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Saturday Evening Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  October 24, 20156:30 pm| 304 Comments

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what’s the german word for almost feeling sorry for someone before you realize they’re a horrible person and lol instead

— maura candy for you (@maura) October 23, 2015

@maura Schnadenfuckthem

— Melinda Green (@greenmelinda) October 23, 2015

Boehnerfreude. https://t.co/tt7NlyQoNM

— Big Spooky Jeb! Lund (@Mobute) October 23, 2015

***********

I’ve got multiple essential & time-sensitive projects waiting, and yet am signally failing to get my arse into gear.

What’s on the agenda for the evening in your neigborhood(s)?

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    October 24, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    I’ve got multiple essential & time-sensitive projects waiting, and yet am signally failing to get my arse into gear.

    Welcome to my world.

  2. 2.

    Tara the Antisocial Social Worker

    October 24, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    Procrastinating working on my fiction writing, same as every night.

    Listening to an old Capital Steps album from ’01.

  3. 3.

    Brachiator

    October 24, 2015 at 6:37 pm

    I have been puttering around my apartment, procrastinating and avoid major work on some important projects.

    And now I see that Amazon has the first two episodes of the new series “The Man in the High Castle,” available for free streaming, so now I have a good excuse for slaking off.

    I promise to get more done tomorrow. Maybe. Right after I watch the latest Doctor Who episode, “The Woman Who Lived.”

    ETA: Oh, yeah, I also have to fit in listening to the “Alexander Hamilton” musical MP3. I can fit in a little work somewhere.

  4. 4.

    Mandalay

    October 24, 2015 at 6:41 pm

    Poor Jeb! is getting seriously rag dolled by the rotweiler this afternoon…

    “Bush has no money, he’s meeting today with mommy and daddy, and they’re working on his campaign,”…

    “He’s a guy wants to run our country and he can’t even run his own campaign. Think of it,”….

    “You have all these people, what do you need these people for?…I put up less money than everyone else, and I’m number one.”

    Being called a mommy’s boy is probably not helpful when you are running for president.

  5. 5.

    SarahT

    October 24, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    Procrastinating, of course. All the other kids are doing it & I hate being left out.

  6. 6.

    Davebo

    October 24, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    And the rain continues. Looking at the radar it’s a good thing most folks in IAH won’t be trying to go to work tomorrow.

    Looks like a good Saturday night to stay home, watch some football, and drink heavily.

  7. 7.

    Corner Stone

    October 24, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    What’s on the agenda for the evening in your neigborhood(s)

    Just wondering what others do when they get that not so…fresh..feeling?

  8. 8.

    Trollhattan

    October 24, 2015 at 6:46 pm

    Soccer. At match 2 of 4.

    No beer [sadface]

  9. 9.

    Phylllis

    October 24, 2015 at 6:49 pm

    Watching Tennessee let a great chance to upset Bama slip through their fingers.

  10. 10.

    Gex

    October 24, 2015 at 6:51 pm

    Going bowling with some pals for my bday later on. Havin’ a pretty good day.

  11. 11.

    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 6:52 pm

    ¿Jeb? has meltdown in front of audience

    If this election is about how we’re going to fight to get nothing done, then I don’t want any part of it. I don’t want to be elected president to sit around and see gridlock just become so dominant that people literally are in decline in their lives. That is not my motivation.

    I’ve got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them.

    That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that.

    He concluded saying:

    I can handle things — I’m smart! Not like everyone says — like dumb. I’m smart and I want respect!

  12. 12.

    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 6:53 pm

    I more or less pissed away the day and am feeling a bit guilty. Spent the last year and a half getting a new kitchen, new flooring and two new baths. Next up is new interior doors and some floor boards and trim. The cost of this work was more expensive than I anticipated so I’m gonna have to do some serious painting myself. I have painted so much in my lifetime and I really hate it. Was hoping that my budget would allow me to hire my contractor to finish the painting, but looks like I gotta do it myself.

  13. 13.

    SarahT

    October 24, 2015 at 6:54 pm

    @Corner Stone: Booze shower.

  14. 14.

    dmsilev

    October 24, 2015 at 6:55 pm

    @David Koch: Against all evidence, I am forced to conclude that George W. was the competent one in his family.

  15. 15.

    Anne Laurie

    October 24, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    @Gex: Happy birthday, and many happy returns!

  16. 16.

    Eric S.

    October 24, 2015 at 6:58 pm

    The Girl and I have reservations at Mon Ami Gabi. Mmmmmm, steak frites.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    October 24, 2015 at 6:58 pm

    @Gex:

    Happy birthday. Bowl 300.

    @David Koch:

    I hope he gets professional help when this is all over.

  18. 18.

    Gex

    October 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    @Anne Laurie: Why, thank you!

  19. 19.

    WereBear

    October 24, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    @David Koch: I can’t remember hearing anything so pathetic from any Presidential candidates.

  20. 20.

    Ruckus

    October 24, 2015 at 7:02 pm

    I’m getting everything done that I want. Of course procrastination is my primary goal so getting things done by not doing anything is perfection.

  21. 21.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2015 at 7:02 pm

    ‘Sorry, Malia Obama’: Brown University Newspaper Apologizes After Students Post Photos Of Visit

    Noting that the college application process is stressful enough without the whole world watching, The Brown Daily Herald apologized this week on behalf of students who posted images of the first daughter’s recent campus tour at Brown University, creating a social media frenzy.

    The incident occurred last week after The Daily Caller, a conservative news outlet, kicked off the media frenzy after obtaining a Snapchat photo showing 17-year-old Malia standing in front of cups arranged for a game of beer pong. She is not seen playing the game or drinking alcohol in the photo.

    …The editorial concludes that “Malia did not choose to grow up in the White House, and it is unfair that everything she does at just 17 years old is subject to such harsh scrutiny. While the chances of her selecting Brown have probably decreased since the publication of those articles, if she does ever come back to Brown, hopefully next time we will ‘have more chill.'”

    http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2015/10/_sorry_malia_obama_brown_university_apologizes_after_students_post_photos.html

  22. 22.

    dexwood

    October 24, 2015 at 7:02 pm

    @dogwood:
    As someone who put himself through college painting houses, interior and exterior ( two coats, no pants ), I hear you. Consider, however, you are spending bucks to make this house what you want. Paint what you must, save some money, get quality work from someone who cares.

  23. 23.

    Eric S.

    October 24, 2015 at 7:05 pm

    @David Koch: Watching Godfather II, like me?

  24. 24.

    Ruckus

    October 24, 2015 at 7:06 pm

    @dmsilev:
    I’d say the evidence supports you. But being the most competent in that family is a damn low bar.

    ETA DAMN YOU efgoldman.

  25. 25.

    dmsilev

    October 24, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    @efgoldman: And yet, somehow, Jeb failed to clear it.

  26. 26.

    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 7:08 pm

    @David Koch:
    I’m not sure that the first part of that is actually a meltdown; a lot of it rings true.

  27. 27.

    JPL

    October 24, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    @David Koch: He needs to get his ball and go home.

  28. 28.

    Ruckus

    October 24, 2015 at 7:11 pm

    @JPL:
    Problem is that it isn’t his ball to take home.

    And he’s just realizing it.

  29. 29.

    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    @dogwood: I don’t know. Castigating voters that he has better things to do than socialize with peons so they better shape up or he’s taking his ball silver spoon and going home is the epitome of a psychological collapse.

  30. 30.

    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 7:15 pm

    @dexwood:
    As I went through all these projects I was pretty much on the money when my contractor wrote up the various bids. None of them were shocking at all. It was the cost of the interior doors and new molding that was much higher than I expected. But it’s a custom home built I the 60’s and none of the doors are standard.

  31. 31.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 7:17 pm

    @Gex: Hey Happy Birthday! I hope there are many more that are even better.

    As for the original question, I’m about to pop open a hillbilly Dr. Brown’s* and catch up on my surfing. I may also start a book, though Mr. Q commandeered my first choice (The English Spy).

    I got to go trick or treating at a strip mall shopping center today. The kiddo of the cafe owners wanted to go – it’s the center across from the cafe – and I offered to watch the store while his mother took him. She said I could go if I wanted, so I gave the 6 year old tot his choice, emphasizing that his choice would not hurt my feelings. He picked me. So one pair of sparkly cat ears later, off we went.

    I asked ma to call Mr. Q and explain that I’d been drafted; as we were waiting for the walk light he drove past us on his way home from the barber. Unsurprised to see me somehow.

    *Cherry Dr. Pepper tastes remarkably like Dr. Brown’s Black Cherry Soda, which I discovered at the cafe mentioned above.

  32. 32.

    Flanders' Other Neighbor

    October 24, 2015 at 7:20 pm

    Tim Urban explains procrastination, and then lays out the procrastination matrix.

  33. 33.

    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    Last night in Puerto Morelos. I’ve had one nice cenote dive today, wound up scuttled on a high difficulty cavern dive (water levels too high and murky, acid layer below 90 too churned and too murky to ensure not being lost in a labyrinth), been excessively day drinking and am now going out, unbathed and unshaven, to have a steak and drinks; plus, there’s some sort of festival.

    I figure if any woman wants to party with me, they have to get past stubble and dive stink. If they can manage without retching, that’s the woman for me.

  34. 34.

    PurpleGirl

    October 24, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    @Gex: Happy B-day. Have a good time.

  35. 35.

    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 7:22 pm

    Anonymous donor told The Washington Post that Bush’s campaign had entered a “death spiral,” the former Florida governor said that reports of his campaign’s struggling were nonsense.

    “Blah, blah, blah,” he said. “That’s my answer — blah, blah, blah.”

    That’s an actual quote – “Blah, blah, blah,” He said it twice!

    He’s ready for a rubber room.

  36. 36.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 24, 2015 at 7:24 pm

    @Mandalay: Ja, wir haben heute Jebenfreude, und Bushenfreude

    @David Koch: as Nancy LeTourneau points out, it’s a bit much to see that NYT article, with the vile old racist warthog John Sununu and Andy “never roll out a new product in August” Card lamenting what that vulgar man form one of the outer boroughs is doing the Grand Old Party

  37. 37.

    PaulW

    October 24, 2015 at 7:25 pm

    still writing stories to get things out of the way before I work on the novel for NaNo next week. sigh.

    Waiting for the Doctor Who episode tonight. Arya Stark will get her revenge against Davros.

  38. 38.

    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 7:26 pm

    @David Koch:
    You’re probably right, I guess I just don’t much care about Jeb or his campaign. I would have been happy to see him win the nomination, because I think he’s a weak campaigner with an albatross of a brother, but it sounds as if he’s going to fold his tent.

  39. 39.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2015 at 7:27 pm

    But, they re-elected him.

    ………………….

    Gov. Sam Brownback in deep hole with Kansans

    Lots of numbers in a new statewide survey of Kansas from Fort Hays State University, but here’s the stunner:

    Only 18 percent of state residents said they were “very” or “somewhat satisfied” with GOP Gov. Sam Brownback.

    Kansas, in case there’s any misunderstanding, is a heavily Republican state.

    President Barack Obama, long a punching bag for Republicans, rated higher. Some 28 percent of respondents expressed satisfaction with the Democratic chief executive.

    Bob Beatty, a political scientist at Washburn University, told the Topeka Capital-Journal that Brownback’s poll numbers were “epic.

    “This could be some of the lowest approval ratings of any Kansas governor in history,” he said.

    http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article41315862.html

  40. 40.

    JPL

    October 24, 2015 at 7:28 pm

    Let’s see if the Sunday shows discuss Jeb’s little tantrum tomorrow. Imagine if Hillary did something similar.

  41. 41.

    SarahT

    October 24, 2015 at 7:29 pm

    Apologies if this was posted on earlier thread, but HAHAHAHA:

    http://www.dailydot.com/lol/hillary-clinton-fugazi-hearings/

  42. 42.

    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 7:29 pm

    Trump:

    Jeb Bush told staffers he can’t afford to pay them, but they can laugh at him for free.

    I just ❤️‍ how he’s kicking ¿Jeb? in the nuts every day, whether it’s 9/11 or Iraq or his low-energy or the collapse of his campaign, he’s relentless.

  43. 43.

    bmaccnm

    October 24, 2015 at 7:31 pm

    @Mandalay: I waded up to my ankles in the comment section there. Way too slimy and I think something bit me. The conservative base has gone insane. And Mr. Trump is vulgar, and repulsive to me. Does anyone find mindless sniping attractive in a presidential candidate?

  44. 44.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 7:33 pm

    Speaking of Kansas, former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline filed suit in federal court Sunday in an attempt to have his law license reinstated, I’m partway through the opinion suspending his license. Which suggests I really need to get a life, in spite of today’s adventure in trick or treating.

    Years ago I had some cases with Kline’s attorney (and his father). They are earnest and capable, while being severely misguided.

  45. 45.

    sidhra

    October 24, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    @David Koch: Is that his final answer. or is he calling a friend? My god, he’s so toast.

  46. 46.

    mclaren

    October 24, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    @Eric S.:

    Watching Godfather II, like me?

    Oh, so you’re watching that documentary on the Bush family.

  47. 47.

    JMG

    October 24, 2015 at 7:35 pm

    G.W. never lost an election (one tie). Jeb lost his very first one. What made people think he was such a smart guy to begin with?

    Golf season winding down on the Cape, played today but it was unpleasant. Swordfish for dinner, college football for dessert.

  48. 48.

    jl

    October 24, 2015 at 7:35 pm

    ” I’ve got multiple essential & time-sensitive projects waiting, and yet am signally failing to get my arse into gear. ”

    Same here. I’ve lost count and can’t care right now.

    I ate too damn much at the farmer’s market this morning.
    The thing used to be an actual farmers market.
    Now it’s one third stands full of artisanal cheese and jams and mysterious whatnots, and a third pop up restaurants bakeries and coffee joints, and a third actual stands with fruit, produce, eggs and meat, like you should see at a farmers market.
    I was going to just go and spend a few bucks on some precious little baby artisanal lettuces and greens… but nooooooooooo…

    Edit: when it was a real farmers market, had more real variety of fruits and vegetables. Thing really stinks for getting melons and eggplants now. Keep going thinking I’ll get little crunchy Thai and Indian eggplants like I used to, or Persan melons, but they don’t have them no more. Profit margin probably not high enough on that stuff.

  49. 49.

    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    @dogwood: We thought we were done with our major addition Thursday. I talked to the painter and he really felt we’d be much happier if we painted the whole house. We decided to do so and he said “ok, you need everything off both porches by the morning”. We were so close to being done and now the house is a total disaster with shit everywhere. Did I mention we are wayyyyyy over budget? Misery loves company.

  50. 50.

    Elizabelle

    October 24, 2015 at 7:40 pm

    @Gex: Happy birthday, Gex. May the bowling be with you.

  51. 51.

    Elizabelle

    October 24, 2015 at 7:42 pm

    Prepping for estate sale tomorrow (first day; kinda doing a rolling one):

    Can’t remember name for an iPhone app that allows purchases through credit card. It’s got a short cute name.

    Ring a bell? It’s like Vendla or sounds like that …

  52. 52.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 24, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    @Elizabelle: square? I think that requires a plug in for sweeping the cards

  53. 53.

    burnspbesq

    October 24, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    Trying to figure out how Duke managed to not beat VaTech in regulation. They won in four overtimes, but that was a pretty miserable performance by the defense in the second half.

    Bowl eligible for the fourth season in a row.

  54. 54.

    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    @Elizabelle: iPhone Card Reader Review

  55. 55.

    mclaren

    October 24, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    JEB BUSH’S LATEST WHINE TRANSLATED INTO PLAIN ENGLISH:

    “If this election is about how we’re going to fight to get nothing done, then I don’t want anything, I don’t want any part of it.

    TRANSLATION: “I don’t want to be part of the Republican party anymore.”

    I don’t want to be elected president to sit around and see gridlock just become so dominant that people literally are in decline in their lives. That is not my motivation.

    TRANSLATION: “My mom, the Shelob of Kennebunkport, threatened to cut my nuts off if I didn’t run. She has a collection of all the testicles of people s she’s cut off. She showed them to me, they’re in jars of formaldahyde in her desk.”

    I’ve got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them.

    TRANSLATION: “Those beautiful young runaway girls in cages in my basement keep calling to me. I keep thinking of what I could do to them with with power tools. I want to go back to my basement.”

  56. 56.

    Mike in NC

    October 24, 2015 at 7:52 pm

    @David Koch: First, “stuff happens”, now “blah blah blah”. JEB! displays Churchillian eloquence. No wonder he’s destined to sell Florida swampland.

  57. 57.

    brendancalling

    October 24, 2015 at 7:54 pm

    I am moving and so continued packing and purging.

  58. 58.

    Eric S.

    October 24, 2015 at 7:54 pm

    @mclaren: with the names changed to protect the guilty.

  59. 59.

    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 7:55 pm

    @bmaccnm:
    “Vulgar” and “repulsive” are perfect descriptors for Trump. They describe his character, persona and appearance to a “t”.

  60. 60.

    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 8:00 pm

    Hillary brings out the big… uhm… guns

    J/J Dinner starts at 9PM eastern. It’s supposed to be on MSNBC, but it will also be on CSPAN.

  61. 61.

    Doug R

    October 24, 2015 at 8:00 pm

    Dr who is on in less than an hour here.

  62. 62.

    Matt McIrvin

    October 24, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    @David Koch: So if Trump is Biff Tannen, Jeb must be George McFly.

  63. 63.

    Pogonip

    October 24, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    @dmsilev: Now, that’s frightening.

    The Halloween block party got rained out so we are sitting around doing useless things like leaving comments on web sites.

  64. 64.

    jl

    October 24, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    @David Koch: I don’t understand these guys. If they are smart, why do they stay GOP?

    Consider Romney and his latest decision to approach the truth about Romney/Obamacare and his subsequent forced walk back. Why does this guy not just tell the GOP to eff off and go independent or Democrat. He would make a good conservaDem.

    Bush, if he is so smart, why does he stay in the GOP that is lose-lose for anyone not completely cynical or completely crazy?

    Personal demons, I suppose. I won’t worry about anymore since I cannot help them.

    Would be better for Jeb? if he campaign collapsed immediately and he could get on with his life. But if he wants to hang in there and humiliate himself and get a doomed nomination, I guess that that would be his good deed for the world, since commenters here who know politics say he would be the most beatable candidate.

  65. 65.

    shell

    October 24, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    I’ve got multiple essential & time-sensitive projects waiting, and yet am signally failing to get my arse into gear.

    Have similar ass in arrears. Findig it ard to concentrate. Not helped by family medical problems.
    I dont know if you remember my mentioning last Sunday that we decided we had to take my other to the hospital (wasnt getting up, sleeping all the time). well, Monday, everything was in place, except she absolutely refused to go. To my surprise, the EMTs informed us that if she says no, they cant take her against her will. So, there we were back at square one. The doctors been to see her; shes had more extensive blood work done that shows everything normal. But…she just wont get up. Im getting in some home health care; beyond that, I just dont know what else to do.

  66. 66.

    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 8:03 pm

    @raven:
    Yeah, over budget is the name of the game in home remodeling and probably most smaller home projects as well. Like you, my contractor talked me into a few things that jacked up the price, but in almost every instance I think he was correct. He’s a great guy, so I’ve been lucky. Every plumber, electrician etc he brought to the project were also terrific. It makes things a lot easier if you actually like the people who are at your house all day for months on end.

  67. 67.

    NotMax

    October 24, 2015 at 8:04 pm

    Right to Sink.

  68. 68.

    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    @mclaren:
    Jesus, give it up. You make Trump sound refined.

  69. 69.

    JPL

    October 24, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    @shell: I’m so sorry that you are in such a difficult situation. Hopefully, things work out.

  70. 70.

    Baud

    October 24, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    @David Koch:

    “Blah, blah, blah,” he said. “That’s my answer — blah, blah, blah.”

    How soon before he starts playing this song at his campaign events?

  71. 71.

    NotMax

    October 24, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    Trying to shake off lethargy and get cracking on the cooking for tonight, but thus far it’s Anomie: 1, NotMax: 0.

  72. 72.

    Smiling Mortician

    October 24, 2015 at 8:12 pm

    @David Koch: To focus on a different part of your comment:

    I can handle things — I’m smart! Not like everyone says — like dumb. I’m smart and I want respect!

    It’s amazing how puny the written word can look when it’s meant to be acted. The difference between reading that line and even just remembering the way Cazale delivered it is miraculous. And I say this as a writer who occasionally has to fight with actors about my words, lest you think I’m writer-bashing.

  73. 73.

    Anoniminous

    October 24, 2015 at 8:14 pm

    @David Koch:

    Holy hell! I thought you were joking! Nope, he actually said that!

  74. 74.

    jl

    October 24, 2015 at 8:15 pm

    @Baud: I hope his friends are watching him, so when Jeb? starts scrawling ‘All work and no play makes Jeb a dull boy.” over and over again on scraps of paper, he can be taken in for 72 hour observation.

    Edit: I guess all is going just peachy at what I am sure is a very constructive family meeting fussing over Jeb?’s campaign, with all those I am sure not asshole and hot dimwit kin chiming in.

  75. 75.

    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    @Smiling Mortician: he was such an incredible actor. Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter, The Conversation. what a loss.

  76. 76.

    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 8:19 pm

    @dogwood: Same here, we’ve been running on trust for quite some time. All the major changes were necessary and the joint will look good for the funky old place it is. It’s amazing how quiet the addition is with all the insulations, new windows, floors and all that stuff. We’re just wore slap out.

  77. 77.

    mclaren

    October 24, 2015 at 8:19 pm

    @dogwood:

    Jesus, give it up. You make Trump sound refined.

    Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeelighted to hear it. I want to be as crude and brutal as possible to Jeb. He’s going to think he’s a baby seal by the time I’m done with him.

  78. 78.

    Elizabelle

    October 24, 2015 at 8:20 pm

    @Pogonip: Shame about the rain. Can you reschedule the block party? Boo.

  79. 79.

    Sondra

    October 24, 2015 at 8:21 pm

    love this …Melinda Green @greenmelinda
    @maura Schnadenfuckthem
    11:29 AM – 23 Oct 2015
    1 1 Retweet 10 10 favorites

    re. the Benghazi committeehee!

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    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 8:23 pm

    @mclaren:
    Don’t flatter yourself. Jeb ain’t reading Baloon Juice.

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    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    @Baud: it’s got a punk-rock vibe “BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!” Kind of angry Patti Smith

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    ThresherK

    October 24, 2015 at 8:27 pm

    Something something chocolate and bacon.

    Cookies, cupcakes, or shortbread, perhaps.

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    mclaren

    October 24, 2015 at 8:27 pm

    @David Koch:

    [John Cazale] appeared in five films during six years that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. He appeared in archival footage in The Godfather Part III, also nominated for Best Picture, making him the only actor to have this multi-film distinction.

    I kept thinking that Cazale really should have played the lead in American Hustle. Christian Bale was good, but Cazale would have been soooooooo much better.

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    jacy

    October 24, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    @Gex:

    Many happy, happy returns!

    Round here I’m contemplating cleaning out the turtle aquarium and waiting for the polls to close to see if John Bel Edwards can beat David Vitter. Never underestimate the stupidity of the average Louisiana voter.

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    dmsilev

    October 24, 2015 at 8:30 pm

    @dogwood:

    Jeb ain’t reading Baloon Juice

    Are you sure? That could be one explanation for the RightToRise troll. I mean, we all assumed that it was a paid Jeb operative, but could it be Jeb himself? It would actually explain a lot.

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    Ken

    October 24, 2015 at 8:33 pm

    I don’t think even UNLIMITED! CORPORATE! CASH! can save Jeb! now.

    Not that he’s getting any.

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    rikyrah

    October 24, 2015 at 8:34 pm

    hmmmmmmm

    ……………..

    Donald Trump’s Lead Explained in Two Sentences

    An exclusive look at states where the GOP front-runner splits Republican voters along class and education lines

    The blue-col­lar wing of the Re­pub­lic­an primary elect­or­ate has con­sol­id­ated around one can­did­ate.

    The party’s white-col­lar wing re­mains frag­men­ted.

    That may be the most con­cise ex­plan­a­tion of the dy­nam­ic that has pro­pelled Don­ald Trump to a con­sist­ent and some­times com­mand­ing lead in the early stages of the GOP pres­id­en­tial nom­in­a­tion con­test.

    Both na­tion­al and state polls show Trump open­ing a sub­stan­tial lead among Re­pub­lic­an voters without a col­lege edu­ca­tion al­most every­where. And in al­most all cases, Trump is win­ning more sup­port from non­col­lege Re­pub­lic­ans than any can­did­ate is at­tract­ing from Re­pub­lic­an voters with at least a four-year edu­ca­tion. “It’s a chal­lenge to Re­pub­lic­ans that nobody has con­sol­id­ated the col­lege-gradu­ate vote against Trump,” says Glen Bol­ger, a long­time GOP poll­ster skep­tic­al of the front-run­ner.

    http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/newsdesk/trump-lead-alienates-white-collar-voters

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    ruemara

    October 24, 2015 at 8:36 pm

    The site owner failed to deliver the DJ booth & the extras. Well, that’s not good. gonna be a long night even if it’s a short night. Because my DP is freaking.

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    Linnaeus

    October 24, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    I’ve been doing computer upgrades, playing computer games, and then fitting in some dissertation writing. Surprised I managed to do the latter.

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    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Shorter Dubya: “¿Jebbie? you’re doin a heck-of-job”

    going into the campaign, the family atleast had this trumped up fiction that “bush kept us safe”. Now they don’t even have that.

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    NotMax

    October 24, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Likely result of the family meeting:

    Campaign needs more exclamation points!!!!

    And flags. Lots and lots of flags.

    Yeah, that’s the ticket.

    (No shirtless wood chopping photos, please.)

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    Iowa Old Lady

    October 24, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    Did Jeb really say that? Because, cripes, man, behave with some dignity.

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    sidhra

    October 24, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    @David Koch:
    Cazale was a wonderful actor.

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    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    New James Bond selected to succeed Daniel Craig.

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    shell

    October 24, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Gonna be some tense and awkward times around the Bush holiday table this year.

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    satby

    October 24, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    @Gex: Happy Birthday Gex!

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    Ruckus

    October 24, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    @dmsilev:
    The troll was to on message for him to be ¿jeb? And while he sounded idiotic because of his material he was at least semi coherent with what he had to work with.

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    David Koch

    October 24, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady: he really said it.

    Article #1

    Article #2

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    gf120581

    October 24, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    @sidhra: Fabulous actor. It’s a crime he never got an Oscar nod.

    But nevertheless, the guy had the best track record of any actor in Hollywood. Five movies, five masterpieces.

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 8:52 pm

    @ruemara: Fuck. I can only imagine the DP’s level of freakout. I hope it works out.

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    Iowa Old Lady

    October 24, 2015 at 8:52 pm

    @David Koch: Jeez. Very presidential, I’m sure.

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    Anoniminous

    October 24, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    I’m beginning to wonder if no one will win the Republican presidential nomination. Perhaps in one of the “debates” (sic) they’ll all explode in a big pile of stupid.

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    feebog

    October 24, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    Played golf this morning, very warm in SoCal today. Very strange thing happened this afternoon. I was scheduled for an MRI on my knee at 5:00 p.m. I thought this was a rather strange time, but the imaging center called me back, told me to show up by 4:30 and reminded me to bring a list of my medications. When I showed up, the building was closed up tight as a drum. No one, nada around. Doors locked, lights out, no cars in the parking lot. A real WTF moment. Anyway, headed out for a birthday party; going to have a couple brews and try to ignore the pain in my knee.

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    satby

    October 24, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    I’m tired.Took down and stored the screen tent and the yard furniture for the winter, proceeded bunches of Concord grapes into a half gallon of juice and then 8 jars of jelly (still debating making wine with the leftover juice), made bread, did laundry, made fajitas for dinner.
    And none of that was actually ON my to-do list, so that makes me a champ when it comes to procrastination.

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    J R in WV

    October 24, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    We went to a rural home the next county west this afternoon for a wake.

    The niece of our next door neighbor and best friend died some weeks ago, and it took until now to organize an opportunity for all her friends to meet.

    We listened to a couple of short talks about K, how she was so strong, but had her own demons which eventually overcame her strength.

    Then her aunt and one of her best friends sprinkled her ashes around a pool in the creek in front of her cabin.

    Sad, but I think it gave finality to many of the crowd of people from all around. Ohio, WV many came from quite a distance. We drove about 90 minutes.

    Pot luck dinner, drinking and toasting, etc.

    Home now, thankfully. I have one beer, which I’m nearly done drinking now…

    RIP. Way too young!

  106. 106.

    srv

    October 24, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    Jeb… I can’t even. Even I’m starting to feel sorry for the guy.

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    SoupCatcher

    October 24, 2015 at 9:02 pm

    Either the USC defense ate their Wheaties, or the Utah quarterback didn’t, or some combination of the two.

    Two interceptions leading to a fourteen point lead for the Trojans, and still in the first half.

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    Anne

    October 24, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    @Elizabelle: Venmo?

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    sidhra

    October 24, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    @srv: It’s ok. Jeb will not suffer much.

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    satby

    October 24, 2015 at 9:13 pm

    @Elizabelle: I’m only familiar with Square, but it’s easy and works well and plays nice with PayPal. Good luck with the sale.
    And thanks much for the kind words the other day. I came back to the thread too late to respond, but it was very kind of you!

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    Linnaeus

    October 24, 2015 at 9:13 pm

    And now I see that Windows 10 has hosed my work computer. Lovely.

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    Iowa Old Lady

    October 24, 2015 at 9:14 pm

    I’m beginning to think the Rs really are going to wind up with Rubio. He’s a blank to me except for his SotU response.

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    WereBear

    October 24, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    @shell: I think you might just honor her wishes. You are doing all you can.

    If it helps, my grandmother behaved similarly..

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    dmsilev

    October 24, 2015 at 9:17 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady: I’m beginning to worry about Cruz. If Trump and Carson implode, all of their supporters will have to go somewhere, and Senator Backpfeifengesicht will be ready and waiting.

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    Iowa Old Lady

    October 24, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    @dmsilev: Even his fellow Rs hate Cruz. IMHO, if they nominate him, it will be a McGovern level blowout for the Ds. (I am, btw, speaking of the first election I ever voted in.)

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    WereBear

    October 24, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    @satby: Make wine. You’ll regret not doing it.

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    SoupCatcher

    October 24, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    @dmsilev: In addition to having the Tbogg-labeled most punchable face, I think Ted Cruz is the candidate most likely to kick off a Southern Baptist led American inquisition.

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    Bill Murray

    October 24, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    @JMG:

    G.W. never lost an election (one tie).

    Only if you don’t count his losing in the 19th TX Congressional District primary in 1978, or I guess if you count losing by 6% a tie

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    dmsilev

    October 24, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady: Definitely.

    I could imagine a sufficiently Machiavellian GOP Establishment deciding, however, that that would be worth the price to purge the extremists out of the party. Nominate a True Conservative(tm), stand back and watch him get pounded, and then use that pounding as way to push out the crazies.

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    trollhattan

    October 24, 2015 at 9:27 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady:
    If he [glug] gets the nod [glug] many, many ethanol deaths will result from the Li’l Marco Speechifyin’ Drinkin’ Game(tm).

    1 Rubio + 1 Castro = 1 Hillary SMASH

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    bk

    October 24, 2015 at 9:27 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    Bowl eligible for the fourth season in a row.

    As are we.. Should make for an interesting game, and why is it that it is no longer the last game of the season?

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    Another Holocene Human

    October 24, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    @rikyrah: I know, what did they expect, exactly?

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    Iowa Old Lady

    October 24, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    @efgoldman: You’re harshing my mellow.

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    The Pale Scot

    October 24, 2015 at 9:36 pm

    Like OMG!

    Even If you don’t watch Z Nation, ya’ll should watch S02E07 “Down the Mississippi”.

    A conman is stuck in Miss., and he is talking his way out of one jam after another. The town is holding a court to decide what to do with him, and he brings up Dred Scott, complimenting the moxie and Americanism of the jury, drawing JFK conspiracy theories on a chalk board. It’s the best send up of Republicans and Cruz I’ve ever seen.

    I’ll try to figure out how to put it up on YT (get google ID, Ick!)

    Pats heart, “and I have too much respect for you”

    “And in summation, let me quote the great Clarence Thomas, if it don’t fit, you must acquit.” (Applause)

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    Another Holocene Human

    October 24, 2015 at 9:39 pm

    @rikyrah: fascinating

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    Elizabelle

    October 24, 2015 at 9:40 pm

    @Anne: Sounds like it! Thanks. Checking it out.

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    sidhra

    October 24, 2015 at 9:40 pm

    @dmsilev: I think that the trouble at the heart of the party is that there is only crazy left. There is no core ideology or coherent value set that has broad appeal beyond the visceral ones so cynically adopted by Nixon and transmogified over the years to allow the Bircher and Bull Connor tigers to whip the Bankster Bushies asses. The lesson for successful Republicans lately is that only the most cynical dog-whistley actors get the bucks and the benches.

    Of course the other problem is the establishment R’s are not willing to tell David and Charlie to pound sand, like the money boys in their daddy’s day did. The two elements are, I think, related.

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    sidhra

    October 24, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    @efgoldman: This. And This because Jim Crow redux.

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    Iowa Old Lady

    October 24, 2015 at 9:44 pm

    @efgoldman: You’re undoubtedly right. I find the R process this time astonishing.

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 9:45 pm

    @J R in WV: I’m sorry for your loss, and her family’s. Demons are the #2 cause of death ina couple of age groups, and of course demon conquest by substance use is uncountable.

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    Another Holocene Human

    October 24, 2015 at 9:45 pm

    @efgoldman: nope, GA is turning purple

    now the rest of the states you mentioned, whatever

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    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    October 24, 2015 at 9:49 pm

    @efgoldman: I’m expecting Cruz to promise any day now to make the trains run on time.

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    I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet

    October 24, 2015 at 9:50 pm

    @jacy: Edwards is ahead so far.

    Nola results:

    8:45 p.m.[CT]: With 203k votes counted in the race for governor, it’s Edwards (79k), Vitter (48k), Angelle (40k) and Dardenne (29k)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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    benw

    October 24, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    Watching GA Tech try to do something, anything against FS.

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    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    @benw: You sound like Munson.

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    amk

    October 24, 2015 at 9:56 pm

    @efgoldman:

    I think SC and GA might go for her.

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    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 24, 2015 at 9:56 pm

    @benw:

    And yet they’re only down 3.

    No. 3 Utah is down 11 to USC.

  138. 138.

    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 9:56 pm

    @amk: No way.

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    burnspbesq

    October 24, 2015 at 9:57 pm

    @bk:

    Students mostly go home for T’giving. Better atmosphere when they are around.

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    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 9:57 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone): the genius goes deep

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    Betty Cracker

    October 24, 2015 at 9:58 pm

    Come on Georgia Tech!

  142. 142.

    Another Holocene Human

    October 24, 2015 at 10:00 pm

    @I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: 8:55 p.m.: The pro-Common Core candidates for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education led in early results for the Saturday elections, according to the Secretary of State’s office. Read more here.

    trolololol, so running against Common Core isn’t electoral gold? henghhhhh??

    Also, Saturday (Samedi) elections? How civilized.

  143. 143.

    benw

    October 24, 2015 at 10:00 pm

    Tie game! Go Jackets!

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    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 10:00 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Don’t yell at them!

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    Pogonip

    October 24, 2015 at 10:03 pm

    @Elizabelle: This is the big civic booster block party, so nobody really much cares. The GOOD block party, of us lumpenproletariat, wlll be held, of course, next Saturday! I will wear my giant silly witch hat, as I always have, and the other proles will mill about in their traditional costumes, and no one will be trying to sell us financial advice or $25 stuffed animals, and a good time will be had by all.

  146. 146.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:05 pm

    I thought colleges were trying to be more diverse, but all of the cheerleading squads I’ve seen today were not only Whitey McWhiterson but heavily blond. Or is it just me with my old man lech-o-vision filtering things?

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    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 10:06 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone): yes

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    @JMG: and @feebog: What did y’all shoot?

    I’ve gotten into golf the last few years and exist in the happy medium where I’m OK but don’t get upset over the numerous bad shots.

    It seems like once you get a bit better than I am, than golf starts to become the Devil’s sport – self torture.

  149. 149.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    HOLY SHIT!!!

  150. 150.

    Betty Cracker

    October 24, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    Wooohooooo! Unbelievable!

  151. 151.

    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    UNFUCKINGREAL

  152. 152.

    benw

    October 24, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  153. 153.

    jacy

    October 24, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    @I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet:

    They’ve call Edwards to be in the runoff — maybe Vitter won’t even make the runoff!

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    Another Holocene Human

    October 24, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone): The one I live near actually does seem to be more diverse racially but is certainly less diverse in terms of economic background due to changes made by the state and the last president. And campus life is as segregated as ever.

    I have noticed that gay kids are openly gay with their peers now whereas ten years ago when I came to this town we still had “gay when drunk” students who would act out their fantasies at 2am. Difference between Gen Y (which doesn’t exist, apparently) and Millennials. (Except they’re different, so they must exist.)

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    @efgoldman: I forgot to answer upthread bout Phill Kline’s attempt to get his KS law license back. The 5 Kansas Supreme Ct justices who recused themselves did so at his request. If that helps to make it make more sense.

  156. 156.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:14 pm

    @raven: Am I dating myself by admitting I first thought “Thurman?” or might that be a common mistake?

  157. 157.

    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Larry was a lot older than Thurman.

  158. 158.

    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 10:17 pm

    @Another Holocene Human: You are dreaming.

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    burnspbesq

    October 24, 2015 at 10:19 pm

    Another crazy day in the ACC.

    FSU is going to lose to Clemson anyway, but the GaTech loss makes it much easier for a two-loss team from the Coastal (regardless of whether it’s Duke, Pitt, or UNCheat) to claim a major bowl slot if Clemson is in the playoff.

  160. 160.

    raven

    October 24, 2015 at 10:19 pm

    @efgoldman: You didn’t watch the end????

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    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:19 pm

    @Another Holocene Human:

    I’m just talking about the cheerleaders. Total Stepford bots. I don’t expect them to be breaking new ground, but they could be a little more in line with the current demographics.

    Or maybe it was just the ones the TV cameras focused on.

  162. 162.

    Another Holocene Human

    October 24, 2015 at 10:21 pm

    @efgoldman: But you didn’t say in a year, you said (not in so many words) in a long time. I don’t think it’s going to be such a long time.

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    Another Holocene Human

    October 24, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    @raven: You must not be paying attention.

    ps: not like Florida is a truly blue state but it can go blue in the POTUS race, which is what is being discussed here

  164. 164.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q):

    No, you have to know Georgia football to know Larry Munson.

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    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    October 24, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone): I cut out the middleman by just watching women play the games.

  166. 166.

    satby

    October 24, 2015 at 10:26 pm

    @WereBear: Found a simple recipe so I am. Fingers crossed.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 10:27 pm

    @efgoldman:

    He’s led a Pampered political life, hasn’t he. It all Depends on the LA voters’ tolerance for idiocy. Also maybe he didn’t campaign Tenaciously enough. But he may still Prevail.

    Hugs!

    Gotta say, not seeing the big difference in the blog upgrade so far.

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    jacy

    October 24, 2015 at 10:27 pm

    @efgoldman:

    I see what you did there.

  169. 169.

    amk

    October 24, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    @efgoldman:

    LOL. Nice.

  170. 170.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    @redshirt:

    Hasn’t happened yet.

  171. 171.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:30 pm

    @raven: And Larry lived a lot longer too. I did not remember that it was 1979 when Thurman crashed, but I knew it was a long while ago. Of course he had very little to do with Georgia football, which was part of the oddity of my thought of him.

  172. 172.

    satby

    October 24, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    @redshirt: I think you mean “Huggies”

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    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    I did bother bathing and napping off my day drinking. Am sitting at the bar, having a meal, some drinks and chatting up my favorite way-too-young bartendress (who took my pathetic pass a few nights ago with good grace and humor – and there has been some genuine back and forth.

    Am sitting three slots down from the Pride of America, a foul-mouthed tea bagging prick of about 65, who hauled up a camera and demanded to take a picture of her naked. She nearly took his head off, but I keep listening to him whine and I’m choking back the urge to beat him senseless despite heavy Municipale police presence on the square due to the confluence of 3 MCs for a big party/concert.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    @satby: You know what I meant. :)

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    @Botsplainer: Have a few more drinks and start talking with him. Bring up Barack. Let the night go where it may.

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    Eric U.

    October 24, 2015 at 10:37 pm

    @dmsilev: I thought the same thing, he get’s all testy like he’s Jeb? himself. Entertains me to think it’s true

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:40 pm

    @redshirt: Are you trying to get him arrested? I don’t know any criminal defense lawyers licensed in Mexico, though I’m sure I could find a couple from NACDL connections.

    @redshirt: Good point on the system. And the other dude is no threat beyond assault on the ears and good sense.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Pshaw! Mexican police work on the bribe system. Drunk Americans in trouble is probably one of the bigger revenue streams.

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    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 10:47 pm

    @redshirt:

    He just now headed down to a bar where I’ve watched at least three shoving matches between expats start this week. On one hand, I can split and take it up with him there. On another, I can smile about the fact that Texas Mike is there.

    Texas Mike is an apolitical surly ex con, fled extradition, who doesn’t like mouthy old guys and has been locked up a couple dozen times down here for everything from DUI to fighting. He’s actually got a bribe schedule and gives less of a fuck than anybody I ever saw.

    I’ll let him knock away some teeth while I sit and chat pleasantly with the bartendress…

  180. 180.

    Gravenstone

    October 24, 2015 at 10:48 pm

    Anyone else catch the new Who? No spoilers, but lots of seemingly dark portent in those quiet conversations.

  181. 181.

    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 10:51 pm

    @Botsplainer:

    I’ll let him knock away some teeth while I sit and chat pleasantly with the bartendress…

    Smart.

    File this in the same category as “Find a giant friend”.

  182. 182.

    Debbie

    October 24, 2015 at 10:52 pm

    @Botsplainer:

    Wise choice.

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    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 10:53 pm

    @redshirt:

    Bribe for a fight is anywhere from 200 to 1000 pesos, depending on whether you get an asshole cop. Exchange rate is about 15 to the dollar right now.

    DUI is 500 to 1000 pesos.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 10:55 pm

    @Botsplainer:

    Bribe for a fight is anywhere from 200 to 1000 pesos, depending on whether you get an asshole cop. Exchange rate is about 15 to the dollar right now.

    DUI is 500 to 1000 pesos.

    Almost seems worth it, if you’re on vacation and all.

    Memories last forever. Bribes are brief.

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    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 24, 2015 at 10:55 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Yeah, its a bit obtrusive.

  186. 186.

    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    @redshirt:

    I am a little torn. That beating would be fun to watch, but on the other hand, Allie seems to dig me, sooooooo….

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 10:59 pm

    @Botsplainer:

    I am a little torn. That beating would be fun to watch, but on the other hand, Allie seems to dig me, sooooooo….

    Hmm. Sex or violence?

    Well, sorry mate, I find it unlikely Allie the bartendress will be bedding you tonight. It’s possible, but unlikely. Watching wingnut in a foreign land get his ass kicked seems much more likely.

    Play the odds, friend.

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    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    Looks like they’ve called it for Vitter. Hate to see that creep win a governorship, but I imagine the republicans will fall in line like they always do.

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    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 11:02 pm

    @redshirt:

    You’re just smiling at the idea of physically assaulted teabagger.

    Rest assured, given his destination and attitude, I give it 90+% as on.

    Probably occurring this moment, knowing what I know about that place. The Canuck that walked him down set his ass up for giggles.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    @Botsplainer: When you go home alone tonight you’ll regret my advice.

    Sex is commonplace. Earned violence is special!

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    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    This may be a better show – looks like the Federales are rolling on the bikers in the square.

    Plus, there’s a kickass band rocking the bar.

    Sounds like “Dusk to Dawn” in here.

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    @Botsplainer: I’m with redshirt; play the odds. Seeming interested is part of Allie’s job. Not that it’s an unpleasant exchange between you, I’m sure. But watching Texas Mike handle this dude seems like a wonderful and unique opportunity.

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    amk

    October 24, 2015 at 11:07 pm

    @Botsplainer:

    Is the wingnut wearing his messicans are rapists t-shirt?

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    Matt McIrvin

    October 24, 2015 at 11:07 pm

    @Anoniminous: Trump’s reply is priceless too:

    “And they’re working on their campaign, they’re working. And in all fairness he wants to stay in. But I have some numbers, he’s cutting everybody – 40 percent across the board, and everyone’s agreed to it. And me, as a businessman – we have a lot of businesspeople here – me, as a businessman said, ‘Well if he’s cutting everybody 40 percent, and every single person has agreed to it, why didn’t he make that deal in the first place?’ Does that make sense? In other words, if he’s going to cut 40 percent, you make the deal in the first place. You don’t wait until you’re failing. So he’s failing.”

    In Donald Trump’s ideal world, every single working person is making the absolute minimum that will keep them from bolting. If they’re getting a dollar more than that, as far as the Donald is concerned, somebody is being stupid. And that’s what’s wrong with Jeb Bush.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:10 pm

    @Botsplainer:

    Sounds like “Dusk to Dawn” in here.

    Nice! When the snakes and vamps start rolling out, you know you’ve got a party!

  196. 196.

    Steeplejack

    October 24, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    Rhetorical question: what programming genius thought Ohio State-Rutgers was a good prime-time game? Or was it the only one available? Currently 49-0 with time still left on the clock.

    ETA: Or a good game anytime.

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    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    @amk:

    His hat has an eagle and flags on it, and he’s got a Harley shirt but no tats. I’m surprised the bikers haven’t beaten his ass for sport already.

    I’m pretty tatted up as lawyers go, and some show. I simply walk respectfully by and nod as if to say “I’m not a total candyass, and know you guys mule for the Zetas. I’ll give you space.”

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    @Steeplejack: Isn’t that what makes up a 1/3rd of college football? Outrageous blowouts, “Who’s going to the BCS/bowls/playoffs” discussion, and handful of actual good games?

  199. 199.

    Steeplejack

    October 24, 2015 at 11:19 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Did you decide anything after getting the various bread machine recommendations last night? I got re-enthused to the point that I think I am finally going to pull the trigger on the Zujiroshi BB-HAC10.

  200. 200.

    Steeplejack

    October 24, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    @redshirt:

    Yes, there are a lot of blowouts. No, I don’t need to see them in tedious detail in prime time.

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    Origuy

    October 24, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    I’ve been reading William Manchester’s The Glory and the Dream. He tells a story about Election Day 1960. After Nixon voted, he and some friends took a road trip, ditching the press and ending up in Tijuana. I found a web page with more details. Can you imagine the kerfuffle if a presidential candidate, especially an Democrat, did that today?

  202. 202.

    Steeplejack

    October 24, 2015 at 11:23 pm

    OMG, this Ohio State-Rutgers game is still going on. Twenty-four seconds left, and Rutgers is knocking on the door. Eh, make that scratching feebly.

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    Bobby Thomson

    October 24, 2015 at 11:24 pm

    @rikyrah: his numbers weren’t good before the last election, either. Unfortunately, the people who haven’t fled are dumber than dirt for the most part.

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    MomSense

    October 24, 2015 at 11:26 pm

    Donned my orange and took the dog for a long walk in the woods. Then I did a bunch of chores and worked out in the yard. It’s really cold tonight so I’m sitting by the fire making a hat with the dog asleep on my feet.

  205. 205.

    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 11:26 pm

    Most of the square vending left with the bikers, except the marquesita guy.

    Those are awesome – crepes filled with Nutella and salty cheese for a cost of 35 pesos, made fresh…

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:26 pm

    @Origuy: I hope he played p0ker in Tijuana.

    Tricky Dick – card shark.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:27 pm

    @Origuy: I hope he played p0ker in Tijuana – can you imagine? He was quite the player, apparently.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    @Botsplainer: Either get with Allie or report back some bloodshed. I demand entertainment!

  209. 209.

    Steeplejack

    October 24, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    And Rutgers scores a TD! The announcers are mocking the costumed Rutgers boosters who have been waiting all game to fire their cannon in case of a score.

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    Steeplejack

    October 24, 2015 at 11:31 pm

    @efgoldman:

    No, that was someone else. But it was very useful. Sort of confirmed what I had tentatively decided after looking on Amazon.

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    @MomSense:

    Donned my orange and took the dog for a long walk in the woods.

    Tis the season, eh? I’ve built almost three miles of trails on my property and my greatest fear is a hunter finds them and then I find the hunter and BAM (that would be me getting shot since I don’t own a gun)!

    So I got 200 of those “POSTED! NO HUNTING FISHING OR TRESPASSING OF ANY KIND” signs and then meticulously marked the exterior border of my property with them – one every 30-50 feet.

    Psychically it feels very good, like I just put up an electric fence. However, I don’t trust rednecks, so I’m still wary.

  212. 212.

    MomSense

    October 24, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    @Botsplainer:

    Eat, drink, and be merry. Have fun and stay away from the teabaggers. Life is too short to waste a minute on that much stupid.

  213. 213.

    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    And Rutgers scores a TD! The announcers are mocking the costumed Rutgers boosters who have been waiting all game to fire their cannon in case of a score.

    Anyone Belichick could draft?

  214. 214.

    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:35 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Don’t the bearses and mooses put on a Saturday night musicale? And what could possibly be as entertaining as this place?

    I’d rather not see a bear or moose at this hour. Plus, the moon is blocked by clouds, so very dark. I am going out shortly to inspect the new wall. There was trouble today, so goes the report.

  215. 215.

    Steeplejack

    October 24, 2015 at 11:36 pm

    @efgoldman:

    I’ve been watching Washington-Stanford but couldn’t resist checking back on the black hole of suckitude.

    What else is on besides Wyoming-Boise State?

  216. 216.

    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:39 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Yup, that move up to 1A and the MAC was a stroke of genius, trustees and AD. 1-6 so far this year.

    Also, aren’t UMass home games at Gillette? Which I’m sure fosters a rowdy collegiate atmosphere.

  217. 217.

    MomSense

    October 24, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    @redshirt:

    About 20 years ago I had a run in with poachers. Shortly thereafter I came home one afternoon to find the windows in my family room shattered. Also found four headless deer stuffed in trash bags on my lawn. It was ugly but in the end I prevailed.

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    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    @Origuy:
    The Glory and the Dream is fantastic. I suppose the influence of television made the strange cult of the presidency inevitable, but I don’t think it was the intent of the founders, and it’s brought us nothing but grief. It’s why we have such a lousy Congress and such unrealistic expectations of what a president can actually do. We think we have a right to know everything about these men and women who run for the presidency or occupy the Oval Office. It’s absurd and creepy. Nixon was a weird, complicated and devious guy, but driving to Tijuana on Election Day sounds like a good idea to me.

  219. 219.

    Steeplejack

    October 24, 2015 at 11:44 pm

    Hmm, chicks with sticks at midnight—LPGA live from Taipei. Golf might be a soothing way to end the evening.

    Archer is on FXX, but episodes I’ve seen way too many times. God forbid that I should watch something from the hundreds of hours of stuff on the DVR. The whole point of digital hoarding is to record it, not to watch it!

  220. 220.

    sharl

    October 24, 2015 at 11:44 pm

    LOL, a rather (minor) ominous sign for Geeetar Martin; mah poor ex-Governor…:

    Ben Jacobs @Bencjacobs

    Long lines for the bathroom at #IDPJJ as Martin O’Malley’s speech begins

    {IDPJJ = Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson dinner}

  221. 221.

    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 11:44 pm

    Oh! Filthy, fuzzy guitar, smokey vocals, defiant bikes rolling the square and gunning it.

    Plus cowbell, lots of cowbell.

    Bar owner (about 40) just introduced me to his girlfriend (maybe 18).

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:46 pm

    @MomSense: Wow. That’s intense. I hope those responsible ended up in jail and you found yourself clear of their animosity.

  223. 223.

    sharl

    October 24, 2015 at 11:48 pm

    Saturday night Botsplainer live-posting is the best posting!

  224. 224.

    rikyrah

    October 24, 2015 at 11:49 pm

    So, did Vitter win?

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 24, 2015 at 11:49 pm

    @Botsplainer: But what about Texas Mike? Was he a dutiful expat who sat the mouthy teabagger down (forcefully)?

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    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 11:51 pm

    @Botsplainer:
    Lots of cowbell is good, but “more cowbell” is is better.

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    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 11:52 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q):

    I’ll know in about a half hour my guess.

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    dogwood

    October 24, 2015 at 11:52 pm

    @rikyrah:
    Yep

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    amk

    October 24, 2015 at 11:52 pm

    @rikyrah:

    Yup. Edwards vs diaper dave in the run-off.

    http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/10/louisiana_election_results.html#incart_std

  230. 230.

    sharl

    October 24, 2015 at 11:52 pm

    @rikyrah: Apparently Vitter won the GOP nom. Also too:

    Michael McNamara
    ‏@quorumdecorum

    Dems get the match-up they wanted: John Bel Edwards v. David Vitter in #lagov…

    (This tweet was the source of that first link up above)

  231. 231.

    Aleta

    October 24, 2015 at 11:54 pm

    @Steeplejack:
    Do you have a rice maker ?

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    redshirt

    October 24, 2015 at 11:54 pm

    @Botsplainer: And Allie?

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    Suzanne

    October 24, 2015 at 11:55 pm

    Enjoying a Long Island even though I’m on doxycycline for a month.

    Designing an adult playroom in my head. It would be nice if, as an architect, I ever got to live in a house I designed. Hahaha riiiight, like I could ever afford that.

    Cat just scratched my face. Ow. Asshole.

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    Botsplainer

    October 24, 2015 at 11:57 pm

    Specifically, I’ll know when Habanero’s closes and the crowd drifts, laughing about fights.

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    MomSense

    October 24, 2015 at 11:57 pm

    @redshirt:

    One of them did go to jail but for something unrelated. It was nuts and they all ended up moving north. They used to hunt with rifles way too close to houses. One night they were poaching in a field by my house and I was just so sick of it that I drive my Subaru onto the field with my horn blasting and disrupted their activities. They drove around in Broncos with big tires and huge mounted lights on the top. It was impulsive and foolish on my part but they had pushed me too close to the edge.

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    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 12:04 am

    @Aleta:

    No, I don’t eat enough rice to justify the cost of a Zojirushi (which I presume is your context). I have tried a couple of cheapo microwave gizmos, with dismal results. Last night NotMax offered a method that I will try.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    October 25, 2015 at 12:05 am

    @MomSense: Shining deer? Truly unsporting.

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    Suzanne

    October 25, 2015 at 12:07 am

    @Suzanne: I should clarify that an adult playroom is of the video games and Lego ilk, not the, uh, other thing.

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    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:08 am

    @Suzanne:

    I should clarify that an adult playroom is of the video games and Lego ilk, not the, uh, other thing.

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

    Speaking of, would you design an actual dungeon if paid to do so?

  240. 240.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 25, 2015 at 12:08 am

    @Suzanne: Sure. We figured.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    October 25, 2015 at 12:09 am

    @Suzanne: Yeah, and the doxycycline is for Lyme disease.

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    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:10 am

    @MomSense:

    One of them did go to jail but for something unrelated. It was nuts and they all ended up moving north. They used to hunt with rifles way too close to houses. One night they were poaching in a field by my house and I was just so sick of it that I drive my Subaru onto the field with my horn blasting and disrupted their activities. They drove around in Broncos with big tires and huge mounted lights on the top. It was impulsive and foolish on my part but they had pushed me too close to the edge.

    Very brave. Most people wouldn’t get involved, and that’s what assholes like that count on.

    No criminal charges on the broken windows and corpses on your lawn?!

  243. 243.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:12 am

    @Botsplainer:

    Specifically, I’ll know when Habanero’s closes and the crowd drifts, laughing about fights.

    Can we get a Texas Mike update before the end of the night?

  244. 244.

    Botsplainer

    October 25, 2015 at 12:16 am

    I must be going native. I’ve been seeing this one couple for days. They asked were I was from originally and assumed I now live here.

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    dogwood

    October 25, 2015 at 12:18 am

    Disappointed to see tweets that the Sanders crowd left the JJ event after Bernie spoke.

  246. 246.

    MomSense

    October 25, 2015 at 12:20 am

    @redshirt:

    They had relatives in the police department. They also had wives who were not happy with some of their other behaviors. I missed my calling to be a “fixer”.

  247. 247.

    Mike J

    October 25, 2015 at 12:20 am

    Back home from racing. Grr. Wind 1mph gusting 2. The club ace yelling at me to fall off or head up when our boatspeed was damn near zero. If he’d looked before yelling (for the solid hour it took to do the upwind leg) he would have seen the tiller was already over (not all the way, that would be stupid in light wind, but enough to steer the boat). I can read the wind just as well as he can, but if the boat ain’t movin’ the boat ain’t turnin’.

    As we rounded the mark the wind came up to 6-7. After we fixed the twisted spinnaker the backseat (foredeck?) driving stopped and we were going faster than the J-33 and the 40′ ketch.

    In short, too little wind, too many skippers. Drinking bourbon now.

  248. 248.

    MomSense

    October 25, 2015 at 12:24 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Shining and use of cameras which were set up on my apple trees without my permission.
    BTW one of our annoying trolls was talking about blogging from his deer house the other night. Admitting that you practice such a lazy version of hunting is not exactly impressive.

  249. 249.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 25, 2015 at 12:25 am

    @Mike J: What I learned as a kid going to Mystic Seaport is that sailboats need wind. I may be wrong.

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    trollhattan

    October 25, 2015 at 12:30 am

    @efgoldman:
    I assumed it was a deer stand up in a tree. Not much to that.

  251. 251.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:31 am

    @efgoldman:

    And is it just me, or does this blog go to bed a lot earlier than it used to?

    I think it’s more the lack of new threads. This place is weird, to me, in that once a thread falls to second or further down the line, it’s practically dead. Only the latest thread gets activity, sometimes despite its topic or intent.

    I’m guessing the lack of “recent comments” function plays a significant part in this.

  252. 252.

    divF

    October 25, 2015 at 12:33 am

    @Botsplainer:
    That is what I aspire to do on my vacations, i.e. to be mistaken for local color.

    Well done.

  253. 253.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:34 am

    @trollhattan:

    I assumed it was a deer stand up in a tree. Not much to that.

    Yeah a deer stand is either a made or purchased ladder up a tree near an opening or otherwise strategic spot. Up in the tree is a platform where you can put a seat or three and a cooler and maybe a screen so you can surf the internet properly.

    Seriously, a guy tells us he’s commentating on Balloon Juice (why?) from a deer stand.

    Both things are wrong.

  254. 254.

    Botsplainer

    October 25, 2015 at 12:34 am

    @redshirt:

    Sadly, no teeth punched down throats – however, Cassandra the VERY young and nice bartendress there was treated rudely which wasn’t tolerated (she’s the daughter all these crusty old fucks wish they had, if their lives weren’t wrecked), and apologies were forcefully invited, followed by a hasty, REALLY HASTY retreat.

    His trade will have to go to Playa Del Carmen or Cancun. Prick ain’t gonna be drinking here in this port no more.

  255. 255.

    Amir Khalid

    October 25, 2015 at 12:34 am

    @redshirt:
    We used to have Recent Threads and Recent Comments boxes until mistermix killed them for efficiency reasons. Sigh.

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    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 12:35 am

    @efgoldman:

    [. . .] does this blog go to bed a lot earlier than it used to?

    Yeah, it seems to. The political outrage doesn’t sustain very well into the wee hours.

    I mean, say what you want about the tenets of Little Boots’s ’70s music, dude, at least it’s an ethos.

    ETA: Dang, even his name causes you to be dropped into moderation. FYWP!

  257. 257.

    MomSense

    October 25, 2015 at 12:35 am

    @redshirt:

    I usually turn into a pumpkin at about 930. It’s sad – used to be a night owl.

  258. 258.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 12:40 am

    @redshirt:

    What’s weird to me is how East Coast-centric this blog seems to be. A lot of us (Eastern Time) go into the wee hours, but the Left Coasters seem to pack it in at what is only around 11:00 or midnight for them. Weird. I found it disconcerting when I was housesitting in Las Vegas for three weeks last year (which I will be doing again in November-December).

    I hope the “recent comments” thing comes back with the redesign. That was extremely useful for monitoring where the thread action is.

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    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:41 am

    @MomSense: Nothing but trouble happens after midnight….

    What town did all the deer poaching horror go down in? Or region, if you don’t want to say. I like to track the various rednecks of Maine, as Maine is actually quite diverse in its flora and fauna of redneck by region, though of course they are all, today, bound by the same Fox propaganda.

    Which is frightening.

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 25, 2015 at 12:44 am

    @efgoldman: I think he said “stand,” but like you, I’m not gonna look back. I doubt he has such a thing …

  261. 261.

    Botsplainer

    October 25, 2015 at 12:44 am

    @redshirt:

    Her shift ends at 2 CDT. I intend to marathon it.

    To tell the truth even, we actually had a date set three nights ago, but some cockblock missed a shift and she had a double till 1 am instead.

    All is not hopeless save for fatigue. She was a little sad tonight, she thought I had another week and that the two of us could dive Tuesday.

    Maybe the trip ends more romantically this way…

  262. 262.

    MomSense

    October 25, 2015 at 12:44 am

    @redshirt:
    This was in Arundel.

  263. 263.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:47 am

    @MomSense: I know a bit about Arundel. Weird place. Little bit of Biddeford, little bit of Sanford.

  264. 264.

    NotMax

    October 25, 2015 at 12:49 am

    @Steeplejack

    Place used to have more night owls, or a at least several active ones, aside from the increasingly creepy LB.

  265. 265.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:49 am

    @efgoldman: LB was super annoying. Did he type
    “Omnes? Are you listening? Are you still mad?”

    for like years?

  266. 266.

    Botsplainer

    October 25, 2015 at 12:50 am

    Ah, what the fuck am I thinking, anyway. Way too young but with a killer smile and a lot of happiness and enthusiasm.

  267. 267.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 12:51 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    The fact that “recent comments” got killed for “efficiency reasons” is a tell that the FYWP implementation of this site is really fucked up. (Not blaming Mistermix; I’m sure it predated his involvement.) The site was probably doing some complex (and unnecessary) sorting/indexing every time a page requested an update to the “recent comments” gizmo, which would cause lights to dim all over the neighboring area.

    But all you need to do is grab the five (or however many you want) last records added to the comment table. It’s trivially simple in SQL (or whichever database management system they are using): literally, “go to the end of the file, back up five records, give me those five records.” No indexing or sorting needed; those records are de facto the most recent comments, because they are the latest ones added to the table.

    Forgive me for geeking out, but I was a big-data guy in my last incarnation as a techno-weenie.

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    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:51 am

    @Botsplainer:

    Her shift ends at 2 CDT. I intend to marathon it.

    Goodluck! Traveling solo in a foreign country seems like the best thing ever.

  269. 269.

    Grumpy Code Monkey

    October 25, 2015 at 12:53 am

    Major network switchover involving a couple of hundred client institutions starting at midnight, and I get to validate that they all still work after the dust settles. Of course, I have to wait for the clients to come out of their maintenance windows, which will be around 0200.

    Other than that, not much.

    Got about 6 to 7 inches of rain over the last couple of days between a system from the Gulf and the remnants of Patricia, after several months of nothing. That’s been exciting.

  270. 270.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:53 am

    @Steeplejack: I bet the Recent Comments wasn’t even the thing causing the problem. They just removed it along with other features in hopes it would solve the problem. And something did, so removed it stayed.

  271. 271.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 12:54 am

    Also, 1 T-Bogg.

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    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 12:55 am

    @efgoldman:

    Oh, hell, yes, L.B. got banned for a week for calling someone a c*nt, and then he got banned again when he came back and just kept whining piteously without apologizing. And continuing his tedious stalking of Omnes.

  273. 273.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 12:58 am

    @redshirt:

    Yeah, there was a bit of a vibe of “We’re just trying stuff and seeing if anything works.” Unfortunate.

  274. 274.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 12:59 am

    @redshirt:

    I thought a T-Bogg was 500, but I could be wrong.

    ETA: But maybe you’re using metric T-Boggs and I’m thinking imperial T-Boggs.

  275. 275.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 1:00 am

    @efgoldman:

    Absolutely. But was he ever racist? Did he ever call a woman a c*** or a bitch?
    I mean, I can be super annoying, too, but Cole’s never dropped the banhammar on me, as far as i know.

    I don’t know nothing about the situation. I just thought he was annoying as heck.

    I don’t think anyone should be banned except the truly terrible, and they are few.

  276. 276.

    SoupCatcher

    October 25, 2015 at 1:01 am

    @Grumpy Code Monkey: Sounds like you’re in Texas. I guess it’s feast or famine, with respect to rain, for you all.

    We were driving through there in late June, going to Missouri and then coming back home to California, staying in San Marcos and El Paso with friends for a while and camping otherwise, and everywhere we went we were dodging thunderstorms and driving through the remnants of flooding.

    I’m kind of jealous, actually. We’re still bone dry out here.

  277. 277.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 1:02 am

    @Steeplejack: Russian T-Boggs actually.

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    trollhattan

    October 25, 2015 at 1:02 am

    @Steeplejack: It has been declared a TBogg Unit shall be >0.5k, so this is only yet a mere sprout.

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    MomSense

    October 25, 2015 at 1:03 am

    @redshirt:

    Kennebunk and K’port too. I used to call it the wild west.

  280. 280.

    dogwood

    October 25, 2015 at 1:03 am

    @Steeplejack:
    The blog has always catered to east coasters. Before I retired it would be 8 or 9 pm PST before I would check in, and by that time all the issue threads were dead and the late night open threads were often off in directions that didn’t interest me . So I’d read the dead threads and go to bed. I’ve often wished that some of the late night threads that aren’t so late out West wouldn’t be open. We could have had a thread tonight about the JJ dinner,

  281. 281.

    frosty

    October 25, 2015 at 1:05 am

    @Botsplainer:

    I figure if any woman wants to party with me, they have to get past stubble and dive stink. If they can manage without retching, that’s the woman for me.

    It’s not like the gender isn’t clear here. Why not “she has to get past stubble” and “she can manage”. I’m old school and not fond of using “they” for 3rd person singular. While realizing English never really solved the problem.

    \pedant\

  282. 282.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 1:05 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Yeah, there was a bit of a vibe of “We’re just trying stuff and seeing if anything works.” Unfortunate.

    Not that there’s anything wrong with this approach, especially if it produces results. But you should try and follow up and see what the true fault was, restoring services not to blame.

  283. 283.

    Anne Laurie

    October 25, 2015 at 1:07 am

    @Aleta: If you’re curious, I’ve never regretted buying the Zojirushi (this one, IIRC). Works perfectly every time, and I found I was eating rice more often when I didn’t have to think about hovering over the stovetop for half an hour — or throwing the mess away when I forgot & it burnt to sludge.

    On the other hand, the Spousal Unit is a big fan of Trader Joe’s frozen microwavable basmati rice packets, because they only take three minutes to cook. Depending on your palate, and time requirements, you may find his solution more appealing…

  284. 284.

    Anne Laurie

    October 25, 2015 at 1:13 am

    @redshirt: Mandatory reference:

    Pathetic troll doesn’t have any friends to share his blind, so he has to pester us instead.

  285. 285.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 1:13 am

    @redshirt:

    Agreed. Sometimes you just have to stanch the bleeding, but later you should go back and fix whatever is the real problem. Hopefully this redesign will do that.

  286. 286.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 1:16 am

    @Anne Laurie:

    Linky no work. I fix: Zujiroshi NS-WAC10 rice cooker.

  287. 287.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 1:20 am

    @MomSense:

    Kennebunk and K’port too. I used to call it the wild west.

    So there’s a rich part of Arundel?

  288. 288.

    Anne Laurie

    October 25, 2015 at 1:21 am

    @efgoldman:

    And is it just me, or does this blog go to bed a lot earlier than it used to?

    Way I remember it, Mr. Cole used to post a lot more between 9pm and 3am. He doesn’t seem to be as much of an insomniac now, which is hard cheese for you railbirds, but no doubt much better for his health.

  289. 289.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 1:22 am

    @Steeplejack: Yep. Kluge then analyze.

  290. 290.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 1:22 am

    @dogwood:

    Nothing to prevent you—or anyone—from bringing up a topic (like the J.J. dinner) in any open thread. The late-night threads get a little woolly, but I think there have been “substantive” discussions when a suitable topic was brought up.

    But West Coasters, with a few exceptions, don’t seem to get involved even in the “trivial” late-night threads. They can’t all be serious policy wonks with no time for trivia and ephemera.

  291. 291.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 1:24 am

    @trollhattan:

    Thanks, that’s what I thought.

  292. 292.

    Grumpy Code Monkey

    October 25, 2015 at 1:28 am

    @SoupCatcher: Yeah, the spigot cut off completely sometime late June; July, August, Semptember, and most of October have been hot and bone dry; we were having fires down in Bastrop and Smithville again last week or so. You know it’s bad when you walk outside and think, “hey, this feels nice”, then look at the thermometer and it’s 96 degrees.

    Went from cracks in the yard large enough to swallow a small dog to standing water overnight. Fun.

  293. 293.

    Steeplejack

    October 25, 2015 at 1:28 am

    @redshirt:

    Awesome that you spelled it kluge, which I feel is “correct.” Kludge always rhymes with sludge to me. Just wrong. Wrong.

    ETA: Clearly it rhymes with luge.

  294. 294.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 1:40 am

    @Steeplejack: Left Coasters are soft. LA types putting ice packs on their eyes while going to bed in dead sea mud baths at 11PM.

  295. 295.

    Gravenstone

    October 25, 2015 at 1:41 am

    @Suzanne: Damn, and here you raised my hopes

  296. 296.

    Gravenstone

    October 25, 2015 at 1:42 am

    @redshirt: Getting involved is easy, call the game warden. Getting confrontational is where it starts to go off the rails.

  297. 297.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 1:42 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Awesome that you spelled it kluge, which I feel is “correct.” Kludge always rhymes with sludge to me. Just wrong. Wrong.

    ETA: Clearly it rhymes with luge.

    Clearly.

    Kluges are the key to invention – intuition in the heat of the moment.

  298. 298.

    Ruckus

    October 25, 2015 at 1:55 am

    @redshirt:
    I resent that. On non work nights I stay up till 1 or 2 am.

    The mud isn’t quite right till then.

  299. 299.

    Suzanne

    October 25, 2015 at 3:52 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: The doxycycline is for perioral dermatitis.

    @redshirt: Sure, I’d design a dungeon. Why not?

    Two things I have actually designed and are built:
    1) A room for body cavity searches at a major international airport.
    2) A room for hydrotherapy and debridement in a burn center. (Where burn patients get their skin scraped off.)

    A dungeon has nothing on the other two. I’ve done REAL torture chambers.

  300. 300.

    redshirt

    October 25, 2015 at 3:58 am

    @Suzanne:

    Sure, I’d design a dungeon. Why not?

    Two things I have actually designed and are built:
    1) A room for body cavity searches at a major international airport.
    2) A room for hydrotherapy and debridement in a burn center. (Where burn patients get their skin scraped off.)

    A dungeon has nothing on the other two. I’ve done REAL torture chambers.

    Yeah…. that’s not the kind of dungeon I was looking for.

    I was thinking some heavy blocks, deep underground, really dank and wet, moldy, some torch light, occasionally, that kind of thing. Nothing hardcore. Just rock cells where people communed with rats.

  301. 301.

    Suzanne

    October 25, 2015 at 4:19 am

    @redshirt: I haven’t done any correctional. I have friends who did it, though. None of it was below-ground, though. By law, the cells require windows.

    I thought you were asking me if I’d do a sex dungeon.

  302. 302.

    mclaren

    October 25, 2015 at 4:46 am

    @redshirt:

    Gotta say, not seeing the big difference in the blog upgrade so far.

    That’s because you haven’t tried posting about .

    If you try to post about the subject , the blog just deletes it.

  303. 303.

    mclaren

    October 25, 2015 at 5:01 am

    @Suzanne:

    By law, the cells require windows.

    Not Supermax cells.

  304. 304.

    Althea

    October 25, 2015 at 9:16 am

    @Mandalay: Those comments, surely, must be hard core snark. I mean, wow.

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