Prime Time Thread

Friday night open thread. I’m in my home state of Virginia with my family enjoying a break from the intense stress of life. Thank you, Virginia.

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  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl™

    Have a great time! I’m driving to Boston for a quick weekend visit with relatives tomorrow and catching my Mets play the Red Sox on Saturday night.

  • Curly Lasagna

    Both of you have a great weekend. I’m still at work, dammit!…………

  • https://www.coffeemakersetc.com/images/Paper_Filters.jpg Elvis the Dingeldein™

    Stop by and see my Dad, wouldja? He’s pissed at me.

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    Looking forward to the Elvis and Redmond show.

  • http://www.windonwater.net QueenTiye

    Have a great break, Bob, and Carl! And, Bob, if you do go see Elvis’s dad, we want a report! Especially on how pissed Elvis’s dad is with Elvis!Congratulations to Chris Matthews for getting “Cheney” right.I need a vacation. I need to think we are not going to dishonor the memories of our soldiers by acting as though there’s anything to argue about on the subject of torture.VERY glad the President of the United States reminded the graduating class at the Naval Academy that their job is, like his, to defend the constitution of the United States.QT

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    Woot! Break time!

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl™

    And how sad is it that Liz Cheney has to lie to the point of the pronunciation of her name just to try and get a dig at Chris Matthews? That whole family is pathetically dysfunctional.Of course, Doucheborough will probably say she’s right and Tweety and Liz’s MOTHER is wrong because, you know, he’s got sources and such as.

  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl™

    That should be “are wrong.” Already had too many beers.

  • http://www.windonwater.net QueenTiye
  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    why is vicious dick or his evil spawn getting air time? haven’t we been asking this question for a while now? (excepting evil spawn). and why are we still “discussing” torture. As QT said, it is despicable to be talking that the US does this on Memorial Day.I want sanity and rationality back now dammit.

  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    Good idea QT.. I love it.

  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    Steve @ Washington Monthly had Media Matters do a check and Liz has been on the TeeVee Machine at least 12 appearances, in nine and a half days, spanning four networks. . Most of the time unchallenged.

  • http://tarackian.deviantart.com J M Ashby

    Holy ShitI almost choked to death from laughing my goddamn ass off at KO and Rachel’s Limbaugh bouncing.

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    Liz Cheney is pure evil. She’s like that underground river in Ghostbusters. I have deployed all of my anti-evil talismanic arsenal to protect myself. Don’t look at her for more than 10 seconds or she will suck you in.

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn
  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    Why don’t they rename Liberty University to Wrong Wing Bigots University?

  • http://tarackian.deviantart.com J M Ashby

    How about Taking-Liberty with Liberties University.

  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    Yes, McClatchy did a great job on that article.

  • https://www.coffeemakersetc.com/images/Paper_Filters.jpg Elvis the Dingeldein™

    Looking forward to the Elvis and Redmond show.

    Funny you should say that, Git. Redmond and I will be doing a special one-hour radio show next week about Teh Entertainments (movies, the Tee-Vees, starlets and stars, reviewing films we haven’t seen) on BlogTalkRadio. Look for it!

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    TY again Annette.Liberty University’s definition of Liberty appears to be radically different from my own.”You have the Liberty to think ‘exactly’ like us or else we will have to pretend you do not exist. We will pass a law seeing you aren’t really here.”Liberty University – Where fascism isn’t just a good idea, it’s our way of life.

  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    No Git… I was talking about the link that Vera posted… nothing to do with Liberty… sorry…lol

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    Oh. Another thing to look forward to. Thanks for the heads up Elvis.

  • http://tarackian.deviantart.com J M Ashby

    Did no one else see KO’s WTF moment tonight with the tiny bouncing Limbaugh avatar? It was full of epic hilarity.

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    Annette – I was trying to thank veralynn for the McClatchy link and tyed Annette instead. It’s the voices in my head again. They always start up if anyone mentions Jerry Falwell or Jesse Helms. It’s all Rachel’s fault.

  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    whew.. I thought I was confused…lol

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    did anyone see that first commercial Rachel just showed? not the one KO showed…I want them to start acting like adults dammit….NOWand the really, really sad part? They live all around me and I can’t live anywhere else.I couldn’t finish that article, I just can’t take it anymore. I have bookmarked it, I will try to finish the idiocy tomorrow.I am very happy that I have found this site. I can vent and know that I am not the only somewhat sane person (excepting Git’s voices) here.

  • http://tarackian.deviantart.com J M Ashby

    Vera – I agree. I live in a military county in Kentucky. Try that on for size. The GDAB may as well be a self-help group for me.

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn
  • http://annette-justmylittlepieceoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Annette

    You want the Republicans to start acting like Adults?Is that what you are asking for Vera?

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    My voices are well trained and very calm as long as no one mentions Jerry Falwell or Jesse Helms.Jesse Helms thought Pinochet was a wonderful fellow. I guess if you don’t mind vicious fascist dictators, he was probably OK. Jesse was a fascist twatwaffle himself. His was the first death I ever celebrated.

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn
  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=65905268&ref=profile Mike H.

    Deep thought: Why can we not laud and be critical of the president as necessary? Why are these things mutually exclusive in the blogoshpere?

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    yes Annette, I am.Git-Helms and Falwell for me.

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    Mike H -I don’t know. I don’t follow any such rule. I have not been able to criticize much yet. I’m not happy about the Photo decision, but they will come out at some point.I am likely to start criticizing the Obama Administration for ignoring the single payer option for health care reform.

  • http://emsique.blogspot.com emsique

    My Insect Overlords still won’t let me access Youtube, they make it a pain to blog, even a bland non political site like mine, BUT I can get all the fucking Cheney I could ever want.All the crazy shit back in the USSA is really making me crazy over here.But, I am coming back home for a few weeks this summer. I am going to love my family and friends, sell as much of my shit as I can, smoke a bunch of killer Oregon weed, eat cheese and rare beef, drink local IPA, play hippie music, download a ton of youtube, see if I can get my local computer dude to replace the Vista in my laptop with XP, then get the fuck out of there before I get pig flued or get some Cheney on me.

  • jmy

    Mike H.I think you can laud and be critical of the president. In both instances, I think it is essential to understand why he made a certain decision or chose a certain direction. I think it’s important to put context into particular issues. I don’t wrong people who are critical of the president, I think they should be when warranted, but my issue lately has been that it seems as if people are panicking if he doesn’t go a certain way. He doesn’t automatically appeal DADT – that’s not change; He continues military tribunals – he’s President Barack O’Bush (neglecting to mention that detainees will get many rights that they were not given under Bush).I’m always critical of anyone in government, whether left or right, but I will always try to understand someone’s position even if it is ridiculous, but that’s just me I guess. Right now, people make it seem as though he’s trying to be deceitful or secretive, when I think he’s handling certain issues with care and patience .I think the Bush years really fucked this country up so bad and we had to endure it for so long, that we just want things to happen now with the snap of a finger, but it doesn’t work that way.

  • http://emsique.blogspot.com emsique

    And dammit, it is OK to criticize the Obama administration, otherwise we become a bunch of pantywaist, triangulating weenies like the US Senate. Why are a bunch of the assholes who caused our economy to collapse in charge of the fucking Treasury? Where is the leadership on DADT?I don’t want the greatest accomplishment of this administration to be “He did better than Bush”

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    very nicely said jmy

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    is there another web browser? Firefox is killing me. But I can’t go back to explorer. You guys are computer savvy…what should I use?

  • jmy

    VeralynnOperaSafariGoogle ChromeThose are some good ones. Explorer is the Devil.

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    thank you jmy

  • http://tarackian.deviantart.com J M Ashby

    Am I the only one who doesn’t have problems with Explorer?As long as you dont install a bunch of nonsense toolbars and scripts it runs fine.If you’re worried about security, just stop going to pr0n sites. Be careful on torrent sites though.

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    since I don’t know what a torrent site it Ashby, I am good to go. And I loves me some prOn!! (seriously, you can’t type the real word? What happens?)

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    explorer was ok, but then I got firefox and it is way better. of course, today it isn’t being nice to me at all. it apparently has a problem with FB and/or me.

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    Vera, have you tried Google’s new browser?Barring that, have you added any extensions to Firefox? I’ve kept it nice and trouble-free with a scriptblocker.

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    no I have just been reading about all of them Matt. I don’t know if I have a scriptblocker….I will go look

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne
  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    that is the error I have been getting most, thanks Matt!

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    I have been disappointed by Brian Williams on the nightly news, but he has a damn good sense of humor.

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    I would suggest Opera.If you use Google Chrome, every site you visit is reported back to Google central. They will know everything you do with your browser. Same thing with IE.What are your problems with Firefox?

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    noscript works well. I consider that a required addon.

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    it is very slow and has started “not responding” a lot. I haven’t added anything in a while and my internet service hasn’t changed.That was my worry with google Git. I love that firefox has the spell check on everything I type and the preview thingy. That is why I couldn’t go back to explorer. I also like the way when you close your browser it opens again to the pages you had open the last time.I have ad block installed. that is different from script? I am so not computer savvy.

  • http://arkytek.blogspot.com/ ∇•B=0  Silly Ratfaced Git  ∇•D=ρ

    adblock does not block scripts embedded directly in the web page, only the ads and associated scripts. noscript can be configured to block all scripts. I think there is documentation for it somewhere that explains everything it does in pretty simple turns.It sound like that’s what you need. Flash is the source of my problems. I have to have it to see videos and other streaming media. It is the only software I have for which I do not have the source code for and it is the only thing I have problems with. That figures. Adobe’s support for Linux is shite.

  • http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/bird/flamingo/honolulu/flamingo01.jpg veralynn

    thanks Git. I read the little bit on firefox’s site. I will go look elsewhere for that. Flash gives me trouble too, I don’t remember it doing that with explorer.