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Once again the forces of virtue have triumphed over the forces of rottenness.
— Maxwell Smart
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engineer cat Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:18:00pm |
any resemblance of maxwell smart to ricky santorum is purely unintentional
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:31:54pm |
For a terror-loving commie, Obama is sure tough on the Talib brethren:
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:38:48pm |
Eek! Things are not so great for free speech in Ecuador. Their pipsqueak communard prez, Rafael Correa, sure is thin-skinned, and now their high court says he can jail opposition newspapermen for "libeling" him:
Ecuador court upholds pro-Correa libel verdict
— Ecuador's highest court upheld early Thurday a criminal libel verdict favoring President Rafael Correa, including three-year prison terms for three executives and a columnist of the opposition newspaper El Universo, and a total of $42 million in damages.
The defendants, joined by international press freedom and human rights groups, have called the case a blatant attempt by Correa to bankrupt the paper and part of a concerted campaign by Ecuador's populist president to stifle free speech and silence critics.
After a 13 1/2-hour final hearing, the three-judge panel of the National Court of Justice deliberated nearly two hours before ratifying the verdict, which was first handed down in July and ratified by an appeals court last month.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:42:24pm |
What an odd news day. I am still laughing to the point of tears over the Heartland Institute story.
"It's not a real policy, but anyone we find who got hold of it will be sent to prison."
OK, guys, which is it?
And Sarah? Oh, please jump in, you ill-read Caribou Barbie.
And Frothy Mix is busting Mittens' balls, without money or on-the-ground professional staff. Mr. Inevitable has got to be chewing his arm off in frustration.
Good times!
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:56:10pm |
Watched the Rachel Maddow show earlier. Strange news indeed. It looks like Romney may not have won in Maine after all. There was apparently some serious hanky-panky in reporting some returns. 18 towns-worth were not included at all in the final tally, being registered as "zero," even though officials in those towns claim to have reported their results the night of the election. Some of those areas are believed to have gone heavily for Ron Paul. Romney's margin over Paul was less than 200 votes in the suspect results.
Something fishy in the state of Maine
Conspiracy-prone Paul-bots will go absolutely bug-eyed over this one.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:57:44pm |
re: #6 Winston Smith, Fox News Moderator
Watched the Rachel Maddow show earlier. Strange news indeed. It looks like Romney may not have won in Maine after all. There was apparently some serious hanky-panky in reporting some returns. 18 towns-worth were not included at all in the final tally, being registered as "zero," even though officials in those towns claim to have reported their results the night of the election. Some of those areas are believed to have gone heavily for Ron Paul. Romney's margin over Paul was less than 200 votes in the suspect results.
Something fishy in the state of Maine
Conspiracy-prone Paul-bots will go absolutely bug-eyed over this one.
Good! 9/11 was an inside job, after all.
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Feb 15, 2012 11:04:48pm |
re: #7 austin_blue
Good! 9/11 was an inside job, after all.
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Oddly, I haven't heard from any of the Paul-bots I know since this broke. They have either been abducted by black helicopters or they are too shocked at their good fortune to say anything. It's not every day that Rachel Maddow reports something that favors their guy. A rigged election is still an offense against democracy even if Satan is the victim (I think he last ran in Nevada).
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Feb 15, 2012 11:12:15pm |
Willard Romney has got to be feeling like the captain of the Titanic right now. He is on top of the world, all but crowned as the GOP nominee, then he loses three in a row to Foamy and might very well lose one to Ron Paul. It must be like going out with the prom queen only to have her ditch you in favor of a tryst at the Motel 6 with the class nerd.
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Four More Tears Wed, Feb 15, 2012 11:14:18pm |
re: #9 Winston Smith, Fox News Moderator
Yeah, it is damn weird that they pick now to shut up.
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Four More Tears Wed, Feb 15, 2012 11:39:50pm |
Finally got around to watching this week's Walking Dead. Love that they played Clutch in the end. :-)
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Feb 15, 2012 11:59:30pm |
re: #9 Winston Smith, Fox News Moderator
Oddly, I haven't heard from any of the Paul-bots I know since this broke. They have either been abducted by black helicopters or they are too shocked at their good fortune to say anything. It's not every day that Rachel Maddow reports something that favors their guy. A rigged election is still an offense against democracy even if Satan is the victim (I think he last ran in Nevada).
they were all stoned ...
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Ayeless in Ghazi Thu, Feb 16, 2012 12:31:01am |
Orbital, in the bagpipe style.
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austin_blue Thu, Feb 16, 2012 12:33:02am |
Wow.
The drought this last year in Texas has stressed trees to an incredible degree. Ten minutes ago, a 60 foot post oak next door fell over. At least 50 years old. It took out half of the front porch of the house to the west, crushed a fence, and generally did a lot of mayhem.
Two feet in diameter, that's a lot of weight.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Thu, Feb 16, 2012 12:43:27am |
Singer Shakira 'attacked' by sea lion
needs a page, really/
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 12:56:36am |
re: #10 Winston Smith, Fox News Moderator
Willard Romney has got to be feeling like the captain of the Titanic right now. He is on top of the world, all but crowned as the GOP nominee, then he loses three in a row to Foamy and might very well lose one to Ron Paul. It must be like going out with the prom queen only to have her ditch you in favor of a tryst at the Motel 6 with the class nerd.
As bad as he's feeling, imagine how the GOP leadership's feeling right now. Mittens was their boy, the guy they'd chosen to bear the flag this go around, and yet he's lost more primaries than he's won. Even now, Santorum's beating him 9% in Michigan and within ten points in Arizona, both states that were solidly in Romney's pocket a month ago. He has to come from behind and take both, or else he might as well start writing his concession speech.
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:00:42am |
re: #18 Targetpractice
As bad as he's feeling, imagine how the GOP leadership's feeling right now. Mittens was their boy, the guy they'd chosen to bear the flag this go around, and yet he's lost more primaries than he's won. Even now, Santorum's beating him 9% in Michigan and within ten points in Arizona, both states that were solidly in Romney's pocket a month ago. He has to come from behind and take both, or else he might as well start writing his concession speech.
Even if Wilard pulls this out, there will be a feeling among a lot of the GOP base that he was foisted on them against their wishes, which means there will be a singular lack of enthusiasm for him on the campaign trail and at the polls
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:06:15am |
re: #19 Ministry of Fairness and Balance
Even if Wilard pulls this out, there will be a feeling among a lot of the GOP base that he was foisted on them against their wishes, which means there will be a singular lack of enthusiasm for him on the campaign trail and at the polls
True enough, hence their recent stunts in Congress. Their plan of attack seems to be riling up the base with as many "outrages" as it takes to get them "energized" for the fight against Obama. Problem with this strategy? Their first foray, the battle against contraception, is more likely to piss off female Republicans than it is to get them to show up at the polls.
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:09:23am |
re: #20 Targetpractice
True enough, hence their recent stunts in Congress. Their plan of attack seems to be riling up the base with as many "outrages" as it takes to get them "energized" for the fight against Obama. Problem with this strategy? Their first foray, the battle against contraception, is more likely to piss off female Republicans than it is to get them to show up at the polls.
There was that quote from Grover Norquist at the CPAC that they don't need a thinker, they just need someone to sign off on their policy.
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Alexzander Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:13:26am |
Evening folks. Keep me company as I begin a nightshift.
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:14:37am |
re: #21 Ministry of Fairness and Balance
There was that quote from Grover Norquist at the CPAC that they don't need a thinker, they just need someone to sign off on their policy.
His statement, IIRC, went something like "Romney will do what he's told," which was his way of assuring the faithful that they don't have to worry about Mittens personal views, he'll sign whatever the Tea Party puts before him if he knows what's good for him.
Really, the signal being sent now seems to be that the Right has all but given up on winning the presidency and now is focused on winning Congress or at least maintaining their current numbers. Problem with that is that all the remaining candidates are different flavors of poison.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:21:05am |
Charles Pierce over at Esquire sums up the GOP race nicely:
This is a speech that should disqualify Santorum not only from any serious consideration as president of the United States, it should be enough to send him so far into the fringes of American politics that he'd have to dial 1 to contact Fred Karger. Within this speech, there are a couple of dozen potential attack ads for any candidate willing to run against Santorum on the Not Insane, Not A Dick platform. This is a speech that has presented Willard Romney with an entire school of very big fish in very small barrels. But he has put himself into a position where he cannot defend the actual science of global warming. He cannot plausibly defend the facts behind the history of the country. He cannot plausibly defend even in a pale and nervous fashion the privacy rights of 51 percent of the American population. But, because of the candidate he's made of himself, Romney cannot plausibly stand for reason, or even for sanity.
This is your democracy, America. Cherish it.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:26:35am |
re: #24 Lidane
Also, to follow Pierce's analogy that Romney is the Death Star to everyone else's Alderaan, it's worth noting that the Death Star got blown up twice. That's probably not a good sign for Mitt.
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researchok Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:28:24am |
re: #17 Jimmah
Singer Shakira 'attacked' by sea lion
needs a page, really/
With the header, SPECIAL REPORT"
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:28:30am |
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:37:47am |
re: #24 Lidane
Charles Pierce over at Esquire sums up the GOP race nicely:
The editorial itself is fraking hilarious, but the first comment is the cherry on top.
First it was Jack Ryan, otherwise known as the guy who WASN'T satisfied just getting to nail Seven of Nine, but had to try to get her to kink it up. Then it was Alan Keyes, who overachieved getting 10 percent of the vote. Then it was McCain/Palin, who campaigned like they didn't even KNOW they were in a paper bag. And now Santorum and Gingrich will either overtake Romney or damage him to the point of hilarity. The question is: Did Obama sell his soul or just 10 years of his life?
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:41:29am |
re: #30 Targetpractice
The editorial itself is fraking hilarious, but the first comment is the cherry on top.
I'm reading more of this guy right now and laughing my ass off. He has a glorious post about Sarah Palin getting nominated at a brokered convention and he starts with this:
I'm telling you, Jesus and I are not good enough friends for Him to bless me with a brokered Republican convention, much less one pitting The Smart One against Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods.
The comments are great, too.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:50:05am |
re: #29 researchok
How's life, Tovarisch?
We're all happy and satisfied in the Motherland thanks to Dear Leader Putin and Dear Leader Jr. Medvedev.
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researchok Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:01:41am |
re: #32 All
We're all happy and satisfied in the Motherland thanks to Dear Leader Putin and Dear Leader Jr. Medvedev.
I was told you could be found here, but I couldn't pick you out.
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:04:01am |
re: #33 researchok
I was told you could be found here, but I couldn't pick you out.
I saw several of those posters on sale at the Lenin Museum in Tampere, Finland the other week.
[Link: www.lenin.fi...]
Inspiring place.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:05:28am |
re: #33 researchok
I was told you could be found here, but I couldn't pick you out.
That is us, yes.
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researchok Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:05:45am |
re: #34 Ministry of Fairness and Balance
I don't know if I'd use the word 'inspiring' to describe Lenin...
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:07:08am |
re: #33 researchok
[Link: www.allposters.com...]
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researchok Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:08:44am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:16:41am |
re: #36 researchok
I don't know if I'd use the word 'inspiring' to describe Lenin...
I found it inspiring in that the Finns do not take it too damn seriously. All the signs leading to the museum show Lenin with a raised arm, pointing the way, and among the souveniers on offer was a Lenin bust with a Leningrad Cowboys coiff.
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Steve Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:33:53am |
Broke out the old 'Bloom County' books, blew off the dust and started reading:
"It always will happen around about three
When the dark and the quiet
Wrap thick 'round me...
While my mind is all sludgy,
Totally smudgy-fudgy...
My role in the cosmos
will start t' seem fuzzy.
In ten zillion miles
of empty space and time,
Where does Ronald-Ann fit
with her pigtails and rhymes?
Why, in ten billion years
of things evolutionizing
There's been just six years of me!
(It's so disillusionizing...)
so around about dawn,
feeling as puny as can be...
I'll turn on Morton Downey,
And watch folks even punier then me.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:26:17am |
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:26:57am |
re: #42 EdDantes
Lenin was fine until he met Yoko.
If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:41:39am |
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EdDantes Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:44:03am |
I got the white album for Christmas when I was 13. I had the poster and photos on the wall and played the hell out the album everyday. Then I bought it on eight track 4 years later. Then cassette. Then CD...?
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EdDantes Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:46:46am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:47:31am |
re: #49 EdDantes
Yeah, I looked it up.
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:50:28am |
re: #49 EdDantes
It's a Beatles white album reference, Spoken by Ringo on the Helter Skelter cut.
I always thought that was John...
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EdDantes Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:56:30am |
re: #51 Ministry of Fairness and Balance
I always thought that was John...
I thought it was John for over 30 years until I heard from an authoritative source it was Ringo.
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:57:58am |
re: #52 EdDantes
I thought it was John for over 30 years until I heard from an authoritative source it was Ringo.
Man, to me that was always John's ultimate pholoshophical statement on life, art and music. I will have to go back correct it in all my quotes now...
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Decatur Deb Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:58:56am |
re: #53 Ministry of Fairness and Balance
Man, to me that was always John's ultimate pholoshophical statement on life, art and music. I will have to go back correct it in all my quotes now...
Paul would have said it, but he was dead.
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EdDantes Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:00:56am |
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:02:53am |
re: #55 EdDantes
The Walrus was Paul.
I could be the walrus, I could be a fascist anarchist. It still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:10:49am |
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Flounder Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:20:45am |
re: #58 Obdicut
I promise not to type in caps/
Hope you feel better bro.
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RogueOne Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:45:51am |
Is it really necessary to "fact-check" tv dramas?
'Glee' says the Census Bureau projects the majority of Americans will use Spanish by 2030
[Link: www.politifact.com...]
Spoiler: Ricky Martin=Pants on Fire!
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:49:40am |
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:49:44am |
re: #59 Decatur Deb
There are drugs. You should see a medical person.
I get them infrequently, and I've never found a medication that's not more dehabilitating than the cure, except for, well, natural herbal remedies.
Anyway, they're over now, I'm just in the tired, drawn-out phase afterwards.
One of my cats sometimes gets ready to mercy-kill me when I'm sick. He crouches nearby, looking at me, ready to bite me in the back of the neck if it comes to that.
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:51:07am |
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Decatur Deb Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:54:17am |
re: #63 Obdicut
I get them infrequently, and I've never found a medication that's not more dehabilitating than the cure, except for, well, natural herbal remedies.
Anyway, they're over now, I'm just in the tired, drawn-out phase afterwards.
One of my cats sometimes gets ready to mercy-kill me when I'm sick. He crouches nearby, looking at me, ready to bite me in the back of the neck if it comes to that.
Sort of yanking your chain--your wife is a med student, no?
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:56:05am |
[Link: www.courthousenews.com...]
Long story short: Drunk off-duty cop sees two hispanic brothers trying to stop a drunk dude from attacking a woman, the cop wades in, starts hitting people, and finally shoots both brothers, killing one of them. The cops don't let the dying man's wife stay in the ambulance with him, so she's not there when he dies. Unless there's a version of the story that's wildly different that the police will present, this is just fucking awful.
The kicker:
The family says Coronado was following "conflicting city policies" when he shot the brothers, "one policy requiring him to carry a firearm and intervene in all conflicts, and another policy prohibiting him from carrying his firearm and intervening after drinking."
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:56:27am |
re: #65 Decatur Deb
Sort of yanking your chain--your wife is a med student, no?
Yep. Well, MD/PhD. In for the long haul.
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Feb 16, 2012 4:59:47am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:00:06am |
Once again the forces of virtue have triumphed over the forces of rottenness.
— Maxwell Smart
Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
-Dark Helmet:
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:01:08am |
Heh. And of course:
[Link: www.courthousenews.com...]
A black man claims Chicago police beat and arrested him for filming officers with his cell phone, but a white man recording the same scene was politely asked to put his camera away - and the plaintiff says he has it all on camera.
In Gillett's case, he says that one day in August 2011, he had finished work in downtown Chicago when he saw a disturbance involving Chicago police officers.
Gillett, a 29-year-old union steel worker, says he "gathered with other onlookers and began filming the scene with his cellular telephone."
"As plaintiff was recording, defendant Sergeant Thompson approached a Caucasian male who was also video recording the police activity and politely asked him to stop filming. This interaction was recorded by plaintiff's cellular phone.
"Shortly thereafter, defendant Thompson approached plaintiff (who is black) and physically assaulted him, grabbed his phone, swore at him, pulled and dragged him to the hood of a police care, kneed and kicked him, and then handcuffed him.
"Defendant officers searched the person and clothes of plaintiff.
"The entire incident was recorded on plaintiff's cellular telephone."
His attorney Hamilton told Courthouse News: "You see the same police officer walk up to a white guy filming on a cell phone - the same officer - approach the guy and say, 'Put the video down.' The white guy actually has a video camera. The officer gives him the thumbs up and walks away."My client got this on film. Thirty seconds later, my client takes the white guy's place, and the cop basically tackles him, swears at him, etc. And of course, my client is black. It's a very clear example of how the police treat people completely differently because of the way they look."
In his complaint, Gillett says he "was brought back to the police station, where defendant officers charged plaintiff with resisting arrest, a Class A misdemeanor for which he faced a possible one-year jail sentence.
Classic. Arresting a guy for resisting arrest. Cops never get tired of the irony of that one.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:02:05am |
re: #66 Obdicut
OK. This is the kind of shit Gus was talking about yesterday. Shot because they're Hispanics, basically?
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:04:59am |
re: #71 e_e
OK. This is the kind of shit Gus was talking about yesterday. Shot because they're Hispanics, basically?
I doubt it, since I think the officer was Hispanic himself. More shot because the cop didn't have the sense to realize that he was drunk, and the city didn't have a clear policy about locking away your firearm when you're a cop who's drunk, and had a policy that an off-duty cop needed to intervene in any fight.
Assuming the story, as given by the plaintiffs, is true, but since it involves a lot of witnesses I doubt they'd be fabricating anything at this point.
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:06:44am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:09:27am |
re: #72 Obdicut
OK, I stand corrected. You mentioned their ethnicity, so I thought it had something to do with it.
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:09:31am |
And in good news, this guy is actually doing some time:
[Link: www.fox5sandiego.com...]
One of the women he assaulted is a friend of a friend.
A former San Diego police officer accused of trying to elicit sex from seven women he pulled over in the Gaslamp District was convicted of eight felony counts and four misdemeanors Thursday.
Jurors found Anthony Arevalos, 41, guilty of multiple counts of asking for a bribe, and assault and battery by a police officer.
However, Arevalos was acquitted of other serious charges, including sexual battery by restraint charges, and while he was found guilty of false imprisonment, those counts were reduced to misdemeanors.
He should have been found guilty on the other charges as well, but at least he's actually getting prison time.
And I'd like to conclude with the note that most cops work a thankless job, dealing with boring, annoying, tiresome crap, and that they enact the political will of the DA and their superiors. I'm not trying to weave an anti-cop narrative; I think cops would benefit from being more proactive about getting rid of the bad elements in their midst.
I am absolutely sure other cops knew about Arevalos pulling this scam on women.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:10:42am |
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:11:15am |
re: #74 e_e
OK, I stand corrected. You mentioned their ethnicity, so I thought it had something to do with it.
Oh, I think it does factor into it, I just don't think the cop was out to shoot him a Hispanic guy. I think that the level of perceived threat is still affected, even if you're of the same race.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:12:12am |
re: #73 Varek Raith
Poor Mitt can't get no lovin'. The realists at Intrade still have him at 7:3 to get the nomination.
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:13:28am |
re: #73 Varek Raith
It's getting to be crunch time for Mittens. Michigan and Arizona are fast approaching, both assumed as recently as a month ago to be Romney's for the taking, and he's now trailing Santorum by 9 in the former and only ahead by 7 in the latter. If he doesn't work some magic and pull off solid wins in both, he's finished.
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:14:43am |
re: #79 Targetpractice
If the Maine caucus results boil up and become A Thing that could be really bad for him. I'm assuming it's Paulbot exaggeration at the moment but who knows.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:17:51am |
re: #79 Targetpractice
Much rather have the President face Santorum, but then I think an eagle could drop a clam on Obama's head and...
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:18:07am |
re: #80 Obdicut
If the Maine caucus results boil up and become A Thing that could be really bad for him. I'm assuming it's Paulbot exaggeration at the moment but who knows.
If it does turn out that he lost to Paul, and subsequently loses in Michigan to Santorum, I'm not really sure how Romney can revive his campaign. The only thing he's had going for him so far has been the "inevitability" of his nomination, that the party was always going to settle on him in the end. He loses that, there's really nothing left for him.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:20:19am |
re: #83 Targetpractice
Hillary all over again. I was always chuckling a bit when people were assuring that Romney is the inevitable nominee. He may as well become one, but nothing is inevitable anymore.
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:24:31am |
re: #84 e_e
Hillary all over again. I was always chuckling a bit when people were assuring that Romney is the inevitable nominee. He may as well become one, but nothing is inevitable anymore.
I still somewhat believe that he will ultimately be the nominee, but not as sure as I was even a month ago. It was sort of predictable that, as the list of "Not Romneys" thinned out, there would be migration from those who jumped ship to those who were still in the race. But the move from Newt to Santorum seems to have been timed just right to serve as a spoiler in primaries that Romney would have to win to be seen as "viable."
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:26:08am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:27:00am |
Who's the second guy on the right?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:28:18am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:29:30am |
Upchuck Norris chooses Newt over "Romney supporter" Santorum.
[Link: www.wnd.com...]
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:30:53am |
re: #89 thedopefishlives
That's former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty.
Damn, he's almost unrecognizable here - well at least to me.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:31:32am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:32:07am |
re: #89 thedopefishlives
That's former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty.
Nope, looked it up. It's Michael Reagan.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:32:19am |
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RogueOne Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:32:33am |
re: #89 thedopefishlives
That's former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty.
That's not pawlenty is it? I thought he endorsed Romney?
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RogueOne Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:33:13am |
Speaking of Pawlenty, I bet he feels like an idiot for dropping out.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:33:39am |
Oh, this is good.
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:33:55am |
First Iowa, now Maine.
WTH is going on, GOP???
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Decatur Deb Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:34:01am |
re: #94 e_e
He's the rock star.
He's done the groupies, but he's never properly trashed an hotel suite.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:34:15am |
re: #97 e_e
If Romney's smart, he'll use it.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:35:00am |
re: #96 RogueOne
Speaking of Pawlenty, I bet he feels like an idiot for dropping out.
Hey, it's not late yet! *wink wink* *starbursts*
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:35:07am |
re: #96 RogueOne
Speaking of Pawlenty, I bet he feels like an idiot for dropping out.
Actually, I think if there's anybody right now who's kicking themselves, it's Huckabee. He'd have all this sewn up right now, gearing up for the general election.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:40:29am |
re: #93 e_e
Nope, looked it up. It's Michael Reagan.
Hmm. It looked enough like him. But again, I'm a transplant and I don't know him very well.
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EdDantes Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:42:26am |
re: #97 e_e
They are politicians. Don't hold their words against them. Their words are meaningless.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:43:37am |
Oldie but goodie. This was #1 in the charts in 1885.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:44:58am |
re: #104 EdDantes
They are politicians. Don't hold their words against them. Their words are meaningless.
Yeah, I know. But holding their words against them is fair, politically. Also, someone like Santorum is supposedly this totally sincere, if wacky, guy who doesn't shy away from extreme views for the sake of truth, etc. etc.
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:45:56am |
re: #56 Son You got a panty on your head.
I could be the walrus, I could be a fascist anarchist. It still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car.
Baby you can drive my car
PS: beep beep beep beep yea
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:46:35am |
And who can forget this hit from 1881? Forefather of all electronic music, surely.
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:46:54am |
re: #66 Obdicut
[Link: www.courthousenews.com...]
:
The family says Coronado was following "conflicting city policies" when he shot the brothers, "one policy requiring him to carry a firearm and intervene in all conflicts, and another policy prohibiting him from carrying his firearm and intervening after drinking."
There is no conflict in that: drugs and guns do not mix, even in the hands of a policeman
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EdDantes Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:53:05am |
re: #105 e_e
I rate it an 85: It's got a good beat but you can't dance to it.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:53:40am |
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Bubblehead II Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:58:46am |
Morning Lizards. I was debating on wether to go to this, but have decided not to. Going to be way to many kids there.
Beth Pendergrass, spokeswoman for the Twin Falls School District, said some Twin Falls High teachers might bring their classes to the auditorium for Paul’s speech. An opt-out form for those classes was sent home for parents to sign.
Other students wanting to attend have to bring a written note to school today from their parent.
And here is a interesting tidbit that I bet RP just loves.
Seventeen-year-olds will be able to vote in Idaho’s first Republican Party presidential caucus, as long as they’ll turn 18 before the November presidential election.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 5:59:39am |
re: #114 Bubblehead II
Morning Lizards. I was debating on wether to go to this, but have decided not to. Going to be way to many kids there.
Beth Pendergrass, spokeswoman for the Twin Falls School District, said some Twin Falls High teachers might bring their classes to the auditorium for Paul’s speech. An opt-out form for those classes was sent home for parents to sign.
Other students wanting to attend have to bring a written note to school today from their parent.
And here is a interesting tidbit that I bet RP just loves.
Seventeen-year-olds will be able to vote in Idaho’s first Republican Party presidential caucus, as long as they’ll turn 18 before the November presidential election.
Because the young and impressionable, or the old and senile, are about the only voters that Luap Nor can attract. That right there should say something.
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:06:19am |
re: #114 Bubblehead II
Morning Lizards. I was debating on wether to go to this, but have decided not to. Going to be way to many kids there.
Beth Pendergrass, spokeswoman for the Twin Falls School District, said some Twin Falls High teachers might bring their classes to the auditorium for Paul’s speech. An opt-out form for those classes was sent home for parents to sign.
Other students wanting to attend have to bring a written note to school today from their parent.
And here is a interesting tidbit that I bet RP just loves.
Seventeen-year-olds will be able to vote in Idaho’s first Republican Party presidential caucus, as long as they’ll turn 18 before the November presidential election.
I'm sorry, but if the teachers want to attend, then call in sick or dead, but don't make kids have to choose between sitting through a rant from Crazy Uncle Ron or doing book work in a deserted classroom.
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Bubblehead II Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:06:47am |
re: #115 thedopefishlives
Yep. I will laugh my ass off if Paul manages to take Idaho.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:14:57am |
Morning all!
Meerkittehs!
how is everyone?
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:19:03am |
re: #109 Ministry of Fairness and Balance
The family says Coronado was following "conflicting city policies" when he shot the brothers, "one policy requiring him to carry a firearm and intervene in all conflicts, and another policy prohibiting him from carrying his firearm and intervening after drinking."
There is no conflict in that: drugs and guns do not mix, even in the hands of a policeman
Absotarutily!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:21:11am |
re: #92 Decatur Deb
Where's his rock star? Gotta have a rock star.
Is that Callista with brown hair on the end?
and
Who needs a rock star when you have Chuck Norris?
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:21:56am |
re: #119 Bubblehead II
Doing good. But you link is broke.
It's morning, I'm sorry.
Meerkittehs.
In nomine Pasta, et Fettucini, et Spiritu Ziti
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:27:49am |
Greece is an economic and social tinderbox.
[Link: www.thedailybeast.com...]
Seems to me this could be a good time for Israel to look for trade opportunities with Greece that could help both economies and also foster some closer relations. As Bob Levin says, trade is the most important sign of good relations.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:52:52am |
Good morning lizards!
I just got gas at Kroger...3.06/gal.
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:53:01am |
The Spirit of the Republican Party Addresses the Base:
"Now, look, y'all; I know Santorum is one of us and warms the cockles of any bigot's heart; and Ron Paul lets you give the finger to them Jews and blacks, but we have to face facts. Either one of them would get an epic beat-down if he won the nomination and tried to go against the Kenyan usurper. You've had your fun, so it's time to sober up, get back to work and put Willard Mitt in the White House so we can chip away at socialism, shariah law, loose women, and the minimum wage from there."
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Talking Point Detective Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:55:37am |
I'm hoping that lizard brain-power can be put to helping to deconstruct the "fake" document claims about the Heartland documents.
If the one document is a "fake," it does make sense to be as far out in front of that as possible.
Here's a post from WUWT? that pretty well-summarizes the current state of the "fake" document perspective.
[Link: wattsupwiththat.com...]
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 6:59:38am |
Ron Paul and Mister Rogers: Separated at birth?
What do politics and children’s television have in common?
The simplicity of a sweater.
Have you noted that GOP candidate Ron Paul bears a striking resemblance to legendary children’s television icon Mister Rogers?
For nearly forty years, television show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood captivated millions of children with its educational and social principles and the super-smooth transition from work clothes to the trademark sweater, all while singing the theme song, which asks the viewer “would you be my neighbor?”
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darthstar Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:11:54am |
First time Jobless Claims fell again...now at their lowest since March of 2008. For those who may have forgotten, Barack Obama wasn't President yet in March of 2008 and all the economic woes of this country were still Bill Clinton's fault.
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darthstar Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:21:19am |
re: #127 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
I just got gas at Kroger...3.06/gal.
That's a buck less than I pay.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:23:42am |
re: #132 darthstar
That's a buck less than I pay.
It's 3.26 on the sign. When you scan your Kroger card you save 20 cents. The rest of the gas stations around here are at 3.39.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:23:46am |
re: #132 darthstar
That's a buck less than I pay.
About 50 cents less than here in the wild north country. Though thanks to a local promotion, I managed to snag a $0.20/gal coupon which I used to great effect when I refueled The Mrs. Fishmobile yesterday.
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Interesting Times Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:23:53am |
Are we on the subject of gas prices? Three GOP Senators are trying to make them go much, much higher so John Boehner's investments make more money. They're also jeopardizing US National Security and emboldening Iran in the process:
In other words, unless the president approves Keystone, he cannot sell our emergency oil — even if Iran causes an oil supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, a hurricane or other disaster disables oil production or refining facilities, or any other type of event causes gasoline prices to soar above $4 per gallon. If any of these events happen, middle class Americans would pay significantly higher gasoline pump prices, giving billions of dollars more to big oil companies that made record profits last year.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:25:04am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:33:14am |
re: #135 Interesting Times
Are we on the subject of gas prices? Three GOP Senators are trying to make them go much, much higher so John Boehner's investments make more money. They're also jeopardizing US National Security and emboldening Iran in the process:
They really think that they can get away with this brinksmanship and still lay the blame for it at Obama's Door. he has quietly drawn a line in the sand and they are gonna get creamed if they do not stop acting like idjits.
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Targetpractice Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:35:10am |
re: #135 Interesting Times
Are we on the subject of gas prices? Three GOP Senators are trying to make them go much, much higher so John Boehner's investments make more money. They're also jeopardizing US National Security and emboldening Iran in the process:
So we got oil prices already rising due to speculation and the GOP wants to fuel it by holding the SPR hostage unless their lobbyists get their pipeline approved, giving Iran an even greater edge than it previously had to fuck with our economy by blockading oil shipments?
Yeah, I'd say it's about time to start questioning their patriotism.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:36:25am |
re: #139 Targetpractice
So we got oil prices already rising due to speculation and the GOP wants to fuel it by holding the SPR hostage unless their lobbyists get their pipeline approved, giving Iran an even greater edge than it previously had to fuck with our economy by blockading oil shipments?
Yeah, I'd say it's about time to start questioning their patriotism.
That time has long since past. Questioning their patriotism? Hell, at this point, I'm questioning their damn humanity.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:36:47am |
Stay classy, Fox News:
Fox Host Eric Bolling To Rep. Maxine Waters: ‘Step Away From The Crack Pipe’
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:37:00am |
Sex offender registers Occupy Portland camp as address
PORTLAND, Ore. – A sex offender who registered his address with police as the Occupy Portland camp downtown is concerning some protesters who are camping there.
Raymond Allen Curtis registered the campsite at Lownsdale Square as his address with police last week. Curtis is from California.
“I think he should be outta here because there’s a lot of kids around here,” said protester Ravin James.
Ugh.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:41:03am |
re: #129 Talking Point Detective
I'm hoping that lizard brain-power can be put to helping to deconstruct the "fake" document claims about the Heartland documents.
If the one document is a "fake," it does make sense to be as far out in front of that as possible.
Here's a post from WUWT? that pretty well-summarizes the current state of the "fake" document perspective.
[Link: wattsupwiththat.com...]
I discuss some of the details in comments at desmogblog:
[Link: www.desmogblog.com...]
WUWT wrongly - I think - asserts that metadata has been deleted. Metadata is intact. The PDF was created by native EPSON scanning software. So that's not an argument for fakery.
However, I'm afraid we may have a repeat of the Rathergate. Sad, if so.
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:42:21am |
re: #144 e_e
It's so unnecessary too, since pretty much everything in the reputed fraud is contained elsewhere.
They're only claiming the one doc was faked, right?
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:44:12am |
Unbelievable. Chris Christie is actually having to push back against people who don't like the fact that he lowered the flags to half-staff as a tribute to Whitney Houston:
NJ gov strongly defends lowering flags for Houston
Gov. Chris Christie has strongly defended his decision to have flags flown at half-staff Saturday for Whitney Houston despite receiving emails and other messages disparaging the singer and criticizing him.
The Republican governor said Wednesday that he rejects complaints that Houston "forfeited the good things that she did" because of her struggles with substance abuse."What I would say to everybody is there but for the grace of God go I," he said.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:44:39am |
re: #142 NJDhockeyfan
Sex offender registers Occupy Portland camp as address
Ugh.
An isolated incident!
/
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:45:08am |
Bad enough we have Occupy Wall Street to contend with. Now we've gotta deal with Brazil!
//
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:45:36am |
re: #142 NJDhockeyfan
Sex offender registers Occupy Portland camp as address
Ugh.
I know, what kind of scumbag uses a false address for gain?
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:46:00am |
re: #142 NJDhockeyfan
Sex offender registers Occupy Portland camp as address
Ugh.
So a sexual predator from out of state was caught using an Occupy camp as his address and it's a reflection of the Occupy camp how, exactly?
| 152 |
Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:46:11am |
Here come the truthers....
Exposing The Irsraeli-Mossad False Flag Terror Attacks In New Delhi, Tbilisi And Bangkok
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:46:12am |
re: #145 Obdicut
It's so unnecessary too, since pretty much everything in the reputed fraud is contained elsewhere.
They're only claiming the one doc us faked, right?
Yes, and they're coy about other docs, saying that their president has to check them out yet (he's traveling), so they're not excluding they may have been altered.
"Fake but accurate" is a cliche laughing off the fact that the substance of the TANG memos was more or less correct. Of course, the memos became the story, not their substance. This may have been such a false flag operation by third-party deniers.
I'm not saying that the document is a fake, btw. But people sure as heck should not be running with it until it is authenticated.
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:46:43am |
re: #135 Interesting Times
Are we on the subject of gas prices? Three GOP Senators are trying to make them go much, much higher so John Boehner's investments make more money. They're also jeopardizing US National Security and emboldening Iran in the process:
Gas prices wouldn't be so high if BP and Exxon executives didn't pay themselves such obscene bonuses from their obscene profits.
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:46:52am |
re: #153 e_e
I agree. Everything should be in the 'we're checking it out' mode.
| 156 |
Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:47:03am |
Hey' It's a quarter to nine. Home come we're not invading Iran yet? And where's the latest news from Gaza? Come on. We should have boat loads of this by now.
| 157 |
Shiplord Kirel Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:47:07am |
Last night, I drew an analogy between McCarthyism and the current mentality of the Republican base. Our friend Target Practice pointed out that certain influential GOP trend-setters have actually made a sustained effort to rehabilitate McCarthy in recent years, which is certainly not coincidence.
This analogy is common in certain circles, but I think the situation today may actually be much worse than in the 50s.
The original McCarthyism was narrowly focused on a monolithic enemy, the "communist conspiracy," a crude caricature of the actual communist threat in those days. Today's neo-McCarthyites have a broad array of causes to which they can apply the drunken senator's depraved methodology: Reproductive rights, gay rights, the Muslim community, and the education system are each the target of their own particular brand of McCarthyism. There are many other target niches as well, allowing McCarthyite methods and philosophy to be applied across a broad front. McCarthyism is not a specific ideology, except that its ultimate goal is always conformity and control. It is, rather, a method, a mindset for conducting and subverting public discourse to meet the ends of power.
| 158 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:48:32am |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:48:44am |
re: #156 Gus - Right Wing Conservative and Gargoyle
Hey' It's a quarter to nine. Home come we're not invading Iran yet? And where's the latest news from Gaza? Come on. We should have boat loads of this by now.
We're still figuring out a strategery to get around those damned F-14's.
| 160 |
NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:48:54am |
re: #152 Killgore Trout
Here come the truthers...
Exposing The Irsraeli-Mossad False Flag Terror Attacks In New Delhi, Tbilisi And Bangkok
Amy Kaplan would agree.
| 162 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:49:55am |
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:50:08am |
re: #153 e_e
Yes, and they're coy about other docs, saying that their president has to check them out yet (he's traveling), so they're not excluding they may have been altered.
"Fake but accurate" is a cliche laughing off the fact that the substance of the TANG memos was more or less correct. Of course, the memos became the story, not their substance. This may have been such a false flag operation by third-party deniers.
I'm not saying that the document is a fake, btw. But people sure as heck should not be running with it until it is authenticated.
And who is in a position to authenticate them, the same people that want you to believe they are fake?
I also have the best health care remedy in the world, take my word for it and buy it, only $1000.00 a bottle.
| 164 |
Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:50:11am |
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:51:25am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:51:51am |
re: #163 RayFerd
Both at desmogblog and here I offered a possible authentication route through DKIM signatures.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:52:30am |
To wit:
I would like to give an advise for checking the authenticity of the PDF in question.
This method should work if the person used a major public email service like Google or Yahoo.
The person who has the original email should download it with some client like Outlook or Thunderbird (but not The Bat, which has a buggy export) and post it as an .eml file - with headers and all.
The crucial part of the email is the DKIM signature. It is added by all major servers and it verifies not only the body of the email, but also the attachments and the main headers. There are several online DKIM verification forms, so verifying should not be a problem. If it passes verification, then it was indeed sent out from HI.
| 168 |
Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:54:01am |
re: #165 Killgore Trout
Ugh, This shit never changes.
Yeah. In EVERY classroom.
Uh huh. Nice Fox News title.
| 169 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:55:15am |
Shit. Shit never changes. /Fallout 7.
| 170 |
Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:55:57am |
re: #164 Killgore Trout
Man With Bombs Arrested as Kansas Anti-Immigrant Hearing Opens
Wow.
Saleh said the explosives were made with household materials and designed to spray shrapnel. He said the bombs were live, “actual explosives.”
The case and its possible connection to immigration recalled the arrest and eventual guilty plea of Jeffrey Harbin, a well-known neo-Nazi arrested in January 2011 near the Arizona-Mexico border. He was carrying 12 homemade grenade-like devices fitted with ball bearings, which were meant to “maximize human carnage,” as a prosecutor put it at the time. Details of Harbin’s plans were never made public.
I'm glad they're catching these guys, but shit, eventually one of them is going to get through.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:57:41am |
re: #156 Gus - Right Wing Conservative and Gargoyle
Hey' It's a quarter to nine. Home come we're not invading Iran yet? And where's the latest news from Gaza? Come on. We should have boat loads of this by now.
Now that you mention it, the rockets keep coming...
Israel strikes Gaza targets
The attacks early Thursday morning were in response to four rockets fired on southern Israel Wednesday night, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces spokesman.
The Air Force pilots reported direct hits on the targets. The targets were a Hamas training center in eastern Gaza and an Islamic Jihad training center in central Gaza, the Palestinian Ma'an news service reported. Six people were injured in the strikes, according to the report.
Haniya was in Iran just a few days ago vowing to continue his suicidal mission to destroy Israel.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:58:07am |
re: #171 Killgore Trout
Now that you mention it, the rockets keep coming...
Israel strikes Gaza targetsHaniya was in Iran just a few days ago vowing to continue his suicidal mission to destroy Israel.
Jawa mon.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:58:29am |
re: #170 Obdicut
Wow.
I'm glad they're catching these guys, but shit, eventually one of them is going to get through.
No shit. What goes through someone's mind that makes them want to kill innocent people?
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:59:27am |
re: #164 Killgore Trout
Man With Bombs Arrested as Kansas Anti-Immigrant Hearing Opens
From the link:
The man’s truck had a specialty Florida license plate that is only issued to qualified U.S. military paratroopers. The AP said it also had a Special Forces sticker on its bumper and a sticker on its back window saying, “Does my American flag offend you? Call 1 800 LEAVE THE USA.”
Saleh said the explosives were made with household materials and designed to spray shrapnel. He said the bombs were live, “actual explosives.”
Yikes! It's unlikely that anyone but a real paratrooper could get those plates and also unlikely that a real para would claim SF affiliation if he doesn't have it. If this was an actual SF guy and not a flake, the bombs would be properly designed and built, and could have caused huge casualties. We could be seeing a big step up in the fieldcraft and operational competence of right-wing terrorism.
| 175 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:59:43am |
Patrick Saleh? Relative of that Yemeni guy? Obviously a crypto-Shariist.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 7:59:47am |
re: #170 Obdicut
Wow.
I'm glad they're catching these guys, but shit, eventually one of them is going to get through.
We've been really lucky with terrorism lately. A lot of failed plots, FBI stings, poorly made bombs, etc. Our luck will run out eventually.
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:00:13am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
In this case, apparently "I really hate immigrants".
Dude was apparently a vet, there may be PTSD or other mental health issues. Or he might have been targeted for recruitment by neo-Nazis or other extremists after leaving the military, as was warned about in that Homeland Security report that got all the idiots so angry.
| 178 |
Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:00:33am |
re: #175 e_e
Patrick Saleh? Relative of that Yemeni guy? Obviously a crypto-Shariist.
Obama done it.
//
| 179 |
Talking Point Detective Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:01:42am |
re: #144 e_e
I discuss some of the details in comments at desmogblog:
[Link: www.desmogblog.com...]
WUWT wrongly - I think - asserts that metadata has been deleted. Metadata is intact. The PDF was created by native EPSON scanning software. So that's not an argument for fakery.
However, I'm afraid we may have a repeat of the Rathergate. Sad, if so.
Thanks.
| 181 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:03:37am |
re: #176 Killgore Trout
We've been really lucky with terrorism lately. A lot of failed plots, FBI stings, poorly made bombs, etc. Our luck will run out eventually.
While that is true, that still doesn't deter me from my stated goal of refusing to be properly terrified by these bastards.
| 182 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:06:23am |
re: #180 Lidane
Denial-gate is gaining traction:
Good to know. Regardless of whether they're dissembling here, it is at least not popular to say that you support these twits.
| 183 |
Talking Point Detective Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:07:13am |
| 184 |
King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:07:29am |
I suck. How do I change my nic? I wasn't here for that thread.
Morning Honcos.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:07:52am |
Terrorist family squabble...
Al Qaeda cell leader killed in family dispute
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Hundreds of Yemeni security forces deployed to the southwestern city of Rada Thursday after the leader of an al Qaeda-linked cell was killed by his older brother, sparking retaliatory attacks that also left the brother dead, security officials in the province told CNN.
Tareq al-Thahab headed a cell of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) that recently took over Rada, in al-Baitha province, and declared it an Islamic emirate.
Three provincial security officials said he was killed by his brother, Hizam al-Thahab, who was apparently angry about the murders Wednesday of the regional head of the national election committee and four other officials accompanying him -- killings in which he believed his brother may have been involved. Hizam al-Thabab reportedly feared that the assassinations of the elections officials would bring reprisal killings against the powerful al-Thahab tribe.
Tribal sources told CNN that Tareq al-Thahab was killed inside a mosque where he and four followers were seeking shelter.
The defense ministry and the governor of al-Baitha confirmed his death.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:08:01am |
re: #184 Cannadian Club Akbar
I suck. How do I change my nic? I wasn't here for that thread.
Morning Honcos.
Go to your account settings and you'll see it under Display Name.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:08:28am |
re: #182 e_e
Good to know. Regardless of whether they're dissembling here, it is at least not popular to say that you support these twits.
Non-profits! Love it. Welcome to Murica.
| 189 |
Interesting Times Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:10:28am |
re: #182 e_e
Good to know. Regardless of whether they're dissembling here, it is at least not popular to say that you support these twits.
If the Strategy document really is fake, why haven't they already proved it? Is the delay because they're scrambling for a way to fake such "proof"? Hey, I'm just asking questions... :P
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:11:15am |
re: #177 Obdicut
In this case, apparently "I really hate immigrants".
Dude was apparently a vet, there may be PTSD or other mental health issues. Or he might have been targeted for recruitment by neo-Nazis or other extremists after leaving the military, as was warned about in that Homeland Security report that got all the idiots so angry.
Lone wolf (or false flag, take your pick) whose planned actions have absolutely nothing to do with the current political climate in the United States.*
* - Unless said person is claiming to be following the instructions of Obama or Osama Bin Laden.
///
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:11:25am |
re: #186 thedopefishlives
Go to your account settings and you'll see it under Display Name.
OK. Did. Name no worky with password.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:12:22am |
re: #189 Interesting Times
If the Strategy document really is fake, why haven't they already proved it? Is the delay because they're scrambling for a way to fake such "proof"? Hey, I'm just asking questions... :P
Funny you should use that phrase, because speaking of the Twoofers, they are all atwitter over new evidence that shows that half of the 9/11 pilots were assigned to their aircraft at the last minute. What exactly this proves, they have yet to state, but it OBVIOUSLY means something nefarious was afoot, amirite?
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:12:26am |
re: #189 Interesting Times
If the Strategy document really is fake, why haven't they already proved it? Is the delay because they're scrambling for a way to fake such "proof"? Hey, I'm just asking questions... :P
How should they prove it?
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:12:38am |
re: #191 Cannadian Club Akbar
OK. Did. Name no worky with password.
Holy crap!! I am 6 karma points away from 31,00. Pony up you fuckers!!!
//half
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:12:53am |
re: #182 e_e
Good to know. Regardless of whether they're dissembling here, it is at least not popular to say that you support these twits.
Doesn't matter what MS actually gave them. It just allowed the Heartland Institute to offset funds over into their denial schemes.
;)
Sauce for goose is sauce for gander.
//
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:14:21am |
re: #194 Cannadian Club Akbar
Umm, 31,000. I am stoopid.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:15:40am |
re: #196 Gus - Mercy Buckets
Brought to you by the Republican Party.
I meant to bring this up in that thread, but it's probably been said already - honestly, this is probably the closest any of these uptight holier-than-thous will ever get to a woman's private parts.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:16:43am |
re: #199 thedopefishlives
And then I immediately have to take that back, because based on the number of sex scandals that seem to pervade the Republican Party, they are more than familiar with female genitalia.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:17:20am |
re: #200 thedopefishlives
And then I immediately have to take that back, because based on the number of sex scandals that seem to pervade the Republican Party, they are more than familiar with female genitalia.
That remains to be sorted out.
//
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:17:38am |
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:17:39am |
re: #181 thedopefishlives
While that is true, that still doesn't deter me from my stated goal of refusing to be properly terrified by these bastards.
The Feds are doing a great job domestically and Obama's made great use of drones internationally. Al Qaeda is pretty much gone as an international entity. The only internationally active terrorists these days are Iran and Hezbollah and they suck at it. The worst injury in the failed attacks this week was the dickhead who blew off his own legs.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:19:25am |
re: #204 Osama Bin Drinking
Heh.
Aha, you figured it out at last. Congratulations and welcome to the Secret Identity Club.
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:20:22am |
re: #139 Targetpractice
So we got oil prices already rising due to speculation and the GOP wants to fuel it by holding the SPR hostage unless their lobbyists get their pipeline approved, giving Iran an even greater edge than it previously had to fuck with our economy by blockading oil shipments?
Yeah, I'd say it's about time to start questioning their patriotism.
They know that people - especially those with tight budgets already - will be heavily affected by spikes in gas prices, and the GOP strategy will be to blame Obama for "not doing more to increase domestic (i.e. Canadian) supplies of oil".
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:20:33am |
re: #205 thedopefishlives
Aha, you figured it out at last. Congratulations and welcome to the Secret Identity Club.
Good to be here, considering my actual name is CCA.
/
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:21:18am |
Speaking of drones...
U.S. drone strikes kill 12 in Pakistan, officials say
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:21:30am |
I wonder if this is a good analogy for the contraceptives brouhaha: if some religious group thinks that transfusion of blood is sinful and prohibited, should they pay for it as a part of health insurance for their employees?
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:21:38am |
re: #203 Killgore Trout
The Feds are doing a great job domestically and Obama's made great use of drones internationally. Al Qaeda is pretty much gone as an international entity. The only internationally active terrorists these days are Iran and Hezbollah and they suck at it. The worst injury in the failed attacks this week was the dickhead who blew off his own legs.
Al Qaeda is getting a little help from their friends.
Iran helping al Qaeda plot attack on West, intelligence sources say
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:22:28am |
re: #209 e_e
I wonder if this is a good analogy for the contraceptives brouhaha: if some religious group thinks that transfusion of blood is sinful and prohibited, should they pay for it as a part of health insurance for their employees?
That is the very case with Jehovah's Witnesses, yes.
And what if a lunch counter suddenly develops a religious reason not to serve blacks?
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:23:31am |
re: #166 e_e
Both at desmogblog and here I offered a possible authentication route through DKIM signatures.
I looked a little at that mechanism. Seems that the routing server has to have that option activated and there is some question as to if it can be spoofed after the fact.
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:23:49am |
re: #211 Ministry of Fairness and Balance
That is the very case with Jehovah's Witnesses, yes.
And what if a lunch counter suddenly develops a religious reason not to serve blacks?
Or to having female doctors?
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:24:20am |
re: #209 e_e
I wonder if this is a good analogy for the contraceptives brouhaha: if some religious group thinks that transfusion of blood is sinful and prohibited, should they pay for it as a part of health insurance for their employees?
Needs moar butter.
Actually, that's a good analogy, and if the religious group in question had the Republican Party by the short hairs the way the fundie Christians do, it's one we'd be dealing with in real life.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:25:50am |
re: #212 RayFerd
I looked a little at that mechanism. Seems that the routing server has to have that option activated and there is some question as to if it can be spoofed after the fact.
Sure, the option must be activated, which is why I said "possible". As for spoofed after the fact, IIRC this only pertains to additional fake "from:" headers and such spoofing is only useful for sending spam. We, on the other hand, can check for any additional headers if we have the .eml.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:26:12am |
Florida executes man 32 years after St. Petersburg murder
Problem?
The guys DNA results were lost (or whatever)
Problem?
He had murdered before, in 1966 in his native Greenport, N.Y., where he raped and strangled a 77-year-old widow. He broke almost every rib in her body and left teeth marks in one of her breasts. He spent only eight years in prison before being paroled.
Rape? Murder? 8 years? We're good.
[Link: www.tampabay.com...]
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:27:03am |
re: #214 wrenchwench
Needs moar butter.
But maybe not everything is like it appears? /
Actually, that's a good analogy, and if the religious group in question had the Republican Party by the short hairs the way the fundie Christians do, it's one we'd be dealing with in real life.
Yep.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:27:22am |
Palestinian pupils killed in West Bank school bus crash
At least eight Palestinian children and a teacher have been killed in a collision between a school bus and a lorry in the West Bank.
The bus was carrying children as young as four on their way to Ramallah, just north of Jerusalem.
The vehicle overturned on impact and burst into flames. More than 30 children were injured, and there are fears the death toll may rise.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has declared three days of mourning.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:27:34am |
re: #210 NJDhockeyfan
Al Qaeda is getting a little help from their friends.
Iran helping al Qaeda plot attack on West, intelligence sources say
That wouldn't surprise me but I think Zawahiri's leadership of Al Qaeda has been a contributing factor to their decline. They had a golden opportunity with the underwear bomber and could even be bothered to build him a functioning bomb. Very sloppy.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:28:09am |
re: #210 NJDhockeyfan
Al Qaeda is getting a little help from their friends.
Iran helping al Qaeda plot attack on West, intelligence sources say
Are these the same sources that whispered about Saddam-Al-Qaeda connections, by any chance?
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:28:38am |
re: #203 Killgore Trout
The Feds are doing a great job domestically and Obama's made great use of drones internationally. Al Qaeda is pretty much gone as an international entity. The only internationally active terrorists these days are Iran and Hezbollah and they suck at it. The worst injury in the failed attacks this week was the dickhead who blew off his own legs.
Yea, who thought Mossad or their lackeys could be that incompetent.
//
(Or to drill down a level, how did they find/train an operative that was fanatical enough to blow off his own legs as a false flag op.)
...
(Next level down - look how Mossad set up a guy and then remote detonated the stuff to blow his legs off so that an actual Israeli did not get hurt...)
///
(Brain bleach! I don't need to go down that rabbit hole.)
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Interesting Times Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:29:02am |
re: #214 wrenchwench
On a lighter note, this made me think of some of your posts:
Tiny lizards found in Madagascar
"It is possible that the big island of Madagascar has produced the general group of dwarf chameleons and the very small island has produced the tiny species," he told BBC Nature.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:29:34am |
re: #221 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Wow, you're pretty good at speaking dumbass. Do they offer night classes or something?
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:30:14am |
re: #215 e_e
Sure, the option must be activated, which is why I said "possible". As for spoofed after the fact, IIRC this only pertains to additional fake "from:" headers and such spoofing is only useful for sending spam. We, on the other hand, can check for any additional headers if we have the .eml.
Guess they can try that route of authentication if available. If not available then does that fall back on the "trust us" question?
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:30:17am |
re: #224 ☭ Gus - Mercy Buckets ☭
Man. I could use some Freedom Fries™ right about now.
And Freedom Cola with them?
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:31:05am |
re: #225 RayFerd
Guess they can try that route of authentication if available. If not available then does that fall back on the "trust us" question?
I'll be skeptical. I'm not forcing anyone.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:32:05am |
re: #226 e_e
And Freedom Cola with them?
I was gonna say a Freedom Cocktail and the fact that you should see the tits on this chick serving it, but I thought it would be wrong.
/not
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:32:33am |
re: #223 thedopefishlives
Wow, you're pretty good at speaking dumbass. Do they offer night classes or something?
It's easier to turn off logic/reality circuits in your brain than to activate one that apparently don't exist.
(Similar to the TOS "Mirror, Mirror" thing. Easier for the civilized person to disguise themselves temporarily as a barbarian than vice versa.)
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:32:42am |
re: #220 e_e
Are these the same sources that whispered about Saddam-Al-Qaeda connections, by any chance?
Be careful of revisionist history. Although a working relationship never materialized there were contacts and proposals for collaborative projects between Al qaeda and Saddam. Saddam even offered Bin Laden asylum if the Taliban threw him out.
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:32:43am |
re: #222 Interesting Times
On a lighter note, this made me think of some of your posts:
Cold-blooded scaly reptiles can be so cuddly looking!
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:34:11am |
re: #203 Killgore Trout
The Feds are doing a great job domestically and Obama's made great use of drones internationally. Al Qaeda is pretty much gone as an international entity. The only internationally active terrorists these days are Iran and Hezbollah and they suck at it. The worst injury in the failed attacks this week was the dickhead who blew off his own legs.
Their strategy for the latest attacks was to pay some free-lance flakes 150 grand to carry them out, with predictable results. The mullahcrats are swine but they appear to be entirely innocent of clandestine operational competence.
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:34:13am |
re: #210 NJDhockeyfan
Al Qaeda is getting a little help from their friends.
Iran helping al Qaeda plot attack on West, intelligence sources say
Murky waters there. If true, adequate reason to strike in Iran ourselves. If not, just war BS war drums beating away.
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:34:16am |
re: #231 Killgore Trout
Be careful of revisionist history. Although a working relationship never materialized there were contacts and proposals for collaborative projects between Al qaeda and Saddam.
So, yeah, they never worked together, and the way that Bush and Cheney sold the connection was reprehensible as hell.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:35:14am |
re: #231 Killgore Trout
Be careful of revisionist history. Although a working relationship never materialized there were contacts and proposals for collaborative projects between Al qaeda and Saddam. Saddam even offered Bin Laden asylum if the Taliban threw him out.
Also remember Saddam had names of every person in his land. They were buried with them. Remember the ID's found? If he says he didn't know Zakawi was there, I'll call bullshit.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:36:15am |
re: #234 Winston Smith, Fox News Moderator
Their strategy for the latest attacks was to pay some free-lance flakes 150 grand to carry them out, with predictable results. The mullahcrats are swine but they appear to be entirely innocent of clandestine competence.
Is it confirmed that they were freelancers? Last I saw a few days ago is Indian authorities were speculating that the attackers were trained commandos.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:36:26am |
re: #237 Osama Bin Drinking
My spelling really sucks.
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:37:02am |
I love getting paid a days wage for two hours work.
What's up wasetlanders???
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:37:44am |
re: #238 Killgore Trout
Is it confirmed that they were freelancers? Last I saw a few days ago is Indian authorities were speculating that the attackers were trained commandos.
Iran prolly won't try to hide who they are. Dinnerjacket wants the end to come. I hope he dies.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:38:04am |
Paul Ryan: Even if Obama wins we don't need to change our tax philosophy tpm.ly/AbovDT
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 16, 2012
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:38:17am |
re: #235 Daniel Ballard
Murky waters there. If true, adequate reason to strike in Iran ourselves. If not, just war BS war drums beating away.
It's the NYPost....
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:38:23am |
re: #240 Varek Raith
I love getting paid a days wage for two hours work.
What's up wasetlanders???
Lead up to another internet dude invasion.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:38:45am |
re: #240 Varek Raith
I love getting paid a days wage for two hours work.
What's up wasetlanders???
Enjoying the new domestic internet connection here. (Via Pittsburgh and not San Paolo.)
Off to lunch and then taking the new network engineer to a nearby facility to do a tour of the network set-up there.
Bye bye.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:38:51am |
re: #240 Varek Raith
I love getting paid a days wage for two hours work.
What's up wasetlanders???
I love working part time and doing a days wage!! WOOT!!
//I wish I were kidding.
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:38:55am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:39:26am |
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:39:33am |
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.:(
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Eventual Carrion Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:40:35am |
re: #228 e_e
I'll be skeptical. I'm not forcing anyone.
Always be skeptical. I'm so jaded that I would still be skeptical if they said they were authenticated or unauthenticated. Just can't win with me I guess.
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:40:38am |
re: #250 Osama Bin Drinking
I like it even though I stopped using it myself.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:40:43am |
Here's a good question:
At @GOPOversight hearing right now 5 men are testifying on women's health: yfrog.com/10wg35j #WhereAreTheWomen?
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) February 16, 2012
Because really, a bunch of men deciding what a woman's health care should look like makes total sense.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:40:48am |
re: #249 Ministry of Fairness and Balance
Or to have male doctors treat female patients?
It is is a sad day when an OB/GYN can't make love to his patients.
(W)
Heh
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:41:22am |
re: #230 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
It's easier to turn off logic/reality circuits in your brain than to activate one that apparently don't exist.
(Similar to the TOS "Mirror, Mirror" thing. Easier for the civilized person to disguise themselves temporarily as a barbarian than vice versa.)
Yeah, believe me, I understand. I get to listen to wingnut-speak on a regular basis, so I'm a fairly proficient translator myself.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:42:12am |
re: #252 Obdicut
I like it even though I stopped using it myself.
I'm gonna stop. No one gets my humor without me being me.
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:43:03am |
re: #252 Obdicut
I like it even though I stopped using it myself.
I'll use it again when it's no longer cool to do so.
:P
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:44:09am |
re: #238 Killgore Trout
Is it confirmed that they were freelancers? Last I saw a few days ago is Indian authorities were speculating that the attackers were trained commandos.
Oops, that was the thwarted January attempt in Azerbaijan. The MO in the other cases looks very similar, with sticky bombs made locally but to the same design.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:45:19am |
Check. Jesus saves but Phil Espisito scores on the rebound.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:45:25am |
re: #231 Killgore Trout
Be careful of revisionist history. Although a working relationship never materialized there were contacts and proposals for collaborative projects between Al qaeda and Saddam. Saddam even offered Bin Laden asylum if the Taliban threw him out.
[Link: intelligence.senate.gov...]
See page 105.
As for alleged asylum:
[Link: www.reasons-for-war-with-iraq.info...]
(and yes, I checked this source against some others)
ABC News has learned that in December [1998], an Iraqi intelligence chief, named Farouk Hijazi, now Iraq's ambassador to Turkey, made a secret trip to Afghanistan to meet with bin Laden. Three intelligence agencies tell ABC News they cannot be certain what was discussed, but almost certainly, they say, bin Laden has been told he would be welcome in Baghdad.
Got more?
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:45:41am |
House GOP holding hearing on birth control coverage with ZERO women on panel! bit.ly/yKksT3 #IssaCircus #p2 #fem2
— DSCC (@dscc) February 16, 2012
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:47:07am |
Dems should hold a hearing on Religious Freedom in America and have only atheists.
/
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:47:10am |
re: #256 Cannadian Club Akbar
I'm gonna stop. No one gets my humor without me being me.
Try 'Canadian Club Akbar'.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:47:40am |
OK. Hot dog guy next door makes his own jalapeno relish. Awesome. BBIAB.
| 266 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:48:02am |
re: #262 ☭ Lev Davidovich Bronshtein ☭
Parasite image. I.e. not working.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:48:05am |
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:48:14am |
re: #263 Varek Raith
Dems should hold a hearing on Religious Freedom in America and have only atheists.
/
GOP fail.
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:49:30am |
re: #261 ☭ Lev Davidovich Bronshtein ☭
House GOP holding hearing on birth control coverage with ZERO women on panel!
They're too emotional about the issue. Hormones, you know.
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King of the Douche, now you may bow Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:50:29am |
I swear if another cop thinks I'm homeless because I'm sitting on a very nice water front, I might say a swear word.:)
(not likely)
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:50:31am |
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:51:38am |
re: #271 wrenchwench
They're too emotional about the issue. Hormones, you know.
Maybe they could get the "just right amount of rape" lady from Fox news.
//
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:52:11am |
re: #241 Cannadian Club Akbar
Iran prolly won't try to hide who they are. Dinnerjacket wants the end to come. I hope he dies.
It's hard to tell what the hell the Iranians are thinking. They seem hell bent on going through with this regardless of the consequences. There's certainly no diplomatic solution and they seem willing to endure any sanctions no matter how painful. I think it all boils down to allowing them the bomb or destroying their program with force. I have no idea what they best decision is.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:53:23am |
re: #259 Cannadian Club Akbar
Check. Jesus saves but Phil Espisito scores on the rebound.
Jesus saves. Everyone else rolls d20 for damage.
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:54:50am |
re: #274 ☭ Lev Davidovich Bronshtein ☭
Saw that. Let Marjorie know about using the quoted text button.
Is that, 'I will let Marjorie know...' or 'You should let Marjorie know..' ?
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:55:01am |
Republicans have become very adept at shooting themselves in the foot.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:55:31am |
re: #278 wrenchwench
Is that, 'I will let Marjorie know...' or 'You should let Marjorie know..' ?
Anyone. ;) No telling this morning. Mah brain hurtz.
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:56:08am |
re: #279 ☭ Lev Davidovich Bronshtein ☭
Republicans have become very adept at shooting themselves in the foot.
There's shooting yourself in the foot...
Then there's intentionally stepping on a land mine.
;)
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:56:38am |
I thought Issa was too busy with the 'Fast and Furious' thing to deal with silly women's issues. Oh, wait. It's a Religious Liberty Issue, there's always time for that.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:56:39am |
re: #281 Varek Raith
There's shooting yourself in the foot...
Then there's intentionally stepping on a land mine.
;)
And when stepping doesn't work, try jumping up and down on it a little.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:59:53am |
re: #278 wrenchwench
Is that, 'I will let Marjorie know...' or 'You should let Marjorie know..' ?
I don't want to say it on the page itself. You know. Just some first comment "complaining" about not using the quote feature. :)
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:00:29am |
re: #282 wrenchwench
I thought Issa was too busy with the 'Fast and Furious' thing to deal with silly women's issues. Oh, wait. It's a Religious Liberty Issue, there's always time for that.
I think they got as far as they could without implicating Republicans.
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:01:09am |
re: #283 Son You got a panty on your head.
And when stepping doesn't work, try jumping up and down on it a little.
Take my +1 hammer.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:02:27am |
re: #283 Son You got a panty on your head.
And when stepping doesn't work, try jumping up and down on it a little.
The GOP are taking lessons from the master of fail:
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:02:53am |
I didn't read about the prison fire in Honduras because I thought it would give me nightmares. Instead, it kept me awake last night. So I just read about it, to place it in the realm of reality instead of imagination. *shudder*
Didn't help that there was a suicide at the local county lockup on the same night. Or, as the stupid news outlet put it, "An apparent attempted suicide". And the county manager said he considered it a 'personnel matter'. I still might call him.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:06:22am |
Heh:
When is the all-female Congressional hearing on boner pills?
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 16, 2012
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Varek Raith Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:08:34am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:10:58am |
re: #292 Gus
Robert Stacy McCain on Date Rape: ‘You Buy the Ticket, You Take the Ride’
I wonder how many... uh... let's stop right here.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:11:12am |
re: #292 Gus
Robert Stacy McCain on Date Rape: ‘You Buy the Ticket, You Take the Ride’
Wow. That's right alongside Liz Trotta's bullshit in the offensive department.
So women are just supposed to expect rape if we go on a date now? WTF.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:14:47am |
Filed under WTF.
Yep. Same people always whining about the imaginary "race card" no less.
Go figure.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:15:03am |
re: #292 Gus
Robert Stacy McCain on Date Rape: ‘You Buy the Ticket, You Take the Ride’
It's been over a year since that article, and I still don't understand how RS McCain could be so pigheaded. But then, he's a white supremacist, racist, sexist douchebag, so he probably doesn't go on very many dates or understand how normal people interact sexually.
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Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:15:38am |
re: #294 Lidane
Wow. That's right alongside Liz Trotta's bullshit in the offensive department.
So women are just supposed to expect rape if we go on a date now? WTF.
What are women supposed to expect unless they go out in public fully veiled, accompanied by thier father, husband or a male guardian?
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Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:15:45am |
re: #297 thedopefishlives
He seems to like negative attention.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:16:05am |
re: #299 Obdicut
He seems to like negative attention.
Well, him and Ann Coulter have something in common then, don't they.
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simoom Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:18:16am |
re: #261 Gus
DSCC
@dsccHouse GOP holding hearing on birth control coverage with ZERO women on panel!
More on the Issa sausage-fest:
ABCNews: Rep. Darrell Issa Bars Minority Witness, a Woman, on Contraception
“Where are the women?” the minority Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., asked early in the hearing.
She criticized the Republican committee chairman, Rep. Darrel Issa, for wanting to “roll back the fundamental rights of women to a time when the government thought what happens in the bedroom is their business.”
“We will not be forced back to that primitive era,” she said....
Fluke would have talked about a classmate who lost an ovary because of a syndrome that causes ovarian cysts. Georgetown, which is affiliated with the Catholic Church, does not insure birth control, which is also used to treat the syndrome.
...
Among the witnesses invited by Issa to attend the hearing was a representative of the Catholic bishops, who oppose the Obama administration “accommodation” on birth-control coverage. Joining them are many other men of other religions. Not invited, complained Democrats, were representatives from the Catholic Health Association, which is run by a woman and actually runs the Catholic hospitals, nor Catholic Charities, both of which said Friday they supported the president’s plan.
Ranking committee member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., wanted to invite third-year Georgetown Law Center student Sandra Fluke to testify, telling Issa it was important to have at least one woman at the witness table because the issue involved health repercussions for women.
...
Cummings, the ranking Democrat, and Maloney asked Issa to reconsider and let Fluke testify, noting she was in the audience, when the hearing got underway Thursday.
Rep. Cummings accused Issa of creating “conspiracy hearing” and stacking the witness list by refusing to allow women “commits a massive injustice by trying to pretend that the views of millions of women across the country are meaningless.”
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HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:19:08am |
Ya know I would suggest that Stacy McCain, Trotta, etc who are suggesting you get what you expect are more men hating than the feminists they bitch about. I mean really, it's like they think rape is just part of being a guy. It's not. Rape is for cowardly dickbags.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:19:19am |
re: #301 simoom
Rep. Cummings accused Issa of creating “conspiracy hearing” and stacking the witness list by refusing to allow women “commits a massive injustice by trying to pretend that the views of millions of women across the country are meaningless.”
That's just the point. To the GOP, women's opinions are meaningless.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:19:28am |
Ha! I'm not the only one making comparisons between Rick Santorum and Torquemada. Author Garry Wills agrees:
Rick Santorum is a nice smiley fanatic. He does not believe in evolution or global warming or women in the workplace. He equates gay sex with bestiality (Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum). He equates contraception with the guillotine. Only a brain-dead party could think him a worthy presidential candidate. Yet he is praised by television pundits, night and day, for being “sincere” and “standing by what he believes.” He is the principled alternative to the evil Moderation of Mitt Romney and the evil Evil of Newt Gingrich. He is presented as a model Catholic. Torquemada was, in that sense, a model Catholic. Messrs. Boehner and McConnell call him a martyr to religious freedom. A young priest I saw on television, modeling himself on his hero Santorum, said, “I would rather die than give up my church’s principles.” What we are seeing is not a defense of undying principle but a stampede toward a temporarily exploitable lunacy.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:21:25am |
re: #260 e_e
I would like some acknowledgment of this comment from KT, in any form, if possible. I would not have continued otherwise, but accusations of "revisionist history" were thrown around.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:21:48am |
re: #301 simoom
More on the Issa sausage-fest:
ABCNews: Rep. Darrell Issa Bars Minority Witness, a Woman, on Contraception
Sausage fest! Winning. Yeah, it's almost like the Catholic Church where you have a bunch of celibate men -- of indeterminate sexual orientation -- deciding the destiny of womens' bodies.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:22:54am |
re: #304 Lidane
Ha! I'm not the only one making comparisons between Rick Santorum and Torquemada Author Garry Wills agrees:
Santorum cares about the church's principles?
Is that when he sounds more like Ayn Rand than Jesus Christ on the plight of the poor?
Or when he makes a special exemption for himself when he got his wife an abortion.
You'd think that the Santorums' experience would make Rick more sensitive to the reality of abortion but no he's being a bigger than ever dick.
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simoom Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:23:30am |
re: #301 simoom
More on the Issa sausage-fest:
[Link: livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
Democratic women on the committee have largely stayed out of the hearing room to protest the lack of women and countering points of view on the panel.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:23:43am |
Mitt Romney is really trying hard to lose in Michigan:
Slight of hand? Romney voiceover: “Going to Detroit Auto Show with my dad...was a big deal." Visual: Romneys in NYC twitter.com/paulwestdc/sta…
— Paul West (@paulwestdc) February 16, 2012
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:24:29am |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:24:45am |
re: #308 Varek Raith
PSA
Little Caesar's makes decent wings.
I may have to suggest that to the Mrs. Fish. She's always on the lookout for a pizza place that makes wings worth eating.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:24:55am |
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Simply Sarah Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:25:53am |
re: #304 Lidane
Ha! I'm not the only one making comparisons between Rick Santorum and Torquemada Author Garry Wills agrees:
Yes, he's "sincere". Sincere about being ultra homophobic, misogynist (And, I'm sure, a few other -phobic and -ists), Christian-only. Yeah, he stands by what he believes, but what he believes treats the majority of the population as, at best, second class citizens and in many ways more towards being subhuman.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:26:01am |
"I guess I'm not one of the cool people here on LGF"
A little butthurt goes a long way it seems.
All the way to the stalker blog.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:26:27am |
Alabama casino boss apologizes for exposure bonus
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A casino developer who has pleaded guilty to offering bribes to legislators testified Wednesday he was joking when he proposed having his female lobbyist expose her breasts to a state senator for his vote for a pro-gambling bill.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, jurors in Alabama's gambling corruption trial heard a wiretapped phone call between Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley and one of his male lobbyists. During the call, Gilley proposed a $50,000 bonus for casino lobbyist Jennifer Pouncy if she would expose her breasts to then-Sen. Jim Preuitt and let him touch her to secure his vote.
Gilley said he never asked her to do that. He apologized for the remark.
"It was a very distasteful joke," he said.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:41:11am |
Good luck on your return, fucknut. Yeah, you know who you are.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 9:52:43am |
re: #317 Jimmah
Did w return, or something? ;)
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