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Thursday Receding Water Open Comments

We’ve all seen stories and pictures of how the drought has exposed long-submerged towns and other interesting things.

At least the receding waters here aren’t exposing the relics of bygone days that low water in the Rhine near Koblenz is exposing.

Plans are being made to evacuate nearly half the residents of Koblenz [~45,000 people – wb] next weekend so that a 1.8 tonnes [1.8 tonnes = 1,800kg = ~3,965lb – wb] British WWII bomb found in the Rhine River can be defused. Two hospitals and a prison are within the evacuation zone.

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148 responses to “Thursday Receding Water Open Comments”

  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Obama promised us that sea levels would begin to recede, so it has to start somewhere. Drought is necessary to cause sea level to drop isn’t it?

    Really now, the amount of water on and around earth is constant – be it in liquid, solid, or gas form. It’s merely the distribution of the resource that results in above or below average rainfalls in different areas. People need to know these things to keep from being bamboozled by the politicians we elect. The politicians seem to think it more important to spread ignorance and falsehoods than to allow for proper education and scientific study. Another chapter on our road to destruction.

  2. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Obama promised us that sea levels would begin to recede, so it has to start somewhere. Drought is necessary to cause sea level to drop isn’t it?
    Really now, the amount of water on and around earth is constant – be it in liquid, solid, or gas form. It’s merely the distribution of the resource that results in above or below average rainfalls in different areas. People need to know these things to keep from being bamboozled by the politicians we elect. The politicians seem to think it more important to spread ignorance and falsehoods than to allow for proper education and scientific study. Another chapter on our road to destruction.

  3. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Finally. Someone is making toys I can buy for my grandaughter.

  4. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Finally. Someone is making toys I can buy for my grandaughter.

  5. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    There are unexploded bombs all over the place in Germany from WWII. 10 or 15 years ago they found one in the middle of a refinery/petrochemical plant near Hamburg. There are likely hundreds in the ground around Hamburg, Cologne, Hanover, the Ruhr valley, and many other industrial areas.

  6. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    There are unexploded bombs all over the place in Germany from WWII. 10 or 15 years ago they found one in the middle of a refinery/petrochemical plant near Hamburg. There are likely hundreds in the ground around Hamburg, Cologne, Hanover, the Ruhr valley, and many other industrial areas.

  7. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    ELg
    Say what?
    They’re not making any more water?
    Well I’ll be.
    🙂

  8. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    ELg
    Say what?
    They’re not making any more water?
    Well I’ll be.
    🙂

  9. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #4 shannon
    Better get down to Sam’s & stock up before the rest of the hayseed crowd finds out.

  10. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #4 shannon
    Better get down to Sam’s & stock up before the rest of the hayseed crowd finds out.

  11. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Nukular powered de-salinization plants are the way to go. Rip the salt out of the water and pipe it where it needs to go.

  12. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Nukular powered de-salinization plants are the way to go. Rip the salt out of the water and pipe it where it needs to go.

  13. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Another nominee for one of those “special places in Hell”.

    Thieves. /spits

  14. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Another nominee for one of those “special places in Hell”.
    Thieves. /spits

  15. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Another “confused Christian”.

    Really? You really think that’s what Jesus had in mind?

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Another “confused Christian”.
    Really? You really think that’s what Jesus had in mind?

  17. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Morning all

    Got the www back yesterday late. YAY!!!!!!!!!

    #8 TT What a nincompoop that guy is. Sure he must know that “debt” is translated from “trespass”. Oh, wait, I forgot he is a modern non-Christian liberal. My bad, sorry.

  18. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning all
    Got the www back yesterday late. YAY!!!!!!!!!
    #8 TT What a nincompoop that guy is. Sure he must know that “debt” is translated from “trespass”. Oh, wait, I forgot he is a modern non-Christian liberal. My bad, sorry.

  19. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Headline on Drudge:

    OBAMA: ‘I’m going to need another term to finish the job’…

    Let’s see, since the sock puppet has become prez the value of the dollar has plummeted, the national debt and yearly deficit have skyrocketed to unsustainable levels, unemployment in the private sector has gone up, job killing regulatory burdens have increased, the ability to produce our own oil has become increasingly difficult due to absurd bureaucratic BS designed to stop exploration, we continue to hemmorage money in stooooooooooooopid “loans” to politically connected friends of the sock puppet and to other institutions/countries that will never pay it back to cover interest and the loss of buying power. In short, he has caused more damage to the USA than all of the wars combined and the VSR says he is not through yet???
    When he was running for prez he said he wanted to “fundamentally transform the USA”, is this what he had in mind, driving us from number one to 3rd world status just it make it fair?? The man and his administration are an enemy of the constitution and America.

  20. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Headline on Drudge:

    OBAMA: ‘I’m going to need another term to finish the job’…

    Let’s see, since the sock puppet has become prez the value of the dollar has plummeted, the national debt and yearly deficit have skyrocketed to unsustainable levels, unemployment in the private sector has gone up, job killing regulatory burdens have increased, the ability to produce our own oil has become increasingly difficult due to absurd bureaucratic BS designed to stop exploration, we continue to hemmorage money in stooooooooooooopid “loans” to politically connected friends of the sock puppet and to other institutions/countries that will never pay it back to cover interest and the loss of buying power. In short, he has caused more damage to the USA than all of the wars combined and the VSR says he is not through yet???
    When he was running for prez he said he wanted to “fundamentally transform the USA”, is this what he had in mind, driving us from number one to 3rd world status just it make it fair?? The man and his administration are an enemy of the constitution and America.

  21. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #2 Sarge

    Nowhere but Texas. Here’s the kind of present I want:

    The 275 MPH Convertible from Texas
    Published November 30, 2011
    Hennessey Performance

    Wear a toupee? You might want to leave it at home.

    Sealy, Texas-based Hennessey Performance has introduced an open-top version of its 1200 hp Venom GT for the low, low price of just $1.1 million. Yes, $1.1 million. And yes, 1200 hp.

    Built on a chassis developed in conjunction with Lotus, the Venom GT Spyder is powered by a twin-turbocharged version of the 6.2-liter V8 from the Chevrolet Corvette. Weighing in at just over 2,600 pounds, it can accelerate to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, and 200 mph in a scant 15.9 sec.

    A top speed run has not yet been attempted, but Hennessey estimates that the Venom is capable of hitting 275 mph. That’s seven mph faster than the world-record holding $3 million Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which also has 1200 hp.

    http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/11/30/275-mph-convertible-from-texas/?test=faces

  22. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #2 Sarge
    Nowhere but Texas. Here’s the kind of present I want:

    The 275 MPH Convertible from Texas
    Published November 30, 2011
    Hennessey Performance
    Wear a toupee? You might want to leave it at home.
    Sealy, Texas-based Hennessey Performance has introduced an open-top version of its 1200 hp Venom GT for the low, low price of just $1.1 million. Yes, $1.1 million. And yes, 1200 hp.
    Built on a chassis developed in conjunction with Lotus, the Venom GT Spyder is powered by a twin-turbocharged version of the 6.2-liter V8 from the Chevrolet Corvette. Weighing in at just over 2,600 pounds, it can accelerate to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, and 200 mph in a scant 15.9 sec.
    A top speed run has not yet been attempted, but Hennessey estimates that the Venom is capable of hitting 275 mph. That’s seven mph faster than the world-record holding $3 million Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which also has 1200 hp.

    http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/11/30/275-mph-convertible-from-texas/?test=faces

  23. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    TT, BTW

    Religions are strange. Jews don’t recognize Jesus, Arabs don’t recognize Israel, Protestants don’t recognize the pope and Baptists don’t recognize each other in the liquor store.

  24. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    TT, BTW
    Religions are strange. Jews don’t recognize Jesus, Arabs don’t recognize Israel, Protestants don’t recognize the pope and Baptists don’t recognize each other in the liquor store.

  25. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Found wife Dee’s letter to Santa yesterday.

    Dear Santa,
    Please give me a big fat bank account and a slim body.
    Love,
    Dee

    P.S. Please don’t mix them up like you did last year.

  26. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Found wife Dee’s letter to Santa yesterday.

    Dear Santa,
    Please give me a big fat bank account and a slim body.
    Love,
    Dee
    P.S. Please don’t mix them up like you did last year.

  27. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #8 TT: from yer linkie:

    Finally, forgiving all this debt will hurt society as a whole. It would only prolong the inevitable burst of the tuition bubble. The only reason tuition is so obnoxiously high is because of government student loans — because the government makes getting all of this money too easy. Until the bubble bursts, nothing’s going to change for the better.

    That same logic can and should be applied to a whole bunch of things. A very wise economist named Norm Franz told me that borrowing money to purchase assets or anything else artificially drives up the price of what is being purchased and the more the society borrows individually and collectively to purchase those assets, the bigger the artificial bubble becomes.
    I think we can all see how that works with real estate, the evidence is overwhleming. It also holds true with university education.

  28. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #8 TT: from yer linkie:

    Finally, forgiving all this debt will hurt society as a whole. It would only prolong the inevitable burst of the tuition bubble. The only reason tuition is so obnoxiously high is because of government student loans — because the government makes getting all of this money too easy. Until the bubble bursts, nothing’s going to change for the better.

    That same logic can and should be applied to a whole bunch of things. A very wise economist named Norm Franz told me that borrowing money to purchase assets or anything else artificially drives up the price of what is being purchased and the more the society borrows individually and collectively to purchase those assets, the bigger the artificial bubble becomes.
    I think we can all see how that works with real estate, the evidence is overwhleming. It also holds true with university education.

  29. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    There are some interesting points in this article: Riots behave like bushfires. This article discusses the riots in the UK, resulting in the death of a man. (All emphasis is mine)

    Tough times, lowering of self-responsibility and a desire to join in are fuelling the UK riots, researchers say.
    /snip
    Dr Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, a professor of government at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, says the geography of riots and how they spread seem to show certain patterns – patterns similar to those followed by wildfires.
    /snip
    Dr Jack Levin, a professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, says most rioting consists of two phases in which people’s motivation to behave violently or destructively may change.

    Dropping one’s personal identity and responsibility and adopting those of a group’s (a behaviour known as deindividuation) often happens in the first phase of rioting, he says. Usually, people are pushed to their personal limits before expressing their grievances this way.

    Following the initial catalyst, and with rioting spreading, people’s rationales for participating in change, too.

    “It has to be recognised that economic times are pretty harsh, not only in the United States but in England. There are desperate individuals who will unfortunately go outside of the law simply because they’ve lost confidence in mainstream politics, see the police as the enemy of occupation, and don’t see the light at the end of the economic tunnel,” says Levin. “They may take advantage of a dire situation in order to accumulate certain items – such as flat screen TVs – that they otherwise might not.”

    According to Levin, these free-for-all bouts of looting transition into a second phase of rioting and often happen when newcomers join with individuals they already know. For example, friends showing up at a riot are probably pressured by one another to act destructively rather than acting to support the original grievance.

    Though outsiders should try to understand the rationale of riot participants, Levin says riots can range from the “sublime to the ridiculous,” adding that it’s become trendy to riot over less serious events such as the victory or loss of a sports team.
    /snip
    Another researcher points out the difference between violent and destructive behaviours, adding that riots are more likely to lower people’s standards for themselves, regardless if they have a criminal history. Overall, vandalism and looting, which are technically property crimes, are easier for people to justify than behaving violently.
    /snip
    Though police reports and media sources might focus on the extremes of a riot and accuse all participants of having a criminal history, the truth is existing criminals are unlikely behind this riot’s genesis and progression, she says.

    “The criminal element doesn’t really change from week to week or month to month – they’re always out there,” says Hamby.

    Interesting. “Trendy” to riot and destroy personal property? Which is made possible because by acting as a group and losing one’s individual identity (which I believe is what the collectivist ideologies strive for), thus lowering their own personal standards to what the group can get away with?

    And what does this mean for the future handling of these situations? Can we prevent the de-invidualization of people in a protest to keep down the related crimes? Or can we use the “brushfire” analogy to better manage the rioting?

  30. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    There are some interesting points in this article: Riots behave like bushfires. This article discusses the riots in the UK, resulting in the death of a man. (All emphasis is mine)

    Tough times, lowering of self-responsibility and a desire to join in are fuelling the UK riots, researchers say.
    /snip
    Dr Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, a professor of government at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, says the geography of riots and how they spread seem to show certain patterns – patterns similar to those followed by wildfires.
    /snip
    Dr Jack Levin, a professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, says most rioting consists of two phases in which people’s motivation to behave violently or destructively may change.
    Dropping one’s personal identity and responsibility and adopting those of a group’s (a behaviour known as deindividuation) often happens in the first phase of rioting, he says. Usually, people are pushed to their personal limits before expressing their grievances this way.
    Following the initial catalyst, and with rioting spreading, people’s rationales for participating in change, too.
    “It has to be recognised that economic times are pretty harsh, not only in the United States but in England. There are desperate individuals who will unfortunately go outside of the law simply because they’ve lost confidence in mainstream politics, see the police as the enemy of occupation, and don’t see the light at the end of the economic tunnel,” says Levin. “They may take advantage of a dire situation in order to accumulate certain items – such as flat screen TVs – that they otherwise might not.”
    According to Levin, these free-for-all bouts of looting transition into a second phase of rioting and often happen when newcomers join with individuals they already know. For example, friends showing up at a riot are probably pressured by one another to act destructively rather than acting to support the original grievance.
    Though outsiders should try to understand the rationale of riot participants, Levin says riots can range from the “sublime to the ridiculous,” adding that it’s become trendy to riot over less serious events such as the victory or loss of a sports team.
    /snip
    Another researcher points out the difference between violent and destructive behaviours, adding that riots are more likely to lower people’s standards for themselves, regardless if they have a criminal history. Overall, vandalism and looting, which are technically property crimes, are easier for people to justify than behaving violently.
    /snip
    Though police reports and media sources might focus on the extremes of a riot and accuse all participants of having a criminal history, the truth is existing criminals are unlikely behind this riot’s genesis and progression, she says.
    “The criminal element doesn’t really change from week to week or month to month – they’re always out there,” says Hamby.

    Interesting. “Trendy” to riot and destroy personal property? Which is made possible because by acting as a group and losing one’s individual identity (which I believe is what the collectivist ideologies strive for), thus lowering their own personal standards to what the group can get away with?
    And what does this mean for the future handling of these situations? Can we prevent the de-invidualization of people in a protest to keep down the related crimes? Or can we use the “brushfire” analogy to better manage the rioting?

  31. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Dog shoots his owner in the a$$ with a shotgun.

    I did not make that up.

  32. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Dog shoots his owner in the a$$ with a shotgun.
    I did not make that up.

  33. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    They call it the iron harvest over there. Lots of WW1 stuff keeps turning up.

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-07-10-384369162_x.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_harvest

    http://www.greatwar.co.uk/article/battle-remains-western-front.htm

  34. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    They call it the iron harvest over there. Lots of WW1 stuff keeps turning up.
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-07-10-384369162_x.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_harvest
    http://www.greatwar.co.uk/article/battle-remains-western-front.htm

  35. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Soldier returns from Afghanistan and surprises his daughter at school. He must have had a lot of dust on him.

  36. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Soldier returns from Afghanistan and surprises his daughter at school. He must have had a lot of dust on him.

  37. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    From my email:

    In 1952 President Truman established one day a year as a “National Day of Prayer.”

    In 1988 President Reagan designated the First Thursday in May of each year as the National Day of Prayer.

    In June 2007 (then) Presidential Candidate Barack Obama declared that the USA “Was no longer a Christian nation.”

    This year President Obama CANCELED the 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse of “not wanting to offend anyone”

    BUT…on September 25, 2009 from 4 AM until 7 PM, a National Day of Prayer FOR THE MUSLIM RELIGION was held on Capitol Hill, Beside the White House. There were over 50,000 Muslims in D.C. that day.

    HE PRAYS WITH THE MUSLIMS! I guess it doesn’t matter if “Christians” Are offended by this event – We obviously Don ‘t count as “anyone” anymore.

  38. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    From my email:
    In 1952 President Truman established one day a year as a “National Day of Prayer.”
    In 1988 President Reagan designated the First Thursday in May of each year as the National Day of Prayer.
    In June 2007 (then) Presidential Candidate Barack Obama declared that the USA “Was no longer a Christian nation.”
    This year President Obama CANCELED the 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse of “not wanting to offend anyone”
    BUT…on September 25, 2009 from 4 AM until 7 PM, a National Day of Prayer FOR THE MUSLIM RELIGION was held on Capitol Hill, Beside the White House. There were over 50,000 Muslims in D.C. that day.
    HE PRAYS WITH THE MUSLIMS! I guess it doesn’t matter if “Christians” Are offended by this event – We obviously Don ‘t count as “anyone” anymore.

  39. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Today would have been my maternal grandmother’s 99th birthday.

  40. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Today would have been my maternal grandmother’s 99th birthday.

  41. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Did you know the computer term point-and-click was coined by Samuel Colt?

  42. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Did you know the computer term point-and-click was coined by Samuel Colt?

  43. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #20 Boney

    Fond memories to you this day.

  44. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #20 Boney
    Fond memories to you this day.

  45. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #22 OTL: Thanks, she has been gone for about 18 months now. A sweet and wonderful lady who would make the best pot roasted duck you could imagine. Whenever either me or my dad would get the pleasure of enjoying that dish, pain would always follow because we ate so much, and we could not wait to do it again, it was that good.

  46. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #22 OTL: Thanks, she has been gone for about 18 months now. A sweet and wonderful lady who would make the best pot roasted duck you could imagine. Whenever either me or my dad would get the pleasure of enjoying that dish, pain would always follow because we ate so much, and we could not wait to do it again, it was that good.

  47. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    “Ma’am, that dog’s obese.”

    “To the contrary, Porter’s looking quite svelte these days.”

    “Mizz Klink, that dog’s a walking abomination of canine flesh.”

    “He’s lost at least five pounds.”

    “Needs to lose twenty more. What the hell are you feeding that animal?”

    “Exactly what you recommended…”

    “Don’t lie to me, gal and don’t tell me you’ve been washing his ears out with that vinegar and alcohol recipe I gave you. I can smell the stink coming off that beast from across the counter.”

    “Bull, I suspect you checked the appointment schedule before we waltzed through the door.”

    “Waltzed my ass, that was a slow waddle if I ever saw one.”

    Anyone who has raised animals and dealt with veterinarians knows what they can mean to your life and that of those in your charge. DaphneK publishes a blog in Austin titled Jaded Heaven and is frequently irreverent and occasionally profane, but here she offers a poignant tribute to her West Texas octogenarian vet. You’ll enjoy it.

    Better Men from DaphneK

  48. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    “Ma’am, that dog’s obese.”
    “To the contrary, Porter’s looking quite svelte these days.”
    “Mizz Klink, that dog’s a walking abomination of canine flesh.”
    “He’s lost at least five pounds.”
    “Needs to lose twenty more. What the hell are you feeding that animal?”
    “Exactly what you recommended…”
    “Don’t lie to me, gal and don’t tell me you’ve been washing his ears out with that vinegar and alcohol recipe I gave you. I can smell the stink coming off that beast from across the counter.”
    “Bull, I suspect you checked the appointment schedule before we waltzed through the door.”
    “Waltzed my ass, that was a slow waddle if I ever saw one.”

    Anyone who has raised animals and dealt with veterinarians knows what they can mean to your life and that of those in your charge. DaphneK publishes a blog in Austin titled Jaded Heaven and is frequently irreverent and occasionally profane, but here she offers a poignant tribute to her West Texas octogenarian vet. You’ll enjoy it.
    Better Men from DaphneK

  49. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, I just heard on the radio that today is World Aids Day. Guess I’ll go ahead and knock off work and celebrate the Aids holiday.

  50. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Well, I just heard on the radio that today is World Aids Day. Guess I’ll go ahead and knock off work and celebrate the Aids holiday.

  51. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    So I was inpired to a bit of satire this morning and sent an email to my old LST colleagues on our open thread. Dave Jennings liked it enough to post it on Big Jolly Politics today.

    It comes to my attention, via the gilded invitation to the ghastly gala at Houston’s Planned Parenthood human abbatoir, the swell gals of Bayou City’s Democratic Party seem currently to have thrown the last residue of dignity and taste down the storm sewer.

    How Sick Can Houston Democrats Get ?

    Enjoy.

  52. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    So I was inpired to a bit of satire this morning and sent an email to my old LST colleagues on our open thread. Dave Jennings liked it enough to post it on Big Jolly Politics today.

    It comes to my attention, via the gilded invitation to the ghastly gala at Houston’s Planned Parenthood human abbatoir, the swell gals of Bayou City’s Democratic Party seem currently to have thrown the last residue of dignity and taste down the storm sewer.

    How Sick Can Houston Democrats Get ?
    Enjoy.

  53. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Well, another racist remark. I mean, when was the last time you heard of a great black?

    If I were Quannell, I’d be offended. If I weren’t busy trying to repair my rep.

  54. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Well, another racist remark. I mean, when was the last time you heard of a great black?
    If I were Quannell, I’d be offended. If I weren’t busy trying to repair my rep.

  55. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I saw a real funny and incredibly crude episode of Southpark last night. Bottom line: Really big t_rds are measured in units called Courics (as in Katie) and the biggest one in the world is Bono.

  56. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I saw a real funny and incredibly crude episode of Southpark last night. Bottom line: Really big t_rds are measured in units called Courics (as in Katie) and the biggest one in the world is Bono.

  57. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    I saw a real funny and incredibly crude episode of Southpark last night.

    Doesn’t narrow it down much…

  58. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I saw a real funny and incredibly crude episode of Southpark last night.

    Doesn’t narrow it down much…

  59. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    South Park is NOT a cartoon for children. If you are in a foul mood, it can really help bring you out with the low-brow humor.

  60. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    South Park is NOT a cartoon for children. If you are in a foul mood, it can really help bring you out with the low-brow humor.

  61. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    People involved in the post-occupy cleanup of the lawns around City Hall in Los Angeles figure they’ll be removing 30 tons of debris from the site.

    Idiot supporters in the comments are claiming that the reason they left so much crap behind was that they were surprised in the middle of the night and were not given a chance to clean up. 🙄

  62. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    People involved in the post-occupy cleanup of the lawns around City Hall in Los Angeles figure they’ll be removing 30 tons of debris from the site.
    Idiot supporters in the comments are claiming that the reason they left so much crap behind was that they were surprised in the middle of the night and were not given a chance to clean up. 🙄

  63. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #30 bone
    I like watching a show featuring a bunch of foul-mouthed fourth-grade libertarians.

    It’s like listening to Ron Paul supporters.

  64. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #30 bone
    I like watching a show featuring a bunch of foul-mouthed fourth-grade libertarians.
    It’s like listening to Ron Paul supporters.

  65. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It’s like listening to Ron Paul supporters.

    Time for an encore.

  66. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It’s like listening to Ron Paul supporters.

    Time for an encore.

  67. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    DESPERATION – thy name is HUNTSMAN

  68. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    DESPERATION – thy name is HUNTSMAN

  69. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    34 Katfish
    Exploiting your hot daughters for political gain is a time-honored, All American activity

  70. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    34 Katfish
    Exploiting your hot daughters for political gain is a time-honored, All American activity

  71. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #35 – but no LESS DESPERATE

  72. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #35 – but no LESS DESPERATE

  73. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Poor Rick Perry. Polling way behind Huntsman in NH, and only has one daughter—

  74. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Poor Rick Perry. Polling way behind Huntsman in NH, and only has one daughter—

  75. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Putin.

  76. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Putin.

  77. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #36 katfish
    At least they’re hot.

  78. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #36 katfish
    At least they’re hot.

  79. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Egypt provides an almost perfect object lesson in first-order thinking.

    First order: Mubarek bad. Must throw under bus.
    Second order: Will what replaces him be acceptable (or at least better)?
    Third order: Let’s see if we can find a few candidate replacements that we know will be much better and acceptable to the Egyptians

  80. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Egypt provides an almost perfect object lesson in first-order thinking.
    First order: Mubarek bad. Must throw under bus.
    Second order: Will what replaces him be acceptable (or at least better)?
    Third order: Let’s see if we can find a few candidate replacements that we know will be much better and acceptable to the Egyptians

  81. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #26 Texpat

    I just noticed my very own state rep Jessica Farrar is sponsoring the “Christmas at the Slaughterhouse” event along with the Eastside Alley Cat (they eat their own). I’m not surprised since she introduced legislation to allow mothers to murder their own babies with a slap on the wrist. What a disgusting herd of cows.

    I feel a heated conversation with our parish priest in my future.

  82. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #26 Texpat
    I just noticed my very own state rep Jessica Farrar is sponsoring the “Christmas at the Slaughterhouse” event along with the Eastside Alley Cat (they eat their own). I’m not surprised since she introduced legislation to allow mothers to murder their own babies with a slap on the wrist. What a disgusting herd of cows.
    I feel a heated conversation with our parish priest in my future.

  83. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Dipping into the Jolly waters today made me realize how much more pleasant it has been at Hammy’s since not even having to think about Bob42 any more, not to mention that Izzy guy who was left behind when LST flamed out.

  84. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Dipping into the Jolly waters today made me realize how much more pleasant it has been at Hammy’s since not even having to think about Bob42 any more, not to mention that Izzy guy who was left behind when LST flamed out.

  85. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Give him a bat to assist in his catechetical efforts.

  86. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Give him a bat to assist in his catechetical efforts.

  87. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Drudge headline:

    MITT COURTS GEORGE H.W. BUSH…

    Now there’s a political marriage made in RINO Heaven. Go, Mitt, get Bush 41 on your side! And make a biiiiig deal out of it, spend lots of campaign cash touting that connection.

  88. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Drudge headline:

    MITT COURTS GEORGE H.W. BUSH…

    Now there’s a political marriage made in RINO Heaven. Go, Mitt, get Bush 41 on your side! And make a biiiiig deal out of it, spend lots of campaign cash touting that connection.

  89. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Whether he knows it or not, Izzy is hilarious. Those clowns really exist.

  90. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Whether he knows it or not, Izzy is hilarious. Those clowns really exist.

  91. phil Avatar
    phil

    tRicky P. promising to secure the border still = this song.

  92. phil Avatar
    phil

    tRicky P. promising to secure the border still = this song.

  93. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    #44, geez. This just gets more depressing.

  94. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    #44, geez. This just gets more depressing.

  95. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    I dunno, I sort of miss mharper42 slapping Bobbo silly. I can see where mharper might of tired of it, though.

  96. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    I dunno, I sort of miss mharper42 slapping Bobbo silly. I can see where mharper might of tired of it, though.

  97. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #39 – …………….hmmmmmmmmmmmm – now if those BOZOS could arrange a jello or mud wrasslin event with Dubbya’s Daughters & Huntsman’s Daughters…………I might buy a ticket fer THAT!

    VBWEG (aka very big wicked evil GRIN)

    🙂

  98. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #39 – …………….hmmmmmmmmmmmm – now if those BOZOS could arrange a jello or mud wrasslin event with Dubbya’s Daughters & Huntsman’s Daughters…………I might buy a ticket fer THAT!
    VBWEG (aka very big wicked evil GRIN)
    🙂

  99. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Bush Mafia support of Mitt has always been a given. Hasn’t it?

  100. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Bush Mafia support of Mitt has always been a given. Hasn’t it?

  101. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #49 katfish
    perv

  102. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #49 katfish
    perv

  103. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Particularly with the current occupant, always with any prez with a D by his name and with any squishy R THIS scares the Bono out of me.

    The government lawyers, CIA counsel Stephen Preston and Pentagon counsel Jeh Johnson, did not directly address the al-Awlaki case. But they said U.S. citizens do not have immunity when they are at war with the United States.
    Johnson said only the executive branch, not the courts, is equipped to make military battlefield targeting decisions about who qualifies as an enemy.

    So if I carry a Bible, and own a firearm and do not vigorously advocate partial birth abortion, under the current admin I could be considered a terrorist.

  104. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Particularly with the current occupant, always with any prez with a D by his name and with any squishy R THIS scares the Bono out of me.

    The government lawyers, CIA counsel Stephen Preston and Pentagon counsel Jeh Johnson, did not directly address the al-Awlaki case. But they said U.S. citizens do not have immunity when they are at war with the United States.
    Johnson said only the executive branch, not the courts, is equipped to make military battlefield targeting decisions about who qualifies as an enemy.

    So if I carry a Bible, and own a firearm and do not vigorously advocate partial birth abortion, under the current admin I could be considered a terrorist.

  105. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    50 Shannon says:

    December 1, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    Bush Mafia support of Mitt has always been a given. Hasn’t it?

    Just can’t bring yourself to use the “E” word, can you?

  106. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    50 Shannon says:
    December 1, 2011 at 5:24 pm
    Bush Mafia support of Mitt has always been a given. Hasn’t it?

    Just can’t bring yourself to use the “E” word, can you?

  107. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #48 goats

    I sort of miss mharper42 slapping Bobbo silly

    Heh. And to think, my friend Iron Mary Cash never got a crack at him.
    🙂

  108. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #48 goats

    I sort of miss mharper42 slapping Bobbo silly

    Heh. And to think, my friend Iron Mary Cash never got a crack at him.
    🙂

  109. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Ammo company compares the sock puppet to Stalin, Lennin, Mao, and HITLER.
    The comments are pretty good.

    The USAAmmo ad shows side-by-side pictures of Obama with Hitler, Stalin and other dictators who committed atrocities across the world. The ad, which is also accompanied by a video, warns that gun control is imminent and foreshadows that the U.S. could face millions in casualties if they are not allowed to defend themselves.

    I guess I know from whom I will by next load of ammo.

  110. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Ammo company compares the sock puppet to Stalin, Lennin, Mao, and HITLER.
    The comments are pretty good.

    The USAAmmo ad shows side-by-side pictures of Obama with Hitler, Stalin and other dictators who committed atrocities across the world. The ad, which is also accompanied by a video, warns that gun control is imminent and foreshadows that the U.S. could face millions in casualties if they are not allowed to defend themselves.

    I guess I know from whom I will by next load of ammo.

  111. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    The mouse problem I spoke of last week came to a crisis this evening; the wissin thing jumped around again and caused me to lose what I was about to post for the 47th time or so. The offending piece of VSR was mercilessly destroyed; the act of which brought me great joy. The joyous act of wanton destruction necessitated a quick trip to the Office Max to replace the wretched chunk of plastic foulness.The sleek, new, bluetrack WIRELESS mouse seems to be working flawlessly at this point.

  112. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The mouse problem I spoke of last week came to a crisis this evening; the wissin thing jumped around again and caused me to lose what I was about to post for the 47th time or so. The offending piece of VSR was mercilessly destroyed; the act of which brought me great joy. The joyous act of wanton destruction necessitated a quick trip to the Office Max to replace the wretched chunk of plastic foulness.The sleek, new, bluetrack WIRELESS mouse seems to be working flawlessly at this point.

  113. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    #41 Hamous

    Roadwhores, Badgirls and an Eastside Alleycat doing the most evil things on the Gulf Freeway.

    Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose….

  114. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #41 Hamous
    Roadwhores, Badgirls and an Eastside Alleycat doing the most evil things on the Gulf Freeway.
    Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose….

  115. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Texpat, what a great commentary on the unspeakably ghastly idea of the Dem Women’s “holiday” party at PP. A sad tangent is the gals likely do not at all comprehend the seriously sick irony when it’s pointed out, never mind have it occur to them on their own. What airheads.

    Loved reading the commentary from some of the old LST gang. But I fully agree with mharper42 that the amenities of the Hamous living room couch minus Izzy and Bob are preferable to what Big Jolly manages to put up with.

  116. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Texpat, what a great commentary on the unspeakably ghastly idea of the Dem Women’s “holiday” party at PP. A sad tangent is the gals likely do not at all comprehend the seriously sick irony when it’s pointed out, never mind have it occur to them on their own. What airheads.
    Loved reading the commentary from some of the old LST gang. But I fully agree with mharper42 that the amenities of the Hamous living room couch minus Izzy and Bob are preferable to what Big Jolly manages to put up with.

  117. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Re what BigJolly has to put up with:

    Izzy said: No Republican can win the Presidency in 2012 if he campaigns for the repeal of Roe v Wade. Also, fertilized eggs are not people. In the words of Leon Spinks: They “ain’t got no money, they ain’t got no toofers, and they sho ain’t got no driver’s license.”

    If that’s the qualification for non-personhood eligible for having the life sucked out of you, half of the occupiers and welfare queens might be candidates.

  118. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Re what BigJolly has to put up with:

    Izzy said: No Republican can win the Presidency in 2012 if he campaigns for the repeal of Roe v Wade. Also, fertilized eggs are not people. In the words of Leon Spinks: They “ain’t got no money, they ain’t got no toofers, and they sho ain’t got no driver’s license.”

    If that’s the qualification for non-personhood eligible for having the life sucked out of you, half of the occupiers and welfare queens might be candidates.

  119. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Just curious, are “toofers” what we chew our food with?

  120. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Just curious, are “toofers” what we chew our food with?

  121. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    BAAD Women, that’s funny as hell Texpat.

    #54
    mharper, Iron Mary needs a FB account. Plenty of oppurtunities there.

  122. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    BAAD Women, that’s funny as hell Texpat.
    #54
    mharper, Iron Mary needs a FB account. Plenty of oppurtunities there.

  123. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Erogenous.

    There. I said it.

  124. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Erogenous.
    There. I said it.

  125. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Speaking of Bobo, I was just browsing my Facebook feed and found this on a Hamster’s wall. It explains better than I ever could what I always found unsavory about b42.

    Theo Kaht:
    Wow dude, I’m thinking a BLT, but in a crispy corn tortilla, plus cheese. Forget the beef… crunchy bacon, crunchy shell, crispy lettuce. That would be better than Cheetos, and possibly, sex.

  126. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Speaking of Bobo, I was just browsing my Facebook feed and found this on a Hamster’s wall. It explains better than I ever could what I always found unsavory about b42.

    Theo Kaht:
    Wow dude, I’m thinking a BLT, but in a crispy corn tortilla, plus cheese. Forget the beef… crunchy bacon, crunchy shell, crispy lettuce. That would be better than Cheetos, and possibly, sex.

  127. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    mharper, Iron Mary needs a FB account. Plenty of oppurtunities there.

    No way, Tim. 🙂
    I gotta protect Iron Mary from the harsh world out there. And think how tedious it would be to post her status every day.

  128. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    mharper, Iron Mary needs a FB account. Plenty of oppurtunities there.

    No way, Tim. 🙂
    I gotta protect Iron Mary from the harsh world out there. And think how tedious it would be to post her status every day.

  129. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And there’s always ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY.
    The longest ‘e’ word.

  130. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And there’s always ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY.
    The longest ‘e’ word.

  131. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I had a very sweet moment happen this evening:

    I had to run to the store to pick up something, and as I pulled a basket free, a mother came up with two little kids dressed in their jackets. “Here, take this basket,” I said, pushing it in her direction. “I’ll help you load them up.” She lifted the little boy into the basket as I held it steady for her and helped her fit her little girl’s feet in the child seat area. “What’s your name?” I asked the little girl. As her mother answered, the little boy turned and threw his arms around my neck and put his head on my shoulder. “Whoa!” I said to mom, “This is unexpected!” His mother looked as surprised as I did, and the young’un just kept on holding me. “Is he like this with everyone?” I asked, with my hands on his back. Mom replied no and I said, “Well, then I feel very special!” He kept on hugging me, and finally Mom said they needed to go. “Come on,” she said to her little boy, but he didn’t let go until I asked “Are you read to go shopping with your mommy now?” Then he let go, sat down in the basket and off they went, with Mom thanking me as she pushed through the doorway.

    Didn’t know I needed a hug like that tonight, but it sure made my day!

  132. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I had a very sweet moment happen this evening:
    I had to run to the store to pick up something, and as I pulled a basket free, a mother came up with two little kids dressed in their jackets. “Here, take this basket,” I said, pushing it in her direction. “I’ll help you load them up.” She lifted the little boy into the basket as I held it steady for her and helped her fit her little girl’s feet in the child seat area. “What’s your name?” I asked the little girl. As her mother answered, the little boy turned and threw his arms around my neck and put his head on my shoulder. “Whoa!” I said to mom, “This is unexpected!” His mother looked as surprised as I did, and the young’un just kept on holding me. “Is he like this with everyone?” I asked, with my hands on his back. Mom replied no and I said, “Well, then I feel very special!” He kept on hugging me, and finally Mom said they needed to go. “Come on,” she said to her little boy, but he didn’t let go until I asked “Are you read to go shopping with your mommy now?” Then he let go, sat down in the basket and off they went, with Mom thanking me as she pushed through the doorway.
    Didn’t know I needed a hug like that tonight, but it sure made my day!

  133. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Silent Night Holy Night

    Thank you my brothers and comrades in arms.

  134. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Silent Night Holy Night
    Thank you my brothers and comrades in arms.

  135. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Religions are strange. Jews don’t recognize Jesus, Arabs don’t recognize Israel, Protestants don’t recognize the pope and Baptists don’t recognize each other in the liquor store.

    Now that’s funny. 🙂

  136. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Religions are strange. Jews don’t recognize Jesus, Arabs don’t recognize Israel, Protestants don’t recognize the pope and Baptists don’t recognize each other in the liquor store.

    Now that’s funny. 🙂

  137. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #66 TT
    Good practice for the grand chirrens coming your way. I am sure it was your kindness to strangers that made the little boy want to hang onto you as long as he could.

  138. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #66 TT
    Good practice for the grand chirrens coming your way. I am sure it was your kindness to strangers that made the little boy want to hang onto you as long as he could.

  139. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I dunno, I sort of miss mharper42 slapping Bobbo silly. I can see where mharper might of tired of it, though.

    Me too. Mharper’s the kind of atheist I like. 🙂

  140. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I dunno, I sort of miss mharper42 slapping Bobbo silly. I can see where mharper might of tired of it, though.

    Me too. Mharper’s the kind of atheist I like. 🙂

  141. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #70 Darren
    Made me smile.
    Ok, then I guess you Hamsters are the kinds of Christians & Jews I like. I started to tot up all the denominations I am aware of, but I think those 2 categories cover everyone here. It annoys me when I hear someone say “Christians and Catholics”, or “Christians and Mormons”, that’s just ignorant. Most of my friends are religious, but not all are completely comfortable with the fact that I am not.

  142. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #70 Darren
    Made me smile.
    Ok, then I guess you Hamsters are the kinds of Christians & Jews I like. I started to tot up all the denominations I am aware of, but I think those 2 categories cover everyone here. It annoys me when I hear someone say “Christians and Catholics”, or “Christians and Mormons”, that’s just ignorant. Most of my friends are religious, but not all are completely comfortable with the fact that I am not.

  143. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Mharper, missy ma’am – we lubs you no matter what.

  144. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Mharper, missy ma’am – we lubs you no matter what.

  145. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    God loves you too. 😉

  146. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    God loves you too. 😉

  147. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    but not all are completely comfortable with the fact that I am not.

    Like bunsonburner said

    God loves you too. 🙂

    I started to tot up all the denominations I am aware of, but I think those 2 categories cover everyone here.

    Actually the more appropriate comparison might be either Jews or Gentiles. Ya see that would include you too. Ya see man likes to spin off in groups and such. but God says we are either Jews or Gentiles. Now me, I am a Gentile saved by grace thus I am a Gentle Gentile Christian. Oh yeah and handyman all round nice guy.

  148. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    but not all are completely comfortable with the fact that I am not.

    Like bunsonburner said

    God loves you too. 🙂

    I started to tot up all the denominations I am aware of, but I think those 2 categories cover everyone here.

    Actually the more appropriate comparison might be either Jews or Gentiles. Ya see that would include you too. Ya see man likes to spin off in groups and such. but God says we are either Jews or Gentiles. Now me, I am a Gentile saved by grace thus I am a Gentle Gentile Christian. Oh yeah and handyman all round nice guy.

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