tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post7755044175138363834..comments2024-03-17T08:27:53.658-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Various and Sundry For the Week of April 26thJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-85149376114815436642013-05-08T06:18:32.300-05:002013-05-08T06:18:32.300-05:00'Brain Chips' - the favorite game time sna...'Brain Chips' - the favorite game time snack of Zombies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19805365879547873482013-05-07T22:12:40.638-05:002013-05-07T22:12:40.638-05:00I know! I know! Maybe Monsanto is winding up it...I know! I know! Maybe Monsanto is winding up it's 20 year gene warping project and we were the unwitting guinea pigs. (They seem to have concentrated their studies below the Mason Dixon Line.) Next comes the brain chips.Nancy Alborellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670097162853715770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-75918160045625837282013-05-06T23:54:13.187-05:002013-05-06T23:54:13.187-05:00I've really got to stop drinking tea when I re...I've really got to stop drinking tea when I read your missives! That's the 2nd keyboard I've ruined since starting to read your stuff!Long Ben Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382408372788942193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-36765296499436802742013-05-06T16:44:55.500-05:002013-05-06T16:44:55.500-05:00Truth BB. It has occurred to me that our rent-a-co...Truth BB. It has occurred to me that our rent-a-cops might bring their 'home to work with them' (so to speak) and share their angst with the rest of us. The only thing stopping that is the other guards, who hopefully can recognize something different about Billy Bob, and be able to neutralize their workmate before too many of us become more Freedom statistics. Tommy D<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-54009015258491829172013-05-06T10:49:22.947-05:002013-05-06T10:49:22.947-05:00Tommy D,
What you say makes sense, but what happe...Tommy D,<br /><br />What you say makes sense, but what happens when Shotgun Dude gets pissed off and decides to go postal? Have you got 50 cal dude standing by to put the fear into him? And who puts the fear into 50 cal Dude? <br /><br />BBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19987005367613557212013-05-05T13:10:43.944-05:002013-05-05T13:10:43.944-05:00In Texas we send our craziest pols to D.C., where ...In Texas we send our craziest pols to D.C., where hopefully they can do the least amount of damage. As for West, there are probably hundreds of plants in Texas and across the midwest that are within explosion radius of local citizens' residents and businesses. I know people there and they all pretty much call it an accident. No one planned for the building to catch on fire and smother the stockpile to render it bang. Hell, a whole railcar of the stuff was blown sideways off the railroad track and it just spilled out on the ground. Perfect storm. Hard lesson. They'll get more effective regulation from insurance than the government. Most of the farmers I know prefer urea or use liquid ammonia for fertilizer, ammonium nitrate being too expensive. West is kinda a cool little town, btw. Heavy Czech influence, good bakeries and whatnot. Don in Waconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86996399252039908282013-05-05T12:57:33.905-05:002013-05-05T12:57:33.905-05:00Hi Jim - Follow up to the sundry crazy and mundane...Hi Jim - Follow up to the sundry crazy and mundane from 26 April, what is with the NRA conference in Houston? (I know, I know....its like an 80's Poly Sci midterm question: "Russia is bad. Explain. Be brief.") I am not following NRA antics, but the occasional crazy particle of it impinges on the real world. Apparently they are accusing the "gun haters" for becoming over emotional over shredded first graders and movie goers, and ganging up with Obama to eliminate their FREEDOM. <br /><br />If every Bostonian had a mandated CCP and gun (aka Freedom Maker), then they could have hosed down the Muslim terrorists in the marathon crowd before the pressure cookers went off...or something. It is the police and Fed's fault that the poor people of Boston were imprisoned in their homes while Muslim Terrorists were running rampant. According to Wayne, the cops should have stepped back and let the cool, measured locals deal with their own neighborhood policing in the only way that the 2d Amendment is meant to be deployed. In complete and utter FREEDOM! <br /><br />Funny thing about guns that I notice every day at work. There are always several guards on duty In the lobby of my undisclosed three letter location in VA. But there is always one fella standing inside the turnstiles, back to the wall with an open view of the front doors and open atrium. Whoever gets this duty is in full body armor, low holstered Glock and a slung 12 gauge with reloads. At first glance he seems to be an extreme figure, considering that you cannot enter the parking lot without an ID check, and then negotiate the millions of dollars of fencing, low speed access and deployable barriers just to park your car and walk in under observation of myriad cameras. (aka Cheney/Bush Anti-Terrorism tax dollar giveaway). <br /><br />But then, shotgun dude is not there for the terrorists. He is there for me, and my govie and contractor brethren. He is not there to draw down on a pressure cooker wielding Chechen or lost gang-banger who somehow got past the ECP. He is there to convince the workers that no matter how stressed or disgruntled they are about sequestration, it would be a bad bet to bring your little piece of Freedom to work and try to terminally deal with your office partners nail cutting, or coffee slurping. <br /><br />Despite the fevered dreams of Wayne, Sarah and the NRA assclown show down in Houston, the biggest threat that most of us have to deal with is our family and coworkers exhibiting an over exuberance of Freedom and poor judgement. At least in my building, the landlord has no limit to the force he can bring to the party. I only hope they can pick the right targets and shoot straight. <br /><br />As our NRA and corporate pets in Congress cannot rebalance their souls or karma against dead children and other unlucky citizens, I must walk by shotgun boy each day as a reminder to keep my god given 2d Amendment rights in check. Tommy DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41862823109071153312013-05-03T11:41:32.774-05:002013-05-03T11:41:32.774-05:00http://www.boston.com/news/local/new-hampshire/201...http://www.boston.com/news/local/new-hampshire/2013/05/03/gop-lawmaker-apologizes-about-bombing-comments/jCynC4WTlnLWF58Emo5MSM/story.html<br /><br />Stella is at it again!Parrothead27https://www.blogger.com/profile/16516244341864030853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-45980683395533831172013-05-02T11:32:45.832-05:002013-05-02T11:32:45.832-05:00You are correct,Don!
The well is in Loopy-Louie&#...You are correct,Don! <br />The well is in Loopy-Louie's backyard.Mcpo Retnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-3098855420802653972013-05-01T11:17:57.843-05:002013-05-01T11:17:57.843-05:00Bottled water and Louis Gommert, eh? Well, Ozarka ...Bottled water and Louis Gommert, eh? Well, Ozarka has a bottling plant in Hawkins, Tx, just north of Tyler. I'm not certain if its in Gommert's district, but its close enough. FWIW, it is regulated as a public water supply (federal and state) so daily samples of the water are tested for various an assundry pollutants and bacteria. That won't keep it from tasting lousy if left in the sun awhile. <br /><br />Minor quibble: Cheney shot his buddy in a pasture (mesquite savannah), not a cornfield. They were hunting quail and quail don't hang out in cornfields (that would be pheasant). Here in Texas inquiring minds want to know if the library will feature the "Mission Accomplished" banner.Don in Waconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-45178687724824421162013-04-30T18:33:21.621-05:002013-04-30T18:33:21.621-05:00There's just nothing I can say. You crack me u...There's just nothing I can say. You crack me up. Thanks for the hardcore fit of laughter. Write on, King James of Alaska. What's that? You're not King? Well you should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-71957679294232650052013-04-30T18:05:24.253-05:002013-04-30T18:05:24.253-05:00So Lindsay is a female Boehner sprout? I thought ...So Lindsay is a female Boehner sprout? I thought Lindsay was a male Graham-cracker!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273212686600552771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-24400215047707752372013-04-30T17:54:50.885-05:002013-04-30T17:54:50.885-05:00Wait, it's New Hampshire. There ARE a lot of ...Wait, it's New Hampshire. There ARE a lot of choices. There are over 400 members of the Legislature. That's like one Representative for every 8 people. If you and your wife have 6 kids, your family gets its own Representative!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273212686600552771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-29064767831858377132013-04-30T11:04:15.819-05:002013-04-30T11:04:15.819-05:00If the country is returned to the original owner(s...If the country is returned to the original owner(s), I plan to get a casino job at whichever reservation I end up at.<br />Thank you Steven Kent for you entertaining and informative post! Even if you totally made it up.John Healyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618374685709266085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-31594174539496014392013-04-30T11:00:56.815-05:002013-04-30T11:00:56.815-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Healyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618374685709266085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21857645913983498242013-04-30T04:38:57.266-05:002013-04-30T04:38:57.266-05:00I thought the trembler's (patently absurd) arg...I thought the trembler's (patently absurd) argument was that Lincoln somehow illegally shifted some of the ratifications of the proposed 13th amendment you so succinctly describe to the actual 13th amendment that abolished chattel slavery. BBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-7991111970986238322013-04-29T17:31:48.984-05:002013-04-29T17:31:48.984-05:00While considering which non-lethal control measure...While considering which non-lethal control measure he would prefer (or not prefer), Jim did not actually deny that Shopcat needs a pedicure (In our house - cutting knives). Therefore, in our best Bush/Cheney syllogistic reasoning: Shopcat uses kitty litter - Litter is scoopable - therefore Jim admits that Project Scoop is real. <br /><br />Which proves that the Obama Feds are harvesting space bio-weapons to unleash on real Americans (mouth breathing, FNC watching, bomb them first GOPers) to turn their brains to mush. That's why the Chicago gang killed Michael Crichton the day Obama was first elected. Crichton had the goods on cosmic anti-GOP bacteriums being deployed on "real Merkins" to confuse them at the polls.<br /><br />The space germs appear to be working by the evidence provided by Jim in his many essays on all the Abby Normal brains occupying Repub skulls. Tommy DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-22641470440990289552013-04-29T15:45:47.501-05:002013-04-29T15:45:47.501-05:00Hurrah! Able to comment.
This was hilarious, Ji...Hurrah! Able to comment. <br />This was hilarious, Jim. Well, maybe I should say this would have been hilarious were I not thereafter cast into pits of despondency in considering the numbers of people who do not find the hilarity...<br />The crazies in the world may not yet outnumber the un-crazies, but they procreate and they vote and that in itself is enough to make the world today a scary place.<br />Thanks again, Shipmate.<br />Old Navy Comm O<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60869198296686373522013-04-29T15:41:08.706-05:002013-04-29T15:41:08.706-05:00I keep wondering if I will ever be able to comment...I keep wondering if I will ever be able to comment from my iPad again. Any chance in adding Disqus to the comment options?<br />old Navy Comm OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-51671945671007907902013-04-29T14:40:34.254-05:002013-04-29T14:40:34.254-05:00Looks more like an ampersand to me. An ampersand i...Looks more like an ampersand to me. An ampersand in the sand. And of course NASA did it intentionally. How I knows that? Simple. The ampersand is a ligature of E and T (Latin for "and"). ET. Heh. Oh, NASA so funny... <br /><br />Oh, did somebody mention useless trivia?<br /><br /><i>Traditionally, in English-speaking schools when reciting the alphabet, any letter that could also be used as a word in itself ("A", "I", and, at one point, "O") was preceded by the Latin expression per se ("by itself").[3][better source needed] Also, it was common practice to add at the end of the alphabet the "&" sign as if it were the 27th letter, pronounced and. As a result, the recitation of the alphabet would end in "X, Y, Z and per se and". This last phrase was routinely slurred to "ampersand" and the term crept into common English usage by around 1837.[</i><br /><br />There ya go...Meanie-meanie, tickle a personhttp://www.fakeassurl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-58274962259183419132013-04-29T10:29:51.206-05:002013-04-29T10:29:51.206-05:00Tremblin' Stella is a nutjob, but she did mana...Tremblin' Stella is a nutjob, but she did manage to grab onto a tiny bit of reality: There was a Thirteenth Amendment (at the time) which would have stripped citizenship from any citizen who accepted a Title of Nobility from a foreign power or sovereign WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF CONGRESS. So Congress can approve such a thing? Hmmm. But I digress, the Amendment was adopted by Congress in 1810 in response to Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew, Jerome, having married a Baltimore woman, Betsy Patterson, and bore him a son, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. Betsy wanted the son to be recognized by the French a nobility. Some have said she wanted the recognition as Uncle Napoleon had annulled the marriage and wouldn't allow Betsy into France. She was often referred to as the Duchesse of Baltimore. <br /><br />One of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte's sons was Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 37th Secretaary of the Navy under Teddy Roosevelt. (Okay, I admit I'm a history nut and love insignificant trivia.) He lived in or around Baltimore until his death in 1921, but never allowed electricity or telegraphy be installed in his home as he hated technology. So Jim would never have gotten to email him.<br /><br />Upp! I digressed again. I meant to point out that this particular amendment could still end up enacted if enough states ratified it, like they did the nearly 200 year old proposed amendment which ended up becoming the 27th Amendment, which Congress promptly put in a fix similar to the fix for the "problem" with the airport sequestration "problem." But Trembling Stella ignored the other potential 13th Amendment. I guess she was too busy trying to connect the dots between Wilson and the Nazis . . .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818259509836717920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-40716586169864295652013-04-28T10:13:59.903-05:002013-04-28T10:13:59.903-05:00There were just as many nuts in 85. But they didn&...There were just as many nuts in 85. But they didn't have the internet. They're a lot more visible now, which gives them much more influence.Kadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14787043282382889225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-58254335898738431402013-04-28T08:41:19.435-05:002013-04-28T08:41:19.435-05:00I was laughing so hard at the other stuff I totall...I was laughing so hard at the other stuff I totally missed it! Sorry for being redundant, Jim.Cthulhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097786256433955754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-42639316230339053852013-04-28T08:27:17.985-05:002013-04-28T08:27:17.985-05:00just for you, Lefty!
https://www.youtube.com/watc...just for you, Lefty!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxoWHeoYU3g<br /><br />Squirrel!Jim M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15890429361695414161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46697319013678108752013-04-28T06:13:31.890-05:002013-04-28T06:13:31.890-05:00Look, the question mark is on Mars!
BruceLook, the question mark is on Mars!<br /><br />BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com