DC Tom

I want to know what it is with Bernie that he puts up with this bull####.

"I'm incensed, and everyone who isn't as incensed as me is a traitor!" You should be a liberal, seriously.

Wait until they walk in on the 12th.

I can't actually think of a way to make "He hates trees because one fell on him" funny. Telephone pole attacks, yes. Not trees.

The National Guard. I.e. the "well-regulated militia." Beto, for once, picked a setting with some subtlety. Subtlety that I'm sure was 1) accidental, and 2) will be completely lost on everyone anyway.

Any doubt I had about Brennan as some sort of "Deep State" IC conspirator was removed by his reminder to "federal officials." Whistleblower statutes cover federal workers against reprisal by federal officials. His usage indicates a mindset where he perceives the government fighting itself, not the civil service checking unethical acts.

Everything, to me. My sense of worth is not determined by others. Because...you're all idiots.

The paper is basically "The standard model of the big bang predicts galaxies should merge. We found a situation where THREE galaxies are merging. The x-ray observations are cool." 80% or more of scientific papers are button counting or bottle washing. This "study" (which is a ridiculous overstatement by Fox, it's a "report") is basically "While we were counting buttons, we found a shiny one." (For the record, my papers were pretty average "We counted eight buttons and cleaned three beakers" publications.)

Yes. They're not responsible for my principles, only I am.

What the ***** did I just watch? "China's doing a lot about climate change, they're moving coal plants out of the cities."

That I have principles beyond "crush your enemies, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of their women?" That I prioritize the classical liberal principles enshrined in the Constitution above the pulp magazine writing of Robert E. Howard? You're an idiot.

Not what the paper says. It's actually much, much more boring than that.

Straight party line, I assume, with a few Democrats too busy on the campaign trail to show up?

In other news, it's somehow now become acceptable for nations to meddle in the domestic affairs of other sovereign nations. I'm old enough to remember when it wasn't, all the way back in...March? April? You Democrats are lunatics.

Well, you sure got us figured out, Sherlock. Can't put one past you. Can't believe it took someone this ***** long to divine our secret. We're not, in fact, "real trumpers." Jesus H. ***** Christ on a pony. Where do these maroons come from?

You know, I stand corrected. EVH used an E-flat tuning at least through Fair Warning. 1984 and beyond was mostly a regular tuning, though.

Yes, but neither Hendrix nor Eddie Van Halen did so as a rule. Not like Slash or SRV, or Satriani in his last four or so albums. Virtually everyone played alternate tunings at some point. Jimmy Page had example of tunings all over the place (Bron-Yr-Awr, Hey Hey What Can I Do, Black Mountain Side - open C, E-flat, and Celtic, respectively). Neal Young is probably the king of alternate tunings. Brian May used a dropped-D on Headlong (and Fat Bottomed Girls, as I recall), and I know an E-flat on at least one song I'm forgetting.) Def Leppard recorded Photograph with a quarter-step drop. Everyone uses an alternate tuning occasionally - it's becoming more common with "classic" acts nowadays (I have a vague recollection of Rush dropping their tunings a half-step in their recent tours, to accommodate Geddy Lee's aging voice.) But the set of guitarists who use alternate tunings as a rule (rather than occasionally) is a far smaller list.

ORANGE handed, you #######.

I'm going to say...you're an idiot.

If any of that's true, there'll be a mass shooting by a "white supremacist" in the next two weeks or so.

Not just real, but a perfectly cromulent word as well...

Burger King builds satellites now? Probably taste better than their fries...

I don't think Hendrix did. I know Van Halen didn't (except on occasion.) SRV did, but he also used a relatively heavy string set (particularly the first string.) That and the dropped tuning is how he got that fat blues sound with the wide bends he used.

Fixed. Seriously...take someone you know who knows guitars, and shop around pawn shops. You can often get a really good deal. Also, Monoprice has "gig" guitars that are supposedly pretty good quality at a reasonable price. I never tried one, myself.

I never said they weren't dangerous. I just support their First Amendment rights. Because...shut up, you racist!