Todd Akin to Hold Press Conference at 5:15 ET

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Forecast: probable bail-out due to high pressure.

Todd Akin to Hold Press Conference at 5:15 ET.

St. Louis - Todd Akin will hold a press conference in St. Louis County today at 4:15pm central time.  Details to follow.  

If he is bailing and not just jerking everyone around again, the knuckleheads who donated money to Akin now get to pay for him to obtain a court order and reprint the ballots — just to maintain the charade that Akin is not representative of the Republican Party, even though the GOP’s vice presidential candidate has exactly the same views as Akin on women’s rights.

UPDATE at 8/24/12 1:26:37 pm

Excellent! He’s not bailing out after all.

UPDATE at 8/24/12 2:28:12 pm

The press conference just finished, and hallelujah! He’s staying in the race. I’m sure Claire McCaskill couldn’t be happier.

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106 comments
1 engineer cat  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:23:08pm

the flying spaghetti monster is blessing us

2 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:25:53pm

Ryan is going to insist that he supports "exceptions" on abortions, but will see to it that they are worded so striclty that nobody will be able to use them.

Just a ploy to make him look more "moderate" than his caveman party mates.

3 HappyWarrior  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:26:18pm

This should be good. I think he's going to stay in it for the long haul.

4 Lidane  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:26:35pm

TPM says he's staying in the race:

[Link: livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com...]

My guess is that he just wants to remind Mitt Romney that he's still around and that he's the king of the withering ignorance and derp. You know, because Mitt Romney really wants Akin in the news again right before the RNC starts.

5 HappyWarrior  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:27:31pm

re: #4 Lidane

TPM says he's staying in the race:

[Link: livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com...]

My guess is that he just wants to remind Mitt Romney that he's still around and that he's the king of the withering ignorance and derp. You know, because Mitt Romney really wants Akin in the news again right before the RNC starts.

I'm not surprised if that's the case. Bet the establishment is pissed because this guy and his backass backwards can be linked to Romney and Ryan.

6 Charles Johnson  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:27:51pm
7 lawhawk  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:29:23pm

Anyone want to bet on the wording of his presser?

I'm retiring from the race because of the damage done to my family and I don't want to put them in further harm's way after receiving threats this week over comments I made.

It's a sad state of affairs when people can't honestly debate about politics. People get their panties in a bunch about abortion and womens rights. I know that my many supporters will come out in support of my fellow Republicans, so even as I leave this race, my views will still carry the day.



In other words, expect him to spin this as wholly the fault of the media and not because he expressed misogynistic thoughts that have no business being in public office.

Facts overtake the snark - apparently he's going to stay in the race, which means he'll focus on spinning this as protecting his constituents against the evil liberal media and that he has no intention of standing aside.

8 dragonfire1981  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:29:39pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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So then why bother having a darned press conference?

9 Mich-again  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:29:51pm

Note to self.. Stock up on popcorn..

10 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:30:09pm

re: #8 dragonfire1981

So then why bother having a darned press conference?

To blame the liberal media for the "witch hunt"...

11 makeitstop  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:30:16pm

re: #4 Lidane

My guess is that he just wants to remind Mitt Romney that he's still around and that he's the king of the withering ignorance and derp. You know, because Mitt Romney really wants Akin in the news again right before the RNC starts.

I'm hoping he calls a presser every day of the RNC.

(BTW - Congrats on the job news! I saw your post about it a couple of threads back but didn't get to say gratz.)

12 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:31:06pm

Maybe he's going to tell the people who are threatening him and his family to grow up and back off. Maybe he's going to call Romney out on his lies or ask him to show his tax returns. I'm hoping that it's all sorts of bad craziness.

13 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:33:02pm

Obama 9 points ahead on registered voters. Just released CNN poll. 2 percent with likely voters. Split that and you 5.5 ahead.

14 Charles Johnson  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:33:06pm
15 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:33:36pm
16 Lidane  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:34:33pm

re: #11 makeitstop

I'm hoping he calls a presser every day of the RNC.

Both him and Luap Nor.

Of course, I haven't been good enough for that to happen, but who knows? Akin could surprise me.

(BTW - Congrats on the job news! I saw your post about it a couple of threads back but didn't get to say gratz.)

Thanks! I'm excited. All that's left is a face-to-face meeting sometime next week. It sounds like the COO I talked to is wanting to fly in to meet me, or he'll send the guy I talked to last week, who also liked me. We'll see. :)

17 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:35:19pm

re: #15 Gus

Is the GOP/RNC done chiseling their platform yet?

God is chiseling it into stone tablets for the RNC to bring down from the mountaintop...

18 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:35:48pm

re: #17 Expand Your Ground

God is chiseling it into stone tablets for the RNC to bring down from the mountaintop...

Do they have any mountains in Florida?

19 Bulworth  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:35:49pm
Akin campaign staffer confirms reports Akin to announce he is staying in #Akin

— Micheal Mahoney (@KCMikeMahoney) August 24, 2012

Thank God. Akin may be the Dems only hope in Mizzou.

20 HappyWarrior  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:36:17pm

re: #8 dragonfire1981

So then why bother having a darned press conference?

To engage in more victimhood bullshit I guess.

21 makeitstop  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:36:40pm

re: #18 Sionainn

Do they have any mountains in Florida?

Trump is having one custom-built for the occasion.
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22 HappyWarrior  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:37:41pm

Presser should be amusing.

23 Mich-again  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:38:07pm

Akin is a politician who believes he is on a mission from God. The more the GOP leaders try to get him to drop out, the more it will remind Akin of the scriptures and how the great prophets always faced adversity and scorn. Akin is emboldened by all the criticism from his own party and he is not going to give up and go away without a fight.

24 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:38:52pm

re: #18 Sionainn

Do they have any mountains in Florida?

This one is coming right out of the Appalachians...almost heaven, West Virginia.

25 Sophia77  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:42:22pm

@engineer cat,

"the flying spaghetti monster is blessing us"

assuming he loses. In which case I'm gonna party. Otherwise...

26 ShaunP  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:42:49pm

re: #18 Sionainn

Do they have any mountains in Florida?

Space mountain?

27 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:43:23pm

re: #25 Sophia77

@engineer cat,

"the flying spaghetti monster is blessing us"

assuming he loses. In which case I'm gonna party. Otherwise...

win or lose, the damage he has done to his party is immeasurable.

28 Sophia77  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:43:35pm

PS sorry about the OT but what's going on with Romney and the Ron Paul supporters/delegates?

29 Four More Tears  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:44:39pm

You know, my heart fell when I first saw this conference tweeted.

I feel much better now.

30 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:47:07pm

re: #28 Sophia77

PS sorry about the OT but what's going on with Romney and the Ron Paul supporters/delegates?

From a Newsmax article:

"The Texas congressman won’t be formally nominated at the gathering, and he won’t speak. So Romney doesn’t have to worry about Paul fans making a big ruckus, Politico reports.

The defeated candidate has a majority of delegates from Nevada, Iowa, and Minnesota. But you need to control five states to be officially recognized on the floor. The Paul camp sought a majority in Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, Oklahoma, and Maine. But lawyers for Romney deftly deployed rules and negotiations to keep that from happening."

31 wrenchwench  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:47:15pm

Nice font, but I liked the other one too...

32 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:51:12pm

OT - What a freaking cluster fuck.

33 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:52:22pm

re: #32 Gus

OT - What a freaking cluster fuck.

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Has it ever been determined whether the USADA can strip Armstrong of his Tour de France titles?

34 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:53:08pm

I'm not going to watch. I'm too busy mentally composing letters to my state reps asking them why it is still legal in Oregon for a rapist to have parental rights.

35 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:53:25pm

re: #33 Sionainn

Has it ever been determined whether the USADA can strip Armstrong of his Tour de France titles?

Not that I know of.

36 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:53:32pm

re: #31 wrenchwench

Nice font, but I liked the other one too...

This one doesn't look good on my computer screen.

37 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:55:26pm

re: #35 Gus

Not that I know of.

Thanks.

I know that the international agencies had said that they will wait to see the evidence from USADA before making a statement. It seems to me that USADA would not have any jurisdiction with regard to the Tour de Franch wins.

38 Mich-again  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:56:24pm

re: #30 Expand Your Ground

The Paul camp sought a majority in Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, Oklahoma, and Maine. But lawyers for Romney deftly deployed rules and negotiations to keep that from happening."

In Maine, there was an establishment power play that replaced Paul delegates with Rmoney delegates. And the Paul supporters are not happy about it..

His followers won a majority of delegate slots in Iowa, Maine, Minnesota and Nevada.

But the Maine delegation underwent a makeover on the convention’s eve. After several hours of discussion, the credentials committee voted overwhelmingly to substitute 10 Paul delegates with 10 aligned with Romney.

39 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:57:07pm

re: #37 Sionainn

Thanks.

I know that the international agencies had said that they will wait to see the evidence from USADA before making a statement. It seems to me that USADA would not have any jurisdiction with regard to the Tour de Franch wins.

Not sure because the USASA is part of a global agreement -- doping ban. The TDF might be part of that agreement. Don't know.

40 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:58:05pm

re: #39 Gus

Not sure because the USASA is part of a global agreement -- doping ban. The TDF might be part of that agreement. Don't know.

Hmmm...

41 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:58:37pm

re: #40 Sionainn

Hmmm...

More here.

42 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:59:56pm

re: #40 Sionainn

Hmmm...

And here.

43 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:01:16pm

re: #41 Gus

More here.

I wonder (something I do a lot of) if USADA is required to provide those entities with all the evidence. What if USADA just decides to ignore them?

44 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:01:48pm

And here's the World Anti-Doping Code.

45 erik_t  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:02:29pm

re: #43 Sionainn

I wonder (something I do a lot of) if USADA is required to provide those entities with all the evidence. What if USADA just decides to ignore them?

What evidence?

46 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:03:26pm

re: #42 Gus

And here.

Seems odd that USADA is claiming "jurisdiction." None of what USADA is doing makes any sense to me.

47 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:03:28pm

re: #43 Sionainn

I wonder (something I do a lot of) if USADA is required to provide those entities with all the evidence. What if USADA just decides to ignore them?

I don't think they can ignore him. They have to present a "a reasoned decision in accordance with Article 8.3 of the Code...Until such time as USADA delivers this decision the UCI has no further comment to make.”

48 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:04:35pm

re: #44 Gus

And here's the World Anti-Doping Code.

I've bookmarked it and will have to come back to it later. I really, really, really need to get some work done. Thanks for all the links!

49 Gus  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:05:07pm

re: #48 Sionainn

I've bookmarked it and will have to come back to it later. I really, really, really need to get some work done. Thanks for all the links!

Later.

Myself... BBL

50 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:05:17pm

re: #45 erik_t

What evidence?

The evidence that USADA purports to have that they used to make their decision to ban Armstrong and strip him of his titles.

51 erik_t  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:07:10pm

re: #50 Sionainn

The evidence that USADA purports to have that they used to make their decision to ban Armstrong and strip him of his titles.

You mean the pile of hearsay from USADA-declared dopers used to come to a summary conclusion re: Armstrong? That evidence?

(I'm relatively sure Armstrong was doping, just from statistics, but the USADA can take a long walk off a short pier)

52 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:08:01pm

Here's a link to the Akin press conference.

53 goddamnedfrank  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:09:21pm

re: #33 Sionainn

Has it ever been determined whether the USADA can strip Armstrong of his Tour de France titles?

No, they can't. They have no power whatsoever over Amaury Sport Organization or Union Cycliste Internationale. USADA didn't award the prizes nor do they have any retroactive power over the official TDF record books. It's all bluster, they're arrogating themselves to a position they simply do not hold.

54 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:10:17pm

re: #51 erik_t

You mean the pile of hearsay from USADA-declared dopers used to come to a summary conclusion re: Armstrong? That evidence?

(I'm relatively sure Armstrong was doping, just from statistics, but the USADA can take a long walk off a short pier)

Yes, that's exactly what I mean.

I'm thinking that Armstrong wasn't doping. He was tested before races and during training, anytime they wanted a sample. I'm pretty sure I had read that his samples were tested later, too, as the techniques got better and he still was coming up negative.

55 Sionainn  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:10:57pm

re: #53 goddamnedfrank

No, they can't. They have no power whatsoever over Amaury Sport Organization or Union Cycliste Internationale. USADA didn't award the prizes nor do they have any retroactive power over the official TDF record books. It's all bluster, they're arrogating themselves to a position they simply do not hold.

See, that's what I think, too, but it's odd that no one else seems to be saying it in the media.

56 Bulworth  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:11:32pm

Slightly off topic, but TPM has a poll on the Michigan Senate race that shows Peter Focking Hoestra leading Debbie Stabenow, the Democratic incumbent. I didn't recognize the polling outfit TPM was relying on, but needless to say, such a result would be a disaster.

57 sattv4u2  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:12:31pm

re: #55 Sionainn

See, that's what I think, too, but it's odd that no one else seems to be saying it in the media.

Because LANCE TO BE STRIPPED OF TOUR WINS is a juicier headline than NOTHING TO SEE HERE AGAIN,, MOVE ALONG

58 Mich-again  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:17:32pm

Having multiple competing overlapping governing bodies is a great way to run a sport. Just ask boxing.

59 Major Tom  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:20:22pm

Where I come from, we call this chutzpah.

60 Charles Johnson  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:21:42pm

Live video of Akin press conference:

[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]

61 Charles Johnson  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:23:11pm

Yup, he's staying in.

62 Mich-again  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:24:09pm

This is an election, not a selection. Zinger!

63 dragonath  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:24:20pm

re: #30 Expand Your Ground

To paraphrase LBJ, it's better to have someone like Paul pissing out of the tent than into it. There's no reason to rip that scar off now except to perhaps assuage Romney's vanity.

64 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:24:32pm

The MSNBC feed I am listening to is carrying the whole thing and Akin is definitely chewing out the party bigs.

65 Mattand  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:24:57pm

On-topic:

Thanks for staying in the race, Congressman Akin. At worst, you're making your party's job to re-take the Senate that much tougher. Also, you're a misogynistic piece of shit.

Sorta on-topic: I asked my Republican Congressman on his FB page if he was a no-exceptions on abortion kind of guy, and whether he voted for Paul Ryan's HR3, which basically redefined rape. Not expecting an answer, but I would like to see how much of GOP drone he is.

Off-topic: What's up with this USADA deal? We have a federal agency that investigates doping? I've never heard of this before.

66 Major Tom  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:25:26pm

Last question?
what is that 5?

67 erik_t  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:26:12pm

re: #65 Mattand

Off-topic: What's up with this USADA deal? We have a federal agency that investigates doping? I've never heard of this before.

Quoth Wiki:

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is a non-profit organization and the national anti-doping organization (NADO) for the United States. The organization is charged with managing the anti-doping program for U.S. Olympic, Paralympic, Pan-American and ParaPan American sport. Its work includes in-competition and out-of-competition testing, the results management and adjudication process, the provision of drug reference resources, the therapeutic-use exemption process, various scientific research initiatives, and athlete and outreach education. USADA is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

USADA is a signatory to, and responsible for implementation in the United States of, the World Anti-Doping Code, widely considered the basis for the strongest and strictest anti-doping programs in sports. In 2001 the agency was recognized by the U.S. Congress as "the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American and Paralympic sport in the United States." USADA is not a government entity, however the agency is mostly funded ($9 million) by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), with its remaining budget generated from contracts for anti-doping services with sport organizations, most notably the United States Olympic Committee. The United States has also ratified the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport, the first global international treaty against doping in sport.

68 Mattand  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:29:11pm

re: #67 erik_t

Thanks. So basically, they have the power to make recommendations, with no force of law behind them.

Makes their threatening to Armstrong kind of hollow, assuming the Tour de France isn't itching for any excuse to shit on him.

69 freetoken  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:29:41pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

One get's the impression that Vince McMahon is booking this exhibition election...

Oh... wait... his wife is the (R) candidate for Senate in CT...

70 sattv4u2  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:30:12pm

re: #65 Mattand

What's up with this USADA deal? We have a federal agency that investigates doping? I've never heard of this before.

Over a dozen years old

started because of the increased doping in the Olympics, and the US teams thought that they were being unfairly targeted by the international anti-doping agencies, so at the behest of the US Olympic committee "we" started our own independent agency

71 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:30:27pm

Murkowski/Akin 2016.

72 palomino  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:34:45pm

Ot...just amazing how so many people here and everywhere else have no understanding of the difference between marginal and effective tax rates. When warren buffet says his sec pays a higher effective tax rate than he does, he's neither lying nor mistaken.

73 freetoken  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:35:36pm

New poll finds Americans evenly divided in views of Muslims

While Muslims were generally viewed more unfavorably than other faiths, they did fare better than some groups among younger demographics. For example, 34 percent of 18-29-year olds viewed Muslims unfavorably, 37 percent viewed Mormons unfavorably, and 35 percent had unfavorable views of evangelicals.

Ooops...

74 Four More Tears  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:37:05pm

re: #72 palomino

Ot...just amazing how so many people here and everywhere else have no understanding of the difference between marginal and effective tax rates. When warren buffet says his sec pays a higher effective tax rate than he does, he's neither lying nor mistaken.

We've actually had morons suggest that everyone should pay the same amount in taxes. Not the same percentage, but the same dollar amount.

75 Political Atheist  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:38:14pm

Category-Instant Karma

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A man charged with breaking into LL Cool J's home Wednesday morning faces a long prison sentence if convicted because of his previous convictions, the prosecutor's spokeswoman said Thursday.

Jonathan Kirby, 56, suffered a broken nose, jaw and ribs when he encountered the muscular rapper-actor inside his Sherman Oaks, California, home, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.

Arraignment for the suspect is not yet set, because he is still hospitalized for treatment of injuries inflicted by LL Cool J when he "physically detained" him, she said.

76 freetoken  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:38:16pm

Todd Akin and the Anti-Science House Science Committee

The House of Luddites.

77 palomino  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:39:52pm

re: #71 Decatur Deb

Murkowski/Akin 2016.

What did murkowski do to deserve being lumped in with akin? I must have missed something.

78 freetoken  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:43:26pm

The disestablishment of American scientific institutions continues:

Nuclear Decelerator: Last U.S. Particle Collider on Chopping Block

With the Tevatron in mothballs, the Brookhaven Laboratory collider now faces possible closure due to budget cutbacks

As with manned space flight, some things are now just proving to be too expensive for the US to undertake. We will budget cut ourselves slowly backwards. It may take decades for the totality of the change to become large, but we are definitely pulling back on what we are willing to spend.

79 Charles Johnson  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:44:37pm

re: #68 Mattand

Thanks. So basically, they have the power to make recommendations, with no force of law behind them.

Makes their threatening to Armstrong kind of hollow, assuming the Tour de France isn't itching for any excuse to shit on him.

I've known lots of cyclists involved in competition, including national-level Cat 1 racers, and the fact is that doping of various kinds is absolutely everywhere in the sport. Everyone knows it.

So I have to say that if proof came out that Lance Armstrong was doing it too, I wouldn't even blink.

However, as he always points out, he did indeed undergo hundreds of drug tests, and passed them all. So he either regulated and timed his doping amazingly well, or he really is a clean rider.

In any case, drugs or not, there's no doubt that he's one of the best cyclists of all time. I'll never forget the Tour when he was on a climb with Ullrich, looked back at him as if to say, "Come on, let's go," and took off like a rocket up the hill -- after climbing for more than a hundred miles already. Nobody could follow him. He's a force of nature.

80 Mattand  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:45:13pm

re: #75 Daniel Ballard

Category-Instant Karma

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A man charged with breaking into LL Cool J's home Wednesday morning faces a long prison sentence if convicted because of his previous convictions, the prosecutor's spokeswoman said Thursday.

Jonathan Kirby, 56, suffered a broken nose, jaw and ribs when he encountered the muscular rapper-actor inside his Sherman Oaks, California, home, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.

Arraignment for the suspect is not yet set, because he is still hospitalized for treatment of injuries inflicted by LL Cool J when he "physically detained" him, she said.

I had no idea "Momma Said Knock You Out" was autobiographical.

81 palomino  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:45:35pm

re: #74 Mocking Jay

We've actually had morons suggest that everyone should pay the same amount in taxes. Not the same percentage, but the same dollar amount.

then we'd really explode the deficit as the bottom half of the populace controls only 1% of US wealth so that same dollar amount you reference would have to be really low.

82 Vicious Michigan Union Thug  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:47:24pm

re: #75 Daniel Ballard

Category-Instant Karma

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A man charged with breaking into LL Cool J's home Wednesday morning faces a long prison sentence if convicted because of his previous convictions, the prosecutor's spokeswoman said Thursday.

Jonathan Kirby, 56, suffered a broken nose, jaw and ribs when he encountered the muscular rapper-actor inside his Sherman Oaks, California, home, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.

Arraignment for the suspect is not yet set, because he is still hospitalized for treatment of injuries inflicted by LL Cool J when he "physically detained" him, she said.

He's really taking his role seriously as Sam Hanna on NCIS: Los Angeles.

83 abolitionist  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:48:24pm

re: #76 freetoken

Todd Akin and the Anti-Science House Science Committee

The House of Luddites.

From your link,

Note: In looking for examples of scientifically unsupportable statements by members of the House science committee, every single anecdote involved statements by Republicans. Wired would be happy to update the article with examples of statements by Democratic members. If you have any, please add in the comments section.

84 Political Atheist  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:51:45pm

re: #78 freetoken

I'll never understand how manned spaceflight stopped being considered a critical technology for our national security. I do get the whiz bang robots (talking to YOU sarcasticrover) but low orbit is where men and women can & should work. AFAIK we should be looking into putting a manned station right about where the JWST is going.

85 Cinnabar  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:54:01pm

re: #77 palomino

What did murkowski do to deserve being lumped in with akin? I must have missed something.

Oops, mixed names, forget I said this....

86 Political Atheist  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:54:28pm

re: #79 Charles Johnson

I do not see how you can take away titles and ban a competitor with anything less than "beyond a reasonable doubt" kind of standard. This thing reeks of a poorly motivated witch hunt.

87 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:55:31pm

re: #77 palomino

What did murkowski do to deserve being lumped in with akin? I must have missed something.

They are charter members of the "TPGOP Screwed Us and We Don't Owe Them Shit" party.

88 TedStriker  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:55:37pm

re: #75 Daniel Ballard

Category-Instant Karma

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A man charged with breaking into LL Cool J's home Wednesday morning faces a long prison sentence if convicted because of his previous convictions, the prosecutor's spokeswoman said Thursday.

Jonathan Kirby, 56, suffered a broken nose, jaw and ribs when he encountered the muscular rapper-actor inside his Sherman Oaks, California, home, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.

Arraignment for the suspect is not yet set, because he is still hospitalized for treatment of injuries inflicted by LL Cool J when he "physically detained" him, she said.

Yeah. we talked about that the other day.

"Mama said 'knock him out'", LL Cool J was heard to have said...

89 makeitstop  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:56:16pm

So, is the presser over?

Did Akin break new ground of Derp? I'm away from a TV and changing strings on a few guitars so I'm not watching.

90 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:57:18pm

So lemme get this straight. A question was asked and I provided a link and I get to sit in the bottom comments. I really don't care, I just think it's funny. *pinch hitting fort KT this AM will be CCA...heh

91 freetoken  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:58:41pm

re: #90 Cannadian Club Akbar

The John Birch Society isn't exactly high ground upon which to plant your cross.

92 Charles Johnson  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 2:59:54pm

re: #90 Cannadian Club Akbar

Your link went to a John Birch Society website.

93 simoom  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:00:31pm

Today's media wall of shame (the three tweeters in this tweet):

Reporters buying the RW spin that somehow mocking a bigoted conspiracy theory is the same as pandering to its adherents.

94 makeitstop  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:00:34pm

re: #90 Cannadian Club Akbar

So lemme get this straight. A question was asked and I provided a link and I get to sit in the bottom comments. I really don't care, I just think it's funny. *pinch hitting fort KT this AM will be CCA...heh

Yeah, I maybe wouldn't press the point too much.

95 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:02:25pm

re: #90 Cannadian Club Akbar

So lemme get this straight. A question was asked and I provided a link and I get to sit in the bottom comments. I really don't care, I just think it's funny. *pinch hitting fort KT this AM will be CCA...heh

You kinda own your links. I once pulled an obscure holocaust denier site off the top of a Google pile.

96 Political Atheist  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:02:28pm

re: #90 Cannadian Club Akbar

A really bad site to link is an easy mistake to make in a hurry from google. I have caught myself just in time once or twice. I'm leery of linking to any site I don't know well or at least by it's reputation here.

97 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:05:53pm

Dana Milbank makes a funny on Al Sharpton's show regarding Romney's birther comment:

Happy Birther Day

98 Mattand  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:07:13pm

re: #90 Cannadian Club Akbar

So lemme get this straight. A question was asked and I provided a link and I get to sit in the bottom comments. I really don't care, I just think it's funny. *pinch hitting fort KT this AM will be CCA...heh

Your hole digging skills appear to be in fine form.

99 Kronocide  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:07:14pm
The press conference just finished, and hallelujah! He’s staying in the race. I’m sure Claire McCaskill couldn’t be happier.

Yoda says Popcorn, lots of....

100 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:09:26pm

re: #93 simoom

Today's media wall of shame (the three tweeters in this tweet):

[Embedded content]

Reporters buying the RW spin that somehow mocking a bigoted conspiracy theory is the same as pandering to its adherents.

MBF gotta balance.

101 kirkspencer  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:09:38pm

re: #78 freetoken

The disestablishment of American scientific institutions continues:

Nuclear Decelerator: Last U.S. Particle Collider on Chopping Block

As with manned space flight, some things are now just proving to be too expensive for the US to undertake. We will budget cut ourselves slowly backwards. It may take decades for the totality of the change to become large, but we are definitely pulling back on what we are willing to spend.

What angers me about this is that they are not too expensive for the US to undertake. All we have to do is pay for them. We have the money, we just won't - because taxes are ebil and the government never does anything. (I'd have wingnutted the last but couldn't get it to stay in line.)

102 Decatur Deb  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:15:39pm

Grass to mow before the hurricane. BBL

103 Vicious Michigan Union Thug  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:21:41pm

re: #90 Cannadian Club Akbar

So lemme get this straight. A question was asked and I provided a link and I get to sit in the bottom comments. I really don't care, I just think it's funny. *pinch hitting fort KT this AM will be CCA...heh

Your Google-fu is fubar.

104 Patricia Kayden  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:22:57pm

re: #13 Gus

Too tight! We're going to be up all night on November 6th.

105 Political Atheist  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 3:38:14pm

Charles,
Any issues with The Brad Blog for Paging an article on an instance of voter fraud by a Republican? I only met this guy through my coverage of OLA. Seems okay.

106 simoom  Fri, Aug 24, 2012 9:08:40pm

re: #93 simoom

Today's media wall of shame (the three tweeters in this tweet):
[Embedded content]
Reporters buying the RW spin that somehow mocking a bigoted conspiracy theory is the same as pandering to its adherents.

Halperin's bought into it too:

Derp, "But PBO does birther jokes," derp.


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