Open house

Posted on October 18, 2012 by KG

Pour a beer, pick a topic and have at it.

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46 Responses to Open house

  1. Moneo says:
    October 18, 2012 at 18:01

    Well I’ll have a Renaissance Brewery ‘Stonecutter’ Scotch Ale thanks.

    As for topic, there is something that I’ve been thinking about for a while, that goes along these lines: the reason Christianity and Liberty are so stamped on by Progs and Leftists, while ideologies that are much more at odds with the Prog central tenets are left comparatively alone, is that they feel they own us. Most Progs are Europeans, and Europeans have a shared heritage of Christianity and Liberty. And when it really comes down to it, they feel they have a national (that is the nation as a race) duty to convert us to their way of life. It is why they say “We in New Zealand have to” or “We as Americans must”.

    And we will never be free of them until we draw a line in the sand, and explain to them in certain terms that we are no longer one nation with them.

    • Seneca III says:
      October 18, 2012 at 20:54

      Hi, Moneo,

      I am afraid that from up here in Eurabia this tired old brain of mine is having a bit of a problem getting a precise grip on the point you are making. Could you elaborate your point antipodean perspective a little further, please, as I think I must be missing something specific to your antipodean perspective?

      Thanks. SIII :???:

      • Seneca III says:
        October 18, 2012 at 20:58

        Redact first ‘antipodean perspective’ (I copied it rather than cutting it when I did the edit and then didn’t check before posting – another bloody senior moment, I suppose.) Rgds, SIII :oops: :oops: :oops:

        • Moneo says:
          October 19, 2012 at 01:00

          No worries Seneca, we’ve all typed without looking before.

          My point is that I think ‘Progressivism’ has become the default way of life for a majority of people in almost all western countries, and that they view western Christians as being part of their nations.

          To make it clearer, I think Christians may have to find a homeland of their own, in the way Jews tried to before Israel was created. It may be that the search itself sharpens the divide enough that most progs stop looking at Christians as misguided brothers in the same nation, and start looking at them as ‘others’.

    • mawm says:
      October 19, 2012 at 07:50

      Mondo – you might like to read Melanie Phillips’ piece – “the Biters on the Left are Bitten”. It’s on her blog. Unfortunately I’m unable to copy and paste the link. She’s a very smart lady.

  2. KG says:
    October 18, 2012 at 18:06

    “And we will never be free of them until we draw a line in the sand, and explain to them in certain terms that we are no longer one nation with them.”
    Absolutely. And until we learn to regard them as an unprincipled enemy, not merely an opposition with a different viewpoint.
    (good to see you, Moneo.)

  3. KG says:
    October 18, 2012 at 18:08

    I’m calling bullshit:
    “Nothing political in bin Laden film timing”
    Two days before the election? Pull the other one!
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv/7834326/Nothing-political-in-bin-Laden-film-timing

  4. KG says:
    October 18, 2012 at 18:44

    Gallup: Romney 51%, Obama 45%
    (via Breitbart)

    • Ronbo says:
      October 18, 2012 at 23:44

      @KG:

      The Leftist polls are getting more accurate as election day approaches, but the fact is that Romney has been well ahead of Obama since late summer.

      As is well known, the Leftist Media oversampled Democommies by a factor seven…The purpose was to dampen the spirits of the Right.

      Nice try, but no cigar, pinko progressive scum – Romney will win in a landslide.

      • KG says:
        October 19, 2012 at 00:06

        By God, I hope you’re right, Ronbo. America will be severely damaged by another four years of that bastard and his gang.

    • Katie says:
      October 19, 2012 at 01:39

      Taken before the debate Tuesday night, the “bounce” Biden gave Obama.

      BTW I’ll take whatever is on tap as long as it isn’t Bud.

    • mawm says:
      October 19, 2012 at 08:08

      unskewedpolls.com daily tracking poll – Romney 60%, the tainted one 39%. :mrgreen:

  5. Elijah says:
    October 18, 2012 at 19:17

    Speaking of beer who’s tried Flanagan’s Dry Irish Stout. I think this is what you imagined beer tasted like when you were a curious kid.

  6. KG says:
    October 18, 2012 at 20:52

    Can’t get many varieties out where we’re living, Elijah. So I settle for Carlton. That’s expensive enough. :sad:

  7. Seneca III says:
    October 18, 2012 at 21:02

    Just back from a couple of weeks holiday in the wilds of Scotland where the local tipple was Deuchars IPA followed by single malt chasers (as best I can remember, that is :cheers :wtf ) SIII

  8. KG says:
    October 18, 2012 at 21:30

    Sounds like hell! :whoop

  9. KG says:
    October 18, 2012 at 21:32

    Good article:
    The First Freedom
    By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
    http://spectator.org/archives/2012/10/18/the-first-freedom

  11. KG says:
    October 18, 2012 at 22:38

    This site is fun. ‘How secure is my password?’
    http://howsecureismypassword.net/
    Wabbit’s result:
    at 4 billion calculations per second:
    It would take a desktop PC about 10 quindecillion years to crack your password
    • Length: 40 characters
    • Character Combinations: 45
    • Calculations Per Second: 4 billion
    • Possible Combinations: 1 unvigintillion

    • sbk says:
      October 19, 2012 at 06:15

      Password cracking fun…install Backtrack R3(Linux ubuntu variant)..install Nvidia Cuda(utilizes GPU cores to number crunch)..run Cuda pyrit or Cuda multiforcer.

      ..makes your average PC not so average.

      • KG says:
        October 19, 2012 at 06:26

        I’m getting very interested in this stuff, sbk.
        Sure, the multi-processor approach speeds things up, but I’ll back the particular password quoted above against anything short of NSA’s computers. :popcorn

        • sbk says:
          October 19, 2012 at 06:44

          Yep …yours definitely.

          next target…the NSA…just kidding.:-)

          • KG says:
            October 19, 2012 at 07:14

            Right now, I’m trying to install Ubuntu to dual-boot alongside OSX Lion, but it’s proving a pain in the neck so far. :x
            (that password was generated using dice and a random word/number list, by the way. The Hushmail site has some useful info on this.)

            • sbk says:
              October 19, 2012 at 08:37

              Ouch.Mac and Linux !.Sorry,I dont know much about Mac OS to be of help.Although I have dual booted with Windows before, i prefer to run Backtrack(especially) or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as stand alone.I remember many a sleepness night trying to get a early version of “Redhat” to dual boot…much easier these days …UNebootin..copy ISO..done. Thanks for the pointer to Hushmail and good luck.

              • sbk says:
                October 19, 2012 at 12:35

                KG,on the subject of parallel processing …if you have several PCs,you might also want to have a go /look at clustering…”mpich or mpich2″…is a good start(works on both linux and windows,not sure about OSX).

  12. Yokel says:
    October 18, 2012 at 22:53

    I notice that the OIC () claims to have abandoned its fight for a global islamic blasphemy law, under the guise of protecting all religions.
    http://news.yahoo.com/wests-free-speech-stand-bars-blasphemy-ban-oic-182341074.html
    [or http://preview.tinyurl.com/9ewd3th (same link) if the length of the open one causes problems].

    I think that we here will be aware that this is just a tactic, and that it will come back again, as soon as those who purport to lead us have allowed their attention to be diverted elsewhere.

    It’s not even freedom to insult Islam that I want, just the freedom to say that it is wrong, that it is a diabolical invention, and that it should be condemned as such.

  13. HarvardPotatoHead says:
    October 19, 2012 at 05:17

    !!!Now Arriving*!!!Also, briefly** New and Neverbe4 seen —arriving from our 61st Steak*** is The Invisible Blues Boys crooning their latest hit “Too Much Monkey Business” later tonite n d Fruit Lounge. Plus, appearances by fraternal twins, U Bea Neutrino who b a Negro and his sister I Bea Neutrino, who B white. Also on stage Cora Valueless doing a pole dance ala strip tease plus how to insert an eggplant in your thing down there. So it is gonna be a big nite mc’d by house favorite Homer Sexual at the Fruit Lounge featuring THE NEW cocktail ‘Radio Active Ice Tea’ from China with lead & biodiesel additives for flavor enhancement with naturalular juicy lemon squeezer on D side. Should rock @ D lounge B there shitbirds with photo id.

    What time it is?****

    BlackBerry’s czzarz be reporting from their dachas re: BlackBerry’s demeanor in his empty suit and chair on how he got so much moolah in 3+ years in the ovalular office because they want some of his jack but BB B crazy as a baboon on smack and crack since D q&A on television.*****

    * on Level 666 from Area 51 on Runway 69, Air Force Uno, Dos, Tres, Quattro, Cinco, undt Seis having in their holds 500 tons each of Afgani Opium in payment to BlackBerry for sending his troops to let mohos kill them @ random.
    **yV.TRlY is not joking!
    ***the continent of Afrika
    ****half past the crack in the Bog Administraitorz ass. hahahahahaomallulularmohomo
    *****Do they got televisions in D subsaharan 61st Steak and down there in the 56-57th Steaks? BlackBerry assed me to ass U about this. He and Diplomatic Pouch thinkN ’bout buying a vakkkation villa near D Grog Admenstruator down there.

  14. Contempt says:
    October 19, 2012 at 05:52

    :rant :rant

  15. KG says:
    October 19, 2012 at 09:41

    Good stuff, Contempt! I especially like the first song. He sounds a lot like Tony Joe White. :cheers

  16. jonno1 says:
    October 19, 2012 at 10:22

    A guy is browsing in a pet shop, and sees a parrot sitting on a little perch. It doesn’t have any feet or legs.
    The guy says aloud, ‘Sheesh, I wonder what happened to this parrot?’
    The parrot says, ‘I was born this way. I’m a defective parrot.’
    ‘Holy crap,’ the guy replies, ‘You actually understood and answered me!’
    ‘I got every word,’ says the parrot. ‘I happen to be a highly intelligent, and a thoroughly educated bird.’
    ‘Oh yeah?’ the guy asks. ‘Then answer this, how do you hang onto your perch without any feet?’
    ‘Well,’ the parrot says, ‘this is very embarrassing, but since you asked, I wrap my cock around this wooden bar, like a little hook. You can’t see it, because of my feathers.’
    ‘Wow,’ says the guy. ‘You really can understand, and can speak English, can’t you?’
    ‘Actually, I speak both Spanish and English, and I can converse with reasonable competence on almost any topic, politics, religion, sports, physics, philosophy. I’m especially good at ornithology. You really ought to buy me, I’d be a great companion.’
    The guy looks at the $200.00 price tag. ‘Sorry, but I just can’t afford that.’
    ‘Pssssssst,’ says the parrot, ‘I’m defective, so the truth is, nobody wants me, cause I don’t have any feet. You can probably get me for $20, just make the guy an offer.’
    So the guy offers $20, and walks out with the parrot.
    Weeks go by. The parrot is sensational. He has a great sense of humour, he’s interesting, he’s a great pal, he understands everything, he sympathises, and he’s insightful. The guy is delighted.
    One day the guy comes home from work, and the parrot goes, ‘Psssssssssssst,’ and motions him over with one wing. ‘I don’t know if I should tell you this, but it’s about your wife, and the CourierPost man.’
    ‘What are you talking about?’ asks the guy.
    ‘When the courier man delivered a package today, your wife greeted him at the door, in a sheer black nightie.’
    ‘WHAT???’ the guy asks incredulously. ‘THEN what happened?’
    ‘Well, then the courier man came into the house, and lifted up her nightie, and began petting her all over,’ reported the parrot.
    ‘NO!’ he exclaims, ‘and she let him?’
    ‘Yes. Then he continued taking off the nightie, got down on his knees, and began to kiss her all over.’
    Then the frantic guy demands, ‘THEN WHAT HAPPENED?’

    ‘DUNNO! I got a hard-on, and fell off my perch!’

  17. KG says:
    October 19, 2012 at 10:51

    :whoop :whoop :grin: Great joke, jonno!

  18. Darin says:
    October 19, 2012 at 14:06

    Since we are on Parrot jokes here goes-

    Burglar breaking into a house is busy prying open a window.He prys it open,raises it and hears from inside the dark room “Jesus is watching you”.

    He freezes and waits for a minute,not hearing anything else he starts climbing in.Half way in the window he hears it again “Jesus is watching you”.

    Now he is spooked,he stops again,waits and listens and not hearing anything else steps on into the room at which point he hears it again,but this time it’s more forceful “I said Jesus is watching you!”

    This time he’s not taking any chances,so he reaches for his flash light and sweeps the room finding a big cage with a Parrot inside and just below it an obviously pissed off Rottweiler and then the Parrot says- “Rock,rock get him Jesus!”

  19. Contempt says:
    October 20, 2012 at 01:46

    Anybody seen pix of osama dead?

  20. The Gantt Guy says:
    October 22, 2012 at 04:33

    So, it turns out the US Government had drones in the sky above when al Qaeda attacked the Consulate in Benghazi, but chose not to send troops.

    Saving them for use by the USDA, I guess.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220153/Christopher-Stevens-Ambassador-pleaded-extra-security-Libya-hours-killed.html