I see that up in the Pages we have yet another entry from the Aigle-bot, this time linking to an entry at the New English Review, a nest full of Jihad Watch members, contributors to the likes of WND, Geert Wilders, etc.

The article is a pretty typical example to pigeonhole a mainstream (read "liberal") Protestant denomination as being "monomaniacal" in their anti-Israel stance, etc.

The CAMERA organization is really hitting bottom.

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling
organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). May 16-20, 2012. N=approx. 500 adults nationwide.

"Do you feel confident or not confident that life for our children's
generation will be better than it has been for us?"

pretty soon wearing jeans is gonna make you look old and out of touch

pretty soon listening to rock n roll will only be for really old folks

pretty soon "hey, man, what's up" will be mentioned as an example of old
fashioned slang

pretty soon 25 year old bank associate vice presidents will be looking at you and wondering what the hell you think you are doing don't you know what year it is

pretty soon you will start the process of denying that our time has come and gone

Well, that was...strange. Bouncy, though!

re: #1 freetoken

I see that up in the Pages we have yet another entry from the Aigle-bot, this time linking to an entry at the New English Review, a nest full of Jihad Watch members, contributors to the likes of WND, Geert Wilders, etc.

The article is a pretty typical example to pigeonhole a mainstream (read "liberal") Protestant denomination as being "monomaniacal" in their anti-Israel stance, etc.

The CAMERA organization is really hitting bottom.

Commentary Magazine has also gone full wingnut. It's really sad, they used to be all academic and intellectual and stuff.

re: #3 austin_blue

Well, that was...strange. Bouncy, though!

I like the hoodie robes! I want one! Actually, I already have one, but I would like more in a bunch of different colors.

Just heard amazing freestyle rhyme from King Sun, who just happens to be hanging out at the pool with the crew. Not my usual style but just freakin jaw dropping skills there.

re: #5 Learned Mother of Zion

Saw your scrumptious looking cheesecake the other day, nom, nom, nom.... Now that your baby girl is married, would you & Zedushka by any chance be interested in adopting a middle-aged Muslim woman? // LOL

I noticed the story about LBJ school's "public problem."

I still say it fits LBJ.

re: #7 CuriousLurker

Saw your scrumptious looking cheesecake the other day, nom, nom, nom... Now that your baby girl is married, would you & Zedushka by any chance be interested in adopting a middle-aged Muslim woman? // LOL

Could you withstand the temptation of "Pie Day" during Ramadan?

re: #9 Learned Mother of Zion

Could you withstand the temptation of "Pie Day" during Ramadan?

Oh man, I hadn't thought of that. Damn!

re: #9 Learned Mother of Zion

Could you withstand the temptation of "Pie Day" during Ramadan?

If you're also willing to adopt a middle aged atheist I'll eat her pie rations for Ramadan.

re: #11 Killgore Trout

If you're also willing to adopt a middle aged atheist I'll eat her pie rations for Ramadan.

That could work. Two for the price of one, Alouette?

OMG--too good not to share early on in the thread

re: #13 ggt

OMG--too good not to share early on in the thread

Noooo! I'd totally forgotten about that site!

re: #11 Killgore Trout

KT, do you have tadpoles yet? *waves*

re: #15 Dancing along the light of day

Hey, you! Long time no see. How've you been?

I haven't read any news, been fighting a migraine all day.

Anything happening?

What did they decide at the NATO conference?

re: #17 ggt

What did they decide at the NATO conference?

They're putting KT in charge of security next time. //

re: #12 CuriousLurker

That could work. Two for the price of one, Alouette?

The Oreo Trifle.

My son and his family of girls are coming for the weekend!

Must. Bake. Pie.

re: #13 ggt

OMG--too good not to share early on in the thread

When I worked for an electronics manufacturer, our favorite prank was to put bubble-wrap next to the wheel of the technician's chair while he was working on power supplies.

re: #19 Learned Mother of Zion

The Oreo Trifle.

My son and his family of girls are coming for the weekend!

Must. Bake. Pie.

OMG!

*glares at KT* Back away from the the Oreo Trifle, kaffir boy—it's not Ramadan yet, so don't make me go all jihadi on you. //

re: #21 CuriousLurker

OMG!

*glares at KT* Back away from the the Oreo Trifle, kaffir boy—it's not Ramadan yet, so don't make me go all jihadi on you. //

Wow.

Throws the pie in the center of the ring. Release CL and KT!

Sell Tickets.

re: #16 CuriousLurker

Hey, you! Long time no see. How've you been?

Well, and you?

re: #22 Learned Mother of Zion

Hahahahaha!

re: #23 Dancing along the light of day

Well, and you?

Glad to hear it. I've been doing pretty good, all things considered. ;)

re: #22 Learned Mother of Zion

Wow.

Throws the pie in the center of the ring. Release CL and KT!

Sell Tickets.

I've got $100 on CL.

re: #26 Ghost of Insanity

I've got $100 on CL.

For $100 I will bake your own pie, with your initials in pie crust and sparkly sugar sprinkles.

re: #25 CuriousLurker

Glad to hear it. I've been doing pretty good, all things considered. ;)

I try not to do good, doing evil is so much more fun.

I am writing. First time in a couple of weeks. I'm redoing the first vampire story I wrote. I'm a much better writer than I was seven years ago.

re: #29 Romantic Heretic

I am writing. First time in a couple of weeks. I'm redoing the first vampire story I wrote. I'm a much better writer than I was seven years ago.

I've always wanted to rub elbows with a famous author.

re: #28 Ghost of Insanity

I try not to do good, doing evil is so much more fun.

Heh, yeah, kinda like all the stuff that tastes really good is bad for you—butter, sugar, etc.

re: #31 CuriousLurker

Heh, yeah, kinda like all the stuff that tastes really good is bad for you—butter, sugar, etc.

In my world you only live once, so you might as well enjoy the hell out of it.

Anyone got thoughts on what Clyburn said? I think he had a point, then he lost it. And now it is so lost, there are Missing Posters.

Rep. James Clyburn, the House's No. 3 Democratic leader, said in a TV interview today that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and the private-equity firm he founded have been involved in "raping companies."

And yes, I looked through the news to confirm it happened.

re: #31 CuriousLurker

Heh, yeah, kinda like all the stuff that tastes really good is bad for you—butter, sugar, etc.

That's why I only make cheesecake once a year.

re: #15 Dancing along the light of day

KT, do you have tadpoles yet? *waves*

Yup. Many little tads swimming already and the adults are still having late night parties leaving new egg clusters almost every morning.

re: #34 Learned Mother of Zion

That's why I only make cheesecake once a year.

And I eat cheesecake once a month.

Oh boy, here we go. One of my feline overlords has decided it's past due time for for me to stop typing and give her my full attention, NOW. Resistance is futile.

Have a good night, everyone.

re: #33 ProGunLiberal

Anyone got thoughts on what Clyburn said? I think he had a point, then he lost it. And now it is so lost, there are Missing Posters. From:

And yes, I looked through the new to confirm it happened.

It might be a troublesome line of attack. It's certainly fair game but there are plenty of pitfalls.

Money Art

re: #38 Killgore Trout

The only uncomfortable thing here for me is one word.

Rape.

Calling this rape seems to trivialize rape.

re: #40 ProGunLiberal

The only uncomfortable thing here for me is one word.

Rape.

Calling this rape seems to trivialize rape.

It's a valid, older use.

3rape
noun
Definition of RAPE
1
: an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force
2
: unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent — compare sexual assault, statutory rape
3
: an outrageous violation
First Known Use of RAPE
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re: #41 Decatur Deb

Point made. But will most people think of the other meaning. Also, I can't shake the feeling he went just a bit hyperbolic.

Well, finally actually finished the story line for Skyrim

I played alot on photoshop.

re: #43 Kragar

Well, finally actually finished the story line for Skyrim

Congratulations. You just finished, what, 5% of the content with that? Tops?

re: #33 ProGunLiberal

Anyone got thoughts on what Clyburn said? I think he had a point, then he lost it. And now it is so lost, there are Missing Posters.

And yes, I looked through the news to confirm it happened.

Over the line. I suspect he will be walking that back.

And I must add, its good to see that you can recognize the downside when other people take it too far.

off for a while, maybe back, maybe not.

Have a good one all!

re: #45 It's a cookbook!

Congratulations. You just finished, what, 5% of the content with that? Tops?

Nah. More like 2%. 3% if he's lucky. Haha.

re: #47 ggt

You are to awesome to go away permanently.

re: #46 blueraven

He could have said the companies were being hit with parasites, or being sucked dry by these metaphorical vampires.

But he went with rape. Why?

re: #48 Lidane

Nah. More like 2%. 3% if he's lucky. Haha.

The shouts you get from the main quest are pretty boss, though.

re: #50 It's a cookbook!

The shouts you get from the main quest are pretty boss, though.

Yeah, thats about it.

re: #51 Kragar

Yeah, thats about it.

And guess who's got two thumbs and just finished installing Diablo 3?

This guy.

re: #49 ProGunLiberal

You are to awesome to go away permanently.

re: #46 blueraven

He could have said the companies were being hit with parasites, or being sucked dry by these metaphorical vampires.

But he went with rape. Why?

I have no idea.
He is an older black man that has seen his share of injustices. I am sure that colors his vision. And it may be an apt description in some cases. But politically speaking, it is not good.

re: #53 blueraven

I have no idea.
He is an older black man that has seen his share of injustices. I am sure that colors his vision. And it may be an apt description in some cases. But politically speaking, it is not good.

I think it was a reference to the common phrase "rape and pillage". If he has said "pillage" it wouldn't have been as big a deal.

re: #49 ProGunLiberal

You are to awesome to go away permanently.

re: #46 blueraven

He could have said the companies were being hit with parasites, or being sucked dry by these metaphorical vampires.

But he went with rape. Why?

He's kinda old. Don't think he considers vampires. Ever.

re: #53 blueraven

I prefer to describe Mitt's career at Bain Capital as "garbage picking in a suit."

re: #54 moderatelyradicalliberal

That too. So he had 3 reasonable options, and went with a really gaffe-y one.

re: #45 It's a cookbook!

Congratulations. You just finished, what, 5% of the content with that? Tops?

That sounds like Dragon Quest 9 on my DS. I've got the main story long done but oodles of quests & dungeons are left to deal with, I like having the main story be relatively easy but then lots & lots & lots of "post-game" stuff to play through.

re: #57 ProGunLiberal

That too. So he had 3 reasonable options, and went with a really gaffe-y one.

He should have said "vulture capitalism" and left it at that. People get that phrase and it doesn't seem outlandish.

re: #56 Mich-again

I prefer to describe Mitt's career at Bain Capital as "garbage picking in a suit."

So, you'd have just let the failing companies go under?

Looks like the powers that be in Arizona were not amused:

Bennett Backs Off Birther Threat, Apologizes To Arizona

After days of ridicule for launching a conspiracy theory-fueled investigation into Barack Obama’s birth certificate, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett on Tuesday backed off his threat to keep the president off the ballot in November and apologized to his state.

“If I embarrassed the state, I apologize, but that certainly wasn’t my intent,” Bennett said in an interview with Phoenix radio station KTAR. “He’ll be on the ballot as long as he fills out the same paperwork and does the same things that everybody else has.”

re: #58 William Barnett-Lewis

Speaking of which, me and Birth By Sleep are in a dispute. Namely, I think its random number generator is a crock of horseshit.

re: #61 Lidane

Looks like the powers that be in Arizona were not amused:

Bennett Backs Off Birther Threat, Apologizes To Arizona

Someone rapped Mr. Bennett on the knuckles and reminded of just how stupid he sounded.

re: #60 Dark_Falcon

I never said that. Nice Strawman.

Everyone knows the early garbage picker gets the good stuff.

re: #63 Dark_Falcon

Someone rapped Mr. Bennett on the knuckles and reminded of just how stupid he sounded.

The freepers, however are not happy:

[Link: www.freerepublic.com...]

“If I embarrassed the state, I apologize, but that certainly wasn’t my intent,” Bennett said

His intent was to get back at the evil Feds for picking on his hero Sheriff Joe.

so, I did some laundry . .

what did you do?

re: #64 Mich-again

I never said that. Nice Strawman.

Everyone knows the early garbage picker gets the good stuff.

Well again, let's say you were in the shoes of the Bain people overseeing a failing steel mill. Chinese steel being dumped into the US makes it almost impossible to turn a profit, and your mill's union doesn't want to allow for much flexibility.

What would you do, bearing in mind that by law your primary loyalty is to Bain?

Shocka! Turns out the virulently anti-gay pastor that called for rounding up LGBT people into camps has been saying similar things for decades:

North Carolina Anti-Gay Pastor In 1978: Gays Used To Be ‘Hung, Bless God, From A White Oak Tree’

"I’m God’s preacher. I just believe the book. Living in a day when, you know what, it saddens my heart to think that homosexuals can go around, bless God, and get the applause of a lot of people. Lesbians and all the rest of it? Bless God, forty years ago they’d have hung ‘em, bless God, from a white oak tree, wouldn’t they? Amen."

Did I post this?

re: #65 Lidane

The freepers, however are not happy:

[Link: www.freerepublic.com...]

Good. If it pisses off Freepers, it can't be all bad.

re: #69 Lidane

Shocka! Turns out the virulently anti-gay pastor that called for rounding up LGBT people into camps has been saying similar things for decades:

North Carolina Anti-Gay Pastor In 1978: Gays Used To Be ‘Hung, Bless God, From A White Oak Tree’

Really walking in Jesus's shoes isn't he?

Did you see the baby bear?

re: #49 ProGunLiberal

You are to awesome to go away permanently.

I love it when people speak the truth!

/LOL

re: #60 Dark_Falcon

So, you'd have just let the failing companies go under?

They had more chance of survival without Bain. When Bain walks in it's all over but the bankruptcy filing or the jobs being off shored. Those two results, seriously, seem to be the only things that happen to Bain damaged companies...

re: #73 ggt

Did you see the baby bear?

Very cute. but if you wish to see an overdose of cute, then you must see this little seal pup.

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

Very cute. but if you wish to see an overdose of cute, then you must see this little seal pup.

I call your little seal pup and raise you one orphan dolphin.

re: #75 William Barnett-Lewis

They had more chance of survival without Bain. When Bain walks in it's all over but the bankruptcy filing or the jobs being off shored. Those two results, seriously, seem to be the only things that happen to Bain damaged companies...

They saved Staples, and at least one steel mill in Indiana, and that's just a start. Corey Booker is right to say that Bain helped create more jobs than it eliminated.

re: #77 ggt

I prefer Otters.

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

Very cute. but if you wish to see an overdose of cute, then you must see this little seal pup.

(I shouldn't, I know I shouldn't Oh what the heck).

I once read that "a fair fight is clubbing baby seals". This reminded me of that comment in full gore technicolor ...

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

Very cute. but if you wish to see an overdose of cute, then you must see this little seal pup.

I see your seal pup and raise you a micro-piggie hugging a strawberry:

[Link: www.peoplepets.com...]

‘Barcode everyone at birth’

This week science fiction writer Elizabeth Moon argues that everyone should be given a barcode at birth.

“If I were empress of the Universe I would insist on every individual having a unique ID permanently attached - a barcode if you will; an implanted chip to provide an easy, fast inexpensive way to identify individuals.

It would be imprinted on everyone at birth. Point the scanner at someone and there it is.

Having such a unique barcode would have many advantages. In war soldiers could easily differentiate legitimate targets in a population from non combatants.

re: #68 Dark_Falcon

As if someone could formulate a thoughtful answer based on that.. Lets see.. Union Bad! That's the answer, right?

Well here's what I'd do.. I'd dump all their pensions onto the Feds, lay off everyone who worked there, auction off all their assets and close the place down and then let the creditors fight over scraps in court until none of it mattered.. Oh wait, thats what Mitt proposed for the domestic auto industry. Nevermind..

re: #78 Dark_Falcon

Sorry, so many other stories say otherwise.

In the majority of cases, it looks like they took control of companies to dismantle them and sell of the pieces. Romney only knows how to be a parasite.

He will do the same to the US. We don't need a new feudal era.

re: #79 ProGunLiberal

I prefer Otters.

yes, they are vewy, vewy cute also!

re: #60 Dark_Falcon

So, you'd have just let the failing companies go under?

Someone clearly does not understand the concept behind the their business plan. Bain did provide money to failing companies that they thought were positioned to earn good returns under new investor management. However just as often they seem to have acquired companies with a failing business model solely in order to borrow heavily against them, give themselves a dividend from the windfall and then within a few years (once the bankruptcy/IRS rules on the distribution were satisfied) have the company declare bankruptcy.

I don't like the idea of people playing "Heads I win and Tails I win Too" with other peoples money and livelihoods. But that seems to be the name of the game on Wall Street now.

re: #81 Lidane

I see your seal pup and raise you a micro-piggie hugging a strawberry:

[Link: www.peoplepets.com...]

that is not a real strawberry!

re: #82 ggt

‘Barcode everyone at birth’

I'd reply, but I cannot even hear my own voice over the shouts of anger from both right and left that such a proposal would raise here in the US.

re: #78 Dark_Falcon

They saved Staples, and at least one steel mill in Indiana, and that's just a start. Corey Booker is right to say that Bain helped create more jobs than it eliminated.

I'd need to pull up a list of every company ever touched by them and I've too much Guiness and Beam on board to do it tonight so pardon me for simply saying that I find that difficult to believe.

re: #87 ggt

that is not a real strawberry!

True, but it's a real piggie. The visual is so cute it makes my teeth hurt. Heh.

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

I'd reply, but I cannot even hear my own voice over the shouts of anger from both right and left that such a proposal would raise here in the US.

It's ironic in that it was a Fox show but I immediately flashed on the intro to the short lived (alas) SF series "Dark Angel". Much better than that Firefly dreck but just as unfortunately killed off.

BREAKING!

Hawaii Verifies Obama’s Birth For Arizona Secretary Of State

re: #83 Mich-again

As if someone could formulate a thoughtful answer based on that.. Lets see.. Union Bad! That's the answer, right?

Well here's what I'd do.. I'd dump all their pensions onto the Feds, lay off everyone who worked there, auction off all their assets and close the place down and then let the creditors fight over scraps in court until none of it mattered.. Oh wait, thats what Mitt proposed for the domestic auto industry. Nevermind..

The part of the answer is: Union needs to be more flexible. Union not bad for steel workers, union needed to keep them from getting hurt by low safety standards. But union must learn when it no can dig in heels, for union only have members if mills makes money.

/Mongo (after the candygram)

re: #92 bratwurst

Also breaking:

Bear shits in woods.

re: #81 Lidane

I see your seal pup and raise you a micro-piggie hugging a strawberry:

[Link: www.peoplepets.com...]

I has a sad...poor seal...

Image: poster15884650.jpg

re: #91 William Barnett-Lewis

It's ironic in that it was a Fox show but I immediately flashed on the intro to the short lived (alas) SF series "Dark Angel". Much better than that Firefly dreck but just as unfortunately killed off.

OK, now we agree of something. Moving Dark Angel to Fridays in its second season was foolish, though I think it was also that after 9/11 Fox didn't really like having a show where the heroine was fighting a corrupt American government.

re: #95 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

Why did you put that up? :(

re: #91 William Barnett-Lewis

I've never seen Firefly, but did see Serenity.

What are the problems with Firefly?

re: #94 ProGunLiberal

Also breaking:

Bear shits in woods.

Follow up story: Illinois governor Pat Quinn has state fine bear $500 for shitting in the woods. When asked why he would issue such a fine, Quinn replied "We're broke and need the money."

//

I don't know, I think Princess Dog is rather cute.

re: #97 ProGunLiberal

Why did you put that up? :(

To depress you, why else?

///

re: #82 ggt

‘Barcode everyone at birth’

As if we are not sufficiently unique to measure already?
Fingerprint, DNA, retina pattern, face recognition...

What did they think was missing?

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

In much of manufacturing, the cost of direct labor is much smaller than the cost for energy or raw materials or scrap/repairs. For a steel mill to really be efficient it has to have modern efficient equipment and controls, and that requires capital investment. But if you are on a mission to hurry up and make a business seem more profitable right now without requiring any investment, then the easy thing to do is slash labor costs by hacking the union to death.

In the big picture, labor cost reductions may be small gain, but they won't require time or a capital investment. And if all you need to do is show evidence of a turnaround in the works in order to leverage more cash out of the operation, then demonizing the labor force is an easy target even if it won't make the place stay competitive for the long term.

Barcodeing would eliminate whole departments within departments of government stuff.

No need for driver's licenses, credit cards, birth certificates.

Then there would be the increase in fraud/crime departments from people altering bar-codes and forging them . . .

Like in Repo-Man (movie), each organ would have to be barcoded . . .so if you wake-up in the hotel bathtub full of ice . ..

re: #98 ProGunLiberal

I've never seen Firefly, but did see Serenity.

What are the problems with Firefly?

Oy. Where do I begin? There is no way that many inhabitable planets with near normal gravity will be in ONE SINGLE SOLAR SYSTEM. That all of the survivors could get moved interstellar distances but not have interstellar drives once they get there? That they heroes just happen to be clones of "Outlaw Josey Wales" level confederate soldiers while the ebil gobernmet is pure Union? That the whole "Wild wild west" schtick was never explained - why would Joe Snuffy be looking at the south end of a mule that's headed north in a universe where cheap fusion (see the Serenity class itself!!!) exists?

The real reason is that Joss Whedon is, frankly, the laziest writer this side of Stephen King or Annie Rice. He loves to blow it all off as unimportant but, despite the super particle of the week problem, the reason Star Trek is still around is because they at least tried to pretend to actually be SF. Firefly never even tried. I am surprised Fox didn't push it harder as it fit their political spin perfectly.

Dark Angel was real SF unlike Firefly. As DF notes, that probably scared the piss out of Fox in post 9/11 America.

re: #104 ggt

And then they could eliminate cash by matching your barcode to a debit card account...
/

re: #106 Mich-again

And then they could eliminate cash by matching your barcode to a debit card account...
/

exactly!

Some code in your DNA could be your PIN!

I'm still bitter Farscape got cancelled while Stargate limped along past its time with a lame spin off series to boot.

re: #92 bratwurst

Damn, really? I was hoping they would troll them for more. But I guess Arizona already cried uncle.

re: #104 ggt

Barcodeing would eliminate whole departments within departments of government stuff.

No need for driver's licenses, credit cards, birth certificates.

Then there would be the increase in fraud/crime departments from people altering bar-codes and forging them . . .

Like in Repo-Man (movie), each organ would have to be barcoded . . .so if you wake-up in the hotel bathtub full of ice . ..

I was prepared to really dislike that movie, but the last 5 minutes turned me around.

Hah!

Defeated the random generator in Birth By Sleep. It took about 15 tries.

While I was wide-awake the other early morning, I watched part of a show on the Science Channel with Stephen Hawking and some other really, really smart people. It had cool graphics about how each universe has been found to have a Super Black Hole --and it is thought to be part of the origins of said universe.

I think I might have understood it.

re: #110 Kragar

I was prepared to really dislike that movie, but the last 5 minutes turned me around.

I kinda liked it from the beginning.

Interesting concept --the acting was good.

re: #107 ggt

exactly!

Some code in your DNA could be your PIN!

And then maybe we will be able to plug a flash drive into our neck to retrieve old files from the brain. I could use that..

THIS really pisses me off!

re: #114 Mich-again

And then maybe we will be able to plug a flash drive into our neck to retrieve old files from the brain. I could use that..

Yeah, I don't know tho.

Mine would be pretty garbled.

re: #108 Kragar

I'm still bitter Farscape got cancelled while Stargate limped along past its time with a lame spin off series to boot.

A spin off series? Last I counted there were/had been three. (Although I actually have to admit to growing to like "universe" past the fifth episode or so and was sad that it got the ax.)

When I go back and read Isaac Asimov SF, it cracks me up how all the great robot scientists eventually have to light up a cigarette.

re: #117 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

A spin off series? Last I counted there were/had been three. (Although I actually have to admit to growing to like "universe" past the fifth episode or so and was sad that it got the ax.)

I was referring to it at the time Farscape got the axe, when it was just SG and Atlantis.

re: #105 William Barnett-Lewis

Thanks for explanation. No wonder those Conservatives Freshman Year liked it so much.

What I find interesting is plausibly colonizing the Solar System in the Long Term. That is cool enough.

When I think of that, the only thing I can think of is Cowboy Bebop. Anything else?

I liked Stargate Atlantis.

But, I quit watching TV regularly about half-way thru.

re: #113 ggt

I kinda liked it from the beginning.

Interesting concept --the acting was good.

I like Forrest Whitaker as a bad guy.

re: #106 Mich-again

And then they could eliminate cash by matching your barcode to a debit card account...
/

The RPG Traveller had a story arc involving a Civil War that none of the factions could win. Towards the end there was a supplement called "Hard Times" about the collapse of civilization. One of the most ... difficult... illustrations I've ever seen in an RPG supplement was of a pregnant woman with a child at her feet in front of an ATM being told "Credit Denied. Your Account Has Been Terminated." Very cold; very true.

re: #91 William Barnett-Lewis

It's ironic in that it was a Fox show but I immediately flashed on the intro to the short lived (alas) SF series "Dark Angel". Much better than that Firefly dreck but just as unfortunately killed off.

urge... to downding... rising...

re: #121 ggt

I liked Stargate Atlantis.

Admitting you're a bad person is a good first step.
/

re: #122 Kragar

I like Forrest Whitaker as a bad guy.

But he really wasn't at the end, was he?

re: #125 Kragar

Admitting you're a bad person is a good first step.
/

and my life as become unmanageable. .. .
/

re: #117 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

A spin off series? Last I counted there were/had been three. (Although I actually have to admit to growing to like "universe" past the fifth episode or so and was sad that it got the ax.)

SGU was pretty good. I liked it better than SG.

Mostly, I think I liked the Atlantis set.

I tend to be swayed by art design/architecture.

and, I liked the doctor character.

re: #126 ggt

But he really wasn't at the end, was he?

Keeping your friend in a coma for as long as you can pay for it = not really good considering you're the one who put him in the coma, and he's only in the mess he's in because you screwed him over

Killing off a whole warehouse of people to get to him, then continuing to do so, so you can pay the bills for your buddy = call it a grey area.

re: #130 Kragar

Keeping your friend in a coma for as long as you can pay for it = not really good considering you're the one who put him in the coma, and he's only in the mess he's in because you screwed him over

Killing off a whole warehouse of people to get to him, then continuing to do so, so you can pay the bills for your buddy = call it a grey area.

but, it was a happy coma . . . .

I mean, he stood by his buddy. He could have just let him die . . .

re: #128 Purple Throbbing Standby

SGU was pretty good. I liked it better than SG.

*sigh* It did not live up to it's potential, and I think it had a lot. Loved the morally gray (and that's being kind) doctor.

re: #124 It's a cookbook!

urge... to downding... rising...

Sorry, go ahead if it makes it better. But do please consider my other post on why I dislike Firefly over other semi-recent SF attempts.

MIgraine is unbearble all.

going back to bed.

Have a good one.

re: #133 William Barnett-Lewis

You familiar with Cowboy Bebop. I caught 50-75% of the episodes on Adult Swim when it was one it some years ago.

re: #131 ggt

but, it was a happy coma . . .

I mean, he stood by his buddy. He could have just let him die . . .

He could have not rigged the defibrillator to explode in the first place...

re: #133 William Barnett-Lewis

Sorry, go ahead if it makes it better. But do please consider my other post on why I dislike Firefly over other semi-recent SF attempts.

I think the SF concept was a low priority for him. Even though he decided to go so far as keep sound out of space. But I digress. His science, while you're totally correct in that it's horribly flawed, isn't all that worse than Star Wars. His strengths lie in his characters and dialogue. I'd argue that he had a much more interesting sci-fi concept at least in Dollhouse.

re: #136 Kragar

He could have not rigged the defibrillator to explode in the first place...

Mitt Romney would call that a "prank."

Are there any trekkies out there? Since lizards are talking about Sci-Fi, I wanted to say that the first season of TOS is way, way better than the 2nd.

I wish the Trek movie had a little bit of the feel the Corbomite Manuever episode had.

re: #135 ProGunLiberal

You familiar with Cowboy Bebop. I caught 50-75% of the episodes on Adult Swim when it was one it some years ago.

Yeah, it's ok. I never really got into it but I'd rather it than many things :)

Know what comic needs a movie/tv series?

Warheads.

Think Stargate, but run by a private company that uses mercenaries to steal anything they can get their hands on.

re: #140 William Barnett-Lewis

The reason I find it interesting is the scenario of colonization of the solar system seems plausible in the long-term. I don't remember interstellar travel. That part seems likely.

Not the part about some sort of gate malfunctioning, blowing away a huge chunk of the moon, making Earth nearly uninhabitable from constant bombardment.

re: #139 Be Zorch, Daddio

Are there any trekkies out there? Since lizards are talking about Sci-Fi, I wanted to say that the first season of TOS is way, way better than the 2nd.

I wish the Trek movie had a little bit of the feel the Corbomite Manuever episode had.

I think that the reason I loved the reboot is that it felt like "Corbomite Maneuver" in a way - when Kirk is arguing with Spock and gets tossed off of the ship? That's a delight.

re: #141 Kragar

Know what comic needs a movie/tv series?

Warheads.

Think Stargate, but run by a private company that uses mercenaries to steal anything they can get their hands on.

Drop the mercenary part and you pretty much have what Stargate was...

re: #143 William Barnett-Lewis

I think that the reason I loved the reboot is that it felt like "Corbomite Maneuver" in a way - when Kirk is arguing with Spock and gets tossed off of the ship? That's a delight.

I love that JJ Abrams knew when to have his movie make fun of itself. A lot like Avengers in that regard.

Seduction of the Innocent.

Northstar of the X-Men Proposes To His Boyfriend In This Week's 'Astonishing X-Men' #50

re: #144 It's a cookbook!

Drop the mercenary part and you pretty much have what Stargate was...

Nah, these guys didn't bother with even attempting diplomatic relations.

re: #143 William Barnett-Lewis

As a Doctor Who Fan, I should mention there is a rather large difference between Classic and New Who.

New Who is more relaxed. Example is below. It is also more manic. Which I like.

The guy speaking is The Master.

re: #148 ProGunLiberal

As a Doctor Who Fan, I should mention there is a rather large difference between Classic and New Who.

New Who is more relaxed. Example is below. It is also more manic. Which I like.

[Embedded content] The guy speaking is The Master.

The last Master was awesome.

re: #149 Kragar

Oh, I have to agree. Now THAT is a supervillain. All about presentation. Which he excels at. From the same episode as the last clip.

re: #148 ProGunLiberal

He has a helicarrier?

re: #115 ggt

THIS really pisses me off!

Margaret Sanger is kinda hard to defend because she was a believer in Eugenics and actually wrote down in letters to others many of the thoughts and ideals that the current "anti-planned parenthood" crowd accuse her of having. The fact that eugenics was popular then and that very many other people accepted it is still not an adequate defense.

Rather one needs to point to actual actions and I have seen lengthy and detailed responses on this site as regards Sanger and Eugenics. (statistics, clinic locations, her later statements, etc.)

Still none of that means a damn thing in the age of the 15 second (at most) sound bite. What can you say? Better what can you say that will be accurate?

"Well yes Sanger was a racist but so was everyone else then?"

"Sanger believed in the theory of eugenics because most all "smart" people did then?"

Your digging yourself a hole trying to defend Sanger, this isn't about Sanger, it is about Planned Parenthood. Defend the positive, relate the positive story of the current services provided of which abortion is only a fractional part. Who cares whether Sanger was a saint or a demon, and why get drawn into arguing about it when it only hurts your cause to do so?

The only point that needs to be made is that Planned Parenthood does a lot of good for many hundreds of thousands of people across this country. Irregardless of any views Sanger may or may not have had Planned Parenthood has, like all adult offspring, grown up and chosen it's own path. Margaret Sanger's opinions on anything ceased to matter to anyone except historians quite a while ago.

re: #150 ProGunLiberal

Oh, I have to agree. Now THAT is a supervillain. All about presentation. Which he excels at. From the same episode as the last clip.

[Embedded content]

Actually, that was from the episode after the first clip.

re: #151 It's a cookbook!

He has a helicarrier?

Nope, the UN has a helicarrier.

re: #151 It's a cookbook!

Flying Aircraft Carrier.

Made for UNIT, but destroyed by the Daleks the season after. Only appeared in 4 Episodes

re: #153 Kragar

Aw, I've seen all of Seasons 1 and 2. And large hunks of the rest.

Guess which 2 I have missed.

I still think Rory has been my favorite character to date.

re: #143 William Barnett-Lewis

The reason I like a lot of the early episodes is that there's a feeling of space being a really lonely place. It kind of lost that later on, and TNG never really found it.

Maybe it was a little bit of the Outer Limits influence.

Cheesy but weird aliens are cool too.

re: #157 Kragar

He's pretty awesome. Amy is up there for being able to outwit the Doctor.

re: #160 ProGunLiberal

He's pretty awesome. Amy is up there for being able to outwit the Doctor.

[Embedded content]

Amy kind of annoys me.

Speaking of the Doctor...

Recently, Doctor Who won a victory over Star Trek by becoming the longest-running science fiction series ever. Twice as many actors have played the Doctor over its entire run as have played James Bond. All the way back in the '70s, the role belonged to Tom Baker (the fourth Doctor), and his biggest fan in the universe was a geeky kid named David McDonald.

And McDonald was a megafan to an extent that few men could begin to realize. As a child in school, it was all he ever wrote about, to the point where his teacher had to tell him to stop before she had to fail him. His most treasured possession was the stripy Doctor Who scarf his grandmother knitted him.

But he was a talented kid, even if he channeled all that talent into incessantly ranting about Doctor Who (a teacher still has one of his essays about the Doctor, titled "Intergalactic Overload," in which McDonald talked about becoming obsessed with the thought of being the Time Lord himself). And where most kids eventually drop their fantasy of growing up to be, say, a Jedi, David McDonald stuck to his guns and joined acting school. Only, because they already had a guy named David McDonald, he changed his name to something that a lot of nerds will find instantly familiar: David Tennant.

Tennant worked hard, forging himself a successful career in Shakespearean stage productions, until one day, while recording a radio play, he learned of a project that was being recorded next door: a Doctor Who animation being produced in an attempt to revive the series after a 14-year hiatus. This was Tennant's big break. He crashed the production and managed somehow to convince the director to give him a small role. Now that his foot was in the door, he was able to audition for the role he was born to play once the series geared up again. And guess what? He lost to Christopher Eccleston.

Oh, but they gave Tennant the role a year later, when Eccleston quit. And Tennant went on to be voted the best version of the Doctor ever by fans, which makes sense, because he knew the character better than anyone in the history of the universe. As if that wasn't a big enough screw you to the realists who mocked his obsession, he also married the daughter of Peter Davison, the fifth Doctor. Because apparently his good fortune just wasn't implausible enough already.

good night all.

re: #161 Kragar

Ah Tennant, biggest Fanboy in the history of being a fanboy.

Watched Dr. Who as a kid, became obsessed. Went into acting to become the doctor. Became the 10th Doctor, using the 5th as a guide. Had a charity episode where he met with 5th. In a later episode, he played along side Davison's daughter, a partial clone of the Doctor.

Then Tennant married Davison's daughter, and had a daughter.

The Doctor's Daughter had the Doctor's Daughter with the Doctor. :P

I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier tonight. I should not have said the things I did.

Did I miss a flame war here or something?

re: #165 Expand Your Ground

Did I miss a flame war here or something?

Just something I said to Buck that I wish I hadn't said. I was out of line.

You told him to go Buck himself?

back on the drip...

Something to scare Republicans white(r):

Strong Support for Gay Marriage Now Exceeds Strong Opposition

Strong public support for same-sex marriage exceeds strong opposition by a significant margin for the first time in ABC News/Washington Post polls, and African-Americans have moved more in favor, perhaps taking their lead from Barack Obama on the issue.

Overall, 53 percent of Americans say gay marriage should be legal, steady the past year but up from 36 percent in just 2006. Thirty-nine percent "strongly" support it, while 32 percent are strongly opposed - the first time strong sentiment has tilted positive. Six years ago, by contrast, strong views on the issue were negative by a broad 27-point margin.
See PDF with full results here.

Further, this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, finds that support for gay marriage has reached a new high among African-Americans in ABC/Post polls, up from four in 10 in recent surveys to 59 percent now.

Another result shows increasing exposure: Seventy-one percent of Americans now say they have a friend, family member or acquaintance who's gay, up from 59 percent in 1998. People who know someone who's gay are 20 points more likely than others to support gay marriage.

HI GUYS

UTAH SUCKS

re: #170 Targetpractice

And but for a handful of ideologues, gay marriage is not a key single issue that is going to determine their vote.

The six suspects are Jennifer Moses, 30; Lee Carl Moses, 26; David Masters, 55; Paula Masters, 43; Brandon Haggard, 20; and Tracy Jordan, 45.

Lee Carl Moses! Fuck me, stay away from that name

re: #173 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]

Lee Carl Moses! Fuck me, stay away from that name

named him after a man of the cloth:

Police: Drinking man brought zebra, parrot along for ride
Good morning.

re: #172 Expand Your Ground

And but for a handful of ideologues, gay marriage is not a key single issue that is going to determine their vote.

I'd say it's why Romney's doing his damnedest to avoid anything that isn't economy related, because he knows the socon bullshit is a loser and he can't afford to let the ball get rolling. Obama's got him right where he wants him: Unable to move for fear that he'll shoot his own foot off.

re: #176 Targetpractice

I'd say it's why Romney's doing his damnedest to avoid anything that isn't economy related, because he knows the socon bullshit is a loser and he can't afford to let the ball get rolling. Obama's got him right where he wants him: Unable to move for fear that he'll shoot his own foot off.

And there 's the rub: we must not forget that Obama and Romney are both beholden to the same financial interests. Their economic policies will differ only in a few matters of degree.

But when it comes to social issues, the GOP is hell bent on setting the clocks back at least 50 years on minority, women's and gay rights in this country.

re: #177 Expand Your Ground

And there 's the rub: we must not forget that obama and Romney are both beholden to the same financial interests. Their economic policies will differ only in a few matters of degree.

But when it comes to social issues, the GOP is hell bent on setting the clocks back at least 50 years on minority, women's and gay rights in this country.

True enough, but Obama's got the last 3 years to run on. Romney's got Bain alone, and that's dissolving under his feet with each passing revelation. He'd have his governorship, except he's spent over the 4 years running away from that.

Which I think is why we've seen "Brochure-gate," "Wright-gate," and "Photoshop-gate" in the past few days, because the wingnuts are running scared. They gotta find something, anything, to turn voters against Obama.

AZ Secretary Of State Apologizes For Birther Threat, But Still Seeks Proof Of Obama’s Birthplace

Hawaii Verifies President Obama’s Birth For Arizona’s Secretary Of State

XD

Morning, all

re: #179 Varek Raith

Ball's in his court. I wonder if he'll go full birther and say "No, they haven't."

Lol. Minnesota delegates.
12 to Ron Paul.
1 to Bachmann.

re: #182 Varek Raith

They crazy rules-lawyers are actually doing it. They actually think that exploiting the process is going to get them something.

re: #183 Obdicut

I know. All it's doing is giving the RNC heartburn and bad mojo.

Google's frontpage is awesome.

And it will do awesome things if you type in Zerg Rush! :)

re: #185 ProGunLiberal

Google's frontpage is awesome.

And it will do awesome things if you type in Zerg Rush! :)

I got your zerg rush right here!
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re: #181 Obdicut

Ball's in his court. I wonder if he'll go full birther and say "No, they haven't."

He has to at this point. Birtherism is an Article of Faith to these people.

re: #181 Obdicut

Ball's in his court. I wonder if he'll go full birther and say "No, they haven't."

He's supposed to be making a statement about it later today.

Early prediction: He'll mutter something about he's personally not convinced, but that it meets the state's criteria, so Obama will be on the ballot.

re: #188 Targetpractice

He's supposed to be making a statement about it later today.

Early prediction: He'll mutter something about he's personally not convinced, but that it meets the state's criteria, so Obama will be on the ballot.

And that he will continue the investigation, should new evidence arise, then Obama's name could still be stricken at the last moment...

re: #189 Expand Your Ground

And that he will continue the investigation, should new evidence arise, then Obama's name could still be stricken at the last moment...

That he's had to give a public apology leads me to believe he's getting heat from upstairs to let this go. He'll "leave the door open," but say that it's settled "for the moment."

re: #190 Targetpractice

That he's had to give a public apology leads me to believe he's getting heat from upstairs to let this go. He'll "leave the door open," but say that it's settled "for the moment."

The RNC has realized the damage that this sort of massive stupidity could lead to. But its own ability to limit damages has been severely compromised.

I see there's been a pie fight...

re: #192 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

I see there's been a pie fight...

I just got that. I'm a little slow this morning, need coffee.

Hoosiers:

5 Indiana men charged in anti-racist mob attack at Chicago-area restaurant
[Link: www.indystar.com...]

Gun deaths surpass vehicle deaths in Indiana, study says
[Link: www.indystar.com...]

Student brings hand grenade to grade school
[Link: www.indystar.com...]

So the safest place to be in Indiana is on the road in an armored car...

I had forgotten about this nut:

Man who beheaded and ate fellow passenger on Greyhound bus believed he was attacking alien, mental health advocate says

Vince Li 'was on the lookout for aliens as such, and the voice of God told him that Tim McLean was an alien and he needed to destroy him lest Tim destroy other people'
[Link: www.nydailynews.com...]

Third to last single released, second to last #1 chart topper released (in UK, not US):

re: #196 RogueOne

I had forgotten about this nut:

Man who beheaded and ate fellow passenger on Greyhound bus believed he was attacking alien, mental health advocate says

Vince Li 'was on the lookout for aliens as such, and the voice of God told him that Tim McLean was an alien and he needed to destroy him lest Tim destroy other people'
[Link: www.nydailynews.com...]

Religious freedoms!

/

Went up to Albany yesterday to lobby for the Freelancer Payment Protection Act. A few of the senators pawned us off with quite junior interns. Since they didn't respond to the sweet voice of reason, now we move on to step 2: getting all the members in their district to call their office and ask for them to co-sponser the bill.

It's continually depressing and useful how small a number of people it takes to get political change. If we get a hundred people to call each senator, we can probably influence their vote.

re: #199 Obdicut

If we get a hundred people one billionaire to calldonate tons of money to each senator, we can probably influence their vote.

FTFY

re: #200 Expand Your Ground

Sure. But if you get enough people, the money matters less. In local races, money matters less, too. Luckily for us, there's nobody who's actually against this bill, it's just inertia on the part of the Republicans keeping it from coming to the table. They're not concerned with passing good laws, but with keeping their majority, and they'll only bring this bill up to a vote if they think it'll help them keep their majority.

re: #40 ProGunLiberal

The only uncomfortable thing here for me is one word.

Rape.

Calling this rape seems to trivialize rape.

But corporations are people too!
//

re: #102 Daniel Ballard

As if we are not sufficiently unique to measure already?
Fingerprint, DNA, retina pattern, face recognition...

What did they think was missing?

Hey, why do all these barcodes start with '666'?!?

:p

//

re: #203 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Hey, why do all these barcodes start with '666'?!?

:p

//

Just turn the upside down - The Mark of Cain!!

I'm getting too old and bitter. Yesterday on the long drive home, I noticed a Charles Manson look a-like get out of his rusted pedo-van and help a turtle cross the road. My first thought was, "My God, he is going to kidnap and rape that turtle!" I kept driving.

re: #205 Tommy's cone of shame

You can do it to a turtle if you entice it with myrtle
A tortoise can be had if you tickle the gonad
The alligator takes things that would simply appall
But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all!

re: #206 Obdicut

You can do it to a turtle if you entice it with myrtle
A tortoise can be had if you tickle the gonad
The alligator takes things that would simply appall
But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all!

I don't want to know if that's original.

Just a quick drive-by post before I go to work. Have a good day Obi, and all others. BBT

re: #207 Dark_Falcon

Spur of the moment, inspired by the oft-alluded-to but never fully spelled-out song sung by Nanny Ogg in Pratchett's Discworld series.

re: #208 Obdicut

always assumed it was an old rugby song...

Have a good day folks. Off to Cooperstown!

A man was arrested outside of a Dubuque bar on Sunday night with a pet zebra and a macaw parrot in the front seat of his truck.
Hitchhikers?!

[Link: www.kcrg.com...]

Bad door to door selling technique, asking how many children live in the house, and lying about who you are: [Link: www.timesunion.com...]

Morning Lizardim from the cool and cloudy wild north country. We're supposed to see another round of thunderstorm action today. Hope the hatches are properly battened down back at home.

Daughter of Ford Motor Company Chief Executive to marry son of Detroit TV Anchorwoman.

Sweet.
Henry will have Black great-great-great (not sure how many great) grandkids.

re: #214 Learned Mother of Zion

Daughter of Ford Motor Company Chief Executive to marry son of Detroit TV Anchorwoman.

Sweet.
Henry will have Black great-great-great (not sure how many great) grandkids.

They should convert to Judaism...

Time for me to get motivated. Enjoy your day people.

15 Extremely Awkward Animal Moments
[Link: www.buzzfeed.com...]

Image: enhanced-buzz-3131-1337722331-3.jpg

Did this get any play 'round here yesterday?

Video shows SC union leader striking Haley piñata

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A YouTube video of the retiring president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO hitting a piñata with Gov. Nikki Haley's face on it has the national union distancing itself from what it calls an "inappropriate joke."

The video shows Donna Dewitt striking the piñata Saturday of Haley's face featuring the Republican governor's quote that unions are not wanted in South Carolina.

The video circulated widely Tuesday in social media. Haley even encouraged her Facebook followers to check it out.

AFL-CIO media director Alison Omens sent a statement saying there is no place for that kind of joke.

Dewitt says there was no ill intent to the game, which followed the South Carolina Progressive Network's spring conference.

Dewitt is retiring June 30 after 16 years as the union's state leader.

re: #216 RogueOne

Time for me to get motivated. Enjoy your day people.

15 Extremely Awkward Animal Moments
[Link: www.buzzfeed.com...]

Image: enhanced-buzz-3131-1337722331-3.jpg

Motivated, schmotivated. Although your picture is rather apropos for Hump Day.

re: #152 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

Margaret Sanger is kinda hard to defend because she was a believer in Eugenics and actually wrote down in letters to others many of the thoughts and ideals that the current "anti-planned parenthood" crowd accuse her of having. The fact that eugenics was popular then and that very many other people accepted it is still not an adequate defense.

Rather one needs to point to actual actions and I have seen lengthy and detailed responses on this site as regards Sanger and Eugenics. (statistics, clinic locations, her later statements, etc.)

Still none of that means a damn thing in the age of the 15 second (at most) sound bite. What can you say? Better what can you say that will be accurate?

"Well yes Sanger was a racist but so was everyone else then?"

"Sanger believed in the theory of eugenics because most all "smart" people did then?"

Your digging yourself a hole trying to defend Sanger, this isn't about Sanger, it is about Planned Parenthood. Defend the positive, relate the positive story of the current services provided of which abortion is only a fractional part. Who cares whether Sanger was a saint or a demon, and why get drawn into arguing about it when it only hurts your cause to do so?

The only point that needs to be made is that Planned Parenthood does a lot of good for many hundreds of thousands of people across this country. Irregardless of any views Sanger may or may not have had Planned Parenthood has, like all adult offspring, grown up and chosen it's own path. Margaret Sanger's opinions on anything ceased to matter to anyone except historians quite a while ago.

This PDF from Planned Parenthood does a good job of saying what Margaret Sanger did and did NOT write regarding African -American's and Planned Parenthood.

I will continue to defend Margaret Sanger because she earned by support and my defense.

Morning all!

'Killer bride' seized at banquet in Udmurtia, Russia

geez!

re: #221 ggt

'Killer bride' seized at banquet in Udmurtia, Russia

geez!

Your link goes back to this page.

Oh look, another misogynistic rightwing douchenozzle:

I love seeing headlines like this: GOP Deals Another Blow To Planned Parenthood huff.to/JcMQVq

— Dan Gainor (@dangainor) May 23, 2012

re: #222 thedopefishlives

Your link goes back to this page.

try this

sorry

off for a while

Have a great morning all!

33 Years In Prison For Pakistani Doctor Who Aided Hunt For Bin Laden

Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor who helped in the hunt for Osama bin Laden by trying to collect DNA from the al-Qaida leader and his family members, has been convicted of treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison, according to reports from Pakistan.

Pakistan's Dawn newspaper quotes Mohammad Siddiq, a spokesman for the tribal justice system in the Khyber district, as saying Afridi "has been sentenced for 33 years on treason charges and has been moved to Peshawar central jail after the verdict was announced by the local court."

re: #226 Lidane

Cue the chickenhawks screaming for Pakistan's head (after we finish in Iran, of course) in 3...2...1...

re: #227 thedopefishlives

Cue the chickenhawks screaming for Pakistan's head (after we finish in Iran, of course) in 3...2...1...

That'll have to wait until they finish screaming about how Obama threw this doctor under the bus, didn't protect him, etc. You know, because the RWNJs have been so supportive of the raid on OBL up to this point.

re: #228 Lidane

That'll have to wait until they finish screaming about how Obama threw this doctor under the bus, didn't protect him, etc. You know, because the RWNJs have been so supportive of the raid on OBL up to this point.

Hmm, yeah, good point. Blame Obama first, and then when that peters out, claim that he should bomb Pakistan because they are getting uppity. It's not like the realities of diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia aren't complex enough already.

re: #226 Lidane

33 Years In Prison For Pakistani Doctor Who Aided Hunt For Bin Laden

Treason for helping catch Osama. Oh yeah, that sounds like an ally...
///

Sometimes I think we should have wrecked their nukes and rolled on into Pakistan hot, instead of embracing double dealing pretend friends.

re: #226 Lidane

33 Years In Prison For Pakistani Doctor Who Aided Hunt For Bin Laden

I am shocked that they would do such a thing!

//

re: #230 Daniel Ballard

Treason for helping catch Osama. Oh yeah, that sounds like an ally...
///

Sometimes I think we should have wrecked their nukes and rolled on into Pakistan hot, instead of embracing double dealing pretend friends.

Yeah, I would have liked us to deal with India and treat Afghanistan and Pakistan as a single entity. It probably wasn't practical but they are both inherently linked parts of the same problem on so many levels.

Morning Tweets:

Number of Americans calling themselves "pro-choice" is now at a record low...pwire.at/JCtZmr

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) May 23, 2012

Homophobia Around The World: Buzzfeed has posted a horrifying photo essay. bit.ly/KBpfPK

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 23, 2012

The hacker collective Anonymous claims it has hacked and released nearly two GB of data from DOJ servers: politi.co/JRdhpE

— POLITICO (@politico) May 23, 2012

re: #232 Killgore Trout

There was not even much of a diplomatic protest after we killed him in that villa. Which at least some people knew about.

The rest is a bunch of people still whining about Cory Booker.

//

Bristol Palin will star in “Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp,” next month.
Please control yourself.

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

The Facebook clown show expands:

That didn't take long: Shareholders Sue Facebook, Zuckerberg And Banks Over IPO | TPM Livewireis.gd/U0cc92

— STL Activist Hub (@stlactivisthub) May 23, 2012

DKos: NATO 3 Being Tortured with "Sensory Deprivation," Posted Police Harassment Video, Now Charged

INNOCENT UNTIL FOUND GUILTY! STOP THE TORTURE OF THE NATO 3!

lol

The $1.45 Trillion Fighter Jet—and the Florida Deficit Hawks Who Love It
One of the Pentagon's most-criticized expenditures is warmly welcomed in tea partier Rick Scott's Sunshine State.

The F-35 fighter jet's first missile floated wide. The second found its target, and an explosion brought the bogey down. "Yes! Got him! Woo!" exclaimed the pilot, Jennifer Carroll, a 52-year-old former Navy officer and airplane mechanic. But it's Carroll's current job—lieutenant governor of Florida—that explains why her simulator flight was being closely watched by about two dozen members of the Florida League of Defense Contractors at an industry gathering in Tallahassee on a drizzly morning in mid-February. Next, with a technician from Lockheed Martin furiously pointing at indicators and whispering commands over her shoulder, Carroll nosed the simulator down to take on a ground target. "Three, two, one…blam!" she exclaimed, to laughter. "Osama, you're gone!" Virtual mission accomplished...

re: #237 Gus

Well, that was inevitable. I can't wait too see what happens next.

re: #239 Gus

The F-35 was a big fat mistake, kinda like the F-22. I love me some military planes, but there's almost certainly a better and cheaper way to upgrade our fleet than these crazy expensive warbirds. One reason why I love the Super Hornet; it's the perfect example of a budget upgrade that performs its role spectacularly.

re: #240 Lidane

Well, that was inevitable. I can't wait too see what happens next.

I think they're in denial that the stock isn't doing as well as they thought. This is simply FB adjusting to market realities. There is nothing technologically unique about Facebook and easily imitated or replaced by "the next big thing." Google however had a diverse market in not only its search engine but other products.

re: #238 Killgore Trout

Okay so they can see, hear, and touch inside their cells just fine. But a white room and incommunicado is torture. ooookaaay. The rabid exaggerations are just laughable.

re: #242 Gus

I think they're in denial that the stock isn't doing as well as they thought. This is simply FB adjusting to market realities. There is nothing technologically unique about Facebook and easily imitated or replaced by "the next big thing." Google however had a diverse market in not only its search engine but other products.

True. Facebook was over-valued from the start. People wanted to see Apple or Google numbers, but that's not going to happen.

If they'd valued the stock at $28 instead of $38, Zuckerberg would look like a genius now because the stock would be climbing instead of falling. Instead they oversold themselves and now the lawsuits are coming.

Mt Wilson sunrise...

re: #241 thedopefishlives

The F-35 was a big fat mistake, kinda like the F-22. I love me some military planes, but there's almost certainly a better and cheaper way to upgrade our fleet than these crazy expensive warbirds. One reason why I love the Super Hornet; it's the perfect example of a budget upgrade that performs its role spectacularly.

Yep. Both are over-designed and way over budget and that budget continue to balloon. I don't think there's any turning back though so I won't expect the F-35 program to be cancelled save any shocking new design flaw that would spin out of control. While over budget cancelling it now would cost more than a replacement.

re: #238 Killgore Trout

DKos: NATO 3 Being Tortured with "Sensory Deprivation," Posted Police Harassment Video, Now Charged

lol

“They have nothing to read. They have no writing material. It’s a kind of sensory deprivation situation.”

NO INTERTUBEZ!1!TY

re: #244 Lidane

True. Facebook was over-valued from the start. People wanted to see Apple or Google numbers, but that's not going to happen.

If they'd valued the stock at $28 instead of $38, Zuckerberg would look like a genius now because the stock would be climbing instead of falling. Instead they oversold themselves and now the lawsuits are coming.

What are they going to sue for? I think that's pretty hilarious. Those are the breaks and this is how the stock market works. They simply have to wait. Facebook will probably rise above $38 in the future. That's the way it's always worked. You bought stock to wait sometimes 20 or 40 years for it to make significant growth.

I bought Facebook stock at 38 dollars a share and expected it to rise to 400 dollars a share overnight!!! I demand to know what went wrong!!!! I demand a refund!!! I demand an investigation!!!! Somebody call a whambulance!!!!

Back to a previous comment, and thanks for the support--
I did get some good news about my father in law yesterday. Not bone cancer, probably something more treatable. Bone scans came out clean, now they have to find the location, and get his chemo underway. This looks far more survivable than it did.

re: #250 Daniel Ballard

Back to a previous comment, and thanks for the support--
I did get some good news about my father in law yesterday. Not bone cancer, probably something more treatable. Bone scans came out clean, now they have to find the location, and get his chemo underway. This looks far more survivable than it did.

Oh that's good news. I was trying to be tactful before, but with bone cancer there's very little hope, ever, and it's a bad way to go. What do they think it is now?

re: #250 Daniel Ballard

Back to a previous comment, and thanks for the support--
I did get some good news about my father in law yesterday. Not bone cancer, probably something more treatable. Bone scans came out clean, now they have to find the location, and get his chemo underway. This looks far more survivable than it did.

Good News!

Bzzt.

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re: #251 Obdicut

Oh that's good news. I was trying to be tactful before, but with bone cancer there's very little hope, ever, and it's a bad way to go. What do they think it is now?

Not certain yet, but colon/prostate is next on the list to confirm or not. Thanks for the courtesy and tact. We hope for the best and deal as we can with what we really have.