Hamas is not a state.

NO F'IN WAY!! Somebody is going to pay for this one...

Blind squirrel, meet nut.

It's about damn time they saw it that way. Hamas has been committing war crimes and crimes against humanity for years.

Has Jimmy Carter been made aware of this?

What? The Saudis wouldn't pony up any bucks?

Wow. Someone took the blinders off.

Every third post or ding, I get booted out to the front page. I've reloaded, cleared my cache, rebooted and I even unplugged my freakin' computer.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Y'know, there might just be an idea there. Perhaps Israel should recognize a Palestinian State, then wait about 15 minutes for said Palestinian State to commit an act of WAR...
And then another half-hour or so, the Palestinian State would no longer exist! QED

/

Sorry to go OT so quickly, but I just read on Drudge that, according to the White House, the "war on terrorism" is over. Oh, also that the terms "Jihadists" and "global war" are no longer acceptable.
Fan-freakin-tastic.

I hear Paris Hilton will cover this when she hosts "Meet The Press" this Sunday.

I'm sure they will be issuing a corrected statement soon

re: #8 MandyManners

Every third post or ding, I get booted out to the front page. I've reloaded, cleared my cache, rebooted and I even unplugged my freakin' computer.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Are you on a peecee with Internet Exploder?

In related news, Fatah charges Israel in Arafat death

A simple "Thank you" would have been fine.

I bet they get more of our tax dollars.

You know, it's probably good that HRW is reporting on this, in this way, but, if you dig into the article, you will still see how naive these people can be...

""As the governing authority in Gaza, Hamas should publicly renounce rocket attacks on Israeli civilian centres and punish those responsible, including members of its own armed wing," Levine said."

Sure, when the next pig takes off.

re: #10 Magalaga Ding Dong

Sorry to go OT so quickly, but I just read on Drudge that, according to the White House, the "war on terrorism" is over. Oh, also that the terms "Jihadists" and "global war" are no longer acceptable.
Fan-freakin-tastic.

This was also covered downstairs.

re: #8 MandyManners

Every third post or ding, I get booted out to the front page. I've reloaded, cleared my cache, rebooted and I even unplugged my freakin' computer.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Stinky's mad because you don't post enough comments.

Rocket attacks carried out against Israel by the Hamas rulers of Gaza and other Palestinian militants amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday.

What took them so long?

They noticed this just now?

In other startling news, Michael Jackson is still dead.

Maybe this will become a trend...? We can only hope.

re: #8 MandyManners

Every third post or ding, I get booted out to the front page. I've reloaded, cleared my cache, rebooted and I even unplugged my freakin' computer.

Is this happening to anyone else?

I told you. It was the pop rocks.

re: #19 Sharmuta

What took them so long?

Because they needed to wait until they had 100s of BS reports about Israeli crimes that could be balanced out by one report on Hamas.

re: #20 Cato the Elder

1,000,000 updings!

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

You know, it's probably good that HRW is reporting on this, in this way, but, if you dig into the article, you will still see how naive these people can be...

""As the governing authority in Gaza, Hamas should publicly renounce rocket attacks on Israeli civilian centres and punish those responsible, including members of its own armed wing," Levine said."

Sure, when the next pig takes off.

Where did I see it...Media Backspin, I think... where the leaders of Hamas clearly said that the same leadership controls the humanitarian activists as well as the armed aggressors.

"It is a politicised report lacking objectivity and impartiality," the Hamas information ministry said in a statement.

"Resistance in all its forms is a legitimate right of the Palestinian people as long as they are under occupation and face state terrorism," the statement said.

And the excuse since 2005 is...?

re: #19 Sharmuta and re: #23 Ben Hur

They also had to wait until a Demo☭rat was President again.

This is obviously a typo, they just got Israel and Hamas mixed up.

re: #23 Ben Hur

Because they needed to wait until they had 100s of BS reports about Israeli crimes that could be balanced out by one report on Hamas.

I thought perhaps they'd been sent a strongly worded letter. You know- because they always work.

I'm having issues trusting this press release. I keep thinking it's a cover so they can say they are balanced as they go on attacking Israel.

I'm sure hamas will be humiliated by the bad publicity and will cease all hostility immediately.

re: #10 Magalaga Ding Dong

Sorry to go OT so quickly, but I just read on Drudge that, according to the White House, the "war on terrorism" is over. Oh, also that the terms "Jihadists" and "global war" are no longer acceptable.
Fan-freakin-tastic.

New term? Exploding meanies?

re: #8 MandyManners

I had a hard time logging in today. The system would not allow me to do so for a few hours.

re: #13 Macker

Are you on a peecee with Internet Exploder?

Yes.

“Hamas forces violated the laws of war both by firing rockets deliberately and indiscriminately at Israeli cities and by launching them from populated areas and endangering Gazan civilians,” HRW programme director Iain Levine said.

“Hamas rocket attacks targeting Israeli civilians are unlawful and unjustifiable and amount to war crimes,” he said.

Since, according to HRW's beloved UN charter, war crimes are the worst of possible crimes -- then shouldn't we be THANKING Israel for trying to STOP Hamas' war crimes? How in the world can anyone blame Israel for the actions it takes (i.e. incursions in Gaza) to stop the most heinous of crimes?

The next time someone tries to criticize israel for Operation Cast Lead etc. etc. (and do they ever stop such criticism?), wave this report in their faces. And ask: If Israel doesn't stop Hamas, who will? NO ONE, that's who.

If you support human rights, you must support Israel.

re: #18 rwmofo

Stinky's mad because you don't post enough comments.

*snort*

re: #30 EmmmieG

I'm having issues trusting this press release. I keep thinking it's a cover so they can say they are balanced as they go on attacking Israel.

Well, if Human Rights Watch previous records are any indication, you might be right. Sigh...when did all the organization claiming to stand for "human rights" get so off-kilter about which humans they'd consider right?

Great for the talking points when they go back to defiling Israel.

re: #20 Cato the Elder

In other startling news, Michael Jackson is still dead.

The only question remains:

Is he with Franco in Purgatory, or Elvis in Limbo?

re: #35 zombie

The next time someone tries to criticize israel for Operation Cast Lead etc. etc. (and do they ever stop such criticism?), wave this report in their faces. And ask: If Israel doesn't stop Hamas, who will? NO ONE, that's who.

Well, there's always that wayward nuke from Mr. Dinner Jacket which only "damages" Islam...

/

re: #31 _RememberTonyC

I'm sure hamas will be humiliated by the bad publicity and will cease all hostility immediately.

"How could we have been so blind all these years? Mahqmoud, call Mohammed and have Shalit released at once. No, the other Mohammed. Then we'll need to close the tunnels and return the unused money and weapons to Iran. Wow. Just Wow. Why didn't we see this before? Haziz, I thought you were looking into this."

re: #6 wahabicorridor

What? The Saudis wouldn't pony up any bucks?

No, the Saudis are shilling for Fatah. They've said the split in the Palestinians is doing more damage to the Palis than the Israelis are.
Of course, Fatah also doesn't want peace with Israel; they're just better at playing to the West by pretending they do.
But I think the pretense is so they can ask the West for money, which we duly pay. And then, Fatah steals it, and then points to how poor they are and how they need more money.

re: #4 Honorary Yooper

It's about damn time they saw it that way. Hamas has been committing war crimes and crimes against humanity for years.

They way Hamas mentally tortures the children of Gaza is a crime against humanity. They are INTENTIONALLY creating entire generations of sociopaths.

re: #39 zombie

The only question remains:

Is he with Franco in Purgatory, or Elvis in Limbo?

...and will his nose ever be found?

re: #20 Cato the Elder

They noticed this just now?

In other startling news, Michael Jackson is still dead.

What? No way! I thought he was going to replace Paula Abdul on American Idol!

OT - (but also a 'flying pig' nominee)

After 6 Months, More View Obama's Presidency as a 'Failure' Than Bush's

re: #35 zombie

I just pictured heads exploding across the internet. :)

re: #39 zombie

The only question remains:

Is he with Franco in Purgatory, or Elvis in Limbo?

I would think he would be steering clear of Elvis as much as possible after what we did with Lisa Marie.

Basically, I like the Flying Pig with this, however, I reamain guarded in my optimism. I feel somewhat certain that this will be followed up by several hundred condemnations of Israel for such grievances as public sneezing where the Arab population is known to be large. When push comes to shove, the U.N. will remember where their loyalties lie.

re: #44 NJDhockeyfan

...and will his nose ever be found?

That thing is like a tooth.

Yeah, you won't want to be under the pig when it stops flying.

I'm really suspicious about the motive behind this report. It's late and not at all comprehensive. It seems like a rush job to me. Call me cynical, but I don't think this was released without some kind of pressure.

re: #8 MandyManners

Every third post or ding, I get booted out to the front page. I've reloaded, cleared my cache, rebooted and I even unplugged my freakin' computer.

Is this happening to anyone else?

No, but...LGF has been pretty slow for me recently. Could be that all the futuristic snazzy new features (various video embeds, Ajax, Java, etc.) are disagreeing with your slightly older browser or operating system. Charles is on the cutting edge, and if your browser isn't -- it may suffer the consequences. That's happened to me in the past and I had to upgrade to the latest browser version.

re: #46 Yankee Division Son

OT - (but also a 'flying pig' nominee)

After 6 Months, More View Obama's Presidency as a 'Failure' Than Bush's

Interviews with 1,136 adult Americans, including an oversample
of African-Americans...

Doesn't that sort of skew the results?

Something was going on with our server for a few minutes -- I think Apache was having an attack of the hiccups. Seems to be back to normal now.

re: #39 zombie

The only question remains:

Is he with Franco in Purgatory, or Elvis in Limbo?

A bit lower down than either, in my estimation.

re: #45 Mad Al-Jaffee

What? No way! I thought he was going to replace Paula Abdul on American Idol!

Actually, that would be Victoria Beckham

Okay, Mandy, we have two computers. One uses Firefox, one uses IE. I've just loggged on to the IE computer to give this a try. Note: I had to go to the bottom of the thread to log on. It wouldn't let me log on at the top. I think someone else had this problem.

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

You know, it's probably good that HRW is reporting on this, in this way, but, if you dig into the article, you will still see how naive these people can be...

""As the governing authority in Gaza, Hamas should publicly renounce rocket attacks on Israeli civilian centres and punish those responsible, including members of its own armed wing," Levine said."

Sure, when the next pig takes off.

Exactly. It's like they've suddenly discovered that rabid dogs are prone to biting people... and have called upon the rabies virus to renounce violence.

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"How could we have been so blind all these years? Mahqmoud, call Mohammed and have Shalit released at once. No, the other Mohammed. Then we'll need to close the tunnels and return the unused money and weapons to Iran. Wow. Just Wow. Why didn't we see this before? Haziz, I thought you were looking into this."

you're funny ... you should hire an agent.

Second post.

re: #55 Charles

Something was going on with our server for a few minutes -- I think Apache was having an attack of the hiccups. Seems to be back to normal now.

RACIST!

So, do you suppose HRW will now condemn the murder by fire of Christians in Pakistan over a false rumor that a book was "defiled"?

re: #57 wahabicorridor

Actually, that would be Victoria Beckham

I would be a very, very bad man for Victoria

re: #63 Cato the Elder

So, do you suppose HRW will now condemn the murder by fire of Christians in Pakistan over a false rumor that a book was "defiled"?

pakistan is the ultimate shit hole of planet earth. as i said yesterday, India has my sympathy for having to live next door to that human trash dump.

I never did replicate the hiccup issue, but it still won't let me log on from the main screen in IE.

re: #64 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I would be a very, very bad man for Victoria

Posh needs to eat something.

re: #43 zombie

They way Hamas mentally tortures the children of Gaza is a crime against humanity. They are INTENTIONALLY creating entire generations of sociopaths.

Of course. I can't find the link to the new Hamas movie that says to kill Israelis is to praise Allah. They're just making the children religious.
And [deleted]

re: #63 Cato the Elder

So, do you suppose HRW will now condemn the murder by fire of Christians in Pakistan over a false rumor that a book was "defiled"?

You stop that... if you keep that up, you'll make HRW have to notice injustice in all kinds of places where humans rights are violated. Don;t you know that only the US and the evil Zionists commit war crimes...

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re: #55 Charles

Is anybody else noting that the "auto-update new comments" checkbox seems to not be doing its job?

People annoy me.

re: #65 _RememberTonyC

pakistan is the ultimate shit hole of planet earth. as i said yesterday, India has my sympathy for having to live next door to that human trash dump.

Really? I always thought it was Hoboken. ;^)

I am shocked, shocked, to see this blog perpetuating stereotypes about alcoholic Native Americans.

/

re: #72 Cato the Elder

Really? I always thought it was Hoboken. ;^)

Hoboken is nice. You're thinking of Newark.

re: #66 EmmmieG

I never did replicate the hiccup issue, but it still won't let me log on from the main screen in IE.

IE is the problem. Firefox!

in a related news release, the Palestinian Authority has issued a condemnation of Israel for not ducking...//

Somewhere, there's an "April Fool's!" in that document.

re: #20 Cato the Elder

Funny you mention MJ, there are quite a few idiots wanting to pin that on the Jews as well.

So, is Human Rights Watch about to be designated as a "Mob?". It's coming soon if they keep this up, and be careful your emails don't end up on a WH data base on "fishy" comments on Hamas.

"Here's your portion of Hope/Change, now move along!"

re: #74 buzzsawmonkey

"De-filed?" You mean somebody took a book off its proper shelf in the Pakistan Barnes & Noble and put it back on the wrong one?

No, it was just a rumor that that had happened. No books were harmed in the making of this massacre.

re: #74 buzzsawmonkey

the Pakistan Barnes & Noble

Do you mean the Karachi Arms & Abdul?

re: #67 Cato the Elder

Posh needs to eat something.

I'll take care of that.

re: #74 buzzsawmonkey

"De-filed?" You mean somebody took a book off its proper shelf in the Pakistan Barnes & Noble and put it back on the wrong one?

Someone here used to joke about taking copies of the Koran off of B&N shelves and moving them to the fiction aisles.

re: #35 zombie

And ask: If Israel doesn't stop Hamas, who will?

Strongly-worded internet petitions... bumper stickers... Ben Affleck...?

re: #71 SasquatchOnSteroids

People annoy me.

Why?

I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!

re: #84 buzzsawmonkey

I'm sure he did.

re: #72 Cato the Elder

Really? I always thought it was Hoboken. ;^)

Hoboken is getting better. Camden on the other hand is our version of Calcutta.

re: #82 zombie

1,000,000 updings!

re: #71 SasquatchOnSteroids

People annoy me.

People who complain about others tick me off.

re: #74 buzzsawmonkey

"De-filed?" You mean somebody took a book off its proper shelf in the Pakistan Barnes & Noble and put it back on the wrong one?

There's only one shelf (the top one) and only one book (the Koran).
Even if there is more than one copy, the Koran always has to be on top.
And in Pakistan, they'll riot and burn the store if they do something wrong, then blame the store for burning the Korans.
///

"Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows down."

re: #91 FurryOldGuyJeans

People who complain about others tick me off.

And I think all extremists should be rounded up and shot!

/it's a joke, Stinky

re: #91 FurryOldGuyJeans

People who complain about others tick me off.

"We don't take kindly to folks who don't take kindly."

re: #84 buzzsawmonkey

They serve those intravenously?

re: #87 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Why?

I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!

I need to qualify that. Some people exist only to live in misery and spread it around. Those people annoy me.

It still strikes me as a shame when the truth is a flying pig moment.

A damn shame.

re: #95 ArchangelMichael

"We don't take kindly to folks who don't take kindly."

I'm intolerant of intolerant people.

Oh, noes! Conservatives iz oppressed (again)...
Return of the Enemies List
DHS is sending us to FEMA camps!

re: #97 SasquatchOnSteroids

I need to qualify that. Some people exist only to live in misery and spread it around. Those people annoy me.

I just enjoy life so I can annoy them.

Smile, it makes your enemies unhappy.

re: #102 buzzsawmonkey

Case solved.

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Oh, noes! Conservatives iz oppressed (again)...
Return of the Enemies List
DHS is sending us to FEMA camps!

Does that mean I get my own trailer?

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Oh, noes! Conservatives iz oppressed (again)...
Return of the Enemies List
DHS is sending us to FEMA camps!

Can I bringz Kindle?

re: #39 zombie

The only question remains:

Is he with Franco in Purgatory, or Elvis in Limbo?

Butch Cassidy in Boliva.

re: #99 buzzsawmonkey

I remember that. Some people were also discussing putting stickers on them, which of course is actionable vandalism.

I had suggested at the time that if someone wanted to "make a statement"--and rile up people--without laying themselves open to legal action, all they had to do was place bookmarks printed to look like strips of bacon into the copies on the shelves.

I wonder if they can make ink from pig products and use that to print the bacon bookmarks.

re: #10 Magalaga Ding Dong

Sorry to go OT so quickly, but I just read on Drudge that, according to the White House, the "war on terrorism" is over. Oh, also that the terms "Jihadists" and "global war" are no longer acceptable.
Fan-freakin-tastic.

That can't be true one of our esteemed Lizards just told us that the current administration isn't anti-war. /

I guess throwing your political opponents from roof tops is just boys being boys...

re: #97 SasquatchOnSteroids

I need to qualify that. Some people exist only to live in misery and spread it around. Those people annoy me.

Oh, liberals! Why didn't you just say so?

re: #99 buzzsawmonkey

all they had to do was place bookmarks printed to look like strips of bacon into the copies on the shelves.

Which would be the best thing that ever happened to CAIR (if it were publicized). "Islamophobia!" Cue drowning out all rational discourse, etc.

re: #105 Leonidas Hoplite

Wait, you vote to the right and don't already live in a trailer?

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Oh, noes! Conservatives iz oppressed (again)...
Return of the Enemies List
DHS is sending us to FEMA camps!

Didn't Nixon have one of these?

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Oh, noes! Conservatives iz oppressed (again)...
Return of the Enemies List
DHS is sending us to FEMA camps!

I call the top bunk!

re: #115 DaddyG

I call the top bunk!

I call kapo!

re: #113 formercorpsman

Wait, you vote to the right and don't already live in a trailer?

Freakin' hilarious...

re: #111 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Oh, liberals! Why didn't you just say so?

Truer than you know. You win.

re: #109 DaddyG

That can't be true one of our esteemed Lizards just told us that the current administration isn't anti-war. /

And just who was that person? I really, really, REALLY want to know what substances they are injesting so as to ignore reality.

re: #107 Honorary Yooper

Butch Cassidy in Boliva.

QELPD

(Que En La Paz Descanse)

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Oh, noes! Conservatives iz oppressed (again)...
Return of the Enemies List
DHS is sending us to FEMA camps!

Well, that explains the armband and instruction on how to wear it I got in the mail

re: #117 Leonidas Hoplite

Sorry, it is the best I can do.

re: #100 Cato the Elder

I'm intolerant of intolerant people.

I am an equal opportunity bigot. I hate everyone equally. :)

/not true, really, just kidding.

re: #100 Cato the Elder

I'm intolerant of intolerant people.

Your intolerence aggrivates my offensisensitivity.

re: #8 MandyManners

Every third post or ding, I get booted out to the front page. I've reloaded, cleared my cache, rebooted and I even unplugged my freakin' computer.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Check to see if the front page has "rope" somewhere in the URL.
If so, maybe Charles is trying to tell you something.

*diving for a foxhole*

re: #121 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Well, that explains the armband and instruction on how to wear it I got in the mail

Stars sewn on clothing are just so 1930's/1940's.

re: #116 Cato the Elder

I call kapo!

Lol.

re: #10 Magalaga Ding Dong

Sorry to go OT so quickly, but I just read on Drudge that, according to the White House, the "war on terrorism" is over. Oh, also that the terms "Jihadists" and "global war" are no longer acceptable.
Fan-freakin-tastic.

Who won?

re: #129 eschew_obfuscation

Who won?

If you have to ask, not the US and freedom.

re: #5 NJDhockeyfan

Has Jimmy Carter been made aware of this?

He's beating a rabbit to death in frustration.

re: #124 buzzsawmonkey

If the mere representation of a pig in the form of a piggy bank or an image of Piglet from the Pooh stories on a coffee mug is sufficient to upset the pork-averse

To be fair: IIRC, the "coffee-mug Piglet ban" was a preemptive cringe on the part of the UK governmental agency involved. Nobody had actually complained.

re: #124 buzzsawmonkey

Not necessary. If the mere representation of a pig in the form of a piggy bank or an image of Piglet from the Pooh stories on a coffee mug is sufficient to upset the pork-averse, a nicely-printed bookmark will do the job.

It is better that such a bookmark not be made with any pork product--because any upset which attends the mere pictorial representation will be all the more absurd.

I guess Hamas doesn't tell their kids the story of the three little pigs, then.

Must be the three little Muslims, with the Joos huffing and puffing and blowing their houses up.
///

Crazy Pam sez not to open any emails from the White House. The contain viruses to track you and steal yer computer!

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Oh, noes! Conservatives iz oppressed (again)...
Return of the Enemies List
DHS is sending us to FEMA camps!

Cue the appropriate song...

re: #119 FurryOldGuyJeans

And just who was that person? I really, really, REALLY want to know what substances they are injesting so as to ignore reality.

Well highly esteemed by being oafish in conversation.

/he has a hi-lo esteem issue...

re: #123 BlueCanuck

I am an equal opportunity bigot. I hate everyone equally. :)

/not true, really, just kidding.

I don't hate anyone. Well- except those Snorks. Just who do they think they are, running around like underwater Smurfs?!

re: #55 Charles

Something was going on with our server for a few minutes -- I think Apache was having an attack of the hiccups. Seems to be back to normal now.

An Apache with hiccups?!

/oops, I better not ... tfk might be around ... :D

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam sez not to open any emails from the White House. The contain viruses to track you and steal yer computer!

Serious crazy there.

re: #20 Cato the Elder

They noticed this just now?

In other startling news, Michael Jackson is still dead.

LOL! And Generalisimo Francisco Franco is also still dead.

re: #129 eschew_obfuscation

Who won?

Obama won, didn't you hear that?
Which side is he on?
That would be telling.

re: #134 Killgore Trout

"Border guards will be given unprecedented powers to search travelers without warning. They will be able to go through and confiscate any material a person has on their laptop."

"America is being overtaken by a culture of surveillance."

Source: Russia Today (Pravda)

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam sez not to open any emails from the White House. The contain viruses to track you and steal yer computer!

Damn, we need to redo the Rockwell song "Somebody's Watching Me" with pics of Pam.

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam sez not to open any emails from the White House. The contain viruses to track you and steal yer computer!

If they disguise it as porn spam, I am so fucked.
//

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam sez not to open any emails from the White House. The contain viruses to track you and steal yer computer!

She probably got spam from someone pretending to be from the White House, and if you looked at the headers it came from Russia or China.

re: #141 buzzsawmonkey

Well, there is that problem. Which is why I pointed out in #124 above that something which did not have any trace of porcine derivative in it was the way to go if someone were to do this.

No offense, but that misses the point. It would still be a randomized attempt to offend; CAIR would have a field day with it. It would do no good for anyone other than the bad guys.

re: #143 Killgore Trout

Source: Russia Today (Pravda)

Crazy Pam is down to believing Pravda!?! She's sunk lower than I ever thought possible. I mean, she sank low, but this is below the 5th basement.

re: #119 FurryOldGuyJeans

And just who was that person? I really, really, REALLY want to know what substances they are injesting so as to ignore reality.

I'd tell you but Stinky would whomp me for continuing arguments across threads.

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam sez not to open any emails from the White House. The contain viruses to track you and steal yer computer!

I hear they have an affinity for silicon.

re: #123 BlueCanuck

I am an equal opportunity bigot. I hate everyone equally. :)

/not true, really, just kidding.

I'm more of a "I love humanity, it's people I can't stand" kind of guy.

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam sez not to open any emails from the White House. The contain viruses to track you and steal yer computer!

Wait until she finds out they can do warrant-less wire taps on her phone calls.

re: #147 Kosh's Shadow

She probably got spam from someone pretending to be from the White House, and if you looked at the headers it came from Russia or China.

Obama asked Pam if she would please allow $50 million of Imelda Marcos' money to be transferred to her account...

re: #143 Killgore Trout

The hysterical reactions are, well, hysterical. However, if you look at the original news stories about this, what the White House is doing is pretty disturbing. They are encouraging a "snitch culture" in which people "inform" on their friends and family. Very creepy.

The fact that some people are over-reacting to it doesn't mean it merits no reaction whatsoever.

re: #143 Killgore Trout

Source: Russia Today (Pravda)

Some truth to story:

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

re: #150 DaddyG

I'd tell you but Stinky would whomp me for continuing arguments across threads.

Is said person a record holder in the bottom comments category?

/ looks around for the Stinky stick.

re: #129 eschew_obfuscation

Who won?

Obama - and he isn't afraid to tell us.

re: #156 buzzsawmonkey

You're right, of course. But I can chuckle at the thought, can't I?

Yes, but we have to report you.

/

I never get emails from the White House trying to take over my computer.

I feel like a nobody.

*Sniff*

(Mandy, did you ever fix that problem?)

re: #146 Cannadian Club Akbar

If they disguise it as porn spam, I am so fucked.

Well. duh. Just don't open any pr0n you get from the White House... ;)

re: #149 Honorary Yooper

Crazy Pam is down to believing Pravda!?! She's sunk lower than I ever thought possible. I mean, she sank low, but this is below the 5th basement.

Unfortunately she's not the only one. There was an article last month from Pravda about the end of American capitalism. It was very popular on even "respectable" right wing blogs.

50mins until vacation.
Still they won't leave me alone.
Helpless Mofos. Probably put their underwear on backwards.

I'd like to take issue with Human Rights Watch being headquartered on occupied Lenape Indian territory.

re: #154 Sharmuta

Wait until she finds out they can do warrant-less wire taps on her phone calls.

That's nothing compared to the tracking device in her silicone implants.

re: #157 zombie

The hysterical reactions are, well, hysterical. However, if you look at the original news stories about this, what the White House is doing is pretty disturbing. They are encouraging a "snitch culture" in which people "inform" on their friends and family. Very creepy.

The fact that some people are over-reacting to it doesn't mean it merits no reaction whatsoever.

They said email them anything about healthcare which sounds fishy, so I've been emailing them transcipts of Biden, Obama and Pelosi's statements on the subject.

re: #143 Killgore Trout

"Border guards will be given unprecedented powers to search travelers without warning. They will be able to go through and confiscate any material a person has on their laptop."

That's actually a) true, and b) old news.

re: #162 EmmmieG

I never get emails from the White House trying to take over my computer.

I feel like a nobody.

*Sniff*

(Mandy, did you ever fix that problem?)

I have a few hundred daily Viagra and penis enlargement spam emails I could forward to you, if you want. ;)

re: #171 FurryOldGuyJeans

I have a few hundred daily Viagra and penis enlargement spam emails I could forward to you, if you want. ;)

No, thanks. I have nothing I could do with those.

re: #153 Land Shark

I'm more of a "I love humanity, it's people I can't stand" kind of guy.

wasn't it Linus in Peanuts when he's thinking of being a doctor when he gets older, then Charlie Brown reminds him he has to love mankind, and Linus' reply : " I love mankind! as long as I don't have to touch them"

re: #163 experiencedtraveller

Well. duh. Just don't open any pr0n you get from the White House... ;)

That comes from whitehouse.com, not whitehouse.gov
(There was a pr0n site whitehouse.com, but I think it is gone now.)

re: #157 zombie

The hysterical reactions are, well, hysterical. However, if you look at the original news stories about this, what the White House is doing is pretty disturbing. They are encouraging a "snitch culture" in which people "inform" on their friends and family. Very creepy.

The fact that some people are over-reacting to it doesn't mean it merits no reaction whatsoever.

There's also the consideration that once you've started filing away lists, you never know just who's going to wind up with those lists, or with the power that allowed their creation.

re: #157 zombie

Sources like Pravda?

Senate now voting on Sotomayor!

re: #146 Cannadian Club Akbar

If they disguise it as porn spam, I am so fucked.
//

I think you just confused whitehouse.com with whitehouse.gov /

re: #164 Killgore Trout

Unfortunately she's not the only one. There was an article last month from Pravda about the end of American capitalism. It was very popular on even "respectable" right wing blogs.

You'd think they'd realise that Pravda is less reliable than the Weekly World News. I mean, if Pravda came out with a story on Bat Boy, I'd dispute their version of it.

re: #172 EmmmieG

No, thanks. I have nothing I could do with those.

You could get a chuckle or two at them, I sure do just getting them. I don't ever actually read 'em.

re: #157 zombie

The hysterical reactions are, well, hysterical. However, if you look at the original news stories about this, what the White House is doing is pretty disturbing. They are encouraging a "snitch culture" in which people "inform" on their friends and family. Very creepy.

The fact that some people are over-reacting to it doesn't mean it merits no reaction whatsoever.

And, if this had come from the Bush administration, the streets would be alight with effigies and the ACLU would have cornered the market on bullhorns.

re: #122 formercorpsman

Sorry, it is the best I can do.

It was a good one! Made me laugh

The 2nd interesting bit of news from VA this week...

Former Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell (R) has opened up a statistical lead over his Democratic rival in the race for governor, according to new polls out of the Old Dominion, and some political observers say a public souring on President Obama could be the cause.

The latest poll, conducted for the liberal DailyKos website by the independent polling firm Research 2000, shows McDonnell with a 51 percent to 43 percent lead over state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D). That's up from a statistically insignificant one-point margin between the two in a mid-June poll.

In the new poll, both men have healthy leads among their bases, though McDonnell does noticeably better among Democrats than Deeds among Republicans. McDonnell also sports a 55 percent to 40 percent lead among independent voters.

Has anyone searched the Web for a blank Human Rights Watch press release form?

/maybe from their Kenya office?

re: #167 Killgore Trout

That's nothing compared to the tracking device in her silicone implants.

Maybe she needs some tin-foil pasties.

re: #169 buzzsawmonkey

"Underwear?" Explain.

Typical dumbasses. In this corner we have Mr. Backslapper, over there is I've fallen and can't get up guy, and Mr I Xerox my ass for kicks is nowhere to be found.

Get.Me.The.Eff.Out.Of.Here.

re: #179 Honorary Yooper

You'd think they'd realise that Pravda is less reliable than the Weekly World News. I mean, if Pravda came out with a story on Bat Boy, I'd dispute their version of it.

Yet wasn't it a tabloid that broke the real news about Edwards and his mistress?

re: #174 Kosh's Shadow

That comes from whitehouse.com, not whitehouse.gov
(There was a pr0n site whitehouse.com, but I think it is gone now.)

Closed up on January 19, 2001?

OT -

Well, the Direct TV manchick has almost finished the installation of glorious 200 channels. What a joy. In Kackistan, we don't have direct anything, just state run progoms. Instead, in my town we have Vistovick bend over and drop her pants and we project shadow puppets on her ass.

re: #171 FurryOldGuyJeans

I have a few hundred daily Viagra and penis enlargement spam emails I could forward to you, if you want. ;)

I was once guaranteed a site was the best anal sex set on the internet ever. I'll admit I was intrigued. I wondered how they could back that up.

/rimshot

re: #33 Flyovercountry

I had a hard time logging in today. The system would not allow me to do so for a few hours.

I had to log in on the comments page not the home page. I already e-mailed Charles about it. I think LGF must have blown a hamster.

re: #178 DaddyG

I think you just confused whitehouse.com with whitehouse.gov /

I remember them. They were a very good lesson to me the first time I tried to use the internet, back in the 90's.

The lesson was: check your addresses.

re: #187 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yet wasn't it a tabloid that broke the real news about Edwards and his mistress?

One of the celeb ones, IIRC.

Whatever happened to the Lenape, anyway?

re: #186 SasquatchOnSteroids

Typical dumbasses.

Hm... you sound like you're about to start a shooting spree, directed against some oil cans. "He hates these cans!"

re: #190 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

*thumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthump*

re: #191 DaddyG

I had to log in on the comments page not the home page. I already e-mailed Charles about it. I think LGF must have blown a hamster.

There's gotta be a dirty joke there somewhere. Kind of like the one about the penguin who likes ice cream.

re: #173 Spider Mensch

I believe you're correct. I'll have to check with my brother who's a real Peanuts freak. I've always loved that strip. Thank you Charles Schultz, R.I.P.

re: #176 Sharmuta

Sources like Pravda?

Sources like The White House and The Wall Street Journal.

re: #189 Walter L. Newton

"manchick"?

Regarding a 'culture of surveillance' a lot of democracies are slipping down that slippery path.

Fines generated by automatic devices for your deviant behavior of speeding a little on the highway is difficult for any politico to resist.

Moot point. As mentioned earlier unless these people (?) quit teaching their diaper clad babies to hate their neighbors with all they have nothing will change. Some of the vid and stills out there show 2 year olds with toy suicide vests and that lovely Hamas face paint are the among the saddest things I`ve ever seen. Oh, and dont forget the 3 year old with `blood` covered hands stomping on the flag of Israel. Monsters.

re: #195 Occasional Reader

Hm... you sound like you're about to start a shooting spree, directed against some oil cans. "He hates these cans!"

Die, gas pumper!!!

re: #194 Ben Hur

Whatever happened to the Lenape, anyway?

The Lenape were of course relocted to Great Neck, NY.

re: #174 Kosh's Shadow

That comes from whitehouse.com, not whitehouse.gov
(There was a pr0n site whitehouse.com, but I think it is gone now.)

Beat me to it. I hope it is gone- too dangerous for accidental visits by kids doing school reports. I'm at work so I'm not going to try to check.

We have two computers (and no television). One uses Firefox, one uses IE. The login problem occurs in IE, but not Firefox.

re: #191 DaddyG

I had to log in on the comments page not the home page. I already e-mailed Charles about it. I think LGF must have blown a hamster.

re: #191 DaddyG

I had to log in on the comments page not the home page. I already e-mailed Charles about it. I think LGF must have blown a hamster.

No wonder the hamster is out of commission.

re: #190 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I was once guaranteed a site was the best anal sex set on the internet ever. I'll admit I was intrigued. I wondered how they could back that up.

/rimshot

You did not just go down that rabbit hole! /

Sotomayor's in. 68 Aye, 31 Nay.

re: #190 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I was once guaranteed a site was the best anal sex set on the internet ever. I'll admit I was intrigued. I wondered how they could back that up.

/rimshot

the funniest part of your post is the use of /rimshot in a post about anal sex...lol

re: #10 Magalaga Ding Dong

Sorry to go OT so quickly, but I just read on Drudge that, according to the White House, the "war on terrorism" is over. Oh, also that the terms "Jihadists" and "global war" are no longer acceptable.
Fan-freakin-tastic.

I agree with this insofar as they are nutty and meaningless concepts. What the fuck is a war on terror? How does it end, when we're all holding hands across the globe drinking Coke? Now, I don't agree with Obama's motivation, but it's time to call a spade a spade.

re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

In related news, Fatah charges Israel in Arafat death

A simple "Thank you" would have been fine.

arafish is still dead

re: #202 latingent

And after all the hard work we put in taking this thread far off topic, the nerve of some lizards! ;)

re: #207 Macker

More like this.

re: #204 Occasional Reader

The Lenape were of course relocted to Great Neck, NY.

I thought they went up the Creek.

Direct on the White House blog itself:

If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

re: #196 FurryOldGuyJeans

*thumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthump*

Ahhh, nice to see you beating up on some one else with your walker. ;)

/*ducks and covers*

re: #199 zombie

Sources like The White House and The Wall Street Journal.

“There is a lot of misinformation about health insurance reform circulating on the internet and elsewhere. Some of it is intentionally misleading,” Douglass responded in an e-mail. “We want to be sure people have the facts about health insurance reform that will lower costs, protect consumers from insurance regulations that deny them coverage and assure quality and affordable health care for all Americans. We are not compiling lists or sources of information. We may post fact checks from time to time to be sure Americans know the truth about health insurance reform.”

Pretty sinister.

re: #195 Occasional Reader

Hm... you sound like you're about to start a shooting spree, directed against some oil cans. "He hates these cans!"

These cans are defective.

68 Si.

31 No.

re: #20 Cato the Elder

They noticed this just now?

In other startling news, Michael Jackson is still dead.

Bela Lugosi is dead too, but Joan Crawford has risen from the grave. ;->

re: #212 SFGoth

I agree with this insofar as they are nutty and meaningless concepts.

Er... two problems there: 1) "Jihadist" is NOT a meaningless concept. If you don't believe me, just ask... well, the jihadists. 2) GWOT may be a lousy conceptual term, but the Obama Admin is replacing it with even more nebulous, touchy-feely bullshit.

re: #218 BlueCanuck

Ahhh, nice to see you beating up on some one else with your walker. ;)

/*ducks and covers*

You think I'm going to probably risk breaking my cane? Not on your life, you whippersnapper, you! ;)

The VA will replace the walker if I just use enough OMO Speak, they can't replace the cane that was my grandfather's.

re: #223 buzzsawmonkey

"This is the Western culture. When the facts become legend, put the legend on YouTube."

--The Man Who Shot Liberty Surveillance

I see you're Wayne in again.

Actually, I'm leaving in ten.
These Cro-mags are on their own.

re: #157 zombie

The fact that some people are over-reacting to it doesn't mean it merits no reaction whatsoever.

It sounds a bit desperate to me on the part of the administration.

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Oh, noes! Conservatives iz oppressed (again)...
Return of the Enemies List
DHS is sending us to FEMA camps!

I hear they are nice this time of year.

re: #209 DaddyG

You did not just go down that rabbit hole! /

They make red pills for that?/

re: #219 Sharmuta

Pretty sinister.

I agree.

re: #226 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I see you're Wayne in again.

He always tried to Jimmy a few puns into any thread.

re: #217 zombie

Direct on the White House blog itself:

If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Is there coverage for Omega 3,6 and 9? That's fishy.

(Does anyone else think the Director of Communications for the white house should use more professional language than "seems fishy"?)

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam sez not to open any emails from the White House. The contain viruses to track you and steal yer computer!

Screw them, they can get their own pr0n.
/did I type that out loud?

My read of the underlying article is that HRW is challenging the weapons employed, not the rationale of the underlying attacks:

The homemade Qassam and Soviet-designed Grad rockets used by Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip cannot be aimed with any reliability, the report says.

"Under the laws of war, such weapons are indiscriminate when used against targets in densely populated areas," the New York-based watchdog said.

"As the governing authority in Gaza, Hamas should publicly renounce rocket attacks on Israeli civilian centres and punish those responsible, including members of its own armed wing," Levine said.

When it comes to HRW I guess I'll take it, but a more general "Um, you have no basis to fire rockets at Israel at all" statement would have been nice.

re: #217 zombie

Direct on the White House blog itself:

If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

They seem to have no concept of how that looks to average Americans.

re: #224 Occasional Reader

Er... two problems there: 1) "Jihadist" is NOT a meaningless concept. If you don't believe me, just ask... well, the jihadists. 2) GWOT may be a lousy conceptual term, but the Obama Admin is replacing it with even more nebulous, touchy-feely bullshit.

I'm waiting for the "we're not that different from each other" speech. That way I can respond, "Well, I don't want to blow other people up so I can eat 72 raisins."

re: #224 Occasional Reader

Er... two problems there: 1) "Jihadist" is NOT a meaningless concept. If you don't believe me, just ask... well, the jihadists. 2) GWOT may be a lousy conceptual term, but the Obama Admin is replacing it with even more nebulous, touchy-feely bullshit.

First step in the journey to utter capitulation and surrender.

re: #217 zombie

Direct on the White House blog itself:

If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Scare tactics directed at conservatives. Will work to some extent.

re: #217 zombie

Direct on the White House blog itself:

If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

I'll bet if I tried hard enough, I could find an article on the health benefits of eating fish. That would be fun to send them a few hundred times.

re: #226 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I see you're Wayne in again.

But he had to Jimmy the door to get in.

re: #230 Idle Drifter

They make red pills for that?/

Go ask Alice./

re: #108 Kosh's Shadow

buy your own and it is your private property
you can put dreck on your personal private property can't you?

MRS HUR IS PREGNANT.

re: #224 Occasional Reader

It's the Global *cough* against Man-Made Disaster.

re: #228 J.D.

It sounds a bit desperate to me on the part of the administration.

Desperate, probably. Sinister- not so much.

re: #236 doppelganglander

They seem to have no concept of how that looks to average Americans.

In a word...fishy.

re: #244 Ben Hur

MRS HUR IS PREGNANT.

Congratulations!

#2.

Boy.

Yipee!

re: #236 doppelganglander

They seem to have no concept of how that looks to average Americans.

Ever consider they don't care? At times it seems they don't.

re: #244 Ben Hur

MRS HUR IS PREGNANT.

Your welcome.
///

Congrats, man !

re: #244 Ben Hur

MRS HUR IS PREGNANT.

Way to go, Big Guy! {Hur Family}!

re: #244 Ben Hur

MRS HUR IS PREGNANT.

MAZEL TOV!

re: #224 Occasional Reader

Er... two problems there: 1) "Jihadist" is NOT a meaningless concept. If you don't believe me, just ask... well, the jihadists. 2) GWOT may be a lousy conceptual term, but the Obama Admin is replacing it with even more nebulous, touchy-feely bullshit.

We didn't declare war on Nazism, we declared war on Germany. We didn't declare war on Japan's warrior culture, we declared war on Japan. We won both, and as to the latter, big boom big. We declared war on poverty (Johnson) and cancer (Nixon) and we still have both (granted we have less due to capitalism, not due to the "wars" we "declared"). No serious jihadi movement can exist without states for either direct or indirect support. You target the states. The problem is, modern liberalism is a swamp which provides jihadis with succor and prevents free states from defending themselves -- and that's coming from what some people believe is a San Francisco moby pothead.

re: #244 Ben Hur

MRS HUR IS PREGNANT.

Well well well well well!
Congratulations to you two!... er... three.

re: #240 EmmmieG

I'll bet if I tried hard enough, I could find an article on the health benefits of eating fish. That would be fun to send them a few hundred times.

Omega 3!

re: #244 Ben Hur

MRS HUR IS PREGNANT.

If its your, CONGRATS.

If not, OOOPS! ;)

re: #244 Ben Hur

MRS HUR IS PREGNANT.

Yeah, but are you sure it's her's?
/

Just kiddin', congrats dude!

re: #217 zombie

send um e-mails from the DNC. the head of the fish smells first when it gets spoiled.

re: #217 zombie

Direct on the White House blog itself:

If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Send them this

re: #244 Ben Hur

Mazel Tov! Congratulations!

re: #195 Occasional Reader

Hm... you sound like you're about to start a shooting spree, directed against some oil cans. "He hates these cans!"

R. Lee Ermy (host of Lock and Load, on the History channel) likes watermelons, but he likes them dead. A Gatling Gun did a great job on about 20 watermelons, but there were still chunks that could be eaten.
He didn't use the minigun at the end of the show against the watermelons.