When did systematic thread-jacking become acceptable?

[taterguy]

Did I miss a memo?

[petronius]

1. Thank you for my hearts, anonymous giver!!

It really did make me feel good to see the messages!

[DeSwiss]

2. We didn't start the fire.....

[kentauros]

24. I haven't found it.

[csziggy]

29. We Didn't Start the Flame War

[In_The_Wind]

3. There have been rumors about it everywhere.

Nobody pays any attention to memos here at DU.

[panader0]

4. St Valentines Day Massacre--from Wiki:

February 14, 1929, five members of the North Side Gang, plus gang collaborators Reinhardt H. Schwimmer and John May, were lined up against the rear inside wall of the garage at 2122 North Clark Street, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago's North Side, and executed. Two of the shooters were dressed as uniformed police officers, while the others wore suits, ties, overcoats and hats, according to witnesses who saw the "police" leading the other men at gunpoint out of the garage after the shooting. John May's German Shepherd, Highball, who was leashed to a truck, began howling and barking, attracting the attention of two women who operated boarding houses across the street.

One of the women, Mrs. Landesman, sensed something was wrong and sent one of her roomers to the garage to see what was upsetting the dog. The woman ran out, sickened at the sight. Frank Gusenberg was still alive after the killers left the scene and was rushed to the hospital shortly after real police officers arrived at the scene. When the doctors had Gusenberg stabilized, police tried to question him but when asked who shot him, he replied, "I'm not talking," despite having sustained fourteen bullet wounds.

George "Bugs" Moran was the boss of the long-established North Side Gang, formerly headed by Dion O'Banion who was murdered by four gunmen five years earlier in his flower shop on North State Street.[4] Everyone who had taken command of the North Siders since O'Banion's rule had been murdered, supposedly by various members or associates of the Capone organization. This massacre was allegedly planned by the Capone mob in retaliation for an unsuccessful attempt by Frank Gusenberg and his brother Peter to murder Jack McGurn earlier in the year and for the North Side Gang's complicity in the murders of Pasqualino "Patsy" Lolordo and Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo – both had been presidents of the Unione Siciliana, the local Mafia, and close associates of Capone. Bugs Moran's muscling in on a Capone-run dog track in the Chicago suburbs, his takeover of several Capone-owned saloons that he insisted were in his territory, and the general rivalry between Moran and Capone for complete control of the lucrative Chicago bootlegging business were probable contributing factors to this incident

[cwydro]

5. I'm still pondering the problem

of the Hunley!

[taterguy]

7. What problem with the Hunley?

[cwydro]

16. Exactly!

I can't figure it out!

[kwassa]

6. What A DINO Way of Thinking.

[Avalux]

8. HR Pufnstuf

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. If I have a funeral, I hope they play this song -

Dobie Gray's version of "Drift Away" is, justifiably, the most famous and, by far, the most brilliant reading of the Mentor Williams-penned (that would be Paul Williams' brother) 70s staple. Originally released on John Henry Kurtz' 1972 REUNION album, the indelible classic always takes me away...to that far away place I used to reside -- within the deepest caverns of my soul. At times the song makes me weep, as I miss the halcyon days of my youth and the kinder world we thrived in. When any ills of the world would be swept away when reaching for your LP of your favorite music was all that was needed to, well, drift away.

The song was covered hundreds of times these past 40 years, most famously and recently in a passionless 2003 recording by Uncle Kracker. Credited as Uncle Kracker featuring Dobie Gray, the track meandered along in karaoke sterility until finally Gray's soul chimed in mid-point and he infused it with a thrilling tremble. When the track reached #9 on Billboard's Top 100, Gray broke the record for the biggest gap between top US top 10 appearances (it had been 30 years between both). The Kracker version had a far more major impact on Billboard's Adult Contemporary charts -- it holds the record as the longest #1 on that chart, having reigned for 28 weeks in 2003-04. No doubt thanks to Gray.

There was a story told by Kracker that the song was initially written for Elvis, but Presley turned it down once he heard Gray's version of it. Gray was a demo singer in Memphis at the time. Talk about decree.

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Dobie Gray (background vocals); Dobie Gray (vocals); Larry Byrum, Larry Byrom (guitar); Nashville Strings Players, Damon Seal (strings); Terri McMillian, Terry McMillan (harmonica, percussion); David Dunston (horns, programming); Jay Patton, Mark Douthit (horns); Gary Smith, Matt Rollings, Matt Rollins (keyboards); Dave Pomeroy , Mike Leech (bass guitar); John Hammond (drums); Bill Hinds (guitar); Ron Oates (strings, keyboards); Eddie Bayers (drums); The Nashville Strings. { - backup vocals}

[csziggy]

31. They played that at my brother in law's memorial service

Which was held at a family home on a lake shore in Central Florida. The location wasn't as landscaped as in the video for the song, but the video reminds me of the service every time I watch it.

Thanks for posting it!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

10. Speaking of threads, you should see the new suit jacket I just bought!

[Paulie]

11. Another one of these FUCKING threads

I always look forward to them!

[antiquie]

12. borrowed this from a cool sig

❤

[struggle4progress]

13. This seems a good place to remember one of Andrew Granville's greatest hits!

[fleur-de-lisa]

14. I really have to pee.

My elderly cat has been sitting on my lap for hours and I have to tinkle. I thought I could just wait him out, cause he's old and surely he will have to go before too long, but no dice. I don't want to disturb him, but what should I do? It's getting to be a desperate situation, if you know what I mean.

[Kaleva]

15. The American South West is one of the best places in the world for solar power generation.

Discuss.

[LiberalEsto]

17. Look at that squirrel

I've got a hangnail

[seveneyes]

18. It sounds so right yet feels so wrong

Pink Beetles in a Purple Zeppelin

[orleans]

19. i have a headache

maybe i'll go drink a chocolate coke

[Skittles]

28. ooh

chocolate coke sounds awesome

[Baitball Blogger]

20. I know what you mean.

I just hate it when they put the caramel in my iced caramel macchiato on the top instead of the bottom. I mean, who ever tastes the caramel by the time they suck that thing down? It's all dissolved by then.

[antiquie]

21. ahhh

[kentauros]

22. Conversations are amorphous.

Like amoebas.

[First Speaker]

23. Well, it's time to re-read my book on Swedish land-use planning...

[UTUSN]

25. This ain't Meta nt

[Dr. Strange]

26. I kinda miss Shields and Yarnell.

[Skittles]

27. you want I should kick some gun worshiping ass, taterguy?

yes INDEED

[Jamaal510]

30. Why don't people play defense in NBA all-star games? nt