Pepper balls are similar to a paint ball, but contain the same material as pepper spray.

Ouch. I wonder if the pepper ball is anything akin to rock salt.

Ah... Bags of urine are by serious assaults!

Rocks and other weapons. My, how peaceful.

But those were just peaceful pet rocks!

Not to mention mysterious bags of colored liquid.

In the words of most in the World..... they are "just rocks" so why the need for the imperialist, disproportionate force by the police?

/

Violent, armed pacifists.

Ya can't make this sh*t up!

Let 'em have it.

re: #4 JamesTKirk

Chia Pets?

re: #2 reloadingisnotahobby

Ah... Bags of urine are by serious assaults!

Yea. Considering that urine can contain nasty little germs. And it burns if you get it in your eyes. How would you like to get hit in the head with a bag of urine? Asshole moby.

Religion of Peace Activists!

In the Twin Cities, the....I think they call themselves the Lawyers Guild, or National Lawyers Guild, is more or less encouraging violence. They have been giving info out on what to do if arrested (basically don't cooperate in anyway) and will be there with camera to look for lawsuit fodder.

I wonder if the cops read them the Riot Act.

[Link: www.worldwidewords.org...]

"The Riot Act was passed by the British government in 1714 and came into force in 1715. This was the period of the Catholic Jacobite riots, when mobs opposed to the new Hanoverian king, George I, were attacking the meeting houses of dissenting groups. There was a very real threat of invasion by supporters of the deposed Stuart kings — as actually happened later that year and also in 1745. The government feared uprisings, and passed a draconian law making it a felony if a group of more than twelve persons refused to disperse more than an hour after magistrates had told them to do so. To invoke the law, the magistrates had to read the proclamation contained in the Act aloud to the mob, something that often required more courage than they could summon up:

Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.

The pains or penalties were penal servitude for life or not less than three years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for up to two years. The Act remained in force for a surprisingly long time, only finally being repealed in 1973, though it had been effectively defunct for decades."

re: #12 Dave the.....

In the Twin Cities, the....I think they call themselves the Lawyers Guild, or National Lawyers Guild, is more or less encouraging violence. They have been giving info out on what to do if arrested (basically don't cooperate in anyway) and will be there with camera to look for lawsuit fodder.

NLG was founded by the Communist Party.

re: #2 reloadingisnotahobby

Ah... Bags of urine are by serious assaults!

Precisely! Especially in this day of lethal organisms lurking inside body fluids.

re: #12 Dave the.....

I was going to join the National Lawyers Guild, but because of pure laziness never got around to it.

When I was there they were leftist but honest. All they would do was tell you your legal constitutional rights. Sure, they sided against the Police etc., but only when they actually (although slightly) violated the letter of the law.

That being said, the guy who runs NLG is on Pacifica all the time ans seems more like a trouble maker than anything else these days.

re: #2 reloadingisnotahobby

Ah... Bags of urine are by serious assaults!

And what do you think was the purpose of those bags of urine? You think they were using it to brush their teeth? Are you being scarcastic or just stupid?

re: #15 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Precisely! Especially in this day of lethal organisms lurking inside body fluids.

Hepatitis, maybe. It's disgusting just thinking about it, though.

These losers are purely attention whores with no cause, and no reason to exist. They take out their frustrations at being such a complete waste of space by causing a riot and picking up a rock or bottle, as they are too damn gutless to pick up a real weapon, because the cops would then use real weapons, then the party would be over.

re: #18 Dianna

Hepatitis, maybe. It's disgusting just thinking about it, though.

I've read that one of the Hep's can live for quite a while outside the body's warmth. Scary.

Trained and Organized Anarchists

Armed and Violent Pacifists

These are the innovations of modern liberalism.

These are "peace" activists alright--just little William Ayers & Bernadette Dohns.

By day, they work in the schools and the community.

Leftists, rocks, and kiffiyahs....hmmm why does that sound so familiar?

More on the Riot Act in the U.S. here: [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

"The principle of the Riot Act was incorporated into the first Militia Act (1 Stat. 264) of May 8, 1792. The act's long title was "An act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions".

Section 3 of the Militia Act gave power to the President to issue a proclamation to "command the insurgents to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes, within a limited time", and authorised him to use the militia if they failed to do so. Substantively identical language is presently codified at chapter 15 of title 10, United States Code. See 10 U.S.C. §§ 331-35 (2006)."

Well that answers my question in the last thread. They DO have the paintball/pepperball shooters. Those things are nifty! :D

re: #18 Dianna

Hepatitis, maybe. It's disgusting just thinking about it, though.

Hepatitus or not, it's just disgusting. At least there were no bags of shit. That's even more disgusting, and more full of microbes. Urine, at least, can be pretty sterile.

Hazards
Urea is toxic and can be irritating to skin and eyes.

re: #2 reloadingisnotahobby

Ah... Bags of urine are by serious assaults!

would you like to be hit with urine from those folks?

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Hazards
Urea is toxic and can be irritating to skin and eyes.

But it works good on jellyfish stings. ;-)

/Or so I've heard.

Oh yes, expect pro bono attorneys to be standing by, chasing the "peace activists" like they chase ambulances.

test

re: #19 maddogg

"Attention whores" nails it.
And there is boredom. A lot of people living in modern, rich societies are bored. Santa Claus keeps brings them toy after toy, but they're bored.

re: #31 alegrias

Oh yes, expect pro bono attorneys to be standing by, chasing the "peace activists" like they chase ambulances.

Suprised we did not see any in the photos from last night.

re: #32 Lioness

test

passed

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Hazards
Urea is toxic and can be irritating to skin and eyes.

Mine is safe.

/don't know about urea, though

re: #31 alegrias

Oh yes, expect pro bono attorneys to be standing by, chasing the "peace activists" like they chase ambulances.

But probably not as fast, since the ambulances are likely much more profitable.

re: #34 Honorary Yooper

Suprised we did not see any in the photos from last night.

David Lane was dropping leaflets from a helicopter.

/

re: #12 Dave the.....

The NLG is present at many law schools, and are leftists to the core. They were founded because they thought the ABA wasn't sufficiently leftist enough.

re: #12 Dave the.....

In the Twin Cities, the....I think they call themselves the Lawyers Guild, or National Lawyers Guild, is more or less encouraging violence. They have been giving info out on what to do if arrested (basically don't cooperate in anyway) and will be there with camera to look for lawsuit fodder.

The National Lawyers Guild is a branch of the Communist Party USA.

They are part of the problem.

re: #36 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Mine is safe.

/don't know about urea, though

I'm telling the goddess on you.

re: #23 alegrias

I would like to know what they do by day.
Academics? Community organizers? Public-dole deadbeats?

re: #16 WrathofG-d

I was going to join the National Lawyers Guild, but because of pure laziness never got around to it.
When I was there they were leftist but honest. All they would do was tell you your legal constitutional rights. Sure, they sided against the Police etc., but only when they actually (although slightly) violated the letter of the law.
That being said, the guy who runs NLG is on Pacifica all the time ans seems more like a trouble maker than anything else these days.

they were scum bags when I was in school, and I always engaged & fought them. everytime.

Zombie does really good work, thanks Z! All this talk of pepper spray balls reminded me of the Port of Oakland Iraq war protests out here in California in 2003. The police there didn't f#$% around with pepper spray, they used friggin rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. Amazingly I found this image that I remembered so vividly in my first Google search.

[Link: www.commondreams.org...]

re: #17 Walter L. Newton

And what do you think was the purpose of those bags of urine? You think they were using it to brush their teeth? Are you being scarcastic or just stupid?

you are totally misunderstanding what he is/was saying dude. take a chill.

re: #37 CyanSnowHawk

not necessarily true. I was told in my Civil Rights law course that after a pro-bono lawyer wins a civil rights case they can apply to the Gov for a million dollar + bonus for having done Civil Rights work.

re: #26 Gozer the Carpathian

Most PD have a variety of non-lethal weapons. A paint ball gun would work the same way when filled with pepper spray balls instead of paint balls.

re: #25 quickjustice

Interesting stuff, qj ! Thanks.

re: #41 debutaunt

I'm telling the goddess on you.

YIKES!

When this is over, McCain is going to get quite a bounce.

re: #30 Honorary Yooper

But it works good on jellyfish stings. ;-)

/Or so I've heard.

You've heard correctly, although vinegar is a better antidote.

re: #21 Lawrence Schmerel

Trained and Organized Anarchists

Armed and Violent Pacifists

These are the innovations of modern liberalism barbarism.

Sorry. I felt that I had to fix it.

re: #34 Honorary Yooper

Suprised we did not see any in the photos from last night.

* * *
They are zombies, silly! Soul-less, defending the indefensible on your pro bono dollar. Actually celebrating their defense of the indefensible. Doing "good" defending totalitarians in our free system.

Meanwhile Russia's Putin silences people with tanks, bombs, thugs and not a peep from the ACLU or UN--or did I miss the outrage?

These folks in Denver are disgusting..If the city was smart they would have a 3 day dead head concert outside the city..
problem solved

re: #49 pre-Boomer Marine brat

YIKES!

Expect a terrifying cat photo at any moment.

re: #42 wolfie

I would like to know what they do by day.
Academics? Community organizers? Public-dole deadbeats?

I wondered in the last thread about how many are on disability. Academics are getting back to school this week (I'm a conservative part-time one. Shhh.) Al ot seem to have parents who fawn all over them and give them money because "They're so sensitive and see that there are more important things than making money."

Michelle Obama turns Irish.

When the evening ended following Michelle O'Bama's speech about her husband, and some cute family unity with Barack Obama seen via satellite, commentators on both CNN and Fox judged that too little had happened on the first night.

re: #21 Lawrence Schmerel

Trained and Organized Anarchists

Armed and Violent Pacifists

These are the innovations of modern liberalism.

I still prefer the tried and true terms like rabble rousers and scum.

re: #43 Vergeltung

Yes I get the feeling that I was playing more of the usefull idiot role those days when it came to the NLG. I was very idealistic and uninformed.

re: #50 JammieWearingFool

When this is over, McCain is going to get quite a bounce.

I just don't see how he can fail, especially against the party of losers, moonbat morons, crooks, liars, and most prominently, windbags.

re: #29 Eowyn2

would you like to be hit with urine from those folks?

Given that most of the jobs that I've held require some form of drug testing I would have to say no.

[And it's just yuckky too.]

This is so cool.

Let's remember that the history books tell us that Chicago '68 was a police riot, but that's now how it looked at the time to a large chunk of the American electorate; what they saw was a political party that pulled along in its wake some truly obnoxious scum, like the camp followers of some thirteenth-century tribal army.

One who plays at revolution should be prepared for consequences. Our Founders pledged their lives and sacred honor. What this crew is pledging, only G-d knows.

-S-

re: #50 JammieWearingFool

When this is over, McCain is going to get quite a bounce.

Jamie, is it true McCain picked up something like 3 points since the DNC convention started? If so you must be right, he is going to get quite the bounce by the time this dog and pony show is over.

re: #42 wolfie

I would like to know what they do by day.
Academics? Community organizers? Public-dole deadbeats?

* * *
Clearly they're well off enough to fly cross country to riot instead of to work, in Pres. Bush's "lousy" economy.

In most western states wearing a mask that obscures your face in public is against the law. Isn't that the case in Denver? And if so, why aren't they arresting those anarchists wearing masks? They are very obviously planning crimes, hauling them in should be a no brainer.

“If this party has a message it's done a hell of a job hiding it tonight, I promise you that," he said.

Carville is a Hillary shill, but he's right on the politics seen at the convention so far. If the idea is to get people to vote D in November, you have to convince people on the issues - and last night was a lost opportunity because they didn't touch the issues.

Nothing about Iraq. Nothing about the economy.

It was all about the Obamas and the Kennedys.

The problem for Carville is that the Democrats don't have a message. There's nothing to hide. Hope and change isn't a message. It's empty platitudes.

re: #56 debutaunt

Expect a terrifying cat photo at any moment.

I'm on the 5th floor, at work, and just might run straight out that plate glass window over there!

re: #64 Dr. Shalit

One who plays at revolution should be prepared for consequences. Our Founders pledged their lives and sacred honor. What this crew is pledging, only G-d knows.

-S-

Yes somehow I think our Founders wouldn't consider peeing in a baggie as being on the same level as their sacrifices. :)

re: #12 Dave the.....

In the Twin Cities, the....I think they call themselves the Lawyers Guild, or National Lawyers Guild, is more or less encouraging violence. They have been giving info out on what to do if arrested (basically don't cooperate in anyway) and will be there with camera to look for lawsuit fodder.

Good to see John Edwards has found a new career.

re: #46 WrathofG-d

not necessarily true. I was told in my Civil Rights law course that after a pro-bono lawyer wins a civil rights case they can apply to the Gov for a million dollar + bonus for having done Civil Rights work.

Holy S**t. Really?

re: #51 victor_yugo

You've heard correctly, although vinegar is a better antidote.

yes but how many times do you get to piss on a friend during an medical emergency?
/oh boy..nobody tell goddess

re: #54 HoosierHoops

These folks in Denver are disgusting..If the city was smart they would have a 3 day dead head concert outside the city..
problem solved

I think the Burning Man festival is this week. That siphons off some of the weirdos.

I think the hamsters' are starting to catch fire.

So.. anywhere we can see these pepper balls in action?

re: #69 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I'm on the 5th floor, at work, and just might run straight out that plate glass window over there!

NO!

re: #54 HoosierHoops

These folks in Denver are disgusting..If the city was smart they would have a 3 day dead head concert outside the city..
problem solved

ding down for that man. the concert crowd I was in from 1981-95 had ZERO to do with the likes of these violetn assholes. Please, if you are going to generalize, at least have a partial clue, mm-kay? ;)

Good point Wolfie. I have been wondering what these people do in real life besides probably drugs and nothing.

re: #72 CyanSnowHawk

That is what I was told. I was told that because of this, many Civil Rights attornies will ask the jury, on bad cases, to just award the "victim" one dollar to send a message.

The jury thinks they are not doing much harm really...but the Lawyer can then call it a "win" and get the money from the Government.

re: #69 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I'm on the 5th floor, at work, and just might run straight out that plate glass window over there!

Look Out Below!

Huh. I was gonna say something about the 300 demonstrators, but when I got to the comment posting box, noticed that the margins are no longer thin little green lines top and left side, but the whole comment box as well as the prior thread page and the front page are all a sorta pale green.

Anyone else seen this? Or is my browser going whacky on me?!

re: #67 Banner

Anyone in a mask, I assume they have hostile intent, and act accordingly.

re: #57 livefreeor die

I think you may be right about the "sensitive" darlings spiel.
(Confidentially, I too am an adjunct infiltrator! Heh. Your secret is safe with me!)

re: #13 quickjustice

Sir Michael Jackson, British General ret'd, has a nice little story about this.
The British army used this act everywhere, thus also in Northern i
Ireland. They used to unfurl a banner, saying, 'disperse or we shoot'.

When they did that in Belfast one time, the crowd didn't disperse, but looked thoroughly puzzled about those banners.
Turned out, they were last used in Aden, and the message was in Arabic script ...

re: #61 maddogg

I just don't see how he can fail, especially against the party of losers, moonbat morons, crooks, liars, and most prominently, windbags.

* * *
You're talking about Camelot---Camelot! And these folks are using their might for Right! (Yeah, right)

re: #32 Lioness

test

c+

re: #81 realwest

Huh. I was gonna say something about the 300 demonstrators, but when I got to the comment posting box, noticed that the margins are no longer thin little green lines top and left side, but the whole comment box as well as the prior thread page and the front page are all a sorta pale green.

Anyone else seen this? Or is my browser going whacky on me?!

yes. no.

re: #73 HoosierHoops

yes but how many times do you get to piss on a friend during an medical emergency?

I have put out a brush fire that way.

re: #56 debutaunt

Expect a terrifying cat photo at any moment.

Great idea. Make LOLcats out of zombie's pics.

re: #66 alegrias

* * *
Clearly they're well off enough to fly cross country to riot instead of to work, in Pres. Bush's "lousy" economy.

Indeed!

re: #79 WrathofG-d

That is what I was told. I was told that because of this, many Civil Rights attornies will ask the jury, on bad cases, to just award the "victim" one dollar to send a message.

The jury thinks they are not doing much harm really...but the Lawyer can then call it a "win" and get the money from the Government.

don't think so man. I think you are confusing a couple of issues.

re: #65 turn

McCain picked up four points in Reasmussen and is now two points up in the Gallup.

Grim news.

re: #81 realwest

Huh. I was gonna say something about the 300 demonstrators, but when I got to the comment posting box, noticed that the margins are no longer thin little green lines top and left side, but the whole comment box as well as the prior thread page and the front page are all a sorta pale green.

Anyone else seen this? Or is my browser going whacky on me?!

Sorry. All looks fine to me.

re: #81 realwest

same for me, green boves and stuff, just as you say.

re: #54 HoosierHoops

These folks in Denver are disgusting..If the city was smart they would have a 3 day dead head concert outside the city..
problem solved

I was just at a "3 day dead head concert." Granted, there were a large number of moonbats in the jam festival crowd, but they are nothing like the anarcho-losers assembled in Denver.

CNN just featured a new ad by a group calling itself "Hillary Clinton Supporters for John McCain..." This group has a website (these are, imo, justifiably angry people). They point out all the violations of democratic conventions (one person, one vote, etc.) and how these conventions (norms) were openly violated by the Democratic Party (a misnomer). They detail all the frauds and the gaming of the system so as to get Obama on the ticket. Very revealing of how Obama's "Chicago Style politics" is running things...

re: #60 WrathofG-d

Yes I get the feeling that I was playing more of the usefull idiot role those days when it came to the NLG. I was very idealistic and uninformed.

and then you grew up:)

I have three observations why this protest is different from the protests of the 60s.

(1) Anarchist hippy-medics did not treat protesters suffering from anxiety disorders in the 1960s. Unless of course they needed to be "talked down man". See DNC 1968.

(2) If these kids think this is brutality - and I am no fan of cops - they need to meet the police force of the late Mayor Richard Daley or any number of rural places across America today. Dare County, North Carolina springs to mind. See DNC 1968.

(3) Throwing bags of urine at men with guns can lead to terrible misunderstandings. See Kent State University, May 4, 1970.

re: #77 Vergeltung

ding down for that man. the concert crowd I was in from 1981-95 had ZERO to do with the likes of these violetn assholes. Please, if you are going to generalize, at least have a partial clue, mm-kay? ;)

Concur Urinalysis.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

And Ann Coulter agrees:

Deadheads Are What Liberals Claim to Be But Aren't

Here's more scenes of the unwashed in Denver.

Page is slow to load, but the photos are good.

re: #92 JammieWearingFool

McCain picked up four points in Reasmussen and is now two points up in the Gallup.

Grim news.

The more the Democrates talk and posture, the lower Obama's ratings go. You would think someone would just pull the plug and tell everyone to go home already?

re: #88 astronmr20
Thanks! LOL!

re: #94 Vergeltung

same for me, green boves and stuff, just as you say.

I have green boxes and the thread comments alternate between light pink and muddy pink.

re: #93 vxbush

Sorry. All looks fine to me.

Same here...also when you click on the previous thread topic it turns red...I love change.

re: #86 alegrias

* * *
You're talking about Camelot---Camelot! And these folks are using their might for Right! (Yeah, right)

It's just a model.

re: #92 JammieWearingFool

McCain picked up four points in Reasmussen and is now two points up in the Gallup.

Grim news.

Thanks, and you are right ... Dean is a DICK!

Maybe they were Green terrorists from the future.

I mean, without any oil or technology in the future, I guess they would ultimately be reduced to using rocks, slings, javelins (with flint heads), etc. Of course, they could also be the American version of the infitada.

So many morons....so little time....

re: #91 Vergeltung

If you have more information on this issue, I am more than happy to hear it. I'm only stating what I remember.

re: #95 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I was just at a "3 day dead head concert." Granted, there were a large number of moonbats in the jam festival crowd, but they are nothing like the anarcho-losers assembled in Denver.

we might have been at the same show! ;)

Time to get out the Israeli skunk spray. I'm sure Israel would be happy to provide the formula.

re: #101 Nevergiveup

The more the Democrates talk and posture, the lower Obama's ratings go. You would think someone would just pull the plug and tell everyone to go home already?

* * *
What, and miss the chance to hear former President, now skunk at the party, Bill Clinton, speak about SECURITY?

I want to hear that speech, because during his eight years, Al Qaeda was pretty safe & secure.

re: #96 J.S.

Obama's got a lot of trouble just from other Democrats. They are pissed, and the MSM is aiding Obama by not even mentioning these groups. Instead, it's a lovefest between the MSM and BHO.

re: #64 Dr. Shalit

One who plays at revolution should be prepared for consequences. Our Founders pledged their lives and sacred honor. What this crew is pledging, only G-d knows.

-S-

Oh - they pledge other peoples' freedom and possessions!

re: #92 JammieWearingFool

McCain picked up four points in Reasmussen and is now two points up in the Gallup.

Grim news.

And some observers were calling for a 15-point bounce for 0bama. If he gets a negative "bounce", the Dems are in real trouble, and I can't wait to hear what the moonbats at work have to say about it. For now, I'll restrain myself so I can find out what they're "thinking".

Woman on Rush is saying how he's their kids father figure and Ann Coulter is their mother figure.

I can envision liberals driving off the road across the fruited plain.

He gave a shout out to Gateway Pundit earlier for this excellent item.

re: #57 livefreeor die

I wondered in the last thread about how many are on disability. Academics are getting back to school this week (I'm a conservative part-time one. Shhh.) Al ot seem to have parents who fawn all over them and give them money because "They're so sensitive and see that there are more important things than making money."

I agree. These kids are subsidized by their parents. The parents are suckling at the teat of the capitalist-war-machine. And their sense of irony was surgically removed in their late teens.

Real peace comes from strength

Only the strong can be gentle.

re: #98 jester6

(3) Throwing bags of urine at men with guns can lead to terrible misunderstandings. See Kent State University, May 4, 1970.

Throwing anything at people with guns is ill-advised. I used to wonder why the palestinians kept doing that.

re: #111 alegrias

Hey under the BHO administration maybe ALQ could learn to speak Spanish to become more diverse and understanding!

re: #77 Vergeltung

ding down for that man. the concert crowd I was in from 1981-95 had ZERO to do with the likes of these violetn assholes. Please, if you are going to generalize, at least have a partial clue, mm-kay? ;)

That cool..It doesn't hurt at all..although it may leave a mark..
Now.. I didn't say that the concert crowd was violent.. I meant it would serve as a magnet to attract these 'deadheads' to somewhere else outside the city...
My attempt at being witty..go ahead down ding me again...ouch!

re: #10 Walter L. Newton

Yea. Considering that urine can contain nasty little germs. And it burns if you get it in your eyes. How would you like to get hit in the head with a bag of urine? Asshole moby.

Calm down, Walter. He's a good lizard. I expect it was a typo.

re: #27 Honorary Yooper

Thanks buddy, you got it right. (PEE) is safe, not that I would say it's something you should throw.

#2. Now that's a different story

re: #92 JammieWearingFool

McCain picked up four points in Reasmussen and is now two points up in the Gallup.

Grim news.

Do you know if any candidate has ever gotten a negative bounce from the convention?

re: #99 victor_yugo

awesome link man, THANKS!

re: #31 alegrias

Oh yes, expect pro bono attorneys to be standing by, chasing the "peace activists" like they chase ambulances.

Well Edwards needs something to do. I hear all his friends are letting his phone calls go straight to voice mail!

re: #101 Nevergiveup

The more the Democrates talk and posture, the lower Obama's ratings go. You would think someone would just pull the plug and tell everyone to go home already?

They haven't had time enough to truly cleave the party in two yet by nominating Hillary.

re: #81 realwest

Huh. I was gonna say something about the 300 demonstrators, but when I got to the comment posting box, noticed that the margins are no longer thin little green lines top and left side, but the whole comment box as well as the prior thread page and the front page are all a sorta pale green.

Anyone else seen this? Or is my browser going whacky on me?!

yeah and what happened to the artsy round cornered boxes as well!

re: #114 Kosh's Shadow

And some observers were calling for a 15-point bounce for 0bama. If he gets a negative "bounce", the Dems are in real trouble, and I can't wait to hear what the moonbats at work have to say about it. For now, I'll restrain myself so I can find out what they're "thinking".

Actually, McCain's people floated the notion of a 15-point bounce, likely so they come out looking alright if there is indeed one. We'll see where they stand by the weekend. If it's tied or Obama isn't significantly ahead, then Obama's in deep shit.

re: #118 CyanSnowHawk

Throwing anything at people with guns is ill-advised. I used to wonder why the palestinians kept doing that.

Because their OODA loop is missing the OO part.

re: #64 Dr. Shalit

One who plays at revolution should be prepared for consequences. Our Founders pledged their lives and sacred honor. What this crew is pledging, only G-d knows.

-S-

I believe they are pledging their Pees Scarfs.

re: #84 buzzsawmonkey

Chicago was a police riot. But the riot was intentionally provoked by the protesters.

The police could almost certainly have contained the protesters without quite as much random club-swinging. But Chicago had had serious riots earlier that year after the King assassination, and the Mayor and the police were not about to let the protesters take over a Democratic convention in a Democratic city. The protesters were open about their intention to cause as much trouble and mayhem as possible, and the mayor who had earlier that year issued the "shoot to kill arsonists; shoot to maim looters" order was not going to take it lying down.

Chicago PD was not ready for the situation. The rioters where very successful in provoking the desired reaction form CPD.

re: #120 HoosierHoops

That cool..It doesn't hurt at all..although it may leave a mark..
Now.. I didn't say that the concert crowd was violent.. I meant it would serve as a magnet to attract these 'deadheads' to somewhere else outside the city...
My attempt at being witty..go ahead down ding me again...ouch!

just clearing up your misconception with a little primary-source evidence. :)

re: #99 victor_yugo

OK, that interview is just bizarre. This is a gem:

My collection of Dead tapes, by the way, was the reason I heard one of the Linda Tripp tapes before Ken Starr did. Tripp's lawyer obviously needed to hear the tape before turning it over to the prosecutor, but he only had an old 1950's tape player and couldn't get it to work and Ken Starr wanted the tape the next morning. He was terrified he'd hit the wrong button and erase the evidence. In the wee hours of the morning, it occurred him, a Deadhead himself, that he knew one person in D.C. who definitely had a tape machine. So, at around 2 AM, he called me and asked to come over to use my tape deck.

re: #127 Big Steve
Uh, does that "yeah" mean you're seeing green too, or are you seeing "Red" as someone else said above?!

re: #118 CyanSnowHawk

Throwing anything at people with guns is ill-advised. I used to wonder why the palestinians kept doing that.

Because a rock can still kill a person and the media will cover for them saying "they were just throwing some rocks"

Demonstration

re: #115 JammieWearingFool

Woman on Rush is saying how he's their kids father figure and Ann Coulter is their mother figure.

I can envision liberals driving off the road across the fruited plain.

He gave a shout out to Gateway Pundit earlier for this excellent item.

That will blow a few minds.

re: #131 jcm

Push long enough, and you may get what you wished for.... BAD IDEA!

re: #123 maddogg

Do you know if any candidate has ever gotten a negative bounce from the convention?

No idea about that. Good question. I know the media went apeshit over the 1992 GOP convention after Buchanan spoke, but even then Bush got a bounce.

Maybe Mondale, Dukakis or Jimmy Carter since they all had summer leads and got crushed. Lurch pretty much flatlined in 2004, IIRC.

re: #121 Ward Cleaver

Calm down, Walter. He's a good lizard. I expect it was a typo.

My freedom of speach is being supressed. It's my right to be wrong. I've been wrong on some of the most famus blogs on the internets. If loving you is wrong, than I don't want to be right.

/sorry, my mistake.

JWF,

Actually, McCain's people floated the notion of a 15-point bounce, likely so they come out looking alright if there is indeed one. We'll see where they stand by the weekend. If it's tied or Obama isn't significantly ahead, then Obama's in deep shit.

Yup. Coming soon to the treads of a bus near you, Joe Biden.

re: #106 turn

Howard the Dick is a scream!

Yyyyyeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!

there is green on my screen

It's all about these protesters fulfilling some kind of fantasy.

re: #119 barry the baptist

Hey under the BHO administration maybe ALQ could learn to speak Spanish to become more diverse and understanding!

* * *
Hello! Mohammed Atta spent the summer of 2001 in Spain. Atta already spoke German as a resident of Hamburg, Germany. Are you kidding? ALQ folks speak many languages more than most of us.

Spain is full of folks who fund terrorist activities off hashish and stolen stuff which they move around the world somehow.

Sunday's WashingtonPost talked about how they're not using big financial organizations to move their money to support attacks against the infidel West.

One English sheep herder had several truckloads of sheep stolen on its way to the Halal shops. Terrorists sold the sheep for cash to fund jihad.

Terrorists now take out loans & default on them, to fund terrorism, per this article in Sunday's Washington Post.

Wonder if our housing mortgage default rate contributes somehow to global jihad.

re: #31 alegrias

Oh yes, expect pro bono attorneys to be standing by, chasing the "peace activists" like they chase ambulances.

Seattle WTO is was all prepped ahead of time. The attorney's where lined up, boiler plate documents drawn up with the name left blank.

SPD and the prosecutor in Seattle got flooded with paperwork before they'd processed everyone.

Very intentionally bogging the system down so the 48 and 72 hour holds expired.

re: #100 NoSubmission

Here's more scenes of the unwashed in Denver.

Page is slow to load, but the photos are good.

I find two things interesting about these photos:

First - The fact that in many of them the media seem to outnumber the protesters.

Second - The fact that so many of the protesters cover their faces. Is this out of paranoia or shame?

re: #141 Dirk Diggler

Yup. Coming soon to the treads of a bus near you, Joe Biden.

And then,

It's too late to turn back now,
I believe Obama's falling in polls.

re: #143 itellu3times

there is green on my screen

Use a Kleenex next time you sneeze.

/

re: #128 JammieWearingFool

It's all about managing expectations.

Obama's people will say that they'll expect a modest bounce up - figure 5-7 points. Clinton's people might say he would get 10-15 points. McCain's people might similarly say they expect him to get a big boost.

That way, if Obama gets a smaller than expected bounce, Clinton and McCain's people can both claim that Obama didn't do what he had to do. If Obama gets a bigger bounce than the one his people thought he'd get, he looks like he did better than they figured.

Of course, all that goes out the window if there's no bounce or he drops.

re: #92 JammieWearingFool

McCain picked up four points in Reasmussen and is now two points up in the Gallup.

Grim news.

who is Jim Leach?

re: #146 jcm

Was that ever a mess. )-:

re: #147 Ford_Prefect

Second - The fact that so many of the protesters cover their faces. Is this out of paranoia or shame?

Was gonna say, do not recall so many (any?) covered faces in '68.

re: #147 Ford_Prefect

I find two things interesting about these photos:

First - The fact that in many of them the media seem to outnumber the protesters.

Second - The fact that so many of the protesters cover their faces. Is this out of paranoia or shame?

Or out of sympathy for their "oppressed Palestinian brethren."

During the Civil War urine was used as a major ingredient in making gunpowder. Newspapers would print articles asking women to bring their
urine to collecting stations. I think it has something to do with the nitrogen content.

re: #128 JammieWearingFool

Actually, McCain's people floated the notion of a 15-point bounce, likely so they come out looking alright if there is indeed one. We'll see where they stand by the weekend. If it's tied or Obama isn't significantly ahead, then Obama's in deep shit.

Normally he veep pick gets five points, Biden didn't even get a dead cat bounce.

re: #122 Dustoff-507
Hey Dustoff my friend - are you seeing a lot of green

re: #147 Ford_Prefect

I find two things interesting about these photos:

First - The fact that in many of them the media seem to outnumber the protesters.

Second - The fact that so many of the protesters cover their faces. Is this out of paranoia or shame?

1) Same as Palestine. 30 cameras taking pictures of 1 little girl who they get to pose next to the wall.

2) Its so the Parents dont see what their college money is paying for.

Why is it people who call themselves "peace activists" and "anti-war protesters" always seem so remarkably war like and just not very inclined to act peaceably.

re: #147 Ford_Prefect

Paranoia. They live in a world where they the Government is all-knowing, and they are doing such important work that they are always being watched, followed, etc.

The protesters are already armed better than our own military after Barack makes CHANGES when he becomes POTUS.

We Come In Peace.

re: #159 galloping granny

Why is it people who call themselves "peace activists" and "anti-war protesters" always seem so remarkably war like and just not very inclined to act peaceably.

"Riot 4 Peace"

- sign seen in crowd yesterday.

re: #147 Ford_Prefect

Second - The fact that so many of the protesters cover their faces. Is this out of paranoia or shame?

More like fear of prosecution. But mostly a mask seems to give license to acting out bad behavior. The self ceases temporarily and becomes eclipsed by their natural evil impulses. Hence the Palis love masks and the KKK too.

re: #159 galloping granny Well actually they tend to mostly "act" warlike; they really aren't cause they know that they aren't going to face anything like the Chicago Cops in 1968.
It's all just "drama" to them!

re: #162 pat

We Come In Peace.

And we'll leave you in pieces

re: #162 pat

We Come In Peace.

They came in Piss.

re: #160 WrathofG-d

Paranoia. They live in a world where they the Government is all-knowing, and they are doing such important work that they are always being watched, followed, etc.

Harder for FBI to keep a file on you that way, or to use face-recognition software. Follows the Arab/Pali line on things, anyway, not that Jesse James needed such models. Rather cuts down on the heroic aspect tho, don't it?

re: #152 Dustoff-507

Was that ever a mess. )-:

Seattle didn't provide relief for the cops, 18 hours on no provision for breaks or food. The order was not to provoke, not to engage and it got out of hand.... fast.

The next time Mardi Gras, SPD had orders to stay out of the crowd, that turned into a riot and Christopher Kime got beat to death within sight of SPD.

Seattle City Government is a pathetic joke.

Based on zombie's report DPD did an outsiding job, isolated and confine the trouble, then let it fizzle out.

re: #159 galloping granny

Why is it people who call themselves "peace activists" and "anti-war protesters" always seem so remarkably war like and just not very inclined to act peaceably.

* * *
Meanwhile in the war zone of Georgia, our troops in their military uniforms are peaceably handing out water & food & baby formula to victims of Russian brutality.

re: #151 Eowyn2

who is Jim Leach?

The somnambulent former GOP RINO now disguised as the mythical creature known as an Obamacan.

He was at the podium when the networks came on last night and promptly put America to sleep.

I hard McCain pulled ahead by two in a Gallup poll.

What to make of Michelle Obama's use the terms, “The world as it is” and “The world as it should be?”

From whence do they originate? Try Chapter 2 of Saul Alinsky’s book, Rules for Radicals. In last night's speech, Michelle Obama said something that peeked my curiousity. She said:

"Barack stood up that day," talking about a visit to Chicago neighborhoods, "and spoke words that have stayed with me ever since. He talked about “The world as it is” and “The world as it should be..."

And, "All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won’t do – that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be."

Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Saul Alinsky’s book, Rules for Radicals:

"The means-and-ends moralists, constantly obsessed with the ethics of the means used by the Have-Nots against the Haves, should search themselves as to their real political position. In fact, they are passive — but real — allies of the Haves…The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means... The standards of judgment must be rooted in the whys and wherefores of life as it is lived, the world as it is, not our wished-for fantasy of the world as it should be."

re: #162 pat

We Come In Peace.

To Serve Man.

Profile of Denver Protester:

Your life once had purpose.There was a cause. You believed in it. You celebrated your self awareness with drugs and more drugs. You came through it dazed. Unsure of who you are. Where you fit in. You yelped from the sidelines here and there over the years. Maybe to find the glory. And you continued to do drugs and drugs. You landed a job here. Lied about your credentials there. Got fired somewhere else. Angry. Bitter. No purpose. Bile. Vitriol. Need an enemy. You found one again. Hello old friend. Yes there are others like me. I am not a freak. Hello freak. Hello - hey its a "pig" ! Do we still use that term? Take this "pig" ...Ow..what the f---! - my eyes!
You crawl up in a ball looking for your Southern Comfort bottle - this sucks you cry as you shake you tiny, tiny fist.

re: #156 jcm

Normally he veep pick gets five points, Biden didn't even get a dead cat bounce.

The dead cat is on his head.

re: #169 itellu3times

Didn't they outlaw the Klan hood?

re: #131 jcm

Chicago PD was not ready for the situation. The rioters where very successful in provoking the desired reaction form CPD.

And police departments all over the world have spent the last 40 years analyzing the 1968 Chicago riots to develop new tactics to insure that in later years would-be rioters would not be able to "re-create '68". Judging by what happened yesterday those new tactics have been very successful.

I found the quote that goes with my previous post.
From 'Al Queda's Fantasy Ideology' by Lee Harris

My first encounter with this particular kind of fantasy occurred when I was in college in the late sixties. A friend of mine and I got into a heated argument. Although we were both opposed to the Vietnam War, we discovered that we differed considerably on what counted as permissible forms of anti-war protest. To me the point of such protest was simple — to turn people against the war. Hence anything that was counterproductive to this purpose was politically irresponsible and should be severely censured. My friend thought otherwise; in fact, he was planning to join what by all accounts was to be a massively disruptive demonstration in Washington, and which in fact became one.

My friend did not disagree with me as to the likely counterproductive effects of such a demonstration. Instead, he argued that this simply did not matter. His answer was that even if it was counterproductive, even if it turned people against war protesters, indeed even if it made them more likely to support the continuation of the war, he would still participate in the demonstration and he would do so for one simple reason — because it was, in his words, good for his soul.

re: #147 Ford_Prefect

I find two things interesting about these photos:

First - The fact that in many of them the media seem to outnumber the protesters.

Second - The fact that so many of the protesters cover their faces. Is this out of paranoia or shame?

Because it looks Cool. That's probably pretty much it. I did notice that all the bandanas looked brand new.

re: #173 kuffar

I hard McCain pulled ahead by two in a Gallup poll.

During the DNCC?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Does anyone know how to send Charles a note directly? I have something to share -- thanks.

re: #147 Ford_Prefect

The face covering is odd, isn't it?
At first it didn't startle me. Then I remembered that this was NOT done in the 60's. Why are they doing it now?......and why didn't it immediately surprise me?
Then it hit me.
They are imitating the Palestinians and Islamo-nuts.
That's why it looks "normal," even tho I know it isn't traditional for hippie-nuts.
Convergence of the crazies.

In 68 the little darlings made the huge mistake of cutting the police horses. This was not the their advantage as it really really pissed off the police.

re: #173 kuffar

I hard McCain pulled ahead by two in a Gallup poll.

I heard by 3 earlier.

These World Citizens couldn't get into China.

re: #139 JammieWearingFool

No idea about that. Good question. I know the media went apeshit over the 1992 GOP convention after Buchanan spoke, but even then Bush got a bounce.

Maybe Mondale, Dukakis or Jimmy Carter since they all had summer leads and got crushed. Lurch pretty much flatlined in 2004, IIRC.

I think Lurch should have come out and done the Cold Miser dance at the convention. That would have gotten him the bounce he was looking for.

I cannot watch "The Year Without a Santa Claus" without seeing Kerry as Cold Miser and W as Heat Miser. It made for an interesting campaign season, but now I'll never be able to forget it.

re: #168 NoSubmission

They're protesting for Whirrled Piss.

re: #174 Kenneth

What to make of Michelle Obama's use the terms, “The world as it is” and “The world as it should be?”

It's such a pretty progressivist mantra, I'll bet it's older than Alinsky.

"As it should be", forsooth, unicorns and butterflies, no doubt.

FNC is reporting on BHO and Willy Ayers. Interviewing Stanley Kurtz.

why do they need weapons for? i thought they dont believe in weapons and violence? what happened?

re: #184 wolfie

The face covering is odd, isn't it?
At first it didn't startle me. Then I remembered that this was NOT done in the 60's. Why are they doing it now?......and why didn't it immediately surprise me?
Then it hit me.
They are imitating the Palestinians and Islamo-nuts.
That's why it looks "normal," even tho I know it isn't traditional for hippie-nuts.
Convergence of the crazies.

* * *
Very Hezbollan.

re: #178 WrathofG-d

Didn't they outlaw the Klan hood?

I dunno, did they? They who?

Denver seems to be the only place in the country where there's any unusual heat. Indeed, check out weather.com -- you'd think it's mid-late Sep., not late August.

Oooooh.

LGF - now with Minty Green Freshness!

re: #109 Vergeltung

we might have been at the same show! ;)

Yeah, me too.

I also dinged down HoosierHoops's brilliant assessment. There are many intelligent commenters here, and there are others who are mouthpieces for stereotypes.

re: #191 MandyManners

FNC is reporting on BHO and Willy Ayers. Interviewing Stanley Kurtz.

* * *
Do report!

re: #141 Dirk Diggler

JWF,

Yup. Coming soon to the treads of a bus near you, Joe Biden.

Looks like while the moonbats outside try to "re-create '68", BO is trying to "re-create '72".

re: #157 realwest

Green? Wa State is nothing but green. (-:

Libaugh on the radio. McCain landslide of Reagan proportions, Democratic party is imploding, so is the Republican party.

I haven't tuned in to CNN in 5-6 years, but if McCain gets a bounce from the Democratic convention, I will just to watch moonbat heads go critical.

re: #183 deester

Does anyone know how to send Charles a note directly? I have something to share -- thanks.

Just send it to the RNC. Don't you know about the vast right wing conspiracy? Or if you want you can send it to Government of Israel. They will forward it to Charles along with the list of those who get those big Zionist checks.

re: #178 WrathofG-d

Didn't they outlaw the Klan hood?

That's what I wanna' know.

I'm pretty sure I recall that the KKK had planned a march somewhere, maybe it was in NYC--boy was that ever a circus--and the law was, if you wear a mask you cannot demonstrate.

re: #186 Halman

I heard by 3 earlier.

It's a 2 point lead for McCain, and Gallup reports no Biden bounce.

This is an OT driveby post :

McCain has celebrity filled fundraiser in Hollywood.

I do love how McCain gets right in the face of the Democrats. Now he needs to do a press conference in Berkeley to place the Democrats in full defensive mode.

Two things which really bug me about all those peace-activists, so-called:
* covering their faces because of 'police brutality' and 'government repression'.
Well - the people who demonstrated against really oppressive regimes, like the Chinese in Tiananmen Square, or the East Germans before tha wall came down, did not cover their faces - and they had indeed much much more to fear than this bunch of wimps.
* this bleating about their freedom of speech and assembly - hey, how is that you are free to attack peaceful policemen and policewomen, but they are not allowed to subdue you to keep the peace for ordinary citizens? Too many drugs obviously addling their brains ...

re: #184 wolfie

The face covering is odd, isn't it?
At first it didn't startle me. Then I remembered that this was NOT done in the 60's. Why are they doing it now?......and why didn't it immediately surprise me?
Then it hit me.
They are imitating the Palestinians and Islamo-nuts.
That's why it looks "normal," even tho I know it isn't traditional for hippie-nuts.
Convergence of the crazies.

It certainly leads one to believe that they went there with the intention to do something they wouldn't want anyone to know they did. Whether that is something they were trying to hide from the cops, their teachers (who are probably there as well) or their parents is the question.

re: #199 CIA Reject

I thought BHO was going to be the second coming of Jimmy Carter? that'd be Recreate '76, wouldn't it?

re: #194 itellu3times

It is my understanding that the wearing of the KKK hood in public was made illegal.

I just wonder if the same thing could/would be done for the covering of ones face during a violent "protest". That being said, I imagine that some leftist judge would find the right to wear it in the punumbra of privacy rights. (ie: where they make up laws to push their agenda)

re: #183 deester

Does anyone know how to send Charles a note directly? I have something to share -- thanks.

There is an email form in the left margin.

re: #183 deester

Does anyone know how to send Charles a note directly? I have something to share -- thanks.

Click on the CONTACT button at the upper left.

re: #183 deester

Does anyone know how to send Charles a note directly? I have something to share -- thanks.

Use the "Contact" tab on the left, above the music.

re: #203 Nevergiveup

Just send it to the RNC. Don't you know about the vast right wing conspiracy? Or if you want you can send it to Government of Israel. They will forward it to Charles along with the list of those who get those big Zionist checks.

re: #206 lawhawk

It's a 2 point lead for McCain, and Gallup reports no Biden bounce.

Oops, I heard a 3 point change, not a 3 point lead. Thanks for the link.

re: #198 alegrias

* * *
Do report!

I musta' caught the end of it 'cause they're now talkinga about the hurricane.

re: #207 buzzsawmonkey

Let's not forget Mr Trouble maker. (Tom Haden)

re: #200 Dustoff-507

Green? Wa State is nothing but green. (-:

WA is nuthin' but WATERMELONS, where Dustoff and I hang.

Pingjockey on the other hand lives on the dry side, which is not as bad.

re: #219 Dustoff-507

Let's not forget Mr Trouble maker. (Tom Haden)

What's he doing now a days?

Honorary Yooper,

"Riot 4 Peace"

"COEXIST!...OR WE'LL DOUSE YOU WITH URINE!"

re: #182 jcm

During the DNCC?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Rove, you magnificent bastard!

oh wait, wrong McBush ..

re: #220 jcm

Sooooooooo true. Some days it really get's me down. )-:

re: #33 wolfie

"Attention whores" nails it.
And there is boredom. A lot of people living in modern, rich societies are bored. Santa Claus keeps brings them toy after toy, but they're bored.

They are bored, and worse, they know that their narcissistic existence is without purpose or meaning.

re: #221 Nevergiveup

Talking with Obama I bet

re: #219 Dustoff-507

Let's not forget Mr Trouble maker. (Tom Haden)

He's been mighty quiet lately.

Sometimes the Republican Party reminds me of the early Portugese explorers, who, when becalmed off the coast of Brazil, and dying of thirst, encountered another ship. They begged for water, for they were dying. They were told to simply dip their buckets over the sides of the ship to drink the fresh water flowing from the Amazon.

The fresh water of conservatism surrounds the Republican party, and yet they drink not.

re: #195 SFGoth

Denver seems to be the only place in the country where there's any unusual heat. Indeed, check out weather.com -- you'd think it's mid-late Sep., not late August.

It will be up to 93 today. That's not unusual. Aug. is our hottest month. For a matter of fact, it's been a much cooler Aug. then normal. Tomorrow it will be in the low 80's and into the 50's overnight.

It's been so cool this month, that the yellow jackets have already started to swarm, which doesn't normally happen until mid-Sept.

Walter in Golde, Co.

re: #183 deester

Does anyone know how to send Charles a note directly? I have something to share -- thanks.

Hit the 'Contact' link in the links below the login box at the top of the page. That sends him an email.

re: #44 turn

Zombie does really good work, thanks Z! All this talk of pepper spray balls reminded me of the Port of Oakland Iraq war protests out here in California in 2003. The police there didn't f#$% around with pepper spray, they used friggin rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. Amazingly I found this image that I remembered so vividly in my first Google search.

[Link: www.commondreams.org...]

That will certainly make the participants think twice about showing up for the next protest.

re: #227 MandyManners

"MANDY"

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't wake him.

re: #225 Syrah

Hey when society keeps telling you that whatever you do is correct and impressive (can't hurt the self-esteem) you end up doign nothing. And those doing nothing cannot be tricked by the "self-esteem" PR campaign. In their hearts they know they are doing nothing. So whom do they fight against? The only authority figure around....leftist created Daddy&Mommy government.

re: #100 NoSubmission

Here's more scenes of the unwashed in Denver.

Page is slow to load, but the photos are good.

there's just something about a guy with a bullhorn, a tucked in t-shirt, and white sweats that really makes me hot.

Or I'm having another hot flash

re: #187 alegrias

These World Citizens couldn't get into China.

And if they did, they wouldn't come out.

re: #222 Dirk Diggler

Honorary Yooper,

"COEXIST!...OR WE'LL DOUSE YOU WITH URINE!"

"I'm starting a war for Peace."

-- Eric Idle as John Lennon

re: #190 itellu3times

Here's another use of the expression, from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations:

NGO practitioners should be visionaries, not only seeing the reality of the world as it is, but also envisioning the world as it should be. NGOs should maintain their founding spirit and passion, keeping their tangible dreams while learning from their victories and failures.

WANGO!

re: #213 galloping granny

re: #214 MandyManners

GTMA. LOL!

re: #207 buzzsawmonkey

In 1968 there was a draft, and a much bloodier ongoing war. Both of these things inspired a large protester turnout.

In addition, most of the leaders of those protests were of the same age, or close to it, as the body of the protesters.

Look at the rabble in Denver. Their "leaders" are sagging holdovers trying to recapture their glory days, forty years gone. Yes, they have their followers and hardcore acolytes, but there do not seem to be that many youngsters who are eager to form up behind these wizened relics.

Smarter cops and fewer/older "rioters". A "perfect storm" for the good guys!

re: #174 Kenneth

*choke*

Related: If anyone hasn't seen the ad about which widdle Barry's throwing a tantrum to the Justice Department, Michelle Malkin has it here.

re: #163 Honorary Yooper

"Riot 4 Peace"

- sign seen in crowd yesterday.

they almost used "Riot - 6 Pee -ers."

re: #231 Wendya

There weren't any more protests in Oakland that's for sure. The stupid protesters didn't get any traction in the media over their injuries either.

re: #208 karmic_inquisitor

Daddy Yankee ! Whoa!
He's a HUGE star in PRican/Dominican communities.

re: #236 The Other Les

COEXIST!...OR WE'LL DOUSE YOU WITH URINE!"

If they can't use urine, then what?

/should I dare ask?

Gollum wasn't impressed last night:

Have the Democrats wasted the first night of the convention?

Yes, says Democratic Strategist and CNN contributor James Carville.

[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]

re: #238 Honorary Yooper

re: #214 MandyManners

GTMA. LOL!

Amusing, wasn't it? Would type more but I just acquired a great big bowl of POPCORN!

re: #229 Walter L. Newton

It will be up to 93 today. That's not unusual. Aug. is our hottest month. For a matter of fact, it's been a much cooler Aug. then normal. Tomorrow it will be in the low 80's and into the 50's overnight.

It's been so cool this month, that the yellow jackets have already started to swarm, which doesn't normally happen until mid-Sept.

Walter in Golde, Co.

Down here in inland San Diego we have had a very mild summer. Fog in the mornings, which usually is not the case in late August. We should be having 95+ days but mostly in the 80s.

No significant sun spot activity for almost over 400 days - that spells cold weather in the coming years.

Hard to imagine that the Sun has any effect whatsoever on our climate - I thought it all came down to SUVs
/

re: #234 Eowyn2

there's just something about a guy with a bullhorn, a tucked in t-shirt, and white sweats that really makes me hot.

Or I'm having another hot flash

What about the broad ( I think it was a she at least ) carrying the sign about
"secession"? Think someone should tell her how that worked out last time?

re: #230 CyanSnowHawk

Hit the 'Contact' link in the links below the login box at the top of the page. That sends him an email.

done. and thanks.

re: #240 Fat Jolly Penguin

Wasn't Barry a prof of Con law?

So I guess it's pretty safe to assume that all these bitter piss-flingers don't have jobs. And even if they did, what could they possibly do?

re: #229 Walter L. Newton

It will be up to 93 today. That's not unusual. Aug. is our hottest month. For a matter of fact, it's been a much cooler Aug. then normal. Tomorrow it will be in the low 80's and into the 50's overnight.

It's been so cool this month, that the yellow jackets have already started to swarm, which doesn't normally happen until mid-Sept.

Walter in Golde, Co.

We hit about 95 yesterday. today's high - 65-70

re: #173 kuffar

I hard McCain pulled ahead by two in a Gallup poll.

That poll was the period 8/23-25 (i.e. before any possible effects of the convention).

re: #207 buzzsawmonkey

Look at the rabble in Denver. Their "leaders" are sagging holdovers trying to recapture their glory days, forty years gone. Yes, they have their followers and hardcore acolytes, but there do not seem to be that many youngsters who are eager to form up behind these wizened relics.

The relics are more than happy to stand in the background and direct the dumbass youths to put themselves on the front line. Kind of reminds me of al Qaeda leaders directing others to put on suicide vests and martyr themselves. Luckily, the vast majority of our youngsters do have some sense of self preservation and wouldn't look kindly on that suggestion.

re: #155 Halman

During the Civil War urine was used as a major ingredient in making gunpowder. Newspapers would print articles asking women to bring their
urine to collecting stations. I think it has something to do with the nitrogen content.

Actually true.
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OT (but WOW):

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re: #77 Vergeltung

ding down for that man. the concert crowd I was in from 1981-95 had ZERO to do with the likes of these violetn assholes. Please, if you are going to generalize, at least have a partial clue, mm-kay? ;)

I knew I knew you from somewhere.

re: #234 Eowyn2

LOL. It's the weather.