Video: Andrew Breitbart Loses It

“Stop raping people!”
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Wingnuts • Fri Feb 10, 2012 at 7:21 pm PST • Views: 30,648

CPAC is just an unbelievable freak show this year. Here’s Andrew Breitbart screaming at Occupy protesters to “behave” and “stop raping people.”

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1 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:22:11pm
“stop raping people.”

He reads too much LGF. /

2 Kragar  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:23:50pm

Losing it implies he once had it.

3 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:25:06pm

Your a star now Andrew! A star of the CPAC freak show!

4 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:25:33pm

"BEHAVE YOURSELF!!!"

Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark. He sure told them.
/

5 Conservative Moonbat  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:25:55pm

Maybe he's projecting or something? I don't get it.

6 jamesfirecat  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:26:07pm

re: #1 (~_^)

He reads too much LGF. /

///He's gonna beg them to stop stabbing people and shitting everywhere next...

7 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:26:25pm
8 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:27:32pm

I think he's one media failure away from a total meltdown. Not pretty.

9 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:28:05pm

re: #5 Conservative Moonbat

Maybe he's projecting or something? I don't get it.

He's had it with those mfng owsers at that mfng cpac.

10 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:28:22pm

re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth

I think he's one media failure from a total meltdown. Not pretty.

At this rate he better have a mobile crash cart nearby at all times.

11 simoom  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:28:24pm

He seems to do something like this every CPAC. Was it the last where he got into some ranting fight over a question about O'keefe, screaming about cleaning up the inner cities and someone's "drawers" or something? I imagine it usually follows CPAC happy hour.

12 Kragar  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:28:43pm

So, I've got a web ad saying "Jesus Christ is Lord" showing a blonde with big tits wearing a cowboy hat and a halter top, asking if I want to meet hot Christian singles.

I'm confused. Is this a test? If someone says yes, do they burn in hell for the lust in their hearts? I just don't know.

13 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:30:50pm

re: #12 Kragar

Well, if you're gonna burn for saying "yes", you may as well shoot for full on corruption of your date. Or better, total perversion conversion.

14 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:31:15pm

re: #12 Kragar

So, I've got a web ad saying "Jesus Christ is Lord" showing a blonde with big tits wearing a cowboy hat and a halter top, asking if I want to meet hot Christian singles.

I'm confused. Is this a test? If someone says yes, do they burn in hell for the lust in their hearts? I just don't know.

If you say yes a choir of monks and nuns in heavy robes come to your door and sing a little Palestrina.

15 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:31:35pm

re: #1  

Is your username now "ampersand nbsp semicolon", or is it "alt 0255"?

16 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:32:14pm

re: #15 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

Former.

17 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:32:17pm

re: #14 Decatur Deb

If you say yes a choir of monks and nuns in heavy robes come to your door and sing a little Palestrina.

Then they subject you to The Comfy Chair.

18 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:32:34pm

re: #10 CPAC Freak Show: Staring Andrew Breitbart

At this rate he better have a mobile crash cart nearby at all times.

I think one more ding on O'Keefe or another of Andy's close media pals and he's gonna completely lose it.

19 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:37:24pm

re: #18 Slumbering Behemoth

I think one more ding on O'Keefe or another of Andy's close media pals and he's gonna completely lose it.

Manic now. Catatonia to follow.

20 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:38:28pm

The quickest way to turn me against your "cause", even if I previously believed in it, is to behave in public the way Breitbart is behaving here. That guy must have had a weird childhood or something. As Hank Hill would say, that boy ain't right.

The second-quickest way to turn me against your cause is to state your ideals in rhyming form and then chant it in unison.

If you and 100 of your pals come at me yelling "Hey hey, ho ho, venereal warts have got to go", I'm suddenly feeling a bit compelled to seek out sex with every single person ever depicted on "Jersey Shore".


In unrelated news, I'm slightly disappointed nobody has used this as a display name yet.

21 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:38:52pm

Islamists are now trying concrete efforts to kill Obama on American soil. I take this as confirmation we are doing the right things to them. From Wikipedia.

An Uzbek man Ulugbek Kodirov pleads guilty to plotting with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan to assassinate President of the United States Barack Obama in a hearing in Birmingham, Alabama.

Obama can count on my vote.

22 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:39:01pm

re: #19 CPAC Freak Show: Staring Andrew Breitbart

From you lips to Gravel's dusty ears, may it be so.

23 dell*nix  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:39:18pm

If they want to take us back to the mid 1920's then at least get the era music right. And dress up for a night out.

Herr Ober

24 Ghost of Insanity  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:39:31pm

re: #17 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

Then they subject you to The Comfy Chair.

Gobble tot?

I thought only atheists did that.

25 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:39:34pm

re: #20 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

It's not the first time either. He's been losing it on the cam for some time now.

26 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:44:34pm

re: #25 (^_~)

It's not the first time either. He's been losing it on the cam for some time now.

He sure is... eccentric.

//

27 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:45:44pm

Michael Keegan Speaks with Al Sharpton about White Nationalists at CPAC

On Wednesday, PFAW sent out an alert urging the GOP presidential candidates speaking at this week's Conservative Political Action Conference, to denounce the views of a white nationalist leader who had been invited to speak on a panel at the same event.

No GOP leaders have spoken up yet.

28 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:46:14pm
29 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:46:24pm

re: #26 CPAC Freak Show: Staring Andrew Breitbart

He sure is... eccentric.

//

Yep. Also, the Tasmanian Devil is a bit... active.

30 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:46:40pm

Gold.

This tantrum of his will last forever on the Internets. Forever.

31 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:47:40pm

re: #21 ProGunLiberal

Islamists are now trying concrete efforts to kill Obama on American soil. I take this as confirmation we are doing the right things to them. From Wikipedia.

Obama can count on my vote.

By now, every time the president makes a high-profile speech, bad guys all over the world panic because it probably means the SEALs are coming.

32 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:49:12pm

re: #31 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

That's the way I LIKE IT!!!

33 Varek Raith  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:49:14pm

Navy announces USS Gabrielle Giffords
[Link: www.cnn.com...]

34 Varek Raith  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:49:44pm

re: #33 Varek Raith

Navy announces USS Gabrielle Giffords
[Link: www.cnn.com...]

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

35 Decatur Deb  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:49:56pm

It's become obvious that the Republicans realize Obama is the best available candidate for President, and they all intend to vote for him. They've just been having a bit of a pull on our Lefty legs.

36 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:50:32pm

re: #28 CPAC Freak Show: Staring Andrew Breitbart

"... saying this guy is a right wing extremist, and it's such a fucking slander on people like me..."

Well, Andy has a bit more self awareness than I gave him credit for.

37 Ghost of Insanity  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:58:22pm

How many of these extreme right-wingers are really that extreme?

Assuming expressions of political belief are indicators of position on the liberal/conservative continuum there seems to be too many, statistically speaking, clustered around the extreme conservative end of the spectrum. I'm wondering if the West's infatuation with celebrity is leading people normally closer to the centre to act more extreme?

38 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:00:18pm

re: #23 dell*nix

If they want to take us back to the mid 1920's then at least get the era music right. And dress up for a night out.

Herr Ober

[Video]

1913 Paris. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" caused a riot (literally). A few decades later, Disney used it in "Fantasia".

39 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:00:51pm

re: #23 dell*nix

If they want to take us back to the mid 1920's then at least get the era music right. And dress up for a night out.

Herr Ober

[Video]

If they reimpose Prohibition they'll lose Geller and friends in a heartbeat.

40 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:02:19pm

re: #39 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

If they reimpose Prohibition they'll lose Geller and friends in a heartbeat.

I pray that never happens. I'd hate to find myself having a common cause with Geller.

41 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:05:12pm

I think I just figured out how the CPAC Rap Routine makes me feel.

You know that scene in "The Producers " (the original movie), where they do the entire Nazi song and dance in the opening number, and then pan slowly across the audience full of dressed-up New Yorkers staring in blank-faced horror?

Like that.

42 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:09:16pm

re: #41 SanFranciscoZionist

I think I just figured out how the CPAC Rap Routine makes me feel.

You know that scene in "The Producers " (the original movie), where they do the entire Nazi song and dance in the opening number, and then pan slowly across the audience full of dressed-up New Yorkers staring in blank-faced horror?

Like that.

Don't be a dummy, be a smarty, come and join the CPAC party?

(oops. I just Godwined the thread. Apologies)

43 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:11:19pm

Drink! Whew.

44 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:15:10pm

This video is really calling for a remix.

45 JamesWI  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:15:16pm

On Yahoo, they have a thing on the front page saying "Big Names Turn up at CPAC"

Those "big names?" Kirk Cameron, Chuck Woolery, and Babyfactory Dugg...I mean, Michelle Duggar.

Whoo! I'm getting celeb crazy just thinking about it!

46 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:17:05pm

re: #45 JamesWI

On Yahoo, they have a thing on the front page saying "Big Names Turn up at CPAC"

Those "big names?" Kirk Cameron, Chuck Woolery, and Babyfactory Dugg...I mean, Michelle Duggar.

Whoo! I'm getting celeb crazy just thinking about it!

They're not even B-listers.

47 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:17:11pm

In doing my search for the latest creationism news (there is some, btw, but none surprising) I hit upon the latest Jazz Shaw article over at HotAir in which Jazz thinks that the best thing that could happen to the GOP is if Santorum does indeed get the nomination and then the result of the election will either prover that SoCons are indeed the future of the GOP or that SoCons need to be kicked out of the GOP.

Sort of the kamikaze approach to politics, I guess.

48 JamesWI  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:18:28pm

re: #46 CPAC Freak Show: Staring Andrew Breitbart

They're not even B-listers.

At least the actual writer of the story has it closer to the correct term, calling them "quasi-celebrities"

49 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:19:14pm

Speaking of the war against atavism:

Sexy Israeli fashion shoot parodies mehadrin buses

The February issue of BelleMode, an Israeli fashion magazine, is speaking up against anti-women events in Israeli public life in its own provocative way. Their making-of video is below and here’s some of the full set. But here’s the question: protest notwithstanding, is this also sexist objectification?

50 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:24:08pm

The creationism news of the day: An IDiot shows up to a NH Board of Education meeting to support a NH State Assembly bill that would require the TEACH THE CONTROVERSY meme:

Bill would protect teachers who want to teach alternatives to evolution

Bills assert science only a theory

Just the usual IDiocy.

51 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:28:07pm

re: #50 freetoken

The creationism news of the day: An IDiot shows up to a NH Board of Education meeting to support a NH State Assembly bill that would require the TEACH THE CONTROVERSY meme:

Bill would protect teachers who want to teach alternatives to evolution

Bills assert science only a theory

Just the usual IDiocy.

Dalek Evolution

This theory of evolution is supported by documentary evidence of the Talky Toaster being found. Along with its expression of dislike for humanity due to their not eating enough toast.

52 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:30:19pm

re: #49 freetoken

Speaking of the war against atavism:

Sexy Israeli fashion shoot parodies mehadrin buses

[Video]

You should page this one. There are a lot of angles from which to look at this one and possibly interpret it. It's definitely a thumbing of the nose parody, but arguably goes beyond that as well.

53 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:30:22pm

Yes mommy Andrew dearest!

54 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:32:42pm

re: #53 CPAC Freak Show: Staring Andrew Breitbart

Yes mommy Andrew dearest!

Going to ship him some coat hangers?
/

55 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:33:54pm

Oh, and speaking of paleo-stupidity, PaleoPat's latest column titled "Obama's Trampling on God's Turf Now", which is about the whole brouhaha over abortion and Catholic institutions and Komen, etc, has the following as one of the paragraphs:

Where did justices get the power to decide whether laws enacted by the people or their elected representatives will be allowed to stand in this republic? Where did these nine justices get the right to be sole and final arbiters of what the Constitution and the laws say and do not say?

"Where"? PaleoPat should know the answer... but doesn't want to admit it. Article III section 2 of the Constitution has long been interpreted as giving the USSC the "power" of which PaleoPat writes.

The PaleoPat article is of course just another repeat of the "War on Christianity" motif. I expect lots more of this by Nov.

56 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:35:39pm

re: #51 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Heh.

57 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:38:08pm

re: #50 freetoken

I wasn't able to attend, but a co-worker who was tells me that Eugenie Scott gave a really great talk on this topic at the Texas Freethought Convention in Houston, October of last year (also notable for being Christopher Hitchens' last public appearance). Astoundingly, there doesn't seem to be a video record of her talk on the intertubes. How can this be?

Also: [Link: controversy.wearscience.com...]

58 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:48:45pm

re: #56 Slumbering Behemoth

Heh.

[Video]

Oh no! Isn't the toaster what you get when you reach 10,000 karma!?!?

(flees in terror)

59 dell*nix  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:50:22pm

re: #39 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Invest in lots of copper tubing. And sugar. And yeast. Skip the auto radiators please. I like my alcohol lead free.

60 Kronocide  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:51:18pm

That video was the real Andrew Breitbart: theater, but not really theater.

61 HoosierHoops  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:53:23pm

I'm stunned by the Video..And Andrews childish screaming..
I would think an Adult 'Conservative' leader could simply say they disagreed, show some class and be on your way to dinner with Ann Coulter or somebody ..He acted like a 12 year old trying to shout down his mother at Wal-Mart.. Pathetic

62 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:53:25pm

re: #59 dell*nix

Invest in lots of copper tubing. And sugar. And yeast. Skip the auto radiators please. I like my alcohol lead free.

Juniper berries and catnip for flavoring.

63 darthstar  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:09:26pm

Breitbart's just happy to be featured on the front page here again.

Fucking retard.

Oh, and before you get offended at that second line:
Image: 418349_327020217336020_316330695071639_914273_161189012_n.jpg

64 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:10:00pm

Hmm. Pick up little things every day. Listening to some Garbage and never realized that the drum line to "Stupid Girl" is that of the Clash song "Train in Vain". And Wikipedia supports that along with stating that the Clash members were properly credited.

Different building on the same foundation. Both are good songs.

(And I still think Garbage's "#1 Crush" is one of the creepiest songs ever. But also one of the best ones describing obsession/fanaticism I've ever come across.)

65 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:10:49pm

The Senates #1 creationist, James Inhofe, pimping his AGW is a Hoax stump speech and book at CPAC:

66 Not Sold In Stores! Act NOW!  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:14:07pm

Don't you think with Andys' myriad list of contacts he could have spent his time; Discussing pros and cons of wives, money and influence and the lifetimes of them with Newt (Forever Stained and Disgraced Former Speaker of The House) Gingrich...OR; The pluses and minuses of being a governor that realized there was more money on the national scene and the grifting advantages of being supremely vague, with Sarah Palin...OR; How the separation of church and state has been detrimental to the true calling of The United States of America and how to break that barrier with Rick Santorum...OR; Ask Mitt Romney just what he is doing at this cluster fuck of people that would like to see him hanging alongside a few people a bit tanner than him, but he'll do in a pinch..OR; Ask the entire GOP/TP just what the fuck is wrong with them. Oh wait...It's Andrew Blightbart. Never mind. G'nite and g'day all.

67 austin_blue  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:14:11pm

Gah. It's like a car crash at this point. You don't want to look at it, but at the same time, you have to.

The fascination of the abomination.

And yes, that should be a rotating title.

68 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:23:52pm

Ken Miller posts an article at HuffPo: America's Darwin Problem

It's an ok read, not very innovative and no one here will be surprised by it... but I bring it up because the commenters sound like the usual sort one finds in podunk newspaper websites, or in Salem Communications websites.

The real "Darwin Problem" we have is that too many vested interests are not willing to tell idiots that they are, indeed, ignorant fools.

69 cinesimon  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:27:09pm

I used to think he was a piss-head.
But it's pretty clear Breitbart is a drug addict - and he's in big trouble.
I actually feel sorry for the guy. As someone who used to have such issues, I wouldn't wish that mind-swamp on anybody.

70 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:28:16pm

re: #69 cinesimon

I actually feel sorry for the guy.

I don't feel sorry for him. Bratfart knows exactly what he is doing, and why he is doing it (hint:$).

71 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:30:24pm

re: #68 freetoken

What do we want?!?!

72 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:34:06pm

re: #71 Slumbering Behemoth

What do we want?!?!

Doesn't scan particularly well.

73 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:35:31pm

re: #72 Ooh, look, shiny...

Doesn't scan particularly well.

That's the problem with the scientific process, not very sound bitey.

74 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:36:20pm

re: #73 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

That's the problem with the scientific process, not very sound bitey.

This is why it loses in popularity contests with, say, Jersey Shore.

75 HoosierHoops  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:38:56pm

re: #74 Ooh, look, shiny...

This is why it loses in popularity contests with, say, Jersey Shore.

On a side note..And it's Time out for the Thunder Game..
I think you have one of the most beautiful avatars I've ever seen

76 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:41:57pm

re: #75 The Hoopster

On a side note..And it's Time out for the Thunder Game..
I think you have one of the most beautiful avatars I've ever seen

I'm afraid to change it. FBV would follow me and downding every comment until I changed it back.

77 Lidane  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:54:33pm

*sigh*

Rep. Steve King Won't Concede That Birth Control Prevents Pregnancies

Can I just call this man an ignorant motherfucker and be done with it already? It would save a lot of time.

78 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:55:52pm

While no one was watching:


Russia jails military officer as U.S. spy

79 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:58:27pm

re: #75 The Hoopster

See this, from Wikipedia:

An Uzbek man Ulugbek Kodirov pleads guilty to plotting with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan to assassinate President of the United States Barack Obama in a hearing in Birmingham, Alabama.

I think Obama's policy against the radicals is working.

80 Kronocide  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:59:03pm

re: #77 Lidane

*sigh*

Rep. Steve King Won't Concede That Birth Control Prevents Pregnancies

Can I just call this man an ignorant motherfucker and be done with it already? It would save a lot of time.

Ignorant motherfucker seems lacking. Needs to be a hella or mega in there.

Minor quibble.

81 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:59:21pm

re: #68 freetoken

The real "Darwin Problem" we have is that too many vested interests are not willing to tell idiots that they are, indeed, ignorant fools.

GASP you can't say that; it's disrespectful.

82 Girth  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:01:00pm

re: #77 Lidane

*sigh*

Rep. Steve King Won't Concede That Birth Control Prevents Pregnancies

Can I just call this man an ignorant motherfucker and be done with it already? It would save a lot of time.

Send him a letter. Ask him if he thinks that playing defense prevents touchdowns. Explain the analogy to him. He still won't get it.

83 Targetpractice  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:05:36pm

re: #77 Lidane

*sigh*

Rep. Steve King Won't Concede That Birth Control Prevents Pregnancies

Can I just call this man an ignorant motherfucker and be done with it already? It would save a lot of time.

It's 2012 and this dumbass still thinks the average man on the street gives a shit what the Catholic Church's position on the morning-after pill is?

84 dell*nix  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:13:20pm

re: #83 Targetpractice

Went to the doctor today for prescription refill. He was asking about my blood pressure being up and I told him about the idiots at cpac and how the candidates are sucking up to them. He was surprised at my description of the issues brought up there.

Just looked at my change from the parking garage and the five dollar bill was defaced with a stamp that read "Protect the unborn, Defend life." Have to swap it out at the bank tomorrow when I stop by for other business.

85 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:18:24pm

Was just thinking. Remember when the wingnuts freaked out about this commercial?

Green Police Audi Super Bowl Promo

By then we already saw the writing on the wall with these folks.

86 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:21:20pm

re: #85 Gus

No, I don't remember it, but since I don't keep up in what's happening in sports that's not too surprising.

87 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:22:01pm

re: #83 Targetpractice

By looking at your avatar, can I assume you've played the latest Deus Ex game?

If so, thoughts?

88 Targetpractice  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:23:54pm

re: #84 dell*nix

Went to the doctor today for perscription refill. He was asking about my blood pressure being up and I told him about the idiots at cpac and how the candidates are sucking up to them. He was surprised at my description of the issues brought up there.

Just looked at my change from the parking garage and the five dollar bill was defaced with a stamp that read "Protect the unborn, Defend life." Have to swap it out at the bank tomorrow when I stop by for other business.

The GOP's really signing their own death warrant by this point, loading up on the social issues at a time when the biggest concern is the economy and jobs. But I guess that's all they really have to run on by this point, as the economy's in a steady upward swing and jobs are beginning to come back. How do you claim to be the guy to fix the economy when it looks like the economy's fixing itself?

89 Gus  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:24:12pm

re: #86 freetoken

No, I don't remember it, but since I don't keep up in what's happening in sports that's not too surprising.

Erm. I don't follow sports either. This came up during the time it came out. Malkin and Hot Air freaking out about some goofy commercial.

90 Targetpractice  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:25:27pm

re: #87 Slumbering Behemoth

By looking at your avatar, can I assume you've played the latest Deus Ex game?

If so, thoughts?

Great graphics, fairly solid combat and stealth, the skills got too simplistic compared to its predecessor, and the storyline's way shorter. Overall, I'd recommend it, especially if you're into cyberpunk.

91 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:26:35pm

re: #89 Gus

They're always freaking out about some advert ... somehow all the corporations are in on the UN's plan to control the world or something.

92 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:28:30pm

re: #85 Gus

Was just thinking. Remember when the wingnuts freaked out about this commercial?

No, I don't, and anyway why would they? It depicts common doofi being arrested by THE GREEN POLICE. Seems right up Wingnut Alley.

93 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:30:49pm

BTW, on another topic which I've not kept posting like I used to... I see that the media and blogsters are killing the story on the GRACE measurements of glacier melt, especially in regards to the Himalayas.

The big news sites are not much better than the atavistic anti-science crowd. MSNBC and The Guardian both pushed stories with misleading headlines, and in the case of MSNBC with substantially misleading contents too.

94 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:30:57pm

re: #90 Targetpractice

The skills got too simplistic? Care to elaborate?

95 Targetpractice  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:34:26pm

re: #94 Slumbering Behemoth

The skills got too simplistic? Care to elaborate?

They replaced skill points with "Praxis points" that simply unlock abilities in your augmentations. You can operate any weapons, hack, and all the other abilities right out of the gate. So instead of needing to think out which skills you'll want to focus on, it's now just figuring out at what point in the game you need which skill.

96 dell*nix  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:36:49pm

re: #88 Targetpractice

Best I can hope for is it is like a boil coming to a head and bursting. Big mess and hopefully the body politic will eject the core infection along with the mess. If not then the only thing to hope for is an anti-infective that works in doses that are not poison to the whole system.

97 Iwouldprefernotto  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:40:37pm

re: #61 The Hoopster

I'm stunned by the Video..And Andrews childish screaming..
I would think an Adult 'Conservative' leader could simply say they disagreed, show some class and be on your way to dinner with Ann Coulter or somebody ..He acted like a 12 year old trying to shout down his mother at Wal-Mart.. Pathetic

12? More like a 3 year old.

98 Targetpractice  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:42:19pm

re: #96 dell*nix

Best I can hope for is it is like a boil coming to a head and bursting. Big mess and hopefully the body politic will eject the core infection along with the mess. If not then the only thing to hope for is an anti-infective that works in doses that are not poison to the whole system.

If Santorum succeeds in winning the nomination, then you may get your wish. There'd be no way to argue that he's not "conservative enough," as he couldn't be more conservative without dressing in Inquisitor robes. At least with Romney, the GOP could claim that their focus is on jobs and the economy. With Santorum, it's obvious that he's on the ticket because he's the biggest Bible thumper amongst the pack, which would alienate everybody but the hardcore base.

99 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:43:48pm

re: #98 Targetpractice

According to some posters at far-right sites, like HotAir, Santorum is not a "conservative".

Something about him believing states could reject "Right to Work", and his support for Social Security, etc.

100 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:44:55pm

re: #95 Targetpractice

Ah, okay. Thanks. Maybe I'll rent it.

How about trip mines/grenades? In the first game they were one and the same. You could either place them like mines or toss them like grenades. They changed that in the second game, which kind of ticked me off.

101 Lidane  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:47:32pm

re: #99 freetoken

According to some posters at far-right sites, like HotAir, Santorum is not a "conservative".

Something about him believing states could reject "Right to Work", and his support for Social Security, etc.

Wait, what?

Anyone who tries to argue that Santorum isn't a conservative is a fucking lunatic. The guy is as close as you can get to Torquemada in a sweater vest without completely alienating everyone.

102 Targetpractice  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:49:08pm

re: #100 Slumbering Behemoth

Ah, okay. Thanks. Maybe I'll rent it.

How about trip mines/grenades? In the first game they were one and the same. You could either place them like mines or toss them like grenades. They changed that in the second game, which kind of ticked me off.

You got mine templates now, which you can combine with any of the grenades to make an equivalent mine. EMP mines come in especially handy for boss fights and against mechs.

103 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:49:59pm

re: #101 Lidane

E.g.:

Just donated another $250 to Santorum. Worth every penny.

Norwegian on February 10, 2012 at 10:24 PM

So, does the fact that he voted against Right To Work make you happy? Or was it all the earmarks? The five votes to increase the debt limit? The expansion of government? The votes against a balanced budget amendment?

Nahhh..my guess is it is a spite and a desire to obey the talk radio Gods.

Terrye on February 11, 2012 at 12:08 AM

Don’t forget SantorumCare…

ohh, wait..

shannon76 on February 11, 2012 at 12:12 AM

104 Targetpractice  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:52:50pm

re: #103 freetoken

E.g.:

So, does the fact that he voted against Right To Work make you happy? Or was it all the earmarks? The five votes to increase the debt limit? The expansion of government? The votes against a balanced budget amendment?

Nahhh..my guess is it is a spite and a desire to obey the talk radio Gods.

Terrye on February 11, 2012 at 12:08 AM

Don’t forget SantorumCare…

ohh, wait..

shannon76 on February 11, 2012 at 12:12 AM

Sounds like a couple of closeted Paulians.

105 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:53:26pm

re: #104 Targetpractice

Sounds like a couple of closeted Paulians.

True Conservatives, no doubt.

106 HoosierHoops  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:55:28pm

Oh Dear Lord..I just Googled the Rolex that my dad gave me..I'm shocked..
I'm wearing a watch worth a mid size new auto..I'm blown away...Here it is
[Link: www.worldofwatches.com...]

107 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:56:30pm

re: #106 The Hoopster

Aha!! You're now one of the "1%"!

108 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:57:06pm

re: #102 Targetpractice

Aw. I miss the dual purpose grenade/mine. I thought that was the coolest idea back then.

109 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:05:55pm

Andy is just a pain slut, who won't admit his need for attention.
Moving on to more interesting things...

110 HoosierHoops  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:06:03pm

re: #107 freetoken

Aha!! You're now one of the "1%"!

LOL.. You should see the diamond rings..But i was blessed to be adapted into a pretty well to do family in Napa. All that is left now is us kids...Mom and dad are in that little mansion on the hill. I miss them..
I would give up all I have just for one more minute...

111 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:06:45pm

re: #106 The Hoopster

Oh Dear Lord..I just Googled the Rolex that my dad gave me..I'm shocked..
I'm wearing a watch worth a mid size new auto..I'm blown away...Here it is
[Link: www.worldofwatches.com...]

When I was 17, my dad died from poorly-managed diabetes and shortly thereafter my mother ditched me in favor of a hardcore alcoholic half her age. She left the state but not before somehow managing to put all her debts in my name. That was 21 years ago, so I really have no excuse for not being SO OVER IT by now. Her boozy beau died a few years ago, and according to the several deranged letters I've received from my mother in recent years, it was all my fault anyway. As of now I'm only about $5000 away from having her debts paid off.

Anyway, never mind all that. Tell us more about your expensive watch.

112 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:12:22pm

re: #106 The Hoopster

Oh Dear Lord..I just Googled the Rolex that my dad gave me..I'm shocked..
I'm wearing a watch worth a mid size new auto..I'm blown away...Here it is
[Link: www.worldofwatches.com...]

Sneaks up & mugs the Hoopster!
Might be for the watch, might not be...
You'll never know!
LOL!

113 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:12:28pm

re: #109 Floral Giraffe

Andy is just a pain slut, who won't admit his need for attention.
Moving on to more interesting things...

I take offense to your unfair comparison to Pain Sluts. Not cool, FG. Not cool at all.
/

114 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:14:14pm

re: #113 Slumbering Behemoth

I take offense to your unfair comparison to Pain Sluts. Not cool, FG. Not cool at all.
/

You, and Marquis Donatien Alphonse François.

115 HoosierHoops  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:14:56pm

re: #111 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

When I was 17, my dad died from poorly-managed diabetes and shortly thereafter my mother ditched me in favor of a hardcore alcoholic half her age. She left the state but not before somehow managing to put all her debts in my name. That was 21 years ago, so I really have no excuse for not being SO OVER IT by now. Her boozy beau died a few years ago, and according to the several deranged letters I've received from my mother in recent years, it was all my fault anyway. As of now I'm only about $5000 away from having her debts paid off.

Anyway, never mind all that. Tell us more about your expensive watch.

I'm sorry to hear that.. I really am..
I grew up in foster homes till I was 12..I got lucky..So don't judge me please..I didn't mean to sound like I was bragging about the Watch..I'm shocked about the watch...

116 Lidane  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:19:14pm

re: #114 freetoken

You, and Marquis Donatien Alphonse François.

Except in that case the Marquis wasn't the pain slut. He was the one dishing out the pain.

Andy, OTOH, needs to find a Dominatrix already. All that pent up tension can't be good.

117 HoosierHoops  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:19:38pm

re: #112 Floral Giraffe

Sneaks up & mugs the Hoopster!
Might be for the watch, might not be...
You'll never know!
LOL!

What's cooking good looking?

118 Varek Raith  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:20:28pm

re: #117 The Hoopster

What's cooking good looking?

Your watch.

119 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:21:45pm

re: #117 The Hoopster

All is well here, how are you?

120 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:26:54pm

re: #116 Lidane

Andy, OTOH, needs to find a Dominatrix already.

Weird people do weird things for money. I don't think there's anyone out there weird enough or desperate enough for that job. And I've known my fair share of hard up weirdos.

121 Varek Raith  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:28:22pm

re: #120 Slumbering Behemoth

Weird people do weird things for money. I don't think there's anyone out there weird enough or desperate enough for that job. And I've known my fair share of hard up weirdos.

Robots.

122 HoosierHoops  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:30:59pm

re: #119 Floral Giraffe

All is well here, how are you?

Pretty good...
You and I know as we have spoke about this..Losing a parent is painful and healing takes time..
But..For the last couple of weeks I think I've remembered every single moment of our lives..I willed every second to return late at night staring at the ceiling..I remember the very first Basketball game of mine he came to..
A million memories i had long forgotten..

123 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:32:14pm

re: #120 Slumbering Behemoth

Weird people do weird things for money. I don't think there's anyone out there weird enough or desperate enough for that job. And I've known my fair share of hard up weirdos.

A dude like Andy Breitbart is basically looking for self-actualization by making himself a star, in a way that fits his personality, he basically created his own profession

and that profession is him trolling people on the internet with his fake-news schtick, and screaming at liberals. Or taking surrepetitious pictures of liberals. (Maybe he's also a voyeur) Basically, this is what he'd be doing anyway, he's just figured out how to make it pay his rent

124 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:32:52pm

re: #121 Varek Raith

Right. We start doing that sort of thing, making robots for that, and we'll have a mechanoid revolution on our hands that would blow Asimov's mind.

125 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:33:01pm

re: #120 Slumbering Behemoth

See also, Alex Jones, every televangelist everywhere

126 BongCrodny  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:33:03pm

re: #12 Kragar

So, I've got a web ad saying "Jesus Christ is Lord" showing a blonde with big tits wearing a cowboy hat and a halter top, asking if I want to meet hot Christian singles.

I'm confused. Is this a test? If someone says yes, do they burn in hell for the lust in their hearts? I just don't know.

Charlie Brown

I got a rock.

(Rick Santorum for President)

127 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:36:56pm

re: #125 windupbird is in the gravity well

Why can't those buttholes just be comedians. Pretty much the same thing, but without being total dicks, and occasionally making people laugh in a good way.

128 Varek Raith  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:39:10pm
129 freetoken  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:47:34pm

Since I'm following up on the Adam & Eve &Genetics stuff I've been scrounging the religio-sphere... and it seems as if pockets of the Evangelical-uverse is all a twitter about some newly discovered papyri:

First century Mark fragment and extensive papyrus/i?

Sounds pretty suspect to me. No doubt it is possible to discover more papyri than is currently in known collections, but the claimants in this case seem a bit too connected to the source of claims (not unlike all those Noah's Ark discoveries.)

130 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:48:39pm

re: #128 Varek Raith

Deer Lord!

131 Kragar  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:53:40pm

The problem with so many so-called conservative comedians is they're working so hard to be conservative, they never get around to the comedian part.

132 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:53:43pm

re: #129 freetoken

"How do these manuscripts change what we believe the original New Testament to say?"

Doesn't matter.
Had sects.

133 Varek Raith  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:55:09pm

re: #132 Slumbering Behemoth

"How do these manuscripts change what we believe the original New Testament to say?"

Doesn't matter.
Had sects.

*Shakes head*

134 Kragar  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:56:07pm

re: #132 Slumbering Behemoth

"How do these manuscripts change what we believe the original New Testament to say?"

Doesn't matter.
Had sects.

You didn't just...

re: #133 Varek Raith

*Shakes head*

Did he just...

135 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:57:27pm

re: #133 Varek Raith

But it doesn't really matter. The more prominent thumpers in the world beat "The Word" into saying whatever the fuck they want it to say.

136 Kragar  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:58:48pm

re: #135 Slumbering Behemoth

But it doesn't really matter. The more prominent thumpers in the world beat "The Word" into saying whatever the fuck they want it to say.

On the bright side, you made me recall this.

137 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:00:23am

re: #131 Kragar

The problem with so many so-called conservative comedians is they're working so hard to be conservative, they never get around to the comedian part.

You can only drag out the "Liberals are all like this, while conservatives are all like that" before you start sounding like that weird jelly comedian from Futurama.

138 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:00:27am

re: #132 Slumbering Behemoth

More importantly, the air of charlantism is strong with this:

The claim:

(1) is made by somebody who has a vested interest in proving the Bible to be Absolutely True;
(2) is about physical items no one is allowed (so far) to see publicly;
(3) about authenticity is from an unnamed paleographer who
(4) reported makes claims that paleographers generally do not make (about certainty.)

139 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:05:56am

Oh dear sweet Anthrax, oh how I've missed you.

This is one is directly related to the CPAC crowd.

Some may say NSFW.

140 Eclectic Infidel  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:08:01am

Booya! 3.5 hours of drinking with a friend and I'm in such a good mood now.

FYI, Jim Beam makes a rye whiskey, and it SUCKS; still tastes like bourbon. Blech.

141 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:11:13am

...
Why am I watching Voyager?
...

142 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:13:41am

re: #141 Varek Raith

...
Why am I watching Voyager?
...

Jerry Ryan's tits.

143 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:15:47am

re: #142 Kragar

Fantastic as they are, that's not a good enough excuse.

Besides, I'll bet dollars to donuts that Varek is watching for Kate Mulgrew's mole.

144 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:18:42am

re: #143 Slumbering Behemoth

Fantastic as they are, that's not a good enough excuse.

I'll cut him some slack.

Its not like he was watching DS-9.

145 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:23:01am

re: #144 Kragar

I'll cut him some slack.

Its not like he was watching DS-9.

I've already gone through B5 and Dr. Who.
Sigh, need more scifi.

146 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:23:37am

Ah, 80s metal about British comic books, does it get any better?

147 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:24:04am

re: #145 Varek Raith

I've already gone through B5 and Dr. Who.
Sigh, need more scifi.

Farscape?

148 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:26:08am

re: #147 Kragar

Farscape?

That too.
And Sliders.
Lexx.

149 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:29:04am

re: #145 Varek Raith

If you've got the netflix, every episode of Red Dwarf is on there. You get your sci-fi and your comedy in one ball of wax. What's not to like?

150 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:29:34am

re: #148 Varek Raith

That too.
And Sliders.
Lexx.

Mystery Science Theater?

151 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:30:37am

re: #149 Slumbering Behemoth

If you've got the netflix, every episode of Red Dwarf is on there. You get your sci-fi and your comedy in one ball of wax. What's not to like?

"They used to call me Ace."
"followed closely by hole."

152 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:30:54am

re: #149 Slumbering Behemoth

If you've got the netflix, every episode of Red Dwarf is on there. You get your sci-fi and your comedy in one ball of wax. What's not to like?

Ah ha! That'll work.

re: #150 Kragar

Mystery Science Theater?

Add that too.

Geez, such a lack of recent, good tv.
:/

153 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:32:31am

re: #152 Varek Raith

Ah ha! That'll work.

re: #150 Kragar

Add that too.

Geez, such a lack of recent, good tv.
:/

Seen Dr Horrible yet?

154 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:32:37am

I guess I could also add the last season of Enterprise seeing as they ditched the temporal cold war nonsense arc.
Right?

155 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:33:25am

re: #153 Kragar

Seen Dr Horrible yet?

No.
Just googled it.
*Adds that to list*

156 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:34:11am

re: #155 Varek Raith

No.
Just googled it.
*Adds that to list*

157 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:35:17am

re: #153 Kragar

Beware the Terrible Death Whinny.

158 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:36:17am

re: #157 Slumbering Behemoth

Beware the Terrible Death Whinny.

From the thoroughbred of sin?

159 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:36:22am

re: #156 Kragar

[Video]

Lol.

160 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:37:47am

re: #159 Varek Raith

Lol.

The prelude...

161 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:38:17am

re: #156 Kragar

Thank you, Writers Guild of America strike.

162 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:44:28am

re: #159 Varek Raith

It's a 40 min. long thing. You should watch it now. RIGHT NOW!
/

163 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:45:19am

re: #162 Slumbering Behemoth

It's a 40 min. long thing. You should watch it now. RIGHT NOW!
/

We can wait.

164 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:07:04am

re: #149 Slumbering Behemoth

If you've got the netflix, every episode of Red Dwarf is on there. You get your sci-fi and your comedy in one ball of wax. What's not to like?

if you like RD you'd probably dig the new Doctor Who, very cool and has some of that RD spunky weirdness

165 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:07:48am

"Don't you eyeball me, Ghandi"

vivagazpacho

166 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:08:49am

re: #164 windupbird is in the gravity well

if you like RD you'd probably dig the new Doctor Who, very cool and has some of that RD spunky weirdness

Needs more musical numbers

167 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:09:31am

re: #166 Kragar

It has Vincent Van Fucking Gogh it doesn't need musical numbers

168 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:09:56am

(okay, so he sounded scottish, STILL VINCENT VAN GOGH)

169 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:11:08am

oh and any Red Dwarf fan who hasn't seen Mighty Boosh had better remedy that, because it's really the rock and roll Red Dwarf

170 HUSKY White Male Lover  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:11:13am

Just went through every episode of Farscape for the 2nd time.
We have started on Lexx again.
Our dog is named after the show.

171 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:11:32am

re: #170 And I will always love you

Just went through every episode of Farscape for the 2nd time.
We have started on Lexx again.
Our dog is named after the show.

watch Mighty Boosh

172 HUSKY White Male Lover  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:12:54am

re: #171 windupbird is in the gravity well

Is it sci fi?

173 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:15:14am

re: #167 windupbird is in the gravity well

It has Vincent Van Fucking Gogh it doesn't need musical numbers

But think about how much better it would have been if it had Van Gogh in the musical number...

174 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:21:44am

re: #78 freetoken

While no one was watching:

In what sense?

175 researchok  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:28:10am

Morning, all

176 Meitantei  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:36:51am

Good morning.

I'd observe that the Occupy protestors here weren't nearly as large as I expected, but they did try to break in twice both around the time of the Romney speech yesterday ( circa 1:00 pm EST)

Honestly, it's mostly Santorum Christian nutjobs and the Paultards here. It is funny however how the GOP insiders like to pretend that the latter don't exist, even when most of my friends are. I give myself another 8 or so hours before I snap at one of those guys and start an actual argument with them. Would also note however, that a lot of the more traditional guys are seeming to think "auditing the Fed" is a good idea, as it's a fairly logical transition from the whole "never bail out the banks" thing.

For now, I'll observe that one of them today implied though he refused to outright state it said that our economic meltdown was the result of a Chinese economic terrorist attack, because a huge amount of money just vanished and all that.

177 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:38:18am

re: #172 And I will always love you

Is it sci fi?

it is hallucinogenic gloriousness

178 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 1:39:33am

Crack snaking fliberty jibbets!!! Apparently Netflix is no longer streaming episodes of Red Dwarf. Way to make me look like an asshole, netflix.

I guess I'll just go watch... porn. Seems to be one of the few free things you can watch on the internet anymore. Imagine that.
///

G'nite y'all.

179 goddamnedfrank  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 2:03:27am

re: #178 Slumbering Behemoth

Crack snaking fliberty jibbets!!! Apparently Netflix is no longer streaming episodes of Red Dwarf. Way to make me look like an asshole, netflix.

I guess I'll just go watch... porn. Seems to be one of the few free things you can watch on the internet anymore. Imagine that.
///

G'nite y'all.

Looks like Amazon Prime has it now, sweet! Off to watch some RD.

180 Expand Your Ground  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 2:16:54am

So let us get it straight: if someone shows up unbidden at an OWS event and rants something offensive, all of OWS bears the onus.

If CPAC invites a raving racist/white supremacist/Islamophobe to one of its organized meetings this is not to reflect on CPAC in any way...

181 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 2:20:15am

re: #180 Keynesian Kenyan

So let us get it straight: if someone shows up unbidden at an OWS event and rants something offensive, all of OWS bears the onus.

If CPAC invites a raving racist/white supremacist/Islamophobe to one of its organized meetings this is not to reflect on CPAC in any way...

They were being taken out of context.
/

182 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 2:33:41am

re: #181 Kragar

They were being taken out of context.
/

It was just one!!1
/

183 Expand Your Ground  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:21:32am

And many of them have black friends, I have been told.

184 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:23:26am

re: #183 Keynesian Kenyan

And many of them have black friends, I have been told.

Imaginary black friends.

185 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:29:25am

Go to bed!
/
:P

186 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:40:21am

re: #185 Varek Raith

Go to bed!
/
:P

Doctor, ...

187 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:45:23am

*sigh*

Now for the stupid denial:

[Link: bigjournalism.com...]

At one point in the song the duo say “knickers,” while referencing their old-school pants. A writer at Huffington Post, with an apparently inability to spell, convinced herself that they said a racial slur, based on the sole observation that the audio technician, who happens to be black, which blogger Amanda Terkel was quick to note, walked out of frame to fix the audio levels.

*sigh again*
How stupid can one be if the joke about "knickers" was scripted in the very original YT clip on which the live performance was based?

188 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:47:29am

re: #187 ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

*sigh*

Now for the stupid denial:

[Link: bigjournalism.com...]

*sigh again*
How stupid can one be if the joke about "knickers" was scripted in the very original YT clip on which the live performance was based?

Riiiggghhhttt

"Gubmint spending too much of my money on those people, plus peecee won't let me say knickers."

189 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:48:19am

LOL@ ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

190 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:48:57am

re: #189 ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

LOL@ ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

YOU BROKED IT!

191 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:51:00am

re: #190 戦争

YOU BROKED IT!

no u

192 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:51:44am

Huh, it's snowing.
Odd.
/

193 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:52:08am

ლ(´ڡ`ლ) - Hehehehe! *evil plans*

ლ(´ڡ`ლ) - Whoa! I give up! I give up!

194 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:52:57am

re: #193 ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

ლ(´ڡ`ლ) - Hehehehe! *evil plans*

ლ(´ڡ`ლ) - Whoa! I give up! I give up!

Your nic doesn't show up in the rating box.
:P

195 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:53:31am

re: #194 戦争

Your nic doesn't show up in the rating box.
:P

I BROKED IT! YEAAAH!

//

196 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:54:28am

re: #194 戦争

Wait.
Check this out.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

197 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:56:49am

re: #196 ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

Wait.
Check this out.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Heh, it breaks the whole system!
Ruhroh.

198 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:56:57am

re: #196 ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

Wait.
Check this out.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

(Ironically, the comic linked to in that comment fits the situation ;)

199 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:57:19am

re: #197 戦争

Heh, it breaks the whole system!
Ruhroh.

Quote signs.

200 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 3:58:07am

re: #199 ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

Quote signs.

Code word for Jews?
///

201 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:00:19am

"Don't piss me off, or I'll give you the upding of death!"/

202 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:04:14am

re: #201 ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

"Don't piss me off, or I'll give you the upding of death!"/

203 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:05:59am

re: #202 戦争

₩ℌαтℯ√ℯґ ⊥ℌα⊥ ẘαṧ.

204 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:08:04am

'Morning, all. Is Times New Incoherent the font of the day?

205 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:09:08am

re: #204 Decatur Deb

'Morning, all. Is Times New Incoherent the font of the day?

My nic is perfectly coherent!
:P

206 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:09:19am

re: #204 Decatur Deb

Åη∂ ω♄¥ ⊥нℯ ♄ε¢к ηøт⁈

207 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:09:55am

re: #205 戦争

My nic is perfectly coherent!
:P

It did feel a little sticky.

208 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:10:30am

Sensou; War

209 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:12:39am
210 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:14:19am

re: #209 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

[Video]

HEY!
I'm the one that's supposed to post the weird stuff!!!

211 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:15:53am

re: #210 戦争

HEY!
I'm the one that's supposed to post the weird stuff!!!

Your nick is too serious for that.

212 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:17:44am

re: #211 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Your nick is too serious for that.

Not anymore.
:P

213 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:18:26am

re: #209 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

[Video]

Sounds like disco, but not as good.

214 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:20:26am

re: #213 Decatur Deb

Sounds like disco, but not as good.

You asked for it.

Soviet disco for you.

No complaints.

At around 2:00:

215 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:21:03am

Oops:

Rick Santorum's campaign comes up 8 signatures short in effort to get on Indiana ballot
Successful challenge to signatures from 7th District could keep Republican out of primary.
[Link: www.indystar.com...]

216 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:22:12am

Well, that was fun.

217 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:25:46am

re: #214 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

You asked for it.

Soviet disco for you.

No complaints.

At around 2:00:

[Video]

Way to go, Deb.

Way to go.

218 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:26:53am

re: #214 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

You asked for it.

Soviet disco for you.

No complaints.

At around 2:00:

[Video]

I see the difference. American disco is more musical than it is smart. Soviet disco is more smart than it is musical.

219 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:27:58am

re: #218 Decatur Deb

220 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:27:59am

re: #218 Decatur Deb

I see the difference. American disco is more musical than it is smart. Soviet disco is more smart than it is musical.

With optional door gags!

221 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:29:31am

Nobel prizewinning space opera with links to ABBA:

222 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:30:35am

re: #219 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

[Video]

How can he dance in those boots???

223 Aye Pod  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:31:10am

re: #214 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

You asked for it.

Soviet disco for you.

No complaints.

At around 2:00:

[Video]

There's a time and place for shit like that - it's called the Eurovision Song Contest. :-)

224 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:32:39am

re: #222 Varek Raith

How can he dance in those boots???

ex-Tina Turner corps de ballet.

225 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:32:41am

re: #223 Jimmah

There's a time and place for shit like that - it's called the Eurovision Song Contest. :-)

Exactimento! 2nd place in Eurovision 2007:

226 Aye Pod  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:35:50am

Nas Ne Dagoniat

227 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:36:00am

re: #224 Decatur Deb

ex-Tina Turner corps de ballet.

Well I'll be damned.
You should go on Jeopardy!.

228 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:36:29am

re: #226 Jimmah

dogoniat

229 BongCrodny  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:36:39am

re: #188 Varek Raith

Riiiggghhhttt

"Gubmint spending too much of my money on those people, plus peecee won't let me say knickers."

That's pretty fucking ironic coming from a guy whose work is distributed by an organization stuffed to the gills with wingnut welfare money.

230 Aye Pod  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:37:24am

re: #225 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Exactimento! 2nd place in Eurovision 2007:

[Video]

Iceweasel is in shock.

231 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:37:51am

re: #227 Varek Raith

Well I'll be damned.
You should go on Jeopardy!.

I lied.

232 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:37:55am

re: #230 Jimmah

Iceweasel is in shock.

ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

233 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:38:41am

re: #225 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Exactimento! 2nd place in Eurovision 2007:

[Video]

Germans.
Figures.
/

234 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:39:02am

re: #233 Varek Raith

Germans?

235 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:39:02am

re: #231 Decatur Deb

I lied.

You should be on Survivor.
:P

236 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:39:35am

Nice to see my four years of German being put to good use.
XD

237 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:40:06am

re: #236 Varek Raith

Nice to see my four years of German being put to good use.
XD

Yeah, esp. since those are Ukrainians. :P

238 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:40:15am

re: #230 Jimmah

Iceweasel is in shock.

I'm pretty sure that video is enough proof of the impending doom of the eurozone that you two should start the emergency plans to move to NYC

239 Millicent Islam  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:40:46am

Breakfast time! More like brunch. Sorry, have to drag Jimmah away from you all for a bit. :)

240 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:40:58am

re: #237 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Yeah, esp. since those are Ukrainians. :P

Lol.

241 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:41:34am

re: #230 Jimmah

Iceweasel is in shock.

Wanna shock her again?

242 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:43:21am

re: #237 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Yeah, esp. since those are Ukrainians. :P

Some of that is German, right?
I'm not hearing things???

243 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:43:27am

UStream OccupiedAir Vs. CPAC from yesterday:
[Link: www.ustream.tv...]

244 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:44:45am

re: #242 Varek Raith

Some of that is German, right?
I'm not hearing things???

You're not hearing things, but it's still gibberish.

245 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:45:16am

re: #244 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

You're not hearing things, but it's still gibberish.

Just making sure I ain't crazy...er.

246 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:45:49am

re: #241 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Wanna shock here again?

[Video]

Expected the fork to come into play.

247 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:46:28am

re: #246 Decatur Deb

Expected the fork to come into play.

That's the one gun on the wall that didn't shoot. Prolly in the outtakes.

248 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:48:52am

re: #247 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

That's the one gun on the wall that didn't shoot. Prolly in the outtakes.

Yeah. Thinking something traditional.

Image: battleshippotemkin.jpg

249 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:50:45am

re: #248 Decatur Deb

Yeah. Thinking something traditional.

Image: battleshippotemkin.jpg

"Who else wants to try this commissar's body?!"

250 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:53:22am

It's too cold to hit the gym this morning so I'm loading up a bowl not doing anything illegal instead. You guys are going to have to pick some better music to keep me amused. Get to work!

251 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:57:57am

re: #249 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

"Who else wants to try this commissar's body?!"

[Video]

That's a great print. The versions we showed in the 60s looked like old newsreels.

252 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:59:39am

People I didn't know were still alive:

Kirk Cameron Walks Into MSNBC Lion’s Den To Talk Up ‘Liberty And Freedom’ At CPAC
[Link: www.mediaite.com...]

Mediaite Interviews The Great Chuck Woolery At CPAC, He Is No Fan Of President Obama
[Link: www.mediaite.com...]

253 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:00:08am

re: #251 Decatur Deb

The whole movie at Mosfilm's channel, with Eng subs.

254 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:02:01am

re: #253 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Thanks--bookmarked for later.

255 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:05:05am

The Walking Dead starts back tomorrow:

The Walking Dead Bosses Answer Burning Questions
[Link: www.tvguide.com...]

256 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:09:51am

Sun is up and the dog demands his walk. There is always an idiot at one end of the leash or another.

257 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:28:15am

re: #256 Decatur Deb

Sun is up and the dog demands his walk. There is always an idiot at one end of the leash or another.

I should probably get to bed soon.

258 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:34:14am

Insomnia sucks.

259 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:34:41am

re: #258 Varek Raith

Insomnia sucks.

Well, at least it does that.

260 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:34:46am
261 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:35:09am
262 ProGunLiberal  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:36:11am

re: #260 Kragar

Considering the way Al-Assad acts, I find it believable he may have had the general killed because he was going to defect, and is putting out this lie to make himself look good.

263 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:38:50am

re: #262 ProGunLiberal

Either way it's one less syrian general.

264 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:41:40am

re: #260 Kragar

Gunmen assassinate Syrian army general in Damascus

What a way to run a railroad.
9_9

265 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:42:24am

re: #258 Varek Raith

Insomnia sucks.

lies.

266 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:49:44am
267 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:51:37am

re: #258 Varek Raith

Insomnia sucks.

To help you fall asleep, a bedtime story.

268 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:52:22am

Let's see how this one works. I was looking for something different.

269 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 5:55:13am

re: #266 Varek Raith

Gingrich At CPAC: Unemployment Benefits Violate Declaration Of Independence

Uh...
Yeah, nevermind.
Idiot.

Yeah, King George III is sitting over there in his castle saying, "AH-HAH! NOW I HAVE SOME OF THEM COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS! MU-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!"

270 Kragar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:01:25am

re: #266 Varek Raith

Gingrich At CPAC: Unemployment Benefits Violate Declaration Of Independence

Uh...
Yeah, nevermind.
Idiot.

Newt went on to say the Preamble to the Constitution had a coded message saying the President should have ample boning experience and that he fit the bill.

271 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:02:05am

re: #1776 Declaration of Independence

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

Sounds to me like King George III was a Republican. Hard to discern whether he was from Wisconsin or Arizona, but he'd be a Tea Party Favorite for sure.

272 BongCrodny  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:03:23am

re: #266 Varek Raith

Gingrich At CPAC: Unemployment Benefits Violate Declaration Of Independence

Uh...
Yeah, nevermind.
Idiot.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness without an income.

The American dream.

273 Varek Raith  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:18:25am
274 Flame Fin Tomini Tang  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:19:11am

I just watched this video. Amazing, and I understand he was at CPAC? I don't even think he was doing this in a calculated manner trying to create an attack on himself. The man is sick.

Has this been shown on TV anywhere?

275 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:20:42am

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Zealousness

276 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:34:31am

The video posted on Facebook of a dad shooting his daughter's laptop is stupid.

277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:39:26am

re: #276 Kronocide

And it's gone Viral. I've seen it ten times on FB.

What's wrong with wiping the drive clean and giving the laptop to an underprivileged student?

Guns don't kill laptops. Aggravated fathers with guns kill laptops.

278 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:41:19am

re: #277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Selling it would have taken longer and hurt more and not taught the kid think her dad is a bit psycho.

279 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:41:47am

re: #276 Kronocide

And another thing. (I watched it).

Dad went to college?

Almost daily I am shocked with the lack of reading ability and use of spoken grammar with college graduates that I meet.

280 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:42:59am

re: #278 RogueOne

Selling it would have taken longer and hurt more and not taught the kid think her dad is a bit psycho.

Given it, not sold it. Make a production out of if...

281 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:45:57am

Morning. Must make coffee! But first...

Not this shit again:

282 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:47:29am

re: #273 Varek Raith

[Video]

No.

283 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:47:31am

re: #280 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Given it, not sold it. Make a production out of if...

Should have Sold it and put the money aside to buy himself one of these:

This might be the single most amazing toy we’ve ever seen
[Link: io9.com...]

284 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:48:39am

re: #281 Gus

Morning. Must make coffee! But first...

Not this shit again:

I hear D'Souza is not a WASP. That means he has to present a birth certificate each time he opens his mouth! //

285 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:55:46am

re: #283 RogueOne

Looks like that alien robot on Johnny Quest.

286 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:57:34am

Really, that entire video was an adult lowering himself down to the level of a 15 year old. Only he has the means to 'get back' at her.

But more irritating is the proliferation of people on Facebook who think it's hella cool. It's fucking stupid, he lost it, and he's going to drive his daughter to the pole.

287 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 6:59:05am

re: #286 Kronocide

Really, that entire video was an adult lowering himself down to the level of a 15 year old. Only he has the means to 'get back' at her.

But more irritating is the proliferation of people on Facebook who think it's hella cool. It's fucking stupid, he lost it, and he's going to drive his daughter to the pole.

Who was it that said "thank god for shitty fathers"?

288 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:01:09am

re: #284 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

I hear D'Souza is not a WASP. That means he has to present a birth certificate each time he opens his mouth! //

It's the CPAC Secret Police! The Red "State" Police!

Yeah. I've been sitting here for the past two months agonizing with the thought of "who Mitt Romney's friends were at college and who he had breakfast with!" Erm, no.

289 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:01:43am

re: #287 RogueOne

Who was it that said "thank god for shitty fathers"?

Make sure you get them on the upside of the Daddy Issues Curve. Never on the downside.

290 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:01:59am

Speaking of great parenting:

Sydney Spies, After Third Yearbook Photo Rejected, Seeks Redress
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

The Colorado teenager who made national headlines when her racy senior pictured was rejected by the editors of her school yearbook has been the victim of bullying and discrimination and will continue to fight after the school rejected a third photo and used her school ID photo instead, her mother says.

Miki Spies, the mother of Durango High School senior Sydney Spies, told Westword magazine that she and Sydney's father plan to file a complaint with the Durango, Colo., school board and superintendent in the hope that they "acknowledge that there's been a lot of mishandling of this situation."

"Sydney feels very bullied, by the entire school, basically," Spies, 44, told Westword. "The school has been awful and the kids have been awful. She's received very little support in any way from anybody. There's been a ton of cyber-bullying, where people can say whatever they want without looking the person in the eyes. It's been extremely hurtful for our entire family."

291 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:02:42am

re: #287 RogueOne

Who was it that said "thank god for shitty fathers"?

Paris Hilton, the Kardashians, most of the girls on the poles...

292 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:07:33am

re: #291 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Paris Hilton, the Kardashians, most of the girls on the poles...

NTTAWWT!!
///

293 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:09:41am

re: #290 RogueOne

Miki Spies, the mother of Durango High School senior Sydney Spies, told Westword magazine that she and Sydney's father plan to file a complaint with the Durango, Colo., school board and superintendent in the hope that they "acknowledge that there's been a lot of mishandling of this situation.

"Dear Miki

We agree. You and and Sydneys father have mishandled the situation, probably as far back as when Sydney was a toddler

Regards

The School Board and the Superintendent"

294 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:11:58am

re: #290 RogueOne

Speaking of great parenting:

Sydney Spies, After Third Yearbook Photo Rejected, Seeks Redress
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

I think I know why this "news" story keeps coming up repeatedly. Oh yeah, probably has to do with generating traffic.

295 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:12:07am

re: #293 sattv4u2

After going through the rest of her photos (just doing proper research!) they picked the only photo out of a dozen that was even slightly racy. I'm unsure what her parents are trying to teach her here.

296 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:12:42am
297 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:12:44am

Man! That's too much! Her parents should be ashamed of themselves!

Can I see that picture again?

//

298 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:13:07am

re: #294 Gus

I think I know why this "news" story keeps coming up repeatedly. Oh yeah, probably has to do with generating traffic.

Stories about scantily clad girls drives page views? Who knew?

299 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:14:50am

re: #298 RogueOne

Stories about scantily clad girls drives page views? Who knew?

She's being bullied and they're threatening a lawsuit!

Right.

300 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:14:59am

Morning everyone!

It was a 3 dog night last night. Very cozy!

How is everyone?

301 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:15:27am

Utah allows firing squad request to avoid execution delay
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Utah prosecutors have reluctantly allowed a condemned killer to seek execution by firing squad rather than by lethal injection, saying they want to avoid further delays in putting him to death.

The request by Michael Archuleta, 49, convicted of the 1988 slaying of a college student, follows recent talks among state lawmakers and criminal justice officials about possibly returning to firing squads as an execution option in light of the current shortage of lethal-injection drugs.

If Archuleta gets his way, he would ultimately become only the fourth to be executed by shooting in the United States -- all of them in Utah -- since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. The last was in June 2010.

Utah, the last state to carry out executions by rifle volley, officially did away with the practice in 2004 under pressure from death penalty opponents and human rights activists who vehemently opposed firing squads as barbaric.

But the statute to abolish firing squads carved out an exemption for those death row inmates, like Archuleta, who had already requested it as their preferred manner of execution.

302 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:16:38am

re: #300 ggt

Morning everyone!

It was a 3 dog night last night. Very cozy!

How is everyone?

303 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:19:52am

This is absolute heresy!

Warning: Not safe for viewing with Cat Overlord in the same quantum reality.

304 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:20:23am
305 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:20:38am

re: #299 Gus

She's being bullied and they're threatening a lawsuit trying to get on Entertainment Tonight!

There, that's better.

306 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:22:12am

re: #295 RogueOne

After going through the rest of her photos (just doing proper research!) they picked the only photo out of a dozen that was even slightly racy. I'm unsure what her parents are trying to teach her here.

Idiot kids.
Idiot parents.

"If you saw my daughter's nipples? You'd want them in your yearbook."
-Parental Fail

307 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:23:42am

re: #305 Kronocide

There, that's better.

...

She's being bullied and they're threatening a lawsuit trying to get on Entertainment Tonight trying to get her hired as a newswoman on Fox News!

Double fixed.

308 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:23:58am

re: #277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

And it's gone Viral. I've seen it ten times on FB.

What's wrong with wiping the drive clean and giving the laptop to an underprivileged student?

Guns don't kill laptops. Aggravated fathers with guns kill laptops.

This is America. We don't give our gizmos to lesser folk. We shoot bullets in 'em and then chuck 'em in the landfill where they belong.

The video is a commentary on American parents' unwillingness to connect and communicate with their kids in any meaningful way. If his daughter really is the insufferable turd he insists she is, it's ultimately his fault. He makes a video starring himself and presents it to the entire world so we all can all watch and cheer him on as he metaphorically pees on his kid (who is, of course, an extension of himself). Textbook narcissism.

Side note: why the hell would you spend $130 on software, ever?

309 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:25:22am

re: #308 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

This is America. We don't give our gizmos to lesser folk. We shoot bullets in 'em and then chuck 'em in the landfill where they belong.

The video is a commentary on American parents' unwillingness to connect and communicate with their kids in any meaningful way. If his daughter really is the insufferable turd he insists she is, it's ultimately his fault. He makes a video starring himself and presents it to the entire world so we all can all watch and cheer him on as he metaphorically pees on his kid (who is, of course, an extension of himself). Textbook narcissism.

Side note: why the hell would you spend $130 on software, ever?

Have you ever raised a teenager?

310 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:27:59am

re: #309 ggt

Have you ever raised a teenager?

They're not bad, but if you don't harvest them before they're twenty they get chewy and you have to let them go.

311 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:28:32am

re: #308 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

This is America. We don't give our gizmos to lesser folk. We shoot bullets in 'em and then chuck 'em in the landfill where they belong.

The video is a commentary on American parents' unwillingness to connect and communicate with their kids in any meaningful way. If his daughter really is the insufferable turd he insists she is, it's ultimately his fault. He makes a video starring himself and presents it to the entire world so we all can all watch and cheer him on as he metaphorically pees on his kid (who is, of course, an extension of himself). Textbook narcissism.

Just before reading this, one of my regular Ron Paul supporting FB buddies responded to my comment saying 'this is stupid' with a vindication, saying the girl is all good and something about she's not a stripper, and she deserved it.

My response was 'He lowered himself to her level and acted like a child, all because she acted her age.'

There's really not much more that can be added to that. You are correct in pointing that the fact she's acting that way is because he's already been failing miserable.

312 reine.de.tout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:30:30am

re: #277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

And it's gone Viral. I've seen it ten times on FB.

What's wrong with wiping the drive clean and giving the laptop to an underprivileged student?

Guns don't kill laptops. Aggravated fathers with guns kill laptops.

I saw the video too.

1) Lots of kids that age say nasty things about their parents. I know I did.

2) I hope that he ALSO made some sort of attempt to connect with her in another way to find out what's REALLY bugging her.

3) I raised a difficult 15-going-on-16 year old girl. That age is an IMPOSSIBLE age. Impossible. I failed miserably in any attempt to connect or find out what was going on with her, so then, we:

4) Sent her to a psychological counselor, and STAYED OUT of whatever went on in those sessions. Best move we ever made. It helped her get herself through that year, AND it had positive effects that are still benefitting her (AND my relationship with her) to this day.

That dad should get grip, and if he can't connect with her, get her somebody professional she can talk to.

313 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:32:31am

I don't know what's going on there with the laptop, FB, etc. Almost makes me kind of glad I only had to deal with the occasional corporal punishment instead of dealing with psycho-parents who drank/drink too much and smoke/smoked way to much pot.

314 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:33:31am

re: #309 ggt

Have you ever raised a teenager?

Raised one? I WAS one for like 10 years. Or 25 years, if my ex-wife is any authority.

315 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:34:27am

re: #312 reine.de.tout

My experience? Boys... gazillion times easier to raise than girls.

Teenage girls are poopy-heads.

316 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:35:46am

re: #312 reine.de.tout

I saw the video too.
That dad should get grip, and if he can't connect with her, get her somebody professional she can talk to.

I think the dad should get some help.

317 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:36:13am

re: #313 Gus

I don't know what's going on there with the laptop, FB, etc. Almost makes me kind of glad I only had to deal with the occasional corporal punishment instead of dealing with psycho-parents who drank/drink too much and smoke/smoked way to much pot.

If he was smoking weed he wouldn't have been angry enough to shoot up a laptop

318 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:37:54am

I do have a teenager. We've gone the therapy, talk, love route and it does work. I can also tell you that sometimes you have to get in their face and shock the hell out of them.

I'd rather the father vent his frustrations on the laptop than the daughter or a pet.

319 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:38:27am

re: #312 reine.de.tout

My in-laws gave up on theirs and sent her to me 3 years ago at 16. Other than a short-lived hiccup (dating a 31 yr old drunken loser) it's been pretty smooth sailing. She's overly moody and dramatic sometimes but I thought that's the way they all were.

320 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:39:25am

re: #319 RogueOne

My in-laws gave up on theirs and sent her to me 3 years ago at 16. Other than a short-lived hiccup (dating a 31 yr old drunken loser) it's been pretty smooth sailing. She's overly moody and dramatic sometimes but I thought that's the way they all were.

As a former teenage girl, I wish meds were available when I was going thru it. Hormones are a bitch for all involved. If you think living with a teenage girl is hard, try being one.

321 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:40:44am

re: #317 RogueOne

If he was smoking weed he wouldn't have been angry enough to shoot up a laptop

You must not have met some of the people I've known. I smoke weed on rare occasions but I don't buy into that whole "Holy Church of Marijuana" BS. It has different effects on different people.

322 Sionainn  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:41:02am

The father has posted responses to media outlets on his FB as well as providing a bit more detail in what is happening between him and his daughter. He apparently had told her in the past that he would shoot her computer. When his daughter posted what she did on FB, he called his wife and asked her to talk him out of shooting the laptop. He then read what their daughter wrote and she told him to put a bullet in it for her, too.

Here's his FB.

323 Sionainn  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:41:43am

re: #320 ggt

As a former teenage girl, I wish meds were available when I was going thru it. Hormones are a bitch for all involved. If you think living with a teenage girl is hard, try being one.

So true.

324 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:42:15am

re: #322 Sionainn

The father has posted responses to media outlets on his FB as well as providing a bit more detail in what is happening between him and his daughter. He apparently had told her in the past that he would shoot her computer. When his daughter posted what she did on FB, he called his wife and asked her to talk him out of shooting the laptop. He then read what their daughter wrote and she told him to put a bullet in it for her, too.

Here's his FB.

HA! That would be my mom!

325 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:42:29am

re: #319 RogueOne

A 31 year old man dating my 16 year old daughter would have a very short relationship with her. The man would break it off with her, pretty quickly; right after he met me.

You were wonderfully generous for taking her in, by the way.

326 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:42:45am

re: #323 Sionainn

So true.

This Peri-menopause hormone phase is shit as well! Only this time around, there are meds available.

My family is very fortunate.

:0

327 simoom  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:42:56am
328 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:43:14am

Raised two of each gender--no two were at all alike. We found it helped to keep them disoriented by moving from continent to continent frequently.

329 Sionainn  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:43:54am

re: #326 ggt

This Peri-menopause hormone phase is shit as well! Only this time around, there are meds available.

My family is very fortunate.

:0

I don't think I've quite reached that phase yet, but I'm expecting it any time...and not looking forward to it.

330 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:45:56am

re: #328 Decatur Deb

Raised two of each gender--no two were at all alike. We found it helped to keep them disoriented by moving from continent to continent frequently.

That's where I got it wrong. I moved from continent to continent... they kept finding me.

331 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:46:03am

re: #325 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Thank you. She's a good kid, well, she's not a bad kid. She works hard, she's not all that dumb, and it gives me someone to play video games with.

332 simoom  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:46:30am

re: #327 simoom

The most interesting part of that PPP poll is the how massively the Newt vote goes to Santorum if Newt exits the race.

333 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:47:31am

re: #329 Sionainn

I don't think I've quite reached that phase yet, but I'm expecting it any time...and not looking forward to it.

It's pure hell. My husband pity's me. He is very kind.

The hormones surge and amplify any pain one might be in. Being near 50, the joint pain is inevitable (I guess).

It was still worse going thru it as a teenager. I wouldn't do it again, for anything.

IMHO, my teenage boy is much more emotional and anxious than I was. He can be wounded so easily.

334 reine.de.tout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:47:53am

re: #328 Decatur Deb

Raised two of each gender--no two were at all alike. We found it helped to keep them disoriented by moving from continent to continent frequently.

LOL.
When in doubt, create confusion?

335 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:48:51am

re: #334 reine.de.tout

LOL.
When in doubt, create confusion?

You have to create it? I live in it.

:0

336 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:49:59am

Humor is the only way to get thru life.

If you can't laugh at most situations, you are going to have a very hard time.

--Life according to ggt.

337 Sionainn  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:50:54am

re: #333 ggt

It's pure hell. My husband pity's me. He is very kind.

The hormones surge and amplify any pain one might be in. Being near 50, the joint pain is inevitable (I guess).

It was still worse going thru it as a teenager. I wouldn't do it again, for anything.

IMHO, my teenage boy is much more emotional and anxious than I was. He can be wounded so easily.

I took Clomid for six months and had hellacious hot flashes and mood swings. Ugh. It gave me a taste of what I could look forward to.

I very clearly remember being a pain-in-the-ass teenage girl. I'm not looking forward to that with my daughters, either. I'll be in my early 50s when they reach that age.

338 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:51:54am

re: #334 reine.de.tout

LOL.
When in doubt, create confusion?

Semi-serious. People vastly underrate the therapeutic value of Greyhounds and 747s.

339 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:52:08am

A story you probably shouldn’t illustrate with a stock photo
[Link: jimromenesko.com...]

340 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:52:42am

My wife has suffered from menopause since... puberty.

341 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:52:55am

re: #337 Sionainn

I took Clomid for six months and had hellacious hot flashes and mood swings. Ugh. It gave me a taste of what I could look forward to.

I very clearly remember being a pain-in-the-ass teenage girl. I'm not looking forward to that with my daughters, either. I'll be in my early 50s when they reach that age.

Well you'll be calmer and more likely to pick-and-choose your battles wisely.

Get them used to therapy now, so they won't feel weird asking for it when they need it. I knew I had done something right when my son asked for me to make an appointment with the counselor. He recognized he needed to talk something thru with an objective third party.

342 ggt  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:55:01am

Gotta go,

Have a great day!

343 reine.de.tout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:56:19am

I had to bring my old cat to the vet yesterday, to have her put to sleep.

She was old, she was a bit senile, would meow for food, and then wouldn't eat it when I put it out, like she had forgotten what she wanted. And then she couldn't keep food down, and she had lost sooo much weight, she had virtually no muscle tissue left.

I kept hoping she would just die peacefully in her sleep, but she kept hanging in there, and so it reached a point where it was just time, she wasn't QUITE to the point of suffering yet, but it wasn't far off.

So I made the appt, and took her in. It was the best thing to do, and I thought I was resigned to it. And I handled it all just fine, UNTIL her heart stopped, which happened pretty quickly after he gave her the shot - at which point I started crying and couldn't stop, I was just sobbing.

I'm much better today, it was really the absolute right thing to do, but still - I was surprised at my reaction. She was a good cat and we enjoyed her company for many many years.

344 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:56:36am

re: #327 simoom

We couldn't possibly be this lucky. If Obama goes to the track, I'm betting what he's betting.

345 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:58:15am

re: #343 reine.de.tout

I had to bring my old cat to the vet yesterday, to have her put to sleep.

She was old, she was a bit senile, would meow for food, and then wouldn't eat it when I put it out, like she had forgotten what she wanted. And then she couldn't keep food down, and she had lost sooo much weight, she had virtually no muscle tissue left.

I kept hoping she would just die peacefully in her sleep, but she kept hanging in there, and so it reached a point where it was just time, she wasn't QUITE to the point of suffering yet, but it wasn't far off.

So I made the appt, and took her in. It was the best thing to do, and I thought I was resigned to it. And I handled it all just fine, UNTIL her heart stopped, which happened pretty quickly after he gave her the shot - at which point I started crying and couldn't stop, I was just sobbing.

I'm much better today, it was really the absolute right thing to do, but still - I was surprised at my reaction. She was a good cat and we enjoyed her company for many many years.

Stinks. We've let pets go too long.

346 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:58:45am

re: #343 reine.de.tout

The best end she possibly could have. My wife is going to go completely spare when its time for our cats. She raised them from kittens weighing less than a pound, and they were both sick when she rescued them. She hand-fed them and medicated them for weeks. So they're incredibly attached to her, and follow her around and colonize her any time she lies down.

347 Killgore Trout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 7:59:04am

re: #343 reine.de.tout

I had to bring my old cat to the vet yesterday, to have her put to sleep.

She was old, she was a bit senile, would meow for food, and then wouldn't eat it when I put it out, like she had forgotten what she wanted. And then she couldn't keep food down, and she had lost sooo much weight, she had virtually no muscle tissue left.

I kept hoping she would just die peacefully in her sleep, but she kept hanging in there, and so it reached a point where it was just time, she wasn't QUITE to the point of suffering yet, but it wasn't far off.

So I made the appt, and took her in. It was the best thing to do, and I thought I was resigned to it. And I handled it all just fine, UNTIL her heart stopped, which happened pretty quickly after he gave her the shot - at which point I started crying and couldn't stop, I was just sobbing.

I'm much better today, it was really the absolute right thing to do, but still - I was surprised at my reaction. She was a good cat and we enjoyed her company for many many years.

Sorry to hear that. It's always a tough decision and a heartbreaking thing to go through.

348 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:00:46am

re: #343 reine.de.tout

6 years now and theres still not a day my wife and I don't think of "Pablo" (our 1st "child')

Had to do the same thing for him you did for the cat. And yes, we both cried our eyes out when he stopped breathing

349 reine.de.tout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:03:11am

re: #348 sattv4u2

6 years now and theres still not a day my wife and I don't think of "Pablo" (our 1st "child')

Had to do the same thing for him you did for the cat. And yes, we both cried our eyes out when he stopped breathing

Aw - I don't feel like such a freak now.

350 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:04:09am

re: #349 reine.de.tout

Aw - I don't feel like such a freak now.

I'm sure they've never seen anyone cry in a veterinarians office.

351 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:04:59am

I've never had the heart to get another dog since we had to put my childhood dog to sleep. He was quite old, we had a lot of time together. I'll get my kids a dog when I have them, but nobody else could ever be my pal the way Russell was.

352 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:06:01am

re: #349 reine.de.tout

Aw - I don't feel like such a freak now.

heh,,, wifey has a memorial for him right by the front door!

She bought an antique dresser years ago and put it in the front hallway. In the drawers she keeps things like hats, scarves, gloves, travel umbrellas,, things she wants to have handy when she runs out and it's raining/ cold

On top of the dresser is the 'memorial"
Framed photos of Pablo ,,, small sandcast statues ,, and a very nice box with a lock of his fur

353 reine.de.tout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:07:00am

re: #352 sattv4u2

heh,,, wifey has a memorial for him right by the front door!

She bought an antique dresser years ago and put it in the front hallway. In the drawers she keeps things like hats, scarves, gloves, travel umbrellas,, things she wants to have handy when she runs out and it's raining/ cold

On top of the dresser is the 'memorial"
Framed photos of Pablo ,,, small sandcast statues ,, and a very nice box with a lock of his fur

We'll get a bit of clay with her paw prints in it. Gotta find the right spot ...

354 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:08:00am

re: #350 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I got a cat from the pound a decade or more ago. I got him to a vet, and he had a heart murmur. To spare feelings, I'll just say complications from that came up and I had to choose between a big surgery that would have left him semi-crippled and in pain, or putting him to sleep. I chose the latter. Poor little dude.

I was so emotional about it that I took him to my parents house to bury him. My parents were renting out the house, but, well, I was seeking familiar territory. I went into the back yard, dug a hole, and put him down there, wedging rocks above him to keep him safe.

My brother, afterwards, said that we should write that into the lease:

"We reserve the right to show up at any time and bury bodies. This is not a hypothetical."

355 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:08:45am

Rising winds now and sub-freezing tonight. Got to batten down the hoophouse. BBL

356 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:11:09am

re: #353 reine.de.tout

Just try to keep foremost in mind how much pleasure, happiness, and contentment you gave her throughout her life. Don't just remember the last months. I'm sure you cossetted the daylights out of her.

357 allegro  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:14:08am

re: #349 reine.de.tout

Aw - I don't feel like such a freak now.

No, you are not a freak at all. I have had to "make the decision" many times with all the critters I've raised/rescued. The last time was my beloved Sheltie who was not my pet as much as a partner who held me together after my husband died. It was just him and me left to begin a new life adventure together and he was the reason I got out of bed in the morning. When he got ill and I had to make that decision, I lost it to the point the vet wouldn't let me leave. He planted me in his office until I could get it together enough to drive.

It's a terribly painful loss.

358 kirkspencer  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:16:34am

re: #344 Decatur Deb

We couldn't possibly be this lucky. If Obama goes to the track, I'm betting what he's betting.

Wait.

He's not the first with a big lead over Romney, so it behooves us to wait and see if it's a flash or if there's staying power.

359 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:17:23am

re: #332 simoom

The most interesting part of that PPP poll is the how massively the Newt vote goes to Santorum if Newt exits the race.

The "Romney will be the nominee" talk has died down a bit this week. This is great news for the advertising industry. I think if Romney doesn't score well in Maine he may get desperate and dump 15 million dollars ensuring Arizona goes to him.

Santorum won't be phased by negative ads like Gingrich, surprisingly, was. In fact, Santorum may just stay positive and use Romney's negative ads against him. Reagan's 11th commandment and all that crap.

360 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:20:17am

re: #358 kirkspencer

Wait.

He's not the first with a big lead over Romney, so it behooves us to wait and see if it's a flash or if there's staying power.

His lead with conservatives won't evaporate unless he makes a major gaffe. Romney's screwed himself by trying to out-right the likes of Gingrich and Santorum. His hope for continued success lies in the moderate Republican vote, and they're staying home so far as the campaigns are marketed for the knuckle-dragging tea baggers.

361 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:21:17am

5 The Sun employees arrested today.

362 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:21:45am

[Link: video.foxbusiness.com...]

Fox business is hosting Lew goddamn Rockwell. As in, the guy who probably wrote the bulk of Ron Paul's racist emails.

Racists are riding fat and happy these days in America.

363 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:21:50am

re: #321 Gus

You must not have met some of the people I've known. I smoke weed on rare occasions but I don't buy into that whole "Holy Church of Marijuana" BS. It has different effects on different people.

I was Tommy Chong in my teen years. If someone ever asserts that it's possible to lethally OD on smoking weed, just point them to me as living proof that it can't be done, no matter how hard you try.

That said, a few years ago I met a woman (a tenured professor at Texas Wesleyan, as it goes) who decided we should get high together. I rolled a joint of her weed (she seemed to regard joint rolling as some kind of arcane Dragon Shout voodoo superpower) and before we had smoked half of it I was thoroughly incapacitated. I don't know if weed nowadays is just profoundly more potent than it was in the late 80s, or if I had just reset to lightweight settings, but... DAMN. It actually ended up ruining the whole evening for me because I was completely debilitated by something that should have been pleasurable.

364 simoom  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:22:00am

re: #343 reine.de.tout

{reine.de.tout}

You did the right thing.

I've had two cats with a similar wasting disease that eventually had to be put to sleep. One of them I kept hoping would get better and I kept almost force feeding/hydrating him with a dropper and mashed food (so he'd have more time to have that miraculously recovery). Eventually he could hardly get up anymore, breathed raggedly and had become so skeletal, I broke down and took him to the vet and they confirmed it was hopeless. I regret having made him suffer unnecessarily.

365 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:22:25am

re: #363 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

Yes, it's more potent these days, by an order of magnitude.

366 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:22:31am

re: #361 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

5 The Sun employees arrested today.

I'm waiting for Rupert's boy to get frog-marched into the jail house.

367 allegro  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:23:12am

re: #360 darthstar

His lead with conservatives won't evaporate unless he makes a major gaffe. Romney's screwed himself by trying to out-right the likes of Gingrich and Santorum. His hope for continued success lies in the moderate Republican vote, and they're staying home so far as the campaigns are marketed for the knuckle-dragging tea baggers.

"Moderate" Republicans have their ideal candidate. His name is Obama.

368 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:24:41am

re: #363 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

I ate half a cookie at a music festival last year and spent two hours lying on the grass in front of a stage "resting"...potent pot is potent.

369 Killgore Trout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:25:07am

re: #363 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

I don't know if weed nowadays is just profoundly more potent than it was in the late 80s, or if I had just reset to lightweight settings, but... DAMN. It actually ended up ruining the whole evening for me because I was completely debilitated by something that should have been pleasurable.

Weed today is a whole different thing than we had as kids in the 80's. Smoking a joint is just insane. One or two hits from a bowl is all I can take. Even then it's easy to get way too high.

370 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:26:14am

i'm among druggies

///

371 Killgore Trout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:27:05am

re: #368 darthstar

I ate half a cookie at a music festival last year and spent two hours lying on the grass in front of a stage "resting"...potent pot is potent.

eating is another way to end up taking way too much. One of the local backyard growers makes his own canabutter. After dinner at his house I was completely wrecked.

372 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:27:51am

re: #367 allegro

"Moderate" Republicans have their ideal candidate. His name is Obama.

Yep...met my best friend from high school last night - hadn't seen each other in over 25 years - were members of the college Young Republicans together (yes, me)...he's still a Republican but says he voted for Obama over McCain because he "heard Obama give a speech and thought, that guy is smarter than me and I want a president who is smarter than I am."

It was a good reunion. Still a very bright guy and a joy to talk to. No more 25 year breaks between visits, we've promised each other.

373 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:29:35am

re: #371 Killgore Trout

eating is another way to end up taking way too much. One of the local backyard growers makes his own canabutter. After dinner at his house I was completely wrecked.

Hell, six or seven years ago I would have bought three cookies. I bought one, asked the girl selling them if they were strong, and she just giggled at me. That's why I only ate half.

374 allegro  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:30:01am

re: #369 Killgore Trout

Weed today is a whole different thing than we had as kids in the 80's. Smoking a joint is just insane. One or two hits from a bowl is all I can take. Even then it's easy to get way too high.

The grass we typically get down here allows for a nice mellow buzz after a couple of hits or so. When I was in California for a conference a few years ago, about 5 of us went outside for a toke and the guy produced this teeny, toothpick thin doobie that made me think, " you call THAT a joint?" Holy moly, two hits off that thing and I was sitting on a bench with my head down trying not to pass out. It was more potent than the hash back in the 60s. I did not like it.

375 BongCrodny  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:31:34am

I was going to say something relevant to this weed discussion, but I forgot what it was.

376 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:31:42am

re: #369 Killgore Trout

One of the last times I smoked weed (turned out it was hash) was 30 years ago.

I got too high. Too high sucks.

I didn't know that pot was more potent now. That's scary.

Too high sucks.

377 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:33:39am

How many CPAC attendees does it take to change a lightbulb?


None. They fear change even if it makes the world a brighter place.


Just stole/modified that from a "how many haters" joke...I find the two groups synonymous.

378 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:34:36am

My company drug tests. Hope I don't get a "contact high" from this thread.

379 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:35:09am

re: #378 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My company drug tests. Hope I don't get a "contact high" from this thread.

Drug tests are easy..you'll whizz right through it.

380 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:36:11am

re: #378 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Do they actually do so randomly, rather than just on-hire?

381 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:36:30am

re: #362 Obdicut

[Link: video.foxbusiness.com...]

Fox business is hosting Lew goddamn Rockwell. As in, the guy who probably wrote the bulk of Ron Paul's racist emails.

Racists are riding fat and happy these days in America.

And the hits just keep on coming. No more shame... it's likely to get worse.

382 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:38:15am

re: #378 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My company drug tests. Hope I don't get a "contact high" from this thread.

If you give them a new recipe for meth do you get extra credit?

383 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:39:19am

re: #381 Kronocide

The 'knickers' song has jump-started racists using that phrase on fox comments and otherplaces on the web. I still can't believe they did that song. Fucking ridiculous for Romney to be at a conference where people are taunting blacks like that. But that's the modern GOP for ya.

384 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:39:29am

re: #362 Obdicut

[Link: video.foxbusiness.com...]

Fox business is hosting Lew goddamn Rockwell. As in, the guy who probably wrote the bulk of Ron Paul's racist emails.

Racists are riding fat and happy these days in America.

Don't worry. I'm sure the so called "liberal media" on the other channels will educate or inform Americans as to what all of this is really about.

//

385 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:41:06am

re: #380 Obdicut

Do they actually do so randomly, rather than just on-hire?

Three cases.
On hire (full criminal/driving/drug)
If you apply for a promotion (full criminal/driving/drug)
If you are in an accident (drug)...

Guy I worked with got fired last year after 16 years (of exemplary service) with the company. Was in a very minor fender bender (no damage/injuries). But it happened while he was on the phone with the boss. Told the boss, "Damn! A lady just rear ended me." Boss said, "I wish you wouldn't have told me that."...

Had to send him to pee in a cup. Positive for pot. I never saw him again.

386 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:41:14am

The only real in-depth news from the mass media you'll ever get is if some cute blonde white girl goes missing in Latin America or something. Then they'll spend 1,000s of hours on reporting everything and anything.

387 BongCrodny  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:41:36am

re: #379 darthstar

Drug tests are easy..you'll whizz right through it.

My best friend is probably even more chronic than I am; about a year ago he got a temporary position where he had to be tested.

Knowing he could never *legitimately* pass a test, he got a friend of ours to pee in a container for him, and taped it to his butt cheeks.

He passed the test because of this and started the job shortly after that.

So a thought occurred to me: maybe they're really not testing for drugs; maybe they're testing just to see whether you're smart enough to pass a drug test.

388 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:42:12am

re: #383 Obdicut

The 'knickers' song has jump-started racists using that phrase on fox comments and otherplaces on the web. I still can't believe they did that song. Fucking ridiculous for Romney to be at a conference where people are taunting blacks like that. But that's the modern GOP for ya.

Interestingly, more commenting during the night seems to indicate that the guy getting up and walking out is, in fact, part of the stunt. Report is that they do it in the 'music video' version.

If you're interested, Rumproast has the links. I myself feel that it is too early in the morning to watch more guys in wigs yelling.

389 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:42:14am

re: #385 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Poor dude. Poor company. Drug testing is one of the best ways to lose good talent.

The companies I find really funny, though, are the ones that just drug test once, on hire. It's like a stupidity test.

390 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:42:29am

Napolitano's and Bolling's shows are cancelled. They're still thick as thieves at Fox with their other obligations. They'll probably do more guest spots.

391 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:43:04am

re: #388 SanFranciscoZionist

So they intentionally are acknowledging that this is offensive to black people, and that's funny because... I don't get it.

392 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:44:51am

re: #388 SanFranciscoZionist

Interestingly, more commenting during the night seems to indicate that the guy getting up and walking out is, in fact, part of the stunt. Report is that they do it in the 'music video' version.

Of course it's part of the joke, as is clear from the original video. It doesn't prove that the black guy is a part of the act.

393 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:45:33am

re: #385 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Exactly what the law is designed to do. Get rid of older workers.

394 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:47:06am

re: #389 Obdicut

Poor dude. Poor company. Drug testing is one of the best ways to lose good talent.

The companies I find really funny, though, are the ones that just drug test once, on hire. It's like a stupidity test.

From the company's standpoint, hypothetical... guy has drugs in his system... is on company business, is in a major accident, kills a busload of toddlers who are on their way home from a hospital where they've all just been cured of an incurable cancer... The hospital does tox-testing on the guy's blood...

Company is in a world of hurt.

395 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:47:47am

re: #389 Obdicut

Poor dude. Poor company. Drug testing is one of the best ways to lose good talent.

The companies I find really funny, though, are the ones that just drug test once, on hire. It's like a stupidity test.

Guy I knew ages ago was an IT person, very good at it. Loved pot. He worked a long temp gig at some place, and they adored him, and wanted to hire him. When they arrived with the offer, they wanted to hire him that same day. Meaning a drug test that same day, so, drive over to this clinic, pee for them, and come back here for the paperwork.

He politely told them that he would not pass a drug test today, and offered them the option of offering him a permanent job in however long it takes for the stuff to clear your system. And they said, uh, well, shoot, no.

So he took a different job, somewhere else.

I really do not see how the company gained anything by this.

396 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:48:06am

re: #389 Obdicut

Poor dude. Poor company. Drug testing is one of the best ways to lose good talent.

The companies I find really funny, though, are the ones that just drug test once, on hire. It's like a stupidity test.

Someone can rock crack all night Friday and come to work Monday clean as a whistle. But woe is the man who hits off a doobie around the campfire on vacation.

397 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:49:15am

Gus, I found a graphic for you ;)

Image: CZx3J.gif

398 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:49:36am

re: #391 Obdicut

So they intentionally are acknowledging that this is offensive to black people, and that's funny because... I don't get it.

Because we can SAY it! Because we're really saying KNICKERS! Heh heh!

//Like the kid who says loudly in class "Timmy is a reee-ly nice person!" loud enough to get everyone going "Ooooh!" and giggling.

399 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:50:38am

re: #392 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Of course it's part of the joke, as is clear from the original video. It doesn't prove that the black guy is a part of the act.

No, although most of the options are even more unpleasant.

400 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:52:27am

re: #398 SanFranciscoZionist

May I speak with Michael Hunt?

401 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:53:37am

re: #394 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

From the company's standpoint, hypothetical... guy has drugs in his system... is on company business, is in a major accident, kills a busload of toddlers who are on their way home from a hospital where they've all just been cured of an incurable cancer... The hospital does tox-testing on the guy's blood...

Company is in a world of hurt.

No, there's no extra liability for them, actually.

402 darthstar  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:54:53am

re: #400 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My I speak with Michael Hunt?

Didn't someone pull the Mike Hunt thing with a comment on CNN recently?

403 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:55:04am

re: #401 Obdicut

Then I don't get it either.

404 BongCrodny  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:55:15am

Don't know how accurate it is, but here's a list of drugs and the times it takes to exit your system:

Alcohol - 3-5 days in urine (eTg), up to 90 in hair and around 10 - 12 hours in blood.

Amphetamines - 1 to 3 days in urine, up to 90 in hair and around 12 hours in blood.

MDMA (Ecstasy) 3-4 days in urine, up to 90 in hair and 1 - 2 days in blood.

Barbiturates - 2 to 4 days in urine, up to 90 in hair and 1 to 2 days in blood.

Phenobarbital - 2 to 3 weeks in urine, up to 90 in hair and up to a week in blood.

Benzodiazapines - 3 to 6 weeks in urine, up to 90 in hair and 2 - 3 days in blood.

Marijuana - 7 to 30 days in urine, up to 90 days in hair, two weeks in blood.
Methamphetamine (crystal) - 3 to 6 days in urine, up 90 in hair, 24 - 72 hours in blood.

Cocaine - 3 to 4 days in urine, up to 90 days in hair, 1 - 2 days in blood.

Codeine - 1 day in urine, up to 90 days in hair, 12 hours in blood.

Fentanyl - 1 day in urine, up to 90 days in hair, 4 hours in blood.

Morphine - 2 -3 days in urine, up to 90 in hair, 6 - 8 hours in blood.

Heroin - 3 to 4 days in urine, up to 90 in hair, up to 12 hours in blood.

LSD - 1 to 3 days in urine, up to 3 days in hair, 2 - 3 hours in blood.
Methadone - 3 - 4 days in urine, up to 90 in hair, 24 - 36 hours in blood.

PCP - up to 30 days in urine, up to 90 days in hair, 2 - 4 days in blood.

Dilaudid - 2 to 3 days in urine, up to 90 days in hair, up to 22 hours in blood.

Suboxone - 2 - 5 days in urine, up to 90 days in hair, up to 3 days in blood.

It's certainly weird that the one purportedly the least harmful is one of the drugs that takes the longest time to exit.

405 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:55:34am

re: #394 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

From the company's standpoint, hypothetical... guy has drugs in his system... is on company business, is in a major accident, kills a busload of toddlers who are on their way home from a hospital where they've all just been cured of an incurable cancer... The hospital does tox-testing on the guy's blood...

Company is in a world of hurt.

We never ran a drug test before a hire and everyone knew I didn't care what they did on their own time but if they got hurt on the job the insurance company insisted on a drug test. It was completely out of my control.

406 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:57:21am

re: #404 BongCrodny

Nicotine? That's coming, or is it all ready here for new hires?...

407 erik_t  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:57:43am

re: #396 Amory Blaine

Someone can rock crack all night Friday and come to work Monday clean as a whistle. But woe is the man who hits off a doobie around the campfire on vacation.

That's chemistry, not policy. I'm sure the company would be just fine with equal testable intervals for all substances, if they could have it.

408 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:00:15am

re: #407 erik_t

Doesn't negate the fact that someone who smokes a joint on vacation, away from work gets canned.

409 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:00:18am

re: #397 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Gus, I found a graphic for you ;)

Image: CZx3J.gif

Awe shit. ;) Hey, I was just working on one.

410 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:00:36am

re: #404 BongCrodny

Don't know how accurate it is, but here's a list of drugs and the times it takes to exit your system:

It's certainly weird that the one purportedly the least harmful is one of the drugs that takes the longest time to exit.

Several others on that list are in that range. I think one of the key issues is whether something is fat-soluble--if it is, it takes its sweet time clearing the system.

411 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:00:55am

Direct link:

[Link: twitter.com...]

412 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:01:11am

re: #401 Obdicut

No, there's no extra liability for them, actually.

Maybe there's something about the press reporting that a stoned employee of said company killed the babies... I dunno... But, it can't be good.

413 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:01:25am

re: #406 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Our wellness program punishes nicotine use. I think they pay 100 more a month for health care.

414 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:01:36am

re: #409 Gus

CPAC = underpants gnomes?

/

415 simoom  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:01:37am

Romney Maine town hall:

Q: Do you think it's patriotic of you to stash your money away in the Cayman islands?


Not too exciting, but it does demonstrate the Romney Campaign's official line for this sort of question.
416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:03:26am

Watching Walken in "The Dead Zone".

417 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:04:15am

I'm watching Friday coincidentally.

418 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:05:28am

I'm freaking cold.

419 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:05:53am

I can't find my pipe.

420 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:06:26am

re: #412 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Like a lot of things in the corporate world, there's no science, rhyme, or reason to it, it's just one of those things that got started and now is hard to stop.

421 Daniel Ballard  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:06:29am

re: #389 Obdicut

Poor dude. Poor company. Drug testing is one of the best ways to lose good talent.

The companies I find really funny, though, are the ones that just drug test once, on hire. It's like a stupidity test.

In jewelry it's whole 'nother thing. They used to do pre hire polygraphs. Then California made that illegal. So we suddenly had to hire screening companies to give and evaluate based on psych profiles. Voodoo medicine IMO, utter waste of time and money. Those tests were unhelpful at best.

Now it's all about drug testing. 'Cause if you smoke a joint on a weekend, you lack the restraint to walk off with the diamonds or gold. LOL. .
And yeah we lost lots of good hard working/hard playing people.

422 BongCrodny  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:06:32am

Dumb things I've done on pot, Chapter 587:

Many years ago, my best friend and I were looking for work. There wasn't much to be had in our hometown, but there was a construction project going on and we'd heard a rumor than one of the contractors were hiring.

We went there three or four times over the course of a month, to no avail. Maybe they took pity on us, or maybe they got a new project in; finally they agreed to take us both on, pending the results of a successful piss test.

We couldn't even stay off the weed for two days, let alone a month or so. We even smoked the night before the test.

Being the two brainiacs that we were, we knew we had try and do something. Of course, this was about 30 years ago, and back then everybody we knew smoked.

So yours truly got the absolutely brilliant idea to spike the urine sample with...Clorox.

We each took a small container with us to the test, with the idea of mixing it with the urine in the bizarre hope that it would, I dunno, neutralize the THC content or at least screw up the results.

The minute -- hell, *seconds* after we walked into the clinic, the receptionist says "Hey, you guys smell like bleach."

It will likely come as no surprise that we remained unemployed.

423 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:06:32am

re: #419 RogueOne

I can't find my pipe.

Crisis mode!!! Alert!!!Alert!!!

424 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:06:41am

re: #418 Gus

I'm freaking cold.

re: #419 RogueOne

I can't find my pipe.

Problems, problems.

425 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:07:02am

12 °F
Humidity: 92%

More Winter BS for the rest of the week too. Although it'll warm up a touch.

426 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:07:20am

re: #424 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

re: #419 RogueOne

Problems, problems.

Fucking aye.

427 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:08:05am

re: #426 Gus

Stupid question: you don't have heating at home?

428 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:08:38am

re: #421 Daniel Ballard

While alcohol is fully legal, any drug testing and firing people over pot is just risible.

429 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:09:11am

re: #427 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Stupid question: you don't have heating at home?

Just this stupid oil radiator thing on this side of the house. Not sure if it's dying already. You know. Bought it new a couple of months ago but nothing lasts anymore.

430 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:10:04am

My left hand is resting on it most of the time. The other hand stays cold as does the mouse when it gets this way. You know. Cold.

431 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:10:29am

re: #429 Gus

Is it a Delonghi? We had a one of those that I can highly, highly recommend.

432 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:11:00am

re: #431 Obdicut

Is it a Delonghi? We had a one of those that I can highly, highly recommend.

Pelonis. I got it at Home Despot.

433 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:12:09am

re: #430 Gus

My left hand is resting on it most of the time. The other hand stays cold as does the mouse when it gets this way. You know. Cold.

Can you buy a small heat ventilator? Saves me when the wind is so strong it blows through whatever cracks in the window frames that I haven't patched up.

434 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:12:24am

re: #422 BongCrodny

I took a pee test once and then demanded that they return it after they were done with it saying it was my property. The "nurse" really was shocked and it took about a half hour to get a reply. They said there was nothing left after they test.

435 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:13:01am

Cripes. Was just listening to that cavewoman Phyllis Schlafly at CPAC sitting next to some dorky looking eunuch wearing a bow-tie.

436 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:13:27am

re: #432 Gus

Pelonis. I got it at Home Despot.

typo? ;)

437 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:13:49am

re: #436 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

typo? ;)

Nope. Home Despot. ;)

438 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:14:04am

Try a hot water bottle. awesome wrist support.

439 wrenchwench  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:14:17am

re: #435 Gus

Cripes. Was just listening to that cavewoman Phyllis Schlafly at CPAC sitting next to some dorky looking eunuch wearing a bow-tie.

Possibly her son?

440 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:14:46am

re: #428 Obdicut

While alcohol is fully legal, any drug testing and firing people over pot is just risible.

I would much rather my welders smoke than drink. The ones that smoke show up to work in the morning without a hangover.

441 Daniel Ballard  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:14:48am

re: #419 RogueOne

I can't find my pipe.

You can borrow mine.

442 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:14:59am

re: #439 wrenchwench

Possibly her son?

Didn't look like him.

443 Obdicut  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:15:07am

re: #432 Gus

Pelonis. I got it at Home Despot.

I recommend this one a lot:

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

444 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:17:09am

re: #439 wrenchwench

Possibly her son?

Was part of this garbage:

The Phony Divide Between Fiscal & Social Conservatives: Protecting Marriage as a Case Study

Phyllis Schlafly, Founder, Eagle Forum
Tim Goeglein, Vice President of External Relations, Focus on the Family
The Honorable David McIntosh, Former United States Representative
Dr. John Eastman, Chairman, National Organization for Marriage; Henry Salvatori Professor,
Chapman University School of Law
Moderator: Maggie Gallagher, Co-Founder, National Organization for Marriage

445 RogueOne  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:19:37am

Time to be productive. Enjoy the day people!

446 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:20:56am

re: #444 Gus

Was part of this garbage:

I think it was this turd, Tim Goeglein:

Timothy Goeglein (pronounced Ghegline) (born January 6, 1964) was Special Assistant to U. S. President George W. Bush and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison from 2001 to 2008. He resigned following the discovery of plagiarism in more than 20 opinion pieces he wrote for a newspaper in his home town. In January 2009, Goeglein became the top Washington DC lobbyist for the Christian Organization Focus on the Family.

Image: 23.jpg

Image: Tim_Goeglein_2.jpg

447 Daniel Ballard  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:22:13am

BTW seeing the angst from the Catholic church about contraception, I think they are lucky I'm not a negotiator at the WH. I'd be tempted (not sure about the legality, but maybe this or something similar) to tell them that if they keep this up, local prosecutors will file RICO charges against some Catholic Churches that transferred pedophile priests. Based on the fact Church donations were used to thwart the prosecution of pedophile priests.

Then sit back and warm my hands in the inevitable heat that would follow.

448 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:24:33am

re: #446 Gus

I think it was this turd, Tim Goeglein:

Image: 23.jpg

Image: Tim_Goeglein_2.jpg

Hurl:

In January 2009, Goeglein became the Vice President of External Relations for Focus on the Family. The Colorado-based organization said Goeglein will be its "eyes and ears in Washington" as it defends issues such as rejecting same-sex marriage and for banning abortion.

On June 10, 2009, Geoglein said this about his former boss: "George W. Bush was the instrument in God’s hand" who, upon being told of the September 11 attacks, "immediately...knew that this was war and that we were being attacked existentially by radical Islam." Geoglein went on to say that George W. Bush "is a great thinker" and that "with the benefit of time and space. . . historians will look back at those remarkable, incredibly eventful eight years, and say, you know, he made the right decisions"

449 Amory Blaine  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:25:18am

Well, seeing their high handed efforts against contraception, I sure would like to see the same effort going into persecuting their divorced church members. Isn't divorce a mortal sin?

450 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:26:23am

re: #448 Gus

Hurl:

Oh yeah. My Gaydar 2000 is going off big time with this guy.

451 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:27:06am

Obama is redefining religious consciousnesses?

452 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:27:51am

Horrible techno-something music.

453 Killgore Trout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:28:07am

re: #447 Daniel Ballard

BTW seeing the angst from the Catholic church about contraception, I think they are lucky I'm not a negotiator at the WH. I'd be tempted (not sure about the legality, but maybe this or something similar) to tell them that if they keep this up, local prosecutors will file RICO charges against some Catholic Churches that transferred pedophile priests. Based on the fact Church donations were used to thwart the prosecution of pedophile priests.

Then sit back and warm my hands in the inevitable heat that would follow.

I think this really plays into the Dems favor. Something like 98% of the population (including catholics, evangelicals, etc) uses contraception. The Church and the Republican candidates are all now on record opposing condoms and birth control pills. It's a very unpopular and stupid position for them to take.

454 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:29:09am
455 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:30:42am

re: #452 freetoken

Horrible techno-something music.

They're weird. They look weird. They sound weird. They believe in weird things. They say weird things. They have weird taste in music. They wear weird clothing. Weird, weird, weird. It's like being on a road trip and stopping in some goofy little town in the middle of Buttfuck, USA.

456 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:30:57am

OOhh, head of the MoonieTimes.

457 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:31:24am

This won't be "fight club", but rather WWE.

458 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:32:17am

Begala has to be a real media whore to want to show up to something like this.

459 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:33:52am

So anyone want to talk guns as well as drugs?

Went to a little bitty gun show at the local VFW Wednesday night and ended up trading a double barrel shotgun and a revolver for an elderly mid 20's Mauser C96 pistol. A nice Bolo in .30 Mauser - it's worn and will need some restoration in the long run but should shoot once I get the replacement springs for it.

[Link: picasaweb.google.com...]

460 reine.de.tout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:33:52am

re: #356 Obdicut

Just try to keep foremost in mind how much pleasure, happiness, and contentment you gave her throughout her life. Don't just remember the last months. I'm sure you cossetted the daylights out of her.

She was spoiled rotten, as are all our pets.

My mom used to say she hoped to be reincarnated as one of our pets, LOL.

461 simoom  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:36:09am

From Dave Weigel's blog, some CPAC swag:
[Link: www.slate.com...]

A pro-troops-urinating-on-the-dead shirt:
Image: 6856699021_56b450a242_b.jpg

462 allegro  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:36:17am

re: #454 Gus

Screen shot:

Tim Goeglein, Vice President of External Relations, Focus on the Family

He really, really makes me think of PeeWee Herman, 'cept I think his playhouse would be much kinkier.

463 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:36:52am

CPAC is too stupid. I've turned if off. Last thing I want to do on a Saturday morning is listen to Tucker Carlson spout idiocies and Begala suck-up to the wanna-be fascists to justify his 6 figure salary.

464 wrenchwench  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:37:23am

My Firefox crashed multiple times this morning. I couldn't stay online. So now I'm on Chrome, and it has a slight hesitation when I try to do anything. But otherwise a pretty seamless transition, until I try to find my most recent bookmarks...or any bookmarks. Where did I put those...?

465 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:37:27am

re: #462 allegro

He really, really makes me think of PeeWee Herman, 'cept I think his playhouse would be much kinkier.

Alternate View - Tim Goeglein, Vice President of External Relations, Focus on the Family

466 wrenchwench  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:39:57am

re: #460 reine.de.tout

{{{Reine}}}

That's what I was trying to do when firefox quit.

467 simoom  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:40:19am

re: #461 simoom

From Dave Weigel's blog, some CPAC swag:
[Link: www.slate.com...]

Santorum branded Nutella...

Image: 6856738841_d5272190e4_b.jpg

468 allegro  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:40:33am

re: #462 allegro

He really, really makes me think of PeeWee Herman, 'cept I think his playhouse would be much kinkier.

I actually owe Paul Reubens an apology for that. I love PeeWee and all the playhouse family and that was a cruel and ugly comparison to make.

/hanging my head in shame

469 Talking Point Detective  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:41:51am

Killgore -

Curious how you react to Breitbart calling OWS rapists.

470 allegro  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:42:46am

re: #467 simoom

Santorum branded Nutella...

Image: 6856738841_d5272190e4_b.jpg

Oh good god, who thought that was a good idea to put any food product under a santorum label? just... eww.

471 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:43:50am

re: #460 reine.de.tout

Reine, I'm sorry to hear about your cat. We lost one to old age last fall; it's hard to get over the habit of checking to see if they're underfoot.

472 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:45:03am

I'd like to believe this. It's all played out like a game of rope-a-dope, since the GOP are now on record as being against contraception in an election year:

Obama Punks the GOP on Contraception

Also, on a CPAC note:

Huckabee Tells CPAC Abortions are Responsible for Bad Economy

473 ProGunLiberal  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:45:05am

re: #467 simoom

I think I'm gonna hurl.

474 simoom  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:45:47am

re: #470 allegro

Oh good god, who thought that was a good idea to put any food product under a santorum label? just... eww.

Based on the the campaign buttons it looks like some Paul fans :o.

475 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:45:59am

re: #466 wrenchwench

{{{Reine}}}

+1

My condolences too, Reine.

476 Talking Point Detective  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:49:28am

re: #349 reine.de.tout

Aw - I don't feel like such a freak now.

In my experience, sometimes it can be much easier to access grief over a pet than over humans. It's embarrassing. It seems as if it "shouldn't" be that way.

I think that the reality is that grief over pets is certainly very real in it's own right - the unconditional love I share with pets is very powerful - but the grief I experience with pets is also a way to access the grief I have felt in the past over human deaths (or other situations of loss in the intra-human relationship department) but perhaps had some trouble accessing.

Could be just me, might just be psycho-babble, and certainly it isn't the case for everyone else all the time, but I do think it might be something of a general phenomenon.

477 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:49:33am

re: #463 freetoken

CPAC is too stupid. I've turned if off. Last thing I want to do on a Saturday morning is listen to Tucker Carlson spout idiocies and Begala suck-up to the wanna-be fascists to justify his 6 figure salary.

Oddly enough this has been the most tolerable even I've seen thus far.

478 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:53:37am

Booing FDR. Yeesh.

479 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:53:52am

re: #460 reine.de.tout

Sorry about your kitty. Hang in there.

480 Major Tom  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:54:26am

Who was that ignorant, feral man?

481 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:55:34am
482 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:55:47am

Screen name was during the racist little act last nite.

Time to think positive.

483 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:56:09am

Cloudy, cool, and a bit drizzly. Supposed to be like that for 4 days... more like Oregon than San Diego.

484 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:57:15am

re: #481 Lidane

I so hope Santorum gets the nomination. Blogging will be much more fun than if Tofu gets his scheduled anointing.

485 Charles Johnson  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 9:59:17am

Wow. Get a load of this piece of dishonest trash, by Big Journalism's fake account "P.J. Salvatore:"

Dog Whistle Progressives Fabricate Racial Incident at CPAC - Big Journalism

Complete with link to the stalker blog.

486 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:00:53am

re: #485 Charles Johnson

Yep.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

487 Charles Johnson  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:01:10am

Whoever wrote that is actually trying to claim that Steven Crowder was using "knickers" in a completely innocent way. Wow!

And they repeat John Nolte's ridiculous smear that I "called the Marines bloodthirsty."

Man, the lies are coming fast and furious these days.

488 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:03:43am

re: #416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Watching Walken in "The Dead Zone".

I adore everything David Cronenberg has ever done. "Videodrome" is tops, but "The Dead Zone" really showcases Walken's genuine acting talent and Stephen King's yarn-spinning skill.

489 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:04:21am

re: #487 Charles Johnson

Whoever wrote that is actually trying to claim that Steven Crowder was using "knickers" in a completely innocent way. Wow!

Image: D9sTj.gif

490 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:06:37am

re: #484 freetoken

I so hope Santorum gets the nomination. Blogging will be much more fun than if Tofu gets his scheduled anointing.

I want him to be nominated because when he loses, the wingnuts won't be able to say he wasn't conservative enough.

491 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:06:59am

re: #487 Charles Johnson

Watching CPAC (even now), given how in-denial that crowd is about their own anti-social sicknesses (ignoring for now the basic snake-oil salesmen's gimmicks) I have no doubt that in many of the CPACers' minds they are truly innocent of any racism or twisted behavior.

492 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:09:05am

re: #485 Charles Johnson

Wow. Get a load of this piece of dishonest trash, by Big Journalism's fake account "P.J. Salvatore:"

Dog Whistle Progressives Fabricate Racial Incident at CPAC - Big Journalism

Complete with link to the stalker blog.

They, Big Journalism, really didn't have to go too far to prove they're the trash they really are.

493 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:09:09am

No one's going to be fooled by that stupid defense of the knicker joke.
I doubt the founding fathers even used the word to describe their knee-breeches, since it apparently didn't come into general use until 1866.

knickers
"short, loose-fitting undergarment," now usually for women but not originally so, 1866, shortening of knickerbockers (1859), said to be so called for their resemblance to the trousers of old-time Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations for Washington Irving's "History of New York" [1809] (see knickerbocker).
[Link: www.etymonline.com...]


The word pantaloons entered the language in the 17th century as a term of ridicule for long pants. At the time, fashionable Englishmen were still wearing knee-breeches. (They were still wearing them in 1776; think U.S. Founding Fathers.)
[Link: www.dailywritingtips.com...]

494 wrenchwench  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:09:49am

re: #491 freetoken

Watching CPAC (even now), given how in-denial that crowd is about their own anti-social sicknesses (ignoring for now the basic snake-oil salesmen's gimmicks) I have no doubt that in many of the CPACers' minds they are truly innocent of any racism or twisted behavior.

Even when they're making a joke about being 'mistaken for racists' they manage to pretend they don't know how someone could think that they actually are.

495 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:10:21am

re: #481 Lidane

Ladies and gents, the current Republican front-runner:

Santorum: Women Are Capable Of ‘Flying Small Planes’

In case you missed it earlier, here are some recent pics of women and their small planes.

[Link: www.voodoo-world.cz...]

496 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:12:28am

Guy at CPAC just raised the Rather issue and GWB papers... didn't credit LGF at all, but rather just some "blog" picked up someone else's work, and even referenced "typesetting".

497 allegro  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:13:16am

re: #487 Charles Johnson

Whoever wrote that is actually trying to claim that Steven Crowder was using "knickers" in a completely innocent way. Wow!

And they repeat John Nolte's ridiculous smear that I "called the Marines bloodthirsty."

Man, the lies are coming fast and furious these days.

I couldn't even get to the knickers part. Didn't need to. The whole gangster, crotch grabbing, Hip Hop bad "parody" was too much. There was nothing innocent about it.

498 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:14:10am

re: #492 Gus

They, Big Journalism, really didn't have to go too far to prove they're the trash they really are.

Also, for people who spend their days yammering about how irrelevant and how much of a boil on the ass of the internet LGF is, they're utterly obsessed with what goes on around here.

499 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:14:15am

"We need 10,000 Andrew Breitbarts..."

*vomit*

500 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:15:04am

re: #493 jaunte

No one's going to be fooled by that stupid defense of the knicker joke.
I doubt the founding fathers even used the word to describe their knee-breeches, since it apparently didn't come into general use until 1866.

The "artists'" own defense is going to be "the joke was satirizing the double standard of the rappers being allowed to say the n-word". They're not going to deny that the joke is deliberate.

The BJ defense is that there was no joke at all, and that's where this defense fails. Whether the FF's used the word is not the issue, IMHO.

501 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:15:55am

re: #499 freetoken

"We need 10,000 Andrew Breitbarts..."

Does this mean a sequel to "Idiocracy" is being made, and this is a casting call for extras?

502 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:16:01am

re: #498 Lidane

Also, for people who spend their days yammering about how irrelevant and how much of a boil on the ass of the internet LGF is, they're utterly obsessed with what goes on around here.

Right. If we're so irrelevant than why are those knuckle draggers so worried about our opinion on some CPAC video? ;) Nah. We're not talking logic here. We're looking at a cognitively deficient and low-IQ demographic there.

503 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:16:26am

re: #499 freetoken

Panel discussing right wing blogging standards:
"I don't know anything, but I can type."

504 Kronocide  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:16:49am

re: #498 Lidane

Also, for people who spend their days yammering about how irrelevant and how much of a boil on the ass of the internet LGF is, they're utterly obsessed with what goes on around here.

“No one reads this boil on the ass of the blogsophere anymore.”

Heh. Except for us.

That's the third Irony Meter busted this month. Dammit.

505 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:17:06am

re: #503 jaunte

Panel discussing right wing blogging standards:
"I don't know anything, but I can type."

Likely hunt'n'peck ...

506 BongCrodny  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:18:11am

re: #487 Charles Johnson

Whoever wrote that is actually trying to claim that Steven Crowder was using "knickers" in a completely innocent way. Wow!

And they repeat John Nolte's ridiculous smear that I "called the Marines bloodthirsty."

Man, the lies are coming fast and furious these days.

A few years back some of the more disgusting right wing sites were running a poll, "Is Michelle Obama a nagger?"

They're like a ten year old who lies through his teeth and then says "What, you don't believe me?"

I kind of wish the Roosevelt Rule was never enacted: there's nothing I'd like better than to see the President get a third or fourth term in the White House, if for no other reason than to piss those fuckers off.

507 wrenchwench  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:20:16am

The only way those racist morons could get away with their act is if everybody else was as stupid as they are. They must be assuming that's the case.

508 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:21:28am

Shana Kluck @ShanaJean
Taxation is not theft. It's armed robbery" @TuckerCarlson #CPAC2012

509 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:21:34am
510 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:22:54am

Second mention of "knowing how to type."
Must be rare.

511 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:23:49am
512 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:24:17am

Just read the Wonkette article on the lame rappers. I must bow to the most succinct, mind-blowing, of their comments:

"CPAC Shakur"

513 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:26:30am

That lady that was entranced by the CPACRap? Cynthia Yockey.

514 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:27:29am

re: #513 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

This is one of the happiest days of my life. I’m starting to wonder what equality will be like. I know that straight people have equality and are perfectly capable of making a hash of their lives anyway. But, still — just the thought of the opportunities and security that have been denied to me as a lesbian all my life because I am a lesbian now opening up makes me feel like my body — and my future — are filled with light.

515 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:27:33am

re: #513 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

That lady that was entranced by the CPACRap? Cynthia Yockey.

Oh brother. That weirdo. Haven't seen her site in years.

516 allegro  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:28:20am

re: #509 Gus

"Separation of church and state can kiss my ass!" - Stephen Baldwin at #CPAC2012

See, there's a big part of the problem. I want government and religion to stay far away from my female ass and various other parts but the religious right so-called conservative fuckwads are determined to go there. I do not consent to kissing or any other unwanted attention.

That is all.

517 wrenchwench  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:29:25am
518 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:29:51am

She's also an anti-creationist AGW denier.

519 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:30:11am

re: #513 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

That lady that was entranced by the CPACRap? Cynthia Yockey.

Tragic.

(Speaking of tragedy, I explored your Potemkinish film, Optimistic Tragedy. Not the worst title for the entire Soviet enterprise.)

520 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:31:22am

re: #510 jaunte

Second mention of "knowing how to type."
Must be rare.

It's their most salable skill.

Certain critical thinking and honesty are not in their pocket.

521 Charles Johnson  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:31:44am

re: #496 freetoken

Guy at CPAC just raised the Rather issue and GWB papers... didn't credit LGF at all, but rather just some "blog" picked up someone else's work, and even referenced "typesetting".

They've erased me.

522 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:32:04am

The guy at the CPAC blogging panel just lied (again), claiming the right-o-sphere doesn't have any sugar daddies.

523 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:33:37am

This on a panel with Ed Morrissey, who spouts his idiocy on a blog site owned by Salem Communications, which is owned by a couple of super-rich theocrats who spend millions on their blog sites.

524 kirkspencer  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:33:38am

re: #522 freetoken

The guy at the CPAC blogging panel just lied (again), claiming the right-o-sphere doesn't have any sugar daddies.

Well, I don't think anyone calls the Koch brothers "sweet". ///

525 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:33:49am

re: #521 Charles Johnson

They've erased me.

Non-Lizard.

526 Sionainn  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:34:12am

re: #514 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Wow. She really thinks that she's going to be embraced by the RWNJs when they want to keep her from having the same rights that straight people enjoy. Ugh.

527 Decatur Deb  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:35:17am

re: #526 Sionainn

Wow. She really thinks that she's going to be embraced by the RWNJs when they want to keep her from having the same rights that straight people enjoy. Ugh.

She can still get up and dance when they rap about "tykes".

528 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:36:21am

re: #526 Sionainn

Wow. She really thinks that she's going to be embraced by the RWNJs when they want to keep her from having the same rights that straight people enjoy. Ugh.

This is some cognitive pathology.

529 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:36:44am

re: #526 Sionainn

Wow. She really thinks that she's going to be embraced by the RWNJs when they want to keep her from having the same rights that straight people enjoy. Ugh.

Of course they'll embrace her. Useful idiots come in handy.

530 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:37:15am

That CPAC Blogging panel was an exercise in historical revisionism and in deceit.

531 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:37:34am

Charles, if you're reading, you will probably want to add single quotes - ' - to the list of characters forbidden for dispnames. They totally wreck the karma tables.

532 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:37:37am

re: #526 Sionainn

Wow. She really thinks that she's going to be embraced by the RWNJs when they want to keep her from having the same rights that straight people enjoy. Ugh.

You probably remember Throbert?

533 Sionainn  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:38:08am

re: #532 Gus

You probably remember Throbert?

No.

534 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:39:13am

Hey, in relation to the stalker blog, is Walter still there?

535 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:39:16am

re: #533 Sionainn

No.

He was a regular here that was a bit like that. Completely delusional about being gay and conservative. And that wasn't his worst characteristics.

536 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:39:57am

re: #534 Saturday morn, fresh start!

Hey, in relation to the stalker blog, is Walter still there?

Yes, he's still decomposing there.

537 Sionainn  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:40:23am

re: #535 Gus

He was a regular here that was a bit like that. Completely delusional about being gay and conservative. And that wasn't his worst characteristics.

Ah, thanks. I guess I wasn't here then.

538 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:40:55am

re: #536 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Yes, he's still decomposing there.

Guess he's not collecting shopping carts from the parking lot anymore.

//

539 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:40:58am

Daniel Hannan next up to warn about being too European.

540 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:41:14am

The sheer volume of self-deception on the part of most at CPAC, and on outright deception on the part of the movers and shakers at CPAC, supports my contention that creationists have a "mental illness" (though some here have take exception at my use of that term.)

In this case "mental illness" is part of a social mal-adaptation disorder where people intentionally avoid reality and create for themselves a delusion into which escape is their goal.

541 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:41:33am

re: #538 Gus

Guess he's not collecting shopping carts from the parking lot anymore.

//

Well, who wants a douche to collect shopping carts? /

542 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:42:11am

re: #539 jaunte

He's got an English accent.

Therefore, CPACers will think everything he says is intelligent.

543 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:42:25am

re: #541 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

Well, who wants a douche to collect shopping carts? /

There's always light bulb boxing. No wait those aren't made in the USA anymore.

//

544 reine.de.tout  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:43:56am

Well, I've watched the CPAC video clips, and here's all I can say:

I do not recognize most of my fellow conservatoids these days. Seriously. It started with Sarah Palin, and it's just gone downhill from there.

We can be conservative AND compassionate for those in need. We can be conservative AND scientifically literate, and literate in every way. We can be conservative and not racist - race should NOT be a political issue, it's a human issue and we must appreciate everyone. This batch is just doing nothing but trolling for votes and/or approval from among a particular set of anti-everythings. I'm pretty well disgusted.

545 BongCrodny  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:44:02am

Tangentially related, Giants Rookie Greg Jones just proposed to his girlfriend and she accepted.

He's black; she's white.

The Sporting News covered the story, and of the 136 comments from readers, I'd estimate a good 20-25% were racist.

Lot of awful people out there.

546 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:44:13am

You're next!

Derp.

547 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:44:39am

Speaking of delusional:

George Lucas: Greedo always shot first

Despite the fact that millions of people saw the scene in theaters and no one ever had any doubt about what happened, Lucas is now saying that Greedo always shot first, and his edits were just making that more obvious.

“It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom,” Lucas told THR. “I put a little wider shot in there that made it clear that Greedo is the one who shot first, but everyone wanted to think that Han shot first, because they wanted to think that he actually just gunned him down.”

Because he did!

Lucas goes on to blame the rest of the world for wanting Han to be a “cold-blooded killer,” thus misinterpreting the film for decades.

548 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:46:28am

Hannan has that perfect mix of English accent and demagoguery-skills that lets CAPCers escape into their fantasies.

549 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:47:19am

re: #548 freetoken

Hannan has that perfect mix of English accent and demagoguery-skills that lets CAPCers escape into their fantasies.

Oh right. That guy. The Tory.

550 blueraven  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:48:03am

re: #544 reine.de.tout

Well, I've watched the CPAC video clips, and here's all I can say:

I do not recognize most of my fellow conservatoids these days. Seriously. It started with Sarah Palin, and it's just gone downhill from there.

We can be conservative AND compassionate for those in need. We can be conservative AND scientifically literate, and literate in every way. We can be conservative and not racist - race should NOT be a political issue, it's a human issue and we must appreciate everyone. This batch is just doing nothing but trolling for votes and/or approval from among a particular set of anti-everythings. I'm pretty well disgusted.

If it's any comfort, I feel sure there are millions of conservatives who feel the same way. I really feel for you and them. These people at CPAC are NOT conservatives.

551 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:48:15am

re: #547 Lidane

He's a twit.

As a friend of mine put it the other day, "My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals." That's Han Solo.

552 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:49:00am

re: #548 freetoken

He keeps talking about our 'institutions' making us special without suggesting that laws and government are among them.

553 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:49:27am

re: #549 Gus

Not just a "Tory", but a "Conservative Party" member to the European Parliament.

He's a member of a Parliament that he then uses to market himself as against, when he comes to the US.

554 erik_t  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:49:37am

re: #547 Lidane

Speaking of delusional:

George Lucas: Greedo always shot first

George Lucas belongs at CPAC.

555 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:51:44am

re: #foobar ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

556 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:52:42am

Hey, Charles -- here's another bit of CPAC crazy on video:

CPAC: Austin Ruse Condemns Efforts to Stop Violence against LGBT Community

557 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:54:25am

No, Hannan, there was no encoding in "DNA"...

558 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:54:45am

re: #555 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

         (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

(ノ*ڡ* )ノ彡┻━┻

559 Lidane  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:56:23am

re: #551 William Barnett-Lewis

He's a twit.

As a friend of mine put it the other day, "My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals." That's Han Solo.

Haha, awesome. So is this:

Image: harrison-ford.jpg

560 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:56:27am

Here we go with the Europeanization bogeyman.

561 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:57:38am

"If you repeat our mistakes..."

Hannan is such a deceiving ass. The US is already more integrated far more than the EU will ever be.

It's such a dishonest shuffle.

Because he is multi-syllabic is Hannan listened to with such reverence.

562 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 10:58:40am

"SO you have a majority once again."

Uh, Hannan, the GOP is already in the majority in the House.

563 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:00:56am

REAGAN!

564 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:01:38am

When will Hannan follow the example of Cincinnatus?

565 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:02:11am

re: #562 freetoken

"SO you have a majority once again."

Uh, Hannan, the GOP is already in the majority in the House.

2000: Executive and legislative. They didn't get a super majority but they were still the majority in both the House and Senate. Everything went downhill from there of course.

566 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:04:45am

Um, Hannan, England didn't invent representative government.

567 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:05:40am

What?

568 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:05:51am

Anglosphere?

569 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:06:05am

Did he just say join the "white anglosphere?"

570 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:06:08am

"White Anglo-sphere"

Yes, he really said that. He wants only to be part of a "White Anglo-sphere". Apparently there are too many brown people in parts of Europe.

571 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:06:44am

This is CPAC, proclaiming the wonders of the "White Anglo-sphere."

572 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:07:09am

re: #569 jaunte

Did he just say join the "white anglosphere?"

Wide or white? Not sure yet.

573 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:08:07am

Doom and gloom.

574 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:09:01am

re: #572 Gus

Wide or white? Not sure yet.

Going to have to play it back at slower speeds and higher volume, but I'm pretty sure that he said "white". Maybe I only expected him to say "white", but "Wide Anglo-sphere" doesn't make much sense. It'd have to be "Wider Anglo-sphere" which is an extra syllable, to make sense.

575 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:10:37am

re: #574 freetoken

Going to have to play it back at slower speeds and higher volume, but I'm pretty sure that he said "white". Maybe I only expected him to say "white", but "Wide Anglo-sphere" doesn't make much sense. It'd have to be "Wider Anglo-sphere" which is an extra syllable, to make sense.

I heard wide or maybe wider. But, the notion of focusing on a so called anglosphere alone is bad enough.

576 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:11:05am

Yet another moron takes to the podium.

577 wrenchwench  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:11:15am

re: #574 freetoken

Going to have to play it back at slower speeds and higher volume, but I'm pretty sure that he said "white". Maybe I only expected him to say "white", but "Wide Anglo-sphere" doesn't make much sense. It'd have to be "Wider Anglo-sphere" which is an extra syllable, to make sense.

"Blah Anglosphere"

578 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:12:00am

re: #576 Gus

YAF guy... who just happens to have grey hair.

579 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:12:46am

re: #575 Gus

I heard wide or maybe wider. But, the notion of focusing on a so called anglosphere alone is bad enough.

That's Hannan's basic spiel. He's a big Anglosphere guy, which is why "White" is so easy to believe what he said, which is what I thought he said.

580 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:15:19am

re: #579 freetoken

That's Hannan's basic spiel. He's a big Anglosphere guy, which is why "White" is so easy to believe what he said, which is what I thought he said.

Some Tweets I found:

581 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:16:18am

Here for example is a Hannan piece in the Telegraph:

[...]

The answer depends on whether we include India. If we do, whites and Christians are a small minority of the Anglosphere population. So, do we?

Yes. India is a democracy, its army doesn't interfere in politics, it respects the separation of powers. But, more to the point, it is part of the Anglosphere culture. Passing through Delhi for the first time in seven years, I am struck by how much more Anglophone it is. Yes, of course a lot of Indians have always spoken English at home; but the attempts by previous governments to promote Hindi as a unifying language sent an entire generation down a linguistic cul-de-sac. The spread of call-centres and television and the internet have spread not only a language but a way of looking at the world. And while lakhs of villages may be wholly untouched (yes, lakhs: it's a two-way street, this Anglosphere business), the rapid embourgeoisement of India is profoundly altering her temper.

Ultimately, though, all these considerations are secondary. The Anglosphere is based on a common culture, a sense of unifying identity. Like almost all Britons, I feel such a sense in India in a way that I don't in Europe (except sometimes in Scandinavia). It can reside in a shared book, a shared joke, sometimes just a shared look, but it's there.

[...]

That's from 4 years ago. Whether he has grown harder on "whiteness" I do not know.

582 Gus  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:17:05am

We're basically looking at White Supremacists Lite™.

No surprise. "White" or "wider" anglosphere works.

The whole CPAC movement is a white/anglo movement as it is.

583 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:20:42am

re: #582 Gus

Hannan is essentially Pat Buchanan but with an accent cadence of speech that makes him sound more intelligent.

584 jaunte  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:21:51am

Applause for the girl reciting her fantasy of government dependence.

585 freetoken  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:23:41am

re: #583 freetoken

pimf "accent and cadence..."

586 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 11:55:26am

re: #449 Amory Blaine

Well, seeing their high handed efforts against contraception, I sure would like to see the same effort going into persecuting their divorced church members. Isn't divorce a mortal sin?

As the granddaughter of a divorced Catholic, I'm just as glad that they've backed off of grandstanding over the standing of those that divorce. And that it's become steadily easier in the past decades to get a marriage annulled.

587 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:01:59pm

re: #343 reine.de.tout

Reine, I'm so sorry. That's the hardest thing.

588 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:06:09pm

re: #500 ლ(*ڡ*ლ)

The "artists'" own defense is going to be "the joke was satirizing the double standard of the rappers being allowed to say the n-word". They're not going to deny that the joke is deliberate.

The BJ defense is that there was no joke at all, and that's where this defense fails. Whether the FF's used the word is not the issue, IMHO.

You know, if not being allowed to say the n-word is the worst injustice you suffer in your life, you're doing pretty well.

589 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:07:55pm

re: #493 jaunte

No one's going to be fooled by that stupid defense of the knicker joke.
I doubt the founding fathers even used the word to describe their knee-breeches, since it apparently didn't come into general use until 1866.

"Britches" rhymes with "bitches".

Just sayin.

590 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:11:09pm

re: #494 wrenchwench

Even when they're making a joke about being 'mistaken for racists' they manage to pretend they don't know how someone could think that they actually are.

Miss Susie had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell
Miss Susie went to Heaven, the steamboat went to
hell-o operator, please give me # 9,
and if you disconnect me, I'll kick you from
be-hind the 'fridgerator' there lays a piece of glass,
Miss Susie sat upon it and cut her big fat
ask me no more questions, please tell me no more lies...

This sort of mock innocence has a long history. It's cuter when little girls jump rope to it.

591 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:13:31pm

re: #550 blueraven

If it's any comfort, I feel sure there are millions of conservatives who feel the same way. I really feel for you and them. These people at CPAC are NOT conservatives.

To quote my father, when he heard about the Conservative Bible Project: "THAT'S NOT CONSERVATIVE! THAT'S RADICAL!"


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