Tiki Torch Nazis. A parody.
Posted by Sandy and Richard Riccardi on Thursday, August 17, 2017
Sandy and Richard Riccardi FTW
This made me happy. Some people are so damn talented.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.
We still have time to mess this up!
These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.
Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.
Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.
The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.
Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.
Come on, man.
Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.
Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.
This really is a full service blog.
Accountability, motherfuckers.
He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.
Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.
The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.
The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.
I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.
This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.
Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.
Fuck these fucking interesting times.
They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.
If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.
Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.
Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.
Omnes Omnibus
Giant picture.
ETA: Clever song.
? Martin
That is exceptional.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Sandy and Richard…? That’s not Amy Sedaris?
TaMara (HFG)
@Omnes Omnibus: It’s a video and for some reason they have been posting large, at least on my posts. I’ll drop Alain a line an see if there’s a setting I can adjust.
GregB
Tiki Torch Nazis meet the Cos-Play Confederates.
scav
As I spent part of today listening to Randy Rainbow, there’s a certain continuity of genre.
TaMara (HFG)
eclare
That was awesome! And sung to a song from Grease!
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@TaMara (HFG):
Carl Sagan’s thoughts on our pale blue dot are ever so relevant today.
“From this distant vantage point, the Earth may not seem of any particular interest…”
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
Man, is it just me or most modern cars boring and sucky, style wise? I swear, I see a model I like only to find out it’s been discontinued like 6 years ago. Or they got an ugly redesign. I feel like this always happens to me. And I don’t want to get a used car either. Don’t have the capital, a few grand, to blow on a used car. Wouldn’t want to either. Last thing I need is for it breakdown while I’m driving it.
All I want is new car to lease that I like and can afford.
Suzanne
That was amazing.
Omnes Omnibus
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: What are you looking for? What is your price range?
NotMax
Beginning poking around online to decide what to see on Broadway and/or Off-B’way while in NYC area very soon. Any recommendations from y’all?
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 already on the list. The Crusade of Connor Stephens a maybe.
(Anyone who says Hamilton gets a long, raucous Bronx cheer..)
Suzanne
@NotMax: Spawn the Elder is a big fan of “Dear Evan Hansen”. It won the Best Musical Tony. “A Doll’s House, Part 2” is also supposed to be really good.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Omnes Omnibus:
A new car, prefably a sedan. A two-door sports truck would be cool too. My price range is 220/mo or lower; less than 200 would be great. I like the way the Ford Focus used to look: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Focus_(second_generation,_North_America)
For a truck, something like this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=dodge+dakota+2+door&client=ms-android-verizon&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigxoHJ9t_VAhXCRCYKHSadAx8Q_AUIDygC&biw=360&bih=560#imgrc=AijHTQ2NvXd0nM:
Yarrow
Excellent!
NotMax
@Suzanne
Was intrigued by the scene from Evan Hansen on the Tony awards, however Mom informs me tickets are nigh impossible to get.
Omnes Omnibus
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: Consider the Ford Fiesta.
trollhattan
New Yorkers and New Yorker lurve them some Trump.
Major Major Major Major
@NotMax: My husband recommends Waitress.
tobie
For the 2008 election, Sandy and Richard did a brilliant spoof on the song from Evita, “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina.” Here’s a link for your amusement. Happy times those were.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Omnes Omnibus:
Thanks. Looking at the Fiesta now, it looks good for what’s being priced. Dirt cheap for an automatic. I got enough time to decide anyway, a year, so no rush. I don’t know why but I tend to like smaller cars like the Fiesta sedan. When I was looking at Jeeps, I really wanted the Patriot, but it was discontinued. I’ll def consider it.
frosty
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: All new cars look the same because of aerodynamics. It’s much cheaper and quicker to boost the mileage by 10% by reshaping the body than by redesigning the engine and transmission. Although they’re doing that too. The wind tunnel makes them all look the same.
ETA: I don’t know what you like and can afford but I’m really happy with the 2014 Mazda3 I just bought.
NotMax
@Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe)
Scope out Mazda.
NoraLenderbee
New cars are hideous. The high back end, the high belt line, sloping rear windshield, ugly grills–this is an era of ugliness. And lousy visibility and ergonomics, too.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@frosty:
Now that I think about it, a lot of older cars back in the day, judging from old pictures, looked the same as each other too. Probably nothing new.
Kraux Pas
Bravah!
frosty
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: I don’t think you’ll ever see that Ford Focus look again. The Mazda Protege, precursor to the 3, looked similar. I read somewhere (could have been here) that the upswept rear windows and terrible rear quarter sight lines are because of a recent increase in rollover protection regs that caused mfrs to beef up the rear roof pillars.
I wnder if we’ll end up with more fatalities from blind spot accidents than rollovers.
Yarrow
@NotMax: Not sure what sort of thing you’re looking for but The Play That Goes Wrong looks funny.
devore
With the Nazi web sites getting pushed off the internet, just wondering what is Twitter’s policy on hate speech? Seems like there’s quite a few Twitter users that could be subject to the same treatment?
On another topic, has the President attended Sunday church services this year?
NotMax
@Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe)
Pshaw and piffle. One could at a glance tell whether it was a Chevy or Ford or Chrysler sedan, a Cadillac, a Buick, a Studebaker, a Lincoln, a VW, a Volvo, etc, etc.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@frosty: @NotMax:
I like the 2nd gen Mazda 3’s look. 3rd gen not so much. In my opinion it lost the sportyness the previous two gens had
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: Meh. Have you ever watched The Good Thief? If not, try it.
frosty
@NoraLenderbee: See my comment at 28 re: ugly new cars. And BTW I chuckle every time I see your nym.
NotMax
@Yarrow
Looks funny (in a Noises Off sort of way) but reviews are all over the map. The Hollywood Reporter is particularly scathing. J. J. Abrams directing is a red flag (for me).
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@NotMax:
Whitewall tires and chrome bumpers. Circular headlights and tail lights.
frosty
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: Funny, the 2nd gen is the only one I don’t like. The engineers really went to work on the 3rd. They claimed 40mpg highway and I occasionally beat that on a tank. (Commute is mostly interstate).
ETA: I can’t stand all the electronics, particularly the keyless start. Every wire they put in a car is another potential failure mode.
Yarrow
@NotMax: I didn’t realize Abrams was directing. I think if you went just kind of expecting it to be funny but not great you could have a good time.
Are you planning on seeing several shows?
Fair Economist
@frosty:
I wonder that too. It’s much harder to spot cars in my blind spot now than in my previous car. With mirrors properly set and peripheral vision I didn’t have a traditional blind spot – I could see something of any car in the adjacent lanes. Now, there’s no way to do that. Same make, but one before the beefed-up pillars and one after.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: Honestly, I don’t Broadway much, but I’ll be in NY over labor day.
NotMax
@Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe)
Tail lights, especially, came in more varieties than Baskin-Robbins ever dreamed of.
Worst ever was the original Edsel. Right rear turn signal flashed in an arrow shape that pointed to the left. Left rear turn signal, an arrow pointing to the right.
Davebo
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
You could always hold out hope that the Saab’s come back. I love my Saab and don’t doubt I could get another 100k miles out of it but GM’s lawyers sadly won’t let me replace it.
Mary G
Hoping for 27%:
Rick Wilson tweeted that he’s hearing the same thing.
ETA:
frosty
@Fair Economist: The Mazda I bought has a Blind Spot Warning: a little light in the side mirror that comes on when the radar (radar!!) in the bumper signals another car is close. If I hit the turn signal the car beeps at me.
This former British car owner is sure glad Lucas isn’t making any of this stuff.
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: Not Broadway. Caper flick. Gritty. Great soundtrack.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@frosty:
My 2015 Honda Civic has a keyless start. I enjoy it for the novelty. My key fob comes with a key to open the doors. Not sure if it could also start the car without the button. Most people, if they can, would prefer to lease for a few years. In that time, its unlikely to fail.
NotMax
@Yarrow
Probably two. But that’s not a hard and fast limit. I don’t like moving around in Manhattan but do like the theatre.
@Major Major Major Major
Will be there then too.
Omnes Omnibus
@NoraLenderbee: Step off my Saab.
Davebo
@frosty: Mercedes have that as well. It is useful.
But you won’t get an E class for $220 a month.
Speaking of.. I hate it how my truck is convinced I’m about to enter Armageddon every time I switch to reverse with my boat trailer attached. Gotta be a way to turn that off.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
Since we’re on the subject of car designs, why did cars get so boxy in the 80s? And what the fuck we’re the designers smoking when they created the 80s Ford Mustang?
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Mary G:
Maybe he’ll get so pissed he’ll have a stroke. Even better if it’s in the middle of a press conference.
ETA: I’m hoping for 15%
frosty
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: For my cars, I aim for a moon unit at least (238,000 miles, distance from the Earth to the Moon). Made it with a Jetta, was close when my 1990 Miata got wrecked at 225K.
frosty
@Davebo: Look through the manual. My wife’s Edge does the same thing but if you press the right things on the steering wheel you can shut it off.
Fair Economist
@frosty: Yes, the new “awareness” electronics are useful, and can at least partially compensate for things like big fat pillars. I may add an aftermarket backup camera to mine – that comes in handy when I’m driving my mother’s car.
eclare
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: My 2010 Toyota has a keyless start, I like it.
Repatriated
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
Early computer-aided design systems couldn’t model the stresses of curved structural elements. They made a virtue out of it.
NoraLenderbee
@frosty: :) It’s from when I was doing p2p lending.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
I think I actually know where my car style preferences come from: racing games from the early 2000s; Gran Turismo 3 particularly. It had a lot of models from the late 90s and early 2000s. Which means I’m probably doomed unless I buy used.
NoraLenderbee
@Omnes Omnibus:My father and I drove his 1998 Saab convertible from NY to KC MO in 2008. My husband met us there. Dad flew home and husband and I went the rest of the way to CA. That car is such fun to drive. I wish they still made them.
I liked the older ones even better. The gondola shape.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: How’d you get from Waitress to that?
@NotMax: WELL I GUESS WE’LL JUST HAVE TO GET COFFEE THEN.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@eclare:
I think keyless start is becoming more standard for some reason.
frosty
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: LOL! My racing game era was Need for Speed on a PC. Based on that I need to be driving a Dodge Viper. Boy, did it have a great sound!
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Repatriated:
Didn’t earlier cars have curves?
Repatriated
@Repatriated: …and this was also the beginning of the transition to unibody chassis from body-on-frame, so they had to do a lot of the structure engineering without being able to crib from legacy designs.
Davebo
Sad to see Jame Joyner fall down the rabbit hole.
And like Trump, he doubles down in comments.
NotMax
@Major Major Major Major
In the process of trying to set up a B-J meet-up. Watch this space.
Omnes Omnibus
@NoraLenderbee: Saabs are good things and should be treasured.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@frosty:
Funny you should mention Need for Speed, I also still own Hot Pursuit 2. Loved playing as the cop. The graphics for either HP2 or GT3 haven’t aged all that well. Can’t imagine what graphics from 1994 era PCs look like
Davebo
@frosty: RTFM? You gotta be kidding me!
My wife would have but I’m not about to. It gives me something to bitch about as I back down the boat ramp.
Major Major Major Major
So in the process of researching some story stuff I just landed at /r/occult for the first time, and wow, that is one interesting subreddit.
@NotMax:
I dunno, I hardly ever read this blog.
Davebo
@Omnes Omnibus:
The guy I bought mine from has a graveyard of sorts, maybe 18 Saabs with a few Volvo’s and Mercedes tossed in. He travels around the country buying them.
Unusual to get a 1 year warranty on a 10 year old used car but his bet was wise. Not a problem at all except for a new set of tires. And I’ve been driving the hell out of that thing. Only annoyance, the AC compressor turns off automatically when you put the top down.
Original Lee
@NotMax: School of Rock is fun, especially if you have kids with you.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Major Major Major Major:
Another interesting one to check out is r/nosleep, which “creepypasta” type stuff. They even have an excellent podcast.
Jager
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
If you want a regular cab pickup, look at the Ram 1500 Express. V6, 8 speed transmission. It’s the only regular cab with room behind the eats,. Hands free phone, media plug ins, etc. Mid 20’s on the highway. It looks good, rides good and it’s not all chromed up. You can lease one dirt cheap. I have a Ram 1500 Sport with the Hemi, crew cab, Night Edition. zero chrome. I love the damn thing. We pull a little Airstream with it and it’s a 4×4 so we can enjoy the back country via US Forest Service roads.
Peale
@Yarrow: I liked the Play that Goes Wrong.
Not sold on Dear Evan Hanson. It will have a long life as a high school musical. After The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time and Hand of God, I’m kind of over the mentally ill teenage boy story.
The cast of the Miss Saigon revival is very good, and it’s worth seeing for Jon Jon Briones as the Engineer. But…that’s another revival where the topic seems a bit dated.
Ruckus
@devore:
First, who the fuck cares?
Second, who would want him?
Third, who the fuck cares if he or anyone else goes to church?
Fourth, who the fucks business is it if anyone goes to church? Or Not?
Major Major Major Major
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: Oh yeah, that one’s weird.
danielx
@frosty:
Joseph Lucas, Prince of Darkness
NotMax
@Peale
Curious Incident was a memorable experience. And the technical complexity involved was mind-boggling.
Ruckus
@Fair Economist:
My yr old Ford Focus has a blind spot mirror. Took about 2 days to get used to it. It’s just a little spot mirror in the outer corner of the side mirrors. Doesn’t get in the way and works wonders for blind spots. The car had backup camera and parking alarm and I told them I didn’t want it, so they took it off the price. Turns out it is great! And yes you can turn off the alarm if you want. Would be nice if the picture was bigger but I’m used to backing with mirrors so it works out. I get the EPA mileage which is far, far, far better than my last vehicle, a full size V8 van. Could it be better? Sure what car couldn’t? But it’s still one of the better cars that I’ve owned or leased and there have been quite a few of those.
frosty
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: Earlier cars were designed with clay models. Those guys were artists.
Mike in NC
Jennifer Rubin on MSNBC now talking about how much longer can we deal with this deranged fucking clown. Maybe 60-90 days?
frosty
@Davebo: TBH, even though I know how to turn it off, the effort is more work than the annoyance of the beeping. The threshold seems to be about the 3rd time I have to pull forward and restart backing the trailer.
Ruckus
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
The dies for the earlier cars weren’t build using computers. All duplicated using models. I worked on Barbie doll molds (among many other things) as a teenager and we made them completely from models. Not live models, no one is built like that in real life, including the wife of the owner of Mattel, who the doll was supposed to be fashioned after.
Mike in NC
@devore: Trump will only set foot in a church if he can grab some you-know-what.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Major Major Major Major:
It’s really more like ghost story type stuff presented as real in my opinion
frosty
@danielx: Oh, yeah, I know all of these. My favorite:
Q: Why do the English drink their beer warm?
A: Lucas made all the refrigerators.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Ruckus:
Wasn’t Trump the biggliest Christian evar? He even quoted his favorite verse, “2 Corithians”.
Major Major Major Major
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: Pretty much. Or at least presented as ‘real’.
frosty
@Ruckus: The Edge has the wide angle blind spot mirrors too. I wish I could buy them aftermarket and put ’em on mine.
barb 2
The use of Tiki torches by the Nazis — shows how damned ignorant these idiots are. Tiki is a wooden carving of a GOD — found throughout the Pacific Islands. The ones I know best are the various Tiki GODS and Goddesses from Hawaii. We have a Tiki God — KU on our sailboat. The tiki was carved by a local in Hawaii, who was honoring the old ways.
The damned Nazis can’t be original — hateful bastards.
Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA
@NotMax: I recommend 1984. Reed Birney as O’Brien was one of the more chilling performances I’ve seen.
Ithink
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
Dude, I feel what your saying and am really picky about features & what fits “me” but get a Honda CR-V, Toyota Rav4, or a Mazda CX-5, certified pre-owned!
They’re all three stylish, compact crossover SUV’s with great gas mileage, roomy interiors and fantastic driving suspension. I’ve had the latter (Mazda) CX 5 SPORT trim, my first car, since last February 2016 and absolutely love it. Its also a primo ride for taller peeps if your over 6′, like I am!
frosty
@Ithink: And the Mazda3 fits shorter peeps like 5’4″ like I am. A company that builds cars for everyone!
NotMax
@frosty
Yowza. There was streamlining and then there was streamlining.
Here is the only one ever built (see link above) in action, playing the role of the fictitious Flying Wombat auto.
WaterGirl
TaMara, I loved the song but now I can’t get it out of my head to get to sleep.
frosty
@NotMax: Flying Wombat. Very cool.
ruemara
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: I love my little honda fit. The ovum shape isn’t bad. There’s also the Scion X, the Mini Cooper and a number of other cars that have some distinction.
Central Planning
@NotMax: I have a friend who is one of the leads in Anastasia. We haven’t been down to see it, but it seems like reviews are positive.
Thistle313
@Ruckus: “The dies for the earlier cars weren’t build using computers. All duplicated using models.”
Only prototype dies were made from models, by Metal Model Makers. (My husband was one, until the carpal tunnel got too bad.) Production tooling was developed by Die Designers, who drew the blueprints for the tooling on drafting boards. (My dad was one.) So people could handle designing dies with curves, but early CAD systems could not.