Thursday Open Thread 4-26-2018
Submitted by studentofearth on Thu, 04/26/2018 - 2:50am
Diaries
Merely because they are cheap.
Submitted by thanatokephaloides on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 7:02pmI am reading an electronic copy of Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's
History, by A. H. Godbey, copyrighted 1890.
A quote from that ancient tome epitomizes much we here on c99p complain about regarding American Capitalism:
The Evening Blues - 4-25-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 3:06pm
Remember Bernie Bros Dead-Enders?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 1:46pmMy how the world has changed.
It just changes more slowly than we'd like.
Consider these recent headlines:
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue--Debunkery Edition
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 5:33am
Every now and then I get overwhelmingly irritated by tendencies of the modern mind, particularly the ones that preclude rational thought. Like Ford Prefect, I start to feel that people are trying to keep their brains from working:
A bedtime story for Comey lovers--Trump's wild Moscow nights
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 8:20pmSo, Demonratic Trump collusion story has melted like snowfall in Miami, taking 14 months to do so. No evidence is final determination of House Intel Committee as it wraps up months of wasted work, much of it wasted by two things: lying Jim Comey (and Brennan, Clapper, and a host of others) and by whining Mad Adam Schiff, appearing on 250 talk shows in 14 months--I wonder how much WE spent on his cab fare to the TV studios.
Joy Reid has a better IT guy than DWS
Submitted by EdMass on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 5:07pmThe Evening Blues - 4-24-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:34pm
Slow Play
Submitted by ek hornbeck on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:14pmFolks, I golf so I know just how it is. You want to do a deal so you call your Greens Keeper with whom you're on a first name basis and set up a Tee Time, around 10ish so your (prospective) partner has enough time to stop at the office and pick up his weekday clubs and answer his email without being rushed before you hit the links.
Because it looks silly to golf in a three piece you stop at your Clubhouse locker for your knickers and lucky argyles from the pro shop at St. Andrews and your trendy Cabby Cap, then you head out to the first Tee where your target fellow golfer, Carts, and Caddies are waiting, but not too long. You didn't have to stop for stogies because the Refreshment Cart with its Frosties and Humidor normally catches up by the 2nd Hole and you don't want to get too sloppy too early.
You and your buddy share a Cart because you're talking business- "Did you hear the one about the Rabbi, the Priest, the Minister, and the Hooker?" "Oh, that's funny. I reminds me of this one with a Buddhist Monk." "Hah, hah, hah. Right Action. I'll bet it was 'Right Action.'"
Everything is going swimmingly and you're totally on track to hit the 19th Hole for a late lunch and paperwork signing with time for a Sauna and a Shower when you get to the Tee Box and there's a Foursome in front of you.
Disaster!
