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1/13/2018

False Report of Incoming Ballistic Missile Panicks Hawaii

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 2:09 pm



I wish I had more time to do a thorough post on this, but I wanted to throw something up, as I think it’s important. People in Hawaii today got a false report of an incoming ballistic missile on their phones:

Screen Shot 2018-01-13 at 2.06.41 PM

Our commenter shipwreckedcrew wrote a couple of comments, like this:

So, how is everyone’s day going?

Not much happening where I live.

“Inbound ballistic missle heading for Hawaii. THIS IS NOT A DRILL”.

8:07 am on my iPhone.

Other than that, kids are enjoying their pancakes.

And this:

With an hour to decompress — here’s what sucks.

Four kids at home and one off at soccer practice.

And the stunning realization there’s not a f’ing thing you can really do about it.

The 16 year old calls and says “What should I do?”

What do you tell him?

Reports are that this warning was the result of someone pushing the wrong button. Someone on Twitter observed:

You can and should blame the person who pushed the wrong button, but that was probably inevitable when you had a system that allowed it.

Thank God nobody overreacted. History has examples of mistaken warnings bringing us closer to the brink of nuclear war than you’d like to think. I hope the people of Hawaii recover from the psychic shock of this horrible scare.

[Cross-posted at The Jury Talks Back.]

169 Responses to “False Report of Incoming Ballistic Missile Panicks Hawaii”

  1. we let north korea fester too long (thanks food stamp) and now our pitiful military is helpless to do anything

    so living in fear of nuclear conflagration’s the new normal now

    hell of a legacy you got there food stamp

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  2. oh

    there’s an irony to note here too

    some people believe food stamp was actually *born* in hawaii

    if so then he did this on his own people

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  3. Another one of two of this false reports and all of Hawaii will perish when Kim Jong-un actually does fire off a few missiles and all of Hawaii assumes it’s false.

    Neo (d1c681)

  4. Shift Change Protocol…

    Negligible seismic activity in Greater Pacific Region… check
    No Category 1 or higher storms in Greater Pacific Region… check
    Incoming Ballistic Missiles… check
    Coffee on brew… check
    Break time!… check

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  5. Although this does seem like a small-motor failure of button management, no one thought for a moment this could be fodder for a hack from some suspicious quarter.

    I remember the gnashing of teeth after 9/11 as well as regrets over the failure of all to connect the dots. We don’t seem to learn from mistakes.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  6. Unintended consequences or criminal intent?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  7. My sister and brother in law were at their property on Oahu doing some work and my niece was at their property on the Big Island. My sister felt helpless. – my sister wanted n. korea taken care of a decade ago. She is p!!ssed!

    mg (8cbc69)

  8. Yea Col, last time I flew from Oahu to Molokai it was supposed to be 6:30 a.m. flight on a tuesday, wed. morning at 6:30 we took off!
    Aloha time

    mg (8cbc69)

  9. MG: IDIOT!

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  10. …. my sister wanted n. korea taken care of a decade ago. She is p!!ssed!

    Your sister and my wife.

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  11. Tell her to go take care of them hoagie.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  12. Chickenhawk:

    Go teach them a lesson for us!

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  13. Clinton and Carter and Albright, oh my!

    Good thing Barack T Firefly learned the lesson……nevermind.

    harkin (8256c3)

  14. “I think – I think, for me, nuclear is just the power, the devastation is very important to me.”

    Dave (445e97)

  15. Neocon sympathizers still clueless Harkin.

    You?

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  16. This happened before:

    (bad)
    (worse)

    Kevin M (752a26)

  17. Hard to hack a Teletype, but Guam and other mistakes are attributed to human error. Watch this Space..

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  18. He’s Trump, he’s Trump, he’s Trump, he’s in Dave’s head.
    He’s Trump, he’s Trump, he’s Trump, Dave’s now spoon-fed

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  19. He better be in all heads haiku. Just for self preservation

    But the very small head is even emptier than the big head. You’ve noticed these fine details, I’m sure of it. 🙂

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  20. Support bacteria – the only culture Rear Admiral Burnt has.

    mg (8cbc69)

  21. Let loose thy nub, Rear Admiral!

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  22. Go ahead and make it about Ben.

    It’s your only recourse.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  23. Above Palolo Valley is quite a view.

    mg (8cbc69)

  24. Oh, I see I did call mg an idiot and that’s all about him not excluding haiku that is.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  25. I’ll tell you what’s wrong with society… no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  26. Mia Love’s on twitter saying her parents are from an island very much like Hawaii (except for the trees) and she’s madder than holy hell about this

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  27. Don’t try to explain yourself to Rear Admiral Been Burnt, mg. You’re not teh fvckface whisperer.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  28. I’ll tell you what’s wrong with society… no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.

    That’s exactly what other chickenhawks say.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  29. The false report is inexcusable.

    The long delay in correcting it is worse.

    Beldar (fa637a)

  30. Some people, like Rear Admiral, just need a high-five.
    In the head.
    With a chair.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  31. Cheers, Col.

    mg (8cbc69)

  32. The sane, stable voice of Hollywood responds:

    “Jamie Lee Curtis
    @jamieleecurtis
    This Hawaii missle scare is on YOU Mr. Trump. The real FEAR that mothers & fathers & children felt is on YOU. It is on YOUR ARROGANCE. HUBRIS. NARCISSISM. RAGE. EGO. IMMATURITY and your UNSTABLE IDIOCY. Shame on your hate filled self. YOU DID THIS!

    harkin (8256c3)

  33. I guess that guess star on ncis went to his head:

    https://mobile.twitter.com/lukerosiak/status/951957608402964482?p=v

    narciso (d1f714)

  34. Her head,

    Heck of a job, folks really.

    narciso (d1f714)

  35. A metaphorical chair is all you’ve got kernel..chick fila sammich with mozzarella for war mongering.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  36. Holy Cow! There’s an app for that!!!

    WarEagle82 (2b3d34)

  37. NORAD sent the following out on 20 Feb 1971:

    MESSAGE AUTHENTICATOR: HATEFULNESS/HATEFULNESS

    THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ACTION NOTIFICATION (EAN) DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDENT. NORMAL BROADCASTING WILL CEASE IMMEDIATELY. ALL STATIONS WILL BROADCAST EAN MESSAGE ONE PRECEDED BY THE ATTENTION SIGNAL, PER FCC RULES. ONLY STATIONS HOLDING NDEA MAY STAY ON AIR IN ACCORD WITH THEIR STATE EBS PLAN.

    BROADCAST EAN MESSAGE ONE.

    MESSAGE AUTHENTICATOR: HATEFULNESS/HATEFULNESS

    20 FEB

    The message correctly authenticated. It was, however a goof.

    Kevin M (752a26)

  38. The important thing is to find someone to blame.

    nk (dbc370)

  39. What is a Jamie Leigh Curtis?

    Richard Aubrey (10ef71)

  40. Is it like a Shia LaBoeuf?

    Richard Aubrey (10ef71)

  41. she’s the lady that eats yogurt so she can poop

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  42. No just the one Michael meyers couldn’t kill.

    narciso (d1f714)

  43. As I recall from Justoneminute nk was Yuge warhawk on Iraq and the Surge.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  44. she’s doing yet another one of them ones

    this year i think

    maybe she can eat a bunch of yogurt and poop on him this time

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  45. Rumors has it that she is an XY female from birth.

    nk (dbc370)

  46. snopes says it’s true she has a penis and a vagina both

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  47. JLC, a fitness freak since the 80s was a prime example of a “Cincinnati Bengal”.

    urbanleftbehind (1d0126)

  48. That’s a rumor. Sounds really fishy.

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  49. Did anyone call Ben Affleck? Can’t have an attack on Pearl Harbor without Affleck.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  50. You know who else looks like one? Martha McSally.

    nk (dbc370)

  51. i googled

    you are correct

    man i wish i had those shoulders

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  52. It’s the end of the world as we know it,

    and all you can talk about is Jamie Lee Curtis’ boobs.\_O_/

    papertiger (c8116c)

  53. Almost finished digging my foxhole. Just in for a quick soda. Continue with your regular program.

    Davie Jones with an important public service announcement.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  54. Her kids cannot inherit her husband’s barony because they are adopted. They have to be “heirs of his body”. Moreover, and this is interesting, her husband is the Baron because his older brother was born before his parents were married. Ah, the good old days.

    nk (dbc370)

  55. They made the English version seem worse:

    http://www.inthe80s.com/redger3.shtml

    narciso (d1f714)

  56. People in Hawaii today got a false report of an incoming ballistic missile on their phones

    People with their gadgets off by the surf at Waikiki got a tan.

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  57. Rumors has it that she is an XY female from birth.”

    I have a digital copy of an old newspaper photo saved somewhere of Tony and Janet playing with their “newborn son, Jamie”.

    That cant be easy to deal with and certainly wouldn’t use a caprice of nature to dig at her.

    harkin (8256c3)

  58. The 16 year old calls and says “What should I do?” What do you tell him?

    Tell him the United States of America has the most powerful military every conceived by Man, costing trillions of dollars to operate and maintain and in spite of the fact 20 guys stole some planes and knocked down two office buildings in New York for $600,000 or so some years ago, not to worry and any accident or foul up will be either covered up or avenged.

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  59. Jamie’s man boobs [nsfw]

    papertiger (c8116c)

  60. No one would ever deliberately choose to scare the daylights out of an entire state by sending that “This is not a drill” message as part of a drill.

    That said, however: This has now been a very large-scale drill. Since it wasn’t intended, special arrangements weren’t made to assess it, but with whatever information is available, it should be thoroughly assessed.

    If it ends up bringing serious, grown-up thinking on a national basis about the risks of a Nork nuke-topped ICBM to the U.S. and its vital interests and allies, that could be useful. If it is exploited as best as possible after the fact to learn whatever lessons such a large scale and realistic drill might have taught, that would be useful too, especially for Hawaiians.

    After escaping a Boer POW camp, young Winston Churchill wrote: “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” But he was speaking of surviving a real attack, and he was very young and adventurous and romantic, and I’m not sure the saying scales up.

    Beldar (fa637a)

  61. If you’re going to be a worrier about nukes, worry about an accident stemming from the boredom of the routine.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accidents

    OTOH, a college frat bro of mine was a navigator on a B-52 before becoming a well known novelist and noted at reunions he often spent long hours writing as he flew practice missions dropping nuclear weapons on the likes of Honolulu, Denver, Dallas, Houston and the alumni favorite- Pittsburgh.

    “Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies.” – Ned Scott [Douglas Spencer] ‘The Thing From Another World’ 1951

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  62. “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”

    A variation on: “Once you have led a platoon of men into direct machine gun fire nothing is ever the same again” – Raymond Chandler

    harkin (8256c3)

  63. “Video From Hawaii Shows Children Being Placed Into Storm Drains After False Alert Sent Out About Missile Strike

    pic.twitter.com/pG4glG5NI5

    — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 13, 2018”

    —-

    Trey Yingst
    @TreyYingst
    It took nearly 40 minutes for residents of Hawaii to receive a second alert informing them that a ballistic missile was not incoming.

    40 minutes.
    10:50 AM · Jan 13, 2018“

    harkin (8256c3)

  64. That’s a long coffee break, harkin!

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  65. 64… What you suppose is witty, is typical leftist crap, meant to insult those who lost loved ones, gimp. Think before you write.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  66. Is there an Ivanka line of pre-fabricated bomb shelters?

    nk (dbc370)

  67. 71. =Haiku!= Gesundheit!

    The Colonel likes to push buttons– welcome back; so glad you arrived safe and sound from Hawaii.

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  68. For the msm, apparently the further it gets from Trump, the less terrifying it is……

    https://mobile.twitter.com/redsteeze/status/952312939276652544/photo/1

    harkin (8256c3)

  69. Its like a rotating asylum, over there.

    narciso (21eb6d)

  70. That’s how I feel about Trump, too. I like him best when he’s out of the country. When there’s an ocean between him and America.

    nk (dbc370)

  71. You know anybody else making our case overseas, please don’t tell me Ben sasse.

    narciso (21eb6d)

  72. He’s Trump, he’s Trump, he’s Trump, he’s in Dave’s head.

    Back from your “vacation” already?

    Dave (445e97)

  73. What do you do if a nuclear tipped missile is headed towards you?

    Crawl under the kitchen table, bend over, stick your head between your knees, and kiss your butt goodbye.

    If you are in Hawaii, and it is coming from North Korea, you can stop after 15 minutes because that is the most time that it would take for a ballistic missile to get there.

    yoda jr (310909)

  74. “Once you have led a platoon of men into direct machine gun fire nothing is ever the same again”

    Often nothing is anything again.

    Kevin M (752a26)

  75. Kevin, I’ll bet my D-guard Bowie knife this guy doesn’t care what we think.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  76. Notice I didn’t mention my K-BAR.

    Which means a lot top me. You had best be bowing your head, Kevin, when passing Basilone road on the I-5

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  77. Belar, I can assure you the same thrill still applies in these modern days.

    Avoiding getting my grape crushed by a hatch missing a safety pin since 1988.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  78. Beldar. I swear I hit the key.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  79. Trump has been more presidential and successful out of the country than Obama, Clinton or kid boooosh. kid boosh was worse than Obama.

    mg (8cbc69)

  80. At least he didn’t puke at a state dinner like his daddy, although he should have capped the shoe thrower on the spot.

    urbanleftbehind (1d0126)

  81. Trump has been more presidential and successful out of the country than Obama, Clinton or kid boooosh.

    I doubt it, but that’s not the reason I like him best when he’s out of the country, anyway. No, the reason I like him best when there’s an ocean between him and America is the same reason I like Ebola best when there’s an ocean between it and America.

    nk (dbc370)

  82. idiot kid boosh had no business going into Iraq. A fu##ing disaster. He should have turned Afghanistan into glass on 9-12-01. He never had the balls of the great Harry S. Truman.

    mg (8cbc69)

  83. The only people you can trust in the DOJ and FBI are the janitors.

    mg (8cbc69)

  84. Well nk, if your desire is dead American soldiers obama and kid boooosh are your mentors.

    mg (8cbc69)

  85. You could be right, mg. And don’t forget Jeffrey Dahmer, either. Trump never killed, cooked and ate a person. That makes him a good President right there, if you ask me.

    nk (dbc370)

  86. whatever, nk.

    mg (8cbc69)

  87. With Dahmer, Ed Gein and the Slender man teen smelling of cheddar, Scott Walker would have had a tough row to hoe. Eddie Haskell Ryan could well be a Beltway Dexter.

    urbanleftbehind (1d0126)

  88. 91.The only people you can trust in the DOJ and FBI are the janitors.


    Yeah, and they’re Russian spies.

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  89. In the old days, they had to go Smith and Johnson (keep in mind that was when Virginia was Virginia) and speak impeccable English. Now they can pick any E. European persona or just be their actual Russian selves.

    urbanleftbehind (1d0126)

  90. Its a perfect storm. First, Bill Clinton makes a deal that, even at the time, I thought would never be honored by North Korea. Then, Presidents Bush and Obama let the situation continue. President Trump starts the next round by taunting Kim Jong Un with his own nuclear threats. And lastly, someone at Hawaii’s defense command pushes the wrong button, terrifying the island residents. A perfect storm of incompetence.

    I suppose things could be worse. It might have been the “bigger and more powerful” button that was accidentally activated. SNAFU.

    noel (b4d580)

  91. ^hey…stop cribbing mid-80s Genesis

    urbanleftbehind (1d0126)

  92. So you’re with the high command,

    narciso (21eb6d)

  93. Then there’s this:

    Chelsea Manning, formerly Bradley Manning who in 2013 was convicted of the biggest leak of classified documents in U.S. history, has filed to challenge Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) for his Senate seat, the Washington Post reported.

    Manning, who became transgender during the six years he was incarcerated, had his 35-year prison sentence commuted by President Barack Obama before he left office.

    The creature formerly known as Bradley (which started him off as gay) and who decided to “transgender” when we the taxpayer could be billed for the removethedictomy is now going for the democrat gold. Imagine an Oprah/Chelsea slate in 2020.

    What could say “democrat” more nowadays than a transgendered traitor who was pardoned by the Living God Himself, Hussein I? Or as is Minions call him: Hussein the Marvelous.

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  94. Barrack “Hussein” Obama. Right. Over and over you guys need to emphasize President Obama’s middle name.

    Why is that again?

    noel (b4d580)

  95. Barack, that is. Not “Barrack”. I will blame spellcheck. And Rev.Hoagie.

    noel (b4d580)

  96. that’s his name. Are you saying there’s something wrong with it, noel?

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  97. Obama also dined on dog during his youth. It’s part of who he is.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  98. The question was why do you keep emphasizing it? I can see why you’d prefer to pretend that there is no particular reason.

    noel (b4d580)

  99. 95… and Luis Gutierrez could be a dung beetle. What’s your point, ulb?

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  100. Because Barry Dunham wasnt going to get him anywhere

    http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/01/confusing_dossier_chaff_with_wheat.html

    narciso (21eb6d)

  101. What you suppose is witty, is typical leftist crap, meant to insult those who lost loved ones, gimp. Think before you write.

    I’ve noticed you’re thought challenged but then you’re an engineer, right kernel?

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  102. Same way John FITZGERALD Kennedy was emphasized. The HUSSEIN differentiates him from all teh other Barcky Obamas.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  103. Hill sources tell us that a House Democratic takeover is now likely.
    One strategist close to Republican leaders believes that a loss of the House is “baked in,” and said top Republicans don’t see a way to avoid it.
    It would take a flip of 24 seats for Dems to take over. The average loss for the president’s party in his first midterm is about 32 seats, and we’re hearing forecasts of 40+ losses.
    You can’t predict outcomes this far out, but these hard facts scare the hell out of Republicans:

    Eight House GOP chairs have retired: You don’t climb to the top of power in Congress and leave unless you feel confident your reign will soon end. (Another factor: Chairmanships are term-limited from a Gingrich-era reform.)
    Record retirements for GOP: Already, 29 GOP seats are open, a pace far exceeding the past two elections that saw power change hands.
    Democrats outperformed their norms in turnout, and in total votes, in all seven 2017 elections. This is a clear indicator of energy.
    Record number of Democratic women voting and considering running for office. This, more than anything, is a reaction to Trump and the #MeToo movement.
    In polls, voters prefer Democrats for Congress by a 10-point margin. There is no way to spin this: +10 is terrible in a 50/50 nation.

    https://www.axios.com/trumps-nightmare-1515938294-93dd2060-0790-4cbe-95e5-7a4183891d4f.html

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  104. Wharf Rats abandoning the sinking hulk known as RNC..

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  105. Rev.Hoagie says…. “The creature formerly known as Bradley (which started him off as gay) and who decided to “transgender” when we the taxpayer could be billed for the removethedictomy is now going for the democrat gold. Imagine an Oprah/Chelsea slate in 2020. What could say “democrat” more nowadays than a transgendered traitor who was pardoned by the Living God Himself, Hussein I? Or as is Minions call him: Hussein the Marvelous.”

    Gee Rev.Hoagie. You run about three prejudices per paragraph these days.

    noel (b4d580)

  106. When were you neutered, noel?

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  107. Hoagie is not a bigot. To prove it he’s In Living Color

    He’s camouflaged..

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  108. Are you idiots already predicting a win? Like you did last time? You clowns never learn do you? Yeah, that’s right 40+ lost seats. And Hillary STILL isn’t president. Hahahaha.

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  109. Colonel Haiku says, “When were you neutered, noel?”

    Now Colonel, you know you won’t be able to out-insult the Rev. Keep practicing.

    noel (b4d580)

  110. Real Christian’s have faith that’s tested. Soft-shell American Christians think getting up Sunday morning is enough.

    https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/world/asia/china-church-dynamite.html?referer=

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  111. “My best friend he shoots Dimocrats and feeds ‘em to his geese.”

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  112. Cut and paste kernel has few original thoughts..

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  113. Rear Admiral Been Burned is a twatwaffle…

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  114. noel, the first thing a dope does when he’s wrong is start calling names. You win the award for today. Somehow you see “prejudice” in every truthful word. Wow are you in denial. You probably were a good person until you joined the radical left and were brainwashed into thinking everyone who disagrees with you is a racistbugoothomophobemyoginistislamophobenazi. So instead of discussing how Bradley Manning isn’t a pardoned traitor and fake female you call names. That’s kinda leftist 101, isn’t it? Don’t address the subject just call the person names.

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  115. Kernel is a mini- corndog, like his hero Shrump.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  116. Yeah. I’m predicting landslide hoagie.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  117. So many loyal Christian lawmakers Flakeing off.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  118. ChickenSh’ts getting out of town before High Noon.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  119. 118.Real Christian’s have faith that’s tested. Soft-shell American Christians think getting up Sunday morning is enough.


    Are you such a good Christian that you can see into the hearts of “American Christians” (whatever that particular sect may be)?

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  120. By their fruits of the spirit I know them, yes hoagie. God gave me the ability. You?

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  121. Dear Rev.Hoagie.

    You say that “the first thing a dope does when he’s wrong is start calling names.”

    I would ask that you reread that sentence more thoughtfully. (Clue: Its a bit self-defeating.)

    noel (b4d580)

  122. Somebody’s gonna be left holding the bag.

    https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/bitcoin-millionaires.html?referer=

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  123. The mental illness known as “contemporary liberalism” runs deep and afflicts many. Charitable contributions to the mental health organizations that deal with the problem are heartily encouraged.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  124. Yet another flaccid insight from teh kernel..

    Stick to math big thinker..words escape you. Can you talk in algorithms?

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  125. The sentient, discursive region of his brain is small and undernourished.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  126. My son slept through it. I suppose I should have bought him On the Beach for Christmas or something. My daughter is still TOTS for the Yellowstone Caldera. Fingers crossed.

    Pinandpuller (2f29e1)

  127. If a shark prefers not to eat man flesh, and breaks off the attack after one nibble due to the flavor, then why do scientists advise you to stay out of the water if you are bleeding?

    papertiger (c8116c)

  128. 130.Dear Rev.Hoagie.

    You say that “the first thing a dope does when he’s wrong is start calling names.”

    I would ask that you reread that sentence more thoughtfully. (Clue: Its a bit self-defeating.)
    noel (b4d580)

    It’s not self defeating in the least. It’s what a dope does. Especially a left wing dope. It’s how they think. They don’t have disagreements with opponents, they have arguments with enemies. That’s why we can’t have any civil discourse in this country any more. Oddly, when guys on the right start talking sh!t the leftists go crazy. They’ve been calling us names since I came back from Nam but if I say something it’s outrageous.

    The left calls everybody names to dehumanize their opponents. If all I am to you, noel is a deplorable, a racist, a Nazi then treating me like a human is no longer necessary. So when it comes time to send me to a gulag or a firing squad it’s no big deal. All leftist governments have and continue to do it. It’s what the Nazi’s did to the Jews and others and the Soviets did to the kulaks and millions of others. The leftists here are no different.

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  129. Rev.Hoagie says, “The left calls everybody names to dehumanize their opponents.”

    Lets check… You have used “dope, idiot, creatures, minions, and Hussein the Marvelous” just in the last few comments. I, contrary to your false accusation, have not called you any names.

    That would put you far to the “left” of me, I guess.

    noel (b4d580)

  130. You aren’t getting any fruit if you whack your root off.

    Pinandpuller (2f29e1)

  131. Noel do you ever get the point for 25 years we have looked away or fed the Kim dynasty, gas the previous 40 we had watch China and Russia build up yong byon, they in turn provided assistance to the pakistani nuclear program and so on the Iran and even libya.

    narciso (21eb6d)

  132. Sorry Rev.Hoagie. I missed “left wing dope”. Which, last I checked, is calling me a name. And has the added benefit of being a lie. Reverend.

    noel (b4d580)

  133. Now Bradley is a confused soul, so it’s natural he would find refuge as a Democrat, I think he is a step too far even for them

    narciso (21eb6d)

  134. Who informed benno Christians would not have trials, it is what we make of them that is key

    narciso (21eb6d)

  135. His ignorance is limitless and ten years of ibservation have made nary a sent.

    China killed 50 million of their own onecthin

    narciso (21eb6d)

  136. Think 10,000 would trouble then, we have deluded ourselves into believing that would be the case.

    narciso (21eb6d)

  137. Hoagie,

    I apologize for the personal nature of this comment but I am concerned about you. Feel free to disregard this comment if you believe it is inappropriate.

    You are much more moody and angry than you used to be. Maybe it’s not the case or due to something else, but I think it could also be related to your serious, difficult health problems. If you think this is possible, please discuss it with your wife and/or doctors.

    DRJ (15874d)

  138. It serves no purpose to argue with a fool like Ben, people become unable to distinguish the difference.

    narciso (21eb6d)

  139. i guess this makes hoagie the kettle

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  140. DRJ, it is always good to hear from you.
    ul
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT_PClBc8vE

    Vought-Sikorsky OS2U Kingfisher

    Mei du bist schön means I think you are beautiful.

    Don’t get a swelled head. Love you. I can love helicopters.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  141. God bless you Rev.

    NJRob (b00189)

  142. DRJ,

    everyone is moodier and angrier than they used to be. Look at the posts and comments for the past 6 months. It’s looking more and more like a husband and wife headed for divorce.

    NJRob (b00189)

  143. An aircraft so insignificant it didn’t even get a name.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_SOC_Seagull

    Until all the other aircraft got names and the Navy was like, maybe we should name this piece of %$@*.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  144. Hang in there, hoagie!!! Illegitimi non carborundum!

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  145. NJRob I am actually a lot happier than I thought I could be six months ago.

    Mostly because I didn’t know Alfa Romeos were going to be on sale in America.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  146. I’m always last to get the news.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  147. Also, IHop.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  148. That’s a heck of a calorie infusion Steve.

    NJRob (b00189)

  149. I do what I can, Mr. Rob.

    Steve57 (0b1dac)

  150. 155… they’d threatened to for years, Steve, and finally started selling new Alfa product here in late 2014, per my recollection. I’ve looked at/test driven the 4C… it is quite a visceral experience, but it is too low and doesn’t have enough headroom for me… I’d have to purchase the targa and would never be able to have the roof on the car when driving.

    The 4 cylinder turbo Giulia is quite the sedan and the twin-turbo V6 Quadrifoglio version of that is a rocketship!

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  151. Why were they threatening to do so, it’s a different combine from the fiat Ferraris combine right.

    narciso (21eb6d)

  152. You are much more moody and angry than you used to be. Maybe it’s not the case or due to something else, but I think it could also be related to your serious, difficult health problems. If you think this is possible, please discuss it with your wife and/or doctors.
    DRJ (15874d) — 1/14/2018 @ 9:54 am


    Thanks for the free psychoanalysis, DRJ but I’m neither angry nor moody. I just get peeved when somebody calls me a bigot and I respond then he says I started calling him names.

    Whether noel likes it or not I happen to believe if a person wants to cut off his legs or remove his arms he has a mental problem. I also believe if someone wants to cut his nuts and balls off he too has a mental problem. I also believe that if society as a whole can’t speak the factual truth which is Bradley Manning is not a female we have a real problem as a culture. Manning is a self mutilating person with deep psychological problems who is demanding that I, and we, refer to him as something he is not. If you do you’re as crazy a he.

    If he can “identify” as a woman and therefore be one then why can’t he “identify” as a senator and save all the trouble and money of running?

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  153. Well Colonel it’s like the black and Hispanic ghettos in the big democrat run cities are the republicans fault! You know that.

    Rev.Hoagie (6bbda7)

  154. 114.When were you neutered, noel?

    =Haiku!= Gesundheit!

    Same spot
    You got
    Tattooed.

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  155. Chris Lee, the east Oahu representative, recalled going to the mall after the fiasco and described a sort of surreal atmosphere in which everybody was calm and friendly. “It was like Christmas morning and everybody got a car—there was an amazing sense of camaraderie,” he said. He noticed myriad strangers greeting one another, for example, exchanging stories about their morning and offering each other their spot in line. “The little things that people worry about in day-to-day life and get frustrated with,” he said, “completely evaporated.”

    papertiger (c8116c)

  156. “Do you fear death?”

    I imagine Admiral Ben’s posts delivered in Davy Jones’ patter. It makes them tolerable.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  157. Around 8:05 a.m., the Hawaii emergency employee initiated the internal test, according to a timeline released by the state. From a drop-down menu on a computer program, he saw two options: “Test missile alert” and “Missile alert.” He was supposed to choose the former; as much of the world now knows, he chose the latter, an initiation of a real-life missile alert.

    Like somebody tweeted earlier:

    “Even Microsoft Word asks you “are you sure?” before closing a document.”

    harkin (8256c3)


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