Just checking in. Walter is great and just loves a good bone. He even carries around for a bit before he even gets down to business in a “Look at this shit I got here” kind of way.
Beastie Boys fans, I stumbled across this:
3 years in the making, 3 DJs working with over 150 tracks to recreate one of the seminal sampling albums of all time, at last Cheeba, Moneyshot and I can reveal ‘Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix’. Our tribute to the classic Beastie Boys album ‘Paul’s Boutique’ remixed and re-imagined from all the original samples plus a cappellas, period interviews and the Beasties’ own audio commentary from the reissued release.
Rocking it right now while watching the Olympics and healing nubs in FFXIV.
Corner Stone
I, also too, love a good bone.
redshirt
Got a bad link there Cole.
Not that you’ll find out anytime soon… ;)
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: How was the biryani?
SiubhanDuinne
As for me, I’m still waiting for roadside assistance, some two hours after my initial call. This road trip isn’t working out the way I had planned.
Corner Stone
@schrodinger’s cat: Oh my goat, it was goatfull of goatliciousness.
I had to watch out for a few bones but dang it was full of stewed spices and goatness.
I also had some chicken vindaloo and garlic naan so I am so goatfull it’s not even goaty.
Major Major Major Major
@redshirt: I did the thing… Well, it’s a start. We need to figure out when y=2 is bigfooting y=1.
Fortunately, it’s all loaded into Weka so it’s just a matter of picking how.
redshirt
@SiubhanDuinne: At least you have BJ?
Amir Khalid
@SiubhanDuinne:
I hope the cavalry shows up soon.
redshirt
@Major Major Major Major: You’re obsessed!
Technocrat
0:00 – Enthralling athletic performance on TV
0:01 – Tank dies
Coincidence??
Dog Dawg Damn
Paul Manafort PAID $12MM+ by Putin ally.
Adam Weinstein says more to come:
Grab. The. Pop. Corn.
lamh36
@KassNaidoo
Usain Bolt just made officials wait for him as he ran into the crowd to congratulate @WaydeDreamer #Class #Rio2016
John Cole
@redshirt: Fixed link here, redshit.
lamh36
@pzf
BREAKING NEWS: REPORTS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AT TERMINAL 8 OF JFK AIRPORT.
redshirt
@John Cole: LOL. Amateur.
dmsilev
@Dog Dawg Damn: We were talking about that in the previous thread. Here’s a fun bit:
That would be Trump’s _previous_ campaign chief pointing out a …embarrassing fact about Trump’s _current_ campaign chief.
satby
@Corner Stone: I am consumed with jealousy. Because I didn’t get to consume a dinner like that.
I had hot dogs.
Major Major Major Major
@redshirt: a chef sharpens his knives, I mine data.
La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes)
@SiubhanDuinne: Blowing a tire is some scary stuff. it happened to me one Christmas and the Onstar folks were great.
I’m just glad you’re ok. Sorry you’re stuck waiting for so long.
satby
@SiubhanDuinne: Where are you? Do we need to organize a rescue?
Baud
@lamh36: Some on twitter saying false alarm.
dmsilev
Just keep on pivoting that chicken, Republicans.
Baud
@SiubhanDuinne: You’re not stuck out in the heat, are you?
Dog Dawg Damn
@dmsilev: the trump campaign: always answering he question: “can this get any better?” With a resounding “Yes!”
Technocrat
@SiubhanDuinne:
Ugh, I didn’t realize you blew a tire. Glad you’re OK.
Two hours seems excessive though, unless you’re far from civilization.
Darkrose
WAIT WHAT???
What server are you on? How long have you been playing? How did I not know this?
My main is on Gilgamesh, though I have rarely-played alts on Balmung and Behemoth. Right now I’m trying to level my alternate classes on my main; working on Dragoon, Machinist, and White Mage.
Keith P.
@Dog Dawg Damn: The Trump campaign is like a drug to me. And it delivers, every day. What am I going to do after the election? Well, there’s the inevitable FEC violations and his various lawsuits. I am eagerly waiting to see what this week is gonna be like for Manafort. None of these guys have any friends other than Trump, so it’s gonna be ugly. I may even listen to what Lewandowski has to say on CNN this week.
MomSense
@SiubhanDuinne:
I’m so sorry.
amk
wonder when and how will the deadbeat donnie sue the gopee after november.
redshirt
@Keith P.: Damn right. It’s my new drug. Lewandowski turning on Manafort is like a huge line.
redshirt
@amk: You mean before November?
Major Major Major Major
@Dog Dawg Damn: oh man. Awesome, but also not, because this man may become president.
amk
@redshirt: possible with this nutter. who can say.
Dog Dawg Damn
Everyone keeps wondering why the campaign won’t spend even though Donald forgave his loans. I’m guessing his play is to sue for his money back and make sure to keep the coffers full enough so the judgment can be carried out. No way does he let that loan forgiveness stand.
Baud
@redshirt: Yeah, I’m shocked. I thought Lewandowski was a Trump plant.
dmsilev
Seen elsewhere on the Intertubes: “It’s OK. Manafort took the $12.7 million payment sarcastically”
Keith P.
@Dog Dawg Damn: I think he is trying to end up with enough at the end to write off debts incurred on all his personal assets he’s been using for campaigning. Plane repairs/upgrades, new carpeting at Mar-A-Lago, paying off legal fees from various lawsuits. Giant slush fund to clean up after his lifestyle.
redshirt
@Baud: Me too. So it behooves us to think of the possibilities of some kind of false attack here. Is this a fake news story, for example, designed to show the media as frauds?
Baud
@redshirt: Have the Trump people ever done anything that clever?
Major Major Major Major
@redshirt: i don’t think the non-already-following American people could really follow that level of meta. Then again, Dan Rather.
redshirt
@Baud: No, but how else to explain Lewandowski selling out Manafort?
redshirt
@Major Major Major Major: Check the kerning on those checks to Manafort.
lamh36
Major Major Major Major
@redshirt: on the new OMG TOTALLY REAL HILLARY IS DYING documents the wingnuts managed to misspell her doctor’s name.
dmsilev
@lamh36: One of the commenters over at LG&M likes to describe the Trump campaign as a Max Bialystok production of The Manchurian Candidate. Right now, that sounds about right to me.
Mary G
@lamh36: So Uday and Qusay are murdering animals somewhere and Ivanka is hanging out with Wendi Deng in Europe?
The kids appear to have given up and Trump is by himself? Haha ha ha ha I need more snacks.
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: No veggies? When I leaved in Maryland, there was an Afghan take-out place. They had the best naans!
sukabi
@Baud: maybe his drumpf checks bounced and he’s gotta make due with $$ from CNN. Got to get even somehow.
redshirt
@Major Major Major Major: Really? Like, they just exposed the forgery?
As my good posting friend Corner Stone likes to say, “Amazeballs”.
Major Major Major Major
@lamh36: so according to that link and some of the comments, Ivanka is currently sightseeing with Murdoch’s ex-wife in Croatia. The ex-wife introduced Ivanka to Kushner and is rumored to be dating Putin. One of the reasons her and Rupert broke up is allegedly an affair she had with Tony Blair. And we are living in a James Bond movie.
dmsilev
@Mary G: Maybe they’re hoping Daddy will goad himself into a heart attack and have to withdraw from the campaign before he completely blows their inheritances.
schrodinger's cat
@Major Major Major Major: Except that James Bond is female. Wendy sure gets around, an international woman of mystery!
Lolis
@Corner Stone:
Heh. I need a good bone.
gf120581
Future generations are going to read books of this campaign and think they were misplaced from the fiction rack. It doesn’t seem real.
I don’t know what’s more bizarre, that it’s the Republican candidate being accursed of being a Russian dupe or that it’s actually accurate.
Mnemosyne
Been feeling yucky all weekend, but we’re getting caught up on “The Great British Baking Show.” Nadya cracks me up every. single. time. with those eyebrows of hers.
Major Major Major Major
@srv: I could’ve told you that was the plan two years ago.
redshirt
@schrodinger’s cat: Wendy Deng: Woman of Intrigue
Old Dan and Little Anne
Beastie Boys fan since 1986. Thanks for the link. And the Brazilian v-ball team. Hot damn!
raven
I knew this was going to happen. The AC has run like a champ all summer. I started my colonoscopy prep at 6 and have a second round at 2am. We were sitting here and I said, it sure seems hot. Sure enough the fucking AC is broken. I went down to the unit and the fan is not turning, best case is that the capacitor is shot. I have a separate unit in my office upstairs and I just blew up an air mattress so, if push comes to shove, I can come back from my “procedure” and crash up there. I fucking knew it, I have to keep trying to fuck up like Cole.
Dog Dawg Damn
@Keith P.: he has a shrewd cunning, like all successful conmen. Knows when to cut his losses and plan a soft landing. Galling that the RNC and GOP aren’t wise to this. It’s as plain as day.
Steve in the ATL
@Old Dan and Little Anne: I saw them on the “fight for your right” tour. Opening for Run-DMC. In Paris.
C’etait magnifique.
redshirt
@Mnemosyne: To avoid office place illnesses, follow this advice:
At the office,
1. Avoid the obviously sick, or do your best not to breathe their air
2. Carry a small bottle of antibacterial lotion with you. Use it after touching other people’s stuff
3. Doubt buffets and potlucks
Once you think you’re getting sick, do the following:
1. Gargle mouthwash and breathe in the fumes
2. Take a multivitamin and a vitamin C source
3. Take a shot of some alcohol
4. Sweat. Work out or sauna or hot tub
Cat48
@redshirt:
Don’t be ridiculous, they only paid cash, which was transferred to shell companies in the Caribbean. There were two safes stuffed with $100 bills. When they paid someone, they wrote it in the binder.
SiubhanDuinne
Was a three hour ordeal but car has been towed and I am in a limo on my way to hotel. All serene, thankfully.
philpm
@dmsilev: If they honestly believe there’s going to be anything left to inherit after the banks get their money, they really are delusional.
Aleta
@raven: Hope you get some sleep tonight.
redshirt
@raven: lol I feel you Raven. I trust you did everything necessary to ensure you had AC but Murphy interceded.
Just FYI but my house is at 63 right now and I’m sooooooo comfortable. Geothermal AC is the bomb. My entire big house is 63 and it’s 69 and humid like soup outside.
Amir Khalid
@SiubhanDuinne:
Yay you!
Major Major Major Major
@raven: air mattress in the office isn’t a fuck up, that’s successful deployment of a well-thought-out backup plan :)
Mai.naem.mobile
@Major Major Major Major: whose adult kids go on vacation 90 days before their fathers election day for POTUS. The sons are on a hunting trip. I bet Mittens’ kids didn’t go on vacation after the convention and I’ll bet Chelsea won’t go on vacation till Nov and that’s probably if Hilz loses.
J R in WV
@SiubhanDuinne:
I hope you discretely went into the bushes to pee, two hours is a long, long time. At least you connected to “help”. Last flat I had there was exactly zero bars of cell connectivity, so I did it myself. Mid-afternoon in the 90s. Last summer.
Finished 8 seconds before a huge thunderstorm broke on a high ridge top. Too old for this stuff!
CaseyL
@philpm: Nah. Betcha they’re all trust fund babies.
Major Major Major Major
@J R in WV: I was out camping by Shasta last time. Had to walk along some numbered road in the mountains, just a nice interracial gay couple smack dab in the middle of the State of Jefferson wandering around looking for a ranger’s station, what could possibly go wrong.
Aleta
I finally bought the soul dog a ‘therapeutic’ dog bed from llbean despite the expense, because he is stiff getting up and has mild arthritis in his knees and because he’s a very very good guy and lived outside in a pen most of his life. But he won’t sleep on it. I think it’s too hard for him. I’m taking it back. Any suggestions on a good reasonable dog bed or else an Easy way to make one? He’s 65 lb and has long legs and likes to sleep stretched out.
dmsilev
@raven: I had exactly that failure on my AC about a week or so ago. Turned out to be the motor itself, which in its death throes took out the capacitor. Joy. Of course, for added giggles, the HVAC guy who swapped in the new parts forgot to tie down one of the motor leads and a day or so later that lead dangled just a bit too close to the spinning fan and, well, I had to get a return visit.
Working now, just in time for the heat wave.
amygdala
Wow, thanks for the link. Still not over Adam Yauch. RIP, MCA.
Aleta
@Mai.naem.mobile: Kids who’ve been offered a nice perk and realized they’d better cash in the offer before their dad loses? Or kids looking for new sleazy business opportunities and want to sign the contracts before their dad loses?
Major Major Major Major
@redshirt: would you say that Cole bigfooting is accidental, and independent from the posting of others? That makes the calculations easier.
redshirt
@Major Major Major Major: It’s entirely independent as he doesn’t read this blog.
divF
@Major Major Major Major: IOW Cole’s posts are a Poisson process, independent of anything else going on in the blog ?
Betty Cracker
@SiubhanDuinne: An honest-to-dog limo? You must have an exceptional roadside service plan!
dmsilev
@philpm: Maybe they’ll force him to step down from TrumpCo and let them run it. It would be like a modern version of King Lear (King Leer, perhaps?), except in a twist ending none of the children are loyal to their father.
redshirt
@SiubhanDuinne: Are you driving your own limo?
dmsilev
@divF: No, Poisson statistics would imply that Cole’s posts aren’t self-correlated. While we’d have to see the interval distributions to be sure, I think there’s more clustering than that.
Old Dan and Little Anne
@Steve in the ATL: Sweet. I only saw them once at the old Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. 1994. My wife crashed her way to the first row for a Lollapalooza show. We still listen to them.
J R in WV
@raven:
My guys for plumbing/furnace/AC are 24/7 – but I’ve never called them out on a weekend night. I’m sure the hourly goes up for off-hours service. But they are total pros. Fix anything, elevators, factory equipment, pumps, everything.
Dog Dawg Damn
@Major Major Major Major: Republic of Jefferson. Heh. Me and my bottom husband were in a gun store looking for some cammo netting when the Don’t Tread on Me Republic of Jefferson gunstore clerk told us to try “Aryan Hardware on Main Street”. Husband said “okay, thanks!” And then after we left “did you hear what I heard?” Ayup. Weirdness in them hills.
different-church-lady
@redshirt: 69? Pishaw. The soup is 80 here, and it’s half before midnight.
Major Major Major Major
@dmsilev: they must be–just look at the Walter updates. But I’m trying to determine bigfooting odds so I need to know that they’re independent from the other posters. Since he reads not his own blog, all good.
redshirt
@different-church-lady: It was 88 earlier. But I’ve been at 65-66-67 max on principle.
jl
Sublime and the ridiculous at the Olympics.
Haven’t been watching much Olympics. Too stressful, give the problems of the venue. Will the rowing be interrupted by a raft of garbage and dead carcasses floating onto the course? Will a green slime monster rise out of the diving pool and start eating people?
But, the gymnastics has been sublime. I guess I’ll take some stress pills and watch that.
OK for ridiculous: golf. Saw something advertised as Olympic golf on that damn newfangled TV machine. The announcers said they were playing for medals. But this shit was in Reno Nevada. WTF. Is the damn Olympic golf being played in Reno NV? I was going to watch a little longer to see if I could figure it out, but didn’t seem worth the time. The announcers said golf was dropped as Olympic sport 90 or so years ago, until brought back for this one. I think dropping it was the right decision.
The modern Olympics will remain suspect and sissy in my eyes until they bring back the pankration.
But the gymnastics has been cool.
amk
@jl: given all the doomsday scenarios by the press and the ‘blogs’, I would say the games have gone remarkably well so far.
Dog Dawg Damn
This Manafort shit is gonna be like crack for the press. Another Kremlin link in the Manchurian candidacy. At some point, even his supporters are gonna be all WTH?
Aleta
Mark Sanford says in NYT :
Pretty clear his fear for the future of the SC is not based on moral conviction, for if it were he would fear Trump more. So what is he so concerned about? Restrictions on lobbying or the environment or political businesses that would limit his income?
Joel
@lamh36: Hoax
dmsilev
@Dog Dawg Damn: In a normal campaign, Manafort would “resign” by roughly 7 tomorrow morning.
This is not a normal campaign.
Corner Stone
@Dog Dawg Damn:
What would make you think that? ISTM they would much rather start considering that the Russian strongman point of view is the correct one.
eric
@efgoldman: that likely would require irrevocable trusts, where the grantor (Donald) cannot access the funds….so, I am not sure Donald would do such a thing….god bless him and each and every one of the trumps
Major Major Major Major
@redshirt: Does it count if John bigfoots himself?
BR
@Dog Dawg Damn:
I doubt the press will care about Manafort, but they will love Trump’s previous BFF, Corey, out there pushing the story. That’s an easier story to tell and fits the Trump campaign in disarray narrative they already have. The Russian connection will require too much explanation and details that nobody understands or cares about.
Mike E
@jl: alright, Emily Litella
dmsilev
@Aleta: I love that he’s being swarmed by the commentators, and that the moderators are letting all sorts of Appalachian Trail references go through.
Joel
@redshirt: Geothermal sounds nice but $50K and backhoes parked on the lawn doesn’t sound awesome*
* I know you can get 20K tax credit back (or thereabouts).
Aleta
@Dog Dawg Damn: Lega doeskin (that is Lewandowsi) is pleased (possibly with himself if he leaked it)
Omnes Omnibus
@redshirt: Does the fact that he responded to you in this very thread not disabuse you of that notion? Also, Corner Stone hasn’t pied you. He just doesn’t talk to you. It’s more amusing that way.
redshirt
@Major Major Major Major: No. You cannot Bigfoot yourself.
redshirt
@Omnes Omnibus: What the hell are you talking about?
Major Major Major Major
@efgoldman: Ahem.
What? I do this to unwind sometimes.
jl
@Mike E:
” alright, Emily Litella ”
No, Grandpa Simpson. Go to hell with your Emily Litella.
redshirt
@Joel: Right.
But goethermal for a new house should be automatic.
rikyrah
@Dog Dawg Damn:
12 MILLION?
Uh huh
Uh huh
rikyrah
@SiubhanDuinne:
Stay safe.
rikyrah
@Dog Dawg Damn:
He.has. not.forgiven. those.loans.
Mike E
@jl: Never mind!
Omnes Omnibus
@redshirt: Which part do you want me to explain? You should assume that I am aware of the general tenor of your commentary. And so are the majority of the people reading right now.
Show that much respect.
different-church-lady
@BR: What they’re really going to love is saying the phrase “secret ledger” over and over and over again.
redshirt
@Omnes Omnibus: How about all of it?!
Cat48
@BR:
If they don’t care about Manafort, then they need to forget the Clinton Foun emails.
The FBI coordinates with the corruption council in Ukraine & Manafort has hired people in the Trump who have also worked in Russia or Ukraine. Lots to look at in plain sight.
You’re right, they will probably ignore it.
Omnes Omnibus
@redshirt: You saw my link. Figure it out. Feh.
RaflW
@dmsilev: I hope this has legs. Manafort is a seriously ugly character, he needs to be off the Trump campaign, and lots of very serious looking under the hood of the whole Trump operation needs to come out of this.
Trump certainly seems like he could be a fantastic “useful idiot” for Putin.
Calming Influence
I think it’s still possible, if we all agree as a nation, to say that the Trump campaign for president was a joke we were all in on, basically a drunken bar bet that we let get out of hand, that we all knew how silly it was and were just playing an enormous practical joke on the rest of the world, ha ha ha, we might still get out of this with a shred of dignity.
But only if Donald fucking Trump gets whipped like the family pig in November.
Omnes Omnibus
@Calming Influence: If only….
Barb2
@Corner Stone:
I knew it! You are from the future aboard the Red Dwarf. Lister’s Chicken vindaloo – belongs on the Red Dwarf.
patroclus
I’m beginning to believe that Walter is a neoliberal, which I understand is worse than Fascism, Communism and Imperialism all put together.
Major Major Major Major
@patroclus: Makes sense to me.
Calming Influence
@patroclus: Walter is a neohappy dog. And the leader of the new Neohappydog party. Bones for everyone!
Chris T.
@Major Major Major Major: What’s the point of the empty (one “pass” statement) loop?
? Martin
Trump voters are focus grouped. Whether George Will likes it or not, this is the Republican party.
Major Major Major Major
@Chris T.: It was a work in progress.
There’s absolutely no correlation between John bigfooting a post and anything, by the way, other than “he does it with 25% of his posts”. (Data from May 31-today). So.. that was fun.
Suzanne
@Aleta: Costco has really nice dog beds. For the big dog (Luna), I got her a memory foam one with bolster pillows on two sides. For little dog (Chica), I got a little one with a hood that is dome-shaped with a removable washable foam pad. They both love them.
Major Major Major Major
I have data!
The presence of ‘jesus’ in tweets around the time of Cole’s posting something on the blog is strongly predictive of a bigfoot.
raven
Ob boy, round two!
Aleta
@Suzanne: Thanks, I didn’t think of them. I think he’d like the bolsters as he prefers to lay his head on something.
Aleta
@Major Major Major Major: You probably saw this analysis? http://varianceexplained.org/r/trump-tweets/
(Not that there’s anything wrong with Jesus.)
Major Major Major Major
@Aleta: I did!
Earlier today, somebody idly wondered about whether Cole’s frequency of tweeting was related to the odds of him bigfooting a post. I’d been meaning to brush up on my data mining anyway, so I took a peek. If there are fewer than six tweets in the hour surrounding one of his posts, it’s almost never a bigfoot. Then, if there are… there’s not much predictive value after that that I can find. My word stemmer started acting weird, Twitter is terrible for things like that.
So, that, and ‘jesus’, are your predictors of bigfooting. Question answered, The More You Know.
sukabi
@Aleta: he’s still trying to get the loser stank off… he’s trying to determine which position is the more favorable, stick with drumpf or dump him. Article comments are like an informal cheap poll.
Aleta
@Major Major Major Major: I don’t understand word stemmers.
Aleta
@sukabi:
Not knowing this on his own forever fixes him in the category of all time loser.