Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Random Drudge - 2 out of 36


Joe Biden's son hospitalized for 'disorientation'...

99 comments:

Icepick said...

So Biden's son is "disoriented". Elsewhere on the page is a story about N. Korea suffering from an epidemic of crystal meth use. Hmmm. Did Biden's son walk into a grocery store naked by any chance?

rhhardin said...

Roger Simon notices that Obama is certifiably insane.

Cody Jarrett said...

Ambien. It's always Ambien.

Cody Jarrett said...

Is yer peaches fuzzy baby?

KCFleming said...

Disoriented?

That's sinophobic.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

The days when we were allowed to call it a sexual disorientation are long gone.

rhhardin said...

They should put the handicapped parking at the other end of the lot.

The handicapped need the exercise, and it now makes everybody else walk one extra slot to the stores.

rhhardin said...

The cicadas are out in force.

The first one was early, July 10, and probably had little social life.

rhhardin said...

The cicadas start at -42dB and end at -30dB, according to the backyard bird microphone, recording over the commercials in the last five minutes of Imus.

edutcher said...

Are we listening to our Inner Alt once again?

Icepick said...

So Biden's son is "disoriented".

It runs in the family.

No, it gallops.

Cody Jarrett said...

Why isn't EBL (not the drunken one, the other one) on the blogroll, by the way?


The cow haz sum fun man.


Lemmy, is it bovine discrimination?


Icepick said...

Awesome, I can recycle a comment almost immediately!

Obama isn't a Muslim. Obama is a product of the denatured New England Protestantism* of recent decades. He's sympathetic to groups like the MB because of their revolutionary anti-Westernism. Similarly he's sympathetic to Black liberation theology. But neither are his core beliefs. He doesn't really HAVE any, save a belief in government as the sole determinant in how lives should be lived, and a belief that a well-educated (in his view) elite should be in charge of that government.

* This is the NE Wasp culture that lost God as a guide somewhere in the first half of the 20th Century, became infected with various bad European philosophies and replaced virtue with value. I'd bet a large sum of money** that Obama has read far more of Lacan and Foucault than he has of this nation's founders or Al-Banna and the like.

** Best demonstrated by examples. Phil Mickelson betting hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Super Bowl is a SMALL sum of money. A man betting his last $400 on a bluff in a poker game is a LARGE sum of money. So maybe I'd only make a small wager on that.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Someone out there must be collecting examples of all the dispiriting little things we see other people do.

Here's one: In a parking lot, there are these people who will sit in their car waiting for someone else to leave a parking spot that's closest to the retail store even though there's plentiful parking available maybe four or five speces further away.

The Dude said...

Obama can only read a teleprompter. There is no evidence of him ever having read anything else.

He was raised by muslims, in a muslim country, loves the sound of the call to prayer and said "My muslim faith".

He is a muzzie, not a protestant, however lapsed.

Cody Jarrett said...

And he wears a ring that says allah is great or some bullshit like that. On his wedding ring finger while he was in college. Took it off and Michelle put it back on him when they got married.

Co-beards in chief.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

People with too many items in the 10-or-less checkout aisle and you're not allowed to kill them.

deborah said...

People who use halogen headlights, and you're not allowed to kill them.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

My guess that Elmore Leonard was an NFL running back turned out to be way off the mark.

Icepick said...

He spent more time being raised in this country by WASPs than he did in Indonesia being raised by a Muslim. (And it should be noted that his mother was probably influencing him with her own brand of pomo-type ideology the whole time he was in Indonesia, if only by example.) Nothing about Obama's character or practice indicates much devotion to any religious denomination. Everything screams belief in the idea that an elite should be in charge of government, which should, one way or another, be in charge of everything else.

Icepick said...

Obama's actions also show that he VALUES intelligence and the right kind of education over everything else.

Cody Jarrett said...

Quick, someone alert eddie, there's a post up at TOP where she's paddle boarding in shorts...we might needa hose him down STAT!

lovely legs madame...truly spectacular can I sniff your hobbit feet?

Icepick said...

There are these guys who go into a public lavatory, go into the stall and lock the door after them. Then they piss all over the toilet, without raising the seat. They don't flush. They don't wash their hands afterwards. I'm not allowed to kill them.

If by some misfortune I should be made God-Emperor, I will make what you describe a capitol crime and make you chief executioner.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

My wife tells me there are these people at the supermarket who ride in little electric cars, right down the middle of the shopping aisle, blocking people from passing either way and she's not allowed to kill them.

Cody Jarrett said...

People who use halogen headlights, and you're not allowed to kill them.

careful with that. I love mine. Indispensable for driving the dark twisty country roads around here.

plus I shoot back. and I haven't missed a target since 1976 or 77.

Cody Jarrett said...

its almost like betamax doing one of those horrific gatsby threadjacks.

Cody Jarrett said...

A copper, a copper, how do you like that boys? A copper and his name is edutcher. And we went for it, I went for it. Treated him like a kid brother. And I was gonna split fifty-fifty with a copper!

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

There are these people who drive in the right-turn-only lane and then zoom back to the left just before the right lane disappears and you're not allowed to kill them.

(Although I have cut off a few, heh, heh, heh.)

Cody Jarrett said...

You know something, Verna, if I turn my back long enough for Big EdUtcher to put a hole in it, there'd be a hole in it.

Cody Jarrett said...

Thing is, you can kill whoever you want. Nothing, save artificial limits, is stopping you.

deborah said...

Okay, but they hit my retina, make my brain flex and an involuntary surge of rage ensues. Can they be adjusted downward or something?

Cody Jarrett said...

I admit, it's ghey, but who are they hurting?

Cody Jarrett said...

retinal rage?

that almost sounds dirty.

deborah said...

People who drive around at Christmastime with wreaths on their grilles, and you can't kill them.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

My wife tells me there are these people at the supermarket who ride in little electric cars, right down the middle of the shopping aisle, blocking people from passing either way and she's not allowed to kill them.

Connecticut police not allowed to kill annoying callers.

Cody Jarrett said...

Roy Parker: You wouldn't kill me in cold blood, would ya?

Cody Jarrett: No, I'll let ya warm up a little.

deborah said...

Retinal rage sounds dirty? You have one filthy mind.

Cody Jarrett said...

People who drive around at Christmastime with wreaths on their grilles, and you can't kill them.

That one I'll give you.
And add: the stupid Rudolph decoration on the car. And the rabbit ear one for Easter.

Those fuckers deserve to be killed.

Cody Jarrett said...

So Lemmy, why isn't EBL in the blogroll?

Cody Jarrett said...

Retinal rage sounds dirty? You have one filthy mind.

well retinal almost has anal in it.

deborah said...

I bow to the master.

ndspinelli said...

rhardin, I'm not being nitpicky, but there is a big difference between Roger Simon and Roger L. Simon.

Cody Jarrett said...

I bow to the master.

er...careful.

ndspinelli said...

EBL EBL EBL!!! Give the cow a link.

Cody Jarrett said...

Cow love is good love.

Cody Jarrett said...

Growing up there was a semi-retarded guy that lived a mile or so away from me. He was into cow love.

The kind where he needed a step stool.

This was before the widespread adoption of various mini bovine breeds.

edutcher said...

Icepick said...

Obama's actions also show that he VALUES intelligence and the right kind of education over everything else.

If he valued intelligence, he wouldn't think Hawaii is in Asia, or Jacksonville and Savannah are on the Gulf Coast.

Cody Jarrett said...

Quick, someone alert eddie, there's a post up at TOP where she's paddle boarding in shorts...we might needa hose him down STAT!

Sounds like Biff Grimes is the one in need of a hose.

I'm not the one hanging on every new post at TOP, but it sure sounds like he is.

Cody Jarrett said...

I luv ya edward!

Biff Grimes fell in love with Rita Hayworth. That's good taste right there.

Icepick said...

If he valued intelligence, he wouldn't think Hawaii is in Asia, or Jacksonville and Savannah are on the Gulf Coast.

That would fall under education, and it isn't the right kind. Who cares about that kind of crap when he's a constitutional lawyer who's main training is in sophistry used to ignore the constitution?

Icepick said...

Besides, it's not like anyone really gives a shit about those cities on the Gulf, or not on the Gulf, or wherever the fuck they are. No one important lives there anyway. (I'll bet you Obama knows where Orlando is, and I'll tell you why: John Morgan.)

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

So Lemmy, why isn't EBL in the blogroll?

Over the years I added links of people I've read something they wrote that I liked. That became the "blogroll". In other words... I didn't set out to make a "blogroll". Sorry if I sound annoyed.

I'm adding the link right now.

blogrolls... I think they are missing at the food truck too.

Icepick said...

Actually, Obama probably doesn't know where Orlando is. That's an unimportant detail, that non-essential people like the pilot of Air Force One know. All he really needs to know is that his pilot can get him to John Morgan.

Cody Jarrett said...

You don't sound annoyed, Leominster.

You never sound annoyed. You're about the most placid, sweetest guy around.

Why would you even think you sounded annoyed?

Thumbs up for adding the EBL!

rhhardin said...

A $12 poly leaf rake is being delivered today from Indianapolis, after two air trip hops, one day ahead of Amazon Prime's free delivery promise.

There must be a lot of free space on airplanes, to carry a $12 rake.

It did save me a bike trip to the hardware store.

Moral : Computers deliver a victory on points every time.

Cody Jarrett said...

The hypnotherapist?

Does Barry quack like a dog?

edutcher said...

Cody Jarrett said...

I luv ya edward!

Biff Grimes fell in love with Rita Hayworth. That's good taste right there.


No, he fell in love with Olivia deHavilland.

Better taste.

Cody Jarrett said...

Well okay. He fell in love with Rita, then realizes Olivia is the better choice.

How the hell can you go wrong either way?

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Geraldo just had a guest pushing a Jodi Ann Arias biography.

Looking her up on Goggle I see an add at the very top "PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY FROM AMAZON OR BARNES & NOBLE!"

When I clicked on the link I found this...

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Travis Alexander’s charities and an animal charity.

Awww.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

My wife gets annoyed at the people who have the little stick figure decals on the back window of their SUV or minivan to indicate their family composition.

Me? I think it's kind of funny. Especially when they've added a dog, two cats and a bunch of fish.

If someone dies, do you have to scrape off their little stick figure?

Cody Jarrett said...

No, you add little angel wing stickers to the stick figure.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

The Jesus fish with legs on it is just stupid, though not as stupid as the Jesus fish that has "Darwin" on the inside.

I think I've even seen people out there who have a Darwin fish eating a Jesus fish but I'm not allowed to kill them.

Cody Jarrett said...

Again, Mitch--it's only artificial rules. Like the one that says you can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat.

Reject artificiality in all it's forms.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I've been out of the loop for a while. When a little black kid dies, do the black ladies still wear those campaign buttons with the kid's picture on it?

I think maybe at one point they moved up to T-shirts.

Unknown said...


If someone dies, do you have to scrape off their little stick figure?

August 20, 2013 at 11:27 AM

I think there are little halos that you can add.

We saw one car the other day that had about 8 adults and a couple of kids interspersed. Not sure if it was the grands showing their adult progeny along with the grandkids, or if it was a polyamorous grouping of some sort.

Unknown said...

I've been out of the loop for a while. When a little black kid dies, do the black ladies still wear those campaign buttons with the kid's picture on it?

I think maybe at one point they moved up to T-shirts.

August 20, 2013 at 11:37 AM


Hoodies.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

"If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone."

-- Michael Corleone

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I've never seen a stick figure of a granny in a wheelchair but there's got to be one out there, somewhere.

I was at a brewpub this past Sunday. The table next to us had a granny with one of those high-tech walker things.

She was pounding beer along with the rest of them so good for her.

Mumpsimus said...

My wife gets annoyed at the people who have the little stick figure decals on the back window of their SUV or minivan to indicate their family composition.

I see snarky stick figure decals now and then. My favorite shows a man and a woman, no children, and big piles of cash.

Icepick said...

It did save me a bike trip to the hardware store.

And helped contribute to global warming. People stuck living in fucking snow banks the world over thank you.

Aridog said...

Okay, since TOP has been sufficiently "alluded" to on this thread, can someone tell this:

What is it with "paddle boards" these days (1) and with TOP in particular (2)?

Padlding along on glass flat water is unique? Try 3+ foot Lake Michigan chop on a windy day....definitely more fun. They've been around since the mid-1940's or earlier on the Great Lakes and in the surrounding states' inland lakes. They. Are. Not. New. Or. Innovative.

Icepick said...

If someone dies, do you have to scrape off their little stick figure?

No, just put one of those circles with a line across it on top of the dead person's figure.

Cody Jarrett said...

I have no idea. Where I live, everyone is still content to sit down while they paddle or row.

Then again, where I live almost no one is trendy or upscale or cutting edge. I'm pretty sure there isn't a law prof or a semi-pro lawn mowing queen in town.

We cutz r own grazz we does.

Icepick said...

I think maybe at one point they moved up to T-shirts.

Only if the kid isn't famous. If the kid is famous and dead, they'll put up memorial covers on Ebony Magazine so you can buy a copy at Walmart.

Cody Jarrett said...

Even the queens up the road cut their own grass. Of course, they look funny on their big John Deere rider...floppy hats and lavender shirts...and clogs.

Icepick said...

Where I live, everyone is still content to sit down while they paddle or row.

Where I live everyone sits down and drinks beer while a motor does all the work. Much better that way.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I'm guessing that the paddleboard craze is mostly about "working your core."

rhhardin said...

$12 rake overnight free delivery.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

There's no need for me to visit TOP. I think I can safely assume that a photo of whatsername on a paddleboard makes her look like a little kid dressed up in his new cowboy outfit on Christmas morning.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Minus the cute, of course.

Icepick said...
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Icepick said...

The last time I bothered with boating and the like (earlier this summer), the latest thing was a hollow inflatable tube, large enough for an overweight red-neck man to stand inside of comfortably. The inside had shoulder straps and a harness. Pretty much impossible to walk in. But put it (and the person strapped in it) into the water and "Yeah, baby!", the world's most impractical flotation device!

Now, it the purpose isn't immediately clear, it is this: One gets into this device, gets into the water, and then someone else tows the person in the tube behind a jetski, preferably at very high speeds along a zig-zagging course. Eventually the person in the tube will start rotating at a moderate rate of speed, which will become a high rate of speed once they hit enough waves and let go of the tow rope. Watching someone tumble at high rates of speed across waves is tremendously fun!

Did I forget to mention that the tube was decorated to look like a can of Budweiser? That much beer had been consumed before this plan was put into practice? Or did everyone just assume those last two fact?

Anyway, the fun, from my perspective, was watching people do this, and then come back to shore and attempt to talk their drunken buddies into giving it a try.

Hagar said...

Deborah, these days all headlights are halogen. You may be referring to the extra bright ones. However, you are still wrong. Good lights are good.
Some people, including those still driving with GE sealbeams, just do not know - or care - that you never ever use your high beams if there is another vehicle in front of you - coming or going.

Icepick said...

There are these guys who go into a public lavatory, go into the stall and lock the door after them. Then they piss all over the toilet, without raising the seat. They don't flush. They don't wash their hands afterwards. I'm not allowed to kill them.

Mitchell, maybe you should consider moving to China.

People with a poor aim are to be fined if they miss their mark when using public toilets in Shenzhen, officials said....

deborah said...

Thx, Hagar. So the people annoying me have their high beams on?

deborah said...

I haven't looked at today's pic, but I think Althouse looks quite regal on her paddle board. Puts me in mind of the Land O Lakes Indian Princess.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Conversely, there was piss and vomit all over the place in the men's room at the Hofbräuhaus München even though there was a full-time cleaning woman who simply couldn't keep up.

Wait a minute . . .

Cleaning woman?

Man, I must have been absolutely hammered.

Methadras said...

rhhardin said...

Roger Simon notices that Obama is certifiably insane.


All leftists are mental to some degree. Some moreso than others. I think the ones that attain true, world shaking power are the real dangerous ones. Narcissistic sociopaths.

edutcher said...

Mitchell the Bat said...

The Jesus fish with legs on it is just stupid, though not as stupid as the Jesus fish that has "Darwin" on the inside.

I like the one without the legs that says Gefilte

virgil xenophon said...

Speaking of "family" stickers on cars I can top those. Circa 1995 I saw an original Ford Bronco (the large ones) painted in primer Khaki in the strip mall parking lot of the old Winn Dixie, et al (a Rite-Aide is there now) in Riverbend off Carrolleton Av. in New Orleans. On the drivers-side door were stenciled (ala fighter pilot kills with the flags of the aircraft's nationality) of figures of boy & girl "kills." (blue for boys, pink for girls in dresses) iirc he had six: four boys, two girls. LOL!!! GIVE THAT MAN THE PRIZE!

Cody Jarrett said...

What happened to EBL on the blogroll, Lem?

Cody Jarrett said...

Original Broncos were not large. They were smaller than Jeep Cherokees. That was the point. Small and nimble.

Then they became monstrous.

Then they went away.

virgil xenophon said...

@Cody/

Beg to differ. they got small after they were large before they went away, I know for a fact. Now, you may be right, they may have been smaller before they got large (I seem to remember vaguely that they were) but they definitely reverted to the small version in the mid-late 90s.

Cody Jarrett said...

Sorry. You're wrong.

The original Bronco was small.

Then it got big. Then there was the small version called the Bronco II (this was made at the same time as the big Bronco was made). Then both went away.

But the original Bronco was a small Land Rover type vehicle.

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

virgil xenophon said...

@cody/

Often in error, never in doubt! :)

Cody Jarrett said...

sounds like my motto.

only I'm frequently in doubt too.


I've just always wanted one of those old style late 60's early 70's Broncos.

The Dude said...

This just had to be said.

Cody Jarrett said...

I agree, sixty, it did. And I'm glad you were the one to say it as well. I thought about it, but didn't think I had the standing.

The Dude said...

Squatting happens too.

The Dude said...

Get on that bucking Bronco!

Cody Jarrett said...

The girls are filtering back to the private college in the next town.

It's one of those places for kids who's parents have lots of money but the kids have a lack of brainpower (or willpower).

Always used to be full of girls that look like Troop.

Last couple of years though, there's been a definite upswing in the recruiting.