Weekend Open Thread
The picture for this weekend has been supplied by Hack Stone who is currently mourning his crack-head girlfriend who was rudely murdered in Philly a few weeks back. Hack barely escaped the same fate, but lucky for him, he’s a Ruthless SOB – Ruth was his girlfriend’s name.
Yes, Frank Visconi has been back on the email pony trying to convince people of that which he couldn’t convince the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Who am I to argue with a panel of Federal judges, after all?
Meanwhile the child dressed in the skin of an alcoholic septuagenarian, Dallas Wittgenfeld, has been sending links to his latest broke dick website that Bernath conned him into putting his name on, you know, because Bernath has been taking such a beating in the courts this year. Wittgenfeld tried to make a go of it on Facebook, but he lost three of his childish attempts in one week, getting whacked by the Facebook crew. His Google+ page has survived but only because, you know, who reads Google+?
So, I’ve been getting emails from our friends because Wittgenfeld has been spamming them with links to his latest juvenile attempts at making himself look foolish. His new email address is info@widowmarypschantag.us , in the event that you want to block it in your own inbox. Or in case the spambots want to start their own campaign.
Speaking of Daniel Alan Bernath, his ability to practice law is hanging by a thread – he has another telephonic hearing scheduled for next month that he will skip out on in an attempt to delay the inevitable – you know that thing we used to do in college until we discovered that it doesn’t work in the real world.
Another Friday will come and go without any death threats from Paul Wickre (when you say it out loud, say “wicker”, it really angers his lawyer, John Kudel – which you should pronounce “Cuddles”) because it really pisses Wickre off when his words are presented in court – we’re going to get an opportunity to do that again next month.
But enjoy your open thread.
Category: Open thread
Just timing… not appropriate in any other way:
http://livestream.com/patriotspointlive/iadrang
There was a battle 50 years ago.
What? We aren’t going to get another ‘climate crapdoodle’ post from Hondo? And I had so much stuff lined up for that.
Oh, well, happy weekend, all of you. It went 70+ here today, and that means the good times are coming. In fact, I may put away all but two of my sweaters and dig my Hawaiian handmade sandals out of the closet. It’s nearly that time again.
We lived in Hawaii before we moved back here 25 or so years ago. Show me yer shoes. I’ll need to verify yer claim. Can’t recall the code for a big silly grin… You win.
I have two pairs. Cost $60 per pair. Maker is Island Sandals. They wear like iron. I have one turquoise pair and one lime green pair with a floral deco, worth every penny I paid for them.
Here’s the link:
http://shop.islandslipper.com/womens-footwear/traditional/
They also produce sandals for men.
I’m drooling!
I didn’t see where the width/sizing was listed. Or. Do they custom make these beauties to fit your foot?
I don’t know about their doing custom work. I got mine from Footsmart when they were sending out catalogs.
I can say they are the most durable, most comfortable and most supportive sandals I have ever had.
They are all handmade and there is an 800 number you can call, so if you’re interested, call them.
What is it with women and shoes?
@ EX-PH2, Et Alii:
Real men don’t wear sandals.
We wear boots, generally with a good fighting knife tucked down inside the boot (a traditional Scottish custom), and/or a hacksaw and/or file sewn inside the lining of the boot.
Here ya go, hun. Enjoy 🙂
http://thefederalist.com/2015/04/17/what-it-would-take-to-prove-global-warming/
Shucks dude… I could easily make a case that Hawaii turned south well after we left… No/zero/nil debate about their current politics.
It’s been in the 50’s here. I’m getting ready to start the seeds indoors. All the snow should be gone in another week or two so I should be able to move them to the garden.
This is my surprized face mouth position with a peanut lodged in my throat:
0
Best I could do!
Thanks for the DRC summary Jonn.
Humming bird feeder is out, and filled with a 4:1 mix water and table sugar. Love to watch these little guys dice and zoom around the back yard. And they don’t have huge Omega watches and snobby attitudes, either.
*cough* Pilots….
Back in high-school I got really stoned one day and drank all the kool-aid, and it was gross it tasted like it didn’t have much sugar. In the morning, my mom asked what happened to all the hummingbird nectar she put in the fridge, but who puts hummingbird nectar in the fridge in a pitcher?
Your mother did.
@ AW1 ED, Et Alii:
About the HUMMINGBIRD – – – ,
At some point in her life, prior to her marriage to John Franklin Mallernee, i.e., my “Grampaw John”, my paternal grandmother (or someone in the family) had her name changed to Lusta Mae Smith.
But, she was a full-blooded Cherokee, born on the Cherokee reservation, and on the rolls of the tribe, her Cherokee family’s name was, “Hummingbird”.
Thus, my father was VERY proud of being one half Cherokee.
No, I am not a Cherokee, nor can I ever be a Cherokee, for I was adopted, and Cherokee law does not recognize adoptions of Caucasian children born with no American Indian blood, as I was, for my biological paternal ancestors came here in 1682 from Shoreditch, a section of London, England, while my biological maternal grandparents came here from Denmark.
There are no American Indians listed anywhere in the recorded genealogy of the Trueblood family or the Albertson family.
On the other hand, my three (03) younger sisters, being natural born, do have the option of being legally registered on the rolls of the Cherokee nation, should they ever choose to do so.
Sunday 19 April 2015 is Patriots’ Day, the 240th anniversary of the “shot heard ’round the world”.
Without those courageous 77 men and boys on 19 April 1775, there never would have been a 04 July 1776 – – – , and I’m very proud to brag that MY ancestors were part of it, serving in the Continental Army.
So, it’s a day to wear your medals, enjoy busting open a nice, cold watermelon, grilling hot dogs, practicing rifle marksmanship, and displaying historic American Revolutionary War banners.
Relax at home, snacking on popcorn and pizza, while watching the DVDs of, “JOHN ADAMS”, “APRIL MORNING”, and, “JOHNNY TREMAIN”.
Sunday 19 April 2015 is the 72d anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Sunday 19 April 2015 is the 22d anniversary of the Waco Massacre.
Sunday 19 April 2015 is the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, for which I continue to hold the federal government responsible.
Were it not for the Waco Massacre, there would have been no bombing of a military target in Oklahoma City.
John,
I love you, but you need to go lite on the meds.
I am a federal kinda guy, and to suggest that the govt is responsible for KC bombing … BAT SHITCH CRAZY TALK.
Really John, “seek to understand … before being understood (who said that)”.
Prize for first person to get the quote!
OK, drop another Oxy now and go to sleep!
Love always,
MCPO
Wasn’t it Stephen R. Covey?
You are correct Sir.
See Hondo for your prize!
Here’s yer ObamaPhone. Forward bills to MCPO NYC USN Ret. (smile)
I was in Viet Nam with Stephen R. Covey’s cousin, James (Jim) Mack Richards, Attorney-at-Law.
He was an artillery officer at Dong Ha.
We knew each other because we were both active in The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints.
We’ve been friends for years, and still keep in touch.
I don’t remember if I ever actually met Stephen R. Covey, but it’s quite possible that I did, at sometime over the passing years.
@ MCPO NYC USN Ret., Et Alii:
Sir, with all of your intelligence, abilities, and accomplishments, you disappoint me.
When I disagree with someone, I don’t call them names, or hurl meaningless insults.
Instead, I present my case using facts and logic, which regarding this particular issue, I have done elsewhere on the Internet, at various times, via e-mail, blogs, and/or discussion forums.
Even though I may be the only person in the entire world holding forth this unique opinion, that does not necessarily mean I’m wrong.
Even if everyone else in the entire world disagrees with what I think, that does not necessarily mean they are correct.
Sadly, as you must know by now, the decline in American liberty has become so severe, that reading news reports has become an art form, as we struggle through the haze, sifting arcane objective facts from mere government approved Hollywood propaganda.
You are correct about the effects of my medication.
I have been ill for quite some time, and no matter how many pills I swallow, I can’t seem to get well.
Or maybe, I’m just frustrated that recovering my physical health is taking so tediously long.
Be that as it may, I continue to stand by my admittedly controversial and unpopular opinion, i.e., that our own federal government is greatly responsible for the bombing and fatalities at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Wednesday 19 April 1995.
However, I’d rather argue the case at another time, as this weekend should be a cause for joyous American celebration, with God, guns, goodies, grilling, games, gaiety, and girls.
Thank you.
Just to clear up any possible misunderstanding – – – :
I’m not accusing the United States government of being involved in any criminal conspiracy to deliberately blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building.
Instead, I hold our government responsible for gross criminal negligence, in that they created and permitted the conditions and environment which permitted the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building to be vulnerable to such an attack.
As an example, it’s inevitable that some psychotic sociopath, or maybe a genuine Islamic jihadist, will at some (imminent?) future date, casually stroll into a Veterans Administration Medical Center, or an Armed Forces Retirement Home, and begin murdering anyone and everyone in sight.
Why?
What makes it possible?
Because at the entrance of every Veterans Administration Medical Center and/or Armed Forces Retirement Home, there are signs prominently (and stupidly!) posted, warning that no firearms or weapons are allowed on the property.
It’s similar to our United States Army’s negligence in allowing the conditions which made possible the Islamic jihadist murders at Fort Hood, Texas, by insuring that all soldiers, when on the post, are disarmed, helpless prey.
As for the children killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building, no child day care center should have ever been permitted on that property, and no mothers of babies and toddlers should have ever been hired by our irresponsible, albeit, “politically correct” federal government.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building was attacked because no federal officials were ever arrested or prosecuted for the Waco Massacre, a condition which continues to exist to our present day.
The building was attacked because Tim McViegh was a pschycotic asshole. I think Waco was an outrage and a clusterfuck, but what you are implying is that the Feds forced that dipshit’s hand and if Waco hadnt happened TM would have been a law-abiding citizen.
+1.
McVeigh was a thug, pure and simple, another low-life scumbag who used the government as a punching bag to justify his bombing of the Murrah building. He KNEW that there was a day care center in that building, and HE DIDN’T CARE.
“…and no mothers of babies and toddlers should have ever been hired by our irresponsible, albeit, “politically correct” federal government.”
I truly don’t understand that opinion. Are you saying that women don’t belong in the workplace?
https://youtu.be/GDSZ9Bv-5Ek
When watching the movie, “JOHNNY TREMAIN”, you might ponder over a couple of questions regarding your own choices if you were living in Boston, Massachusetts in 1775.
Keep in mind that in 1775, the Sons of Liberty were a small group of radicals who were regarded as traitors, rebels, and troublemakers.
Most of the American colonists thought of themselves as loyal English subjects, and the very idea of rebellion was horrifying to them.
Under those circumstances, if you lived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1775, which side do you think would you have chosen to associate with?
For those of you who are Christians, let’s take it a step farther.
If you lived in Israel during the mortal lifetime of Jesus, the Christ, would you have been among the minority who chose to believe in Him, or would you have been among the majority who mocked Him and sought to kill Him?
What do you think?
How do those scenarios compare with the choices we make these days?
How did you view the recent armed stand-off at the Bundy Ranch?
What is your opinion of the Oath Keepers, and the Constitution of the United States of America?
What is your opinion of the “U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act”, the Department of Homeland Security, and/or the Transportation Safety Administration?
If you are currently on active duty, or if you wear a badge, under what circumstances would you open fire on American citizens?
Under what circumstances would you choose to refuse to obey your orders, desert your post, and join the rebellious American citizens?
When are we morally justified in breaking the law – – – or are we ever?
Some of my closest friends are beginning to think that I don’t hold them in the same regard, because they aren’t getting the stupid shit from the stupid shit that I forewarned them about. Like how I raped my dog, in that poorly cut and paste job that Whipitnflogit did up. Other friends however are taking very seriously his diarrhea about how I took money from under my dying son’s pillow. Those friends were actually closer friends of my son and are more than “pissed” at this. I am curious as to, (see what I am doing here?), what they may be sending to the e-address that I shut down months ago. Have any of the Dutch Rudder Gang done anything at all even remotely sensible? If they have, I missed it.
YEAH !!!
What he said !!!
What did he say ???
“Have any of the Dutch Rudder Gang done anything at all even remotely sensible?”
Other than the few and infrequent times they momentarily SHUT UP (And those are only long enough for them to take another drink of Cisco, T-bird, MD20/20 or Night Train), uhhhhmmm, NO.
“Have any of the Dutch Rudder Gang done anything at all even remotely sensible?”
I think the closest thing to sensible they could do is all pile into one of Wicker’s jags and go for a long-distance drive, while flooring the accelerator, without leaving the garage.
And, this isn’t a death threat because Wicker doesn’t have any jags, thus it is simply a hypothetical scenario.
I have drawn the conclusion that the garage door at FirstTech Solutions is inoperable. I base this on the fact that the hillbilly garage/car tent is not centered on the garage door. The posts supporting the tent would impede any vehicle entering or exiting the garage. It could also be that someone’s spouse has finally had enough of his shit, and since she is the primary/sole breadwinner in the relationship, she gets the bedroom and he gets the garage.
Has an individual whose first name begins with the letter “E” been observed entering or exiting said garage?
#BringElaineRicciHome
Does this mean that I can now claim to be a published author?
People in Sweaden read this blog, therefore you are a Worldwide published author.
Iceland also
Hanging by a thread, or hanging by a catheter?
Don’t toy with me, Hack.
And where’s my frikkin’ cheese steak, no peppers, add mushrooms, mozarella instead of cheezwhiz? And the nice, warm soft pretzel w/mustard on the side? Do I have to drive out there to get it?
Don’t mention cheese… you might attract Chevy’s.
I just ate a Tasty Kake crumb cake.
You are so mean, Hack. Just mean. Mean, mean, mean.
😛
Crumb cake. Many years ago, there was a bakery that had the best crumb cake in all the world. we would get rolls and buns at that bakery after Mass every Sunday and, once in a while, a crumb cake. Unlike the brown-paper bagged buns and rolls, the crumb cake came in a white box, closed, flaps out, with white string. The bakery had a spool of the string and any one of the bakery ladies could close up a box with a length of it in about two seconds. I sure as hell miss that crumb cake.
Whomever came up with that poster is complete genius! I love it!
I am inclined to agree with you, and I am totally impartial. I heard that the guy how did that literal cut and paste job even has a door on his mailbox.
Please change “how” to to read “who”. Hack Stone Publishing regrets the error.
Your next drink is on me, good sir!
SITREP: Defend Freedom Kick Off Event, Concerned Veterans for America (CV4A.org)
1. Got up at 0400 with family.
2. Ariived at Fox News Worldwide HQ in NYC.
3. Pete and org had this event down pat and greeting me and family.
4. DD coffee and DONUTS!
5. Pete’s opening remarks … Nailed it.
6. Ducey to follow … Nailed it.
7. SEAL TEAM GOLD STAR MOM (nothing further).
8. Awesome entertainment by Madison Rising (ah they are good).
9. BBQ breakfast.
10. Follow and go to see the Defend Freedom event in your area: CV4A.org
That is all.
Thoughts on Montel Williams? Just on Greta re the Marine imprisoned in Iran and Barry doesn’t want to link his release to his (and John Fuckin Kerry (spit))’s nuke surrender to Iran.
LT Williams seems a good dude to me. Marine and later a Navy O-3. Am I wrong?
Don’t recall any specifics at the moment, but there have been quite a few good things said about him over the years. Wish I could come up with a great story or three, but there’s something tickling the brain for which he earned a lot of respect – like quietly supporting causes, or some such.
When I am not hiding out in my safe room at an undisclosed location in North Philadelphia, I work with a guy who sat next to Montel at Intel school. He considers Montel tone rather pompous.
Intel Officer!
That picture has me giggling, but I think that movie would be a flop at the box office.
The only problem with the poster is the guy who originally played Bernie was a good actor, even being a dead guy. The waste of flesh on the poster up there can’t even play a good lawyer, even with “thirty” years of practice.
What a beautiful day here in the Northwest. Sunny and 70+ cut tulips and Japanese Iris’s brought them into the house. Sitting here listening to 60’s music. Guzzling Pendleton blend. Brought out my Vietnam photos, that I have not looked at in decades. God where did the time go. I’m staring at photos of myself. I can’t believe that kid in the photos are me. One of the photos is me just back in from the bush. Broken fly and all. If only HONDO could see it! Smile
Dude, no offense – but I have no desire to take a gander at yer “broken fly”. (smile)
Squeezing out a big fat Giduck after a hefty meatloaf for lunch. Is there any other kind of Giduck?
John Giduck – the turd with a face!
Enjoyed the Spring weather today here in [undisclosed] this week and got to work on some home improvement projects here at Proud Infidel Central®™. OH, how the weather can be temperamental this time of year!
At some point these douchebags will figure out their days in the sun are over.
Hopefully sooner rather than later.
I posted this under poser Shawn Moore’s entry already. Apparently he is attacking people via some Icelandic blog. LonGRangEDoNgAlapper41 sent a link to this to several people via Facebook… t looks like shitbag has joined the DRC and posted some crap to an Icelandic blog,,,, several people got facebook messages from the POS The Black Widow APRIL 18, 2015 AT 12:04 AM LOVE A VET PLEASE.. READ AND SHARE……. A little under a year ago I came in contact with a group called the Stolen Valor Mafia, and their mirror site blog Poser Patrol. Their chief “investigator, who is a bad conduct discharged reserve marine and felony paper check hanger named Scott Allen Hughes, “investigated me”, He cleared me and they added me to their rolls. At the time I was doing radio interviews for a personality named “GI JENN” aka Jenn Griff-a special forces groupie and hanger on who had a radio show. I became friends with Captain Mykle aka Hawke, who had briefly a TV show with his wife about survival. Soon after joining their ranks, I was asked to discredit the star of Discovery Channel’s Dual Survival Joe Teti. Joe was a former Force Recon Marine-then a National Guard Special Forces trooper then private contractor. They asked me to debunk Joe’s service in the recon community; I said no. In September of 2014 Scott Allen Hughes and George Milton Davenport III (honcho of the poser patrol), asked that either I rat fuck Joe or pay 10k to them; or then they’d out me. I said fuck you, your Mother, and your best try. On my son’s birthday they posted on their blog a ONE PAGE redact dd214 from school of Infantry to my unit, pictures of me in my recon unit and schools (I still don’t understand this) pics of me accepting Marine of the year-and pics of my dog and pics of me shirtless; all under the auspices of a blog/trash site called http://www.valorguardians.com. Not only did they just post ONE document from my FOIA, which is lying by omission, they horribly forged it to look… Read more »
Dang. I didn’t know you guys were so mean…shaking down those poor guys? Love how Bernasty’s site is his source.
He does that a great deal. He must have missed remedial writing when they went over how you can’t cite yourself as a credible source unless it is a peer reviewed publication.
Shawn Moore?
Is he as stupid as he sounds?
I have nothing else to do except forge government documents – there aren’t enough legitimate phonies for me to bust, I have to make shit up. Joining the DRC is an effective way to combat being busted on TAH – it’s worked so well for the rest of them.
The Icelandic-registered blog is Bernath’s idea. He talked Wittgenfeld into putting it in his name because Bernath is swatting the lawsuits that have been filed against him. He’s suckering Wittgenfeld into the whole thing. Of course, Wittgenfeld being the idiot that he is, nods his head and joins in. I wonder if he knows that Bernath’s insurance company has dropped him and Bernath can’t find an insurance company to sell him homeowners insurance now.
Dullass has never been the “sharpest tool in the toolshed”… I posted that he would get suckered into this cesspool and eventually be left holding the bag by Bernutless and the others sometime back.
As for “Forgin Frank” he’s done everything short of playing “DA MAN is holding my ass down” card.
I’m sure that there is more in store for Bernutless… I have this feeling that the CA Bar may be ready to drop the hammer on him and the Mrs. for their little game that they have played.
Ah … You think!
I love Bernath!
He permits me to use all my talents, on and off the field of play!
Buy popcorn!
What???? Birdbrain Bernitwit has no homeowner’s coverage now?
Oh, s-h-i-i-i-t!!! (Falls off chair laughing.)
“Icelandic-registered blog” YGBSM! Maybe that is where he commented on Bernasty buying TSO a new jeep, paying off his student loans, church donation and other such things because the DRC hasn’t mentioned it anywhere else that I’ve seen.
Bernath can’t find an insurance company that considers him to be an acceptable risk? I never saw that coming, said absolutely nobody. Don’t worry, his next defamation judgment will be paid for from the money begets from the airplane manufacturer.
Uuuhhm, wasn’t that lawsuit another one of his “Crash and Burns”? Come to think of it, has Daniel A. Bernath EVER succeeded at anything other than failing and being a braying buck-toothed inbred Swamp Donkey?
I wonder if Witlessfeld knows he is stepping into the same field of fire Crash-and-Bernath was in. But, then again, they are both taking cover behind the fuel drums, so they think they’re protected.
Just a matter of time before Dullass is a co-defendant in some of Bernutless’ lawsuits.
The Dutch Rudder Gang idiots will NEVER stop digging at full throttle!
Wanted to share this with all of you. Apparently combining Sci-Fi and Mexican food is racist.
http://thepunditpress.com/2015/04/16/college-apologizes-for-serving-mexican-food-during-sci-fi-event/
What? Should they have served fried
grasshoppers and pickled pig’s feet instead?
It only makes sence: if you serve Mexican food at an Alien event. That is definately racist.
They should have put some thought into. My mom always said, “when the Aliens invade, just surrender”. So following that line of thinking, they should have served French cusine.
so, “I like tacos, lets have tacos tonight” turns into “you’re a racist!”? puhlese
Dad burnit, instinct!
Now I want some enchiladas suisas, refritos, taquitos, and a big bowl of tortillas cruciamentes with salsa verde and salsa picante.
mmmmmmmm that sounds good, damn it! now I’m hungry.
I blame Instinct for it. It’s all his fault!!
Mexicalien?
Take me to your taco.
^^^^^that right there^^^^Needs to be on a Tshirt.
Depending on where you say that, it might get you more than lunch.
I just found out that the VA is flying me down to Anchorage on Wednesday for my disability claim. Why the clinic in Fairbanks can’t do it is beyond me. I’m curious what all they will say is not service connected and how many posers get by with the exact same things.
good luck, seriously
I have friends from Mexico who won’t go back, even for a visit, because it’s so bad right now. But not to worry, my peeps. The PC crowd is only going to get louder and angrier between now and the end of next year (2016). The following is a forecast brought to you by the space aliens crowding my timeship. “On Thursday, April 16, Pluto turned retrograde from, literally, the middle of Capricorn. Well, almost literally from the middle of Capricorn. It was actually at 15º (degrees) Capricorn and 32’ (minutes). There are 30º to a sign and 60’ to a degree, so the exact middle would be 15º 00’. It is half a degree off, but we will consider it as the “middle of Capricorn” because it goes retrograde back to 12º 58’ Capricorn on September 25, 2015. That is also when the Sun newly enters Scorpio, Pluto’s ruler. Therefore, these next several months are a very Plutonian period, which a healthy dose of Capricorn principles. These dynamics demand to be taken seriously, and with Saturn in Sagittarius the next two years, the demand is to be taken very seriously, for anything in Sagittarius becomes exaggerated as a rule. Saturn, Capricorn, Pluto, and Scorpio are all so serious. This will be a time of over-the-top demands for “political correctness.” Watch what you say – it may be held against you, regardless of your intent not to offend, and if you do mean to offend or violate some rule or some persons who don’t look like you or believe as you do, then expect over-the-top penalties, compliments of your politically correct government or regulatory officials.” This crap of butthurt feelings by anyone with a bone to pick and growl over will go on until September 2016, which is the period of prologue to our elections. Here’s some more: So what will likely happen? In the character of Pluto in Capricorn, there will be likely be a renewed focus on major transformations related to debt, central banking, taxes, and government corruption. Pluto demands reform, and has the power (well, potential correspondence)… Read more »
My arm is much better, I can feel and move all my phalanges. I am sure Bernath has been worried that I would be unable to render the proper one finger salute when we meet in court, but not to worry All is on the mend.
Bernath expressed some concern over my use of the F word.
Its is only with age that I have come to appreciate how versatile that word is. It can express Joy, Pain, Dislike, Disdain. It is the single most interchangeable word in the world.
I think its should be used more often, I would like to see classes taught on its use in high school and college.
It gets attention. Yell it in a Mall and people will look. Yell it in CHurch and People will pray. Yell it in the bedroom and the neighbors are happy for you.
I like the word.
I have attached an educational video for Bernath and others.
Its is not safe for work or children.
https://youtu.be/4rX7-R54-Q8
Infantrymen use the F – bomb like the Smurfs use smurf.
I enjoy coming up with synonyms for the F-bomb, words that can be uttered with vehemence and passion and mystify those listening.
E4U, did you get those photos I sent you a while back? I’ll be hitting the trails before long and may have more stuff I can send you.
I did and thank you. This week has been a bit hectic and I haven’t responded to you. I enjoyed them very much.
The wonder dog and I are looking at the map trying to figure out where to head off to.
She wants to go to yellowstone and I am leaning towards the painted Desert.
She also keeps looking at the giant redwoods.
Take lots of pictures!!!
I once heard my Mother say it I was stunned. MY brother and I looked at one another and knew, we had we had with out question Fu**ed up.
I heard a chaplin say it in a properly composed sentence using it and nothing but variations of the word over the one MC.
It is a right of passage between a father and son.
I think politicians should use it more.
If the President were to come on TV and say, MY fellow Americans, we have a fucked up situation to deal with. People would listen.
Are any of you sailors on a nuclear attack submarine?
If so, I have some questions for you, provided the information isn’t classified.
I just now finished watching the 1997 Hollywood movie, “CRASH DIVE”, at the YOU TUBE web site.
At the INTERNET MOVIE DATA BASE web site, it’s pointed out that, never, under any circumstances, is a nuclear submarine permitted to crash dive.
Why is that?
I was never in the United States Navy, so I am ignorant of much of what I was watching in this movie.
If a nuclear attack submarine receives a call for help from a surface vessel floundering in a storm, is the nuclear attack submarine permitted to respond?
Is the nuclear attack submarine ever, under any circumstances, allowed to surface and rescue survivors of a ship sinking at sea?
I’m guessing not.
After all, when that Indonesian airliner crashed into the Indian Ocean, our nuclear submarines would have heard it and noted its exact position, but no nuclear submarine ever reported it, because doing so would have revealed their own position and capabilities.
A friend who was in the old Republic of Viet Nam with me has a brother in the Naval Reserve.
I asked him once about pistols and/or rifles being fired aboard a ship.
He responded that something like that is unthinkable and impractical due to the danger of ricochet rounds in enclosed quarters.
So, what can you sailors tell me about life on board a nuclear attack submarine at sea?
Thank you.
The US has 72 submarines. at any one time 1/3 are at sea.
The likelihood of a sub hearing a plane crash and being able to identify the sound as well as the location are pretty slim.
All vessels will render all possible assistance to any other vessel regardless of nationality if it is in distress.
In your example of a ship foundering in a storm, there is not much a sub could do to render any assistance or even be aware of a distress call. A sub would have to be very close to the surface to hear such a call. At depth radio communications are impossible. Plus if a storm was bad enough to put a ship in peril a sub would be tossed around like a leaf.
Shooting a gun inside a ship is a real bad idea. Most armed response inside a ship is with a shotgun for that reason.
I reckon you’ll have to watch the movie and tell me how much of it is totally ridiculous.
When I was a boy, I remember watching a black and white television series about submarines, “THE SILENT SERVICE”.
I’m guessing that crewmen on a nuclear attack submarine, just like the crew manning Air Force missile silos, never get any medals to show off.
Is that so?
I always figured that if I was going into a liferaft at sea that I was going to take a cast iron pot and a hammer with me. The plan would be to stick the pot in the water and hammer out an SOS on a regular basis until someone’s SONAR heard me. As far as rescues at sea by a nuclear sub, there’s one incident that I read about. In 1972 the USS Barb (SSN-596) and USS Gurnard (SSN-662) were involved in the rescue of crewmen from a B52 that went into the ocean near Guam while a typhoon was approaching. From Wikipedia (yeah, I know, not the best source) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Barb_%28SSN-596%29 On 8 July 1972, Barb lay in Apra Harbor completing repairs prior to a patrol in the Mariana Islands. Typhoon Rita was approaching Guam, and Barb intended to be at sea and submerged before the storm arrived. Shortly after 04:00 hours, “Cobalt 2”, a B-52 Stratofortress of the Strategic Air Command commanded by United States Air Force Captain Leroy Johnson, took off from Andersen Air Force Base, intending to fly over the storm. Soon after takeoff, however, the aircraft became uncontrollable, and the crew bailed out. By 05:25, the six-man crew were in the ocean. A C-97 Stratofreighter spotted the survivors and radioed their location to Joint Search and Rescue at Agana. Barb and submarine Gurnard (SSN-662) were ordered to proceed at best speed and effect rescue. At about 23:00, Barb surfaced about 12 miles (19 km) from the reported location. The heavy weather had already forced surface ships to turn back, and caused the round-hulled submarine to roll and corkscrew violently. It was 01:15 hours the next morning before the boat’s crew spotted the survivors’ lights. They made numerous attempts to rescue the airmen through the night, but did not succeed. By 07:40 hours, visibility had improved and the typhoon had moved from the immediate area, and the boat approached a group of three rafts. Several attempts to shoot a line to the survivors failed, so Chief Torpedoman Jon Hentz volunteered to swim to them, towing a… Read more »
@ OAE CPO USN Ret:
Thanks!
An excellent and informative post.
I’m still curious about why a NUCLEAR submarine is never permitted to crash dive?
Beats the hell out of me. I was in the SURFACE Navy.
Something about being on a ship designed to sink didn’t appeal to me.
I did have occasion to set foot on a fast attack sub once for about an hour. Compared to a cruiser or destroyer it’s pretty cramped.
Any ship can be a submarine. Once.
Ok the crash dive,
the old diesel boats used to spend a lot of time on the surface. The Crash Dive was an avoidance maneuver and could be done in a little as thirty seconds.
The Nuke boats spend most oh their time submerged. The chances of seeing a nuke boat on the surface in the open ocean are pretty slim.
The crash dive maneuver is no longer something that is drilled or practiced for that reason.
There is no reason they cant Crash Dive, other than the need is no longer there.
It need to be remembered that the WW2 type boats did more damage with decks guns than torpedos. As technology has evolved the use of the boat has as well.
I spent a few hours today researching this question, I also ended up watching run silent run deep, submarine command and the 1940s version of Crash Dive.
@ ENIGMA 4 YOU:
Thank you.
I remember, “RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP” (either the book or the movie – – – but I can’t remember which), but I don’t know that I ever saw the other two movies.
First off, do not use that movie as an example of submarines. Few movies do submarines justice, and that one absolutely sucked.
Second, crash dive for a WWII boat was a very shallow angle compared to a modern boat. Doing 25-30 degrees during “angles and dangles” is normal. Doing more than 3-5 degrees on a Gato class boat was virtually unheard of.
And it’s entirely possible no boat ever heard anything. While sound does travel farther in water than air, even that distance is finite and limited by many factors.
Any other questions, I’ll be happy to answer what I can.
@ SILENTIUM EST AUREUM:
Thank you.
When that Indonesian airliner mysteriously disappeared over the Indian Ocean, I read in a news report that our nuclear submarines can detect the slightest sounds from thousands of miles away, and they definitely would have heard the sound of a large aircraft crashing into the ocean.
Also, I was guessing that security on a nuclear submarine carrying nuclear missiles would be their top priority, and thus, there would be no rescued personnel allowed on board.
So, I reckon both of those assumptions were off the mark.
https://youtu.be/PGkK-FdV6XI
Can I request the movie Down Periscope on this channel? The XO is so hot.
Go to the YOU TUBE web site and do a search for DOWN PERISCOPE.
The humor is dead on. But Lauren Holly played the Diving Officer. The XO was played by Rob Schneider. I can neither confirm nor deny if any officer I have served with was nicknamed Marty.
So, I’m reading his page and have one main criticism that’s new. He should learn proper grammar if he wants to pretend he’s posting in Icelandic.
Though, I think the Baldur Guðmann fellow is right. He’s probably using Google Translate to get the words, but languages don’t work like that with grammar.
Being nothing more than a bunch of wild, adventurous Vikings, when they were building the capital of Iceland, they made a Reykjavik.
i.e., “REYKJAVIK” daffynition: “wreck of it”, a pun I created, thank you very much!
Come to think of it, maybe I made a “Reykjavik” of that pun?
When I get stuck, I do use a translator, but if I want to insult someone, I find the right slang for what I want to say at a truly good resource.
I have no wish to visit witless & wandering’s website, but if someone could drop this in, I’d be pleased.
Halti kjafti littli móður riðill! Ertu algjor halviti?
Anyone know how the last California hearing went?
I’m sure it was posted in the comments somewhere – it’s been a kind of crazy few weeks at college for me, so if it hasn’t involved calculus, linear algebra, or the farm, it hasn’t stuck in memory. But I briefly surface from all that and I’m curious…
I’d also like an update on the California hearing.
Bernath has a status hearing on April 27th with a judge – it’s just to let the judge know how things are going in the case. What I know about his case, it won’t be a lot of good news in Mr Bernath’s favor.
1) I know that at least two more cases have been opened against him since he dodged the last hearing.
2) We all know how he feels about female lawyers – the prosecutor and the judge in the hearing are both women.
Isn’t one, I believe the judge, also Hispanic?
Flag: the judge is the Honorable Lucy M. Armendariz. From the surname, the I would guess she’s either Hispanic by birth or is married to a Hispanic guy. But that’s only a guess on my part, and I could easily be wrong about the name being of Hispanic origin.
I wonder just what kind of stupid stunt he’ll pull next, and that includes stupid statements in court?
Thank you for the update, Jonn! Much obliged. Also for the reminder of why I’m putting myself through this pain: I’m studying this hard to be smarter than THAT.
http://apps.statebarcourt.ca.gov/dockets/dockets.aspx
Next Scheduled Event:
Status Conference 04/27/2015
Be on the look out for the next Bar Complaint with respect to a certain CA Esq.
Many thanks, all, for the replies. It’s painful but kind of amusing to watch.
Updated Friday:
04/17/2015
Motion: Relief from Default Pur. to Rule 5.83 by Respondent
NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT OF BAR MEMBER DANIEL A. BERNATH
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Rule 5.83 Vacating or Setting Aside Default says
P.33 at:
http://rules.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/10/documents/Rules_Title5_Procedure.pdf
UPDATE: 27 April 2015
Next Scheduled Event:
Settlement Conference
5/26/2015
Note:
Hmmm. For some reason, ex-President Clintoon comes to mind when I read that. I wonder why? (smile)
UPDATE
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Date: 04/27/2015
Description: Document
Notes: STATUS CONFERENCE ORDER
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Date: 04/27/2015
Description: Ruling On Motion Filed 04/17/2015: Moot Motion
Notes: NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT OF BAR MEMBER DANIEL A. BERNATH
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Date: 04/27/2015
Description: Status Conference Notes: HELD,ORDERED TO VSC [Voluntary Status Conference]
Bernath’s response to the CA Bar:
http://members.calbar.ca.gov/courtDocs/14-O-00699-1.pdf
If that pdf link does not open, go to the red [PDF] link at the bottom of this page:
http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/116636
Update 5/13
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05/12/2015 Document ASSOCIATION OF DEPUTY TRIAL COUNSEL
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05/11/2015 Motion: Recuse/Withdraw Counsel/Judge by Respondent
MOTION TO RECUSE ERIN JOYCE
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05/11/2015 Motion: Exclude Evidence/Testimony by Respondent
MOTION TO EXLUDE PURPORTED ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS AND WORK-PRODUCT
UPDATE 5/15.
Now asking for a continuance:
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05/13/2015 Motion: Continue by Respondent
MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DAUGHTER’S WEDDING AND FEDERAL PREEMPTION HEARINGS IN
Looks like the 26 May hearing was moved to Monday, 1 June.
http://apps.statebarcourt.ca.gov/calendar/search.aspx
Search “bernath”
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Bernath, Daniel Alan
14 O 699
9:30 AM Monday, June 01, 2015 Status Conference Telephonic
LA
Hon. Lucy M. Armendariz
(Hearing Dept.)
UPDATE 5/26
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5/21/2015
Motion: Consolidate/Continue by Deputy Trial Counsel
REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
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http://apps.statebarcourt.ca.gov/dockets/dockets.aspx
Search “bernath”
5/29 UPDATE
05/28/2015 Motion Response
MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DAUGHTER’S WEDDING AND FEDERAL PREEMPTION HEARINGS IN
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05/26/2015 Settlement Conference
NOT HELD,OFF CALENDAR
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05/21/2015 Motion: Consolidate/Continue by Deputy Trial Counsel
REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
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05/21/2015 Motion: Strike by Respondent SUPPLEMENT TO MOTION TO STRIKE COMPLAINT/CHARGES COUNT SIX AS IN VIOLATION OF
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05/21/2015 Motion: Abate/Stay Proceeding by Respondent
MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS FOR SIX MONTHS AND MOTION TO SEAL
http://apps.statebarcourt.ca.gov/dockets/dockets.aspx
search “bernath”
6/1 Update to Bernath’s growing case file.
05/29/2015
Motion: Strike by Deputy Trial Counsel
THE STATE BAR’S MOTION TO STRIKE THE SUPPLEMENT TO MOTION TO STRIKE COMPLAINT
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05/29/2015
Motion Response
MOTION TO RECUSE ERIN JOYCE
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05/29/2015
Motion Response
MOTION TO EXLUDE PURPORTED ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS AND WORK-PRODUCT
Update 6/3/2015
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06/01/2015
Document STATUS CONFERENCE ORDER
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06/01/2015
Ruling On Motion Filed 05/13/2015: Granted
MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DAUGHTER’S WEDDING AND FEDERAL PREEMPTION HEARINGS IN
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06/01/2015
Ruling On Motion Filed 05/21/2015: Granted
REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
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06/01/2015
Ruling On Motion Filed 05/21/2015: Denied
MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS FOR SIX MONTHS AND MOTION TO SEAL
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06/01/2015
Status Conference
HELD,ORDERED TO VSC
Update 6/4
Motions filed by DAB
06/01/2015
Motion: Abate/Stay Proceeding by Respondent
SUPPLEMENT MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS FOR SIX MONTHS AND MOTION TO SEAL
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06/01/2015
Motion: Strike by Respondent
MOTION TO STRIKE COMPLAINT
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06/01/2015
Motion: Dismiss by Respondent
MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A DISCIPLINABLE OFFENSE
The diameter of the circle gets smaller and smaller as he spins around the bowl…. embarrass yourself while you can Daniel A. Bernath! Somehow I think the State Bar of CA (along with every other thinking human) is less than impressed with your histrionics.
thank you both ^_^
ah good times
I know these guys are really all about Love and World Peace. I just want the opportunity to express my love for the 1911 and Mr. Browning.
You didn’t post a spew alert!
Geezo Pete, I clicked the ‘start’ button when I had a mouthful of hot brew.
You coulda warned me!
Breaking pottery! Tripping over rifles! What was that walking bush thingy? Was that a bernathian bush technique?
You know what, you’re right. That definitely looked like a rustling bush to me. Maybe Bernath was the victim of ISIS terrorists…
Earlier today, I felt pretty good and thought I was okay.
But a few minutes ago, I started coughing again, and now I feel like I’m dying.
I took a whole handful of various pills, and I’m thinking real seriously about possibly making a trip to the Emergency Room.
Something is really, REALLY wrong!
Update us JRM.
@ SJ, Et Alii:
Thank you for asking.
Being sick is definitely harder to take when you live alone.
It has taken hours, but it appears the medication MAY have finally taken effect, as I’m still coughing, but not so much, and my nose has stopped draining puddles on the carpet for the moment.
This nameless bug that I’ve heard that’s going around causes bronchitis, and it fools you into thinking you’re better, but then it suddenly hits you all over again.
I’ve had this bug for several weeks.
It just won’t go away.
I’m either violently sick, or all doped up, full of drugs.
I was also told that the medicine I’m taking, and repeatedly exceeding the prescribed dosage, won’t do anything for this cough, as it was prescribed for my heart, blood pressure, high cholesterol, hiatal hernia, allergy symptoms, constipation, arthritis, and a narcotic for my back pain.
There was medicine prescribed specifically for the cough, plus an antibiotic and an inhaler, but I used all that up a long time ago.
A little while ago, the wife of a friend told me to go to Wal-Mart and get something called, “Mucinex”(?) to control my coughing.
So, if I can do it, I reckon that’s what I’ll do.
Mucinex is a mucus thinner not a cough supressant. If you have thick mucus and can’t blow your nose and coughing because the mucus is so thick it is choking you, it is very helpful. If your nose is running then it is not the medicine you need.
Also, there are several “types” of Mucinex…the Mucinex DM has a decongestant that is most likely not safe to take with your blood pressure medicine.
WalMart has come out with an extended release 600mg generic Mucinex…the old one didn’t work as well as it was not extended release.
When you go to WalMart, talk to a pharmacist to see what “Tussin” you can take for your cough. It will most likely be the Tussin DM. But you MUST tell the Pharmacist all the drugs you are on…take your pill containers just to be safe. The Tussins are inexpensive in the WalMart generic form. The Tussin is what you need to quiet the cough.
If you have the thick mucus issue, then ask the pharmacist to find the WalMart generic Mucinex with the extended release.
The pharmacist will be able to tell you what combo of drugs is safe to take. Get well soon!
Mucinex brand is waaaaay overpriced. Its active ingredient is Guaifenesin. I buy generic Guaifenesin at Sams Club. Many of the tussin syrups have it as well. Guaifenesin, pseudaphedrine, and generic Zyrtec are what get me through the hayfever seasons and I am paying pennies instead of dollars.
I agree it is way overpriced. It cost less for a 30 day supply when it was Rx only.
The price changes greatly with the extended release vs. straight dose even with the generic label. I find that while the ER is much more expensive, it is worth it for me. The straight dose stops working after a couple of hours in my experience.
Hope JRM talks to a pharmacist ASAP.
Keep us informed, JRM!
Thank you for asking.
I intend to include many of this woman’s statements in my new paper, “Internet Hell of the Damned!” If you want to get an idea of what “Internet Hell of the Damned” is about, read my first paper, “YAHELL!”
People bully others because they can!
I will be selling “Internet Hell of the Damned” for $99.99; however, I’ll give it to you for free for a 7 pound block of cheese.
Oh yeah, 1 slice of cheese for every statement I use from this woman. I wonder if she read my paper, “YAHELL.” I recognize many of my concepts there.
Cheese,
Dennis (Denny) Howard Chevalier
No princess, you were not doing your job. You should have been put up on charges and reduced in rank for your actions.
You circumvented the chain of command, displayed a blatant disregard for other SNCO’s and their command authority, posted comments online displaying the same kind of inappropriate behavior you were ‘correcting’, continue to play yourself as some kind of victim, and epitomize the meaning of the acronym REMF.
From one SNCO to another, you are a God Damn embarrassment Kristina Moerk.
Well, I did read her post, which tells us that she has a very long, lifetime habit of jumping to conclusions, starting at the age of 10, and finds it difficult to be confronted with her mistakes. Whether she likes it or not, her self-serving sense of importance makes her just as bad as the people she accuses of pounding on her.
She brought that crap on herself. I feel little to no sympathy for her.
However, her ‘advice’, i.e., step away from the internet and get some real-world, hard copy stuff going is pertinent and correct. I hope she took her own advice. I also hope she finds out what the real world is like when she retires from the Army and gets a real-world job.
She looks like the type that would land some Government job and stay as far from reality as she could, a private sector job in the Real World would eat her alive!
So, some guy named Ben Affleck (I thought that was the duck) has hos roots looked into for some TV show and, uh oh, turns out one his ancestors owned a slave or two. Ben didn’t like that so he requested that it be edited out. He got his wish. The fact that Ben’s mother marched in the civil rights movement wasn’t cut. This is the LEFT. If the facts are not to your liking, hit the delete button. Rewrite history. Gave me a chuckle. Here’s the story:
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/04/18/ben-affleck-demanded-pbs-program-hide-his-slave-owning-ancestor/?intcmp=trending
I said this in a prior post: “This will be a time of over-the-top demands for “political correctness.” Watch what you say – it may be held against you, regardless of your intent not to offend, and if you do mean to offend or violate some rule or some persons who don’t look like you or believe as you do, then expect over-the-top penalties, compliments of your politically correct government or regulatory officials.”
Anything in your background, real or made up, will have to be expunged over the next two years, especially if you are a celebrity like Affleck. Denial of reality is the vogue of the day, you see, and hiding the nasty crap about yourself will be the standing order.
Doesn’t matter; at some point, all these things will raise their heads again.
Oh, yeah – the duck was AFLAC.
When AREN’T liberal celebrities effluviating like there’s no tomorrow?
I like the duck. The lib who hates the truth so he erases it I don’t know. It’s baseball night for me. I am outtahere!
You can’t try to rewrite your own family History to apease the PC crowd now, To do so shows you are a spineless cocksucker.
IIRC the same show was tracking Steve Buscemi’s family. It turns out he had a few ancestors off themselves. He also had an ancestor who was in the Union Army that deserted the Army, abandoned his wife and kids and started another family. He just took it as it was.
It’s called “historical revisionism.” Orwell described the process in 1984.
I am fuming and pacing the floors of Stately Claw Manor.
No amount of ARCOMs will remedy the situation.
Unless you live within the immediate area (and I mean immediate area like within the city limits) of Chicago, you will not be viewing/rooting for/laughing at the Cubs anymore on WGN TV/Channel 9.
Went on Google-Fu and read up on this years schedule. Down to only 40 games on local area TV. Sounds like Cubs/Time Warner/MLB.TV/WGN America are in some sort of “Quit Touching Me” brother and sister petty quarrel and have pretty well destroyed any nationwide broadcasting of games.
It’s all about money and as usual the common folks get screwed in the deal.
Progress? Pffftt. Almost ready to throw my Cubbies hats in the trash. So thanks a lot WGN TV.——–OK, thank you for letting me rant.
I feel for you, Claw, I truly do. I used to live a mile from Wrigley Field. If I wanted some exercise, I could get off the bus, by a ticket at the window and walk the rest of the way home, and then walk down to the game on game day.
But that was before the whooziwhatsis family bought the team, decided to make it more commercially viable, screw the rooftop owners out of their contracts, etc., etc., etc., so I no longer have any interest in the Cubbies. And anyway, nowadays, it’s ALWAYS about cash, cash, cash.
Yeah, sounds like the Wrigley Field and the Cubs as we knew them are going the way of the dinosaur. They’ve got Wrigley all torn up this year, supposedly fixing the bleachers,etc.
Been a fan for 55 plus years. But now even Ernie and Ron Santo are gone, Harry Carey and Jack Brickhouse are long gone, so I may just say “Ta-Ta” as well and delete WGN from my favorite channels on DISH.
Oh well, all TV including WGN, has been going downhill since Garfield Goose and Bozo’s Circus went off the air and the Cubs stopped using the Hamms Bear as a sponsor.
Some further reading into this does reveal that the whooziwhatsis family did indeed tell WGN TV and Radio and the Trib Broadcasting outfit to buzz off.
Oh,well, maybe fixing this will be a priority for the Chicago Community Organizer once he leaves office.
At this very moment, one of my personal treasures is sitting on the front passenger seat of my pickup truck.
It’s a Salt Lake Trappers baseball cap.
They set the world’s record for the most consecutive wins in baseball history, and the winning ball is now on display in Cooperstown, New York in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
After the record winning game, the Salt Lake Trappers, a member of the Pioneer League, lost the next game, and then moved to Pocatello, Idaho and changed the name of their team.
Currently, they’re based in Ogden, Utah, and are now called the Ogden Raptors.
I used to enjoy watching the Salt Lake Trappers at the old Derks Field stadium, which has been torn down and replaced by some other baseball stadium, which I’ve not seen since they built it.
Anyway, I’ve got my own rare collector’s item, a Salt Lake Trappers baseball cap!
Watching a local minor league baseball game is WAY better than watching any major league baseball game.
Remember the major league baseball players strike – – – , or was it a lock-out by management?
Anyway, folks rediscovered the joy of watching and rooting for minor league hometown teams.
First time I got to use the smoker this spring. Ribs turned out well if I do say so.
Remaining snow in the yard should be gone in next week or snow. Just in time for possibility of more snow next week. Jeez.
Has anyone heard from Sparks lately? Has he been on here and I’ve somehow missed seeing his comments?
Sparks, I say again, Sparks. Commo Check, Over.
0001Z, Have changed callsigns and freqs per SOI.
Net Call, Net Call, Sparks, Commo Check, Over.
So Jonn and the rest of the folks that run/contribute to TAH keep calling that brain trust “The Dutch Rudder Gang”. I finally googled that and man I wish I had not. But I guess it is a fairly accurate name for them.
Luckily I looked that one up when the wife was not present.
I’m just curious AS TO where birdbath is actually located, or IF he is located.
It almost seems to be an amorphous state of existence with him.
Is he living out of a mailbox drop?
AS TO your post. Don’t the DRC members have families? Surely they have surfed over to grandpa’s website(s) and stared at them in shock that grandpa would think of such disgusting things much less post it on the WWW.
Hopefully they are taking action to have grandpa put in a happier place.
AS TO Bernasty, he has morphed time and space and is living in his own reality known as the 8th dimension… the California Bar will be breaking through that barrier really soon
Here’s top secret video obtained from the DRC’s sooper sekrit HQ:
The only thing that one needs to deal with Commander Phil Monkress of All-Points Logistics is a roll of toilet paper.
The latest Kim Jong-Un hero-worshiping nonsense out of the NORKS:
http://news.yahoo.com/kim-jong-un-climbs-north-koreas-highest-mountain-055133780.html
A quote from the article:
“‘Climbing Mt. Paektu provides precious mental pabulum more powerful than any kind of nuclear weapon,” the Rodong newspaper quoted Kim as saying.'”
If “pabulum” sounds familiar, it’s because it’s one letter away from “pablum”:
“Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The trademarked name is a contracted form of the Latin word pabulum, which means “foodstuff”. The name had long been used in botany and medicine to refer to nutrition or substances of which the nutritive elements are passively absorbed.”
From Merriam-Webster:
“Definition of PABULUM
1: food; especially: a suspension or solution of nutrients in a state suitable for absorption
2: intellectual sustenance
3: something (as writing or speech) that is insipid, simplistic, or bland
The word can also refer to something that is bland, mushy, unappetizing, or infantile.”
For once, the NORK propaganda machine gets it right.
Just an update. I have been having some further heart issues. Nothing that is not going to be fixed but which none the less, causes me to be foggy and fuzzy headed and quite fatigued most of the time. Could be a lot worse and I am thankful it is not. The doctors know what the resolution is and it is a two step process coming in the next month. In the meanwhile, mornings are my best “mental time”. After that I am not much for writing, deep thoughts and analysis. I appreciate the concerns many of you have expressed. I wanted to let you know I am alive and kicking, just not my usual self. So, mostly I lurk here and occasionally something strikes my funny bone and I respond. Laughter is a great medicine and therapy and believe me I enjoy the humor I read here. Thank you all for reading this and understanding. Soon, well as soon as all the planned events come about, I will be my normal, obnoxious self again. God bless and keep you all and you are all never far from my thoughts. Thank you for being my closest family.
Your postings are usually quite entertaining, Sparks, but there is a discernable medication induced variation, or three. So, yeah, we can kinda tell. 😉
Hang in there. We anxiously await your return to robust good health.
You just got Phu Bai crud Sparks. Take two salt tablets and drive on! (Smile). Hang in there and keep us posted.
The Phu Bai Crud? Sounds familiar to me.
Just happen to have a five gallon pail of it under my back deck. Very effective against skunks, zombies, and the neighbor’s dog.
OK, good to know. If you need anything, just holler.
I’m certain that he fools in The Dutch Rudder Gang will NEVER stop effluviating, especially a certain purple-suited SkYdIvInG ClOwN that never ceases his attention whoring. I wonder what they’ll try next?
Weather wise, a lovely day at Stately Stone manor situated in an undisclosed location. So, hack figures this would be a good day to kick off the first lawn maintenance of the 2015 season. I know a guy that has been down on his luck, unemployed for almost two years. So I figure that I will toss him a few bucks to cut my grass. He never shows up. So I call him up and say ” Paul, what the fudge? You were supposed to be here to cut my grass.” Through his slurred speech, he tells me that as he was pulling into his driveway at 3:00 AM, he ran over some raw meat on the curb, and it blew out the mortal coil on his Jaguar. So I tell since the day is more than half done, I will do it myself. Then he has the balls to ask me if he will still be getting paid.
Does he even have a door on his mailbox? He sounds like the type who would consume cheap bottom shelf wines that can also be used as floor stripper! I wonder if he was telling you the truth Hack Stone, he sounds like the type that would effluviate like there’s no tomorrow!!
The only meat Paul-mer (of the Ballsack) had was either in his mouth or his ass.
I found an interesting bit of a trivia on the Internet. With a bit of duct tape, a standard size US mailbox door can be used as replacement gas tank door on any 1980s vintage Jaguar. That information can come in handy in the event that any regular visitors to TAH may have a 1980s Jaguar.
IZZAT where his mailbox door went? Gee whiz, if he really had all the money he says he does, one would think he’d at least have a mailbox with a door on it!
Mailbox door or another spandex tuxedo? Talk about your Sophie’s Choice moment.
Finally got around to watching Lone Survivor. Read the book when it came out. I was impressed with the movie. The “extras” on the BluRay were interesting too.
I’m not a movie critic…last movie I watched was Blazing Saddles. Well, ok, Pvt Ryan and Band of Bro’s.
My civy, LEG, bride liked it too. The DRC pussies would be horrified.
I have a metric shitpile of DVDs in the Fortress Of Solitude at Stately Stone Manor. Some I picked up at video stores, back when video stores existed, and others at swap meets and yard sales. I had a copy of Wild Things that I have had sitting in my pile of videos to watch for a few years. So, a few weeks back, I finally got around to watching it. I am surprised that I didn’t get whiplash from all of the plot twists. If you have never seen it, check it out. Bill Murray does a good job as a slimy lawyer. He would have made a great Social Security Benefits Representative ( not a lawyer) in the Pacific Northwest. This ranks up there with The Usual Suspects for the greatest ending to a movie ever.
Word has it that these guys were pretending to be Americans (Flying the American flag). This wouldn’t be the first instance that I’ve came across where people pretended to be Americans.
We have phony Americans out there. 🙄
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/18/americas/france-martinique-drug-bust/
Remember Liam (I hate guns except those I use in movies to make much money) Neeson? He had a heavily advertised movie called (dammit, I have to go use Google…okay, I’m back) “Run All Night.” It had a good opening weekend (11 million) but that’s about it. Six weeks later, that 11 million constitutes 42% of the entire take. It had a production budget of 50 million. If the advertising budget is separate, I would say that “Run All Night” should be on TV any day now. Meanwhile, “American Sniper” is in the stratosphere with a DVD release date next month. Leo the Lip was wrong: good guys don’t always finish last.
Only grossed about $27M so far? Boy, they’re hurting. I’ve read that the rule of thumb in the movie business is that a film has to have a gross gate of 2x its production budget just to break even.
Yep. 26 and change after six weeks. It really wasn’t smart of Liam to trash talk guns in the US about the same time as his shoot-em up movie premiered.