Romney Slips Up, Reveals Alien Amercia Plot

Pulling back the curtain on a trans-universal scheme
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Their conspiracy theories and fake outrages and persecution fantasies are so irrational and bizarre, we’ve wondered many times whether today’s right wingers might actually be from some other universe.

Well, today we have persuasive evidence that this conjecture, crazy as it might seem, is actually the reality. Because Mitt Romney slipped up and let the alien cat-like creature out of the bag: he’s not really campaigning for President of America.

Oh no, my friends.

In truth, Mitt Romney is trying to become leader of the parallel universe version of the United States, known to its weird wingnut inhabitants as “Amercia.”

Mitt Romney (L) performs Amercian ceremonial dance with Yog-Sothoth (R)

This explains many things; for example, Romney’s robotic mannerisms, his seeming inability to empathize with the concerns of human beings, and his strange stilted grammar. And the laws of nature must be different in Amercia, which would explain why so many wingnuts are Birthers.

The only question left to answer: is the Romney-thing trying to bring about an alternate universe End Times, merging America with Amercia and canceling out both universes entirely in a blinding flash of derp?

Stay tuned for further developments.

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165 comments
1 Kragar  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:38:47pm

We are all Mercians now.

2 sagehen  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:40:23pm

NO MERCY!!

3 erik_t  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:44:49pm

Astute
Manufacturers
Expect
Romney's
Cash
In
Advance

I dare you to do better.

4 darthstar  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:44:54pm

Some Mercians dislike Romney's assumptions about Greenergy.

5 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:47:39pm

Okay, that's it, no more Fringe for Charles.

//

6 Daniel Ballard  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:50:22pm

LOL@GOP

Again.

This is the guy we want to get the 2:00am call when something horrible has happened that involves our people or troops?

Imagine Mitt across the table from Putin at a summit meet in the height of negotiations about missile defense or Syria. How well is that gonna go?

7 darthstar  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:51:06pm

re: #6 Daniel Ballard

LOL@GOP

Again.

This is the guy we want to get the 2:00am call when something horrible has happened that involves our people or troops?

Imagine Mitt across the table from Putin at a summit meet in the height of negotiations about missile defense or Syria. How well is that gonna go?

First thing he'd do is give Putin Georgia...the state.

8 Obdicut  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:52:04pm

re: #6 Daniel Ballard

Eh, a typo isn't the worst thing in the world.

It'll be funny if the reason for the typo was the graphics design was farmed out to Taiwan or something though.

9 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, May 30, 2012 2:53:04pm

re: #7 darthstar

First thing he'd do is give Putin Georgia...the state.

Well, that would be a reason in favor of voting for him ... ///

10 Daniel Ballard  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:01:34pm

re: #8 Obdicut

Eh, a typo isn't the worst thing in the world.

It'll be funny if the reason for the typo was the graphics design was farmed out to Taiwan or something though.

Maybe his staff thought this was the place to get graphics from...

11 Tumulus11  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:03:28pm

. The convenient wormhole will deliver you from America to Amercia almost instantly, while removing nagging symptoms of human empathy.

12 Kragar  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:03:52pm

FRC to Obama: 'We believe that 'the wages of sin is death''

13 jaunte  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:04:13pm

Ooo, Amercia mercia me
things ain't what they used to be.

Youtube Video
14 dragonath  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:04:31pm

Captain Jack Sparrow 2012

ARRRRRRMmerica

15 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:07:04pm

re: #14 Be Zorch, Daddio

Captain Jack Sparrow 2012

ARRRMmerica

Sparrow 2012: Rum For Everyone!

16 jaunte  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:09:27pm

Oil headed for biggest monthly drop since 2008

Benchmark U.S. crude fell $2.94, or 3.2 percent, on Wednesday to finish at $87.82. It's now down 11 percent from Jan. 1.

17 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:09:31pm

re: #10 Daniel Ballard

Maybe his staff thought this was the place to get graphics from...

Maybe so...I do enjoy looking at Engrish sometimes, because most of it is hilarious.

Seriously though, would it have been too much to ask for the Romney campaign to have had the app devs check their spelling, especially with as much scrutiny and attention as they have gotten lately?

18 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:10:48pm

re: #16 jaunte

Oil headed for biggest monthly drop since 2008

Wait, how can this be?! There's no new drilling, no Keystone XL, no shredding of regulations!! How can oil be going down if America's not producing it!?

19 BongCrodny  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:11:23pm

If Romney really had a sense of humor, during his speeches he'd throw in a "beeeep" after every seventh or eighth word.

20 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:12:30pm

re: #19 BongCrodny

If Romney really had a sense of humor, during his speeches he'd throw in a "beeep" after every seventh or eighth word.

Humor.EXE had to be uninstalled to free up room for Sellout.EXE.

21 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:17:31pm

Doesn't it seem like an iPhone app would be reviewed and approved, if not by Romney himself, at least by campaign officials before releasing it?

How many people looked at that screen and missed the misspelling?

HOW DEEP DOES THE CONSPIRACY GO?!

22 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:19:53pm

Is fb weirding out today, or is it just me?

23 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:20:06pm

re: #21 Charles Johnson

Doesn't it seem like an iPhone app would be reviewed and approved, if not by Romney himself, at least by campaign officials before releasing it?

How many people looked at that screen and missed the misspelling?

HOW DEEP DOES THE CONSPIRACY GO?!

False flag operation by a Mossad Liberal mole.

24 dragonfire1981  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:22:26pm

ABC news now shilling for Lila Rose

25 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:24:47pm

re: #24 dragonfire1981

ABC news now shilling for Lila Rose

I'm gonna SCREAM!

26 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:24:53pm

re: #16 jaunte

Oil headed for biggest monthly drop since 2008

re: #18 Targetpractice

I would think it'll be a hilarious poke-in-the-eye to the TPers/Palinites/Newtists if gas prices were to somehow trend below $3/gal (average) through at least the election.

It may be wishful thinking, but wouldn't it take some of the wind out of the RWNJs' sails?

27 erik_t  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:26:01pm

re: #26 Gitarzan

re: #18 Targetpractice
It may be wishful thinking, but wouldn't it take some of the wind out of the RWNJs' sails?

Their sails billow exclusively from their own hot air.

28 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:26:43pm

re: #26 Gitarzan

re: #18 Targetpractice

I would think it'll be a hilarious poke-in-the-eye to the TPers/Palinites/Newtists if gas prices were to somehow trend below $3/gal (average) through at least the election.

It may be wishful thinking, but wouldn't it take some of the wind out of the RWNJs' sails?

Nope. It would just be Obama manipulating the economy in order to create a temporary false electoral advantage.
(God-like powers that this magic POTUS has, no?)

29 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:27:25pm

re: #23 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

False flag operation by a Mossad Liberal mole.

How did you find out!?

Er...I mean...that's ridiculous. Who would believe such a thing.

///

30 funky chicken  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:27:39pm

re: #8 Obdicut

Eh, a typo isn't the worst thing in the world.

It'll be funny if the reason for the typo was the graphics design was farmed out to Taiwan or something though.

Damned unionized American workers are just too expensive.

/

31 wrenchwench  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:28:44pm

The local institute of higher learning put out a window sticker that said "Unversity" where it should have said "University". Presidential campaigns and universities should be held to a high standard.

Rmoney fail!

32 erik_t  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:29:04pm

re: #30 funky chicken

Damned onionized American workers are just too expensive.

FTFY.

33 Daniel Ballard  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:29:16pm

Romney is a unicorn! LOL
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

34 researchok  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:29:38pm

re: #31 wrenchwench

funy!

35 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:31:26pm

re: #27 erik_t

Their sails billow exclusively from their own hot air.

Which would be ironic, since many RWNJs oppose renewable energy sources on ideological grounds.

///

36 jaunte  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:32:30pm

re: #26 Gitarzan

38 Kragar  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:33:17pm

re: #35 Gitarzan

Which would be ironic, since many RWNJs oppose renewable energy sources on ideological grounds.

///

Just like they're against Sharia law but love saying the Constitution was given to us by Jesus.

39 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:34:20pm

re: #28 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Nope. It would just be Obama manipulating the economy in order to create a temporary false electoral advantage.
(God-like powers that this magic POTUS has, no?)

If not Obama himself, then his Wall Street buddies, perhaps even the dreaded Soros, will be suspected of manipulating the price of oil to help Obama get a leg up. Or we'll be told that dropping oil prices and gas prices matter not, because they'll eventually go back up unless we drill every spot of land that isn't already spoken for.

40 Kragar  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:36:13pm

I WANT THIS NOW!

Image: epic-win-photos-car-decal-win.jpg

41 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:37:18pm

re: #40 Kragar

I WANT THIS NOW!

Image: epic-win-photos-car-decal-win.jpg

I second that demand!

42 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:37:39pm

Romney is rounding up the regulars for endorsements:


Condoleezza Rice endorses Mitt Romney

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will endorse former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney Wednesday night, a source close to the Republican’s presidential campaign confirmed to the Fix.

43 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:40:01pm

re: #42 freetoken

Romney is rounding up the regulars for endorsements:

Condoleezza Rice endorses Mitt Romney

I really want to give her a pass on this because I admire her so much.

I can't.

44 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:41:07pm

That App of Romney's... it's not just the secretive plot exposed by the spelling.

Look at the picture.

Now, lighting from below is unusual in photographing people and that is not what is done here. Rather, in post processing, and in layering this image, the lower left was moved to white and the upper right was turned black, with a gradient of brightness between the two extremes.

The image is created to give a feeling of foreboding. Mitt is mostly in the light - the darker hair makes him look younger than he is. But behind him is something sinister, with many limbs... black limbs.

45 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:42:14pm

re: #42 freetoken

Romney is rounding up the regulars for endorsements:

Condoleezza Rice endorses Mitt Romney

There was actually a "big story" the other day, speculating aloud whether Colin Powell will endorse Obama and what it "means" if he doesn't.

46 Four More Beers  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:43:10pm

Why does the Pea Tarty hate Amercia?

47 Four More Beers  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:44:23pm

re: #44 freetoken

That App of Romney's... it's not just the secretive plot exposed by the spelling.

Look at the picture.

Now, lighting from below is unusual in photographing people and that is not what is done here. Rather, in post processing, and in layering this image, the lower left was moved to white and the upper right was turned black, with a gradient of brightness between the two extremes.

The image is created to give a feeling of foreboding. Mitt is mostly in the light - the darker hair makes him look younger than he is. But behind him is something sinister, with many limbs... black limbs.

TEACH THE CONSPIRACY!!!

48 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:48:26pm

In religious art work the use of light is often central.

Indeed, various obits of Thomas Kinkade bring this up.

Political imagery duplicates these religious light motifs.

That image on Mitt's App is pretty clear.

Romney will moving from the darkness into the light.

Now you, America, are being asked to walk with him, from the darkness into the light.

49 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:49:14pm

re: #36 jaunte

[Embedded content]

I'm sure that GM and Chrysler would love to have that problem...not that they haven't been doing fairly well themselves lately, but ya know.

50 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:49:34pm

re: #42 freetoken

Romney is rounding up the regulars for endorsements:

Condoleezza Rice endorses Mitt Romney

Of course she does. No principles.

OT: I read the response to Carrier you linked to earlier and it's a rather hysterical, ad hominem-filled rant that veers into various directions like a drunken sailor. I prefer Thom Stark who doesn't bear obvious ill will towards Carrier. Once you get a grip of his critique, it's very convincing and shows exactly how Carrier went wrong in some of his claims, and since the Dying Messiah thesis is crucial for Carrier, Stark's critique is also sort of a nail in Carrier's thesis coffin.

51 Targetpractice  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:50:33pm

re: #49 Gitarzan

I'm sure that GM and Chrysler would love to have that problem...not that they haven't been doing fairly well themselves lately, but ya know.

True, but if you get down to it, if GM and Chrysler weren't around to look enviously at Ford right now, Ford wouldn't be around to even enjoy such a situation.

52 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:51:07pm

re: #50 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

... ad hominem-filled rant ...

All too common on that topic.

53 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:52:07pm

[Link: edition.cnn.com...]

(CNN) -- The long-running battle between a Tennessee Muslim community and its critics over a new mosque took a dramatic turn with a county judge's ruling that could bring construction to a halt.
"Everyone is really shocked, many people are crying about this," Imam Osama Bahloul, leader of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro (ICM), said Wednesday.
"We did exactly what other churches in the county did," he said. "We followed the same process that other churches did. Why did this happen? Some people feel like it is discrimination."
The judge, Chancellor Robert Corlew, ruled Tuesday that plans for the new mosque, previously approved by a local planning commission, are now "void and of no effect."

54 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:52:51pm

re: #42 freetoken

Romney is rounding up the regulars for endorsements:

Condoleezza Rice endorses Mitt Romney

re: #43 ggt

I really want to give her a pass on this because I admire her so much.

I can't.

I respect her for her accomplishments, but WTF is she thinking if she does endorse Romney? For a woman of her intelligence and experience, she sure is tone-deaf on this...

55 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:54:07pm

re: #52 freetoken

All too common on that topic.

The problem is that in a paragraph at the end she castigates Carrier for all the sins she herself has committed in this response.

56 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:54:25pm

This is America.

Which means we must have a daily creationism outburst:

Church wants Creationism taught as part of Ga. science standards

A Carroll County church wants Georgia schools to stop teaching evolution as fact.

Educators across the country are now developing what's called the "next generation of science standards."

A member of the Villa Rica Church of Christ told Channel 2's Diana Davis evolution should not be a part of those standards.

Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution is what almost all of us were taught in science: Billions of years ago, we all evolved from a common ancestor.

"It's bad science, and it's bad for the culture," according to Villa Rica's Church of Christ's Bob Staples.

Staples and his church are fighting for schools to include another view.

"What message are we sending to our children when they come away saying, 'I'm an ape with less hair?'" asks the church pastor, Patrick Gray.

Staples, who is a college math teacher, serves on a state committee that is working to develop science standards for education.

[...]

57 Obdicut  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:54:40pm

re: #54 Gitarzan

She's also extremely wealthy and used to moving among the high and powerful, with very little experience of normal life.

58 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:57:40pm

[Link: blog.foreignpolicy.com...]

No, no, no -- the information that's come out since then continues to say that Abu Ghraib was wrong. Abu Ghraib was. But in terms of the enhanced interrogation and so forth, anything that was legal and was going to make this country safer, the president wanted to do. Nothing that was illegal. And nothing that was going to make the country less safe.

[...]

And we didn't torture anybody here either. Alright?

[...]

No, no dear, you're wrong. Alright. You're wrong. We did not torture anyone.

[...]

I just said -- the United States was told, we were told, nothing that violates our obligations under the Convention Against Torture. And so, by definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Conventions Against Torture.

She's an unprincipled POS.

59 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:57:54pm

re: #55 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

The problem is that in a paragraph at the end she castigates Carrier for all the sins she herself has committed in this response.

She, and Hoffman who hosts the posting on his website, are quite snarky and look down on many of the characters involved.

However, in general I find Hoffman and his friends to be the better informed of the various cliques.

In this whole imbroglio there are few characters which stand above the mess.

60 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:58:12pm

re: #54 Gitarzan

re: #43 ggt

I respect her for her accomplishments, but WTF is she thinking if she does endorse Romney? For a woman of her intelligence and experience, she sure is tone-deaf on this...

She didn't come from wealth. She does have a clue. I think she has a mis-placed sense of loyalty --emotions connected to her father. And in reality, without people like her, there is no hope of the GOP ever rehabbing itself

I'd like to think she is working behind the scenes for that.

This time around, I am saddened by this, but not overly.

Her endorsement means little among the independents.

61 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, May 30, 2012 3:59:17pm

re: #59 freetoken

Has Hoffman ever responded to Carrier's personal accusations? Because on the surface Carrier seems to have a good case for Hoffman either being mad, or being a liar.

62 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:01:49pm

re: #48 freetoken

In religious art work the use of light is often central.

Indeed, various obits of Thomas Kinkade bring this up.

Political imagery duplicates these religious light motifs.

That image on Mitt's App is pretty clear.

Romney will moving from the darkness into the light.

Now you, America, are being asked to walk with him, from the darkness into the light.

Only if the light is from an incandescent bulb!
///

63 Four More Beers  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:05:06pm

re: #56 freetoken

This is America.

Which means we must have a daily creationism outburst:

Church wants Creationism taught as part of Ga. science standards

Amercia is fucked.

64 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:06:11pm

re: #61 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

I've not tried to keep up with every tit for tat. It's all too maddening to try and sort the fur that is flying.

I've been more spending my time reviewing Schweitzer, and some background reading on misc subjects related.

As for Ehrman's latest book: if you read his earlier Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium, along with his recent Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them) , you'll discover how little additional research he's done for his latest book.

This is partly why I write Ehrman off as just wanting to sell more books - he's written most of this all before, multiple times.

65 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:06:34pm
O'Reilly And Lila Rose Team Up To Spread More Lies About Planned Parenthood
May 29, 2012 11:20 pm ET by Marcus Feldman

Discredited anti-choice activist Lila Rose went on The O'Reilly Factor to push her latest hoax video attacking Planned Parenthood. Rose and host Bill O'Reilly want people to think that, in the words of Rose's group, Planned Parenthood is complicit in "widespread sex-selection by means of abortion." In fact, Planned Parenthood has stated that it "finds the concept of sex selection deeply unsettling" and the organization "does not offer sex determination services; our ultrasound services are limited to medical purposes."

Furthermore, Huffington Post reported that Planned Parenthood "condemns seeking abortions on the basis of gender, but its policy is to provide 'high quality, confidential, nonjudgmental care to all who come into' its health centers."

O'Reilly and Rose mentioned none of this. Instead, they aired footage from Rose's hoax video of a person walking into a Planned Parenthood office and pretending to be a patient. O'Reilly and Rose pretended that the actions of the employee were representative of the organization. O'Reilly even asked "Are we now China in this country? If Planned Parenthood is advising woman to abort because of gender choice, then we are China. And you should remember that the next time a politician or famous person endorses Planned Parenthood."

66 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:07:38pm

re: #63 How Am I Gonna Get My Sixty Goals??!!

Amercia is fucked.

Hey, Mr. Staples agrees with you:

"The crime rate, child abuse, divorce. All of these things rose from a period following the implementation of teaching Darwinian Theory," Staples said.

67 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:10:41pm

re: #66 freetoken

Hey, Mr. Staples agrees with you:

ignorant fuck

68 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:11:03pm

re: #66 freetoken

Hey, Mr. Staples agrees with you:

Never Read Dickens?

69 Digital Display  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:13:54pm

Hi Lizards! Another day another Motel during summer vacation.
How is everyone?
You know..It's not my fault that I don't take personal responsibility..
/

70 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:16:24pm

Yes, it was all unicorns and lollipops before Adam ate from the tree of knowledge.

71 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:16:32pm

Is this a new painting? Haven't seen it before, anyways.

[Link: www.mcnaughtonart.com...]

72 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:18:13pm

re: #71 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

The Dutch Masters are collectively rolling over in their graves.

73 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:21:31pm

re: #71 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

Is this a new painting? Haven't seen it before, anyways.

[Link: www.mcnaughtonart.com...]

Yes, I think so

74 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:22:08pm

re: #72 freetoken

The Dutch Masters are collectively rolling over in their graves.

It's wingnut porn.

75 Bubblehead II  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:22:34pm

re: #71 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

First time I've seen it. Lil Kim, Putin, Dinner Jacket and a few other despots I should probably recognize in the background (some) clapping.

76 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:22:45pm

The online ABC news feed through Yahoo has a rather negligent story posted this afternoon, by Terry Moran:

Lawmakers, Activists Target 'Gendercide' Sex Selection

In the style of activist-filmmaker James O'Keefe, an anti-abortion group has released an undercover video purportedly showing a Planned Parenthood counselor in Texas assisting a woman who says she's seeking a sex-selection abortion.

[...]

At the close of the conversation, when the woman who says she's pregnant thanks the Planned Parenthood counselor for not "placing judgment" on her choice, the counselor replies cheerily, "Good luck, and I hope that you do get your boy."

Released Tuesday, the video was made by Live Action, a group headed by Lila Rose, the 23-year-old media darling of the anti-abortion movement. The video is labeled "Part 1? on the group's website, suggesting there might be more tapes coming, in the style of conservatives O'Keefe and the late publisher-commentator Andrew Breitbart.

[...]

Moran could have simply stated that O'keefe "style" is fraudulent, but no, the last thing we can have on a newswire story is calling liars "liars".

77 moderatelyradicalliberal  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:23:39pm

re: #43 ggt

I really want to give her a pass on this because I admire her so much.

I can't.

Me either. Fuck her.

78 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:26:19pm

re: #76 freetoken

The online ABC news feed through Yahoo has a rather negligent story posted this afternoon, by Terry Moran:

Lawmakers, Activists Target 'Gendercide' Sex Selection

Moran could have simply stated that O'keefe "style" is fraudulent, but no, the last thing we can have on a newswire story is calling liars "liars".

Yes, I made a t-shirt for it.

All since it was posted upthread.

I'm going to implode over this stuff.

79 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:27:31pm

I need to think of vergiabe about science vs adam and eve.

it's really the heart of it isn't it.

The tree of knowledge is evil?

80 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:29:13pm

re: #77 moderatelyradicalliberal

Most people registered as Republican haven't paid much attention at all to the particulars of this race.

They'll just vote for whomever has the (R) after their name.

81 Killgore Trout  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:29:26pm

re: #43 ggt

I really want to give her a pass on this because I admire her so much.

I can't.

I think it's important to keep things in perspective. She's smart and knows what she's doing. I think it's a pretty safe bet that her perception of Mitt is not an exaggerated charicature. She probably has a more realistic view. I do think her endorsement is premature. I think a bad VP pick could result in her withdrawing her endorsement.

82 Killgore Trout  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:30:26pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

I think it's important to keep things in perspective. She's smart and knows what she's doing. I think it's a pretty safe bet that her perception of Mitt is not an exaggerated charicature. She probably has a more realistic view. I do think her endorsement is premature. I think a bad VP pick could result in her withdrawing her endorsement.

...and although I disagree with her and will be voting for Obama I still respect her opinion.

83 Irving  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:31:24pm

Another stupid, unforced error by Romney. Just like McCain's campaign. Yeah, I can see how this election's going to go.

84 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:32:18pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

She's also employed by the Hoover Institute, which might have something to do with it.

85 Varek Raith  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:34:08pm

re: #40 Kragar

I WANT THIS NOW!

Image: epic-win-photos-car-decal-win.jpg

Bob Johnson!

86 Mich-again  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:35:58pm

I can hear em singing it at the convention..

And I'm proud to be an Amercian..

87 Bubblehead II  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:37:16pm

re: #79 ggt

I need to think of vergiabe about science vs adam and eve.

it's really the heart of it isn't it.

The tree of knowledge is evil?

Well it would go a long way in explaining why they hate the public education system you know. Knowledge leads to questioning and we can't have the peons asking questions we can't answer

88 Mich-again  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:39:09pm

re: #42 freetoken

Condoleezza Rice endorses Mitt Romney

Veep candidate..

89 erik_t  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:39:33pm

re: #42 freetoken

Romney is rounding up the regulars for endorsements:

Condoleezza Rice endorses Mitt Romney

What a goddamned shame.

90 Killgore Trout  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:40:34pm

re: #88 Mich-again

Veep candidate..

I'm a big fan of hers but even if she got the VP slot it wouldn't be enough to sway may vote. It might give me pause but probably won't change my mind.

91 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:41:49pm

When 2.4 grams of carbon goes for $17 million, you know there is plenty of money in the world:


'Martian Pink' diamond fetches $17m in Hong Kong

The "Martian Pink" diamond fetched $17.4 million at auction in Hong Kong this week when it went on sale for the first time in 36 years, more than double the estimated price.

Billed as the "largest round fancy intense pink diamond" ever to come up for auction, the stunning gem was the highlight of a Christies' jewellery auction that raised $80 million on Tuesday, the auction house said.

"Having appeared on the market for the first time in 36 years, The Martian Pink sold by Harry Winston in 1976 created a sensation during its worldwide exhibition tour and achieved a staggering US$17.4m after a 10-minute bidding war," said Vickie Sek of Christie's Asia.

[...]

92 sattv4u2  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:42:37pm

re: #90 Killgore Trout

I'm a big fan of hers but even if she got the VP slot it wouldn't be enough to sway may vote. It might give me pause but probably won't change my mind.

I'll give you a dollar ,,, cash!!

93 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:42:45pm

re: #88 Mich-again

Veep candidate..

Condi has repeatedly said she doesn't like politics and won't run. ("if nominated I will not run")

Even so, it won't help Romney. She won't sway any independents. Most African-Americans, as I understand it, aren't going to switch from the Democratic Party for Condi.

94 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:43:56pm

re: #91 freetoken

When 2.4 grams of carbon goes for $17 million, you know there is plenty of money in the world:

'Martian Pink' diamond fetches $17m in Hong Kong

I wonder how much it is worth broken-up and sold off as pieces?

95 Killgore Trout  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:47:16pm

re: #92 sattv4u2

I'll give you a dollar ,,, cash!!

Done!

96 sattv4u2  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:49:21pm

re: #91 freetoken

after a 10-minute bidding war," said Vickie Sek of Christie's Asia.

it's not like it was something at a charity auction, where people bid up a dollar at a time

Anyone who is going to bid on something like that has done the research and knows what their limit will be. It probably started at a reserve close to those limits

97 [deleted]  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:49:45pm
98 sattv4u2  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:50:24pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

Done!

HEY , THIS DOLLAR HAS RON PAULS PICTURE ON IT!!!

99 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:51:02pm

Contra the claim of creationists, a few small changes lead to big things:


Handful of genetic changes led to huge changes to human brain

Changes to just three genetic letters among billions led to evolution and development of the mammalian motor sensory network, and laid the groundwork for the defining characteristics of the human brain, Yale University researchers report.

This networks provides the direct synaptic connections between the multi-layered neocortex in the human brain responsible for emotions, perception, and cognition and the neural centers of the brain that make fine motor skills possible.

[...]

"What we found are the genetic zip codes that direct cells to form the motorsensory network of the neocortex," said Nenad Sestan, associate professor of neurobiology, a researcher for the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, and senior author of the paper

The paper investigated the genetic changes that occur during the early stages of development of an embryo and that direct cells to take on specific functions. Bits of DNA that do not code for proteins, called cis-regulatory elements, have been previously identified as critical drivers of evolution. These elements control the activation of genes that carry out the formation of the basic body plans of all organisms.

Sungbo Shim, the first author, and other members of Sestan's lab identified one such regulatory DNA region, which they named E4, that specifically enhances development of the corticospinal system. E4 is conserved in all mammals, indicating its importance to survival, the scientists explain. The lab also discovered how SOX4, SOX11, and SOX5 – sections of DNA called transcription factors — control the expression of genes and operate cooperatively to shape this network in the developing embryo. The changes in the genetic alphabet needed to trigger these evolutionary changes were tiny, note the researchers.

By manipulating only three genetic letters, scientists were able to functionally "jumpstart" regulatory activity in a zebrafish.


[...]

PLANET OF THE APES ZEBRAFISH!

100 Lidane  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:51:07pm

re: #89 erik_t

What a goddamned shame.

Seconded. I actually like Condi. It's a damn shame she's signed on with such a craven, unprincipled ass like Mitt Romney.

101 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:52:09pm

re: #96 sattv4u2

According to the article, the final price ended more than twice the estimated price.

102 Kragar  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:52:40pm

re: #99 freetoken

Contra the claim of creationists, a few small changes lead to big things:

Handful of genetic changes led to huge changes to human brain

PLANET OF THE APES ZEBRAFISH!

Zebrafish larvae are shocked to hear that!

103 moderatelyradicalliberal  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:52:40pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

I think it's important to keep things in perspective. She's smart and knows what she's doing. I think it's a pretty safe bet that her perception of Mitt is not an exaggerated charicature. She probably has a more realistic view. I do think her endorsement is premature. I think a bad VP pick could result in her withdrawing her endorsement.

Mitt's hanging out with the King of Birthers. That should be enough for any self respecting black person to tell Mitt Romney to go fuck himself for playing footsie with that racist bullshit. I know she'd a Republican, but fuck that. She shouldn't be co-signing on this shit and it's disappointing. She could just stay out of it like she did in 2008.

104 wrenchwench  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:54:02pm

re: #97 ProGunLiberal

Wrong. If someone registered as a Republican commits mass murder, it doesn't mean all Republicans have blood on their hands. Try to think politically, not Dramatically. Yes, they encourage racism, sexism, and other bigotry, yes, the fringies encourage a selective murder or assassination here and there, but mass murder hasn't made it to the party platform.

105 moderatelyradicalliberal  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:54:35pm

re: #100 Lidane

Seconded. I actually like Condi. It's a damn shame she's signed on with such a craven, unprincipled ass like Mitt Romney.

Rmoney playing footsie with birthers should be enough for her to keep her distance. She should tell Mitt to go fuck himself for pandering to that racist bullshit. Hell her old boss had more class then that.

106 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:55:00pm

Walker DNR Appointee Sought to Privatize Trout Streams

Scott Gunderson, appointed by Scott Walker to a top position in the DNR, once pushed for legislation that would have privatized thousands of miles of Wisconsin’s waterways, including portions of every trout stream in the state. The 2004 legislation, authored by Gunderson while he was representing the 83rd District (Waukesha) in the State Assembly, redefined “navigable waters” in a way that would have denied public access to between one third and one half of Wisconsin’s public waterways.

Notice the "sportsman" picture of Walker at the bottom of the article holding a fishing rod upside down.

107 Stanghazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:55:27pm

re: #97 ProGunLiberal

Hey, look this up. A. Breavik (sp?) got caught up in a blood diamond scam apparently..

108 sattv4u2  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:55:28pm

re: #97 ProGunLiberal

{SIGH}

your bloodlust is showing

109 moderatelyradicalliberal  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:55:28pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

Wrong. If someone registered as a Republican commits mass murder, it doesn't mean all Republicans have blood on their hands. Try to think politically, not Dramatically. Yes, they encourage racism, sexism, and other bigotry, yes, the fringies encourage a selective murder or assassination here and there, but mass murder hasn't made it to the party platform.

Not yet. Give them time.

110 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:56:19pm

Strange Anthropology:


Americans' skulls getting bigger over time

American heads are getting larger although it's unclear why that is happening, forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, said.

Examining 1,500 skulls dating back to the mid-1800s through the mid-1980s, the researchers found U.S. skulls have become larger, taller and narrower as seen from the front and faces have become significantly narrower and higher, a UT release reported Wednesday.

[...]

We're becoming... coneheads!

111 wrenchwench  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:57:00pm

re: #109 moderatelyradicalliberal

Not yet. Give them time.

I'm trying to give them less time. The least amount of time possible.

112 Varek Raith  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:57:34pm

re: #110 freetoken

Strange Anthropology:

Americans' skulls getting bigger over time

We're becoming... coneheads!

Image: SpockFascinating.jpg

113 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:57:50pm

re: #110 freetoken

Strange Anthropology:

Americans' skulls getting bigger over time

We're becoming... coneheads!

I, for one, welcome our Remulakian overlords!

///

114 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:58:13pm

re: #110 freetoken

Lots of snark potential there..

115 wrenchwench  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:58:18pm

re: #110 freetoken

Strange Anthropology:

Americans' skulls getting bigger over time

We're becoming... coneheads!

We have a large number of of Caesarian births. I wonder if they've looked at that.

116 bratwurst  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:58:31pm

re: #97 ProGunLiberal

Time for you to step away from the computer...again.

117 sattv4u2  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:58:48pm

re: #116 bratwurst

Time for you to step away from the computer...again still.

118 sattv4u2  Wed, May 30, 2012 4:59:54pm

and on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons

119 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:01:55pm

re: #117 sattv4u2

I certainly don't agree with what PLL said, but you're not helping.

120 [deleted]  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:04:00pm
121 darthstar  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:04:39pm

Fox News - Cowardly manipulators just like Romney.

122 moderatelyradicalliberal  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:04:40pm

re: #111 wrenchwench

I'm trying to give them less time. The least amount of time possible.

If Citizens United and voter suppression isn't enough, killing Democratic voters will be all that's left. I mean you don't expect them to change, do you?

I'm kidding, but I do expect them to get much worse before they get better, win or lose in November.

123 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:05:16pm

Get paid to put up a Walker yard sign

The latest gubernatorial campaign finance reports are due today from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. The two face off in a recall election on June 5th.

The reports will show that Walker has a lot more money than Barrett. What they won't show is that Barrett has a lot more volunteers. The difference is obvious when you drive through the countryside in Wisconsin. Giant, prefabricated, blue signs declaring “We Stand with Scott Walker” are planted at the corner of many a cornfield. The Walker campaign reportedly pays up to $125.00 per sign to the farmers and other country-dwellers who agree to have them erected on their land. Walker pays for the sign and the labor to put them up. It’s almost a little creepy driving past the same obnoxious sign here and there, sitting on land occupied by people who will perhaps vote for Walker, but who would never put up a sign on their own without the financial incentive.

124 ProGunLiberal  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:05:19pm

re: #107 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

Why doesn't that surprise me.

I'm getting fed up with the way the Republicans are acting in regards to all this stuff (the Mosque issue is only the most recent), and want the Democrats to hit back harder.

125 Varek Raith  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:05:51pm

re: #120 smashin grab

*Shakes head*

126 Killgore Trout  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:06:02pm

It's crazy in here tonight.

127 freetoken  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:06:27pm

re: #123 Amory Blaine

Heh - Free Market Democracy.

It's the Market that decides.

128 bratwurst  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:06:29pm

There ARE other blogs out there that cater to violent fantasies and religious bigotry.

Just sayin...

129 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:07:08pm

re: #126 Killgore Trout

It's crazy ion here tonight.

Well, ions can have a lot of energy...

///

130 erik_t  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:07:39pm

re: #129 Gitarzan

Well, ions can have a lot of energy...

///

Are you positive?

131 ProGunLiberal  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:08:02pm

re: #120 smashin grab

The hell is that? That seems like something Icke would write.

132 [deleted]  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:08:06pm
133 Stanghazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:08:16pm

re: #124 ProGunLiberal

I'm attempting to distract you. It's pretty funny, look it up. I guess he bought mining equipment.

134 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:08:23pm

re: #130 erik_t

Are you positive?

Negative...

135 Digital Display  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:08:59pm

re: #134 Gitarzan

Negative...

I'm neutral

136 erik_t  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:09:27pm

re: #135 HoosierHoops

I'm neutral

It's a Beige Alert!

137 Varek Raith  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:09:32pm

I'm going to zap you all.
*ZZZAAAAPPPP*

138 prairiefire  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:10:02pm

There's a nasty stink in here.

139 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:10:04pm

My wife has one of those salt lamps. Meh.

140 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:10:10pm

re: #135 HoosierHoops

I'm neutral

Don't Bohr me...

141 SteelGHAZI  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:10:18pm

re: #136 erik_t

It's a Beige Alert!

All I know is, my gut says maybe.

142 Stanghazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:10:50pm

re: #127 freetoken

Heh - Free Market Democracy.

It's the Market that decides.

I read today about a billion GOP dollars. A billion. The enconomy is just FINE for O

143 Stanghazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:11:47pm

Some

144 [deleted]  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:13:29pm
145 Achilles Tang  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:14:19pm

re: #127 freetoken

Heh - Free Market Democracy.

It's the Market that decides.

How about Democracy Free Market

146 ProGunLiberal  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:21:32pm

Wow, did the thread die.

147 darthstar  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:25:22pm

re: #146 ProGunLiberal

Wow, did the thread die.

It's just stunned.

148 jaunte  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:25:31pm

Scott Walker's Campaign Doles Out $100,000 to Legal Defense Fund
A Mark a Yen a Buck or a Pound...

149 Digital Display  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:28:44pm

re: #126 Killgore Trout

It's crazy in here tonight.

I hope so KT...I hope so.. Watching the NBA lotto waiting for the game tonight from a motel, eating carry out food..Eying the liqueur cabinet..
you know..I need it to go crazy..It's the only way I can justify a 6 dollar mini Scotch bottle..I wonder how much the nuts cost?
/

150 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:29:33pm

re: #146 ProGunLiberal

Wow, did the thread die.

It's just lying very, very still.

151 darthstar  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:30:18pm
152 researchok  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:30:43pm

re: #126 Killgore Trout

It's crazy in here tonight.

Yeah, but what's new?
/

153 darthstar  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:31:14pm

re: #152 researchok

Yeah, but what's new?
/

Thirteenth letter in the Greek alphabet?

154 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:34:47pm

re: #149 HoosierHoops

I hope so KT...I hope so.. Watching the NBA lotto waiting for the game tonight from a motel, eating carry out food..Eying the liqueur cabinet..
you know..I need it to go crazy..It's the only way I can justify a 6 dollar mini Scotch bottle..I wonder how much the nuts cost?
/

Not a liquor store nearby, Hoops?

155 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:35:10pm

re: #153 darthstar

Thirteenth letter in the Greek alphabet?

*groan*

156 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:35:38pm

I think this is clear --would you put it on your car?

157 Mich-again  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:40:22pm

Mitt Romney: There is plenty of room for all conservative factions in the Death Star.

158 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears  Wed, May 30, 2012 5:59:06pm

re: #152 researchok

Yeah, but what's new?
/

C over lambda

159 Bubblehead II  Wed, May 30, 2012 6:59:56pm

re: #97 ProGunLiberal

So you want a massacre of innocents? Just to defeat a political party and its platform?

Fuck You asshole

160 palomino  Wed, May 30, 2012 7:04:25pm

re: #53 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

[Link: edition.cnn.com...]

Clearly they're all guilty...of BWM (building while Muslim).

This is an absolute disgrace in a country that loves to promote itself as the world's exemplar in freedom of religion.

161 sagehen  Wed, May 30, 2012 7:51:23pm

re: #110 freetoken

Strange Anthropology:

Americans' skulls getting bigger over time

We're becoming... coneheads!

Is it just Americans, or is it happening everywhere? If it's just the US, maybe it has something to do with where successive waves of immigrants came from, or something to do with nutrition.

162 labman57  Wed, May 30, 2012 9:18:47pm

I don't care what you guys say -- Mitt is a true Amercian partiot.

163 Stentor  Thu, May 31, 2012 12:33:43am

Do they have spell check in Amercia?

164 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, May 31, 2012 12:03:07pm

The DERP is strong with this one.

165 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, May 31, 2012 12:40:20pm

re: #54 Gitarzan

re: #43 ggt

I respect her for her accomplishments, but WTF is she thinking if she does endorse Romney? For a woman of her intelligence and experience, she sure is tone-deaf on this...

I think it's a requirement for conservative women to be tone deaf when endorsing theocrats like Romney. Cognitive dissonance. Like Queers for Palestine or gays for the GOP. It would be too easy to say she is self-hating or dumb, but something is going on.


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