’m not quite certain what possessed her to do this; she has 6 elder siblings, and between them they have something like 24 children. I’m contemplating just hiding in the basement with my cat and a bottle of Everclear.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:11:19pm

re: #181 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Glad you are working, but sad you won’t be able to see all your family.

My youngest sister and I haven’t been in the same room for over seven years. Families are fucked up that way.

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calochortus  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:11:30pm

re: #134 freetoken

HGTV shows tend to hire attractive, very affable stars, and for their flipping shows attractive couples, because what HGTV sells primarily is a fantasy life of the perfect couple.

Except for a few rare producers (such as Alton Brown), the shows are not intended to be educational but escapist, and as I keep repeating, designed to program the viewer with a few keep talking points to take into your local big box home store.

The deeper issue here is the constant reification of “The American Dream”, which factors into many of our society’s problems that come up in politics.

(Bolding mine.)

Which is why they are boring. Also why I don’t miss cable. I like escapism as much as the next person (British mysteries, anyone?) but when it comes to cooking, home improvement, etc. I want to learn something.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:11:43pm

re: #180 teleskiguy

My mother, father, all my sisters, nieces and nephew, are all getting together in Summit County, CO at my eldest sister’s condo to exchange gifts for Christmas/Greed Fest (my mom calls it Greed Fest and Clyde The Christmas Camel stands in for Santa Claus) tomorrow. I’ll once again be the only one absent, I’ll be working at the ski area.

They should make a decorated pile of Festovers for you. And deliver it after you get home from work.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:12:24pm

re: #186 wrenchwench

Upding for Festovers.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:12:31pm

re: #183 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m contemplating just hiding in the basement with my cat and a bottle of Everclear.

Resist all temptation to drink that rotgut swill straight!

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:12:58pm

re: #188 teleskiguy

Resist all temptation to drink that rotgut swill straight!

I’ve taken a shot of it twice. I’m crazy, but I’m not suicidal. At least, not at the moment.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:13:19pm

Well, I read through the last thread (especially the part about the heavenly food known as poutine).

My wife is on the telephone now to a long-time friend in Mexico, who is helping her make arrangements to move to Mérida. (She told him about the neo-Nazi who beat me in the village board election.) My obligation to the village board ends in two days.

Our telephone bill this month may actually be higher than our Internet bill.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:14:35pm

re: #184 teleskiguy

My youngest sister and I haven’t been in the same room for over seven years. Families are fucked up that way.

Present company excluded, I’m sure, but youngest sisters are the worst. Sounds like you did OK in the parent department.

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calochortus  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:14:54pm

re: #183 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Mrs. Fish is having the family Christmas at our house this year. I’m not quite certain what possessed her to do this; she has 6 elder siblings, and between them they have something like 24 children. I’m contemplating just hiding in the basement with my cat and a bottle of Everclear.

We’re doing the traditional Christmas Eve dinner here-it’s a small family, at least those on this coast, but by corralling a couple neighbors and my son-in-law’s parents we should have 12 to 14 people here. Smaller group at my daughter’s house on Christmas for the gift exchange. All very laid back and civilized.

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freetoken  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:15:03pm

A widespread problem, and not just with the flipping shows pushing viewers into big-box stores but also with architecture/new-home shows like Grand Designs, is that fads are being foisted upon the entire concept of residing in home that are antithetical to real human comfort and function.

Here is the cause: the design issues are only being made on looks.

Function, feel, sound, smell… are ignored.

The only thing that matters is the visual, the image.

This is a direct result of television being the mechanism by which to judge these things.

Example - show after show is about installing all hard surfaces. Every ceiling, floor, and wall are tile (or marble for those who can afford it), or vinyl imitation wood, etc.

The rooms become huge echo chambers, especially with the “open concept” (one of the buzzwords these shows train their viewers to use when they go shopping) designs.

You can tell by just listening to the shows. Close your eyes and turn up the volume. All too often you will hear echos… and even sometimes the speakers are intentionally using a soft voice (probably directed by a sound person in production.)

Three walls of glass, marble floors, hard ceilings… and your room is unlivable for more than one person.

This is a trend not just in residences but in public spaces. Last week I linked to an article by Kate (of mcmansionhell.com) about how public spaces such as restaurants are becoming so loud that one can’t hear the person next to you.

Anyway, the house remodels are based on a facile approach to what a residence ought to be.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:15:30pm

re: #191 wrenchwench

Present company excluded, I’m sure, but youngest sisters are the worst. Sounds like you did OK in the parent department.

My mother and father are the most important people in my life, yes.

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retired cynic  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:17:01pm

re: #191 wrenchwench

Present company excluded, I’m sure, but youngest sisters are the worst. Sounds like you did OK in the parent department.

In my extended family, there is only one “youngest sister” in any family. And you are right.

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Belafon  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:18:04pm

re: #175 goddamnedfrank

Been slowly getting into Red Dead Redemption 2 and it’s deep af, basically Old West Cowboy Skyrim.

I bought a PS4 that came with it. I’m waiting for the play disk to install.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:18:12pm

re: #192 calochortus

We’re doing the traditional Christmas Eve dinner here-it’s a small family, at least those on this coast, but by corralling a couple neighbors and my son-in-law’s parents we should have 12 to 14 people here. Smaller group at my daughter’s house on Christmas for the gift exchange. All very laid back and civilized.

Because my family lives so far away from here - the wild north country and the fishbowl are separated by 650 miles as the fish drives - we take every other holiday. This year, my sister and I were home for Thanksgiving Day, and will be away for Christmas. (She will get to see my folks on another day near Christmastime, because they still live back in fish country, whereas I will be with Mrs. Fish’s family for Christmas.) Mrs. Fish’s family is complete and total chaos on the best of days and literally destructive on the worst, but she volunteered our home because Mrs. Fish’s parents’ home is a wreck right now due to the last sibling finally moving out. It’s a mixed bag, but in the end, it’s family and what else can you do?

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:18:35pm

re: #183 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Mrs. Fish is having the family Christmas at our house this year. I’m not quite certain what possessed her to do this; she has 6 elder siblings, and between them they have something like 24 children. I’m contemplating just hiding in the basement with my cat and a bottle of Everclear.

I’d love to have a huge family Christmas. The only way that will happen is if I go to the San Diego area and join my uncle and his now huge family since he married into a Mexican family. They always have at least 30 people for holidays. It’s a lot of fun! This year, I’m by myself for Christmas, then have my girls the following week. My dad and bonus mom will be flying in on New Year’s Day so the next day we will have a Christmas with the kids and then they are going home the following day.

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freetoken  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:18:57pm

re: #185 calochortus

(Bolding mine.)

Which is why they are boring. Also why I don’t miss cable. I like escapism as much as the next person (British mysteries, anyone?) but when it comes to cooking, home improvement, etc. I want to learn something.

Which is why This Old House is still a superior show, IMO.

And unlike the flipping shows, TOH still pushes the idea that craftsmen are desirable for work.

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Belafon  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:19:00pm

re: #191 wrenchwench

Present company excluded, I’m sure, but youngest sisters are the worst. Sounds like you did OK in the parent department.

In my family, it’s the middle child that’s the problem. I can show you up and down the tree where that’s an issue.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:19:12pm

re: #194 teleskiguy

My mother and father are the most important people in my life, yes.

Especially my mother. Out of all the people in the world. Her and I are so like each other, it’s rather weird. If our personality traits were a Venn Diagram it would be a circle. Genetics are something else.

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calochortus  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:19:37pm

re: #193 freetoken

Not to mention the joys of “green” remodels. Ya know, it’s way greener to slap a coat of paint onto your existing cabinetry than it is to buy sustainably raised bamboo or some such. So, we get by with our dated floorplan and 55 year old kitchen cabinets. It’s cheaper too. ;)

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:19:57pm

Wow. Unreal.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:20:26pm

re: #184 teleskiguy

My youngest sister and I haven’t been in the same room for over seven years. Families are fucked up that way.

I hear you. I’ve written off the one cousin who still lives in town and we were always close. She’s lost her ever-loving mind, however, and I’m done. My little sister and I were never close, but she’s finally getting her act together and using her head and things have started really changing for us this year. I’m happy about that.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:21:34pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

I got to the second tweet in the thread and my mind went

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Belafon  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:21:36pm

re: #185 calochortus

(Bolding mine.)

Which is why they are boring. Also why I don’t miss cable. I like escapism as much as the next person (British mysteries, anyone?) but when it comes to cooking, home improvement, etc. I want to learn something.

I stick to the morning shows on the food networks, which all tend to be the how-to-cook ones. I watch Guy so that if I’m ever in a town I know where to go eat. I don’t care for the bake-offs at all.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:22:14pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

Jonah Goldberg is not an idiot; he’s trying to appeal to idiots. Science is not scepticism. Moreover, he’s using the word in an equivocation fallacy.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:23:55pm

re: #195 retired cynic

In my extended family, there is only one “youngest sister” in any family. And you are right.

My youngest sister has a twin, my second youngest sister. It’s almost a tough decision which is worse, they work together. They think 5 minutes is an age difference. They had a problem when my dad married a woman 10 years younger than mom, and when I hooked up with a guy 19 years my senior (30 years later, he married me, 4 years ago).

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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:23:59pm

“For my birthday this year, I did a 10-day silent vipassana meditation, in a country few of you could afford to visit, which I will now brag about in a multi-tweet thread broadcast to millions.”

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retired cynic  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:24:17pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

Wow. Unreal.

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You consume more carbon in singular pursuits than 90% of the world’s population. Your ego and its available resources are literally killing the planet you cherish because you cannot see beyond your own selfish need. Meditate on that. And ban the nazis including Trump.

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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:24:53pm

I’m just going to sit with the pain of knowing this about Jack without attempting to change posture.

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freetoken  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:25:06pm

re: #202 calochortus

The flipping/remodel shows are all about taking sledgehammers to stuff.

As fantasy shows, part of their appeal is aggression.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:25:59pm

What a venal fucking shitweasel.

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William Lewis  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:26:04pm

re: #175 goddamnedfrank

Been slowly getting into Red Dead Redemption 2 and it’s deep af, basically Old West Cowboy Skyrim.

My son got me to download Warframe onto our Nintendo Switch. I play it and Skyrim depending on my mood. Both are great games and make great reasons (along with the newest Zelda) to own a Switch.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:26:31pm
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calochortus  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:27:38pm

re: #212 freetoken

The flipping/remodel shows are all about taking sledgehammers to stuff.

As fantasy shows, part of their appeal is aggression.

Doesn’t appeal to me. I don’t really do aggression. Being of northern European extraction I have learned to suppress all inappropriate feelings.
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Dave In Austin  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:27:45pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:28:25pm

I’m still going to use Twitter, because it is a good thing and I read, see, hear good things all the time on the website. Still, @jack is a fucking slimy cock-knocker who clearly has *no idea* what happens on the thing he invented and still gets to enjoy his billions in an incredibly selfish shitty fashion.

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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:28:39pm

How silent is a meditation if you tell everyone about it later?

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Mattand  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:28:48pm

Keeping with the theme of family Xmas gatherings: I’ve got a Fox News Xmas with the in-laws coming up. I foresee lots of dog walking that week.

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calochortus  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:29:54pm

re: #219 jaunte

How silent is a meditation if you tell everyone about it later?

And I’m sooo glad he had that great advice to give to people with chronic pain. I’m sure they’ll all be grateful.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:29:54pm

re: #219 jaunte

What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?

Get me one with everything.

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TedStriker  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:30:48pm

re: #199 freetoken

Which is why This Old House is still a superior show, IMO.

And unlike the flipping shows, TOH still pushes the idea that craftsmen are desirable for work.

Love TOH and New Yankee Workshop (IMO, Norm Abram carried TOH, especially during the Bob Vila era).

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retired cynic  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:31:36pm

re: #223 TedStriker

Love TOH and New Yankee Workshop (IMO, Norm Abram carried TOH, especially during the Bob Vila era).

My dad recorded hours HOURS of him on both shows.

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:32:01pm

re: #211 jaunte

I’m just going to sit with the pain of knowing this about Jack without attempting to change posture.

For ten days, I put myself on mute. Next birthday; block.’

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:33:11pm
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austin_blue  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:34:19pm

re: #205 teleskiguy

I got to the second tweet in the thread and my mind went

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Nice pictures, considering that no devices were allowed, eh?

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plansbandc  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:34:28pm

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plansbandc  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:36:11pm

Private comment is a ridiculous story. It’s under wraps because it’s utterly self indulgent.

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TedStriker  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:37:36pm

re: #224 retired cynic

My dad recorded hours HOURS of him on both shows.

I know that Tim Allen has gone way off the rails in recent years, letting his conservative bent take him over, but one of the best tributes he ever did was basing, in large part, Al Borland’s very competent master plumber/contractor persona in Home Improvement on Abram.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:37:55pm

re: #184 teleskiguy

My youngest sister and I haven’t been in the same room for over seven years. Families are fucked up that way.

My sister and I didn’t say like more than 10 words to each other for 45 years. Then after my mom passed away we became BFFs.

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bd(Redacted)  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:38:01pm

re: #226 Charles Johnson

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l o freaking l

On day 11, all I wanted to do was listen to music, and I again turned to my favorite poet, @kendricklamar

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:40:10pm

Good guy dog with a gun.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:40:40pm

re: #231 The Vicious Babushka

My sister and I didn’t say like more than 10 words to each other for 45 years. Then after my mom passed away we became BFFs.

This honestly made me a little weepy.

Happy Hanukkah Alouette.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:41:55pm

The next time someone tells me “I gotta be honest” my immediate retort is going to be “No, you don’t.”

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:42:39pm

re: #223 TedStriker

Love TOH and New Yankee Workshop (IMO, Norm Abram carried TOH, especially during the Bob Vila era).

Norm and Tommy Silva and Rich Trethewey—you know, the guys who know what they’re talking about. I couldn’t watch it when Vila was on there because his schtick of listening to what they said and then solemnly repeating it as if it was bubbling up from his deep, inexhaustible well of knowledge was just too painful.

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retired cynic  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:44:26pm

re: #236 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Norm and Tommy Silva and Rich Trethewey—you know, the guys who know what they’re talking about. I couldn’t watch it when Vila was on there because his schtick of listening to what they said and then solemnly repeating it as if it was bubbling up from his deep, inexhaustible well of knowledge was just too painful.

Bob Vila is a standing joke around here. Any time some one would say here’s what we should do, the quote was “Who do you think you are, Bob Vila?”

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retired cynic  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:47:11pm

re: #237 retired cynic

Bob Vila is a standing joke around here. Any time some one would say here’s what we should do, the quote was “Who do you think you are, Bob Vila?”

Well. You know, it sounds funnier in conversation….

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:48:29pm

re: #184 teleskiguy

My youngest sister and I haven’t been in the same room for over seven years. Families are fucked up that way.

You are not alone. I have absolutely no desire to take Amtrak back to Pennsylvania to see relatives. Don’t need to hear their insults or endlessly reciting 19th Century Fox talking points.

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TedStriker  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:49:51pm

re: #236 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Norm and Tommy Silva and Rich Trethewey—you know, the guys who know what they’re talking about. I couldn’t watch it when Vila was on there because his schtick of listening to what they said and then solemnly repeating it as if it was bubbling up from his deep, inexhaustible well of knowledge was just too painful.

re: #237 retired cynic

Bob Vila is a standing joke around here. Any time some one would say here’s what we should do, the quote was “Who do you think you are, Bob Vila?”

To his credit, Vila did show quite a bit of self-deprecation on his guest appearances on the aforementioned Home Improvement, even as he played the straight man to Tim Allen’s comic foil.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:50:13pm

re: #226 Charles Johnson

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Sounds like fucking labor during childbirth. Dude needs to get a grip.

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:52:05pm
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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:52:27pm

re: #228 plansbandc

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wrenchwench  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:54:59pm

re: #241 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Sounds like fucking labor during childbirth. Dude needs to get a grip.

He should go try to sleep on a concrete floor in a chain link cage in Texas, with 30 or 40 children. That might do something for his soul.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:55:08pm

re: #190 Anymouse 🌹

Well, I read through the last thread (especially the part about the heavenly food known as poutine).

Talking about poutine brings back memories of the Hot Roast Beef sandwich served at the Maple Restaurant in Ambridge PA

And their Cole slaw on the side.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 7:59:20pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:01:42pm

The latest recipient of a one-year ad-free LGF subscription from a secret Santa:

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Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:01:58pm

re: #211 jaunte

I’m just going to sit with the pain of knowing this about Jack without attempting to change posture.

And I’m sitting at the computer playing Bridge on Pogo with the comments shut off. Hard to bid using Stayman and Blackwood conventions with Jacoby transfer bids while someone is typing the latest 19th Century Fox BS.

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ipsos  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:04:36pm

re: #228 plansbandc

I love Blake’s Lotaburger. Love love love love love it.

One more shitty upstate NY winter and i might just leave everything behind here and keep driving west until I get to my first Blake’s.

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BlueGrl21  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:04:55pm

re: #239 Joe Bacon 🌹

You are not alone. I have absolutely no desire to take Amtrak back to Pennsylvania to see relatives. Don’t need to hear their insults or endlessly reciting 19th Century Fox talking points.

I’ve written off almost all of my mother’s family. A charming mix of Trump-supporting, anti-vax, Conservative Christian nut jobs. Only one I stay in touch with is my youngest cousin, and he and I are close. He got caught with a prostitute years ago and it snapped him out of it.

Everyone on my dad’s side of the family is bipolar or schizophrenic so family gatherings turn into comparisons of medications and lots of discussions about PBS series in between speaking in quiet voices about the latest involuntary commitment in the family.

My husband and I just stay home.

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ObserverArt  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:07:23pm

re: #245 Joe Bacon 🌹

Talking about poutine brings back memories of the Hot Roast Beef sandwich served at the Maple Restaurant in Ambridge PA

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I was waiting for someone to post a hot roast beef, chicken or turkey sandwich with gravy over everything.

Joe with the classics and giving another look at one of today’s food quandaries.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:10:41pm

re: #251 ObserverArt

I was waiting for someone to post a hot roast beef, chicken or turkey sandwich with gravy over everything.

Joe with the classics and giving another look at one of today’s food quandaries.

Art, growing up in Western PA, lunch was sandwiches made with Isaly’s Chip Chopped Ham on Town Talk Bread. Fridays were either Fish sandwiches or pierogis. Payday was Hot Roast Beef Sandwich time with The Slaw!

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Jay C  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:11:15pm

re: #245 Joe Bacon 🌹

Talking about poutine brings back memories of the Hot Roast Beef sandwich served at the Maple Restaurant in Ambridge PA

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Man, that sandwich looks like something out of Lileks’ old Gallery Of Regrettable Food: but that coleslaw more than makes up for it: sweet.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:12:03pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:12:06pm

re: #183 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Mrs. Fish is having the family Christmas at our house this year. I’m not quite certain what possessed her to do this; she has 6 elder siblings, and between them they have something like 24 children. I’m contemplating just hiding in the basement with my cat and a bottle of Everclear.

Is the Everclear for you or the cat?

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:12:50pm

re: #149 Single-handed sailor

Liberals want spool-killing road regulations!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:12:50pm

Isaly’s Chip Chopped Ham and once a week it was heated up with the BBQ Sauce and spooned on hamburger buns for dinner.

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:13:29pm

Oh my!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:14:17pm

re: #258 Single-handed sailor

Oh my!

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Blessed is HE who COMES in the NAME of The LORD!

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retired cynic  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:15:35pm

re: #258 Single-handed sailor

Oh my!

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Ohhhhhh myyyyyyyy

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Charles Johnson  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:19:41pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:20:53pm

re: #180 teleskiguy

My mother, father, all my sisters, nieces and nephew, are all getting together in Summit County, CO at my eldest sister’s condo to exchange gifts for Christmas/Greed Fest (my mom calls it Greed Fest and Clyde The Christmas Camel stands in for Santa Claus) tomorrow. I’ll once again be the only one absent, I’ll be working at the ski area.

I’m glad you have work (and snow to ski on), but sorry you won’t be able to be with your family.

I have not been with my family over the holidays for a couple decades … that said, my wife and my sister are of the opinion my step-father isn’t going to make it that long.

We’re planning a trip to Chicago in January, but we might have to move that up.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:20:57pm

re: #258 Single-handed sailor

Oh my!

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Long Distance Dedication Time from JB to Fartwell Jr.!

Tone Loc - Wild Thing

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:21:37pm

re: #174 Dave In Austin

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:25:23pm

re: #259 Joe Bacon 🌹

Blessed is HE who COMES in the NAME of The LORD!

Lol!! **snort**

But Falwell will tell you all about how transgender people using bathrooms and gays getting married is destroying the moral fabric of America.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:27:44pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:28:38pm

Oh, I hope Franky Graham Cracker is the next Pulpit Pimp to go down!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:29:09pm

re: #223 TedStriker

Love TOH and New Yankee Workshop (IMO, Norm Abram carried TOH, especially during the Bob Vila era).

Norm Abram is why when I look at cabinetry and furniture in stores I shake my head in disgust

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retired cynic  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:29:47pm

re: #267 Joe Bacon 🌹

Oh, I hope Franky Graham Cracker is the next Pulpit Pimp to go down!

Thee and Me. Just for the sheer hypocrisy factor: off the charts!

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ObserverArt  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:29:59pm

re: #267 Joe Bacon 🌹

Oh, I hope Franky Graham Cracker is the next Pulpit Pimp to go down!

He may have already.

What?

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bd(Redacted)  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:30:50pm

re: #267 Joe Bacon 🌹

Oh, I hope Franky Graham Cracker is the next Pulpit Pimp to go down!

Everyone who Trump teams up with gets destroyed

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:31:01pm

re: #247 Charles Johnson

The latest recipient of a one-year ad-free LGF subscription from a secret Santa:

HappyWarrior

Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

Awesome. Thanks Secret Santa.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:33:01pm

re: #88 nines09

Coming in here after the fact. In my humble experience taking a kid of any age to a good band is one very good thing to do for anyone of any age.
And I think when you come back from this you MAY agree.
If not, try another band.

We had such a great time. Yeah, the mix was off for the first few songs, but it got fixed and sounded great. First, it was great to see this crowd of mostly baby boomers bouncing in their seats to the music. But mostly it was about Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar virtuosity and songwriting prowess. His voice is a touch roached, but he hit it when it mattered. The words “Fleetwood Mac” were never uttered, but he did talk a bit about looking forward and alluded to undergoing life changes that left him humbled and blessed. For me, “Big Love” was transcendent. Precision fingerpicking in a punk style. “Tusk” was great, too. You don’t need the UCLA band, it turns out. So glad we went, and my son had a great time as well.

As a note: my 14yo is a huge Dylan fan (didn’t get that from me), Talking Heads, and lately it’s always The Clash in the car. None of those are or were my go-to bands. But I write this to say that he probably had his own approach to tonight’s concert.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:33:09pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:36:38pm

re: #218 teleskiguy

I’m still going to use Twitter, because it is a good thing and I read, see, hear good things all the time on the website. Still, @jack is a fucking slimy cock-knocker who clearly has *no idea* what happens on the thing he invented and still gets to enjoy his billions in an incredibly selfish shitty fashion.

He knows what happens on Twitter. With the millions of people who are harassed, Nazis, white supremacists, people who threaten rape or other violence, and all the complaints he gets about it (then bans those who complain), he not only knows, he is complicit.

The only way Twitter will be improved is for good people to leave it (as Leslie Jones did), or Dorsey to change. Since he is a Libertarian and supports fascism, the second won’t happen.

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jaunte  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:41:45pm

One other thing. What kind of whiny obsessive counts his mosquito bites?

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:41:50pm

re: #275 Anymouse 🌹

Thanks. I’ll take it under advisement.

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:43:33pm
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bd(Redacted)  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:46:53pm

re: #276 jaunte

One other thing. What kind of whiny obsessive counts his mosquito bites?

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teleskiguy  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:47:26pm
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Barefoot Grin  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:47:46pm

re: #233 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Good guy dog with a gun.

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Oh man, I have a sleeping dog curled up beside me. Not showing her this….

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:50:31pm

re: #226 Charles Johnson

Jack has become the IT version of Gwyneth Paltrow.

And if sitting cross-legged for 35 minutes creates that much pain, Jack, you might consider daily yoga practice to limber up some.

Unless your idea of pain is like a 2 on the nurses’ 10-point scale.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:50:39pm

re: #235 teleskiguy

The next time someone tells me “I gotta be honest” my immediate retort is going to be “No, you don’t.”

If there was a vaccine to prevent autism, would antivaxxers take it?

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Belafon  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:53:34pm

re: #258 Single-handed sailor

Oh my!

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This turning out to be true, and I’m not ready to claim a buzzfeed article is, would be a major freaking blow to the evangelical movement. Please let it be true.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:54:12pm

re: #266 goddamnedfrank

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Brag about being quiet in a country whose Buddhists are engaged in genocide.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:54:14pm

re: #258 Single-handed sailor

Was it a threesome, or did Jerry and his wife hook up separately with the pool boy?

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:54:32pm

re: #283 Anymouse 🌹

If there was a vaccine to prevent autism, would antivaxxers take it?

There’s actually a lot of divide in the autistic community on that subject.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:55:32pm

re: #284 Belafon

This turning out to be true, and I’m not ready to claim a buzzfeed article is, would be a major freaking blow to the evangelical movement. Please let it be true.

I definitely wonder about Falwell and Graham.

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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:56:45pm

Well damn, there I was on Mulholland all set with camera and tripod for the launch tonight, which got cancelled. Oh well next time.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:57:01pm

re: #285 Barefoot Grin

Brag about being quiet in a country whose Buddhists are engaged in genocide.

Privilege it’s a thing.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:57:28pm

re: #258 Single-handed sailor

Oh my!

Stand by for a Jimmy Swaggart-type confession of sin, then right back to the grift.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 8, 2018 • 8:57:59pm

re: #273 Barefoot Grin

We had such a great time. Yeah, the mix was off for the first few songs, but it got fixed and sounded great. First, it was great to see this crowd of mostly baby boomers bouncing in their seats to the music. But mostly it was about Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar virtuosity and songwriting prowess. His voice is a touch roached, but he hit it when it mattered. The words “Fleetwood Mac” were never uttered, but he did talk a bit about looking forward and alluded to undergoing life changes that left him humbled and blessed. For me, “Big Love” was transcendent. Precision fingerpicking in a punk style. “Tusk” was great, too. You don’t need the UCLA band, it turns out. So glad we went, and my son had a great time as well.

As a note: my 14yo is a huge Dylan fan (didn’t get that from me), Talking Heads, and lately it’s always The Clash in the car. None of those are or were my go-to bands. But I write this to say that he probably had his own approach to tonight’s concert.

USC. and thanks for the story. You are a good dad. Rock on.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Dec 8, 2018 • 9:00:23pm

re: #290 HappyWarrior

Privilege it’s a thing.

Lifestyles of the rich and self-indulgent.

Kinda what Buddha was trying to escape way back when.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 8, 2018 • 9:01:29pm

re: #293 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

Lifestyles of the rich and self-indulgent.

Kinda what Buddha was trying to escape way back when.

Can’t upding enough. Of course, there have been no shortage of “Jack” Buddhists over the centuries.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 8, 2018 • 9:01:34pm

re: #279 bd(Redacted)

As someone on that thread noted, his meditative experience won’t cure malaria or Dengue fever … and he got 117 chances at that in a matter of minutes.

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KGxvi  Dec 8, 2018 • 9:06:43pm

re: #258 Single-handed sailor

A presidential candidate engaging in straight (no pun intended) blackmail like this is…

is…

Fuck, I don’t even know what this is. I can’t even begin to think of a comparison.

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William Lewis  Dec 8, 2018 • 9:20:34pm

re: #267 Joe Bacon 🌹

Oh, I hope Franky Graham Cracker is the next Pulpit Pimp to go down!

It may sound odd, but I will pray for that & light a candle tomorrow, for that very thing.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 8, 2018 • 9:21:34pm

re: #251 ObserverArt

I was waiting for someone to post a hot roast beef, chicken or turkey sandwich with gravy over everything.

Joe with the classics and giving another look at one of today’s food quandaries.

Except for the gravy over the fries. Yuck! The rest of it looks yummy!

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Amory Blaine  Dec 8, 2018 • 10:17:59pm

re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth

Mr. Bean - How to Make Your own Twiglets

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 8, 2018 • 10:28:07pm

re: #246 teleskiguy

Might be the only time that Chester Arthur came up in a contemporary thriller.


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