Glenn Beck Rants About ‘Commie’ Logo That His Own Group Used

A perfect storm of crazed hypocrisy
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We’re doomed! Doomed, I say! It’s the perfect storm! Aieee!

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Notice that at the beginning of this clip, Beck rants about a clenched fist logo, and connects it to a Communist logo. (Of course.)

But this reminds me of something. Who else used that logo? Would you believe … the Glenn Beck-inspired “9/12 Taxpayer March on DC?”

The commie infiltration is worse than even Glenn Beck imagines! Aieee!

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272 comments
1 HappyWarrior  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:21:46pm

So it comes to this, Glenn Beck is the Manchurian Candidate after all.

2 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:21:48pm

on his own petard

3 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:22:33pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

So it comes to this, Glenn Beck is the Manchurian Candidate after all.

Elect Spongeface for president!

4 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:22:52pm

Commie plants infiltrating the tea party... I shoulda known.

5 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:24:30pm

Image: Double_Facepalm.jpg

6 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:24:46pm

And its a red fist!

Fucking commie.

7 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:24:46pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

So it comes to this, Glenn Beck is the Manchurian Candidate after all.

could you rephrase that... you might cause people to think he is running for office & well that would make a bit of a mess.

8 Simply Sarah  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:24:59pm

Well, Beck has a perfect storm of *something* going on.

9 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:25:02pm

The website for the "9/12 Taxpayer March" now redirects to Dick Armey's FreedomWorks astro-turf operation, which of course, it was all along.

10 HappyWarrior  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:25:32pm

re: #7 brookly red

could you rephrase that... you might cause people to think he is running for office & well that would make a bit of a mess.

Eh, I think people will get the joke that Beck is so anti Commie that he himself is really one.

11 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:25:37pm

re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And its a red fist!

Fucking commie.

and worse, they are all left handed...

12 theheat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:25:42pm

Somewhere Sheperd Fairey is designing a new clenched fist poster with the middle finger pointing upward, just for Glenn.

13 A Man for all Seasons  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:25:48pm

re: #4 brookly red

Commie plants infiltrating the tea party... I shoulda known.

That will make them madder than a federal tax audit

14 bratwurst  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:25:58pm

Wait until he finds out that socialists FOUNDED Israel.

15 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:26:01pm

re: #7 brookly red

could you rephrase that... you might cause people to think he is running for office & well that would make a bit of a mess.

OK, does "Glenn Beck is a fucking douchebag" convey the message more efficiently?

16 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:26:27pm

re: #11 brookly red

and worse, they are all left handed...

Bet they're gingers...

17 HappyWarrior  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:26:41pm

re: #14 bratwurst

Wait until he finds out that socialists FOUNDED Israel.

Wasn't the founder of Zionism one too? Herzi?

18 Fozzie Bear  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:26:49pm

When the pendulum swings back the other way, protesters will become "whiners", and empowered citizens will become "thugs".

Same as it ever was.

19 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:26:58pm

Wow. The way he screams at the end. The man's going psycho. Sooner or later you become the character.

20 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:27:47pm

More "commie fists"...

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21 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:28:31pm

GB has a his perfect storm theory but no solutions...I can listen to blabbola all day, so how about answers?

22 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:29:02pm

re: #21 albusteve

GB has a his perfect storm theory but no solutions...I can listen to blabbola all day, so how about answers?

buy gold

23 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:29:43pm

Beck is imploding.

Bummer.
//

24 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:29:46pm

re: #19 Gus 802

Wow. The way he screams at the end. The man's going psycho. Sooner or later you become the character.

With each passing clip I watch of the man, I keep wondering how long it'll be before we hear that he's sought help for a mental breakdown.

25 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:29:57pm

OMG! That is the "RED POWER" fist, (formally known as the Black Power fist, AKA "the clenched fist" and "the posture of someone with rheumatoid arthritis).

This is quite obviously prove positive that the tea party people are all members of communist sleeper cells! Run for your lives, the commies are taking over, omg, omg, omg!

///snicker...

26 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:30:00pm

PROFESSOR BECK !! PROFESSOR BECK!! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!! COULD YOU YELL LOUDER, PLEASE??!!

27 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:30:11pm

re: #19 Gus 802

Wow. The way he screams at the end. The man's going psycho. Sooner or later you become the character.

yeah, he's deep into the evangelical aspect....a real freak

28 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:30:17pm

re: #17 HappyWarrior

Wasn't the founder of Zionism one too? Herzi?

/Herzi? I thought it was Moses...

(don't worry walter isn't here i checked)

29 darthstar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:30:39pm

Happy National Margarita Day

30 deranged cat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:30:48pm

Aieeee!

31 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:31:09pm

NAME THEM!!11ty

32 bratwurst  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:31:26pm

It seems that someone who has cleverly positioned himself as one of the world's most notorious capitalists is ALSO spreading agitprop :

Image: 2005_Stern.jpg

33 HappyWarrior  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:31:33pm

re: #28 brookly red

/Herzi? I thought it was Moses...

(don't worry walter isn't here i checked)

I meant of modern political Zionism. Theodor herzi is the name I always hear.

34 Lidane  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:31:50pm

re: #19 Gus 802

Wow. The way he screams at the end.

And to think that Howard Dean still gets ridiculed for far less than that.

35 Alexzander  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:32:02pm

I remember that 9/12 poster quiet well.

It was the clearest example of how many behind the tea party movement were co-opting the strategies and imagery of the 'radical' left.

36 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:32:08pm

re: #31 Gus 802

NAME THEM!!11ty

I suspect that shout will pop up again...I'll use it myself!

37 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:32:35pm

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38 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:32:38pm

re: #33 HappyWarrior

I meant of modern political Zionism. Theodor herzi is the name I always hear.

I am old school...

39 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:33:09pm

re: #34 Lidane

And to think that Howard Dean still gets ridiculed for far less than that.

who?

40 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:33:31pm

Are fisting jokes appropriate here?

41 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:33:40pm

re: #37 Gus 802

Image: 4462862993_093fb41f52.jpg

[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

42 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:34:25pm

re: #40 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Are fisting jokes appropriate here?

are they appropriate anywhere?

43 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:34:29pm

///I've seen that fist before somewhere, but where... where? AHHHHH!

44 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:34:36pm

One of Glenn Beck's writers takes a break.

45 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:34:40pm

OT

Bloomberg Criticizes Proposed Cut to Planned Parenthood

Mr. Bloomberg, Gov. Peter Shumlin of Vermont, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman of Connecticut spoke forcefully to more than 20 reporters from around the country on Tuesday, and enumerated the services that Planned Parenthood provides in their cities and states.

In New York City, Mr. Bloomberg said, Planned Parenthood performs 12,000 cervical cancer screening and 56,000 contraceptive visits every year.

Mr. Shumlin said that in rural parts of his state, Planned Parenthood is often the only health care women have.

“This is health care access that women rely upon,” he said, “not only to avoid unwanted pregnancies but to stay healthy and prevent disease.”

46 darthstar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:34:52pm

re: #41 albusteve

I never did coke. Coke did me. That shit = death. Period.

47 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:35:27pm

Whoa, 100 retweets already on this one. That was fast.

48 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:35:40pm

re: #42 brookly red

are they appropriate anywhere?

As appropriate as anywhere else.

49 Talking Point Detective  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:36:01pm

Ooooooh! "The enemy within....."

Sounds very, very scary. I'm buying gold.

50 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:36:10pm

re: #47 Charles

Whoa, 100 retweets already on this one. That was fast.

now 111.

51 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:36:25pm

re: #46 darthstar

I never did coke. Coke did me. That shit = death. Period.

I'll stick to Oregon homegrown and good beer, never steered me wrong :D

52 HappyWarrior  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:36:27pm

God he gets more unhinged every day. It's gotten to the point where he's a parody of himself.

53 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:37:10pm

re: #33 HappyWarrior

I meant of modern political Zionism. Theodor herzi is the name I always hear.

Ben Gurion. Herzl was long gone by the time Israel was established in 1948.

54 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:37:26pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

God he gets more unhinged every day. It's gotten to the point where he's a parody of himself.

Stephen Colbert should get him to co-host...

55 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:37:56pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

God he gets more unhinged every day. It's gotten to the point where he's a parody of himself.

well, the point at which he parodizes himself for people with a brain, is not the point at which he parodizes himself to his listeners :D

56 HappyWarrior  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:38:08pm

re: #53 Alouette

Ben Gurion. Herzl was long gone by the time Israel was established in 1948.

AH, thanks. Not that well versed in the history really.

57 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:38:29pm

re: #54 jamesfirecat

Stephen Colbert should get him to co-host...


Now that would be a show I would pay to watch.

58 Talking Point Detective  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:38:32pm

re: #54 jamesfirecat

Stephen Colbert should get him to co-host...

That would be absolutely fucking hilarious.

I'd pay good money to see him go on the Colbert Report.

59 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:38:49pm

re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Stay healthy and prevent disease? That's crazy talk!

60 Talking Point Detective  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:39:04pm

re: #57 Jadespring

re: #58 Talking Point Detective

I hate it when that happens.

61 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:39:12pm

re: #58 Talking Point Detective

Jinx!

62 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:39:27pm

re: #58 Talking Point Detective

That would be absolutely fucking hilarious.

I'd pay good money to see him go on the Colbert Report.

He's too media savvy to go on Colbert

63 Fozzie Bear  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:39:53pm

re: #32 bratwurst

It seems that someone who has cleverly positioned himself as one of the world's most notorious capitalists is ALSO spreading agitprop :

Image: 2005_Stern.jpg

I think Stern hates the fundies as much as we do. Anybody who loves porn stars as much as him can't be a fundie.

64 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:40:00pm

re: #59 WindUpBird

Stay healthy and prevent disease? That's crazy talk!

Why do they hate God's plan?

65 teleskiguy  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:40:02pm

re: #44 Gus 802

One of Glenn Beck's writers takes a break.

You have to be on crack to be a researcher for Glenn Beck. An apt picture, indeed!

67 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:41:41pm

Rand Paul volunteer asks judge to throw out assault charges

Profitt has filed a motion saying he was justified under a state law that allows the use of force "in defense of a third person," whom he did not identify.

68 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:41:51pm

re: #65 teleskiguy

You have to be on crack to be a researcher for Glenn Beck. An apt picture, indeed!

or just be willing to lie for a big paycheck

which people do every day :)

69 Fozzie Bear  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:42:00pm

re: #46 darthstar

I never did coke. Coke did me. That shit = death. Period.

Damn straight. I had a period in my early 20's for about a year where I was up to my nostrils in it. Terrible, terrible stuff. For whatever reason, I have ABSOLUTELY NO desire to do it now. I have been offered it at parties and it just makes me queasy to contemplate it. There's just no desire to do it now. Not even a little.

Awful stuff. Awful.

70 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:42:06pm

re: #62 WindUpBird

He's too media savvy to go on Colbert

He's gotten Bill O on at least once...

71 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:42:33pm

re: #65 teleskiguy

You have to be on crack to be a researcher for Glenn Beck. An apt picture, indeed!

You don't have to be on crack... but it helps!

72 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:42:51pm

re: #65 teleskiguy

You have to be on crack to be a researcher for Glenn Beck. An apt picture, indeed!

I've heard discussions between radio guys, people who were producers and engineers and guys who helped with content for right wing crazy-ass shows

They're just media people, they really don't care about the content, it's just a gig in the biz to them, like being a roadie

73 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:43:52pm

re: #66 Gus 802

OT

[Republican governor] Mitch Daniels calls for Indiana's proposed anti-worker bill to be dropped

"Shit, you should have barred the door before they got loose! Put this bill aside until we can get them nailed to the floor long enough to ram it through."

74 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:43:59pm

re: #69 Fozzie Bear

Damn straight. I had a period in my early 20's for about a year where I was up to my nostrils in it. Terrible, terrible stuff. For whatever reason, I have ABSOLUTELY NO desire to do it now. I have been offered it at parties and it just makes me queasy to contemplate it. There's just no desire to do it now. Not even a little.

Awful stuff. Awful.

You know what i was doing in my early 20's? Sitting in my room in my darkened apartment every night doing massive amounts of caffiene because art projects were always due and I was taking 18 credits, oh God

I was not a very exciting person :D

75 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:46:32pm

re: #74 WindUpBird

You know what i was doing in my early 20's? Sitting in my room in my darkened apartment every night doing massive amounts of caffiene because art projects were always due and I was taking 18 credits, oh God

I was not a very exciting person :D

yawn... huh? did you say something ;)

76 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:47:09pm

re: #73 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

"Shit, you should have barred the door before they got loose! Put this bill aside until we can get them nailed to the floor long enough to ram it through."

So ends the GOP future for Mitch Daniels.

Mitch Daniels as RINO in 3, 2, 1... Run over by the Teabagger bus.

77 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:47:25pm

re: #73 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

"Shit, you should have barred the door before they got loose! Put this bill aside until we can get them nailed to the floor long enough to ram it through."

They'll just jump out the window the way Abraham Lincoln did...

78 Talking Point Detective  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:49:26pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

God he gets more unhinged every day.

Problem is, people have been saying that for at least two years.

79 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:49:55pm

re: #76 Gus 802

So ends the GOP future for Mitch Daniels.

Mitch Daniels as RINO in 3, 2, 1... Run over by the Teabagger bus.

Dude, now days it's thrown under the light rail... get wit the program.

80 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:50:43pm

re: #79 brookly red

Dude, now days it's thrown under the light rail... get wit the program.

Or the other form of transportation? Can he get thrown under a camel?

/

81 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:51:36pm

re: #78 Talking Point Detective

Problem is, people have been saying that for at least two years.

As long as the GOP base is acting like it is now, Glenn beck will have a market

82 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:51:56pm

Sarah Palin loves sock puppets.

Sarah Palin has apparently created a second Facebook account with her Gmail address so that this fake “Lou Sarah” person can praise the other Sarah Palin on Facebook. The Gmail address is available for anyone to see in this leaked manuscript about Sarah Palin, and the Facebook page for “Lou Sarah” — Sarah Palin’s middle name is “Louise” — is just a bunch of praise and “Likes” for the things Sarah Palin likes and writes on her other Sarah Palin Facebook page. “Lou Sarah” even says “amen” to Facebook posts by Sarah Sarah.

83 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:52:23pm

re: #80 Gus 802

Or the other form of transportation? Can he get thrown under a camel?

/

/flung into the bike lane?

84 A Man for all Seasons  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:52:31pm

Mitch is very popular in Indiana..Plus they have lots of cash in the bank

85 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:53:01pm

198 Tweets... There's a bazillion referrers.

86 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:53:12pm

re: #82 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Sarah Palin loves sock puppets.

This is the kind of behavior you expect to see out of Mary Sue fanfiction writers, not people running for President...

87 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:53:35pm

re: #79 brookly red

Dude, now days it's thrown under the light rail... get wit the program.

Light rail will fuck a man up, electric trains, massive amounts of torque, grind a dude into kibbles and bits

88 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:54:47pm

re: #82 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Sarah Palin loves sock puppets.

Seems like with each passing day, this woman gets revealed as more and more of a narcissist. Given the GOP of late, I'd say that makes her a prime candidate for the presidency.

89 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:54:53pm

re: #86 jamesfirecat

This is the kind of behavior you expect to see out of Mary Sue fanfiction writers, not people running for President...

whatever works, that's what works

especially when your base has the internet savviness of grandma

90 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:55:49pm

re: #86 jamesfirecat

This is the kind of behavior you expect to see out of Mary Sue fanfiction writers, not people running for President...

Ahem...

[Link: current.com...]

it is way worse than that.

91 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:55:49pm

re: #88 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Seems like with each passing day, this woman gets revealed as more and more of a narcissist. Given the GOP of late, I'd say that makes her a prime candidate for the presidency.

Think of how many states she could easily win!

Yeah!

92 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:57:24pm

re: #90 brookly red

Ahem...

[Link: current.com...]

it is way worse than that.

This has actually been going on in an organized sense on the internet for over ten years, game developers and other tech companies have been hiring people to make fake accounts for viral marketing for ages

Politics, as usual, is a little slow to catch up to what us nerds have known about since the middle ages

93 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:57:25pm

re: #85 Gus 802

198 Tweets... There's a bazillion referrers.

Somebody big must have retweeted it.

94 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:57:51pm

re: #87 WindUpBird

Light rail will fuck a man up, electric trains, massive amounts of torque, grind a dude into kibbles and bits

seen it happen in Newark...

95 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:58:26pm

re: #91 WindUpBird

Think of how many states she could easily win!

Yeah!

Denial, outrage, victimhood, and maybe even delusion!

96 prairiefire  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:59:16pm

re: #88 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Seems like with each passing day, this woman gets revealed as more and more of a narcissist. Given the GOP of late, I'd say that makes her a prime candidate for the presidency.

A poster at Mudflats had a great name for her, NarciSarah.

97 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:59:30pm

re: #92 WindUpBird

This has actually been going on in an organized sense on the internet for over ten years, game developers and other tech companies have been hiring people to make fake accounts for viral marketing for ages

Politics, as usual, is a little slow to catch up to what us nerds have known about since the middle ages

A few movie studios got busted a few years back for making up reviews for some real crapfests. They had a whole press room of fake movie reviewers churning out dazzling reviews so they could quote them in the trailers and press releases.

98 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:00:26pm

re: #92 WindUpBird

This has actually been going on in an organized sense on the internet for over ten years, game developers and other tech companies have been hiring people to make fake accounts for viral marketing for ages

Politics, as usual, is a little slow to catch up to what us nerds have known about since the middle ages

yes, it is true... and I am sure that our government is not the only one to do so. Phuc, for all I know you might be some soft ware... quick! say something only a human would know!

99 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:01:20pm

re: #98 brookly red

yes, it is true... and I am sure that our government is not the only one to do so. Phuc, for all I know you might be some soft ware... quick! say something only a human would know!

My hovercraft is full of eels.

100 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:01:44pm

re: #95 jamesfirecat

Denial, outrage, victimhood, and maybe even delusion!

how many electoral college votes is that?

101 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:01:53pm

re: #98 brookly red

yes, it is true... and I am sure that our government is not the only one to do so. Phuc, for all I know you might be some soft ware... quick! say something only a human would know!

it's about $40 for an eighth at the moment

102 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:02:07pm

re: #99 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My hovercraft is full of eels.

I will not by this tobaconists, it is scratched....

103 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:02:26pm

re: #101 WindUpBird

it's about $40 for an eighth at the moment

in portland, I don't know about eugene

104 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:02:29pm

re: #82 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Sarah Palin loves sock puppets.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if ol' Sarah and/or her staff have been using socks; it's the refuge of scoundrels (see also: Stalkers).

105 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:02:42pm

re: #99 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My hovercraft is full of eels.

sushi time!

106 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:04:22pm

re: #99 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #101 WindUpBird

re: #102 jamesfirecat

OK... that's 3

107 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:04:30pm

re: #104 talon_262

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if ol' Sarah and/or her staff have been using socks; it's the refuge of scoundrels (see also: Stalkers).

I understand it more with palin, she's actually got a career and a brand

people socking this place just because they don't like Charles' politics anymore or they got kicked out for saying something shitty, it just seems like a waste of time for people with more internet rage than sense

OH MAN A BLOG DISAGREES WITH ME, LET'S TALK ALL ABOUT IT FOREVER

108 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:04:38pm

re: #105 brookly red

sushi time!

Can't stand unagi. Its the texture.

109 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:05:21pm

re: #108 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Can't stand unagi. Its the texture.

more for me

110 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:05:28pm

re: #101 WindUpBird

it's about $40 for an eighth at the moment


Yikes. I guess everything is cheaper down here.

111 Linden Arden  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:07:11pm

The Beckerhead Abides!

112 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:07:18pm

re: #109 brookly red

more for me

I call dibs on the Philadelphia rolls then.

113 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:07:30pm

re: #101 WindUpBird

it's about $40 for an eighth at the moment

Do prices change in the summer or is it the same all year round?

114 theheat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:08:43pm

I can't take any more wingnut idiocy today. From Glenn Beck to precious zygotes to union busting... I'm worn out. I'm going to go buy some molding, grab my miter saw, make something purty, and lower my blood pressure.

115 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:08:53pm

re: #112 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I call dibs on the Philadelphia rolls then.

fine with me... cream cheese in sushi is like pineapple on pizza. JUST PLAIN WRONG.

116 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:09:11pm

re: #113 Killgore Trout

Do prices change in the summer or is it the same all year round?

all year round as far as I can tell!

117 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:09:23pm

re: #105 brookly red

sushi time!

"I never eat sushi. I have trouble eating things that are merely unconscious."

118 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:09:43pm

re: #117 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

"I never eat sushi. I have trouble eating things that are merely unconscious."

oh come on, some sushi is cooked ;-)

119 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:09:49pm

re: #114 theheat

I can't take any more wingnut idiocy today. From Glenn Beck to precious zygotes to union busting... I'm worn out. I'm going to go buy some molding, grab my miter saw, make something purty, and lower my blood pressure.

Amen. I'm headed to the shop to start some guitar necks.

120 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:09:54pm

re: #115 brookly red

fine with me... cream cheese in sushi is like pineapple on pizza. JUST PLAIN WRONG.

Fuckin' A, Bubba!

121 Four More Tears  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:10:10pm

re: #115 brookly red

fine with me... cream cheese in sushi is like pineapple on pizza. JUST PLAIN WRONG.

I consider myself a wasabist...

122 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:10:30pm

re: #119 tnguitarist

Amen. I'm headed to the shop to start some guitar necks.

Speaking of which, now that I'm playing guitar again, I want to pick your brain, agggh so much to learn

123 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:10:43pm

re: #119 tnguitarist

Amen. I'm headed to the shop to start some guitar necks.

oh man, I envy you...I'd love to make something in my shop

124 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:10:44pm

re: #117 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

"I never eat sushi. I have trouble eating things that are merely unconscious."

/I will spare you the snarky adult humor ;)

125 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:11:56pm

re: #123 albusteve

oh man, I envy you...I'd love to make something in my shop

did I ever show you these guys? [Link: www.vacuumtubecollective.com...]

Engineer from HP who salvages tubes and guts from dead organs and whatever else, and makes zany art-tube amps out of 'em

126 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:12:04pm

re: #122 WindUpBird

Speaking of which, now that I'm playing guitar again, I want to pick your brain, agggh so much to learn

Ask away. I'm not a super technical guy, but I know enough to impress 'em down on the farm.

127 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:12:19pm

re: #125 WindUpBird

AND HOLY SHIT CAN THEY DRINK

128 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:12:32pm

re: #122 WindUpBird

Speaking of which, now that I'm playing guitar again, I want to pick your brain, agggh so much to learn

fascinating stuff

129 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:12:47pm

re: #116 WindUpBird

all year round as far as I can tell!

Interesting. By the consistent pricing I assume much of it comes from California or Mexico. If it was local backyard or closet growers there would be a shortage in the winter.

130 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:13:05pm

re: #126 tnguitarist

Ask away. I'm not a super technical guy, but I know enough to impress 'em down on the farm.

it might be better for an email conversation, it'd be a bunch of little questions about playing habits and stuff that's useful to study early

131 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:13:20pm

re: #123 albusteve

oh man, I envy you...I'd love to make something in my shop

I had to stay away for a while. Had some breathing problems due to bad ventilation/nitrocellulose combo.

132 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:13:25pm

re: #124 brookly red

/I will spare you the snarky adult humor ;)

Don't make me wash your keyboard with soap!

133 JAFO  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:13:39pm

re: #108 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Can't stand unagi. Its the texture.

I don't like unagi either. I can't eat squid tube, it just slips right back up when I try to swallow.

134 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:13:46pm

re: #128 albusteve

fascinating stuff

my fingers are protesting at the moment because I played from 2am to about 8am last night...uhmorning

It wasn't very good but boy it was fun

135 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:13:58pm

re: #118 WindUpBird

oh come on, some sushi is cooked ;-)

I saw deep fried Philly rolls on a menu one and just walked out...

136 zora  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:14:07pm

re: #63 Fozzie Bear

I think Stern hates the fundies as much as we do. Anybody who loves porn stars as much as him can't be a fundie.

fundies love porn too. and rent boys, also.
/

137 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:14:30pm

re: #131 tnguitarist

I had to stay away for a while. Had some breathing problems due to bad ventilation/nitrocellulose combo.

oh god yeah don't mess with that, get a good ventilation setup

I had an art teacher who had some problems with breathing, he had insufficient ventilation and used oils, not good at all o_o

138 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:14:49pm

re: #130 WindUpBird

it might be better for an email conversation, it'd be a bunch of little questions about playing habits and stuff that's useful to study early

Cool.

139 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:14:53pm

re: #136 zora

fundies love porn too. and rent boys, also.
/

this is funnier if I imagine that "rent" is a verb in this case

140 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:14:54pm

re: #125 WindUpBird

did I ever show you these guys? [Link: www.vacuumtubecollective.com...]

Engineer from HP who salvages tubes and guts from dead organs and whatever else, and makes zany art-tube amps out of 'em

heh..."interested in a bruised tone?"
fun guys and a clever idea

141 prairiefire  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:15:05pm

re: #136 zora

fundies love porn too. and rent boys, also.
/

Don't forget to clear your history, folks!

142 Four More Tears  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:15:52pm

re: #141 prairiefire

Don't forget to clear your history, folks!

Smart pervs don't keep one in the first place.

Or so I heard...

143 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:16:06pm

re: #140 albusteve

heh..."interested in a bruised tone?"
fun guys and a clever idea

They sound amazing, there was some little corvallis hippie kid at their meeting playing through an amp he was still building, just shredding some surf guitar and it sounded insane

damn kids with their insane skills *_*

144 prairiefire  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:16:19pm

re: #139 WindUpBird

this is funnier if I imagine that "rent" is a verb in this case

I think it is.

145 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:16:29pm

re: #129 Killgore Trout

Interesting. By the consistent pricing I assume much of it comes from California or Mexico. If it was local backyard or closet growers there would be a shortage in the winter.

up north, prices always go up in the spring, a few months after the harvest is sold off....you gotta stock up

146 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:16:34pm

re: #142 JasonA

Smart pervs don't keep one in the first place.

Or so I heard...

*wink wink, nudge nudge*

147 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:16:35pm

By the way anyone who feels that unions are a major factor in causing budget shortfalls... I ask you to kindly explain this this...

148 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:17:00pm

The Nutty Professor's ratings are down almost 40% in just over a year. Is this the end of this ridiculous show once and for all?

149 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:17:51pm

re: #144 prairiefire

I think it is.

Imagine if they were called "rent emo-boys"

Congressmen could hire them to stand around in skinny jeans and indie rock t-shirts, glowering at everyone and not having sex with anyone

150 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:17:52pm

CNN: Libya's interior minister has resigned and accused Moammar Gadhafi of planning to attack civilians on a wide scale.

I doubt many people are going to follow orders to crack down. Q'Daffy will be out by the end of the week.

151 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:18:53pm

oh cool, the chick across the hall is fighting with her BF again...

I may not eat his lunch but I damn sure am going to eat his supper!

bbiab

152 Velvet Elvis  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:19:07pm

I was one Tequila shot away from getting a clenched fist tatoo on my forearem in college. I was a bit of a Commie then. Good thing I didn't. I might have later been mistaken for a tea bagger.

153 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:19:11pm

re: #150 Killgore Trout

CNN: Libya's interior minister has resigned and accused Moammar Gadhafi of planning to attack civilians on a wide scale.

I doubt many people are going to follow orders to crack down. Q'Daffy will be out by the end of the week.

"Out" as in flying the pitchforks and torches or "out" as in in a pine box?

154 Opal  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:19:48pm

LOL! What a rant. Oh...and Beck wants to know where the media is. He should change the channel to BBC America or get an on-line feed from AlJazeera if he needs to know what's happening. How about CNN or MSNBC, or NBC, CBS, or ABC? He could try reading the NY Times. Oh...He doesn't know where the media is, because he works for a political operation called Foxnews that discourages its viewers from looking at other media. It's viewers obey, and apparently, so does Beck.

155 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:19:48pm

Interior minister resigns rather than carry out Gadhafi orders


Libya's interior minister said Wednesday he has quit the government and is supporting the protesters, who he predicted will achieve victory in "days or hours."

Ex-Interior Minister Abdul Fattah Younis al Abidi told CNN that he resigned Monday after hearing that some 300 unarmed civilians had been killed in Benghazi alone during the prior two to three days and he accused Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi of planning to attack civilians on a wide scale.

"Gadhafi told me he was planning on using airplanes against the people in Benghazi and I told him that he will have thousands of people killed if he does that," Abidi said in an Arabic-language telephone interview conducted Wednesday.

Abidi said he now supports the people and the revolution.

156 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:19:59pm

re: #150 Killgore Trout

CNN: Libya's interior minister has resigned and accused Moammar Gadhafi of planning to attack civilians on a wide scale.

I doubt many people are going to follow orders to crack down. Q'Daffy will be out by the end of the week.

Q'Daffy! Nice one, Trout!

157 Fozzie Bear  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:19:59pm

re: #122 WindUpBird

Speaking of which, now that I'm playing guitar again, I want to pick your brain, agggh so much to learn

I took a tour of the Martin guitar company near me in PA a couple of years ago. Fascinating process, and beautiful guitars. Martin makes some of the best acoustics out there.

158 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:20:20pm

re: #131 tnguitarist

I had to stay away for a while. Had some breathing problems due to bad ventilation/nitrocellulose combo.

last year I made a full sized Telly replica for my new grandson....all wood except the tuning pegs, which looked almost perfect....I want to make a whole collection for him....next up, a 59 blonde Les Paul...much more difficult

159 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:20:36pm

re: #152 Conservative Moonbat

I was one Tequila shot away from getting a clenched fist tatoo on my forearem in college. I was a bit of a Commie then. Good thing I didn't. I might have later been mistaken for a tea bagger.

LOL!

160 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:20:57pm

re: #153 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

"Out" as in flying the pitchforks and torches or "out" as in in a pine box?

He said he wants to be a martyr. I want him to get his wish.

161 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:21:00pm

re: #153 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I'm thinking a few Lear jets loaded with hot babes and gold bars.

162 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:21:14pm

re: #137 WindUpBird

oh god yeah don't mess with that, get a good ventilation setup

I had an art teacher who had some problems with breathing, he had insufficient ventilation and used oils, not good at all o_o

just keep playing, everyday

163 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:21:43pm

re: #156 Kid A

Q'Daffy! Nice one, Trout!

I think I stole that one, can't remember from who.

164 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:22:48pm

re: #162 albusteve

just keep playing, everyday

That's what i'm doing, this is literally the third time I've tried to learn the damn instrument in my life, it seems to be "taking" this time

165 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:23:13pm

re: #154 Opal

LOL! What a rant. Oh...and Beck wants to know where the media is. He should change the channel to BBC America or get an on-line feed from AlJazeera if he needs to know what's happening. How about CNN or MSNBC, or NBC, CBS, or ABC? He could try reading the NY Times. Oh...He doesn't know where the media is, because he works for a political operation called Foxnews that discourages its viewers from looking at other media. It's viewers obey, and apparently, so does Beck.

God save the king!
///

166 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:23:31pm

re: #160 EmmmieG

He said he wants to be a martyr. I want him to get his wish.

Martyrs can't spend their loot. When push comes to shove, the Colonel's gonna split...or get split. The latter possibility becomes more likely, the more he alienates the few allies he has left.

167 Velvet Elvis  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:23:43pm

re: #157 Fozzie Bear

I took a tour of the Martin guitar company near me in PA a couple of years ago. Fascinating process, and beautiful guitars. Martin makes some of the best acoustics out there.

There's a nice tour of the Gibson factory and custom shop here in Nash Vegas. I've been to gawk a couple times.

168 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:23:58pm

re: #157 Fozzie Bear

I took a tour of the Martin guitar company near me in PA a couple of years ago. Fascinating process, and beautiful guitars. Martin makes some of the best acoustics out there.

oh sweet!

169 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:24:03pm

re: #150 Killgore Trout

CNN: Libya's interior minister has resigned and accused Moammar Gadhafi of planning to attack civilians on a wide scale.

I doubt many people are going to follow orders to crack down. Q'Daffy will be out by the end of the week.

out cold, I hope....as in iced....sometimes you have to pay with your life and this is one of those times....I hope he cannot leave

170 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:25:09pm

re: #158 albusteve

last year I made a full sized Telly replica for my new grandson...all wood except the tuning pegs, which looked almost perfect...I want to make a whole collection for him...next up, a 59 blonde Les Paul...much more difficult

I'm not doing a Paul, but the ones I'm working on now are carved top/set next. I'm building these to resell, so I can't really do a copy.

This gentleman in Israel builds some sweet replicas. Painstaking detail.

171 Dancing along the light of day  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:25:22pm

re: #146 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Know what I mean?
;)

172 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:25:24pm

re: #163 Killgore Trout

I think I stole that one, can't remember from who.

Ever since I was in high school (late 80's), and Q'Daffy was rattling his saber and drawing "lines of death," I swear I have seen a hundred different ways of spelling his name. Can anyone get it right?

173 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:27:22pm

re: #164 WindUpBird

That's what i'm doing, this is literally the third time I've tried to learn the damn instrument in my life, it seems to be "taking" this time

Don't rush. Learn your open chords, then your barre chords and repeat them until you can change without looking. It always helped me to write stuff down. I would get blank chord charts and tab out my chords. Seemed to burn them in my brain better.

174 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:27:32pm

re: #157 Fozzie Bear

I took a tour of the Martin guitar company near me in PA a couple of years ago. Fascinating process, and beautiful guitars. Martin makes some of the best acoustics out there.

my sister worked at Gibson in Kalamazoo for several years....I wandered around in there a few times...just awsome woodcraft back then....when a flaw was discovered in the body finish, they would pull the neck and pickups, switches etc and bandsaw the body in half...for any small flaw

175 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:28:51pm

re: #164 WindUpBird

That's what i'm doing, this is literally the third time I've tried to learn the damn instrument in my life, it seems to be "taking" this time

I've tried several times...just could not be patient and let it happen, and now at 58 I regret it so much

176 Velvet Elvis  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:29:10pm

re: #173 tnguitarist

Don't rush. Learn your open chords, then your barre chords and repeat them until you can change without looking. It always helped me to write stuff down. I would get blank chord charts and tab out my chords. Seemed to burn them in my brain better.

This is a great free guitar lesson site:

[Link: www.justinguitar.com...]

177 Four More Tears  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:29:19pm

re: #173 tnguitarist

Don't rush. Learn your open chords, then your barre chords and repeat them until you can change without looking. It always helped me to write stuff down. I would get blank chord charts and tab out my chords. Seemed to burn them in my brain better.

I've tried to learn guitar a couple of times. Friggin' F-chord never worked out all that well for me.

178 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:30:19pm

re: #174 albusteve

my sister worked at Gibson in Kalamazoo for several years...I wandered around in there a few times...just awsome woodcraft back then...when a flaw was discovered in the body finish, they would pull the neck and pickups, switches etc and bandsaw the body in half...for any small flaw

Gibson does the same. They used to just cut them in half, but in the 80's some folks went dumpster diving and re-glued some bodies. They got passed to some unsuspecting folks who lost a little money. Gibson now runs them through a wood chipper essentially.

179 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:31:25pm

re: #170 tnguitarist

I'm not doing a Paul, but the ones I'm working on now are carved top/set next. I'm building these to resell, so I can't really do a copy.

This gentleman in Israel builds some sweet replicas. Painstaking detail.

cool page...when I get healthy I want to build several real, playable insrtuments....I'll start with a simple flattop

180 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:31:39pm

re: #176 Conservative Moonbat

This is a great free guitar lesson site:

[Link: www.justinguitar.com...]

I used to used Justin. Nice guy in his vids. He also has a page with all the blank music sheets you need.

181 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:32:50pm

re: #179 albusteve

cool page...when I get healthy I want to build several real, playable insrtuments...I'll start with a simple flattop

If you're talking about an acoustic, electrics are actually easier to build. Build a nice, simple bolt-on neck.

182 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:32:53pm

[Link: blog.reidreport.com...]

183 Velvet Elvis  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:32:54pm

re: #175 albusteve

I've tried several times...just could not be patient and let it happen, and now at 58 I regret it so much

I'm on try #3, but really wish I had a better guitar. All I've got right now is a Takamine Jasmine and it sounds like shit and feels like shit.

184 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:33:46pm

re: #179 albusteve

cool page...when I get healthy I want to build several real, playable insrtuments...I'll start with a simple flattop

You can buy some kits relatively cheap. It's a nice way to start. My first instrument was a dulcimer kit.

185 tnguitarist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:35:26pm

Gotta go. Shop is warmed up!

re: #184 Killgore Trout

Kits are definitely the way to start. Try Warmoth.

186 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:35:26pm

I wonder if this matters to Roger Ailes at Faux News?

[Link: www.businessinsider.com...]

187 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:35:27pm

re: #178 tnguitarist

Gibson does the same. They used to just cut them in half, but in the 80's some folks went dumpster diving and re-glued some bodies. They got passed to some unsuspecting folks who lost a little money. Gibson now runs them through a wood chipper essentially.

the old Gibson had ageless employees who would grab an unfinished neck, a handful of fret wire, some tuning pegs etc...after a while enough to put together an entire guitar....management essentially looked the other way

188 Fozzie Bear  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:35:40pm

I built a table once, and drummed with my fingers on it. That's as close as I have come.

189 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:36:43pm

re: #184 Killgore Trout

You can buy some kits relatively cheap. It's a nice way to start. My first instrument was a dulcimer kit.

yup, on my little list....good idea

190 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:38:34pm

re: #188 Fozzie Bear

OT, you inspired my top post for tomorrow.

I wanted to add to continue our earlier conversations about cities.

191 zora  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:38:34pm

re: #186 Kid A

from the link:

And considering the nature of the news, perhaps it's not entirely surprising that viewers were clicking away for a while. Sometimes it's nice to be told the world is not ending.

Read more: [Link: www.businessinsider.com...]

192 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:40:56pm

What's a "reublic?" From The Nutty Professor's Twitter account...

glennbeck Glenn Beck

Just got back from Dallas. Great people. So many understand the difference between a reublic and democracy. God bless Texas.

13 Feb Favorite Retweet Reply

193 Four More Tears  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:41:09pm

Since we're on Beck...

Beck: Reform Judaism Is "Almost Like ... Radicalized Islam" In That It Is "More About Politics" Than Faith And Religion

BECK: OK, you have to -- hang on just a second. When you talk about rabbis, understand that most -- most people who are not Jewish don't understand that there are the Orthodox rabbis, and then there are the reformed rabbis. Reformed rabbis are generally political in nature. It's almost like Islam, radicalized Islam in a way, to where it is just -- radicalized Islam is less about religion than it is about politics. When you look at the reform Judaism, it is more about politics. I'm not saying that they're the same on --

GRAY: No, obviously not.

BECK: -- and they're going to take it at that, but -- stand in line.

GRAY: "Glenn Beck says --"

BECK: It's not about terror or anything else, it's about politics, and so it becomes more about politics than it does about faith. Orthodox rabbis -- that is about faith. There's not a single orthodox rabbi on this list. This is all reformed rabbis that were -- that made this list.

194 Fozzie Bear  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:41:32pm

re: #190 researchok

OT, you inspired my top post for tomorrow.

I wanted to add to continue our earlier conversations about cities.

I'm looking forward to it. Energy generation, transportation, economics, sprawl, pollution... it all comes back to the way we design our livings spaces, in one way or another. If we can get smarter about that, we will find our other problems easier to address. (and cheaper)

195 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:43:43pm

an American masterpiece...
Image: 1231456260_007_Pentax_September_27,_2008.jpg

and here is one being played by another American master....wait til his break

Youtube Video

1959 Les Paul goldie Standard

196 Fozzie Bear  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:45:18pm

re: #193 JasonA

Oh man.

You only think you are a Jew because of faith. Glenn knows better. It's just a political front. /

I can't believe he's going all the way there. It's like he knows his star is no longer ascendant, and he's decided to go out in a blaze of glory.

197 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:47:44pm

re: #189 albusteve

yup, on my little list...good idea

Now that I think about it I built a few kits before attempting one from scratch. My first few instruments from scratch were unplayable. I think I still have them in the basement somewhere. I can't quite bring myself to feed them through the bandsaw and throw them in the fireplace.

198 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:47:52pm

re: #196 Fozzie Bear

Oh man.

You only think you are a Jew because of faith. Glenn knows better. It's just a political front. /

I can't believe he's going all the way there. It's like he knows his star is no longer ascendant, and he's decided to go out in a blaze of glory.

Like this?

Youtube Video
199 Turkey Jihad  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:49:15pm

re: #192 Kid A

What's a "reublic?" From The Nutty Professor's Twitter account...

glennbeck Glenn Beck

Just got back from Dallas. Great people. So many understand the difference between a reublic and democracy. God bless Texas.

13 Feb Favorite Retweet Reply

Since I'm from Texas, I'll let this one slide. They don't even teach spelling here anymore.

200 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:50:46pm

re: #197 Killgore Trout

Now that I think about it I built a few kits before attempting one from scratch. My first few instruments from scratch were unplayable. I think I still have them in the basement somewhere. I can't quite bring myself to feed them through the bandsaw and throw them in the fireplace.

please don't....that stuff is your history bro, part of you

201 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:52:29pm

re: #197 Killgore Trout

Now that I think about it I built a few kits before attempting one from scratch. My first few instruments from scratch were unplayable. I think I still have them in the basement somewhere. I can't quite bring myself to feed them through the bandsaw and throw them in the fireplace.

Stop!. If you just have to feed something through a wood chipper, I have an extra accordion you can use. No one will miss another accordion.

202 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:54:28pm

[Link: www.jta.org...]

Jewish Funds for Justice defends Soros’ Germany comparison

/ I agree with them.

203 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:54:52pm

re: #201 Walter L. Newton

Stop!. If you just have to feed something through a wood chipper, I have an extra accordion you can use. No one will miss another accordion.

I will....I love those things, don't you dare

204 Talking Point Detective  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:55:31pm

Just goes to show how far come folks will go to suck up to anyone, no matter how foul-smelling, for the sake of the almighty Euro.

Last August, Berlusconi gave Gadhafi a hero's welcome in Rome, and the Libyan came with a surprise: Bedouin riders mounted on 30 thoroughbred horses flown in from Libya performed in what one daily quipped was a circus spectacle with Gadhafi acting as ringmaster.

The Libyan leader also received 500 young women — hired by a modeling agency and paid $100 each to listen to a lecture on Islam, which he said should be the religion of all of Europe.

Granted the solemn honor of lecturing at Rome University, Gadhafi caused even more controversy.

He said the word democracy derives from the Arabic for "chair," and he reached the surreal conclusion that democracy will be achieved only when all the people are seated on chairs.

Even some in government were disturbed, accusing Gadhafi of having transformed Rome into his own private Disneyland for his senile vanity. But Berlusconi had only words of praise for his guest.

"It is an advantage for everyone that relations between Italy and Libya have changed and are definitely positive," Berlusconi said. "Those who do not understand this and criticize Libya belong to the past and are prisoners of outdated ideas."

Fucking bizarre.

[Link: www.npr.org...]

205 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:57:57pm

re: #200 albusteve

please don't...that stuff is your history bro, part of you

Just like me they are temporary and transient (and fairly useless and poorly made). I try not to be sentimental about "things".

206 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:58:37pm

re: #204 Talking Point Detective

Just goes to show how far come folks will go to suck up to anyone, no matter how foul-smelling, for the sake of the almighty Euro.

Fucking bizarre.

He said the word democracy derives from the Arabic for "chair," and he reached the surreal conclusion that democracy will be achieved only when all the people are seated on chairs

chairs in their statehouses...

207 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:01:13pm

re: #205 Killgore Trout

Just like me they are temporary and transient (and fairly useless and poorly made). I try not to be sentimental about "things".

it's not a junk car....you made them yourself, so at least convert them to glass coasters or something else....transformation!

208 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:02:39pm

re: #204 Talking Point Detective

Just goes to show how far come folks will go to suck up to anyone, no matter how foul-smelling, for the sake of the almighty Euro.

Fucking bizarre.

[Link: www.npr.org...]

never trust an Italian

209 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:04:05pm

re: #207 albusteve

it's not a junk car...you made them yourself, so at least convert them to glass coasters or something else...transformation!

I made a "Chia-cello" once. I sprayed an old cello corpse with glue, dusted it with grass seeds, and spayed it with water every day until it sprouted. Customers at the store got a big kick out of it.

210 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:05:17pm

Damn! the number came 937 & I played 927... I hate when that happens.

211 Kruk  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:08:10pm

re: #204 Talking Point Detective

Just goes to show how far come folks will go to suck up to anyone, no matter how foul-smelling, for the sake of the almighty Euro.

Fucking bizarre.

[Link: www.npr.org...]

Heh. Given what allegedly happens at Berlosconi's parties, I think those young women were quite relieved they were only hired to listen to a lecture.

212 webevintage  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:08:51pm

Best story of the day:

[Link: wonkette.com...]


Sarah Palin has apparently created a second Facebook account with her Gmail address so that this fake “Lou Sarah” person can praise the other Sarah Palin on Facebook. The Gmail address is available for anyone to see in this leaked manuscript about Sarah Palin, and the Facebook page for “Lou Sarah” — Sarah Palin’s middle name is “Louise” — is just a bunch of praise and “Likes” for the things Sarah Palin likes and writes on her other Sarah Palin Facebook page. “Lou Sarah” even says “amen” to Facebook posts by Sarah Sarah.
213 Mr Pancakes  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:09:04pm

re: #201 Walter L. Newton

Stop!. If you just have to feed something through a wood chipper, I have an extra accordion you can use. No one will miss another accordion.

Keep em both, you never know when Myron and Jo might stop by.

Youtube Video
214 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:09:09pm

re: #211 Kruk

/you don't get much for 100 bucks these days...

215 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:09:47pm

Here's a kid in Yemen making a fist:

Image: xlarge_0222_yemen.jpg

216 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:13:43pm

re: #209 Killgore Trout

I made a "Chia-cello" once. I sprayed an old cello corpse with glue, dusted it with grass seeds, and spayed it with water every day until it sprouted. Customers at the store got a big kick out of it.

there you have it...a very green solution

217 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:13:56pm

In other weird news...

Florida Governor Rick Scott Gives Thumbs Up To Public Worker Organizing

Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) is now to the right of Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) on the question of allowing public sector workers to unionize.

"My belief is as long as people know what they're doing, collective bargaining is fine," Scott said in an interview with Tallahassee's WFLA FM radio station.

Continues.

218 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:16:25pm

re: #213 Mr Pancakes

Keep em both, you never know when Myron and Jo might stop by.


[Video]

I wonder what Hendrix might have done with one of those things

219 Mr Pancakes  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:17:50pm

re: #218 albusteve

I wonder what Hendrix might have done with one of those things

Play it with his teeth and then set fire to it.

220 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:19:45pm

re: #219 Mr Pancakes

Play it with his teeth and then set fire to it.

"'scuse me while I kiss this guy"

221 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:19:52pm

re: #217 Gus 802

In other weird news...

Florida Governor Rick Scott Gives Thumbs Up To Public Worker Organizing

And so, Scott burns up whatever good favor he found with the Right after refusing the high-speed rail money.

222 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:21:04pm

Dispatch from "Free Libya": The Right to Laugh at Gaddafi


In "Free Libya," the people are laughing at Muammar Gaddafi as he goes on and on in a speech, dressed in a traditional outfit called a jard. A dozen men gathered in a roadside cafeteria in the town of Tobruk, about 100 miles from the Egyptian border, to watch the spectacle in one of the few buildings lit up on Tuesday night. The towns here are poorer and sparser than their Egyptian counterparts. But the locals now have the luxury of poking fun at the man who once had the power of life-or-death over them. "He has a hole in his shirt," one said. "Now he is a poor man!" another shouted. They all laughed.

The men feel they can now call falsehoods for what they are. "Gaddafi is saying it's all upside down here right now. But it's not. It's calm," says Fakry Labidi, an activist who helped liberate the area and an engineer who works for al-Harouj, a state owned, partly Canadian operated, oil company.


Tobruk is several hundred miles away from Benghazi, the first large epicenter of the revolt, and even farther from Tripoli the capital. But local activists felt wired into the revolutions going far beyond the borders of their nation, even though foreign newspapers were never for sale in Gaddafi's Libya and websites were often blocked, says Gamal Shallouf, a member of newly fledged opposition and a marine biologist. While the internet has been down since the revolution here started, the regime's inability to shut down new media's innovations entirely has been key to spreading Libya's revolt.

"Generally in Libya before this, there was no media," explains Shallouf, "So if Tobruk made a revolution, [the government] would spend three-to-five days killing us and finish the revolution. Nobody in al-Baida or Darna or Benghazi [larger nearby communities and cities] would have heard about it. But now with Al Jazeera and Facebook and the media, all of Libya hears about the revolution and is with the revolution. They know about it. They think, 'I am Libyan, this is my family, so I will go to the street to fight for them.'"

223 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:21:15pm

OT:

Youtube Video

Trailer for Apollo 18, aka "Blair Witch Project In Space"

224 Mr Pancakes  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:21:25pm

re: #220 albusteve

"'scuse me while I kiss this guy"

No kiddin' for the longest time I thought it was "scuse me while I kiss the sky"..... who knew?

225 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:22:04pm

re: #221 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

And so, Scott burns up whatever good favor he found with the Right after refusing the high-speed rail money.

maybe he isn't interested in favor from the right...could be he's just being sensible...could be he has little sub agendas going on, a union mole maybe

226 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:23:34pm

re: #221 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

And so, Scott burns up whatever good favor he found with the Right after refusing the high-speed rail money.

Could be part of a new trend with a few Republicans. Call it the "don't be a crazed anti-collective bargaining douche bag trend".

227 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:24:19pm

Absolutely fantastic Pages being posted today. I can't keep up with all the interesting stuff. Thanks to all.

228 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:25:03pm

re: #224 Mr Pancakes

No kiddin' for the longest time I thought it was "scuse me while I kiss the sky"... who knew?

it's a classic....but his sexual hedonism was well documented

229 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:25:41pm

re: #225 albusteve

maybe he isn't interested in favor from the right...could be he's just being sensible...could be he has little sub agendas going on, a union mole maybe

re: #226 Gus 802

Could be part of a new trend with a few Republicans. Call it the "don't be a crazed anti-collective bargaining douche bag trend".

Both good arguments. I'll be honest, I knee-jerk about such things when I see one the Right's newest idols do something that's no doubt going to bring them some harsh criticism.

230 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:27:35pm

re: #226 Gus 802

Could be part of a new trend with a few Republicans. Call it the "don't be a crazed anti-collective bargaining douche bag trend".

if the shoe were on the other foot, unions dumping millions into GOP coffers, the song would sound quite different....partisan politics run amok....bunch of fucking idiots

231 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:27:51pm

re: #229 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

re: #226 Gus 802

Both good arguments. I'll be honest, I knee-jerk about such things when I see one the Right's newest idols do something that's no doubt going to bring them some harsh criticism.

pols do research, tale polls & stick their fingers in the breeze... they cater to their constituents, or at least they should.

232 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:29:26pm

re: #230 albusteve

if the shoe were on the other foot, unions dumping millions into GOP coffers, the song would sound quite different...partisan politics run amok...bunch of fucking idiots

Both my dad and my mom (and probably soon my brother as well) are members of PUBLIC SECTOR unions. So fuck you for insulting their intelligence....

233 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:31:22pm

re: #229 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

re: #226 Gus 802

Both good arguments. I'll be honest, I knee-jerk about such things when I see one the Right's newest idols do something that's no doubt going to bring them some harsh criticism.

trouble is, they pack up and are oblivious to criticism....until their elected ass is on the line....half the GOP doesn't even know what the hell collective bargaining is and how it helps anchor the middle class when effective....pigs howling at shadows

234 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:32:09pm

re: #231 brookly red

pols do research, tale polls & stick their fingers in the breeze... they cater to their constituents, or at least they should.

They should, but all too often, they convince themselves that fulfilling a particular ideology is what their constituents want. I'm sure that, in Walker's mind, his union-busting is why he was elected, regardless of how it's polling with the public.

235 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:32:52pm

re: #232 jamesfirecat

Both my dad and my mom (and probably soon my brother as well) are members of PUBLIC SECTOR unions. So fuck you for insulting their intelligence...

how did I insult anyone?

236 Gus  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:32:59pm

Hit the wall here -- tired. Hasta later.

237 webevintage  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:33:43pm

Most annoying article of the day was from David Brooks:
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

"Make Everybody Hurt"

well except for Brooks and his friends and those who make over $250,000.

238 TedStriker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:36:06pm

If Oklahoma's TPGOP outlawing "Sharia law", some of our own Baggers here in the TN legislature want to do the same thing:

Tennessean: Bill Ketron proposes law to make following Shariah law a felony

Some people are fucking stupid...isn't there anything else that the SHOULD be doing, instead of make the whole of Islam a boogeyman?

239 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:36:24pm

re: #234 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

They should, but all too often, they convince themselves that fulfilling a particular ideology is what their constituents want. I'm sure that, in Walker's mind, his union-busting is why he was elected, regardless of how it's polling with the public.

maybe... I can't say for sure, but from what I have heard it is consistent with his campaigning. Do note that I reside in NY and never heard any of his campaigning.

240 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:37:23pm

re: #235 albusteve

how did I insult anyone?

Who was the "bunch of fucking idiots" you were referring to in post 230?

241 Wozza Matter?  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:37:40pm

re: #230 albusteve

if the shoe were on the other foot, unions dumping millions into GOP coffers, the song would sound quite different...partisan politics run amok...bunch of fucking idiots


People can opt out of being in a union if it offends them.

In this economy People can not opt out of working for one company over another because of the donations it makes.

242 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:38:14pm

re: #234 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

They should, but all too often, they convince themselves that fulfilling a particular ideology is what their constituents want. I'm sure that, in Walker's mind, his union-busting is why he was elected, regardless of how it's polling with the public.

but of course this is on a state level, if we look at things from a national point of view, well you know...

243 austin_blue  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:38:34pm

re: #204 Talking Point Detective

Just goes to show how far come folks will go to suck up to anyone, no matter how foul-smelling, for the sake of the almighty Euro.

Fucking bizarre.

[Link: www.npr.org...]

Well, Berlusconi certainly likes *this* North African:

Image: Karima+El+Mahroug.jpg

244 Wozza Matter?  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:38:44pm

re: #238 talon_262

If Oklahoma's TPGOP outlawing "Sharia law", some of our own Baggers here in the TN legislature want to do the same thing:

Tennessean: Bill Ketron proposes law to make following Shariah law a felony

Some people are fucking stupid...isn't there anything else that the SHOULD be doing, instead of make the whole of Islam a boogeyman?

*stands back and waits for the illegality of the ten commandments as blow back...again*

245 brookly red  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:39:25pm

re: #243 austin_blue

Well, Berlusconi certainly likes *this* North African:

Image: Karima+El+Mahroug.jpg

/are you posting p0rn again?

246 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:39:34pm

re: #240 jamesfirecat

Who was the "bunch of fucking idiots" you were referring to in post 230?

the GOP

247 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:40:44pm

re: #246 albusteve

the GOP

Sorry then, thought you were referring to the unions.

248 Mr Pancakes  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:41:14pm

re: #246 albusteve

the GOP

That's how I read it but I wasn't going to say anything.

249 Targetpractice  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:42:39pm

OT:

Wisconsin State Journal: Walker warns state workers layoff notices could come next week if bill isn't passed

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker warned Tuesday that state employees could start receiving layoff notices as early as next week if a bill eliminating most collective bargaining rights isn't passed soon.

Walker said in a statement to The Associated Press that the layoffs wouldn't take effect immediately. He didn't say which workers would be targeted but he has repeatedly warned that up to 1,500 workers could lose their jobs by July if his proposal isn't passed.

"Hopefully we don't get to that point," Walker said.

It could take weeks or even months to lay off workers under the terms of their current union contracts.

250 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:42:40pm

re: #247 jamesfirecat

Sorry then, thought you were referring to the unions.

idiocy is apolitical and not job related

251 austin_blue  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:43:05pm

re: #245 brookly red

/are you posting p0rn again?

Hell, no! That's a very attractive Moroccan pole dancer!

OR would approve.

252 Wozza Matter?  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:43:43pm

re: #251 austin_blue

Hell, no! That's a very attractive Moroccan pole dancer!

OR would approve.

What about a polish Moroccan dancer?

253 austin_blue  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:45:15pm

re: #252 wozzablog

What about a polish Moroccan dancer?

You want your *what* polished?!?!?

Shocking!

254 Wozza Matter?  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:46:20pm

re: #253 austin_blue

darn my missing capital P.

No Polish women doing Moroccan dances, then...........

255 Mr Pancakes  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:46:38pm

re: #254 wozzablog

darn my missing capital P.

No Polish women doing Moroccan dances, then...

Too late

256 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:47:06pm

re: #249 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

OT:

Wisconsin State Journal: Walker warns state workers layoff notices could come next week if bill isn't passed

are the kids back in school, while their elders squabble over the dough pan?...and I have to love the attendance rules up there in the Wi legislature....don't like what's happening, just leave town and the entire gig screeches to a halt!....what a mess, but if you are going to over reach then you take the shit for it....and denying collective bargaining is a huge over reach

257 Wozza Matter?  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:50:02pm

re: #255 Mr Pancakes

I know. I suck.

*is sad*

258 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:50:53pm

re: #249 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

OT:

Wisconsin State Journal: Walker warns state workers layoff notices could come next week if bill isn't passed

He thinks he's the Zombie Reagan.

259 Mr Pancakes  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:51:22pm

re: #257 wozzablog

I know. I suck.

*is sad*

Nah...... I wish my typos created humor like that!

260 austin_blue  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:51:46pm

re: #256 albusteve

are the kids back in school, while their elders squabble over the dough pan?...and I have to love the attendance rules up there in the Wi legislature...don't like what's happening, just leave town and the entire gig screeches to a halt!...what a mess, but if you are going to over reach then you take the shit for it...and denying collective bargaining is a huge over reach

A shame, really, the State employees are willing to give up wages and benefits if they retain the right to collective bargaining. The Scooter is after nothing less than killing all public unions in the State.

Cops, Fierymen, teachers, professors, &c.

Slick, but shameful.

261 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:52:19pm

re: #258 Charles

He thinks he's the Zombie Reagan.

Zombie Reagan eat brains, but can't swallow this injustice!

262 Wozza Matter?  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:53:20pm

re: #249 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

OT:

Wisconsin State Journal: Walker warns state workers layoff notices could come next week if bill isn't passed

They should just keep showing up to work anyway :p

263 Dancing along the light of day  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:54:11pm

re: #227 Charles

Absolutely fantastic Pages being posted today. I can't keep up with all the interesting stuff. Thanks to all.

What is your vision for the pages, if I may ask?

264 albusteve  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:55:17pm

re: #260 austin_blue

A shame, really, the State employees are willing to give up wages and benefits if they retain the right to collective bargaining. The Scooter is after nothing less than killing all public unions in the State.

Cops, Fierymen, teachers, professors, &c.

Slick, but shameful.

and now he's full blown committed...not a savvy pol, more like a popular anchor for GOP fundamentalism....backing away from his stance will now be seen as defeat

265 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 5:59:24pm

Sorry to go off-topic, but I just saw this and it made my eyes bug out.

Image: 50cal.jpg

The round second from right is standard 5.56mm - of the type used by NATO forces, as the photo illustrates. The round on the far left is .50 caliber and has reportedly been used against protesters. Sources in Tripoli who have spoken with doctors in the capital also said some believe explosive rounds are being used.

Source

O_O

266 JAFO  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 6:00:36pm

re: #227 Charles

Absolutely fantastic Pages being posted today. I can't keep up with all the interesting stuff. Thanks to all.

I finally found the pages. Great stuff.

267 austin_blue  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 6:01:11pm

re: #264 albusteve

and now he's full blown committed...not a savvy pol, more like a popular anchor for GOP fundamentalism...backing away from his stance will now be seen as defeat

I think "full blown committed" translates to "rational public policy" for the Tea baggers. They *can't* back down. They are the Angels of the new Amerika. God help us all.

268 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 6:12:35pm

I think that the Dems need to just stay away and let Scooter continue to do himself in. As Napoleon is supposed to have said, “Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

People thought they were getting fiscal responsibility. That they didn't is sinking in and so are Scooter's numbers as it does ;)

269 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 6:14:33pm

re: #265 CuriousLurker

Sorry to go off-topic, but I just saw this and it made my eyes bug out.

Image: 50cal.jpg

The round second from right is standard 5.56mm - of the type used by NATO forces, as the photo illustrates. The round on the far left is .50 caliber and has reportedly been used against protesters. Sources in Tripoli who have spoken with doctors in the capital also said some believe explosive rounds are being used.

Source

O_O

More likely the 12.7mm version as made by the soviets, but yeah, it's a nasty weapon and found on many armored vehicles and aircraft. Not happy.

270 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 6:27:18pm

re: #269 wlewisiii

More likely the 12.7mm version as made by the soviets, but yeah, it's a nasty weapon and found on many armored vehicles and aircraft. Not happy.

I can imagine shooting at another human being with something that looks like it was made to kill elephants. I've never seen something that size... it just... I don't want to think about what kind of damage it could cause to a human body.

271 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 6:34:36pm

re: #270 CuriousLurker

I can can't imagine shooting at another human being with something that looks like it was made to kill elephants. I've never seen something that size... it just... I don't want to think about what kind of damage it could cause to a human body.

Umm, can't. I CAN'T imagine shooting.... Sheesh, PIMF

272 ThomasLite  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 2:23:05pm

re: #269 wlewisiii

hmm, I don't know, it says .50 BMG beneath it, so that's not a particularly russian round, is it?

anyway, a direct hit with a 5.56 can be lethal enough; this is just plain overkill. I don't really feel a difference between shooting this or a 5.56 round at someone; the intent is not much different, neither is the effect, probably... (ordinary NATO 5.56 rounds are pretty lethal already, if memory serves. not a gun expert here, though.)


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