wow! we hit 600 way too fast, here’s the next ONT!
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
all ONters should watch that vid.
600plus on the overnight without possum?
three
@ coldwarrior:
We don’t need no stinking possum LOL
Did anyone at all check out the stereo effects on “Heaven Is In Your Mind”?
@ mjazz:
what do you think of the tim armstrong stuff (is/was rancid)
seems faster to anyone?
@ savage:
bam
typicalwhitey wrote:
well, i lost a lot of skin over that one, so i need some possum
mjazz wrote:
i own it on vinyl.
harmon kardon amps, sennhausser headphones.
The numbers here all get added to the “stockings and panties” thread.
New rule. Gotta. It’s a record breaker./ Just for tonight.
@ coldwarrior:
way faster load…thanks!
@ mjazz:
No kidding! Tonight was FUN!
@ coldwarrior:
I wish I never sold my vinyls.
The original Mr. Fantasy or a compilation?
The hi-fi on that was incredible.
mjazz wrote:
the ONT is in total, that goes without saying
@ typicalwhitey:
Was??? We ain’t done yet.
@ mjazz:
original.
my fave vinyl for packaging purposes: jethro tull thick as a brick UK version.
@ typicalwhitey:
@ typicalwhitey:
the deal is that the 4 of us pay for x ammount of bandwidth…its easier to chunk a big thread like this into two pieces and get more speed
@ savage:
Possum Possum Possum
Where for art thou?
@ coldwarrior:
Nice, very 1978. When was that stuff recorded. Is there yet another ska revival going on that I wasn’t told about?
@ coldwarrior:
None of my business, but I notice you guys don’t have any ads.
a little more tim armstrong, then i’ll let it go
The Osprey wrote:
yes.
@ coldwarrior:
Tim Armstrong- doesn’t ring a bell.
typicalwhitey wrote:
there is a reason for that.
Can one of the admins give Nothreat2U my email address?
Thanks!
mjazz wrote:
ever hear of the punk rock bands ‘operation ivy’ or ‘rancid’
@ typicalwhitey:
gimme a sec
savage wrote:
I think there must have been a lot of pent-up demand for conversational bandwidth, on account of the server not working for awhile earlier.
Sets some shots and beers out. It seems to work best as possum-bait.
\~/ \~/ \~/
(Be vewwwy vewwy quiet… We’re huntin’ possumz)
@ coldwarrior:
Was that on the last thread? I was listening to Hendrix so I didn’t get a chance to hear it. I open two threads so that I can post without the song going back to the beginning.
@ typicalwhitey:
done
coldwarrior wrote:
Is that because the ads might compromise independence?
I like not having ads.
PrincessNatasha wrote:
@ mjazz:
can u give me a post number?
@ coldwarrior:
Thanks!
PrincessNatasha wrote:
If ya can keep CW and furry from drinking them first…
@ Calo:
Possum Possum Possum Possum Possum
If that doesn’t work I don’t know what will.
@ The Osprey:
some rancid, fall back down.
this was my theme song for a while:
well, time to hit the rack.
I’ll see you all when it gets light outside.
Good nite, kids
@ coldwarrior:
You are too slow – step it up boy!
@ coldwarrior:
No.
doriangrey wrote:
i wasnt supposed to drink that?
doriangrey wrote:
You better break out some brinks from your stash and keep that from happening, then!
@ Calo:
Sorry Calo, I realized my mistake when I hit send LOL
@ mjazz:
Don’t make me fall off my chair again tonight mjazz – I am warning you!
@ coldwarrior:
I thought maybe you had played a Tim Armstrong song on the last thread and I missed it.
mjazz wrote:
well, operation ivy became rancid…tim armstrong is the front guy.
great stuff
mjazz wrote:
i did, it was the song that opened this thread
O/T:
Does anybody here have any figures for viewership on this blog, and about whether we are getting more people to read our stuff?
I hasten to add that my interest in viewership has NOTHING for commercial purposes or selling cookbooks or tip jars or anything like that, but for the purposes of encouraging healthy debate within the US and other western societies.
Healthy debate is the one thing that we are lacking in the public sphere, and this blog is the best place for it, IMO.
PrincessNatasha wrote:
i have interlocking fields of fire to protect me!
@ Calo:
I did last night?
@ 1389AD:
quantcast and alexa
@ PrincessNatasha:
Oh and you too,
Miss High and Mighty Russian Princess!///
Well all I gotta hit the sack.
It’s almost 2am here.
Thanks for a great evening!
@ mjazz:
Well , whatever night.
Last night, the night before…whatever, they all run together when you are on the night shift.
@ typicalwhitey:
goood evening….bwahahahah!
@ coldwarrior:
our house!
Well, I guess Possum is too busy drinking British tea tonight and can’t join us.
@ coldwarrior:
@ typicalwhitey:
@ Calo:
@ mjazz:
@ 1389AD:
@ PrincessNatasha:
Checking in from South Beach!
@ Calo:
True
@ Calo:
that’s too bad, possum managed to abuse me on the ncaa football thread.
Calo wrote:
ooooh…been there…5 years of that haze
@ Rodan:
Turn on your webcam Rodan… where are you in South Beach?
Me and my friend are in his studio making a song as a joke. It’s an Electro-House/Latin song!
1389AD wrote:
What’s wrong with commerce? Every entity needs a viable commercial model to survive and thrive. Monetisation of a product exposes its value and weaknesses. A healthy revenue stream is a good foundation to build on.
Bring on the adverts!
I try to summon possum and Rodan shows up/
Hey Rodan! Is it hot in Miami or what?
@ song_and_dance_man:
i was at monsters of rock in germany in 88.
@ coldwarrior:
I didn’t read that thread. That little s**t watches football?
@ Rodan:
its about time.
Calo wrote:
LOL… I don’t exactly feel all that mighty right now…I really should be sleeping. Cleaned guns and wrote some goofy code in c++ for school all day… I need my beauty and sanity sleep.
@ typicalwhitey:
Later!
Rodan wrote:
Is it that kind of music where people sound like they’ve been breathing helium before they sing?
Sorry Rodan, I am tragically unhip…LOL.
Calo wrote:
nope, abused my stuffed peppers.
Rodan wrote:
Yo! How many hot Cuban males are you bringing back for me? LOL
@ Calo:
I’m on 14th and Alton.
@ Bagua:
why hanst nike put the swoosh on the diving robots?
Anywayz, I am off to bed. The cats have occupied it, so it is time to reclaim my territory. Good night everyone!
@ PrincessNatasha:
Dam, you man eater!
We were at some Spanish Tapas spot on Espanola. We called it a night since we have all day tomorrow.
@ PrincessNatasha:
Sleep well Princess.
@ PrincessNatasha:
@ coldwarrior:
He posted this crap last night (I am so not going to his house for dinner)!
http://i56.tinypic.com/abjm2q.jpg
It’s almost three here- gotta crash too.
Have a great day everyone!
@ Calo:
i’d eat that…i’m a foodie.
i do two things really well, stupid long distance shooting and chef cooking
@ doriangrey:
.
that made may harmon kardon happy
coldwarrior wrote:
The Us Festivals were cool too.
coldwarrior wrote:
Ewwww, I’ve cooked at lot of stuff, but even I never cooked a chef before… That’s just plain gross…
This place is still rockin…
Wow!
I think I need to grab some sleeps too…good night all.
@ doriangrey:
if ya slice em real thin and then braise…a litle sauce and bingo: meat!
coldwarrior wrote:
Yeah – and you eat brisket too. So, you go to his house for dinner. Don’t bring me any damn leftovers.
@ Bagua:
I hate it when you make me look up big words. Where is your other avatar?
Calo wrote:
From what I can tell, the photo wasn’t lit very well (color balance was off) or plated very neatly, but it probably tasted okay.
But then, I’m not a picky eater. I’ll eat whatever I can afford and/or keep down.
coldwarrior wrote:
Meh, Joe is an imbecile, he just went from my will pay to will not pay for list, (cause he did I Arizona’s immigration law is evil bullshit) I still like his music, he just wont ever get another dime from me.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
you are older than i am
@ doriangrey:
I missed that one – kudos
How are you on this fine evening?
Calo wrote:
i have 3 briskets in the deep freeze
every month of the year i smoke AT LEAST one brisket
coldwarrior wrote:
You’ll notice that several of the ROVs added company logos to their HUD displays as the weeks went by. In the beginning, one company had a youtube video pulled on copyright grounds, but I think they caught on the the good PR angle.
@ 1389AD:
OK 13 – eat a bit, grab the note off his meal and get out!
Got to send it to Lily
Lost wrote:
we do have a few time zones here in the continental US
Calo wrote:
Doing ya fine, and yourself?
Bagua wrote:
In some ways, I see where you’re coming from. But I never bothered with trying to monetize my own blog, because I like to try to push the envelope of what topics are allowable for debate. Relying on advertisers might raise the temptation to pull one’s punches so as not to offend somebody who is paying the bills.
for everyone going to bed: a great tune
coldwarrior wrote:
This say’s the guy who went to 9 dead concerts…
Calo wrote:
I’ve been feeling very daring lately, so I decided to go with the Later Heaven Bagua.
Letting my hair down a bit, so to speak.
Peachy, thank you.
Almost watched a movie on Comcast tonight named Dorian Grey.
Well I have run thru the blogs and insulted many. So goodnight.
@ coldwarrior:
Think of it this way:
Overnight thread has already accumulated over 700 comments!
doriangrey wrote:
i prefer would have, back in the day, maybe prefered acid and/or psilocybe cubensis
Calo wrote:
Lies and propaganda I tell ya, ya cant believe a word that twit Oscar wrote…
Calo wrote:
Actually, I’m encouraged to get a slow cooker myself and try the recipe. Other than the cat treats, it looks pretty appetising.
I’d add a little marmite and a bit of Worcestershire sauce to it though, bring out the flavour.
@ Bagua:
Watch out – some of the other female posters here might decide to give you a haircut like they gave Dorian one a few evenings ago. They like their size 3 clippers.
So, did they get the BOP out of the water yet?
@ coldwarrior:
Great tune!
if yer havin a bad day, yer not
doriangrey wrote:
10..wait, 11 and a burning man
@ Bagua:
Yeah – an obvious British troll here. Do ya need to borrow my reading glasses?
@ pat:
ok
@ pat:
Good night Pat.
Sleep well.
Calo wrote:
Heh, it’s up on deck right now. Men are rappelling on it. Massive leviathan of the deep.
Hard to believe that tower didn’t have one working “valve”.
@ Bagua:
Some times I enjoy watching paint dry more than the BP cams.///
@ coldwarrior:
You make them pretty good as well.
just cause i want to hear his voice
i miss him
Rodan wrote:
some yankeees have to represent!
@ coldwarrior:
Just getting here and getting caught up. Damn Cold, you were at Monsters of Rock also?
AZOlddog wrote:
u were there? nice!
Calo wrote:
Many hours nothing, then sudden bursts of action. Like sitting in a tree all day waiting for a deer to trot by. Sometimes it is very slow.
@ Bagua:
You got a link to a still picture? Not enough bandwidth here to run video.
Is there an chance of there being an objective forensic teardown of the stack being done, or has the whole process been so completely politicized that any shreds of credibility will be destroyed?
Auguring away here.
@ coldwarrior:
Yep, had just gotten in Country and was doing the mandatory run around through all the MI sites!
@ Bagua:
Bagua wrote:
Shoot ‘em … kill ‘em .
I am in Texas you know. We shoot anything that moves.
@ Calo:
Maybe I would have to get a gun first before I say stuff like that.
AZOlddog wrote:
nice, we walked the same ground
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
Here you get snapshots, updated every minute, so very low bandwidth usage. I’ve sent in a guest post that may run tomorrow with video highlights of the BOP removal and landing the replacement one.
The failBop will be seized by the Feds and studied to death. There will be an entire circus. But how can they really determine anything after all that erosive sand and liquid has chewed it up?
The new stack they sealed it with had a stuck ram and only had a faction of the free-flow duration. The current crop is a crap shoot, 50/50 at best. The Canadian equipment is in far better overall condition.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Ok, I found you a still photo here. That is about 2/3rds of the failBop stack, sitting on the white Cameron Collet Connector. With red jacks on the corners of the Bop skid.
That is the deck of the Q4000, and the BOP is right above the Moon pool where it was pulled up. The deck surrounded by the yellow rails slid open, then slid back under the BOP.
Bagua wrote:
thats what scares me,
AAAAAGH! Just broke out of the timeout box! Great to be back. Had to reboot and shower and stuff.
coldwarrior wrote:
Nice job on the boost, boss.
Bunk X wrote:
u still stink.
@ coldwarrior:
He was absent for about 700 comments tonight – I think he was hiding out.
@ Bunk X:
what up big money?
coldwarrior wrote:
624 + what?
Bunk X wrote:
And stuff?
There are some things we do not need to know,but that nosey witch Calo will probably ask you anyway!
623 + 144 = 767
You guys did really good for a quiet holiday weekend.
Saved some for you, Bunk.
::unwraps the last 3 chocolate chip cookies out of 8 dozen served tonight::
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Here is an album of stills from today.
Click 12-18 for a slide show of the failBop landing on the Q4000.
Possum wrote:
Chocolate chip cookies help!
@ Calo:
he was cooling out fishing for marlin and listening to sinatra while we paid his tab, it’s like dealing with HST
Calo wrote:
Somethings are not for real if you force them.
Way to go Bunk, the post count goes through the roof if we both STFU and STFD.
@ Possum:
I think it was his anniversary or something.
Maybe he cooked some decent food for his other half and gave her flowers or whatnot.
Unlike some other posters here who cook kitty food and feed it to the masses.
I am out for now.
I’ll pop in again in a couple of hours, probably to talk to myself…
@ Lost:
{{Lost}}
Happy day. Take care of the kiddies.
See you soon.
@ Bagua:
Thanks. Doesn’t look much like the dry-land ones I’m familiar with; everything is enclosed.
I guess the key area to check will be the actuators for the rams, to see if it can be determined if they ever moved at all, or were capable of so doing.
If the rams moved a little, but got washed or blocked by debris, that’s one thing. If the rams never moved at all, that’s something entirely different.
Anyhow, it’s off to the rack for me.
coldwarrior wrote:
It’s almost irrelevant why the failBop didn’t work. A better question is why they all are so under par? The lot of them are past their sell by date and nobody can certify them going forward. At least half of them should be used as moorings or scrapped, and Cameron, Hydril and Shaffer should be flooded with orders for the latest models.
Calo wrote:
Spent most of my time refreshing. Took 25 or so comments each time.
@ Lost:
give the manques a chance to catch up
coldwarrior wrote:
Thought I’d stop in, see how y’all were doing. I’ve been away too long.
Lost wrote:
I would not be so sure about that.
I have an urge, it involves a can of Mandarin oranges, a chicken and fire.
If I do not do it tonight it will be tomorrow!
@ Bagua:
Ummh – are you planning to get neekid again? You look different.
@ Possum:
I’ll bring the mayo!
@ Possum:
Going for 800 combined before the steam wears off. The morning crew is just icing on the snake.
Possum wrote:
I played possum on an earlier thread, but I did it with backup… lol
@ Bunk X:
what is the count on 1 and 2 ont
Lost — care to comment about this?
coldwarrior
I tried to get catfish but the store only had fillets from, yep, China.
The breaded nuggets were USA but I don’t want that, (no deep fat fryer)
Going to give catfish another try as soon as I can get USA.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Goodnight, thanks for the input. The stuff on land is different, but same basic mechanism, just a world of difference doing it a mile deep with submerged components.
Canada appears to have their act together from what I understand, better regulated and maintained.
@ Possum:
Turncoat.
coldwarrior wrote:
624 + 170 or so here.
Possum wrote:
god call,
we have a great fish monger near us, they are very open about where the fish come from.
u eat chinese seafod, u get sick
.
Bunk X wrote:
You do know algebra? Right?
Bunk X wrote:
mjazz already tried the snake thing. He really made me laugh and I was tempted to log in. I have been playing possum since about comment 100 on the last thread.
I CAN resist posting if I really try!
coldwarrior wrote:
Yes, God is calling Possum tonight. Are you listening, you little weasel?
@ coldwarrior:
Classic JC. Tough song to sing without a range.
Calo wrote:
I met her, but she wouldn’t put out, so I dumped her for her sisters Geometry and Trig.
@ Calo:
Then their older brother Calculus showed up and beat the crap out of me.
@ Calo:
Yep!!! hey and thanks for posting my copyright picture of my supper without telling the real story!
You just posted an edited version that made your point. You Andrew Breietbarts ugly sister?
The point of last night’s supper was the Fleur de Lise dumpling in honour of Lily.
The fact that it ended up looking like a stewed brain is not important at this time.
@ Bunk X:
Trig is a retard – or so I hear from LvQ////
Calo wrote:
i thought that was the other way around
@ Possum:
Lily says hello. And, she feels honored to be remembered at your dinner.
Anything else, you can ask her. I ain’t a mouthpiece between yoy two.
Interesting, this thread went up at 2:14am and I just glanced at LGF and it has a thread from 5:41pm with a similar number of comments.
I guess that is what happens when you drive away most of your members.
here we go bunx
I will be back in just a minute.
@ coldwarrior:
Good one CW!
Gotta get some sleep now.
Carry on.
Calo wrote:
Nah, you have done what you were hired to do!
*Possum now dismisses the temporary hired help*
@ Bagua:
its the end of an era, bagua
@ Possum:
Presentation is everything, but does it count if you’re just making it for yourself?
Calo wrote:
Yeah, but she had nice bazooms. Kinda trumps the IQ department… at least it trumps mine for a night.
Bunk X wrote:
Call me disturbed.
@ coldwarrior:
Not to harsh your mellow, but what the hella you doing up this late? Pburgh burning tonight? Burnin’the terrible towel at both ends?
g’night
Bunk X wrote:
i have reasons.
good night, x
Possum wrote:
Some asshole just posted on the last thread to throw out the math and make us look like idiots here.
Don’t bother looking, the smart ones here can probably guess who.
Baseline is now 625.
@ Bagua:
It’s the end of the world as they know it.
@ Calo:
You’re disturbed, and your phone is ringing.
@ Bunk X:
After at least a dozen cans of Miller High Life presentation = getting it on a plate without either dropping it or burning yourself.
You thought it looked bad on the plate? You should have seen it next morning just before I flushed…
Bunk X wrote:
Yep, been a fascinating train wreck to watch though. But it is getting pathetic, like an aging whore with caked on makeup.
@ Bunk X:
Get your chicks right – I know we all look the same but can I say…
Raaaaasist!
Calo wrote:
Stole too many of TypicalWhiteys wine coolers tonight.
Possum wrote:
*snicker* Shhhh! *phhhtsnkk* Don’t tell him! Heheheh! Shhhh!
Bagua wrote:
I hope at the end of the day someone says “Thank you bp, you caused a major environmental disaster but you stepped up and paid out billions of dollars and tried to put things right”
I hope that the same someone says “I also recognize the fact that you as a company did not screw up without help. (insert list of contractors and sub-contractors that in part helped cause this disaster)”
When all is said and done fingers need to be pointed and who is responsible needs to be revealed.
What I do not want is any company being sued into oblivion because of this. that means jobs lost.
BP paid andwillpay for thisoilspill.Infact weallwillpay,but please,nomore jobs lost.
Side note….
Cat treat found under the space bar..Fixed now.
Sigh… end of an era indeed.
@ Possum:
Sick kitteh haz food and medicine tonight?
@ Calo:
I take back my haz.
Never would I thought I would feel bad for Cato.
Calo wrote:
Yep! just lost another $1.50 by trying to hide a dose in cat food and mayo. (long story…)
Did the grab and squirt.
Possum wrote:
Well said. The economic damage of the hysterical over-reaction and demonisation of BP and the oil industry, is vastly greater than anything BP, Et. Al. have done.
What happened shouldn’t have and didn’t need to happen, there was some overconfidence and recklessness. But Hayward was quite correct in predicting the environmental damage would be small.
Alternatively, the damage done by the devastation of BP’s share value and the US drilling industry is vast, and also the result of recklessness and arrogance.
@ Possum:
Get your long gloves on boy when you do that.
Feeling sad for Cato … why am I such a sap?
@ Possum:
Actually it wasn’t a major environmental disaster. That’s how the media portrayed it, just like they claimed that BP did it intentionally by ignoring governmental safety procedures, as if the U.S. government was an authority on anything.
Bunk X wrote:
Quite right.
Calo wrote:
Fuck him. After all the crap that he’s spewed he deserves it. Fuck him.
Iron Fist Rule just kicked in here. G’night, 840+!
@ Bagua:
You said it. the industry will recover, the share price will recover.
With a positive attitude this disaster would have had the same environmental impact but the economic impact would have been much less.
The negative “foot to the neck” attitude did not help in any way the environmental impact, but it was devastating economically.
@ Bunk X:
Enjoy Bunky – we love you! Or, something like that
Calo wrote:
This cat is special, we don’t do the welding gloves. We had to when she was a kitten, months and years of interaction and she finally allows me to touch her.
Very long and moving story.
Bunk X wrote:
Quitter!
@ Possum:
Possum – really, some nights I just want to smack you and some nights I just want to give you a hug.
{{Possum and his kitty}}
Possum wrote:
Agreed. But with virtually no permits being issued, the US drilling industry is in real peril. In particular the mobile deepwater rigs, if they cant work US waters they are headed overseas and unlikely to come back.
@ Bagua:
That was a really STUPID move. I really do not understand the reasons for that ban.
The last incident of this kind was in 1979.
I think it is good bp is paying the out of work oli workers but there has to be a limit to it.
Really angry about all of this and have been for months.
Hi you BP boys – ground zero here in Houston with a raaaaacist card/gift shop. Yep, the economic impact of the no offshore deep drilling from Obama is hitting us here. Everyday.
Calo wrote:
On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of England and Charles her stupid son I apologize.
I actually got nasty with some people in real life a few days ago. There was a comment in a bar about “oil free dressing” and some asshole said “If British Petroleum knew anything about oil free we would not be in this mess”
Well, I went postal…..
I said something along the lines of “You should have flipping (sp) said that to AMOCO!”
(note… most of bp USA is what was AMOCO, also you thought the EXXON Valdis was a mess? Look up AMOCO Cadiz. The French billed the USA about $2 billion in 1978 for cleanup they got paid squat)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoco_Cadiz
@ Possum:
The mob psychology is so strong that people are shocked when one defends BP or even mentions its name with out the required Of The Devil™ label.
People at the animal farm were shocked when I pointed out how people in Britain were suffering from the hostility and attack on its leading corporation. “What?” They said, “but it’s evil”. It just sounded ridiculous to them, like defending Charles Manson.
Bagua wrote:
I had that in real life here! When I mentioned how the unjustified drop in share prices was affecting pensions in the UK then the answer was “They deserve it”
When I said about the fact that bp was not paying any US taxes this quarter because they made a loss I was greeted with “They should pay taxes anyway!!!”
Well duh.. bp is paying out $6 billion plus in cleanup, $5 billion a year for four years to acorn, obama, slush fund, never see that money again, and on top of that you want them to pay tax on the profits they don’t have?
Yep! make them pay.
@ Possum:
Oh the BP boys are here.
Sweet. Save us!
@ Possum:
It bears repeating.
The reason many companies and individual do business in the United States is because they have the protection of the rule of law. Yes, the US is a very litigious nation, but both sides get the same legal protection and opportunities, and there is recourse to higher courts.
In the case of the Oil and Gas industry, there is a $75 million dollar statutory limit on liability. This is meant as an encouragement to explore in the US. With this unprecedented action by a US President to effectively nationalise BP’s assets by demanding a $20 Billion slush fund that makes a mockery of the rule of law, those seeking to do business in the United States now know that the US is always just one election away from becoming a banana republic.
Calo wrote:
What I was really hoping was bp would say “Go piss up a rope” we quit
10,150 British jobs lost, millions of old people in the UK without pensions but the state would have looked after them.
22,800 AMERICAN jobs lost, millions of old AMERICAN people with no pension fund. No state to look after the old people with no AMOCO pension.
Too bad.
bp was and is more American than British.
@ Bagua:
Who you calling a monkey?
Got bananas?///
@ Possum:
I already answered that you horses @ss.
Everyday, I feel the effects of the BP oil spill and the subsequent fallout. Everyday. Need I repeat myself?
@ Bagua:
It will take time but eventually bp will withdraw from the US I hope.
I hope you know British Gas is also big over here!
@ Bagua:
Exactly. I’m all for BP paying for cleaning up the damage they’ve caused. But penalties need to come from a courtroom, not from the demands of some politician, on either side of the aisle. Where’s the ‘separation of powers’ clause in this case?
Calo wrote:
Oh, but of course, Bunk only likes snake with icing on it!
I’d love to comment further but Bunk will ask me if I want a freakin award.
Calo wrote:
The bp oil spill?
There you have it.
bp didn’t spill squat. bp hired a bunch of fucking cowboys to drill a hole that they had bought rights to.
All this shit from the sub-contractors “bp told us to do this, bp insisted we do that”
bp also got sold a bunch of equipment that when it came right down to it did not work.
@ Possum:
Youz haz cowboys? Kool. Anyways the business is hanging on by a few threads. I got no love for Obama.
mfhorn wrote:
I am glad that bp is paying up and maybe recovering money later.
The federal government sure as hell was not paying for anything at all. I expected the United States of America to jump in and stop the mess, to clean up the mess and send the invoice for the costs later to the parties responsible.
That did not happen and that to me is very odd.
Disaster recovery is a State (I mean state as in country not as in state as we know it here) It all went wrong.
Lost wrote:
Alright, what icing for Bunk’s snake should we do this morning?
I’ll let the rest of the morning crew help me out.
THE LOST AWARD
Or whatever – awarded by Calo, cuz I felt like it.
mfhorn wrote:
The same as any Banana Republic, at the whim of the ruler. Obama’s bold faced shakedown of BP has permanently altered America’s reputation as a place to do business.
gotta sit on my keyboard tonight.
@ Calo:
{{{Calo}}}
You’re a darling! Thank you!
@ Calo:
What do you mean?
Um, I am not usually up this late on Saturday nights and obviously I missed the late night “Iceing Bunk’s Snake” thread.
I think tonight you should leave Bunk’s snake un-iced.
If we leave the snake un-iced, it means no comments from the early morning crew.
See #165 and #239
OK! Do they make a jalapeno iceing with extra hot sauce?
I think that would be quite nice.
@ Possum:
We can make whatever kind of icing we want!
I’ll add some red hot chilli flakes to that.
@ Possum:
I think the reason things were handled the way they were is that it allows Obama to demonize big business & the oil industry, and to push the ‘cap & tax’ scheme.
Sure, we can and should develop (privately) things like wind & solar power. But neither of those will be able to handle our base load power requirements, not for a long time if ever. We need to tell these environmental extremists who want to send us back to the 1800′s to ‘piss up a rope’ and develop nuclear power.
@ Possum:
Do I even want to know what ‘icing Bunk’s snake’ means?
@ mfhorn:
See # 246
I didn’t come up with the phrase, I promise!
But looking at your comment, I think jalapeno, chili flakes, extra hot sauce and tequila icing, is going to, ah, burn a bit.
HEY LOST!
Out of the gutter!
Yup, that was a thread killer!
@ Lost:
OoohKayyyyy. The gutter’s an easy place to go with that kind of posting.
Ok, enough about the benefits of icing and early morning thread comments.
Happy Father’s Day to all the Blogmocracy Dads of Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and PNG.
Darn, should have said that yesterday.
@ Lost:
What’d I do? Kill the thread?
mfhorn wrote:
Naw. It’s late early.
@ BatGuano:
The break between Round 1 & Round 2, huh? Gotta admit, 257 posts on the 2nd overnight thread is pretty good.
the puti sez that me and my hangover have to get out of bed and make french toast for her and her stuffed doggie.
mfhorn wrote:
Not bad for the early morning doldrums.
@ Bagua:
looking at stocks now
@ coldwarrior:
How much sleep did you end up getting?
Lost wrote:
not enought…and i have to be at nothreats bbq in the afternoon
@ BatGuano:
that avatar pic helps the hangover go away
whats the math on the overnight…
900…wow
275 on the corpulent blogger…we win.
@ coldwarrior:
CW, it was never even a contest.
Can’t run a race against a tree trunk.
Lost wrote:
sure ya can, with a chain saw!
@ Lost:
i know yinz is in aussie land but how is Christchurch doing after the quake?
@ coldwarrior:
Not good. For one, there’s the aftershocks. Up to 5.4 on the richter scale.
On top of that, the weather system that passed through here yesterday and has left Central Victoria under flood waters, is heading their way.
Weakened and exposed buildings plus a serious soaking is not a good picture. Must have been a gloomy Father’s day in New Zealand today.
@ Lost:
i highlighted the yinz for you with a url to watch at your leisure. you will enjoy it.
@ Lost:
Especially with the rain and winds. Rain will further contaminate the water supply and the winds (100 km per hour and higher) could easily topple shaky buildings.
@ Lost:
i read ZERO DEAD.
is that what you have?
coldwarrior wrote:
No one dead due to the earthquake but I think someone did die of a heart attack.
Lost wrote:
NZ is a western advanced country…there will be no cholera outbreak.
(and i pray)
coldwarrior wrote:
Linky no worky.
Lost wrote:
well, one of MI…
1 is a tragedy, 30,000 is a statistic (to paraphrase stalin)
@ Lost:
what?
lemme see
try this
@ coldwarrior:
Hopefully not, but having experienced the storm heading their way…I really hope people will have good shelter and access to clean water. I’ll see if I can post some links to pictures of what we went through over the weekend.
This is exactly what scares me. You can be all prepared but how do you prepare for a natural disaster like this?
Lost wrote:
i saw the storm yinz had…
how preped is the NZ military? will there be aussie military deployment
Lost wrote:
linx are fixed, take time and watch it, you will ‘get’ a few of us that are pittsburghers. (nothreat, me, bumr, madsen, and others like gulffloater…)
mornin ya’ll
Chris Muir at day by day is gonna get fatwa or a death threat or sumpin with todays toon
ya’ll need to check this out
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/
Well maybe the New Zealand army will probably step in but our government is in caretaker mode so I doubt that they’ll do much unless things get a lot worse in the next 24 hours.
There is talk that Australia will cop some financial fallout from the earthquake, as Australian businesses in NZ were affected.
Lost wrote:
PIMF
@ Lost:
copy that…
and i updated the link.
@ coldwarrior:
Jeez there are a lot of you!
(Fixed ANZAC?!
)
@ rain of lead:
lemme know if he needs some ‘protection’
@ Lost:
I’ll have a listen/look later.
Lost wrote:
i did fix that cause it would have caused confusion…and yes there are at leat 8 of us that are or were in the pgh area
Lost wrote:
please do, its a great lecture about scots and irish and english and dutch…
sunday funnies
http://www.floppingaces.net/2010/09/05/sunday-funnies-102/#more-44595
@ rain of lead:
LOL! Love it!
Did you notice the beauty mark?
However, he did bring up some good points. If we treat them so well, why are we treated so poorly?
@ coldwarrior:
Hero of mine.
Come on, 5 more comments to 300.
928 in total!
well this is nice
Tennessee ranks last of the 50 states and Washington D.C. in terms of debt load. And this time, it’s a good thing.
The state’s top officials are pretty proud of the recent ranking that shows for its size, Tennessee has less debt than any other state government.
@ Lost:
Fuck Obama!
BatGuano wrote:
in my bar is the photo of him entering the lions gate in jerusalem, next to that is a pic of a selous scout next to that is the pic of the marine commander at hue
@ BatGuano:
I apologize. That was intemperate.
@ rain of lead:
yinz got room for some yankees? (i can bbq)
@ coldwarrior:
I saw him speak in 1980. I felt I was watching Gideon himself.
@ BatGuano:
Thanks for your help!
Well, not a bad effort for some icing.
BatGuano wrote:
i am soooo jealous.
@ coldwarrior:
sure come on in
Tennesseeis awesome
we even have a raaaaacist state flag
Lost wrote:
icing?
Iowahawk is on fire today
Barack, Can We Talk?
Barack, can we, uh, talk for a few minutes?
Oh, nothing. It’s just that it just seems we haven’t had a chance to talk for a while. I mean, I know we’ve both been busy for the past year or so. You with your fundraisers and golfing and stuff, and me with all those appointments at the unemployment office. But you know I think it’s important in a relationship like ours to keep the lines of communication open.
So anyway, I’ve been think that… look, this is really hard. God. Do you remember when we met at that big party in Denver back in 08? I mean when I saw you across that crowded convention floor, it was like, Oh My God. I don’t think I ever saw anything like you before. I was on the rebound from a bad relationship and you were so tall and articulate and, well hot. And then I couldn’t believe that of all the democracies in the room you picked me out!
Yeah I know my some of my friends warned me you were trouble, and that it was the alcohol talking. But I knew that if we gave it a chance we could make it work. You and me, together. And after you moved in, I really think we did for a while. I mean, you’ve really helped me get over my inhibitions and hangups, and I like to think I’ve really helped you grow and discover yourself. Like last year when I lent you $800 billion to pay for your demo tape and new rims for the Cadillac
read it all
Lost wrote:
Well, I was number 300.
rain of lead wrote:
yay!!!
rain of lead wrote:
and i see u have the correct number of a’s
Little Green Foot Fungus is stuck at 297.
@ rain of lead:
i used to ‘talk’ with iowahawk on lgf…funny
coldwarrior wrote:
See # 246 and 239 and work up from there.
BatGuano wrote:
we were looking at numbers last night. looks bad for the shithead
@ coldwarrior:
when he is “on” he is really really on!
BatGuano wrote:
ROTFLOL!
Foot fungus!
@ coldwarrior:
Well, the numbers don’t lie!
Right Ludwig?
@ Lost:
i saw that earlier!
coldwarrior wrote:
His registration is open 24/7!
BatGuano wrote:
so is ours!
except we allow free flow of ideas.
@ BatGuano:
And has been for months!
@ coldwarrior:
and beer!
/ducks
Lost wrote:
next time i drive through Baltimore i will have to flip off ned
Lost wrote:
and booze!
maybe someone in aussie land will send this to me!
Lost wrote:
I tried for months to register. Now it’s no big deal.
@ coldwarrior:
taking forever to load but if it’s what I think it is…come and get one yourself!
@ coldwarrior:
ya’ll need to watch this
it’s powerful
Nashville based songwriters Jamie Teachenor and “Banjo” Ben Clark team up for this exclusive release, aimed to raise-the-hair and boil-the-blood of every liberty-loving American ready to make a difference this fall…one vote at a time.
Lost wrote:
i could NEVER get it back into the US
Good night,all.
@ rain of lead:
DAMN!!!
@ rain of lead:
AMEN!
Sisters, we need saltpeter!
@ BatGuano:
n i g h t !
@ rain of lead:
I propose that it gets a thread of its own.
That was amazing.
Lost wrote:
ok…how about for labor day monday…its a holiday here
@ Lost:
brought tears to my eyes
@ coldwarrior:
Let’s do it!
I don’t think you need anything more than what Rain already wrote.
rain of lead wrote:
that vid with you as contributor is the all day labor day open. thx for that
Lost wrote:
that will run from noon monday till night as the open.
@ coldwarrior:
Thanks, I think it deserves that kind of exposure.
Its not preachy or overdone. It’s amazing.
@ coldwarrior:
wow
thank you
we’re speechless
(momcat and I)
@ Lost:
@ rain of lead:
got with rodan…
it runs from noon till whenever.
i want that vid to get exposure
@ coldwarrior:
Great. Thanks again for organizing and thanks Rain for sharing.
I’m inspired.
However, it’s time I drag myself to bed. It’s nearly a quarter past midnight and I have to work tomorrow (today).
I’m going to dream of “We the people!”
@ Lost:
sleep well
Lost wrote:
good night.
Oh, one more thing before I go.
Bunk, the icing added more than 100 to give you a total of 972+.
Blogmocracy ROCKS!
Get some sleep yourself CW.
Any chance you guys can take this to 1000?
Not that many left to go!
/ok, ok, I’m going, I’m going
@ Lost:
@ Lost:
CHEERS!
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