Robert Stacy McCain’s 300th Post on My Total Insignificance

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“You buy the ticket, you take the ride.”Meanwhile, knuckle-dragging white supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain has decided it’s time for his 300th post about how insignificant I am: He Who Hates Attractive GOP Women : The Other McCain. (No link, of course.)

His premise is that because I criticize Michele Bachmann for being a deranged far right loon, that must mean I hate all women — which is just precious coming from someone who once said about victims of date rape, “You buy the ticket, you take the ride.”

Excuse me for reminding you that Charles Johnson is still on the Internet. He hasn’t done anything useful in so long, you might not realize he used to be somebody important.

To prove how pointless and devoid of importance I am, obsessed people like McCain like to take screenshots of my site, then not link to it. So here’s a pointless screenshot of McCain’s pointless screenshot, just to be meta-pointless.

And another tedious inevitability: in the comments for his article there’s some chowderhead impersonating me, probably McCain himself. Just one more indicator of how little they think of me, and what a nobody I am. I’m so meaningless, they have to pretend to be me, in comment after comment after comment.

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537 comments
1 dragonfire1981  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:23:18pm

It’s a pretty sad statement for society when a good number of the children are better behaved than the adults are.

2 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:24:55pm

Why, I’m so insignificant that a quote of mine turned up in the Washington Post today. Woe is me.

3 researchok  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:25:29pm

Projection can be an ugly thing, RSM.

And eye opening.

4 Kronocide  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:25:39pm

Charles Johnson: the most meaningful and important unimportant meaningless blogger on the web.

5 angel Graham  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:27:42pm

If you were truly insignificant to them, then they’d not need to post about your insignificance. The absence of you in their posts and articles would prove it all. Too bad they haven’t learned that the more you try to deny things, they more you prove the truth of them.

6 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:28:32pm

Awesome Rainbow in Portlandia: look east.

7 angel Graham  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:29:05pm

Charles…you wail?! I wanna hear that! *bad angel…down…behave*

8 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:30:02pm

re: #6 Killgore Trout

Awesome Rainbow in Portlandia: look east.

Ah. I’m too far west.

Did you find a Moonstruck Chocolates at the end of it?

9 Kronocide  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:30:12pm

re: #2 Charles

You ‘wailer!’

Blogger Charles Johnson wails, “This is great news for Democrats, of course, because let’s face it — Bachmann is one of the looniest of the loony Republicans. If she runs, she’ll do an excellent job of exposing the GOP for what they are: intolerant, reactionary, ignorant, fanatically religious, and possessed of more than a few loose screws.”

10 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:30:28pm

Charles is so unworthy of note that he’s worthy of note.

11 thatthatisis  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:31:40pm

Such an obsession! Maybe he just got kicked off his school’s football team, and he doesn’t like the name Little Green Footballs? The sick ones never really get beyond their school years.
/

12 darthstar  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:33:11pm

Everybody wins!

13 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:33:18pm

re: #2 Charles

Why, I’m so insignificant that a quote of mine turned up in the Washington Post today. Woe is me.

Nice!

14 wrenchwench  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:34:05pm

re: #7 sadangel

Charles…you wail?! I wanna hear that! *bad angel…down…behave*

I clicked on the link and I didn’t hear a thing.

15 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:35:07pm

Yeah, gotta love that defense of gals like Palin and Bachmann: “What? You think they’re not presidential material?! You woman hater!” Really, is that the best they got? Because I think both are brain dead bimbos, but thought Hillary Clinton more qualified for the presidency than Obama and would not have hesitated to vote for her had she been the party nominee.

Seriously, for a guy who supposedly hates women, Charles spends a lot of time dragging a spotlight onto the GOP’s war against them. I don’t think I go a week, if that, without seeing a post on this site detailing how the GOP is looking to turn women from free-willed living beings into walking incubators for the next generation of simple-minded, single-issue voters.

16 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:35:10pm

re: #9 BigPapa

You ‘wailer!’

Blogger Charles Johnson wails, “This is great news for Democrats, of course, because let’s face it — Bachmann is one of the looniest of the loony Republicans. If she runs, she’ll do an excellent job of exposing the GOP for what they are: intolerant, reactionary, ignorant, fanatically religious, and possessed of more than a few loose screws.”

If Charles is a “wailer”, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind wailing like this ;-)

Youtube Video
17 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:35:59pm

re: #7 sadangel

Charles…you wail?! I wanna hear that! *bad angel…down…behave*

Strange, when I wrote that I imagined myself speaking in a very reasonable tone of voice.

Now, “He Who Hates Attractive GOP Women” — that kinda sounds like wailing to me, from a boorish moron whose ox has been gored.

18 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:36:10pm

What does attractive have to do with anything? I can’t believe how stupid wingers are to think that that psycho moron Michelle Bachmann would even stand a chance in the general election. Has nothing to do with her looks.

19 Kronocide  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:36:53pm

I think Barret Brown spoofed you CJ:

RSM:

Oftentimes on the blogosphere I experience people through the lens of my own self [interest] in order to get a good look at it projected back to me. Sometimes I find this of great benefit. Certain personalities more tend to inspire this kind of looking than others, it’s fair to say…

Seems like his overly verbose faux intellectualist-ik.

20 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:38:23pm

I scrolled down RSM’s front page to check out all the racist comments from his readers on a thread about the rising Hispanic population in the US. Unfortunately, he has no readers so there were no comments on the thread. Oh, well.

21 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:39:36pm

re: #19 BigPapa

I think Barret Brown spoofed you CJ:

RSM:

Oftentimes on the blogosphere I experience people through the lens of my own self [interest] in order to get a good look at it projected back to me. Sometimes I find this of great benefit. Certain personalities more tend to inspire this kind of looking than others, it’s fair to say…

Seems like his overly verbose faux intellectualist-ik.


Well, it’s definitely not Rodan

22 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:40:33pm

re: #18 Gus 802

What does attractive have to do with anything? I can’t believe how stupid wingers are to think that that psycho moron Michelle Bachmann would even stand a chance in the general election. Has nothing to do with her looks.

I used to get the same thing here about my dislike for Palin in the last election.

23 Simply Sarah  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:42:19pm

re: #15 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Yeah, gotta love that defense of gals like Palin and Bachmann: “What? You think they’re not presidential material?! You woman hater!” Really, is that the best they got? Because I think both are brain dead bimbos, but thought Hillary Clinton more qualified for the presidency than Obama and would not have hesitated to vote for her had she been the party nominee.

Seriously, for a guy who supposedly hates women, Charles spends a lot of time dragging a spotlight onto the GOP’s war against them. I don’t think I go a week, if that, without seeing a post on this site detailing how the GOP is looking to turn women from free-willed living beings into walking incubators for the next generation of simple-minded, single-issue voters.

Lately, we’ve been lucky if Charles only needs to point it out once a day.

24 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:42:24pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

I used to get the same thing here about my dislike for Palin in the last election.

Yeah. Odd coming from a group of people that spent the majority of the time criticizing Hilary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi based on their looks. Funny coming from a bunch of wingers who are notoriously male chauvinists.

25 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:42:28pm

re: #17 Charles

Strange, when I wrote that I imagined myself speaking in a very reasonable tone of voice.

Now, “He Who Hates Attractive GOP Women” — that kinda sounds like wailing to me, from a boorish moron whose ox has been gored.

To rebut RSM (like it’d do any good), if Bachmann is an “attractive GOP wom(an)”, he and his confederates are are shallow and misogynistic as hell. She, like Palin, may be physically attractive somewhat, but their hearts and souls are black as coal and are ugly to the bone. When I look at people to vote for, them being a nice piece of ass (///) isn’t a factor, but their words and deeds sure are.

26 Kronocide  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:44:59pm

re: #25 talon_262

It’s the Stepford Wife syndrome. Conservative women are empowered as long as they are saving unborn children and are upholding traditional family values.

27 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:46:09pm

I’m sitting here thinking about Republican women.

I wrote that ten minutes ago.

I’ve actually been thinking about the stupid, stinking beading needle and how hard it is to thread the stupid, stinking beading thread on the needle.

I shall return to deep thoughts momentarily.

28 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:47:07pm

re: #25 talon_262

She, like Palin, may be physically attractive somewhat, but their hearts and souls are black as coal and are ugly to the bone.


I will disagree with that. I don’t see either of them as bad or mean people. Palin’s just stupid, I mean really really dumb. Very much not smart. Bachmann is crazy. A loon, a nut. I don’t detect any malice from either of them.

29 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:47:39pm

re: #24 Gus 802

Yeah. Odd coming from a group of people that spent the majority of the time criticizing Hilary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi based on their looks. Funny coming from a bunch of wingers who are notoriously male chauvinists.

And Janet Reno, Janet Napolitano, Madeline Albright… Plus they notoriously went out and called Democratic Party women as being “ugly” and other childish and stupid thing — almost to the point of having beauty pageants of their own. It’s hard to believe how incredibly stupid wingers are.

30 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:47:40pm

I think a good question to ask is why there aren’t many “unattractive” women speaking for the GOP. In quotes because it is, of course, in the eye of the beholder.

31 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:48:00pm

Now, Anne Coulter. There’s some real black hearted evil.

32 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:48:50pm

re: #26 BigPapa

It’s the Stepford Wife syndrome. Conservative women are empowered as long as they are saving unborn children and are upholding traditional family values.

Oh, cut it out.
I actually do both those things, and buster, I am no Stepford wife.

You can be those things and also not be completely stupid.

33 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:49:36pm

Bachmann is one of the looniest

doesn’t the poor woman realize that she needs to lose the ‘dazed and confused’ face?

34 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:50:01pm

Heh heh. Sorry. I just really love this one.

[Link: history.icanhascheezburger.com…]

35 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:50:04pm

re: #26 BigPapa

It’s the Stepford Wife syndrome. Conservative women are empowered as long as they are saving unborn children and are upholding traditional family values.

In other words, barefoot, pregnant, and submissive…unless you’re among the “elite”, as Palin and Bachmann are. I may be a man, but to me, that sounds like a just a step above indentured servitude or slavery…absolutely unacceptable.

36 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:50:56pm

re: #33 engineer dog

Bachmann is one of the looniest

doesn’t the poor woman realize that she needs to lose the ‘dazed and confused’ face?

Step one: look into the camera.

37 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:51:24pm

re: #24 Gus 802

Yeah. Odd coming from a group of people that spent the majority of the time criticizing Hilary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi based on their looks. Funny coming from a bunch of wingers who are notoriously male chauvinists.

totally.

Don’t forget the Hillary nut crackers.

38 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:51:51pm

re: #26 BigPapa

It’s the Stepford Wife syndrome. Conservative women are empowered as long as they are saving unborn children and are upholding traditional family values.

Ayep, “strong” Republican women must still believe that the sun rises and sets on the male half of the species, and believe that the laws that men write to strip women of their right to control their own bodies is “God’s will” or some such bullshit.

39 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:52:23pm

re: #31 Killgore Trout

Now, Anne Coulter. There’s some real black hearted evil.

to me, she seems to listen to each question with extreme wariness and apprehension, as if one of those nerdy science geeks was about to try to slip up the the main cool girl once again

40 b_sharp  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:52:44pm

re: #32 reine.de.tout

Oh, cut it out.
I actually do both those things, and buster, I am no Stepford wife.

You can be those things and also not be completely stupid.

I think BigPapa was channelling the misogynistic attitudes of the worst of Conservative male leaders, not suggesting the women themselves have no value unless they follow those conditions.

41 Simply Sarah  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:53:34pm

Really, as a woman, this is all very insulting. Why do looks have to come up? I mean, I understand that being easier on the eyes can help the way people view you, but with women running there always seems to be so much focus on how they look. And, personally, the words the come out of Bachmann’s mouth whenever she opens it pretty much make me repulse at the sight of here.

On the more general issue some people have sort of mentioned above…Do I want to support women for office? Of course! Does that mean the sex of the person running is even remotely close to being the most important thing to me? Hell no!

I want to vote for someone that, as best as I can tell, mostly shares my ideals or, at least, seems likely to further my interests and the interests of women and everyone else in the city/state/country/world/etc. You give me an anti-female woman and a pro-female man and the latter is getting my vote every time.

42 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:54:18pm

re: #40 b_sharp

I think BigPapa was channelling the misogynistic attitudes of the worst of Conservative male leaders, not suggesting the women themselves have no value unless they follow those conditions.

Could be.
But he caught me up in that.
And I will defend myself.

43 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:54:39pm

re: #32 reine.de.tout

Oh, cut it out.
I actually do both those things, and buster, I am no Stepford wife.

You can be those things and also not be completely stupid.

I think what BP was trying to say (and what I did say in reply) is that the wingnuts want and expect women to submit to and accept their “vision” of what American women should be…and I certainly don’t peg you as being like that. I take you as a strong woman that knows and works for what you want; the current TPGOP hacks are working against that and I hope that it pisses you off, because it does me.

44 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:55:04pm

re: #43 talon_262

I think what BP was trying to say (and what I did say in reply) is that the wingnuts want and expect women to submit to and accept their “vision” of what American women should be…and I certainly don’t peg you as being like that. I take you as a strong woman that knows and works for what you want; the current TPGOP hacks are working against that and I hope that it pisses you off, because it does me.

Fine.
See: re: #42 reine.de.tout

45 b_sharp  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:55:05pm

re: #39 engineer dog

to me, she seems to listen to each question with extreme wariness and apprehension, as if one of those nerdy science geeks was about to try to slip up the the main cool girl once again

Coulter is just following the money as it makes its way into her pocket. Because she’s been playing a role for so long, she has no personality of her own.

46 Kronocide  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:56:47pm

re: #32 reine.de.tout

I didn’t figure I needed .5 of a sarc tag but maybe I did. I did not mean to imply that ‘saving unborn children and upholding traditional family values’ means you are a Stepford Wife: I meant saving unborn children and upholding traditional family values in the ideal of today’s dominionist teabagger, and being a woman, means you are a Stepford Wife.

47 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:57:13pm

And I don’t like it when people make fun out of how Coulter looks or call her a transsexual. Not that anyone said that here.

48 unrememberable  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:57:32pm

300th? Does that make him a shoo-in for Cooperstown?

49 b_sharp  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:57:55pm

re: #42 reine.de.tout

Could be.
But he caught me up in that.
And I will defend myself.

You’ve been forcefully putting your foot down with class and style lately. That’s admirable.

50 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:58:06pm

Coming from the same group that blathers on about Obama’s female war troika.

IOKIYAAR

51 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 5:59:47pm

re: #44 reine.de.tout

Fine.
See: re: #42 reine.de.tout

Everybody cool?

52 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:00:06pm

If you haven’t seen this video, it sheds a lot of light on Michele Bachmann’s motives:

Youtube Video
53 darthstar  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:01:07pm

re: #52 Charles

If you haven’t seen this video, it sheds a lot of light on Michele Bachmann’s motives:

[Video]

Why is it god always has to talk to the assholes?

54 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:01:33pm

re: #43 talon_262

… the current TPGOP hacks are working against that and I hope that it pisses you off, because it does me.

As far as being pissed off about it?
Naw. I don’t have enough life left to be pissed off about it.
I don’t get mad; I get even.

My vote that they used to be able to count on?
It’s not theirs anymore.
And I’m far from being alone in that.

55 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:01:57pm

re: #47 Gus 802

And I don’t like it when people make fun out of how Coulter looks or call her a transsexual. Not that anyone said that here.

All I will say about Coulter is that she is a woman in desperate need of a ham sandwich. Put some meat on dem bones, for God’s sake.

56 Crimsonfisted  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:02:17pm

or sparta?

re: #48 unrememberable

57 Simply Sarah  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:02:36pm

re: #47 Gus 802

And I don’t like it when people make fun out of how Coulter looks or call her a transsexual. Not that anyone said that here.

Exactly. Go after her for her actions and words, not for how she looks. Never mind that the whole transsexual line is highly and unfairly insulting to both them.

58 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:03:44pm

re: #53 darthstar

Why is it god always has to talk to the assholes?

I screen his calls…

59 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:04:30pm

Politicians should have to campaign with paper bags over their heads.

Maybe we’d end up with another Lincoln.

60 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:04:38pm

re: #54 reine.de.tout

As far as being pissed off about it?
Naw. I don’t have enough life left to be pissed off about it.
I don’t get mad; I get even.

My vote that they used to be able to count on?
It’s not theirs anymore.
And I’m far from being alone in that.

That’s the spirit…

61 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:05:20pm
Bachmann’s Former Chief Of Staff: I’m Voting For Tim Pawlenty

In February, Carey also stated that “even if [Bachmann] were elected I don’t believe she would be ready for the position of the president of the United States.” Certainly not the ringing endorsement a lawmaker might expect from her own staff. Alas, for Carney, Pawlenty provides the “sharp,” “likable,” “humble,” “main street” qualifications needed for the presidency. Bachmann, however, did provide employment.

[Link: thinkprogress.org…]

he probably just hates women./

62 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:05:52pm

re: #53 darthstar

Why is it god always has to talk to the assholes?

“it wasn’t god who made honky-tonk angels,
like you wrote in the words to your song…”

63 beartiger  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:06:18pm

I enjoy your blog, Charles, but I must say that the infighting between you and other bloggers is of very little interest to me, and it’s the only part of your blog that kind of makes me wince and that I think doesn’t come off to your credit. Maybe I’m in a minority.

I think it would be cooler of you never to mention any of their attacks on you. This would be giving them the consideration (i.e., none) that they deserve.

64 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:06:58pm

re: #51 talon_262

Everybody cool?

I always am.
hehehe.
I don’t remember these things from one comment to the next to be honest.

65 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:07:11pm

re: #63 beartiger

Groan.

66 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:08:17pm

Hey Charles. I think you should have more posts on airplanes!

//

67 b_sharp  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:08:49pm

re: #65 Gus 802

Groan.

I know this is your house and I appreciate being invited in for tea, but could you not open that particular window, I don’t like the view.

68 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:08:54pm

re: #63 beartiger

I enjoy your blog, Charles, but I must say that the infighting between you and other bloggers is of very little interest to me, and it’s the only part of your blog that kind of makes me wince and that I think doesn’t come off to your credit. Maybe I’m in a minority.

I think it would be cooler of you never to mention any of their attacks on you. This would be giving them the consideration (i.e., none) that they deserve.

You think that Charles shouldn’t defend himself and LGF against untrue, unfounded, scurrilous attacks? I think he should continue to give the critics/liars both barrels, because it’s the only thing the Neanderthals understand…

69 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:11:26pm

re: #67 b_sharp

I know this is your house and I appreciate being invited in for tea, but could you not open that particular window, I don’t like the view.

What about my feelings? Hmm?

//

70 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:12:34pm

re: #69 Gus 802

What about my feelings? Hmm?

//

But enough about me. What do you think of me?

71 jaunte  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:12:59pm

re: #63 beartiger

But 300 posts deserves some special notice. That’s like, Spartan territory.

72 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:13:19pm

re: #63 beartiger

I enjoy your blog, Charles, but I must say that the infighting between you and other bloggers is of very little interest to me, and it’s the only part of your blog that kind of makes me wince and that I think doesn’t come off to your credit. Maybe I’m in a minority.

I think it would be cooler of you never to mention any of their attacks on you. This would be giving them the consideration (i.e., none) that they deserve.

And I think it might be cooler if you stop and consider that telling the guy who’s running the blog what you think he should and shouldn’t do might make you look like a dick. Submitting such a suggestion via email might cause you less pain than posting what comes off as a whine in the middle of said thread you disapprove of.

73 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:13:36pm

re: #70 EmmmieG

But enough about me. What do you think of me?

Clearly you don’t think enough about me if you ask me to think about you! Don’t you care about me?

//

74 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:14:08pm

A perfect time for an oldie. Silence is golden.

75 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:14:37pm

Also, of course, if you really want to discuss something, you can make your own page about it and see if anybody else wants to chat.

76 b_sharp  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:16:16pm

re: #69 Gus 802

What about my feelings? Hmm?

//

Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,
Oh wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before the king?
The king was in his counting house counting out his money,
The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey
The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes,
When down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose!

77 moderatelyradicalliberal  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:17:30pm

If Palin and Bachmann weren’t attractive we wouldn’t know who either of them are. Congresswomen Jean Shmitt and Virgina Foxx say the same kinds of things that Palin and Bachmann say, but they aren’t on TV all of the time or beloved by the right. Michelle Malkin is on TV a lot more often than K Lo is. GOP women can’t get any airtime or attention if they aren’t attractive. The far right is not only sexist, it’s lookist. If you aren’t causing starbursts, you don’t have much chance of being a conservative pundit or political icon.

78 silentbob27  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:18:04pm

Careful Charles… I think SOMEbody might have a man-crush on you. RSM seems to have a bit of teenage girl-angst going on.

79 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:18:58pm

re: #78 silentbob27

Careful Charles… I think SOMEbody might have a man-crush on you. RSM seems to have a bit of teenage girl-angst going on.

Bromance.

Awkward.

Hope Charles doesn’t buy any tickets…

80 Decatur Deb  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:19:47pm

re: #77 moderatelyradicalliberal

If Palin and Bachmann weren’t attractive we wouldn’t know who either of them are. Congresswomen Jean Shmitt and Virgina Foxx say the same kinds of things that Palin and Bachmann say, but they aren’t on TV all of the time or beloved by the right. Michelle Malkin is on TV a lot more often than K Lo is. GOP women can’t get any airtime or attention if they aren’t attractive. The far right is not only sexist, it’s lookist. If you aren’t causing starbursts, you don’t have much chance of being a conservative pundit or political icon.

It wasn’t always so:

Image: BE026456.jpg

The only Republican I almost voted for.

81 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:22:31pm

re: #80 Decatur Deb

It wasn’t always so:

Image: BE026456.jpg

The only Republican I almost voted for.

Thank you for making me feel younger.

Who dat?

82 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:23:25pm

re: #80 Decatur Deb

It wasn’t always so:

Image: BE026456.jpg

The only Republican I almost voted for.

Who is that? (love it!)

83 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:23:48pm

re: #82 Stanley Sea

Who is that? (love it!)

Milicent Fenwick

84 moderatelyradicalliberal  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:24:04pm

re: #80 Decatur Deb

It wasn’t always so:

Image: BE026456.jpg

The only Republican I almost voted for.

Who is she? And I assume whoever she is, cable news didn’t exist during her prime.

85 Decatur Deb  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:24:10pm

re: #81 JasonA

Thank you for making me feel younger.

Who dat?

Rep Millicent Fenwick (R, NJ), thought to be the model for Doonesbury’s “Lacy Davenport”.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

86 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:25:10pm

re: #83 Gus 802

Milicent Fenwick

From wiki:

She was regarded as a moderate and progressive within her party and was outspoken in favor of civil rights and the women’s movement.

Soooo… a far-left Liberal?

87 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:25:53pm

re: #86 JasonA

From wiki:

Sooo… a far-left Liberal?

Yeah. The loonies of today would drum her out of the party.

88 moderatelyradicalliberal  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:27:11pm

re: #85 Decatur Deb

Rep Millicent Fenwick (R, NJ), thought to be the model for Doonesbury’s “Lacy Davenport”.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

According to what I just read at wikipedia, she was a liberal who wouldn’t make the cut of a conservative female icon. But they say she was beautiful.

Often described as being blessed with exceptional intelligence, striking good looks, and a keen wit

Pretty, but a liberal.

89 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:27:22pm

re: #85 Decatur Deb

Rep Millicent Fenwick (R, NJ), thought to be the model for Doonesbury’s “Lacy Davenport”.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

Yep, I bet she was.

90 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:29:34pm

re: #80 Decatur Deb

It wasn’t always so:

Image: BE026456.jpg

The only Republican I almost voted for.

That photo makes me want to dig up my pearls. And my pipe.

91 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:31:03pm

Thanks to all the Lizards posting in the Pages. Great stuff. I’ve been busy digging in the dirt today and it’s nice to scroll through all the stories floating around the blogoshpere.

92 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:34:25pm

The bball games yesterday were MUCH more exciting. Bleh.

(Go Gators!)

93 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:42:25pm

Hi Flo!!

94 Gus  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:48:24pm

bbl

95 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:52:32pm

saw this at balloon juice
check out the “how liberal are you” quiz.

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com…]

my results are:
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

96 Jadespring  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:54:19pm

Ugh. Thankfully most of the primetime shows I watch are shown on both Canadian and American channels. I usually watch the Canadian ones but for the next month it’s USA all the way! USA USA USA No election ads for me! I get sooo sick of them. LOL

97 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:54:19pm

re: #2 Charles

Why, I’m so insignificant that a quote of mine turned up in the Washington Post today. Woe is me.

He’s just as lame as the Stalkers, and even more toxic.

98 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:59:35pm

re: #95 zora

saw this at balloon juice
check out the “how liberal are you” quiz.

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com…]

my results are:
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

They also have a conservative questionnaire. My results:

My Conservative Identity:

You are a Freedom Crusader, also known as a neoconservative. You believe in taking the fight directly to the enemy, whether it’s terrorists abroad or the liberal terrorist appeasers at home who give them aid and comfort.

Take the quiz at
About.com Political Humor

99 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 6:59:57pm

re: #95 zora

Result: Working Class Warrior
Working Class Warrior

You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

100 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:01:36pm

re: #63 beartiger

You’re WAY in a minority.

101 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:01:45pm

re: #95 zora

saw this at balloon juice
check out the “how liberal are you” quiz.

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com…]

my results are:
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

Me (though I didn’t find any of the choices for the Mt. Rushmore and “what region to kick out of the Union” questions wholly satisfying):

You are a Reality-Based Intellectualist, also known as the liberal elite. You are a proud member of what’s known as the reality-based community, where science, reason, and non-Jesus-based thought reign supreme.
102 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:02:44pm

re: #95 zora

saw this at balloon juice
check out the “how liberal are you” quiz.

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com…]

my results are:
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

LOL, I don’t know!

You are a New Left Hipster, also known as a MoveOn.org liberal, a Netroots activist, or a Daily Show fanatic. You believe that if we really want to defend American values, conservative hatriots must be exposed and mocked for every fanatical, puritanical, paranoid, fact-allergic, reality-challenged, obstructionist ideal for which they stand.

103 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:06:40pm

Oh, and Zora - muchas gracias for that quiz!

104 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:08:36pm

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

They also have a conservative questionnaire. My results:

My Conservative Identity:

You are a Freedom Crusader, also known as a neoconservative. You believe in taking the fight directly to the enemy, whether it’s terrorists abroad or the liberal terrorist appeasers at home who give them aid and comfort.

Take the quiz at
About.com Political Humor

Me (though, again, some of the answers were wholly unsatisfying):
You are a Flag-Waving Everyman, also known as a patriot. You believe in championing liberty over tyranny, apple pie over sushi, and that God gave us a two-day weekend so we could enjoy football and NASCAR.

105 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:08:49pm

re: #95 zora

saw this at balloon juice
check out the “how liberal are you” quiz.

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com…]

my results are:
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

Got the exact same thing here. If I have a problem with the quiz, it’s that some of the question should have been multiple choice.

106 Jadespring  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:10:25pm

My Liberal one is…

You are a Social Justice Crusader, also known as a rights activist. You believe in equality, fairness, and preventing neo-Confederate conservative troglodytes from rolling back fifty years of civil rights gains.

My Conservative one is…

You are a Free Marketeer, also known as a fiscal conservative. You believe in free-market capitalism, tax cuts, and protecting your hard-earned cash from pick-pocketing liberal socialists.

:D

107 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:10:28pm

re: #102 Stanley Sea

Here’s a new one:

You are a Social Justice Crusader, also known as a rights activist. You believe in equality, fairness, and preventing neo-Confederate conservative troglodytes from rolling back fifty years of civil rights gains.

108 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:11:37pm

re: #49 b_sharp

You’ve been forcefully putting your foot down with class and style lately. That’s admirable.

Reine is not capable of doing anything WITHOUT class and style, dude.

:)

109 b_sharp  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:12:01pm

re: #101 talon_262

Me (though I didn’t find any of the choices for the Mt. Rushmore and “what region to kick out of the Union” questions wholly satisfying):

Same here.

110 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:12:01pm

re: #53 darthstar

Why is it god always has to talk to the assholes?

Everyone else is doing OK?

111 Jadespring  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:13:12pm

re: #110 SanFranciscoZionist

Everyone else is doing OK?

God talks to me. I just can’t talk about what is said. I had to pinky swear.

112 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:13:31pm

re: #55 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

All I will say about Coulter is that she is a woman in desperate need of a ham sandwich. Put some meat on dem bones, for God’s sake.

I agree with Gus, I don’t like the trashing. But the way Coulter dresses is part of her schtick, and it does sort of alarm me. I guess it’s not my business. I’d just rather look like Oprah, who may be equally insane, but is dressing her age.

113 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:13:33pm

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

They also have a conservative questionnaire. My results:

My Conservative Identity:

You are a Freedom Crusader, also known as a neoconservative. You believe in taking the fight directly to the enemy, whether it’s terrorists abroad or the liberal terrorist appeasers at home who give them aid and comfort.

Take the quiz at
About.com Political Humor

No can do, the first 2 had no answers I’d even check! LOL.

114 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:13:50pm

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

They also have a conservative questionnaire. My results:

My Conservative Identity:

You are a Freedom Crusader, also known as a neoconservative. You believe in taking the fight directly to the enemy, whether it’s terrorists abroad or the liberal terrorist appeasers at home who give them aid and comfort.

Take the quiz at
About.com Political Humor

Dark are you sure this quiz ins’t a parody because honestly I’m taking it right now, and my poe’s law sensor is going off every which way…

115 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:14:13pm

re: #66 Gus 802

Hey Charles. I think you should have more posts on airplanes!

//

I do miss the evolution threads.

116 Jadespring  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:14:52pm

re: #114 jamesfirecat

Dark are you sure this quiz ins’t a parody because honestly I’m taking it right now, and my poe’s law sensor is going off every which way…

They’re both parody’s.

117 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:14:59pm

re: #114 jamesfirecat

Dark are you sure this quiz ins’t a parody because honestly I’m taking it right now, and my poe’s law sensor is going off every which way…

Well, it’s a bit of political humor. Much of it is weird, but in my opinion its all in good fun.

118 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:15:32pm

re: #104 talon_262

Wow. The conservative version is completely goddamn deranged. It endorses the birther conspiracy without batting an eye.

I get the feeling it’s kind of mocking the conservatives.

119 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:15:45pm

re: #80 Decatur Deb

It wasn’t always so:

Image: BE026456.jpg

The only Republican I almost voted for.

Now THAT is a look I can get behind.

120 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:17:05pm

re: #114 jamesfirecat

Dark are you sure this quiz ins’t a parody because honestly I’m taking it right now, and my poe’s law sensor is going off every which way…

Yeah. I mean, if the stupid civil war question and the birther conspiracy wasn’t enough, the naked pyramid one? Really? Joking in a celebratory manner about one of the nastiest blotches on America’s conduct?

121 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:17:16pm

re: #83 Gus 802

Milicent Fenwick

Once, when a conservative male congressman attacked a piece of equal rights legislation by saying, “I’ve always thought of women as kissable, cuddly, and smelling good,” Fenwick responded, “That’s what I’ve always thought about men, and I hope for your sake that you haven’t been disappointed as many times as I’ve been.”

122 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:18:05pm

re: #117 Dark_Falcon

Well, it’s a bit of political humor. Much of it is weird, but in my opinion its all in good fun.

Well it’s just that the questions/answers seem so… mean spirited for lack of a better word.

123 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:19:04pm

re: #122 jamesfirecat

Yep, definitely a parody:

Ban marriage between any same-sex person, place, or thing

Make it legal to detain anyone with a Muslim-sounding name and strip-search them for underwear bombs before boarding any plane, including Air Force One

The liberal one was a little off too, but this one is just downright making the conservative opinions seem like those that only total delusion psychos could actually hold.

124 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:19:55pm

re: #123 Obdicut

Maybe it’s a sign of something. Like that the Republican party has gone off the rails.

125 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:20:22pm

haven’t read through the comments, but I will posit that there is a disconnect here.

RSM seems to equate good looking with attractive.

I will admit that MB does not look like Janet Reno. Janet Reno is not good looking. At the same time, I would love to sit down with her and talk nuance in prosecution law. In that, I find her attractive.

MB is undoubtedly good looking. But I have heard what she has said and don’t find her attractive in any way, shape, or form.

Does this mean that RSM is a shallow misogynist? Rating women by their physical appearance as opposed to their intelligence?

It would certainly appear so.

126 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:21:23pm

re: #125 austin_blue

haven’t read through the comments, but I will posit that there is a disconnect here.

RSM seems to equate good looking with attractive.

I will admit that MB does not look like Janet Reno. Janet Reno is not good looking. At the same time, I would love to sit down with her and talk nuance in prosecution law. In that, I find her attractive.

MB is undoubtedly good looking. But I have heard what she has said and don’t find her attractive in any way, shape, or form.

Does this mean that RSM is a shallow misogynist? Rating women by their physical appearance as opposed to their intelligence?

It would certainly appear so.

RSM and the GOP like their women to be seen, but not heard.

127 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:22:01pm

re: #95 zora

saw this at balloon juice
check out the “how liberal are you” quiz.

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com…]

my results are:
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

You are a Reality-Based Intellectualist, also known as the liberal elite. You are a proud member of what’s known as the reality-based community, where science, reason, and non-Jesus-based thought reign supreme.

Interesting, given that I don’t know that much about science, and if I were a Christian, would probably be quite into Jesus-based thought—with the assumption, of course, that Jesus-based thought would not be incompatible with scientific truth.

128 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:24:37pm

re: #120 Obdicut

Yeah. I mean, if the stupid civil war question and the birther conspiracy wasn’t enough, the naked pyramid one? Really? Joking in a celebratory manner about one of the nastiest blotches on America’s conduct?

I’d rather be waterboarded, or whatever that bumpersticker was, well it threw me too.

129 Simply Sarah  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:24:43pm

re: #123 Obdicut

Yep, definitely a parody:

The liberal one was a little off too, but this one is just downright making the conservative opinions seem like those that only total delusion psychos could actually hold.

Looking over both again, they both include some pretty extreme answer options. The conservative one may be more extreme, but that’s really hard to say for me, since my point of reference is already opposite of it.

130 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:25:14pm

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

They also have a conservative questionnaire. My results:

My Conservative Identity:

You are a Freedom Crusader, also known as a neoconservative. You believe in taking the fight directly to the enemy, whether it’s terrorists abroad or the liberal terrorist appeasers at home who give them aid and comfort.

Take the quiz at
About.com Political Humor

Try taking the other side’s quiz. It’s refreshingly weird.

I, BTW, am also a Freedom Crusader.

131 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:25:41pm

re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist

The liberal quiz was pretty off, too. I mean, putting Maher on the same level as Colbert and Stewart? Weird. Plus all the ‘grr grr hate Bush’ stuff. And one implicit threat towards Cheney.

Maybe they were both written by someone who has no political identity, and is just honestly expressing what they feel liberals and conservatives are like, based on media and political cartoons.

Or something.

132 webevintage  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:26:04pm

Just a reminder.

Susan Harris’s voice grows hoarse with emotion when she discusses last year’s BP oil spill and the Upper Big Branch mine disaster, two of the biggest industrial accidents in the nation’s history. But the 62-year-old artist from Los Angeles gets even more passionate expressing her disappointment that the two incidents have not prompted more safety rules, instead lost amid a backlash against government regulations to protect worker safety and health.
“How do people become so hard? It’s disgusting,” she says. “What are our priorities as a country? It’s really ironic that this is happening right now on the anniversary of the fire.”
Harris is referring to Friday’s 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, in which 146 workers, mainly young immigrant women, were burned to death or jumped to their deaths. The workplace tragedy, which was caused by dramatically unsafe conditions and blocked exits, inspired dozens of reforms, later helping pave the way for the New Deal, and invigorated the union movement.

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com…]

133 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:27:08pm

re: #130 SanFranciscoZionist

I also don’t want any part of the country kicked out. But other than that and the “Mt Rushmore” question (I’d rather give it back)— I could at least answer the questions on the liberal quiz honestly. The conservative ones often were choosing between fallacies, or choosing the anti-constitutional, theocratic option.

134 Simply Sarah  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:27:22pm

re: #130 SanFranciscoZionist

Try taking the other side’s quiz. It’s refreshingly weird.

I, BTW, am also a Freedom Crusader.

Same here. I assume that’s the answer for people picking answers that are the least wacky ultra right wing.

135 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:27:39pm

I hear Verizon stores are selling their first-gen iPads for $300. As much as I hat Apple that is a damn tempting deal…

136 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:27:40pm

re: #101 talon_262

i went with the hillary, bill, oprah, obama choice for mt. rushmore.

137 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:27:45pm

re: #125 austin_blue

haven’t read through the comments, but I will posit that there is a disconnect here.

RSM seems to equate good looking with attractive.

I will admit that MB does not look like Janet Reno. Janet Reno is not good looking. At the same time, I would love to sit down with her and talk nuance in prosecution law. In that, I find her attractive.

MB is undoubtedly good looking. But I have heard what she has said and don’t find her attractive in any way, shape, or form.

Does this mean that RSM is a shallow misogynist? Rating women by their physical appearance as opposed to their intelligence?

It would certainly appear so.

In that, he would have great deal of company. Being better looking conveys great advantages to office seekers, greater than being smart or decent (since those can be faked more easily).

138 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:28:36pm

re: #131 Obdicut

The liberal quiz was pretty off, too. I mean, putting Maher on the same level as Colbert and Stewart? Weird. Plus all the ‘grr grr hate Bush’ stuff. And one implicit threat towards Cheney.

Maybe they were both written by someone who has no political identity, and is just honestly expressing what they feel liberals and conservatives are like, based on media and political cartoons.

Or something.

Well, like I said the other day, Maher is basically a mean, bitter version of Jon Stewart in that they both approach political discourse through mocking their targets and their agendas, even turning their sharp tongues on their own side when they act like total dumbasses.

139 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:29:12pm

re: #118 Obdicut

Wow. The conservative version is completely goddamn deranged. It endorses the birther conspiracy without batting an eye.

I get the feeling it’s kind of mocking the conservatives.

It’s is in their Political Humor section, so any results can be taken with a truckload of salt…

140 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:29:16pm

re: #125 austin_blue

haven’t read through the comments, but I will posit that there is a disconnect here.

RSM seems to equate good looking with attractive.

I will admit that MB does not look like Janet Reno. Janet Reno is not good looking. At the same time, I would love to sit down with her and talk nuance in prosecution law. In that, I find her attractive.

MB is undoubtedly good looking. But I have heard what she has said and don’t find her attractive in any way, shape, or form.

Does this mean that RSM is a shallow misogynist? Rating women by their physical appearance as opposed to their intelligence?

It would certainly appear so.

My father wanted to be Janet Reno for Halloween one year. It was a tribute, not mockery. He figured that since they were both six feet and had short brown hair, he could pull it off.

I heard her speak once. Very inspirational talk.

141 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:29:52pm

re: #136 zora

Here’s a depressing fact: The sculptor who did Rushmore really liked the KKK.

142 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:30:05pm

re: #132 webevintage

Just a reminder.

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com…]

That is the best thing I’ve seen posted at HuffPo, like EVER.

READ IT!

Thanks webv!

143 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:30:26pm

re: #138 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Well, like I said the other day, Maher is basically a mean, bitter version of Jon Stewart in that they both approach political discourse through mocking their targets and their agendas, even turning their sharp tongues on their own side when they act like total dumbasses.

Yeah, but Maher is also a science doofus who’s an anti-vaccer.

144 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:32:53pm

re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist

My father wanted to be Janet Reno for Halloween one year. It was a tribute, not mockery. He figured that since they were both six feet and had short brown hair, he could pull it off.

I heard her speak once. Very inspirational talk.

Your pops rocks!
With a blond wig and a little makeup I could go as Ann Coulter
/

145 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:33:00pm

re: #123 Obdicut

it’s for fun. note “political humor”.

146 TedStriker  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:33:00pm

re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist

My father wanted to be Janet Reno for Halloween one year. It was a tribute, not mockery. He figured that since they were both six feet and had short brown hair, he could pull it off.

I heard her speak once. Very inspirational talk.

The DOJ’s handling of Waco and Elian Gonzales aside, she did a fair job as AG…she seems like a lawyer’s lawyer (which she was, seeing as both Bill and Hillary are also lawyers)

147 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:33:10pm

re: #136 zora

i went with the hillary, bill, oprah, obama choice for mt. rushmore.

Me too! EASY

148 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:33:36pm

re: #130 SanFranciscoZionist

Try taking the other side’s quiz. It’s refreshingly weird.

I, BTW, am also a Freedom Crusader.

I think because all the other directions it tries to steer you in are so repellent to me that I kept picking ‘national security’ answers over and over.

149 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:34:19pm

re: #143 Obdicut

Yeah, but Maher is also a science doofus who’s an anti-vaccer.

Good point.

150 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:34:44pm

re: #148 SanFranciscoZionist

I think because all the other directions it tries to steer you in are so repellent to me that I kept picking ‘national security’ answers over and over.

Yeah I mean 9/10 with a no fly list was an easy choice for me just because it would have actually, you know, saved American Lives which is something anyone could get behind.

(Same reason I went with BP pipe with the sham wow on the Liberal one)

151 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:34:50pm

re: #148 SanFranciscoZionist

It basically implies conservatives are mainly theocrats or conspiracy theorists.

152 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:35:47pm

Rushmore

Youtube Video
153 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:35:51pm

re: #151 Obdicut

It basically implies conservatives are mainly theocrats or conspiracy theorists.

The sad thing is that the GOP presidential primary seems to be shaping up to prove them right….

154 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:36:05pm

re: #106 Jadespring

My Liberal one is…

You are a Reality-Based Intellectualist, also known as the liberal elite. You are a proud member of what’s known as the reality-based community, where science, reason, and non-Jesus-based thought reign supreme.

My Conservative is:

You are a Free Marketeer, also known as a fiscal conservative. You believe in free-market capitalism, tax cuts, and protecting your hard-earned cash from pick-pocketing liberal socialists.

First one, yes. Second one, given the choices, at least I came down as reasonably smart.

155 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:36:24pm

re: #151 Obdicut

It basically implies conservatives are mainly theocrats or conspiracy theorists.

Well…lately? the ones in the news?

156 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:39:46pm

re: #151 Obdicut

i wonder why?

157 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:41:32pm

re: #156 zora

My father said it best when I was hanging out with him recently. He’s a conservative. His take on the GOP? They’re radicals. Extreme radicals. Nothing conservative about them.

158 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:41:44pm

Also my biggest problem with the liberal one was the civil war issue.

The answers were all so cliche and didn’t include the following

“Anti-government Militias who will rise up against the imagined tyranny of their elected representational government.”

Because you know… those are the guys who I ACTUALLY AM afraid of at least TRYING to start a second civil war….

But I guess being afraid of those people doesn’t boil down to a simple talking point that shows what your guiding principle as a political activist is….

159 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:42:07pm

re: #150 jamesfirecat

Yeah I mean 9/10 with a no fly list was an easy choice for me just because it would have actually, you know, saved American Lives which is something anyone could get behind.

(Same reason I went with BP pipe with the sham wow on the Liberal one)

I’ll be honest, in some ways, I think 9/11 was a needed wake-up call for this country. All too often, it seems that it takes great tragedies for folks to wake up and take notice, to give them a kick in the posterior, so to speak. I can’t help but think that, had even half the 19 hijackers been caught that day, folks would have initially been shocked at how close we came to such horror…and then a few weeks later gone back to business as usual. I base that on the previous attempt on the WTC, whose failure was met with initial shock and then complacency when those involved either were caught or put on wanted posters.

160 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:42:36pm

re: #158 jamesfirecat

The answers on both sides were cliche, and I found myself repeatedly wishing for a “none of the above” choice.

Except for the 9/10 no-fly list.

Easy peasy on that one.

161 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:44:22pm

re: #157 Obdicut

My father said it best when I was hanging out with him recently. He’s a conservative. His take on the GOP? They’re radicals. Extreme radicals. Nothing conservative about them.

i agree.

i also feel like i did the first time i sent my mother an onion article. it’s just a parody of the current people calling themselves conservatives or liberals and the range of what people discern that to mean.

162 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:44:47pm

re: #95 zora

saw this at balloon juice
check out the “how liberal are you” quiz.

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com…]

my results are:
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

If I were a liberal, this is what I would be:

You are a Reality-Based Intellectualist, also known as the liberal elite. You are a proud member of what’s known as the reality-based community, where science, reason, and non-Jesus-based thought reign supreme.

It was very interesting to me that of the 5 choices for question 9, which region would you kick out of the country, 3 of them were in the South.

Gotta go take the conservative one now.

163 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:45:30pm

re: #162 reine.de.tout

I was naively appalled by the ‘kick them out of the country’ question. It was just a little tyrannical.

164 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:46:56pm

re: #158 jamesfirecat

Also my biggest problem with the liberal one was the civil war issue.

The answers were all so cliche and didn’t include the following

“Anti-government Militias who will rise up against the imagined tyranny of their elected representational government.”

Because you know… those are the guys who I ACTUALLY AM afraid of at least TRYING to start a second civil war…

But I guess being afraid of those people doesn’t boil down to a simple talking point that shows what your guiding principle as a political activist is…

It also wouldn’t be as charecticure (I don’t know how to spell that word) worthy, and might hit too close to home.

165 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:47:18pm

re: #162 reine.de.tout

lol. i kept the south.

166 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:47:19pm

re: #163 Obdicut

I was naively appalled by the ‘kick them out of the country’ question. It was just a little tyrannical.

Quite Concur.

167 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:48:07pm

re: #157 Obdicut

My father said it best when I was hanging out with him recently. He’s a conservative. His take on the GOP? They’re radicals. Extreme radicals. Nothing conservative about them.

My Dad is a lifelong liberal…When i registered as a Dem Nov. 1st 2010 I thought he would cry.. ’ I’m so proud of you son’
Well pops..The GOP has been getting creepy lately..
‘Lately!? How about Reagan putting nukes in Europe?..and Bush?..and…Iraq..and…’
Oh crap..It’s going to be a long phone call to California…

168 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:48:11pm

Dang you Zora!

Here’s another

Democratic Loyalty Quiz

Moi?


Your score is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a pure, unabashed, die-hard Democratic loyalist. You are appalled by the way Republicans are turning America into a theocratic, corpo-fascist police state, and you’d gladly walk through a furnace in a gasoline suit to elect a Democratic president. In your view, there is no higher form of patriotism than defending America against the Republican Party and every intolerant, puritanical, imperialistic, greed-mongering, Constitution-shredding ideal for which it stands.

169 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:48:58pm

re: #167 HoosierHoops

LOL!

170 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:49:02pm

re: #165 zora

lol. i kept the south.

I kept the south too!

171 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:49:18pm

re: #163 Obdicut

I was naively appalled by the ‘kick them out of the country’ question. It was just a little tyrannical.

There’s a similar one in the conservative quiz, so I’m mollified.

Here’s my conservative results:


You are a Free Marketeer, also known as a fiscal conservative. You believe in free-market capitalism, tax cuts, and protecting your hard-earned cash from pick-pocketing liberal socialists.
172 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:49:52pm

re: #165 zora

lol. i kept the south.

uh-oh.
In the conservative one, I got rid of all the blue states.
I’m in deep doo-doo, methinks.

173 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:50:00pm

re: #167 HoosierHoops

My Dad is a lifelong liberal…When i registered as a Dem Nov. 1st 2010 I thought he would cry.. ’ I’m so proud of you son’
Well pops..The GOP has been getting creepy lately..
‘Lately!? How about Reagan putting nukes in Europe?..and Bush?..and…Iraq..and…’
Oh crap..It’s going to be a long phone call to California…

“I’m not saying you were right…but…you were right.”

174 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:51:07pm

re: #167 HoosierHoops

My dad is a conservative Catholic who hasn’t voted for the GOP on a national level since Reagan, mainly over the issue of separation of church and state. Because he’s conservative, and separation of church and state, while practiced imperfectly, is a long traditional US value.

He’s voted for some saner GOP types on the state and local level.

175 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:51:16pm

re: #158 jamesfirecat

Also my biggest problem with the liberal one was the civil war issue.

The answers were all so cliche and didn’t include the following

“Anti-government Militias who will rise up against the imagined tyranny of their elected representational government.”

Because you know… those are the guys who I ACTUALLY AM afraid of at least TRYING to start a second civil war…

But I guess being afraid of those people doesn’t boil down to a simple talking point that shows what your guiding principle as a political activist is…

I think it was supposed to be, well, funny.
That’s how I took each of them.
Liberal Quiz question number 1: The ONLY reasonable bumper sticker is “Canoe Naked”. I mean really, that’s the only sensible answer in the bunch. Right?

176 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:51:57pm

re: #170 Stanley Sea

I kept the south too!

Oh, heck - I knew I could count on you!

177 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:53:44pm

re: #176 reine.de.tout

Oh, heck - I knew I could count on you!

F L O R I D A

178 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:54:50pm

re: #177 Stanley Sea

F L O R I D A

Oh, and I’ve had some times in N’awlins.

And South Carolina, etc. etc. etc.

179 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:55:09pm

re: #168 Stanley Sea

LOL!
I scored a a Democrat!

180 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:55:19pm

re: #174 Obdicut

My dad is a conservative Catholic who hasn’t voted for the GOP on a national level since Reagan, mainly over the issue of separation of church and state. Because he’s conservative, and separation of church and state, while practiced imperfectly, is a long traditional US value.

He’s voted for some saner GOP types on the state and local level.

In my parents bedroom there is a picture of Jesus and one of Mary..Between them is a picture of my dad shaking hands with JFK.

181 Shiplord Kirel  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:55:37pm

Ok, I took the lib identity test:

You are a New Left Hipster, also known as a MoveOn.org liberal, a Netroots activist, or a Daily Show fanatic. You believe that if we really want to defend American values, conservative hatriots must be exposed and mocked for every fanatical, puritanical, paranoid, fact-allergic, reality-challenged, obstructionist ideal for which they stand.

You’re shittin’ me!

182 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:55:41pm

re: #167 HoosierHoops

Hope you are well?

183 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:56:22pm

re: #175 reine.de.tout

Yeah, but some of the funnies on the conservative quiz seemed to really be saying straightforwardly nasty things about conservatives. Like asking them if they wanted to kick out

“Urban inner cities—home to deadbeat crack-heads and social welfare parasites”

That’s rather obviously racist. Hell, it’s tautologically racist. Inner city doesn’t need to be modified with “urban”, unless you want to signal heavily what you really mean.

184 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:56:54pm

re: #175 reine.de.tout

I think it was supposed to be, well, funny.
That’s how I took each of them.
Liberal Quiz question number 1: The ONLY reasonable bumper sticker is “Canoe Naked”. I mean really, that’s the only sensible answer in the bunch. Right?

What’s so wrong with having a bumper sticker that say “Evolution is only a theory… like gravity”

185 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:58:01pm

Goodnight, all.
Be well, play nicely.
Sleep tight!

186 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:58:08pm

re: #183 Obdicut

Yeah, but some of the funnies on the conservative quiz seemed to really be saying straightforwardly nasty things about conservatives. Like asking them if they wanted to kick out

“Urban inner cities—home to deadbeat crack-heads and social welfare parasites”

That’s rather obviously racist. Hell, it’s tautologically racist. Inner city doesn’t need to be modified with “urban”, unless you want to signal heavily what you really mean.

Good point. But whatever it is, it’s only a quiz on a blog.

187 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:59:12pm

re: #175 reine.de.tout

Liberal Quiz question number 1: The ONLY reasonable bumper sticker is “Canoe Naked”. I mean really, that’s the only sensible answer in the bunch. Right?


Agreed. I didn’t finish the quiz.

188 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:00:07pm

re: #179 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
I scored a a Democrat!

Your score is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a pure, unabashed, die-hard Democratic loyalist. You are appalled by the way Republicans are turning America into a theocratic, corpo-fascist police state, and you’d gladly walk through a furnace in a gasoline suit to elect a Democratic president. In your view, there is no higher form of patriotism than defending America against the Republican Party and every intolerant, puritanical, imperialistic, greed-mongering, Constitution-shredding ideal for which it stands.

189 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:00:24pm

re: #181 Shiplord Kirel

Ok, I took the lib identity test:

You’re shittin’ me!

Brother!

190 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:00:51pm

re: #182 Floral Giraffe

Hope you are well?

Beautiful day in Oklahoma…Job is mega stressful..Think I finally have an ulcer

191 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:01:19pm

re: #95 zora

saw this at balloon juice
check out the “how liberal are you” quiz.

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com…]

my results are:
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.

Hmm…mine

Your score is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a devoted Democrat. You tend to walk in lockstep with the party, even if you have not agreed with every decision Democratic leaders have made. The few differences you have are nothing compared to your complete and utter contempt for the Republican Party and the intolerance, fanaticism, and warmongering for which it stands.

Fair.

192 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:01:26pm

I do not put bumper stickers on my car, but if I did, it would be the one that says: “Visualize using your turn signal.”

I saw a car driving around tonight on which the parents had a thing for their son: Aiden Ayala-Lopez. I thought, “One more generation and we’ll have McKenzie Ayala-Wong on the back of cars.”

(I’m not sure whether I’d rather take her on in a soccer game, a chess game, or a debate. All three would be scary.)

193 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:01:39pm

re: #188 SanFranciscoZionist

i scored a 9 also.

194 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:01:54pm

Needle in the Hay

Youtube Video
195 zora  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:03:10pm

good night, y’all.

196 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:03:18pm

re: #180 HoosierHoops

In my parents bedroom there is a picture of Jesus and one of Mary..Between them is a picture of my dad shaking hands with JFK.

There’s a great scene in “The Commitments”, where the camera pans up from the Pope to Elvis.

197 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:03:18pm

re: #191 austin_blue

Hmm…mine

Your score is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a devoted Democrat. You tend to walk in lockstep with the party, even if you have not agreed with every decision Democratic leaders have made. The few differences you have are nothing compared to your complete and utter contempt for the Republican Party and the intolerance, fanaticism, and warmongering for which it stands.

Fair.

My score as a “Conservative Crusader” was also reasonably fair.

198 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:03:21pm

i can’t find them anymore, but the only bumpersticker i really want to put on my car is the one that reads “U.S. Out Of North America!”

199 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:03:36pm

re: #180 HoosierHoops

In my parents bedroom there is a picture of Jesus and one of Mary..Between them is a picture of my dad shaking hands with JFK.

My second favorite momento of my grandfather’s is a bathmat featuring JFK, RFK, MLK, and Jesse Jackson. The first three are all in the center, and Jesse is, like, sticking his head in.

It really looks like it was supposed to be a 3 person compilation but Jesse jumped in at the last minute.

That’s right. Jesse Jackson is that guy.

[Link: www.collegehumor.com…]

200 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:04:33pm

Republican Party and the intolerance, fanaticism, and warmongering for which it stands

i thought it was “one nation, for richard stans”

201 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:05:45pm

re: #199 Obdicut

My second favorite momento of my grandfather’s is a bathmat featuring JFK, RFK, MLK, and Jesse Jackson. The first three are all in the center, and Jesse is, like, sticking his head in.

It really looks like it was supposed to be a 3 person compilation but Jesse jumped in at the last minute.

That’s right. Jesse Jackson is that guy.

[Link: www.collegehumor.com…]

LOL

202 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:05:50pm

re: #183 Obdicut

Yeah, but some of the funnies on the conservative quiz seemed to really be saying straightforwardly nasty things about conservatives. Like asking them if they wanted to kick out

“Urban inner cities—home to deadbeat crack-heads and social welfare parasites”

That’s rather obviously racist. Hell, it’s tautologically racist. Inner city doesn’t need to be modified with “urban”, unless you want to signal heavily what you really mean.

Yes, they did seem straightforwardly nasty to me to.
I got over it.

203 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:06:21pm

re: #184 jamesfirecat

What’s so wrong with having a bumper sticker that say “Evolution is only a theory… like gravity”

Nothing.
It’s just that it would be so much more fun to canoe naked. Don’t you think?

204 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:06:41pm

re: #200 engineer dog

Republican Party and the intolerance, fanaticism, and warmongering for which it stands

i thought it was “one nation, for richard stans”

I don’t know any Richard Stans, but I do know a Richard Cory… pretty rich guy last time I ran into him….

205 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:06:57pm

re: #203 reine.de.tout

Nothing.
It’s just that it would be so much more fun to canoe naked. Don’t you think?

Depends on how warm the water is.

206 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:07:02pm

re: #190 HoosierHoops

Beautiful day in Oklahoma…Job is mega stressful..Think I finally have an ulcer

Milk, HH, milk…

Quit watching college BB, HH, drink milk….

Milk will make you free….

Milk…yum…yum…yum..

207 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:07:15pm

And while we’re having an intellectual discussion about politics and where we stand politically, the Stalkers are proving as low as Robert Stacy McCain, spend their “DoD” thread coming up with scatological insults to hurl at Charles. It’s pathetic to witness and I’m only commenting on it to express the contempt I feel for those bozos.

[DF flips the Stalkers the bird.]

208 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:08:46pm

re: #203 reine.de.tout

Nothing.
It’s just that it would be so much more fun to canoe naked. Don’t you think?

Only if you slathered up with a lot of mosquito repellent and sunscreen, and had a non-splintery seat in the canoe.

209 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:09:16pm

re: #206 austin_blue

Milk, HH, milk…

Quit watching college BB, HH, drink milk…

Milk will make you free…

Milk…yum…yum…yum..

I’m drinking tons of milk
Regards

210 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:09:40pm

re: #204 jamesfirecat

I don’t know any Richard Stans, but I do know a Richard Cory… pretty rich guy last time I ran into him…

Oh gosh. You didn’t hear? Uh, e-mail me privately, OK?

/

211 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:10:28pm

re: #205 jamesfirecat

Depends on how warm the water is.

Well silly- you don’t go canoeing in the winter!
Don’t you libs know anything?
/

212 jamesfirecat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:10:34pm

re: #210 SanFranciscoZionist

Oh gosh. You didn’t hear? Uh, e-mail me privately, OK?

/

Wasn’t he a most peculiar man?

213 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:11:41pm

re: #208 SanFranciscoZionist

Only if you slathered up with a lot of mosquito repellent and sunscreen, and had a non-splintery seat in the canoe.

And brought lots of beer.
But no potato salad.
Brought potato salad once for the picnic we would have in the middle of the canoe trip, and it spilled into the water. Not a pretty sight.

214 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:12:02pm

re: #190 HoosierHoops

Beautiful day in Oklahoma…Job is mega stressful..Think I finally have an ulcer

Don’t let them (or you) do that to yourself.
Seriously!
*smooch*

215 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:14:09pm

re: #208 SanFranciscoZionist

Only if you slathered up with a lot of mosquito repellent and sunscreen, and had a non-splintery seat in the canoe.

Just get a aluminum canoe. :)

216 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:16:01pm

re: #193 zora

Ditto here. How’s everybody’s day been?

217 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:16:18pm

re: #215 Dark_Falcon

Just get a aluminum canoe. :)

Aluminum heats up in the sun. Burns in intimate places.

Not to mention the bonging sound aluminum makes when you have sex on it.*


*roof, at camp, and they thought someone was playing a drum.

218 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:16:34pm

re: #211 reine.de.tout

Well silly- you don’t go canoeing in the winter!
Don’t you libs know anything?
/

LOL, story I will share.

Date at Gainesville’s Lake Wauburg.

Welcome to Lake Wauburg. Located eight miles south of campus on Highway 441, Lake Wauburg North Park and South Shore offers UF students, faculty and staff a place to relax and enjoy the great outdoors. Many activities are available including boating, swimming, volleyball, team development course, climbing wall and more. Admission and activities are free with a Gator 1 Card. A Gator 1 Cardholder may bring up to four guests.

On the canoe, all sweet and fine. Till we tip over. There are two gators in the water close by, they go under, and I freak. My date (I’ll never forget this) is saying to me, ‘CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN’ We lived.

219 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:17:41pm

re: #217 Obdicut

Aluminum heats up in the sun. Burns in intimate places.

Not to mention the bonging sound aluminum makes when you have sex on it.*

*roof, at camp, and they thought someone was playing a drum.

But you at least manage to keep a proper beat?

/Just fooling. I know nothing about such sexcapades.

220 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:19:00pm

I get to have boozy drinking brunch with my lovely wife tomorrow, in the East Village. New York ain’t all bad.

What do you call a drinking brunch? Dribrunch? Bruchinking?

221 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:19:20pm

re: #216 ProLifeLiberal

Ditto here. How’s everybody’s day been?

Great!
Broke a tooth only it wasn’t a real tooth it was a crown that partially shattered and will have to be replaced.

Cut my hand, continuing my long-standing tradition of putting real blood into every stained glass project I work on.

Had a bee mistake my glass grinder for a possible mate, and fly into my face (no sting, though! thank goodness).

Dealt with a really stupid person at a cash register today; I had about one nerve left and she got on it really bad, put me into an aggravation for hours.

So - everything here is peachy-keen.

222 rwmofo  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:19:53pm

I’m going to drop by just long enough to say Happy Birthday to The Queen of Soul. If you don’t have a special place in your heart for this woman, there’s something wrong with you.

223 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:20:27pm

re: #222 rwmofo

I’m going to drop by just long enough to say Happy Birthday to The Queen of Soul. If you don’t have a special place in your heart for this woman, there’s something wrong with you.

Love her.
Just the best.

224 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:20:53pm

re: #220 Obdicut

I get to have boozy drinking brunch with my lovely wife tomorrow, in the East Village. New York ain’t all bad.

What do you call a drinking brunch? Dribrunch? Bruchinking?

I call it “lovely!”

225 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:20:56pm

re: #221 reine.de.tout

I’m sorry. Hope tomorrow is better.

I wanted to see what people thought about the protests in Syria today. I don’t think al-Asad will fall, sadly.

226 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:21:45pm

re: #218 Stanley Sea

LOL, story I will share.

Date at Gainesville’s Lake Wauburg.

On the canoe, all sweet and fine. Till we tip over. There are two gators in the water close by, they go under, and I freak. My date (I’ll never forget this) is saying to me, ‘CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN’ We lived.

They have cobras on golf courses in Kuala Lumpur.. You talk about a effen hazard! And if that isn’t bad enough..You turn around and a monkey will climb down from a tree and steal a golf club..Bastards!

227 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:21:52pm

re: #225 ProLifeLiberal

I’m sorry. Hope tomorrow is better.

I wanted to see what people thought about the protests in Syria today. I don’t think al-Asad will fall, sadly.

Hon, I’m better now, but thank you all the same!

228 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:21:56pm

re: #217 Obdicut

Aluminum heats up in the sun. Burns in intimate places.

Not to mention the bonging sound aluminum makes when you have sex on it.*

*roof, at camp, and they thought someone was playing a drum.

never have sex on any media that have a resonant frequency

229 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:22:02pm

re: #222 rwmofo

I’m going to drop by just long enough to say Happy Birthday to The Queen of Soul. If you don’t have a special place in your heart for this woman, there’s something wrong with you.

Good stuff. That you for that.

230 jaunte  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:22:09pm

re: #220 Obdicut

Call it a drinking brunch until the third drink, then it’s a brinking drunch.

231 jaunte  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:29:33pm

Uh,oh. The thread’s passed out.

232 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:30:24pm

re: #231 jaunte

Uh,oh. The thread’s passed out.

DOA

233 jaunte  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:30:42pm

re: #232 albusteve

Time for music?

234 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:30:51pm

re: #231 jaunte

Uh,oh. The thread’s passed out.

Gentlemen, we have the technology. We can rebuild it stronger, faster, better than before.

235 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:31:29pm

re: #232 albusteve

DOA

on the phone, talking to a music contact in Jersey

236 jaunte  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:32:40pm

Freeway Jam

237 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:33:12pm

re: #231 jaunte

Yep. It’s bedtime for me.

Before I go to bed, I wanted to note:

The bill in the New York State legislature that would give protections to freelancer workers for lost wages— basically, being able to submit a claim to the labor board rather than having to sue the employer— is moving forwards with bipartisan support. We have Republican and Democrat co-sponsors, and we’re getting more every day.

I’ve been volunteering with the Freelancer’s Union, going to meetings with State senator’s staff, and stuff like that helping to get this passed. It’s been interesting, fun, and I’ve met some nifty people.

So for those of you who think the country is going to hell in a handbasket: get involved. Join a group, go to your town meetings, volunteer with a non-profit, throw your weight in and fight for what you believe. It’s time.

238 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:33:25pm

getting the skinny regarding Little Feat, and touching bases with some mega fans

239 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:34:23pm

re: #236 jaunte

Freeway Jam

always appreciated…Beck Bogart Apice
yup

240 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:34:50pm

re: #239 albusteve

always appreciated…Beck Bogart Apice
yup

and Max Middleton on keys if I recall

241 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:35:44pm

Internet is down
Charter techs are dumb asses
posting from my phone.

reboot your pc
that will not solve anything
following the script

242 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:36:29pm

re: #221 reine.de.tout

WOOT!
You’ll getting all fixed up!
Feel better, SOON!

243 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:40:46pm

anybody know CPR?

244 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:44:16pm

Darjeeling Limited

Youtube Video

Namaste, y’all
245 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:45:28pm

SRV….Lenny

Youtube Video
246 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:46:19pm

re: #237 Obdicut

Yep. It’s bedtime for me.

Before I go to bed, I wanted to note:

The bill in the New York State legislature that would give protections to freelancer workers for lost wages— basically, being able to submit a claim to the labor board rather than having to sue the employer— is moving forwards with bipartisan support. We have Republican and Democrat co-sponsors, and we’re getting more every day.

I’ve been volunteering with the Freelancer’s Union, going to meetings with State senator’s staff, and stuff like that helping to get this passed. It’s been interesting, fun, and I’ve met some nifty people.

So for those of you who think the country is going to hell in a handbasket: get involved. Join a group, go to your town meetings, volunteer with a non-profit, throw your weight in and fight for what you believe. It’s time.

Good story, and I can see the value of a bill like that. The proposed law is not anti-employer, its anti-chiseler.

247 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:49:15pm

re: #242 Floral Giraffe

WOOT!
You’ll getting all fixed up!
Feel better, SOON!

haha!
Thanks, I’m fine right now.
It was just a difficult and odd couple of days.

248 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:49:30pm

re: #243 albusteve

anybody know CPR?

Depends.

249 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:52:25pm

re: #248 reine.de.tout

Depends.

ah, discretionary

250 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:53:49pm

I’m getting weary. Goodnight, all.

251 reine.de.tout  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:54:25pm

Goodnight, DF.
Me too, I guess.
Don’t know where the heck everybody went off to.

252 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:54:29pm

My loony bun is fine, Benny Lava.

253 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:54:33pm

re: #249 albusteve

ah, discretionary

Yup..If you are Megan Fox..I’m an expert..If not, I know how to dial 911..
/Great link to SRV..Never seen that one Steve

254 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:55:04pm

re: #249 albusteve

ah, discretionary

I do.

Special equipment is required in this day and age. I’ve got it.

255 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:56:58pm

This KU/OSU game is shit hot!

256 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:57:30pm

re: #253 HoosierHoops

Yup..If you are Megan Fox..I’m an expert..If not, I know how to dial 911..
/Great link to SRV..Never seen that one Steve

one of my 2 or 3 favorite SRV tunes….very pretty

257 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 8:59:40pm

re: #255 austin_blue

This KU/OSU game is shit hot!

looks like KY will prevail

258 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:00:01pm

re: #255 austin_blue

This KU/OSU game is shit hot!

And OSU is dead, Only 1 #1 seed left.

It’s good to be Kansas.

259 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:00:21pm

re: #254 austin_blue

I do.

Special equipment is required in this day and age. I’ve got it.

I carry disposable mouth protection in all my vehicles

260 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:00:34pm

re: #252 negativ

My loony bun is fine, Benny Lava.

Minor bun engine made Benny Lava!

261 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:01:13pm

re: #258 austin_blue

And OSU is dead, Only 1 #1 seed left.

It’s good to be Kansas.

I picked KU in my brackets!

262 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:04:03pm

re: #259 albusteve

I carry disposable mouth protection in all my vehicles

Exactly.

The single most important piece of equipment any first-responder must have. I carry a dozen in my response tote.

263 Political Atheist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:04:41pm

re: #251 reine.de.tout

Hey there, “whoa” indeed. Sent ya a note…

264 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:05:46pm

re: #261 HoosierHoops

I picked KU in my brackets!

How do the rest of them look? Kansas is the only team I have left.

Napalmed…

265 Ojoe  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:06:45pm

re: #262 austin_blue

Now the new CPR regime only has chest compressions.

266 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:07:15pm

re: #262 austin_blue

Exactly.

The single most important piece of equipment any first-responder must have. I carry a dozen in my response tote.

I used to be an RN and my wife was a career trauma nurse at a level one facility…we had some serious first aid stuff everywhere

267 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:08:05pm

re: #264 austin_blue

How do the rest of them look? Kansas is the only team I have left.

Napalmed…

Kansas is all I have left also.. What about Butler? What a team! I think the end comes against Florida tomorrow

268 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:08:29pm

re: #265 Ojoe

Now the new CPR regime only has chest compressions.

that’s for novices…still need an O2 exchange

269 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:09:58pm

VCU might upset FL State

270 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:11:51pm

re: #269 albusteve

VCU might upset FL State

OT
This is where you find out who has any legs left

271 Ojoe  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:11:59pm

re: #268 albusteve

They should make an adapter that fits on a bicycle pump, that would be fun.

272 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:13:53pm

re: #243 albusteve

anybody know CPR?

I know CPR so hard I could teach it, every year for 14 years I had to take the same CPR and first aid classes

273 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:15:08pm

Hey all,

It’s been a day, hasn’t it.

How is everyone?

274 austin_blue  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:15:47pm

Ah, well, night all.

She Who Must Be Obeyed has returned from a Liz Taylor film fest. I must attend her. I am a good husband.

Sweet dreams!

275 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:16:34pm

re: #248 reine.de.tout

Depends.

Ultra Guard?

276 jaunte  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:18:29pm

Roger Ebert tweets
Photo of a man who is tired of being asked
Goodnight all.

277 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:19:52pm

What?

Everyone is leaving. No FNDT?

the puppy is asleep and I finally have a time to spend with you-all …

sigh …

278 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:20:38pm

re: #277 ggt

What?

Everyone is leaving. No FNDT?

the puppy is asleep and I finally have a time to spend with you-all …

sigh …

I’m here..Watching Ball with Winston asleep on my lap

279 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:21:26pm

re: #277 ggt

What?

Everyone is leaving. No FNDT?

the puppy is asleep and I finally have a time to spend with you-all …

sigh …

I’m up!!

280 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:21:35pm

re: #278 HoosierHoops

I’m here..Watching Ball with Winston asleep on my lap

Aw, puppy is asleep in “his house”. Big dog is on the couch happy to be released from puppy duty in the kitchen.

281 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:21:41pm

re: #276 jaunte

Roger Ebert tweets
Photo of a man who is tired of being asked
Goodnight all.

Sometimes you just have to make it clear to people.

282 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:23:12pm

re: #279 SanFranciscoZionist

I’m up!!

Hey,

I was perusing that “Who’s Really Behind the Recent Republican Legislation in WI and Elsewhere” that Charles linked below a few posts.

I decided I miss Bill Buckley. ALOT.

It’s like the Whacko™ Wolfs were just slobbering at the door waiting for a chance to get in.

283 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:23:46pm

re: #278 HoosierHoops

C’mon VCU! (all I got left)

284 What, me worry?  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:23:48pm

re: #281 SanFranciscoZionist

Sometimes you just have to make it clear to people.

Hey girl, how’s the crazy anti-Semites on FB?

285 Jadespring  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:25:10pm

I’m sorta here.

286 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:25:11pm

re: #283 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

C’mon VCU! (all I got left)

Can’t hit free throws in OT? Not good..
I’d love for VCU to win

287 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:25:48pm

re: #285 Jadespring

I’m sorta here.

That’s like being a little bit pregnant. .

:)

How you feeling?

288 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:26:23pm

re: #284 marjoriemoon

Hey girl, how’s the crazy anti-Semites on FB?

Still crazy, after all these years.

However, the Columbus Zoo has a baby kiwi, and the Nuremberg Zoo has twin baby polar bears, so life is pretty good.

289 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:27:01pm

re: #286 HoosierHoops

Don’t care about anyone who’s left… (I’ll take ACC, but hate Fla Teams.)

290 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:27:01pm

re: #288 SanFranciscoZionist

Still crazy, after all these years.

However, the Columbus Zoo has a baby kiwi, and the Nuremberg Zoo has twin baby polar bears, so life is pretty good.

I have a puppy, Life is Great!

291 What, me worry?  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:27:16pm

re: #288 SanFranciscoZionist

Still crazy, after all these years.

However, the Columbus Zoo has a baby kiwi, and the Nuremberg Zoo has twin baby polar bears, so life is pretty good.

Definitely more interesting!

292 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:27:54pm

I’m still here, with a gray fuzzy cat who’s put himself between me and the keyboard.

293 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:28:24pm

Also, at the Whipsnade Zoo, a baby wallaby is being raised in a backpack.

294 Jadespring  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:28:32pm

re: #287 ggt

That’s like being a little bit pregnant. .

:)

How you feeling?

Good. :) A lot better overall. The only side effect I seem to be getting is a bit of dry mouth which isn’t so bad. It just means that I drink more water which is a good thing.

295 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:29:18pm

re: #294 Jadespring

Good. :) A lot better overall. The only side effect I seem to be getting is a bit of dry mouth which isn’t so bad. It just means that I drink more water which is a good thing.

Yeah, I had an ENT tell me once that those kinds of meds dry you out, saline nasal spray was her answer.

HA!

296 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:30:09pm

HOLY CRAP!

297 What, me worry?  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:31:14pm

re: #293 SanFranciscoZionist

Also, at the Whipsnade Zoo, a baby wallaby is being raised in a backpack.

Well if that isn’t the cutest little joey I’ve seen among the daffodils!.

298 HoosierHoops  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:31:25pm

VCU Wins! Everybody in the country said they didn’t deserve to be in the big dance..
Who is laughing now?

299 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:31:26pm

re: #296 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

HOLY CRAP!

It wasn’t me this time, I swear!

///

300 Jadespring  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:31:34pm

re: #295 ggt

Yeah, I had an ENT tell me once that those kinds of meds dry you out, saline nasal spray was her answer.

HA!

Yeah now that you say that my sinuses do seem a lot clearer. One side was a bit stuffed for a while and I hadn’t realized it’s not anymore. So there you go, a good side effect!

301 laZardo  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:32:22pm

re: #292 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I’m still here, with a gray fuzzy cat who’s put himself between me and the keyboard.

:3

302 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:32:51pm

re: #300 Jadespring

Yeah now that you say that my sinuses do seem a lot clearer. One side was a bit stuffed for a while and I hadn’t realized it’s not anymore. So there you go, a good side effect!

There will be more! Keep some saline on hand, so you have it if you start to get nose bleeds with spring allergies.

Glad you are feeling better and glad you are taking care of you!

303 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:33:49pm

re: #298 HoosierHoops

VCU Wins! Everybody in the country said they didn’t deserve to be in the big dance..
Who is laughing now?

a classic Cinderella victory….good for them

304 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:35:22pm

Still playing Words with Friends with the hubby. He is getting better, he even one a game. It’s been a long time since we played Scrabble together and I’ve been playing the computer for a long time.

305 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:36:24pm

where is that obnoxious Gator fan now?…in therapy?
bwahahaha!

306 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:37:43pm

OH, to the Lizard that recommended Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada,The audio version WAS WONDERFUL.

I thought it was going to be a real downer, but the author used the ending to make it a rather uplifting book.

Definitely on my list of good literature to recommend and re-read at some point in my life.

307 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:41:30pm

re: #305 albusteve

Gators still innit. Ain’t they?

308 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:46:39pm

Last week, it was in the 60s and 70s most of the time, absolutely gorgeous weather…then we get rain for two nights before the temps plummet back down to the 40s and 50s. This ain’t fair, I tells ya!

309 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:47:34pm

re: #307 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Gators still innit. Ain’t they?

wrong team…my bad
I dislike all things FL except a couple of destinations

310 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:49:19pm

epic Neville Bros….who so ever does not dig this band is forever dirt IMO…

Youtube Video
311 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:53:24pm

re: #310 albusteve

epic Neville Bros…who so ever does not dig this band is forever dirt IMO…

[Video]

You are so right.

312 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 9:56:33pm

re: #311 ggt

You are so right.

I’ve spent four years trying to get people to see these guys for what they are…I appreciate your taste

313 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 10:04:42pm

re: #312 albusteve

I’ve spent four years trying to get people to see these guys for what they are…I appreciate your taste

Hubby and I own several of their and Aaron’s sole CD’s.

I don’t know which one but there is a great rendition of “Fever”.

314 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 10:05:56pm

re: #313 ggt

Hubby and I own several of their and Aaron’s sole CD’s.

I don’t know which one but there is a great rendition of “Fever”.

try this on…

Youtube Video

support you favorite artists

315 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 10:10:23pm

re: #314 albusteve

try this on…

[Video]support you favorite artists

It is so cool they are still together out there, making music. So many don’t last as a group or as a family.

I really got turned on to them when my kid was little and Aaron was on Sesame Street

Youtube Video

I like it better than when Shaun Colvin sang it with Elmo.

316 albusteve  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 10:15:28pm

re: #315 ggt

It is so cool they are still together out there, making music. So many don’t last as a group or as a family.

I really got turned on to them when my kid was little and Aaron was on Sesame Street

[Video]I like it better than when Shaun Colvin sang it with Elmo.

heh…very nice

317 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 10:17:05pm

It may seem like a strange passtime, but I peruse the Sesame Street youtubes every once in a while. Make me smile and I think many of the artists show their true talent with the muppets.
:)

318 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 10:20:29pm

James Taylor on Sesame Street

319 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 10:47:49pm

so this here Moe Mark a-Daffy feller is set on the Triple-E size but all we gots are Double-Es…

320 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 11:02:57pm

night all!

321 Varek Raith  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 11:11:48pm

re: #319 engineer dog

so this here Moe Mark a-Daffy feller is set on the Triple-E size but all we gots are Double-Es…

I have no clue what this means.
Lol…
:)

322 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 25, 2011 11:17:30pm

re: #321 Varek Raith

heheheh…

try sayin it out loud - but don’t let anybody catch you talkin to yourself…

323 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 12:55:24am

The two Tepco workers hospitalized the other day for radiation exposure received 2 to 6 Sieverts:

[Link: www3.nhk.or.jp…]
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

324 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 1:43:52am

re: #323 000G

The two Tepco workers hospitalized the other day for radiation exposure received 2 to 6 Sieverts:

[Link: www3.nhk.or.jp…]
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

That’s serious.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

325 freetoken  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 3:04:01am

Today’s anniversary:

40 years ago today, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant began operation.

326 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 3:33:29am

Morning, all.

327 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:18:48am

Quiet this morning.

328 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:22:42am

re: #327 researchok

Quiet this morning.



IT SURE IS!
;)

329 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:23:43am

re: #328 Varek Raith


IT SURE IS!
;)

I’m sorry- did you say something?

330 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:26:09am

re: #329 researchok

I’m sorry- did you say something?

Me?
Why, I’m just a sock puppet of your imagination.
It decided to troll you this morning.

331 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:27:26am

re: #330 Varek Raith

Me?
Why, I’m just a sock puppet of your imagination.
It decided to troll you this morning.

Voices… I’m hearing voices…

332 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:29:33am

The day I decide to adopt progressive politics I hear voices… It’s a sign.

I’m going back to the right…

333 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:31:19am

Gah!
My ears!
Volume leveling my ass…

334 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:31:52am

re: #333 Varek Raith

Gah!
My ears!
Volume leveling my ass…

Cosmic justice for trolls….
//

335 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:35:12am

‘Morning, all. Just a breakfast drive-by. We’re putting vinyl siding on last month’s house when the sun comes up.

336 laZardo  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:35:15am

re: #332 researchok

The day I decide to adopt progressive politics I hear voices… It’s a sign.

I’m going back to the right…

THE DAY WILL COME AND IT IS NIGH.

O:

/also good evening

337 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:36:07am

re: #336 laZardo

THE DAY WILL COME AND IT IS NIGH.

O:

/also good evening

Evening???
Pffft, only in CommieLand.
/

338 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:36:53am

re: #335 Decatur Deb

‘Morning, all. Just a breakfast drive-by. We’re putting vinyl siding on last month’s house when the sun comes up.

Manual labor.

As my father once said to me, “I love you. Stay away from power tools. You’ll kill someone”.

339 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:37:36am

re: #337 Varek Raith

Evening???
Pffft, only in CommieLand.
/

*Twilight Zone* theme…

340 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:37:38am

re: #338 researchok

Manual labor.

As my father once said to me, “I love you. Stay away from power tools. You’ll kill someone”.

“You’ll put your eye out, kid.”

341 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:38:09am

re: #340 Decatur Deb

“You’ll put your eye out, kid.”

I think he was worried about everyone else’s eyes.

342 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:39:01am

re: #340 Decatur Deb

“You’ll put your eye out, kid.”

I once saw a guy flip a fork lift. What an amazing sight.
*He walked away fine*

343 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:40:16am

re: #341 researchok

I think he was worried about everyone else’s eyes.

This is a Youth Build house—I’ll actually show three or four kids how to hold a nail before we’re done. (Fleshy side of the fingers towards the hammer.)

344 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:41:13am

re: #343 Decatur Deb

This is a Youth Build house—I’ll actually show three or four kids how to hold a nail before we’re done. (Fleshy side of the fingers towards the hammer.)

Good work.

And I just learned something about nails and hammers.

345 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:42:02am

re: #344 researchok

Good work.

And I just learned something about nails and hammers.

Yep.
Nails help guide the hammer to your thumb.

346 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:42:26am

re: #342 Varek Raith

I once saw a guy flip a fork lift. What an amazing sight.
*He walked away fine*

Used to investigate Army accidents—forklift drivers were guaranteed employment for our teams.

347 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:42:37am

re: #345 Varek Raith

Yep.
Nails help guide the hammer to your thumb.

Yes.

I’ve learned that lesson.

Many, many times.

348 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:43:26am

re: #345 Varek Raith

Yep.
Nails help guide the hammer to your thumb.

And Habitat sites are religious—no cursing when the blow falls.

349 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:43:26am

re: #346 Decatur Deb

Used to investigate Army accidents—forklift drivers were guaranteed employment for our teams.

I learned long ago to stay the hell away from a running fork lift.
:)

350 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:44:17am

Outta here— Good day all.

351 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:44:33am

Obligatory.

Youtube Video
352 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 4:45:47am

BBL

353 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 5:38:50am

Morning all!

354 prairiefire  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 5:44:37am

re: #353 RogueOne

Morning all!

Morning. KC Toy and Doll show today. Getting ready to go.

355 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 5:46:10am

re: #354 prairiefire

Morning. KC Toy and Doll show today. Getting ready to go.

Have fun, be back in time to watch Butler/FL at 4:45. Priorities and all.//

356 prairiefire  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 5:47:53am

re: #355 RogueOne

Have fun, be back in time to watch Butler/FL at 4:45. Priorities and all.//

*snort* OK.

357 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 5:52:18am

re: #343 Decatur Deb

Kid holds the hammer, says, “Where’s the start button?”

358 laZardo  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 5:59:16am

So YouTube is “going dark” with an option to make the background black for Earth Hour.

Only problem is, it takes more energy to produce a black pixel than a white one unless you’re still on a CRT screen. Oops.

359 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:12:05am

re: #357 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Kid holds the hammer, says, “Where’s the start button?”

I have a friend who is one of those that shouldn’t be allowed around tools for his own health. He was trying to fix some roof shingles after a good storm on his own and he was holding some nails in his mouth. He managed to smash his finger and took a sharp breath in and swallowed a nail. They had to surgically remove it. As he’s telling me the story I almost pissed myself laughing. He kept yelling “it was a major surgery!” which just made me laugh harder.

360 laZardo  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:14:41am

re: #357 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Kid holds the hammer, says, “Where’s the start button?”

At first, I lol’d.

But then, I wept for humanity.

361 Jimmah  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:15:59am

At the risk of earning a downding from Walter - Hi folks!

362 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:18:16am

re: #359 RogueOne

I’m a very handy guy once I learn how to do something. I just would rather let my fingers do the walking and pay people to do things that include words like, “electricity, roof, plumbing, carpentry…” too many people rely on me for me to have to go to the ER because I tried to be a weekend warrior.

363 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:18:27am

re: #361 Jimmah

Hey Jimmah, last year we were talking about the Anthrax case. Have you and Ice seen this:

Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy?
[Link: www.wired.com…]

364 Jimmah  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:20:42am

Godless in Tumourville: Christopher Hitchens interview

[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk…]

365 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:20:57am

re: #362 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

In an emergency you could probably do it by yourself though. I noticed 20 years ago that a lot of my contemporaries had no idea how to repair their own cars or do basic carpentry/plumbing/electrical work. If my generation didn’t know how to do it their kids certainly don’t know how.

366 iceweasel  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:25:30am

re: #363 RogueOne

Hey Jimmah, last year we were talking about the Anthrax case. Have you and Ice seen this:

Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy?
[Link: www.wired.com…]

Hey Rogue— I saw that but haven’t had the time to read it. I do remember when we talked about it. The official FBI report was convincing, but as this article says “things are not always as clear cut as they may appear in an investigation”.

Can you summarise?

367 Jimmah  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:25:39am

re: #363 RogueOne

Hey Jimmah, last year we were talking about the Anthrax case. Have you and Ice seen this:

Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy?
[Link: www.wired.com…]

Thanks. Bookmarked for later (I have to go, unfortunately and complete the shopping but ice will be around for a while).

368 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:36:33am

re: #366 iceweasel

The FBI agent in charge is sure he got the right guy but has no idea why/when/how he did it and..

The scientists who developed the most convincing evidence against Ivins have even deeper reservations. Paul Keim, who identified the anthrax strain used in the attacks, now tells WIRED, “I don’t know if Ivins sent the letters.” Claire Fraser-Liggett, who used DNA sequencing to tie the killer spores to an anthrax flask in Ivins’ possession, concedes that “there are still some holes.”

The wired articles POV is that the FBI probably wouldn’t have been able to convict the guy in court.

369 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:38:59am

re: #366 iceweasel

re: #367 Jimmah

I still remain unconvinced that he did it. OTOH, if he didn’t do it why hasn’t there been another anthrax letter..so, who knows.

370 iceweasel  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:39:31am

re: #368 RogueOne

The FBI agent in charge is sure he got the right guy but has no idea why/when/how he did it and..

The wired articles POV is that the FBI probably wouldn’t have been able to convict the guy in court.

That’s probably right. I did read the FBI report when it came out, and it was convincing but highly circumstantial. Like it involved coded references to two women he was obsessed with ‘hidden’ in some of the notes. I had the feeling he must have done it but his friends would never accept it.

I’m still amazed that this investigation never got more media time.

371 iceweasel  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:40:45am

re: #369 RogueOne

re: #367 Jimmah

I still remain unconvinced that he did it. OTOH, if he didn’t do it why hasn’t there been another anthrax letter..so, who knows.

I found the circumstantial stuff convincing, specifically the really odd behaviour involving the women. I wish I remembered it better.

372 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:44:52am

re: #370 iceweasel

He was definitely an odd one but they were completely off base on their first suspect, who got the Richard Jewell treatment, and my cynical radar went off a bit when they only came forward with his name as a suspect after he had died. Seemed awfully convenient.

373 kirkspencer  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:47:43am

re: #369 RogueOne

re: #367 Jimmah

I still remain unconvinced that he did it. OTOH, if he didn’t do it why hasn’t there been another anthrax letter..so, who knows.

If he did do it, why wasn’t there another anthrax letter while he was alive?

yes, that’s sarcasm, meant to point out the spurious of your point. You know better.

374 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:50:51am

re: #373 kirkspencer

If he did do it, why wasn’t there another anthrax letter while he was alive?

yes, that’s sarcasm, meant to point out the spurious of your point. You know better.

I didn’t say it was a good excuse for believing he did it!/ I can easily imagine him being too paranoid to send out another one but if someone else did do it why not do it again after the case was closed and obviously headed in the wrong direction again.

375 iceweasel  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 6:56:58am
A 92-page report, which concludes what by many measures is the largest investigation in F.B.I. history, laid out the evidence against Dr. Ivins, including his equivocal answers when asked by a friend in a recorded conversation about whether he was the anthrax mailer.

“If I found out I was involved in some way…” Dr. Ivins said, not finishing the sentence. “I do not have any recollection of ever doing anything like that,” he said, adding, “I can tell you, I am not a killer at heart.” But in a 2008 e-mail message to a former colleague, one of many that reflected distress, Dr. Ivins wrote, “I can hurt, kill, and terrorize.” He added: “Go down low, low, low as you can go, then dig forever, and you’ll find me, my psyche.”

The report disclosed for the first time the F.B.I.’s theory that Dr. Ivins embedded in the notes mailed with the anthrax a complex coded message, based on DNA biochemistry, alluding to two female former colleagues with whom he was obsessed.

[Link: www.nytimes.com…]

Here’s the 92 page report:
[Link: documents.nytimes.com…]

376 iceweasel  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:02:25am

re: #372 RogueOne

He was definitely an odd one but they were completely off base on their first suspect, who got the Richard Jewell treatment, and my cynical radar went off a bit when they only came forward with his name as a suspect after he had died. Seemed awfully convenient.

That’s exactly what I thought too at the time. But again, the circumstantial evidence about his personal life and the codes in the letters made me believe he was the right guy. But as to convicting him, they didn’t have it. And his suicide came after months of them looking at him. So it doesn’t seem right to use his suicide as evidence of guilt or innocence; he was definitely troubled and had been for a long time.

377 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:05:44am

Good morning lizards!

378 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:07:44am

Good morning, everyone. I think I’m done with driving in big ass storms in the Sierras for the season. Waited until this morning to go up, and when it was stroming again said, “Fuck it. I’m staying home.” I don’t care if there’s 60 feet of snow up there. It’s not all going to melt before next weekend.

379 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:08:26am

Splinter Group Says Document Outs Anonymous Members

The veil surrounding the group Anonymous may be falling, now that a group claiming to have defected from the ranks of the online mischief making group has begun publishing what it claims are the identities of the hacker collective’s leadership and their roles in recent high profile hacks, including the theft of e-mail from security firm HBGary Federal.

Late Monday, the group, dubbed Backtrace Security, published a PDF that claimed to identify- or partially identify close to 80 members of Anonymous’s leadership by name, and provide mailing addresses, e-mail and social networking accounts for many of those members. The release of the document on the Website, Anonymousdown is the latest in a string of efforts in recent days to poke holes in the wall of anonymity that shields the group’s members.

According to the published list, Anonymous’s top ranks are made up of some eighty individuals scattered mostly across the U.S., Canada and Western Europe, and as far away as Australia and New Zealand. Some of the identities floated in the list have appeared in print before in connection with the group. For example, the record for ‘Kayla,’ an Anonymous member who claims to be a teenage girl identifies the user of that ‘nick,’ or IRC ID, as a New Jersey based hacker Corey Barnhill. That name turned up in a recent Forbes.com profile, as well.

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380 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:09:41am

re: #358 laZardo

So YouTube is “going dark” with an option to make the background black for Earth Hour.

Only problem is, it takes more energy to produce a black pixel than a white one unless you’re still on a CRT screen. Oops.

If it makes anyone “feel” good, then do it. It’s cheaper than drugs and keeps you off the roads. Doesn’t accomplish squat for “mother earth” but hey, that’s really not the issue here, it’s the self-centered elitist feel-good answer to all the worlds problems.

381 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:10:31am

US vs Canada on views on evolution. God we look like fucking idiots.

Image: Screen-shot-2011-03-25-at-11.05.23-AM.png

US opinions are the white bars.

382 Jadespring  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:14:09am

re: #365 RogueOne

In an emergency you could probably do it by yourself though. I noticed 20 years ago that a lot of my contemporaries had no idea how to repair their own cars or do basic carpentry/plumbing/electrical work. If my generation didn’t know how to do it their kids certainly don’t know how.

When I was living in the city I noticed and interesting thing in my social group. More women were handy and interested in learning basic things like this then the men. It was an interesting flip in traditional gender roles. I don’t want to get too cliche about the whole thing but I found that what would happen if something broke in a multi-gendered household, the men would be the first to suggested calling someone and the women if they didn’t know would get a book or go on the internet to get directions on how to fix it.

383 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:18:03am

re: #382 Jadespring

I do it out of self-preservation. My wife calls it laziness.

She’s entitled to her opinion, I guess.

384 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:20:40am

re: #358 laZardo

Got a cool little light switch on it…

385 Jadespring  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:23:27am

re: #383 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I do it out of self-preservation. My wife calls it laziness.

She’s entitled to her opinion, I guess.

:D

In my house we have two sets of tools, his and hers. The hubby is a professional, me not so much. Ended up being less stressful on his part to just go out and get me my own set. LOL Worked out well though because he picked out smaller and more lightweight versions, well with the exception that sometimes he now wants to use mine!!

386 Jadespring  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:24:45am

re: #381 darthstar

US vs Canada on views on evolution. God we look like fucking idiots.

Image: Screen-shot-2011-03-25-at-11.05.23-AM.png

US opinions are the white bars.

Well it makes me feel better. :)

387 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:25:10am

re: #382 Jadespring

I love fixing my own shit. I even did it when I was renting. Now that I’m a home owner (still getting over that), I take it as a personal challenge to fix everything I can. Toilet’s running longer than it should after it refills. Wife asks, “Should we call a plumber?” I said, “Hell no. I get to fix that.”

388 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:26:09am

re: #385 Jadespring

:D

In my house we have two sets of tools, his and hers. The hubby is a professional, me not so much. Ended up being less stressful on his part to just go out and get me my own set. LOL Worked out well though because he picked out smaller and more lightweight versions, well with the exception that sometimes he now wants to use mine!!

Just tell him to put them back where he found them when he’s done. (We men hate hearing that.)

389 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:28:06am

Farrakhan defends Gadhafi, pans US role in Libya

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Friday that the United States lacks the moral authority to attack the forces of embattled Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

The 78-year-old leader of the Chicago-based organization received cheers Friday night from a packed crowd at a civil rights conference at Jackson State University.

Farrakhan said his friend Gadhafi has played the role of a forceful parent in post-colonial Libya.

“When you come out of a colonial past where you have lost the value of your own self-interest, God raises somebody from among you that can instill in you the value of yourself again and that person dictates the path until you have grown into your own self-interest,” Farrakhan said of Gadhafi.
The minister did not address Gadhafi’s alleged role in the bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people in 1988.

…He also alleged that Obama had backed down from pushing a Palestinian-Israeli peace accord and banning settlement-building in the West Bank, calling him “the first Jewish president.” Obama is a Christian.

Obama is Jewish?

390 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:29:53am

re: #343 Decatur Deb

This is a Youth Build house—I’ll actually show three or four kids how to hold a nail before we’re done. (Fleshy side of the fingers towards the hammer.)

Then they don’t get that cool black and blue thumbnail to show off at school.

391 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:31:31am

re: #389 njdhockeyfan

Farrakhan defends Gadhafi, pans US role in Libya

Obama is Jewish?

Heh…I knew as soon as I saw you quoting Farrakhan that you’d get your views on the president spun onto their head. Don’t worry…President Obama is still a seekrit mooslim.
/

392 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:33:01am

re: #391 darthstar

Heh…I knew as soon as I saw you quoting Farrakhan that you’d get your views on the president spun onto their head. Don’t worry…President Obama is still a seekrit mooslim.
/

Maybe he’s a Jewish Muslim.

393 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:34:35am

re: #392 njdhockeyfan

Maybe he’s a Jewish Muslim.

A Jewslim?

394 Jadespring  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:35:42am

re: #393 darthstar

A Jewslim?

A Jewslimtian

395 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:35:51am

re: #393 darthstar

A Jewslim?

or Muwish?

396 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:38:33am

Might as well let the man speak for himself. After all, we get opinions from Palin, Beck, even fucking Farrakhan, and oh my god Kucinich says its this or that! I wonder what Sean Hannity thinks and how his opinion is what really matters (I don’t actually…that was simply hyperbole).

But nobody thinks to listen to the President?

Youtube Video
397 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:39:05am

Former KKK clan member running for town mayor says: ‘I was in the boy scouts too’

They are a racist hate group with a long history of violence but now one former Klu Klux Klan member is running for mayor in a southern Florida city.

John Paul Rogers has his sights set on becoming the next mayor of Lake Wales believing he would be the perfect ‘fair minded’ ambassador.

However, locals and critics fear his association with the group means he is not the right man for the job.

Democrat Mr Rogers insists he left his high-ranking position as Florida Grand Dragon within The United Klans of America 30 years ago.

In its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s the organisation was the largest and most violent KKK group in America.

In 1988 it disbanded after losing a $7million civil law suit for its role in the murder of a 19-year-old Alabama teenager Michael Donald in 1981.

According to The Times newspaper, Mr Rogers has refused to apologise for his past, saying: ‘If being against communism, against drugs and in favour of states’ rights is wrong, then I’m wrong.

‘I was in the Boy Scouts and the Cub Scouts and nobody ever asks me about that.’

How do these racist fuckwads end up in politics?

398 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:44:56am

re: #397 njdhockeyfan

Former KKK clan member running for town mayor says: ‘I was in the boy scouts too’

How do these racist fuckwads end up in politics?

The boy scouts only ban gays…they don’t have a policy against racists.
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399 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:45:32am

Khamis Gaddafi toured US military facilities weeks before Libya crisis

Khamis Gaddafi, 27, spent four weeks in the US as part of an internship with AECOM, a global infrastructure company with deep business interests in Libya, according to Paul Gennaro, AECOM’s Senior Vice President for Global Communications.

His US trip was to include visits to the Port of Houston, Air Force Academy, National War College and West Point, Mr Gennaro said.

The West Point visit was cancelled on Feb 17, when the trip was cut short and Gaddafi returned to Libya, Mr Gennaro said. The uprising in Libya began with a series of protests on Feb 15.

…Mr Gennaro said the US state department approved of the trip, and considered Khamis Gaddafi a reformer. He said the government signed off on the itinerary, at times offering advice that affected the company’s plans for Gaddafi.

400 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:48:03am

re: #399 njdhockeyfan

Khamis Gaddafi toured US military facilities weeks before Libya crisis

“And on your left you can see some of the missiles we’ll be shoving up your father’s ass if he doesn’t stop being a dick.”

It’s not like they were giving him blueprints to our facilities at the gift shop on the way out.

401 RogueOne  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:48:09am

re: #397 njdhockeyfan

Former KKK clan member running for town mayor says: ‘I was in the boy scouts too’

HA! Well, that makes it all o.k. then! He was always prepared….to burn crosses.

402 Jadespring  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:48:17am

re: #397 njdhockeyfan

Former KKK clan member running for town mayor says: ‘I was in the boy scouts too’

How do these racist fuckwads end up in politics?

They get the papers, fill them out, sign and file them. Blam, you’re in politics!

Bigger question is how will he do, and if he does well, why do people support racist fuckwads like this and keep them in politics?

403 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:49:00am

re: #401 RogueOne

HA! Well, that makes it all o.k. then! He was always prepared…to burn crosses.

That merit badge does look pretty cool.

404 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:52:01am

re: #402 Jadespring

They get the papers, fill them out, sign and file them. Blam, you’re in politics!

Bigger question is how will he do, and if he does well, why do people support racist fuckwads like this and keep them in politics?

He’s running as a Democrat too which worked out great for Robert Byrd in WV. I can’t see Florida doing the same thing though. How is the Florida Democrat Party responding to this?

405 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:54:17am

TheDC Exclusive: Spitzer’s former madam ‘probably’ running for New York mayor if Client 9 does

Ex-madam and former New York gubernatorial candidate Kristin Davis is considering a run against former New York Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer if he enters the race for mayor of New York City in 2013.

“If Spitzer throws his black socks in the ring I may have to throw in my lacy brassiere,” Davis said in a statement sent to The Daily Caller.

Heh.

406 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:56:01am

re: #404 njdhockeyfan

He’s running as a Democrat too which worked out great for Robert Byrd in WV. I can’t see Florida doing the same thing though. How is the Florida Democrat Party responding to this?

Byrd is dead. You can stop trying to hurt him.

407 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:56:17am

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links

Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.

408 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:58:19am

re: #406 darthstar

Byrd is dead. You can stop trying to hurt him.

I’m not. Facts are facts. The Dems welcomed him with open arms. I was just wondering if history will repeat itself.

409 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:58:35am

re: #406 darthstar

Byrd is dead. You can stop trying to hurt him.

I agree with you… he did enough to hurt himself… there’s nothing we can add to his hypocrisy.

410 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 7:59:18am

re: #404 njdhockeyfan

I think that redemption is possible for everyone.

411 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:00:28am

re: #410 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I think that redemption is possible for everyone.

If the Dems welcome another KKK clan leader into their party I doubt it will look good.

412 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:00:34am

re: #407 njdhockeyfan

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links

That’s a little troubling. I’m really suspicious of the reporting. A few days ago the British press was publishing bogus stories about the coalition was falling apart and Germany was pissed. I wouldn’t be surprised if Al Qaeda elements were fighting in any or all of these conflicts. It’s what they do. I guess it depends on what kind of influence they have after the fighting stops that really counts.

413 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:01:11am

re: #408 njdhockeyfan

I’m not. Facts are facts. The Dems welcomed him with open arms. I was just wondering if history will repeat itself.

You choose the facts that fit your agenda. Byrd renounced his racist past. This asshole isn’t doing that. Byrd’s dead. Let him go. This asshole you discovered is all yours. Enjoy him. Rub him in our faces if it makes you feel better.

414 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:02:30am

re: #411 njdhockeyfan

If the Dems welcome another KKK clan leader into their party I doubt it will look good.

Well, it will be awkward seeing him pose with the President, if that’s what you mean. Has anyone welcomed this asshole? Have they?

415 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:03:53am

re: #412 Killgore Trout

That’s a little troubling. I’m really suspicious of the reporting. A few days ago the British press was publishing bogus stories about the coalition was falling apart and Germany was pissed. I wouldn’t be surprised if Al Qaeda elements were fighting in any or all of these conflicts. It’s what they do. I guess it depends on what kind of influence they have after the fighting stops that really counts.

That’s not all. This is also concerning…

PARIS - Chadian President Idriss Deby said in an interview with the weekly Jeune Afrique, to be published Monday, that Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) took advantage of the uprising in Libya to take ground-air missiles .

416 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:04:37am

re: #414 darthstar

Well, it will be awkward seeing him pose with the President, if that’s what you mean. Has anyone welcomed this asshole? Have they?

That’s what I was wondering.

417 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:04:48am

re: #409 Walter L. Newton

I agree with you… he did enough to hurt himself… there’s nothing we can add to his hypocrisy.

Oh, yes there is, Walter, yes there is. If by “add to his hypocrisy” you mean be hypocritical ourselves.

418 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:05:21am

re: #416 njdhockeyfan

That’s what I was wondering.

You watch too much Jersey Shore.

419 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:07:08am

re: #412 Killgore Trout

At this point they are just traveling ideological mercenaries more than AQ terrorists. I expect they are in Syria too. Hardly means we should support the dictatorships that have been so hard on their own people as to cause this kind of uprising in country after country.

420 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:07:35am

re: #411 njdhockeyfan

30 years ago… I’ve changed pretty dramatically in 30 years. Others do to.

He might still be an asshole, maybe not, the voters’ll figure it out.

421 Achilles Tang  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:08:17am

re: #358 laZardo

So YouTube is “going dark” with an option to make the background black for Earth Hour.

Only problem is, it takes more energy to produce a black pixel than a white one unless you’re still on a CRT screen. Oops.

The point of this is to create awareness about light pollution (the reason people in cities now think they can count all the stars in the sky). Once upon a time humans knew what the night sky looked like. Now few do.

Many will consider that pointless too, but saving electricity is not what it is about.

422 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:08:43am

re: #418 darthstar

You watch too much Jersey Shore.

I’ve never seen it.

423 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:08:44am

re: #417 darthstar

Oh, yes there is, Walter, yes there is. If by “add to his hypocrisy” you mean be hypocritical ourselves.

Here’s another retrospective…

[Link: www.theledger.com…]

And your comment above begs to be ignored… so I will.

424 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:09:50am

re: #420 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

too…

ACK!

425 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:10:38am

re: #419 Rightwingconspirator

At this point they are just traveling ideological mercenaries more than AQ terrorists. I expect they are in Syria too. Hardly means we should support the dictatorships that have been so hard on their own people as to cause this kind of uprising in country after country.

Yes, but the AQ label makes them seem more sinister and evil. And as the US and NATO are helping the rebels (and civilians) survive Gaddafi’s military, it means we’re siding with the same terrorists who attacked us on 9/11…and that can only make 2012 a competitive race again! (There’s so much narrative twisting going on that stories like this need to be given the “Is that so?” nod, and then left to rot on their own).

426 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:10:39am

re: #419 Rightwingconspirator

At this point they are just traveling ideological mercenaries more than AQ terrorists. I expect they are in Syria too. Hardly means we should support the dictatorships that have been so hard on their own people as to cause this kind of uprising in country after country.

Agreed. Not all of these revolutions are going to result in free and open secular societies. I suppose we just need to let it happen, they need to learn to govern themselves and take the consequences of electing their own leaders. I’m still more worried about Egypt than the rest of them. The stakes are higher there.

427 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:12:50am

Gop plans to alienate old people….
GOP sets sights on AARP over its support for healthcare reform

Newly empowered House Republicans are getting ready to renew their attacks against AARP over its support for the healthcare reform law, The Hill has learned.

The Ways and Means health and oversight subcommittees are hauling in the seniors lobby’s executives before the panel for an April 1 hearing on how the group stands to benefit from the law, among other topics. Republicans say AARP supported the law’s $200 billion in cuts to the Medicare Advantage program because it stands to gain financially as seniors replace their MA plans with Medicare supplemental insurance — or Medigap — policies endorsed by the association.

The hearing will cover not only Medigap but “AARP’s organizational structure, management, and financial growth over the last decade.”

Damn, their only reliable voting block and they’re going to blow it up. Good luck with rhar.

428 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:14:26am

re: #420 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

30 years ago… I’ve changed pretty dramatically in 30 years. Others do to.

He might still be an asshole, maybe not, the voters’ll figure it out.

What about Obama and his Mau Mau connection?

Youtube Video
429 Jadespring  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:14:49am

re: #416 njdhockeyfan

That’s what I was wondering.

Well I’m not sure how it exactly works when it comes to mayoral race there but his opponent is also running as a Democrat so I’m thinking that it’s not a matter of the party choosing it’s candidate but candidates just saying what they are.

430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:15:49am

Holy cow. Just found out that my mother-in-law (who I adore) might have pancreatic cancer. Biopsy in ten days.

Too soon to deal with this again.

Damn it.

431 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:15:50am

re: #429 Jadespring

Please…only use facts that fit the narrative.

432 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:16:10am

re: #430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy cow. Just found out that my mother-in-law (who I adore) might have pancreatic cancer. Biopsy in ten days.

Too soon to deal with this again.

Damn it.

Best thoughts to her.

433 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:16:44am

re: #430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy cow. Just found out that my mother-in-law (who I adore) might have pancreatic cancer. Biopsy in ten days.

Too soon to deal with this again.

Damn it.

OMG… blessings to you and your family.

434 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:17:09am

re: #428 darthstar

Giddy up…

435 Jadespring  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:18:51am

re: #430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy cow. Just found out that my mother-in-law (who I adore) might have pancreatic cancer. Biopsy in ten days.

Too soon to deal with this again.

Damn it.

Oh no. :(

Here’s hoping for another diagnosis.

436 dragonfire1981  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:19:50am

re: #430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I feel you. I lost a grandmother to pancreatic cancer a couple of years ago. It’s a pretty painful and debilitating condition. It was tough to watch her go, but in the end I am just glad she isn’t suffering anymore. She was clearly in discomfort towards the end but she was such a warrior she didn’t let on much. We know she was probably in far worse pain than we ever knew.

Thoughts are with you.

437 darthstar  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:20:56am

re: #434 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Giddy up…

Great…you just chased my wife out of bed. Thanks a bunch.

438 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:21:38am

re: #434 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Giddy up…

I met the Oak Ridge Boys back in the 70s when I was about 10 years old. They had parked their bus in our neighborhood and were selling their records on the sidewalk.

439 dragonfire1981  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:23:22am

Wow, Fox News astounds me sometimes.

I turned it on about 40 minutes ago and they were showing video and talking about protests in London over government spending cuts, now the headline reads “Public workers and Union members protesting in London AND NYC”

So they’ve taken these two very loosely related protests and are now presenting them as one and the same, as if anyone who has the balls to protest government spending cuts is a commie Liberal. On top of that a woman was just talking a moment ago about how it’s a GOOD thing corporations don’t pay much in the way of taxes, because they can pass on the money they save to employees and customers.

Simply Incredible.

440 dragonfire1981  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:24:40am

In addition the NYC “protest” looks like little more than about 50 people rather calmly standing around holding signs.

441 njdhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:27:00am

Work beckons. Later folks.

442 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:28:50am

re: #439 dragonfire1981

Wow, Fox News astounds me sometimes.

I turned it on about 40 minutes ago and they were showing video and talking about protests in London over government spending cuts, now the headline reads “Public workers and Union members protesting in London AND NYC”

So they’ve taken these two very loosely related protests and are now presenting them as one and the same, as if anyone who has the balls to protest government spending cuts is a commie Liberal. On top of that a woman was just talking a moment ago about how it’s a GOOD thing corporations don’t pay much in the way of taxes, because they can pass on the money they save to employees and customers.

Simply Incredible.

They think it’s a global conspiracy. Beck had on a 9-11 truther/Birch society/Alex Jones hero on last night talking about it. Probably his most outrageous guest yet. Nobody complained or even noticed because Fox has already indoctrinated their audience to accept it. They are truly lost.

443 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:32:17am

What’s left of Beck’s audience.

Viewers a fewer.

444 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:32:32am

re: #385 Jadespring

:D

In my house we have two sets of tools, his and hers. The hubby is a professional, me not so much. Ended up being less stressful on his part to just go out and get me my own set. LOL Worked out well though because he picked out smaller and more lightweight versions, well with the exception that sometimes he now wants to use mine!!

Same thing here.
AND I wrote my name on “my” tools. Otherwise they tend to get “lost”.

I’ve learned to paint very well, I can spackle, I can apply caulk, I can hammer a nail straight, I can saw/cut whatever I want, I can install a new faucet …

Daughter wanted a bookcase for her room, and wanted the shelves positioned certain ways. She and hubby went and picked out wood, and they built it and finished it. So now she can do some things as well.

I’m very surprised, honestly, at the number of folks who’ve never had any experience doing these sorts of basic things around the house.

445 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:32:41am

Does Pawlenty Have a Sharia Problem?

Pawlenty’s effort to expand Muslim homeownership could hurt him in the GOP primary.


lol

446 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:33:46am

re: #430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy cow. Just found out that my mother-in-law (who I adore) might have pancreatic cancer. Biopsy in ten days.

Too soon to deal with this again.

Damn it.

{{{{{FBV}}}}}

447 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:34:09am

re: #444 reine.de.tout

I have a guy.

448 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:34:30am

re: #444 reine.de.tout

Same thing here.
AND I wrote my name on “my” tools. Otherwise they tend to get “lost”.

I’ve learned to paint very well, I can spackle, I can apply caulk, I can hammer a nail straight, I can saw/cut whatever I want, I can install a new faucet …

Daughter wanted a bookcase for her room, and wanted the shelves positioned certain ways. She and hubby went and picked out wood, and they built it and finished it. So now she can do some things as well.

I’m very surprised, honestly, at the number of folks who’ve never had any experience doing these sorts of basic things around the house.

Get yourself on TV.

Bob Vila is so yesterday.

449 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:37:14am

They’re calling for snow here. WTF?

450 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:37:57am

re: #448 researchok

Get yourself on TV.

Bob Vila is so yesterday.

Right now I’m just trying to figure a way I can pursue my new hobby, without ending up with tons of stained glass windows in my house.

I thoroughly enjoy the challenge of doing it but my family will SHOOT me if we end up with too much stuff.

451 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:38:37am

re: #450 reine.de.tout

Right now I’m just trying to figure a way I can pursue my new hobby, without ending up with tons of stained glass windows in my house.

I thoroughly enjoy the challenge of doing it but my family will SHOOT me if we end up with too much stuff.

Open a store on Esty.

452 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:38:56am

re: #444 reine.de.tout

Same thing here.
AND I wrote my name on “my” tools. Otherwise they tend to get “lost”.

I’ve learned to paint very well, I can spackle, I can apply caulk, I can hammer a nail straight, I can saw/cut whatever I want, I can install a new faucet …

Daughter wanted a bookcase for her room, and wanted the shelves positioned certain ways. She and hubby went and picked out wood, and they built it and finished it. So now she can do some things as well.

I’m very surprised, honestly, at the number of folks who’ve never had any experience doing these sorts of basic things around the house.

It takes absolutely no skill whatsoever to split your thumb open with a mini-sledge or cut your fingertips off with a table saw, and I have buckets of that non-skill.

453 Bob Dillon  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:39:14am

re: #430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My big sister is dealing with bone cancer. Finally made it thru the first round of chemo after four months or off and on dealing with multiple issues. No fun being a helpless spectator that can only hold hands and offer moral support. I hope the biopsy is neg.

454 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:39:35am

re: #449 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

They’re calling for snow here. WTF?


We’ve been having a cold wet spring here too. Fairly miserable and dark.

455 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:40:31am

re: #450 reine.de.tout

Right now I’m just trying to figure a way I can pursue my new hobby, without ending up with tons of stained glass windows in my house.

I thoroughly enjoy the challenge of doing it but my family will SHOOT me if we end up with too much stuff.

The stained glass stuff is very cool.

I visited this house that had small panels throughout- a less is more type of deal.

Stunning.

456 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:40:32am

re: #430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy cow. Just found out that my mother-in-law (who I adore) might have pancreatic cancer. Biopsy in ten days.

Too soon to deal with this again.

Damn it.

{{{FBV}}}

457 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:40:39am

re: #450 reine.de.tout

You might be able to find a boutique that would sell them for you.

458 Achilles Tang  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:41:15am

re: #439 dragonfire1981

Wow, Fox News astounds me sometimes.

I turned it on about 40 minutes ago and they were showing video and talking about protests in London over government spending cuts, now the headline reads “Public workers and Union members protesting in London AND NYC”

So they’ve taken these two very loosely related protests and are now presenting them as one and the same, as if anyone who has the balls to protest government spending cuts is a commie Liberal. On top of that a woman was just talking a moment ago about how it’s a GOOD thing corporations don’t pay much in the way of taxes, because they can pass on the money they save to employees and customers.

Simply Incredible.

Surprisingly I heard O’Reilly actually sounding like he was on MSNBC about GE not paying any taxes.

He thought that was pretty bad, but then again, by now I’m sure he has been straightened out by Glenn Beck.//

459 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:41:56am

re: #450 reine.de.tout

I think you will find the results of your new hobby pretty welcome among friends and extended family. :-) Who knows, they may even have appeal to those who do interior decorating. They love to hunt down & acquire beauty for the home or office.

460 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:42:20am

re: #457 Killgore Trout

You might be able to find a boutique that would sell them for you.

I would think so!

461 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:42:47am

re: #454 Killgore Trout

Yeah, but the word “Portland” is an Lower Umpqua Native American word. Meaning “Fairly miserable and dark”.

462 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:42:53am

re: #458 Naso Tang

Hanbnity has joined the Birthers and spent the past week demanding to see Obama’s Birth Cert.

463 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:43:14am

re: #451 Walter L. Newton

Open a store on Esty.

Thinking about it.
If I can recoup my materials cost, I’d be happy.

re: #452 b_sharp

It takes absolutely no skill whatsoever to split your thumb open with a mini-sledge or cut your fingertips off with a table saw, and I have buckets of that non-skill.

OUCH! So sorry.

464 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:43:55am

re: #461 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yeah, but the word “Portland” is an Lower Umpqua Native American word. Meaning “Fairly miserable and dark”.

True, we’re used to it but this past year has been too much even for the natives.

465 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:45:27am

re: #464 Killgore Trout

Comediane Diane Ford had a great line. “Minnesota is an old indian word. It means, ‘Weather suck big wampum.’”

466 Bob Dillon  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:45:29am

For all the pilots and wannabees:

Definitions:

Pilots:
People who drive airplanes.

Fighter Pilots:
Cold, steely eyed, weapons systems managers who kill bad people and break things. However, they can also be very charming and personable. The average Fighter Pilot, despite sometimes having a swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.. These feelings just don’t involve anyone else.

Words of Wisdom From Aviators:

Flying is a hard way to earn an easy living.

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the airplane, the pessimist, the parachute.

If helicopters are so safe, how come there are no vintage helicopter fly-ins?

Death is just nature’s way of telling you to watch your airspeed.

Real planes use only a single stick to fly. This is why bulldozers & helicopters — in that order — need two.

There are only three things the copilot should ever say:

1. Nice landing, Sir.
2. I’ll buy the first round.
3. I’ll take the fat one.

As a pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will.

a. One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight.
b. One day you will walk out to the aircraft not knowing that it is your last flight.

There are Rules and there are Laws. The Rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you. Laws (of Physics) were ordained by nature. You can, and sometimes should, suspend the Rules but you can never suspend the Laws.

About Rules:

a. The rules are a good place to hide if you don’t have a better idea and the talent to execute it.
b. If you deviate from a rule, it must be a flawless performance.. (e.g.., If you fly under a bridge, don’t hit the bridge.)

The ideal pilot is the perfect blend of discipline and aggressiveness.

The medical profession is the natural enemy of the aviation profession..

Ever notice that the only experts who decree that the age of the pilot is over are people who have never flown anything? Also, in spite of the intensity of their feelings that the pilot’s day is over I know of no expert who has volunteered to be a passenger in a non-piloted aircraft.

Before each flight, make sure that your bladder is empty and your fuel tanks are full! ( Amen to that!)

He who demands everything that his aircraft can give him is a pilot; he that demands one iota more is a fool.

There are certain aircraft sounds that can only be heard at night.

The aircraft limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular aircraft. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no limits.

Flying is a great way of life for men who want to feel like boys, but not for those who still are.

“If the Wright brothers were alive today, Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs.” President, DELTA Airlines.

In the Alaska bush I’d rather have a two hour bladder and three hours of gas than vice versa.

It’s not that all airplane pilots are good-looking. Just that good-looking people seem more capable of flying airplanes. ( Aren’t we all?)

An old pilot is one who can remember when flying was dangerous and sex was safe.

Airlines have really changed, now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant.

I’ve flown in both pilot seats, can someone tell me why the other one is always occupied by an idiot?

Son, you’re going to have to make up your mind about growing up and becoming a pilot. You can’t do both.

There are only two types of aircraft — fighters and targets.

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food.. So you’re grateful.

They invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.

The FAA Motto:
We’re not happy till you’re not happy.

Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.

467 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:45:34am

re: #439 dragonfire1981

Wow, Fox News astounds me sometimes.

I turned it on about 40 minutes ago and they were showing video and talking about protests in London over government spending cuts, now the headline reads “Public workers and Union members protesting in London AND NYC”

So they’ve taken these two very loosely related protests and are now presenting them as one and the same, as if anyone who has the balls to protest government spending cuts is a commie Liberal. On top of that a woman was just talking a moment ago about how it’s a GOOD thing corporations don’t pay much in the way of taxes, because they can pass on the money they save to employees and customers.

Simply Incredible.

She really thinks that money trickles down to the customers and employees? Austrian trickle-down economics has been quite the scam.

468 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:50:30am

re: #454 Killgore Trout

The seasons just do not mean what they used to. SoCal does not usually get late March storms that are so cold. Like snow levels to 4000 feet cold. Our plants got faked out by a warm week and then this cold storm.

On the up side we expect a spectacular green hills and excellent wildflowers. Yesterday I was driving up Little Tujunga canyon at sunset-An area that burned just a year or two ago, and it’s like a big green rolling carpet up there. The sun was shining out under broken clouds. Spectacular.

469 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:51:19am

re: #463 reine.de.tout

Thinking about it.
If I can recoup my materials cost, I’d be happy.

re: #452 b_sharp

OUCH! So sorry.

No need to be sorry. My wife laughed, right after she gave me shit.

470 Ericus58  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 8:56:25am

re: #466 Bobibutu

Youtube Video

Extra long roll-out…

471 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:07:06am

Chilling report on CNN, I just saw…
A woman manages to get into the hotel in Tripoli where the international reporters are. She shouts out recounting her tale of being seized at a checkpoint, bound and repeatedly raped. Government thugs managed to rush to her, grab her, beat reporters, smash camera gear and whisk her away. I’m sure she is dead or worse at this point.

If no fly plus includes bombing the security apparatus and personnel in Libya, I’ll be cheering the air strike on. The bare brutal face of that regime has again been shown.

472 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:12:36am

re: #469 b_sharp

No need to be sorry. My wife laughed, right after she gave me shit.

The Roi was trying to teach our daughter to use, I think it was the circular saw.

Anyhow - loooong lecture about being careful, make sure the electrical cord is out of the way, blah blah blah blabbity blah blah -

Then he picks up the saw to give her a demonstration - and cuts the cord.
We laughed so hard! I don’t know how he didn’t electrocute himself.

473 Bob Dillon  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:13:40am

re: #470 Ericus58

Pucker Power. “Vodka Burner” Ahh the guys from Oz.

474 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:13:47am

Oh, my!
Geraldine Ferraro has passed away.
I didn’t know she was ill.

475 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:14:47am

re: #474 reine.de.tout

Oh no.

476 Ericus58  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:17:00am

re: #474 reine.de.tout

Oh, my!
Geraldine Ferraro has passed away.
I didn’t know she was ill.

That is very sad.

477 Simply Sarah  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:17:09am

re: #474 reine.de.tout

Oh, my!
Geraldine Ferraro has passed away.
I didn’t know she was ill.

Wait, really? I’m extremely sad to hear that. :/

478 HappyWarrior  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:17:10am

So insignificant that he felt the need to write about you. Seriously, I’d take it as I sure you do Charles that insults from Stacy MccAin are a badge of honor. Im ean this is a man who openly admires John C. Calhoun.

479 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:18:25am

re: #471 Rightwingconspirator

What a horrific story. I’m sure there’s video of the situation out there but I haven’t found it yet.

481 Simply Sarah  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:20:58am

re: #479 Killgore Trout

What a horrific story. I’m sure there’s video of the situation out there but I haven’t found it yet.

It’s not much, but this video from the Telegraph at least shows some of it.

482 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:22:40am

Sky has the video: Tripoli Shock: Minders Snatch ‘Rape Victim’

483 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:22:59am

From the NYT

Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape

484 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:27:04am

re: #481 Simply Sarah

It’s not much, but this video from the Telegraph at least shows some of it.

What a nightmare.

485 Bob Dillon  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:31:06am

re: #484 Killgore Trout

Easy to understand why Arab diplomats daughters want to stay in western countries (where they have grown up) when their dads tour of duty is up.

486 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:31:57am

re: #472 reine.de.tout

The Roi was trying to teach our daughter to use, I think it was the circular saw.

Anyhow - looong lecture about being careful, make sure the electrical cord is out of the way, blah blah blah blabbity blah blah -

Then he picks up the saw to give her a demonstration - and cuts the cord.
We laughed so hard! I don’t know how he didn’t electrocute himself.

We (men) have fallen for the traditional wisdom that we are superior to and naturally know how to wrangle our tools so tend to ignore the simple rules of engagement we drill into our kid’s heads.

When I smashed my thumb and had it pop open like a piece of fruit I ignored the pain and the blood and didn’t go to get stitches for three days at which point they can’t use stitches.

Being the more sensible of the two of us, my wife played the ‘I told you so’ card for two weeks. I was powerless to stop her.

487 Simply Sarah  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:33:21am

re: #484 Killgore Trout

What a nightmare.

It’s disgusting. It’s clearly visible the shock, dismay, and anger of the journalists there at what the authorities are doing and how mostly powerless they are to stop it (Although you can see that at least some of them tried). At the very least, this should further dispel the comical idea that the Libyan government is even remotely interested in anything except keeping power.

488 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:36:01am

I’ve been in full support of the Libyan activities.

Mo is an animal, who has “who’s the most animal like me” contests with his minions.

I do not want to know we sat and watched while people were under attack by him.

489 Ericus58  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:37:30am

Anyone think that Drudge/wingnuts will headline this story of the woman being snatched away from the journalists while trying to get her story out?

I think not.
It might detract from the AQ angle…. always about the extremists, eh?

490 Simply Sarah  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:41:26am

That’s interesting. I had gotten the link to the Telegraph video from the NY Times story, but it appears that the article has been updated to remove the link. I wonder what the story behind that is?

491 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:42:13am

Morning all!

Puppy is sleeping.

I am free to be a Lizard.

What are we talking about?

492 researchok  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:42:32am

re: #490 Simply Sarah

That’s interesting. I had gotten the link to the Telegraph video from the NY Times story, but it appears that the article has been updated to remove the link. I wonder what the story behind that is?

‘Remove the link or your reporters get kicked out of the country’.

493 laZardo  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:43:40am

re: #491 ggt

Morning all!

Puppy is sleeping.

I am free to be a Lizard.

What are we talking about?

THE LIBYAAANS!

/1.21 gigawatts’ worth

494 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:45:33am

re: #493 laZardo

THE LIBYAAANS!

/1.21 gigawatts’ worth

Libya and Syria were both in the news, I think.

Lots of stuff going on . ..

How many Middle East countries are in transition to democracy now?

495 Simply Sarah  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:47:22am

re: #494 ggt

Libya and Syria were both in the news, I think.

Lots of stuff going on . ..

How many Middle East countries are in transition to democracy now?

Well, I’d be very careful about labeling it a transition to democracy quite yet. Changes are coming, hopefully for the better, but these sorts of things tend to be unpredictable and take quite a while to sort out.

496 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:47:23am

re: #487 Simply Sarah

It’s disgusting. It’s clearly visible the shock, dismay, and anger of the journalists there at what the authorities are doing and how mostly powerless they are to stop it (Although you can see that at least some of them tried). At the very least, this should further dispel the comical idea that the Libyan government is even remotely interested in anything except keeping power.

It’s really terrible to think how many times this kind of thing happens when reporters aren’t around to document it.

497 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:48:31am

How did we all miss this wonderful celebration…

The 7th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week 2011
March 2011

Israeli Apartheid Week organizers across the globe are gearing up for the 7th year of actions in support of Palestinian Civil Society’s call for Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). Last year’s IAW was incredibly successful with over 55 cities worldwide joining the week to end Israel’s apartheid.

Due to the popularity of Israeli Apartheid Week we have extended the “week” to allow campuses, organizations and regions on different schedules to participate: March 7-20, Global March 21-26 United Kingdom

If interested, find a city near you…

Adelaide Al Quds Amherst Amman Amsterdam Asturias Bard (NY) Basel Beirut Belfast Berkeley Bern Bethlehem Bilbao Birzeit Bogota Bologna Bordeaux Boston Brantford Brisbane Brussels Canarias Cantabria Cape Town Caracas Castellon Cleveland Connecticut Denver Dublin Dundee Durban Edinburgh Edmonton Gainesville Gaza Geneva Glasgow Gothenburg Grahamstown Guelph Haifa Halifax Hamilton Houston Ireland Iruna Johannesburg La Chaux-de-Fonds Le Mans Lille Lillehammer London (ON) Louisville Lyon Madrid Malaga Mallorca Melbourne Mexico City Miami Montréal Nablus Naples Nazareth Neuchatel New York City Ottawa Oxford Padova Paris Perth Peterborough Pisa Port Elizabeth Pretoria Providence Puebla Regina Roma St Louis Stellenbosch Sudbury Toronto Utrecht Valencia Valladolid Verona Washington Waterloo Winnipeg Yaffa Zurich

And don’t be fooled by other “Israeli Apartheid Week”

Note: Only cities listed on this website are officially part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2011.

[Link: apartheidweek.org…]

498 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:51:08am

re: #466 Bobibutu

There are Rules and there are Laws. The Rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you. Laws (of Physics) were ordained by nature. You can, and sometimes should, suspend the Rules but you can never suspend the Laws.

That could be applied to so many of today’s issues —

499 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:52:13am

re: #495 Simply Sarah

Well, I’d be very careful about labeling it a transition to democracy quite yet. Changes are coming, hopefully for the better, but these sorts of things tend to be unpredictable and take quite a while to sort out.

transition can take a very long time.

Would “evolution” be a better word.

500 Bob Dillon  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:56:10am

re: #488 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I shared similar feelings about Saddam, his sons and cronies.

501 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 9:56:53am

re: #495 Simply Sarah

Well, I’d be very careful about labeling it a transition to democracy quite yet. Changes are coming, hopefully for the better, but these sorts of things tend to be unpredictable and take quite a while to sort out.

Unpredictable… you mean like…

Islamist Group Is Rising Force in a New Egypt

CAIRO — In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the state, is at the forefront, transformed into a tacit partner with the military government that many fear will thwart fundamental changes.

It is also clear that the young, educated secular activists who initially propelled the nonideological revolution are no longer the driving political force — at least not at the moment.

[Link: www.nytimes.com…]

Democracy in action!

502 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:00:35am

Ah, yes, clearly it is a time to defund Planned Parenthood …//////gah

Why is mental illness so low on the global health agenda?


Given this focus on data, are the biggest contributors to the global burden of disease also getting the most attention and resources?

Consider two major causes of death and disability worldwide — maternal mortality and mental illness.

—

Yet, surprisingly, mental illness actually kills and maims more young mothers worldwide.

For all ages and genders, the World Health Organization says mental illness is the fourth leading cause of disability and tenth leading cause of all deaths. Suicide alone kills nearly three times (nearly a million people) the number of women who die in childbirth (360,000, mostly in the developing world) every year.

—

Some of it clearly has to do with the stigma that still surrounds mental health, he said. Many people still tend to view mental illness as a character flaw, Patel said, as something that an individual is somehow personally responsible for having and for not being able to control their behavior.

Because of this misunderstanding, he said, many people with mental illness in poor communities (and not-so-poor, but ignorant, communities) suffer severe abuse.

503 Bob Dillon  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:01:12am

re: #474 reine.de.tout

Oh, my!
Geraldine Ferraro has passed away.
I didn’t know she was ill.

Geraldine Anne Ferraro Zaccaro, 75, passed away Saturday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital, surrounded by her family. The cause of death was complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that she had battled for 12 years.

504 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:02:16am

re: #479 Killgore Trout

If only I could grab it off my DVR! Very frustrating, it is public/news content after all.

505 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:05:29am

re: #497 Walter L. Newton

How did we all miss this wonderful celebration…

If interested, find a city near you…

And don’t be fooled by other “Israeli Apartheid Week”

[Link: apartheidweek.org…]

I didn’t!

506 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:06:22am

re: #505 SanFranciscoZionist

I didn’t!

You mean you celebrated with them?

507 Bob Dillon  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:12:11am

re: #502 ggt

Many people still tend to view mental illness as a character flaw, Patel said, as something that an individual is somehow personally responsible for having and for not being able to control their behavior.

We are all dysfunctional to some degree or another, in some area or another.

508 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:13:13am

re: #506 Walter L. Newton

You mean you celebrated with them?

Uh, NO.

But I didn’t miss it. It happens every year, and at Berkeley, the Zionist student group does stuff to counter their stuff.

509 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:15:22am

5. Women are more than mothers. The MDGs and other development programs have focused almost exclusively on maternal health, rather than women’s health, in many cases. Women are worth more than their uteruses, and women also die from many other illnesses and problems outside of childbirth. Despite the efforts of Women Deliver, we continue to see “woman as mother” and not “woman as citizen,” which is a paradigm shift that needs to happen. The MDGs were focused on maternal health, not women’s health, and neglected important items like family planning.

AMEN!

510 Stanghazi  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:16:18am

Oh wow, RIP Geraldine Ferraro.

511 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:17:58am

re: #510 Stanley Sea

Oh wow, RIP Geraldine Ferraro.

12 years battling cancer.

WOW is right.

512 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:18:59am

re: #510 Stanley Sea
Yes. Very Sad. Here is my page: [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

513 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:20:44am

re: #507 Bobibutu

We are all dysfunctional to some degree or another, in some area or another.

Yes, it is a degree of functionality as to the treatment needed, if at all.

I think the big problem is self diagnosis and self-treatment or diagnosis & treatment by the community.

No one would do that with Diabetes or Heart disease.

The shame is not in seeking mental health treatment, but in NOT seeking it.

514 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:21:17am

re: #513 ggt

Yes, it is a degree of functionality as to the treatment needed, if at all.

I think the big problem is self diagnosis and self-treatment or diagnosis & treatment by the community.

No one would do that with Diabetes or Heart disease.

The shame is not in seeking mental health treatment, but in NOT seeking it.

Amen.

515 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:23:23am

re: #514 reine.de.tout

Amen.

REally, it is the same with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. How much depression and anxiety is caused by the inability to learn like other people. How many brilliant people are in prison as the result?

Mental Health treatment can lead to therapy that uncovers more than just the mood or psychiatric disorder. For the depressed dyslexic, learning to read IS the treatment.

516 Stanghazi  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:25:58am

nytjim Jim Roberts
by acarvin

Here’s the full NYT obituary on Geraldine Ferraro. [Link: nyti.ms…]

517 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:26:22am

I put both those links in the Pages if anyone wants to upding so they remain where other people will read them.

I don’t care about the dings, I deeply care about the issues.

Both are my hot buttons.

518 dragonfire1981  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:29:07am

Fox is at it again, now their headline says: GOV PALIN ON THE DEATH OF GERALDINE FERRARO and they are talking to Sarah P on the phone.

But she’s not the damned Governor anymore!

519 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:30:39am

re: #518 dragonfire1981

Fox is at it again, now their headline says: GOV PALIN ON THE DEATH OF GERALDINE FERRARO and they are talking to Sarah P on the phone.

But she’s not the damned Governor anymore!

Yes, but she and Ferraro had so much in common!!

Well, actually, they had one thing in common.

520 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:31:15am

re: #518 dragonfire1981

Fox is at it again, now their headline says: GOV PALIN ON THE DEATH OF GERALDINE FERRARO and they are talking to Sarah P on the phone.

But she’s not the damned Governor anymore!

Once elected, the title is for keeps. But still, they should call her Half-Governor. Maybe Madam Half-Governor.

521 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:31:48am

re: #519 SanFranciscoZionist

Yes, but she and Ferraro had so much in common!!

Well, actually, they had one thing in common.

They are both female

They were both in politics.

Some would say the are both attractive.

Both were brunettes.

I can think of 4 things.

522 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:32:23am

re: #520 wrenchwench

Once elected, the title is for keeps. But still, they should call her Half-Governor. Maybe Madam Half-Governor.

Madam Half-governor, pimping for the “cause”.

523 Bob Dillon  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:32:42am

re: #520 wrenchwench

Ouch! ;-)

524 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:33:56am

Going to spend some time with my Mommy.

Have a great day all!

525 laZardo  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:36:32am

Gonna head to bed. Nighty!

526 blueraven  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:36:41am

re: #458 Naso Tang

Surprisingly I heard O’Reilly actually sounding like he was on MSNBC about GE not paying any taxes.

He thought that was pretty bad, but then again, by now I’m sure he has been straightened out by Glenn Beck.//

He failed to mention Exxon Mobil didn’t pay taxes either. The reason he jumped on GE is because they are the parent company of NBC. (or partiality owned?)

527 Stanghazi  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:36:58am

re: #518 dragonfire1981

Fox is at it again, now their headline says: GOV PALIN ON THE DEATH OF GERALDINE FERRARO and they are talking to Sarah P on the phone.

But she’s not the damned Governor anymore!

Oh fucking great.

528 Achilles Tang  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:39:46am

re: #462 Killgore Trout

Hanbnity has joined the Birthers and spent the past week demanding to see Obama’s Birth Cert.

Yes I caught some of that, but the most ridiculous part was the both he and his cohorts were all saying that they believed he WAS born in the US, but they just wanted to see the certificate and couldn’t understand why not.

A pretty pitiful pandering to the dumbest of their fans.

529 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:41:53am

Happy 80th, Leonard Nimoy!

Image: hamzE.jpg

530 Jadespring  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:42:58am

re: #514 reine.de.tout

Amen.

Ditto.

531 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:43:14am

re: #529 negativ
Happy Birthday Mr Spock. ::: vulcan salute ::: :)

532 Targetpractice  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:49:40am

re: #529 negativ

Happy 80th, Leonard Nimoy!

Image: hamzE.jpg

Happy Birthday, Mr. Bell.

533 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:51:40am

I paged a link to the CNN story and video of that poor woman in Libya that was beaten and raped by government forces in Libya…

Or direct
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

534 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:52:13am

re: #533 Rightwingconspirator

Whoops the CNN link here..
[Link: www.cnn.com…]

535 Stanghazi  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:54:21am

re: #534 Rightwingconspirator

Whoops the CNN link here..
[Link: www.cnn.com…]

Good god.

536 Stanghazi  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 10:54:54am

re: #534 Rightwingconspirator

Whoops the CNN link here..
[Link: www.cnn.com…]

I don’t think she’s alive.

537 Political Atheist  Sat, Mar 26, 2011 11:08:34am

re: #536 Stanley Sea

Dead or worse I fear.


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