As I recall, the genesis of that original exchange was 100% based on the question of Who invented the custom?

Wrong. CW used a phrase for which he opined could be considered racist, to which you responded he was being overly politically correct.

Your whole point of claiming that it was the colonists who started it and that the Indians adopted it from them was to absolve them of being barbarians (Rampant PC).

Wrong again. No one claimed that the colonists started it, but it was John M who answered your comment about CW with his opinion that it wasn't overly PC and why he thought so, which post included the fact that the colonists offered bounties for scalps of Indians. You then responded to JM saying that was a lie... so if anyone was trying to "absolve" anyone, it was your absolution of the colonists.

Your deflection about "who invented the custom" was never an issue and merely another deflection in order to distract from my factual statement regarding your "tendency to disbelieve that which you know nothing about."

Please keep providing proof that you "languish in ignorance." :)

As I recall, the genesis of that original exchange was 100% based on the question of Who invented the custom?

Your whole point of claiming that it was the colonists who started it and that the Indians adopted it from them was to absolve them of being barbarians (Rampant PC).

You're the deflector here, not I.

The guy who insisted the colonists did not pay a bounty for scalps wants to deflect to who invented it and pretend that I don't know.

Keep digging. :)

The guy who insisted the colonists did not pay a bounty for scalps wants to deflect to who invented it and pretend that I don't know.

Keep digging. :)

Under no circumstances may you Google americanheritage.com to learn the true origins of the barbaric custom of scalping. We MCP's demand that our womenfolks languish in ignorance. Give 'em even a sip at the Pierian Spring and before you know it, they're getting all uppity and bossy!

Charles Brown, Esq!

Thank you. I owe you one. :)

Google americanheritage.com/content/who-invented-scalping

No. :)

Sorry, I wouldn't know, ya might have to ask some 'udder' guy about that.

I just know they do not normally "Mooo" while being milked, like the author implied.

"w the hell would I know that, but the question being debated here is NOT does the milking machine cause sores on the cow, it is does the cow object to being milked?"

I would think that if the cow developed pus filled ulcers on her udder, she would object to being milked, wouldn't you?

w the hell would I know that, but the question being debated here is NOT does the milking machine cause sores on the cow, it is does the cow object to being milked?

Evidently she does when Chazzz is doing the milking by hand, but I've seen a lot of cows being milked by machine, and have never heard a "MOOO" as some Pratchet person supposedly claimed with his half-assed rip-off of the classic "Most feathers with the least squawking" taxation joke.

"I didn't grow up around cows, so I don't know much about milking by hand, but I live in big dairy country, where all the cows are milked by machines, and they do not seem to object."

Then why is there a government regulations that limits the amount of pus that goes into your milk during the milking process with those machines from the sores that develop on the cow's udder from the use of those machines?

Left wingers... :^/

Why do you Lefties hate cops so much???

So, you have been kicked in the head by cows??

Well... THAT explains a lot.. :D

"They were hunting this girl, basically," Judge James Lammey said, according to the newspaper.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/10/life-sentences-for-3-in-revenge-killing-7-year-old-girl.html

Dumbocrats.... Not only child molesters, but child murderers as well...

I am simply doing EXACTLY what you are doing.

:D

That's a neat trick

Here is some text within a <blockquote></blockquote> tag.

Google americanheritage.com/content/who-invented-scalping

Trumpers OWN the cesspool -- you elected a peeping-tom predator who beat up his wife after his sad little scalp operation failed; who pays off porn actresses after screwing them while wives are at home with newborns, and who oozes into dressing rooms where young beauty pageant contestants are changing clothes.

Ah well, being a Trumper is tough, especially when your beloved is so spectacularly unworthy in every way. Of course, he's not really your leader anyway, Putin is. You bootlick a disgusting dirty old man who licks Vladimir Putin's feet (or other anatomy) for money. Your dirty old man hero is just another prostitute.

I didn't grow up around cows, so I don't know much about milking by hand...

You, sir, have a tendency to disbelieve that which you know nothing about. You insisted that the colonists did not pay bounty for scalps of Indians, you pooped on the idea any monarch of England descended from Portuguese ancestors, and today you proclaimed that "cows do not even object to being milked."

Note to Stucki: Things that you don't know about or have never experienced could actually be facts. I'm not trying to be mean either because I had to learn this lesson for myself. I can't say how I learned it, but I can say it happened OTJ. :)

Spoken like someone who has never been kicked by the cow he was trying to milk.

Yes, sir. Exactly what I was thinking. :)

However, Murray’s alleged behavior is not alone; several major Democrats are facing charges or received convictions regarding sexual crimes related to children over the past year.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/20982/multiple-democrats-currently-involved-child-sex-ryan-saavedra

Dumbocrats.. The Party of child molesters... :^/

Delaware senator Tom Carper, a Democrat who has admitted to hitting his ex-wife hard enough to give her a black eye, will not be commenting on the scandal surrounding spousal abuse by now-resigned White House official Rob Porter.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-senator-hit-ex-wife-sits-rob-porter-abuse-scandal/

Dumbocrats.. All wife-beaters.... :^/

It noted no one knows who started the shooting.

Of course... It's the cop's fault..

Why do you hate Law Enforcement so much??

Your article has nothing about the perp at all. There's nothing in there to indicate the political persuasion - if any - of the shooter. Certainly nothing that indicates the shooter is a Judge or other significant figure in the Democratic Party.

From your piece: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate the shootings. GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles said the suspect's relatives were being notified before his name is released.

It noted no one knows who started the shooting.

You are as lazy as Blotus - you just copy and paste any old thing without even reading it.

Trumper.

Cop killing Dumbocrats.. :^/

Well, I guess no DIV support, then! :)

Spoken like someone who has never been kicked by the cow he was trying to milk.

(Since everyone is having fun experimenting today, let's see if fancy HTML is supported here...)

Back at the dawn of time, I spent a year working on a small farm that had three or four cows to milk (all by hand, no machines!). On Sundays, the regular milker would take the morning off to sleep in, and I was expected to stand in for her.

Well, having been raised in suburban Long Island, my technique wasn't as, erm, refined as hers. And the cows objected to my mistreatment in many ways - kicking me being just the most blatant.

The worst was when they would wait for me to almost fill the bucket, then kick it over, spilling the contents into the muck; and I swear they would look back and smirk at me!

I didn't grow up around cows, so I don't know much about milking by hand, but I live in big dairy country, where all the cows are milked by machines, and they do not seem to object.

Today, Attorney General Andy Beshear announced that former Campbell County District Judge Timothy Nolan has pleaded guilty to numerous felony charges, including human trafficking of adults, promoting human trafficking of minors and unlawful transaction with minors...

Nolan pleaded guilty to 21 counts dating back to 2004. In addition to human trafficking and attempted human trafficking, the charges included giving drugs and alcohol to minors.

Trumpers.

Hay now!!!!

Let's not be saying things we can't take back!!!!!!

Cows do not even object to being milked

Spoken like someone who has never been kicked by the cow he was trying to milk.

Don't get too proud of yourself. Star Trek is more science fantasy than science fiction...

Prozac-Girl...

Would you like some cheeze with yer whine?? :D

Probably had I not given into the impulse to compare Trumpers to the weaselly conspirators in Guards, Guards! they might have felt less need to attack the writer/writing. Spiggie should have attacked me, not Terry Pratchett. (Although the Spigot did one of his trademark cut and pastes with the zinger of "Hillary Clinton" at the end because that's his idea of clever.)

Terry Practchett's books are actually affectionate send-up's of Fantasy novels, BTW -- or, more accurately, TP began by poking fun at fantasies then his books evolved into works that are unique in their humor, depth and creativity.

Fantasy is allegoric...

Fantasy is for people who can't handle reality... :D

No, they were science fiction...

Devices that you could use to talk to someone in Narnia or Mordor..

THAT's fantasy...

Thanks. Now I just need to figure out how to get underlining to work and draw a box.

Somebody draw me a box and show me how, please. :)

Testing.

Awesome! And so true.

Thank you. :)

I think you nailed that one. For those of our buddies (apparently all of 'em) who live in a world of fantasy, fantasy literature is bound to seem appealing.

I assume you mean "detest".. :D

That's not really sci-fi, but rather fantasy and, in THAT, I agree with you..

I detect fantasy..... :D

It's not surprising that there is a huge following for Fantasy here in the People's Republic Of Weigantia...

Their entire political belief structure is fantasy....

:D

politicalcompass.org/test

My score:

Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/baaf33f945154670380956c5546dbd556c1ce3afa4f8bab7fc6ae6b3473f3d5b.png

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test

My score:

Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/baaf33f945154670380956c5546dbd556c1ce3afa4f8bab7fc6ae6b3473f3d5b.png

Thanks, but I detect Sci-Fi, and that's something I never learned to appreciate.

I don't think that's the kind of parade Trump has in mind.

But, if he opts for a parade strictly to honour veterans and servicemen and women then that would be a better idea.

Apparently, Dumbocrats LOVE military parades.

When THEY suggest them... :^/

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Lord Vetinari is The Patrician of the city of Ankh Morpork (based on various Medicis). One man, one vote: he is the Man and he has the vote. Although an ur-politician, he is a city man.

"That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty which is why they invent mercy."

"Cohen didn't bother to answer. He was thinking: six old men. And you can't really count Teach, he's a thinker, not a fighter…

Self-doubt was not something regularly entertained within the Cohen cranium. When you're trying to carry a struggling temple maiden and a sack of looted temple goods in one hand and fight off half a dozen angry priests with the other there is little time for reflection. Natural selection saw to it that professional heroes who at crucial moments tended to ask themselves questions like 'What is my purpose in life?' very quickly l lacked both.

But: six old men…and the Empire had almost a million men under arms.

When you looked at the odds in the cold light of dawn, or even this rather pleasant warm light of dawn, they made you stop and do the arithmetic of death. If the Plan went wrong…

Cohen bit his lip thoughtfully. If the the Plan went wrong it'd take them weeks to kill all of them."

"Yea, pretty much anything with nipples can be milked."
"I have nipples, Greg. Can you milk me?"
-MEET THE PARENTS

:D

"It's a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, they'll always seek that wisdom which is a long way off. Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is."

"It had taken many years under the tutelage of Granny Weatherwax for Magrat to learn that the common kitchen breadknife was better than the most ornate of magical knives. It could do all that the magical knife could do, plus you could also use it to cut bread."

"You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage."

From Maskerade:

"Gytha Ogg, you wouldn't be a witch if you couldn't jump to conclusions, right?"
Nanny nodded. "Oh, yes." There was no shame in it. Sometimes there wasn't time to do anything else but take a flying leap. Sometimes you had to trust to experience and intuition and general awareness and take a running jump. Nanny herself could clear quite a tall conclusion from a standing start."

Also:

"Lancre had always bred strong, capable women. A Lancre farmer needed a wife who'd think nothing of beating a wolf to death with her apron when she went out to get some firewood."

And:

"Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down."

Never heard of "Lord Vetinari", but that is an idiotic rip-off of the classical one about "Getting the most amount of (goose) feathers with the least amount of squawking".

Cows do not even object to being milked

From Guards! Guards!:

Sam Vimes: "And then, of course, there was himself. Just a skinny, unshaven collection of bad habits marinated in alcohol."

In a fit of prophecy, Sir Terry imagined a figure - The Supreme Grand Master - who could be a Republican Leader today, and the Grand Master's genius is figuring out who to harnesss to do his evil bidding a la Trumpers:

"Let the other societies take the skilled, the hopefuls, the ambitious, the self-confident. He'd take the whining resentful ones, the ones with a bellyful of spite and bile, the ones who they could make it big if only they'd been given the chance. Give him the ones in which the floods of venom and vindictiveness were damned up behind thin walls of ineptitude and low-grade paranoia.

And stupidity, too. They've all sworn the oath, he thought, but not a man jack of 'em has even asked what a figgin in."

This could apply to much of our media as well:

"The Supreme Grand Master smiled in the depths of his robe. It was amazing, this mystic business. You tell them a lie a, and then when you don't need it anymore you tell them another lie and tell them they're progressing along the road to wisdom. Then instead of laughing they follow you even more, hoping that at the heart of all the lies they'll find the truth. And bit by bit they accept the unacceptable. Amazing."

heh :D

I have no use for another left nut. How about a couple instances of being just a tad harsher on Republicans than you think is really warranted, while going a smidge easier on Democrats?

I am a LOT less harder on Democrats than the majority here is on Republicans.. I don't, for example, ridicule them for the color of their skin etc etc...

But, I welcome your suggestions when I should be harder on Republicans than I already am...

Is the last letter of this sentence underlined? It was in the preview.

It is not....

Meanwhile for preview purposes, some underlined t?e?x?t?. It works in preview too.

I'de give my right nut if you show me how to do that..

Re [20]: Maybe this will inspire you to go on strike.

You want me to quit posting??

Say the word and I am gone.. :D

Fyi, I did that by typing < and > to make the greater-than and less-than symbols.

"Clever girl..."
-Calhoun, JURASSIC PARK

:D

<i>text that should be in italics</i> will give you text that should be in italics.

Well, it works in preview.

Fyi, I did that by typing &lt; and &gt; to make the greater-than and less-than symbols.

If it doesn't match their Party slavery......

They won't.....

And there's a message there for Dems/Libs, but I don't believe for a second that they're perceptive enough to get it!

This question is for neilm - are the British and American TP texts slightly, but significantly different? I know this was so for Hitch Hikers Guide, notably the "Belgium" gag in the American series.

hehehehe :D

Thank the comments gods for that!

Speaking of hypocrisy....

I have found your MDDOTW recipient....

#MeToo movement lawmaker investigated for sexual misconduct allegations
California legislator cut national profile as activist against sexual harassment.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/08/cristina-garcia-california-metoo-398985

This is exactly why the Dumbocrat Party is also the Hypocrite Party, the Do As I Say, Not As I Do Party....

OK, so I get shit for at least giving Rand Paul credit for one thing ;)

Well, I wasn't giving you shit. Our friends the libertarians make a lot of sense a lot of the time, but... and pay attention to the "really big but":

Rand goes on a rant about adding to the deficit when he voted for a tax cut that is projected to add a trillion dollars to that same said deficit. While they obviously take issue with that projection: ¯\_(^^)_/¯

I mean, it wasn't like I was agreeing with his core philosophy - he is a seriously, and sadly, self delusional decent guy - his heart is in the right place, even if his head is very self assuredly off in la-la land.

Exactly... the "really big but."

LESS THAN B GREATER THAN to start the bold and LESS THAN /B GREATER THAN to end the bold....

There are some codes as well for UNDERLINE and STRIKE THROUGH but I am unaware of those...

It's simple...

LESS THAN I GREATER THAN to start the italics and LESS THAN /I GREATER THAN to end the italics....

Yes, it is..

On BOTH sides of the aisle... :^/

Oh, wait!

http://www.chrisweigant.com/commenting-tips/#comm21

__________

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. ~ Terry Pratchett [a true f'n genius]

Italics on:
Italics off:

Except after the colons, remove any extra spaces and run all the characters together. Okay, it looks good on preview. Here goes nothing.

Step 2. At the end of whatever you want italicized, follow the instructions from Step 1 except put a backwards slash “/“ before the “i”.

Let me try to describe:

less than sign followed by the letter i and then right hand sign

To start italics

""

To end

""

You can also use "b" for bold (instead of "i").

Cheers,

Neil

“A good plan isn't one where someone wins, it's where nobody thinks they've lost.” The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

PS: Would someone tell me how to apply italics here?

I mean, it wasn't like I was agreeing with his core philosophy - he is a seriously, and sadly, self delusional decent guy - his heart is in the right place, even if his head is very self assuredly off in la-la land.

TLDR; A tit with a heart.

Damn, Kick! I'd forgotten that one.

The man was an f'n genius :) Thanks!

neilm: Credit Rand Paul for gumming things up in the Senate and pointing out the hypocrisy at least.

So another shut down in 3.. 2.. 1. Bollocks! Let the finger pointing and poo flinging begin. I grow weary.

Couple this with all the other goings on; it's going to be a bumpy year. Trump is griping about Kelly to *drum roll* ............ Priebus. We're living history y'all, and it's going to get bumpier still.

Yes, there are "tapes"... it's called signals intelligence.. SIGINT. Paging Carter... Carter Page. Enough said.

Buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy year in more ways than one.

(Paula/Kick - Terry Pratchett has brought so many laughs to me, my kids, my friends and their kids - truly a genius who can span generations!)

Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. ~ Terry Pratchett

(Paula/Kick - Terry Pratchett has brought so many laughs to me, my kids, my friends and their kids - truly a genius who can span generations!)

We are lost as a country unless/until Republicans have to pay a price for their completely predictable and consistent hypocrisies. There's no mystery left - there's no genuine "both sides do it" happening. Dems aren't perfect and yada yada, but they don't consistently campaign on one thing and instantly do the opposite when in power. Republicans do. Over and over and over. Nowadays people with any foresight at all see their shit coming a mile away. Dem bloggers have been saying for months now that the GOP was going to ram through their tax heist and use the predicted rise in the deficit as an excuse to cut SS/Medicare. Ryan - the putrid tube of dribbling pus he is - started yammering about that today, may he rot in hell.

Deficit Chicken Hawks. Deficit Chickens-are-smarter-and-more-moral-than-thy are Hawks is more accurate.