Brought to you by Newt Gingrich, a middle-aged white guy break-dancing in an elf costume, while the worst carolers in history yowl away in the background. An instant classic in the genre of right wing inadvertent comedy.
Youtube Video(h/t: Ben Smith.)
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Wozza Matter? Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:44:55pm |
Eh. No creepy smoking guy.
He can't get my vote.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:46:11pm |
o_o
They're all like, "WTF are we doing here?".
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:47:08pm |
Now, Romney, on the other hand, is a natural!
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Wozza Matter? Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:47:35pm |
re: #2 Sergey Romanov
o_o
They're all like, "WTF are we doing here?".
I don't know what's a worse look "WTF are we doing here...." - or "we are people from stock photos purchased online, we have wholesome glassy smiles and dead eyes"
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:48:43pm |
This is meta-art.
I like the way they were still reading the script for "Merry Christmas From your friends in NH!"
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EdDantes Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:49:28pm |
You know we white conservatives have no rhythm, can't dance nor carry a tune. What do you expect from a Newt? Hip?
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wrenchwench Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:50:07pm |
re: #5 ralphieboy
This is meta-art.
I like the way they were still reading the script for "Merry Christmas From your friends in NH!"
Campaign workers move around a lot.
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:50:20pm |
re: #7 EdDantes
You know we white conservatives have no rhythm, can't dance nor carry a tune. What do you expect from a Newt? Hip?
But we don't expect you to remind us of the fact in a manner we cannot ignore...
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Sionainn Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:50:49pm |
My 6-year-old daughter break-dances like that. Unlike the "elf," she looks cute doing it.
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EdDantes Tue, Dec 27, 2011 2:52:17pm |
re: #9 ralphieboy
But we don't expect you to remind us of the fact in a manner we cannot ignore...
Yeah, it is embarrassing. :)
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engineer cat Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:04:03pm |
worst carolers in history yowl
you mean you're not supposed to sign christmas carols in three keys at the same time?
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wilburs Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:05:22pm |
That's a lot of fail packed into a minute and a half.
My question is
why doesn't that elf get into the race, he has as much chance as anyone else.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:05:49pm |
Newt should have gotten the respect authority kids to sing for him.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:06:32pm |
re: #16 wilburs
That's a lot of fail packed into a minute and a half.
My question is
why doesn't that elf get into the race, he has as much chance as anyone else.
Birth certificate issues.
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Eclectic Infidel Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:07:13pm |
The staffer crowd really didn't appear all that comfortable singing that awful tune. And that elf? Way gay. Definitely not family friendly.
/
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:07:21pm |
re: #16 wilburs
That's a lot of fail packed into a minute and a half.
My question is
why doesn't that elf get into the race, he has as much chance as anyone else.
He's not-Obama, not-Romney and not-Gingrich. I can't see how he can fail.
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freetoken Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:08:12pm |
A story not consistent with Newt's or other GOP candidates' claims:
U.S. says China is not a currency manipulator
The U.S. Treasury again shied away from labeling China a currency manipulator on Tuesday, but it rapped the country for not moving fast enough on exchange rate reforms.
Some U.S. politicians have argued that China has gained an unfair competitive edge in global markets by keeping the yuan artificially low to boost exports.
But the Treasury, in a semi-annual report, said that statutes covering a designation of currency manipulator "have not been met with respect to China."
[...]
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:08:20pm |
Next move: "we intended the clip to be such so that lamestream media would advertise it, nyah nyah nyah".
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:08:26pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:08:43pm |
re: #17 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Newt should have gotten the respect authority kids to sing for him.
[Video]
Not that I wouldn't have played that for some of my classes if I'd known about that, but---WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:10:12pm |
re: #26 SanFranciscoZionist
Not that I wouldn't have played that for some of my classes if I'd known about that, but---WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?
Those kids are going to become serial killers, aren't they?
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:10:44pm |
re: #27 SanFranciscoZionist
Those kids are going to become serial killers, aren't they?
I also wonder if they, or whoever wrote those lyrics, thinks that Barack Obama is one of those who should be prayed for.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:10:48pm |
I understood almost none of the lyrics, which is probably for the best.
I'm not sure if they're going for a "The Office" vibe or what. I've never seen the US version, but the UK version might not be the best model on which to base a depiction of your supporters in a presidential campaign. David the boss is a complete amoral narcissistic tool who mistakenly but genuinely believes his staff members admire him and look up to him as a Great Leader. His sycophantic assistant Gareth is a the only one who actually does admire David, and he's a pathological liar. The rest of the office staff are all neurotic and socially awkward to greater or lesser degrees, and generally only tolerate each others' company because they have to.
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goddamnedfrank Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:13:45pm |
Wow, that makes Hillary4u&me look like pro quality, Grammy award level musical genius.
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theheat Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:17:16pm |
Fugging dreadful. I had to turn off the sound. Then I couldn't look anymore, so... The GOP should never, ever, try to be hip. Ever.
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Interesting Times Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:17:40pm |
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EdDantes Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:18:24pm |
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Kragar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:19:12pm |
re: #26 SanFranciscoZionist
Not that I wouldn't have played that for some of my classes if I'd known about that, but---WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?
Ludovico technique, stage 2
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wilburs Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:19:23pm |
I wish I had been at the meeting where this was planned
"hey..what can we do that will embarrass Newt, and makes us look like idiots at the same time?"
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wilburs Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:20:12pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:20:16pm |
Why is he putting a Celtics hat on the woman? Aren't they still in Boston?
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Kragar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:21:18pm |
re: #38 wilburs
I wish I had been at the meeting where this was planned
"hey..what can we do that will embarrass Newt, and makes us look like idiots at the same time?"
Newt is Dr. Evil
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wilburs Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:22:06pm |
re: #40 SanFranciscoZionist
Why is he putting a Celtics hat on the woman? Aren't they still in Boston?
NH can't afford their own sports teams, they have to use MA's...much like they do MA's healthcare, educational system and job creation.
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Girth Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:22:28pm |
re: #33 BigPapa
"I can't believe someone other than your wife actually wanted to touch that little thing."
"LMFAO I've been thinking that for 30 years!"
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Kronocide Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:22:49pm |
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freetoken Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:23:51pm |
The current state of the GOP, and therefore of American politics at large and by extension a non-trivial segment of our society, is extremely discouraging. I'm not saying it was better in the past (there has always been stupidity) but the stakes grow larger as our population grows larger and our lives are increasingly tied into actions all over the world.
So many big issues are in play that not having a leadership that can be taken seriously is a real weakness, for which we will pay for years to come.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:26:45pm |
So Newt hasn't given up on the Gay Ironic Hipster vote!
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:26:55pm |
re: #45 freetoken
The current state of the GOP, and therefore of American politics at large and by extension a non-trivial segment of our society, is extremely discouraging. I'm not saying it was better in the past (there has always been stupidity) but the stakes grow larger as our population grows larger and our lives are increasingly tied into actions all over the world.
So many big issues are in play that not having a leadership that can be taken seriously is a real weakness, for which we will pay for years to come.
When was the OPEC embargo?...before some here were even born...we're hosed...the priority is to get elected and stay elected...governing is an afterthought
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freetoken Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:27:03pm |
Real Americans don't like France, anyway....
France has had hottest year since 1900
This year was the hottest in France since the start of the 20th century, Meteo France said Tuesday, with average national temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the norm.
The average national temperature in 2011 was 13.6 degrees Celsius (56 degrees Fahrenheit), Meteo France's Francois Gourand told AFP, 0.2 degrees Celsius warmer than the previous hottest year, 2003.This year's spring was particularly warm, with temperatures an average 4.0 degrees Celsius warmer than usual in April. The "norm" is the average temperature from 1971 to 2000, Gourand said.
Autumn 2011 was also exceptionally mild, with November the second hottest since 1900, 3.0 degrees Celsius warmer than the average of temperatures from 1971 to 2000.
Every month in 2011 was above this benchmark except for July, when temperatures were 1.3 degrees Celsius cooler than average.
The year's warm temperatures were accompanied by 20 percent less rainfall than usual, except in the southeast of France where heavy rain in November saw the average attained.
[...]
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:27:22pm |
Just for the record, no, Mitt and Jon couldn't get the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to back them up. The LDS church does not endorse candidates, and that would be an endorsement.
However, I'll bet they could get members of the Tabernacle choir to back them up, on their own time and independently. So long as they were just individuals, and not representing the church officially, they could do whatever they like.
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freetoken Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:28:04pm |
re: #47 albusteve
When was the OPEC embargo?...before some here were even born...
Ironically, Nixon would be better than the current lot.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:28:48pm |
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makeitstop Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:28:55pm |
re: #50 freetoken
Ironically, Nixon would be better than the current lot.
True, but he'd never get out of the primaries.
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FreedomMoon Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:30:16pm |
omg, I've never been one to complain about wasted time, since I do it everyday, but dear lord I desperately want that minute and a half back. My ears, eyes, and brain hurt.
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Wozza Matter? Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:30:32pm |
re: #52 makeitstop
True, but he'd never get out of the primaries.
something about "opening up China". I dunno, i tuned out after he didn't want to nuke someone nonespecifically.
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Wozza Matter? Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:31:04pm |
re: #53 tacuba14
omg, I've never been one to complain about wasted time, since I do it everyday, but dear lord I desperately want that minute and a half back. My ears, eyes, and brain hurt.
You made the full 90 seconds???????
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wilburs Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:31:17pm |
re: #50 freetoken
Ironically, Nixon would be better than the current lot.
Nixon was a socialist!*
* actual comment made to me by wingnut coworker recently
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:31:35pm |
re: #50 freetoken
Ironically, Nixon would be better than the current lot.
The young among us would not even recognize iconic leadership...AmIdol politics has the bar set so low, any hack with good hair and a golden tongue can win it all...doesnt surprise me...but I find it disgusting
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FreedomMoon Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:34:26pm |
re: #55 wozzablog
You made the full 90 seconds???
I was entranced, kinda like seeing a crash on the side of the road, you can't help but pause for a second and look. And after you pass it you think, if only we hadn't looked traffic wouldn't have backed up for a mile.
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Archangelus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:35:17pm |
"Warning: Viewing may induce tinnitus, nausea, seizures, nightmares and a profound urge to tear one's own ears off" :)
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wilburs Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:36:14pm |
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A Man for all Seasons Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:36:21pm |
re: #57 albusteve
The young among us would not even recognize iconic leadership...AmIdol politics has the bar set so low, any hack with good hair and a golden tongue can win it all...doesnt surprise me...but I find it disgusting
Did you have a great Christmas?
There is one thing I wish the GOP would take from American Idol..
After each debate I wish we could vote somebody off the debates.. That way we would never have to listen to Rick Perry again after week 3..
:)
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freetoken Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:36:43pm |
re: #57 albusteve
I do feel that "the young" as you call them probably have become far too detached from reality. I don't know if it is the tawdry television or the overdose of corn syrup, but there is a definitely lack of grounded-ness wrt expectation about the future.
But... it's not just "the young." Our entire society seems way too easily distracted by shiny bobbles and magickal thinking is everywhere. Michelle Bachmann is just a symptom, not a cause. That a quack (Ron Paul) is now the hot item among Iowa Republicans is also a symptom. Everyone wants to escape reality.
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EdDantes Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:37:26pm |
re: #60 Archangelus
"Warning: Viewing may induce tinnitus, nausea, seizures, nightmares and a profound urge to tear one's own ears off" :)
"... and rectal bleeding"
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Archangelus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:37:44pm |
re: #63 HoosierHoops
There is one thing I wish the GOP would take from American Idol..
After each debate I wish we could vote somebody off the debates.. That way we would never have to listen to Rick Perry again after week 3..
:)
A-freakin-MEN!!! :)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:39:26pm |
re: #64 freetoken
I do feel that "the young" as you call them probably have become far too detached from reality. I don't know if it is the tawdry television or the overdose of corn syrup, but there is a definitely lack of grounded-ness wrt expectation about the future.
But... it's not just "the young." Our entire society seems way too easily distracted by...
I'm sorry, what?
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:40:41pm |
re: #33 BigPapa
"Boehner gets $1,000 worth of Cheetos every time he works 'job creators' into a sentence, listen.... HAHA there he goes again, that guy's a genius, I tell ya."
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wilburs Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:43:36pm |
re: #66 Archangelus
A-freakin-MEN!!! :)
Well, the best part of this process is that for Romney, Paul, Perry and Newt, this is their swan song...they will all be politically irrelevant after 2012,
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:48:35pm |
re: #57 albusteve
The young among us would not even recognize iconic leadership...AmIdol politics has the bar set so low, any hack with good hair and a golden tongue can win it all...doesnt surprise me...but I find it disgusting
Don't worry steve.
The very minute we "youngs" get old, we will magically and retroactively have perfect discernment of all the nuances of politics...just like every ascending generation before us.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:50:21pm |
re: #68 negativ
"Boehner gets $1,000 worth of Cheetos every time he works 'job creators' into a sentence, listen... HAHA there he goes again, that guy's a genius, I tell ya."
Not a big fan of Cheetos jokes. That's the sort of joke those asshole Stalkers tell.
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Kronocide Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:50:34pm |
re: #57 albusteve
The young among us would not even recognize iconic leadership...AmIdol politics has the bar set so low, any hack with good hair and a golden tongue can win it all...doesnt surprise me...but I find it disgusting
Get off my lawn blog!
Waves mouse at screen
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:53:51pm |
re: #71 The Ghost of a Flea
Don't worry steve.
The very minute we "youngs" get old, we will magically and retroactively have perfect discernment of all the nuances of politics...just like every ascending generation before us.
Maybe not. Still have JFK/RFK politics and hair.
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Dec 27, 2011 3:55:24pm |
re: #72 Dark_Falcon
Not a big fan of Cheetos jokes. That's the sort of joke those asshole Stalkers tell.
Yes.
Defamation is Chester Cheetah is just below the belt and not at all cricket.
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Kronocide Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:04:08pm |
re: #48 freetoken
Real Americans don't like France, anyway...
The French wine industry is in for hard times.
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:06:21pm |
re: #74 Decatur Deb
Maybe not. Still have JFK/RFK politics and hair.
Discussing the ongoing relationship between great hair and political decisions throughout human history is risky, because you might draw the wrath of Trump's toupee. Then we all get mind-wiped and sold to the lizard people.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:07:03pm |
Barrett Brown issues a statement about the Stratfor hack....
Questions About Motives Behind Stratfor Hack
In a statement posted online on Monday, Barrett Brown, an Anonymous spokesman, said that the goal of the Stratfor attack was not to donate money to charities.
“Rather, the operation was pursued in order to obtain the 2.7 million e-mails that exist on the firm’s servers,” Mr. Brown wrote in a post on the Web site Pastebin. “This wealth of data includes correspondence with untold thousands of contacts who have spoken to Stratfor’s employees off the record over more than a decade.”
Here's a link to his pastebiin post
[Link: pastebin.com...]
Stratfor was not breached in order to obtain customer credit card numbers, which the hackers in question could not have expected to be as easily obtainable as they were. Rather, the operation was pursued in order to obtain the 2.7 million e-mails that exist on the firm's servers. This wealth of data includes correspondence with untold thousands of contacts who have spoken to Stratfor's employees off the record over more than a decade. Many of those contacts work for major corporations within the intelligence and military contracting sectors, government agencies, and other institutions for which Anonymous and associated parties have developed an interest since February of 2011, when another hack against the intelligence contractor/security firm HBGary revealed, among many other things, a widespread conspiracy by the Justice Department, Bank of America, and other parties to attack and discredit Wikileaks and other activist groups. Since that time, many of us in the movement have dedicated our lives to investigating this state-corporate alliance against the free information movement. For this and other reasons, operations have been conducted against Booz Allen Hamilton, Unveillance, NATO, and other relevant institutions. The bulk of what we've uncovered thus far may be reviewed at a wiki maintained by my group Project PM, echelon2.org.
...
many of us are more than happy to proceed according to that amoral dictate if we find it to be necessary. And, increasingly, we have found it to be so.
Barrett Brown
Project PM
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:08:37pm |
re: #71 The Ghost of a Flea
Don't worry steve.
The very minute we "youngs" get old, we will magically and retroactively have perfect discernment of all the nuances of politics...just like every ascending generation before us.
And when you reference CDs, you kids will say "What's a CD"?
You'll say "'Compact Disc', ya know, for music",
and they'll say "Oh, like those pressed vinyl things from the olden days"?
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Kragar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:09:19pm |
re: #78 Killgore Trout
Barrett Brown issues a statement about the Stratfor hack...
Questions About Motives Behind Stratfor HackHere's a link to his pastebiin post
[Link: pastebin.com...]S
So, they were performing major felonies to gain confidential business related information worth a great deal to interested parties and not credit card info. How noble of them.
/
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:10:51pm |
re: #78 Killgore Trout
"Stratfor was not breached in order to obtain customer credit card numbers..."
That's just gravy. What a douche.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:12:25pm |
re: #81 Slumbering Behemoth
That's just gravy. What a douche.
"Your honor, I stole the car because I wanted to drive a bitchin' Camaro, not for financial gain."
"Why didn't you say so? Case dismissed!"
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:15:09pm |
re: #82 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
"It's not my fault, you honor. I was just a pawn of The Amoral Dictate".
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:15:42pm |
re: #80 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So, they were performing major felonies to gain confidential business related information worth a great deal to interested parties and not credit card info. How noble of them.
/
I figure a third of the people doing this stuff are crooks who've figured out that the vague appearance of vigilante-ism gives them cover; another third are malicious 4chan-remnant dinks who'll lash out at anything; and the remainder are engaging in revanchist practices thinly justified by muddy political notions.
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Obdicut Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:16:11pm |
Brown's writing has taken a nosedive. It used to be clever and have great turns of phrase. Now it's just polemical and sounds like the rest of 'em.
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Cinnabar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:22:25pm |
I'm a bit surprised to say that watching that video didn't make my ears fall off, or cause other serious symptoms. Maybe because my connection is slow enough that I had to watch it seven seconds at at time.
(Ghost of a Flea, if you still want to know, the Russian word translated as "wrecker" that Solzhenitsyn et al. used is diversant. One day, Newt will tell us that his wonderful, professional Christmas video was hacked by wreckers after he posted it.)
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:23:34pm |
Hi Lizards! I'm at a Quality Inn in Clarion, PA. I wanted to make it at least to Du Bois for the first leg of the trip, but it was too dark and rainy and scary on the I-80, so we had to pull in.
We stopped in Cleveland for lunch, bought deli sandwiches to take on the road, it was snowing in Cleveland! And the deli guy forgot to include the mustard.
Anyway, in for the night, room comes with wi-fi and Zedushka is watching TV.
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:26:45pm |
re: #88 Alouette
Hi Lizards! I'm at a Quality Inn in Clarion, PA. I wanted to make it at least to Du Bois for the first leg of the trip, but it was too dark and rainy and scary on the I-80, so we had to pull in.
We stopped in Cleveland for lunch, bought deli sandwiches to take on the road, it was snowing in Cleveland! And the deli guy forgot to include the mustard.
Anyway, in for the night, room comes with wi-fi and Zedushka is watching TV.
Heh...I'm at a dump outsie of Bourbon Missouri...gonna watch my alma mater WMU play Purdue...wifi is cool
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:31:40pm |
re: #88 Alouette
Cool! I'm in Land Hessen, drinking Gluehwein and doing some blog stuff. :)
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:32:15pm |
re: #14 engineer dog
worst carolers in history yowl
you mean you're not supposed to sign christmas carols in three keys at the same time?
It could work if they were a 4th off.
Maybe.
Then again maybe the listener needs a 5th of Scotch.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:34:33pm |
re: #89 albusteve
Heh...I'm at a dump outsie of Bourbon Missouri...gonna watch my alma mater WMU play Purdue...wifi is cool
Town named 'Bourbon' can't be all bad.
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:36:53pm |
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:38:39pm |
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:39:53pm |
I'll say this for progressive Missouri....they finally legalized white lightning
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darthstar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:41:57pm |
re: #92 albusteve
So...where are you?
I'm at home...yes. Four days with family was plenty. Xmas went well enough, though one brother is fucking himself up with a low tolerance for Coors Light. Stupid fucking republican. Successful law practice, great wife, cool kids, new house...and he turns into Rick Perry with a bottle of maple syrup after a couple of beers. I told him "When you see you're about to fuck up, don't." Then I told him I hoped he decided to get his shit together before he lost everything, but that had to be his decision.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:43:32pm |
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EdDantes Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:43:58pm |
re: #97 albusteve
I'll say this for progressive Missouri...they finally legalized white lightning
"Mighty, mighty, pleasin' Pappy's corn sqeezin.."
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:44:27pm |
re: #98 darthstar
I'm at home...yes. Four days with family was plenty. Xmas went well enough, though one brother is fucking himself up with a low tolerance for Coors Light. Stupid fucking republican. Successful law practice, great wife, cool kids, new house...and he turns into Rick Perry with a bottle of maple syrup after a couple of beers. I told him "When you see you're about to fuck up, don't." Then I told him I hoped he decided to get his shit together before he lost everything, but that had to be his decision.
Some people don't even see the fork in the road...I wish him well
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Decatur Deb Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:45:29pm |
re: #97 albusteve
I'll say this for progressive Missouri...they finally legalized white lightning
Lived in Bourbon Co. KY, where the stuff was invented. Place is dry.
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:46:17pm |
re: #100 EdDantes
"Mighty, mighty, pleasin' Pappy's corn sqeezin.."
otoh...they hang you for smoking pot
Nice place
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darthstar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:46:30pm |
What we did when we got home today(yes, the boys are happy too). That's banjo leaping for joy (and a frisbee)
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:48:29pm |
re: #92 albusteve
So...where are you?
In my comfy chair sucking back a Scotch infused* tea in an attempt to sooth my flu.
*Wife does not know I added Scotch.
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:48:52pm |
re: #102 Decatur Deb
Lived in Bourbon Co. KY, where the stuff was invented. Place is dry.
I almost wrecked my motor home down in Arkansas trying to find some booze...fucking dry counties
LOL
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:51:48pm |
re: #105 b_sharp
In my comfy chair sucking back a Scotch infused* tea in an attempt to sooth my flu.
*Wife does not know I added Scotch.
I'll tell on you! //
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:54:05pm |
re: #107 EdDantes
[Video]
Sorry...can't play it on my iPad....for some reason I cannot download Adobe Flash...I am not Apple wise
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darthstar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:55:14pm |
Too bad tonight's Trump "debate" got canceled. I'm in the mood for a good drinking game.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:55:33pm |
re: #109 albusteve
Sorry...can't play it on my iPad...for some reason I cannot download Adobe Flash...I am not Apple wise
Apple doesn't do Flash, they climbed on the HTML5 bandwagon instead.
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:55:36pm |
re: #111 darthstar
Too bad tonight's Trump "debate" got canceled. I'm in the mood for a good drinking game.
Reagan.
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darthstar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:57:07pm |
re: #109 albusteve
Sorry...can't play it on my iPad...for some reason I cannot download Adobe Flash...I am not Apple wise
George Jones - He sings so pretty it'll make your dick hard.(Mojo Nixon always says that after a George Jones song)
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:58:45pm |
re: #78 Killgore Trout
Barrett Brown issues a statement about the Stratfor hack...
Questions About Motives Behind Stratfor HackHere's a link to his pastebiin post
[Link: pastebin.com...]
Poor Barrett. I thought he lost his marbles but apparently he's got plenty of marbles to lose and they just keep falling out. Whether or not whatever he says is true remains to be seen. However, it does point out that all of the conspiracy theories about a police state system in this country doesn't hold water because by now you'd think that loser would have been interrogated by the FBI. As well as other arrests. So much for the impervious police state spying on our every move!
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darthstar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:59:14pm |
re: #112 b_sharp
Apple doesn't do Flash, they climbed on the HTML5 bandwagon instead.
Now that Adobe's going open source with Flash, it appears Apple may have been right. Flash is a thing of the past, or will be in another year or two.
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darthstar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:59:46pm |
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:59:53pm |
re: #117 Gus 802
Poor Barrett. I thought he lost his marbles but apparently he's got plenty of marbles to lose and they just keep falling out. Whether or not whatever he says is true remains to be seen. However, it does point out that all of the conspiracy theories about a police state system in this country doesn't hold water because by now you'd think that loser would have been interrogated by the FBI. As well as other arrests. So much for the impervious police state spying on our every move!
Proof positive BB is an alien.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:00:02pm |
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albusteve Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:00:08pm |
re: #112 b_sharp
Apple doesn't do Flash, they climbed on the HTML5 bandwagon instead.
The iPad makes an excellent coaster...I think it's an alarm clock too
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:01:48pm |
re: #119 darthstar
Now that Adobe's going open source with Flash, it appears Apple may have been right. Flash is a thing of the past, or will be in another year or two.
Going open source just may save it.
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darthstar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:01:50pm |
re: #123 albusteve
The iPad makes an excellent coaster...I think it's an alarm clock too
Try holding it under water for a few minutes...it's pretty cool (disconnect it from the charger first).
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:04:56pm |
re: #123 albusteve
The iPad makes an excellent coaster...I think it's an alarm clock too
I use it when I can't sleep.
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Girth Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:06:43pm |
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:07:02pm |
I tell ya' these ABL Tweets and re-Tweet are kind of fun...
@DCPlod Danielle Blake
The Guardian: "Hmm, Naomi Wolf's paranoid "Obama crushes dissent!" lies seemed to go down a storm, so let's bring Glenn Greenwald aboard."
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:23:32pm |
re: #133 b_sharp
Sorry, it happens every time I eat cabbage.
The pre-cramping is always a sure sign that things are about to take a turn for the worse.
//
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:26:30pm |
Confucius and Elizabeth Cady Stanton walk into a coffee shop to have coffee with a college student. Who else joins them?
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jaunte Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:28:32pm |
Riley on Marketing:
“The companies who make [toys] try to trick the girls into buying the pink stuff…Why do all the girls have to buy princesses? Some girls like superheros. Why do all the girls have to buy pink stuff and all the boys different colored stuff?”
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:29:29pm |
re: #137 SanFranciscoZionist
Confucius and Elizabeth Cady Stanton walk into a coffee shop to have coffee with a college student. Who else joins them?
Hmm. Which coffee shop?
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:30:43pm |
re: #139 b_sharp
Hmm. Which coffee shop?
The one on the Wake Forest college campus. I have a student who's a little stuck.
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Stanghazi Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:32:01pm |
re: #137 SanFranciscoZionist
Confucius and Elizabeth Cady Stanton walk into a coffee shop to have coffee with a college student. Who else joins them?
Gloria Vanderbilt. Random but interesting. I saw Anderson Coopers talk show yesterday where he produced her.
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:32:32pm |
Achoo! Cough! Finally stopped. Great, now a slightly runny nose.
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Eclectic Infidel Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:32:44pm |
re: #62 ralphieboy
Vogon Poetry in Motion
That would explain why I continually flinched involuntarily.
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Kragar Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:33:33pm |
re: #137 SanFranciscoZionist
Confucius and Elizabeth Cady Stanton walk into a coffee shop to have coffee with a college student. Who else joins them?
Ironic Hipster would join them, but nobody drink coffee anymore.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:33:39pm |
re: #142 Stanley Sea
Gloria Vanderbilt. Random but interesting. I saw Anderson Coopers talk show yesterday where he produced her.
What machinery is needed to produce a Gloria Vanderbilt?
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prairiefire Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:37:25pm |
It's nice to know all the second and third tier actors can find work voicing video games.
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Stanghazi Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:38:25pm |
re: #146 b_sharp
What machinery is needed to produce a Gloria Vanderbilt?
Well, being her son in need of ratings. She's very old and well preserved.
Just looked it up, born 1924. And this (if posted correctly) is a nice montage of photos.
[Link: sipwithsocialites.com...]
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:39:31pm |
Losing Ben Nelson is not good news for Democrats and holding the Senate. Lot's of work ahead.; it can be held. Still. One man down.
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:42:57pm |
And you lose that extra seniority edge for Nebraska and for the Democrats. Now they'll have to start all over with a freshman. Bob Kerrey has to run.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:45:21pm |
re: #149 Gus 802
Losing Ben Nelson is not good news for Democrats and holding the Senate. Lot's of work ahead.; it can be held. Still. One man down.
I don't think the Dems are going to hold. Historically Congress shifts to the opposite party of the executive. The Republicans blew a lot of easy victories last time with nutty Tea Party candidates and didn't pick up as much ground as they should have. Now we have the Dem base more interested in marching around with anarchists and communists and dreaming of armed revolution. I think the Dems will probably lose congress. Let's hope Obama makes it because otherwise we'll have wingnuts in control over both houses of congress and even President Mitt won't be able to keep them in line.
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:47:57pm |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
I don't think the Dems are going to hold. Historically Congress shifts to the opposite party of the executive. The Republicans blew a lot of easy victories last time with nutty Tea Party candidates and didn't pick up as much ground as they should have. Now we have the Dem base more interested in marching around with anarchists and communists and dreaming of armed revolution. I think the Dems will probably lose congress. Let's hope Obama makes it because otherwise we'll have wingnuts in control over both houses of congress and even President Mitt won't be able to keep them in line.
Good flow. Sometimes the bitter pill is hard to swallow. What are the figures? Do the Republicans only have to win two seats or three?
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Killgore Trout Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:49:24pm |
re: #152 Gus 802
Good flow. Sometimes the bitter pill is hard to swallow. What are the figures? Do the Republicans only have to win two seats or three?
I don't know. I've been waiting for Nate silver to start speculating on the scenarios.
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b_sharp Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:50:59pm |
re: #153 Killgore Trout
I don't know. I've been waiting for Nate silver to start speculating on the scenarios.
You two agreeing on things is starting to scare me.
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:53:54pm |
re: #153 Killgore Trout
I don't know. I've been waiting for Nate silver to start speculating on the scenarios.
Yeah. Obama can win but the Democrats can lose the House and the Senate. Keep in mind that Obama would probably see that as a challenge. He would find a way to hold out a branch and continue to govern.
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:55:13pm |
re: #154 b_sharp
You two agreeing on things is starting to scare me.
If this keeps up we'll have to call the Modesty Police (tm).
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Killgore Trout Tue, Dec 27, 2011 5:55:19pm |
re: #155 Gus 802
Yeah. Obama can win but the Democrats can lose the House and the Senate. Keep in mind that Obama would probably see that as a challenge. He would find a way to hold out a branch and continue to govern.
He's pretty much limited to executive orders, signing statements and recess appointments anyways. Probably not much will change with Obama and a fully Republican congress.
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Gus Tue, Dec 27, 2011 6:01:51pm |
re: #157 Killgore Trout
He's pretty much limited to executive orders, signing statements and recess appointments anyways. Probably not much will change with Obama and a fully Republican congress.
I'm trying to be optimistic. I have flipped ideas as well. And yeah that kind of would be a tailspin if things get really contentious. It already has.
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