The Off Topic Topic

[derspiess]

How often did your accent get you laid?  I want daily metrics.   Amount of ass per day.

Yeah, Spanish-type accents in California are so rare.

You can't tell a Spanish accent from a Mexican one?

I probably could in most cases, yes.

[katmai]

If every other word isn't chinga they ain't mexican.

[Admiral Yi]

Head like a bowling ball + wispy little molester = Mexican.

Nose like a toucan + stubble like a chia pet = Spaniard.

[katmai]

Breath smells of dog=Korean?

[derspiess]

Head like a bowling ball + wispy little molester = Mexican.

Nose like a toucan + stubble like a chia pet = Spaniard.

Second one would also go for Argies.

[CountDeMoney]

Interesting statistic of the day:

Average Senate vote wait time for Bush Administration judicial nominees: 34 days.
Average Senate vote wait time for Obama Administration judicial nominees: 116 days.

[Josephus]

The thing is that he didn't finish school and started working without graduating, IIRC. Now he has plenty of experience but no degrees to show around at all.

Are you back? Did you mail me a postcard?

I returned to Spain last thursday, and your postcard should be on its way. 

WEll? Did you enjoy it? Go anywhere cool?

[Jacob]

Interesting statistic of the day:

Average Senate vote wait time for Bush Administration judicial nominees: 34 days.
Average Senate vote wait time for Obama Administration judicial nominees: 116 days.

You'd appreciate today's Doonesbury on that point.

[Tamas]

Interesting statistic of the day:

Average Senate vote wait time for Bush Administration judicial nominees: 34 days.
Average Senate vote wait time for Obama Administration judicial nominees: 116 days.

yes we can!

[Ed Anger]

Interesting statistic of the day:

Average Senate vote wait time for Bush Administration judicial nominees: 34 days.
Average Senate vote wait time for Obama Administration judicial nominees: 116 days.

You'd appreciate today's Doonesbury on that point.

Nobody reads Doonesbury anymore.

[CountDeMoney]

Nobody reads Doonesbury anymore.

I do.  Makes me feel smug.

[CountDeMoney]

Time to pull our ambassador out of Venezuela.  We need a congressional committee to investigate this coverup.

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials  confirmed that two American employees of the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, were shot outside of a nightclub early this morning.  The men were part of the embassy's defense attaché and were hospitalized after the incident.

"Medical staff inform us that their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. Embassy security and health unit personnel are at the hospital and have been in touch with the two individuals and their families," State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said.

Lt. Col. Todd Breassele told ABC News that one of the men was to be released from the hospital today, and the other was expected to be released Wednesday.

Venezuelan police officials told reporters that the shooting appeared to stem from a fight in the club, which is located in a shopping center in the eastern part of the city.

The U.S. embassy in Caracas is cooperating with authorities to investigate the incident, Ventrell said.

"We are in contact with local authorities, which is a standard operating procedure for us overseas," he said.

Shootings are not uncommon in the country, which  has one of the world's worst crime rates. The Venezuelan government estimated that in 2012 more than 16,000 people were murdered, but independent crime tracking organizations estimate the numbers to be much higher.

The State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security report on Venezuela last year rated the criminal threat level for Caracas as "CRITICAL," calling it the deadliest capital in the world.

"Caracas continues to be notorious for the brazenness of high-profile, violent crimes such as murder, robberies, and kidnappings," said the report. "Armed assaults and robberies continue to be a part of everyday life."

[The Larch]

WEll? Did you enjoy it? Go anywhere cool?

Yup, it was great. For such a tiny place it really packs way more stuff to see and do that it initially seems and punches way above its weight in touristic and historic stuff. And quite affordable and reasonably prized as well. I will have to go back at some point as I didn't have enough time to see all the stuff that I wanted to see.

The driving is terrible, though.

[The Larch]

Head like a bowling ball + wispy little molester = Mexican.

Nose like a toucan + stubble like a chia pet = Spaniard.

Wtf?

[Josephus]

WEll? Did you enjoy it? Go anywhere cool?

The driving is terrible, though.

And parking is worse.