In National Review, Mark Steyn Pushes Stupid ‘Obama Flag’ Fake Outrage

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Here’s a pile of ridiculous garbage by Mark Steyn at National Review, pushing the moronic “Obama flag” fake outrage: Bowing to the Mob.

I see the Obama campaign has redesigned the American flag, and very attractive it is too. Replacing the 50 stars of a federal republic is the single “O” logo symbolizing the great gaping maw of spendaholic centralization. And where the stripes used to be are a handful of red daubs, eerily mimicking the bloody finger streaks left on the pillars of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi as its staff were dragged out by a mob of savages to be tortured and killed. What better symbol could one have of American foreign policy? Who says the slick hollow vapid marketing of the Obama campaign doesn’t occasionally intersect with reality?

People like Mark Steyn are just dishonest, bigoted opportunists, raking in the cash by pandering to the ignorant, perpetually angry right wing. His comparison of an Obama campaign graphic to a photo of blood smears from Libya is deranged and sick, designed solely to inflame the easily inflamed emotions of their Fox News-indoctrinated base.

Notice also that Steyn is still pushing another completely bogus outrage — the false claim that the Libyans photographed carrying Ambassador Stevens’s body were “dragging” him out to be “tortured and killed.”

In the real world, these Libyans were trying to save Ambassador Stevens’s life. They were the good guys. But Mark Steyn continues to smear them as murderous savages even after the real story comes out.

Here’s the truth about presidential campaigns and the US flag. And speaking of Fox News:

Obama Logo

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303 comments
1 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:23:25pm

Get comfy folks, it's only gonna get worse as time ticks down.

2 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:24:35pm

Shorter Mark Steyn: ni-CLANG!

This is National Review of course.

3 Charleston Chew  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:28:01pm

The key phrase from Steyn is "I see...".

He doesn't claim these are things that actually happened. They're just the hallucinatory visions this abstract pattern conjures in his mind, like a Rorschach test administered to a madman.

4 Mich-again  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:28:52pm

correction..
The Mittsters are now in Stage # 2.. anger. Coming soon, Stage #3.. bargaining.

5 nines09  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:30:12pm

Feeding time at the zoo. Haters got to hate. Panderers got to pander. Liars got to lie.

6 Sophist, Gingham Style  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:31:59pm

Nobody was dragged out by a mob to be tortured or killed. This did. Not. Happen. How can someone just blatantly lie like that and expect to be taken seriously? And it's not like he needed to either, his readership would get equally outraged if he stuck to editorializing about actual facts.

Does he just like lying?

7 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:33:59pm

This is an absolutely disgusting article.

8 DelusionDeluge  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:38:15pm

Steyn wants an Obama win - more listeners, more clicks, more vitriol. Country be damned. What a sick freak.

9 blueraven  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:38:25pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

This is an absolutely disgusting article.

I expect nothing less from Steyn
He is Limbaugh's bench warmer and really tries to "out crazy" him. He is a lazy, mean, dishonest, vicious little man.

10 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:40:36pm

Mark Steyn, like John Derbyshire, is another member of the atheist far-right.

11 Mich-again  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:40:37pm

re: #6 SophistFCD

Nobody was dragged out by a mob to be tortured or killed. This did. Not. Happen. How can someone just blatantly lie like that and expect to be taken seriously? And it's not like he needed to either, his readership would get equally outraged if he stuck to editorializing about actual facts.

Does he just like lying?

Steyn is just tossing out red meat to his pack of hyenas. He could care less about facts.

12 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:41:18pm

Good news for absentee voting in Iowa:

"Democrats requested roughly 100,000 ballots, compared with 16,073 ballots requested by Republicans, the newspaper said. Absentee voting and in-person early voting begins on Sept. 27."


[Link: www.nationaljournal.com...]

13 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:44:11pm

re: #12 SpaceJesus

Good news for absentee voting in Iowa:

"Democrats requested roughly 100,000 ballots, compared with 16,073 ballots requested by Republicans, the newspaper said. Absentee voting and in-person early voting begins on Sept. 27."

[Link: www.nationaljournal.com...]

And before this is all over, we'll be told that such a large request is a sign that "the fix is in!"

14 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:45:14pm

re: #10 Gus

Mark Steyn, like John Derbyshire, is another member of the atheist far-right.

Cough.

15 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:46:54pm

re: #6 SophistFCD

How can someone just blatantly lie like that and expect to be taken seriously?

It's National Review. They went for years with blatant white supremacist writers on staff. Lying is second nature to them.

16 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:47:30pm
17 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:48:18pm

read that one!

18 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 12:49:38pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

This is an absolutely disgusting article.

It's par for the course for both Steyn and National Review.

19 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:04:28pm

Hey Mark,

Those stripes are actually made of shredded maple leaves from Canadian flags.

Outrage!!

20 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:05:27pm

re: #19 wrenchwench

Hey Mark,

Those stripes are actually made of shredded maple leaves from Canadian flags.

Outrage!!

I laughed!

21 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:08:47pm

Obama crushing Mitt Romney among Jewish voters in Florida

[Link: www.commentarymagazine.com...]

22 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:12:34pm

re: #21 SpaceJesus

Obama crushing Mitt Romney among Jewish voters in Florida

[Link: www.commentarymagazine.com...]

That's unpossible! People love the GOP plan of privatizing Medicare and Social Security!

23 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:14:13pm

re: #21 SpaceJesus

Obama crushing Mitt Romney among Jewish voters in Florida

[Link: www.commentarymagazine.com...]

So what? Romney was never gonna part the Jews from the Democrats. He should have written them off and focused on getting votes he knows aren't located on the Dem plantation.

24 CriticalDragon1177  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:15:08pm

Charles Johnson,

I'm so glad I stopped taking people like Mark Steyn seriously over a year ago. I hope more people do the same. I no longer have any respect for him.

25 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:15:51pm
Notice also that Steyn is still pushing another completely bogus outrage — the false claim that the Libyans photographed carrying Ambassador Stevens’s body were “dragging” him out to be “tortured and killed.”

And raped, don't forget that they also violated him before killing him, or vice-versa maybe, it depends on which wingnut fantastical truthiness site your reading at the time.

/sigh...

26 Killgore Trout  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:15:53pm

re: #16 We're All Welfare Queens Now

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Well, sort of I guess but I do think they're fibbing a bit. They bought the video with an exclusive rights agreement, I don;t think that's under dispute but it's not beyond imagination that they bought it for the purposes of shelving it and to keep someone else from buying it. These things happen.
If the Mitt camp was smarter they could have had a proxy buy the secret fundraiser recording from last week.

27 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:16:39pm

No need for purple wingnut font, this is an actual quote from freep on this same story:

To: chris37

We just watched 2016. My wife is originally from New York and worked with Jews in the Garment District and then in the Financial District. When the movie was over, I said “Obama is loading the Jews in boxcars.” She said: “Yes, and the American Jews are driving the train.” I truly believe they have a death wish, some type of self hate, deep within their being.

103 posted on Saturday, September 22, 2012 8:51:16 AM by Gadsden1st

28 Killgore Trout  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:18:11pm

RAW Anti-Extremest protesters storm Islamist compound

Liveleak Video

This takes balls. Not a single firearm to be seen in the crowd who only temporarily ducks away as the Islamists inside the compound fire. Once the compound is breached the camera heads around back to catch the tail lights of a car (or two) fleeing.

29 God of Binders with Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:19:49pm

If the Republican base were exposed to the voices of Mark Steyn and Tammy Bruce simultaneously, their heads would really explode.

30 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:19:52pm

re: #21 SpaceJesus

Obama crushing Mitt Romney among Jewish voters in Florida

[Link: www.commentarymagazine.com...]

He's been doing great down there. The addition of the zombie-eyed granny-starver to the ticket did not enhance Mitt's already dubious image among elderly Jews for some reason.

31 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:19:53pm

re: #27 SpaceJesus

No need for purple wingnut font, this is an actual quote from freep on this same story:

This based on...what? The fact that Obama's not giving Bibi sloppy kisses on live TV?

32 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:19:56pm

re: #26 Killgore Trout

Well, sort of I guess but I do think they're fibbing a bit. They bought the video with an exclusive rights agreement, I don;t think that's under dispute but it's not beyond imagination that they bought it for the purposes of shelving it and to keep someone else from buying it. These things happen.
If the Mitt camp was smarter they could have had a proxy buy the secret fundraiser recording from last week.

Um, what? Did you read the article? The LA Times didn't buy any video, and didn't make any "exclusive rights agreements." The reporter, Peter Wallsten, saw the video. The owner didn't sell it to them.

In the case of the Khalidi video, the unnamed source agreed to share the illuminating bit of video evidence with Wallsten, but only with the understanding that the reporter could not reproduce or rebroadcast the images. The journalist had to make a decision: Do I agree to that condition and get to see evidence that no other reporter has seen of Obama meeting with Palestinian Americans? Or do I insist on a full public release of the video, with the likely outcome that the source would share nothing?

Wallsten pushed for the release of the video but when the source would not agree, Wallsten agreed to accept more limited access to the recording. He agreed not to reveal his source nor share the video with anyone else.

They didn't pay any money, and didn't acquire any rights.

33 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:22:30pm

Paul Ryan Tells Florida Seniors That Obamacare Includes Death Panels

QUESTION: We love you Paul. But I’m getting long in years. Will you address the death panels that we’re going to have?

RYAN: The death panels, well! That’s not the word I’d choose to use to describe it. It’s actually called. It’s actually called, so in Medicare, what I refer to as this board of 15 bureaucrats. It’s called the Independent Payment Advisory Board. It sounds fairly innocuous.

34 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:23:08pm

re: #31 Targetpractice

Like most conservative talking points and beliefs these days, I'm sure it is based off of several dozen FWD FWD FWD chain emails

35 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:25:14pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

Um, what? Did you read the article? The LA Times didn't buy any video, and didn't make any "exclusive rights agreements." The reporter, Peter Wallsten, saw the video. The owner didn't sell it to them.

They didn't pay any money, and didn't acquire any rights.

What in the world is wrong with having met Rashid Khalidi?

36 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:26:14pm
37 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:26:27pm

And Obama has been pro-Israel for the past 4 years. Same old right-wing bullshit trying to create an Israel/White House conflict that does not exist.

38 Romantic Heretic  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:27:04pm

re: #8 DelusionDeluge

Steyn wants an Obama win - more listeners, more clicks, more vitriol. Country be damned. What a sick freak.

Um, he's a Canadian I'm ashamed to say. He was a columnist for the Toronto Stun, I mean, Sun for many years.

He was a supercilious, arrogant, know nothing clod even then. As you can see from the picture in the link I posted he has the type of face that just begs to have a fist placed in it.

39 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:27:39pm

re: #35 Gus

Cuz he's an Israel hater,geeze Gus,don't you know anything? It just proves the Kenyan usurper is..durrr...hurrr...oh hell I can't do it,this shit isn't even possible to parody or make fun of anymore.

40 Killgore Trout  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:27:45pm

re: #35 Gus

What in the world is wrong with having met Rashid Khalidi?

He's critical of the US relationship with Israel.

41 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:28:43pm

re: #40 Killgore Trout

He's critical of the US relationship with Israel.

So what. This is a democracy.

42 Varek Raith  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:29:23pm

re: #40 Killgore Trout

He's critical of the US relationship with Israel.

Free speech.
;)

43 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:30:00pm

We were talking about "come to Jesus" moments downstairs and I just saw one over at Breitbart. One the items listed under "Popular Articles" is a long screed aimed at Paulians, declaring that if they really support the Constitution, then they'll vote for Romney. Why? Well, because a vote for anybody other than Romney is a vote for Obama.

Yes folks, they really are that desperate.

44 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:30:57pm

re: #35 Gus

What in the world is wrong with having met Rashid Khalidi?

The points were strong in the article. The right has latched on, hoping hoping hoping, that the smoking gun is there. Based on bullshit.

I kinda like that they are still suffering from these humours.

45 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:31:00pm

re: #42 Varek Raith

Free speech.
;)

But. But.

46 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:31:18pm

re: #40 Killgore Trout

He's critical of the US relationship with Israel.

And that is NOT ALLOWED. No siree.

47 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:31:38pm

re: #40 Killgore Trout

He's critical of the US relationship with Israel.

Because there's only one opinion in this country about Israel. Or anything else. Ever.

48 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:31:52pm

re: #46 We're All Welfare Queens Now

And that is NOT ALLOWED. No siree.

Not in right wing dictatorship fantasy land it isn't. //

49 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:32:23pm

re: #40 Killgore Trout

He's critical of the US relationship with Israel.

And?

50 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:32:28pm

re: #47 Lidane

Because there's only one opinion in this country about Israel. Or anything else. Ever.

One opinion! Yes. That's what critical thinking is all about! //

51 aagcobb  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:33:54pm

re: #21 SpaceJesus

Obama crushing Mitt Romney among Jewish voters in Florida

[Link: www.commentarymagazine.com...]

Why don't they understand that Obama is a muslim and he hates Israel?

52 Killgore Trout  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:33:58pm

re: #47 Lidane

Because there's only one opinion in this country about Israel. Or anything else. Ever.

Politically some things can cost votes. I don't think it makes any difference now but back in 2008 a video of Obama sitting around listening to speeches praising Palestinian resistance could have cost him votes. I like Obama too but he's not immune to politically damging stuff that would also damage any other candidate.

53 blueraven  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:34:35pm

re: #40 Killgore Trout

He's critical of the US relationship with Israel.

He is also critical of Hamas. So what?

54 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:34:46pm

re: #52 Killgore Trout

Politically some things can cost votes. I don't think it makes any difference now but back in 2008 a video of Obama sitting around listening to speeches praising Palestinian resistance could have cost him votes. I like Obama too but he's not immune to politically damging stuff that would also damage any other candidate.

Define "Palestinian resistance."

55 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:34:58pm

re: #49 Targetpractice

And?

Listening to other opinions on Israel means that Obama will immediately run and change decades of US policy! Eleventy!

Total non-story.

56 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:35:04pm

re: #48 Gus

Not in right wing dictatorship fantasy land it isn't. //

It is so bizarre that a huge segment of thinking people have latched onto this. Really? There's 2 sides to everything. And thinking people debate them.

Venezuelan oil still happily flows to the US.

57 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:36:05pm

re: #38 Romantic Heretic

As you can see from the picture in the link I posted he has the type of face that just begs to have a fist placed in it.

I judge that by what comes out of the face, not by the exterior appearance.

58 aagcobb  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:36:14pm

re: #33 Gus

Paul Ryan Tells Florida Seniors That Obamacare Includes Death Panels

Liar has got to lie.

59 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:36:34pm

re: #55 Lidane

Total non-story.

...

He's waiting for his last 4 years! Just you wait and see!! 2016 is coming!!

60 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:37:37pm

re: #43 Targetpractice

We were talking about "come to Jesus" moments downstairs and I just saw one over at Breitbart. One the items listed under "Popular Articles" is a long screed aimed at Paulians, declaring that if they really support the Constitution, then they'll vote for Romney. Why? Well, because a vote for anybody other than Romney is a vote for Obama.

Yes folks, they really are that desperate.

I decided to lay off educating people about what a fascist Gary Johnson is for the next, oh, 45 days or so....

61 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:38:01pm

re: #56 We're All Welfare Queens Now

Venezuelan oil still happily flows to the US.

And Saudi oil, too, despite the fact that the House of Saud is hardly a model for equality or human rights.

But ZOMG, Barack Obama listened to someone who is Palestinian which means that he's clearly going to change American policy towards Israel. Or something.

62 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:38:41pm

LOL, on Google News, this from Fox

Israelis fear PM is meddling in US politics

63 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:39:04pm

re: #61 Lidane

And Saudi oil, too, despite the fact that the House of Saud is hardly a model for equality or human rights.

But ZOMG, Barack Obama listened to someone who is Palestinian which means that he's clearly going to change American policy towards Israel. Or something.

Image: bush-abdulah-holding-hands.jpg

64 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:39:45pm

re: #52 Killgore Trout

It's not going to damage him except with people who wouldn't be inclined to vote for him anyway.

Most people are sane enough to understand that it doesn't matter who is POTUS, the United States isn't going to abandon Israel. Simple as that.

65 Romantic Heretic  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:40:17pm

re: #56 We're All Welfare Queens Now

There's 2 sides to everything.

Now thinking of the Vorlon aphorism: Understanding is a three-edged sword; there is your side, there is the other side, and then there is the truth.

66 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:41:01pm

re: #60 wrenchwench

I decided to lay off educating people about what a fascist Gary Johnson is for the next, oh, 45 days or so....

You hear he filed a lawsuit to get into the presidential debates?

67 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:41:53pm

re: #66 Targetpractice

His VP is going to argue the motion. Should be fun.

68 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:42:41pm

re: #60 wrenchwench


I guess you lived in NM back while Johnson was governor, can you give me a run down of how horrible he was?

69 aagcobb  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:43:00pm

As the Page at the top of the column says, the Mark Steyns of the Right are the GOP's problem. Until the Right figures out out to differentiate between reality and its rage fantasies, it isn't going to be fit to govern.

70 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:43:18pm

re: #66 Targetpractice

You hear he filed a lawsuit to get into the presidential debates?

re: #67 SpaceJesus

His VIP is going to argue the motion. Should be fun.

If he gets in, I'll have to share my intel with the Obama camp...

71 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:43:36pm

re: #67 SpaceJesus

His VIP is going to argue the motion. Should be fun.

I actually think it might be interesting to include Johnson in the debate. What's the worst that will happen, he helps his chances and sucks away GOP voters?

72 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:44:20pm

Image: newt-arafat-love.jpg

73 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:44:32pm

I would actually be totally fine with Johnson and Stein being at the debates.

74 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:44:51pm

re: #71 Targetpractice

Basically this. It would be Perot on steroids at this point.

75 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:45:33pm

Image: Newt_and_Arafat.jpg

76 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:45:50pm

That's different!

77 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:46:28pm

re: #61 Lidane

And Saudi oil, too, despite the fact that the House of Saud is hardly a model for equality or human rights.

But ZOMG, Barack Obama listened to someone who is Palestinian which means that he's clearly going to change American policy towards Israel. Or something.

Such weak sauce.

BTW, jumping a couple of comments to the photo of Bush holding the hands of the Saud dude.

Is it like instructed protocol that you must do that? Why would this happen unless it was your boyfriend?

78 Varek Raith  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:46:32pm

re: #75 Gus

Image: Newt_and_Arafat.jpg

Youtube Video
79 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:47:53pm

re: #68 SpaceJesus

I guess you lived in NM back while Johnson was governor, can you give me a run down of how horrible he was?

Not that horrible as governor, but since then he's been known to hang out with freaks like these, and he voted for Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party for president in 2008. To me that says he has no moral center. Or an immoral center.

80 Killgore Trout  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:47:58pm

re: #77 We're All Welfare Queens Now

Is it like instructed protocol that you must do that? Why would this happen unless it was your boyfriend?

It's an Arab thing. Male friends often hold hands. Also very common in India and Pakistan.

81 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:48:54pm

re: #80 Killgore Trout

It's an Arab thing. Male friends often hold hands. Also very common in India and Pakistan.

And therefore we abide, protocol. Bad photo op.

82 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:48:56pm

re: #71 Targetpractice

I actually think it might be interesting to include Johnson in the debate. What's the worst that will happen, he helps his chances and sucks away GOP voters?

He'll mostly hurt Romney, but could also hurt Obama with the pro-pot stance.

83 Killgore Trout  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:50:54pm

re: #81 We're All Welfare Queens Now

And therefore we abide, protocol. Bad photo op.

YEah, Not a good photo op. I like the pics of Obama and Sarkozy palling around. Those two always look like they're up to mischief when together.

84 bratwurst  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:50:59pm

re: #75 Gus

Image: Newt_and_Arafat.jpg

Here is another from the "memory hole" collection:

Image: rumsfeld-saddam.jpg

85 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:51:59pm

By the way, if anyone still cares, here's the LA Times article by Peter Wallsten that started this whole faux outrage:

[Link: articles.latimes.com...]

86 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:53:05pm

re: #85 Charles Johnson

By the way, if anyone still cares, here's the LA Times article by Peter Wallsten that started this whole faux outrage:

[Link: articles.latimes.com...]

Memories.

[Recovered wingnut.]

87 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:53:20pm

Before someone points it out - yep, I pushed this bogus story too, back in 2008 when I was still under the spell of Mordor. And yep, I do find it embarrassing now.

88 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:53:23pm

re: #82 wrenchwench

He'll mostly hurt Romney, but could also hurt Obama with the pro-pot stance.

By this point, if pro-pot was a major game changer, Obama would have already lost those votes.

89 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:54:04pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

Before someone points it out - yep, I pushed this bogus story too, back in 2008 when I was still under the spell of Mordor. And yep, I do find it embarrassing now.

Yep. I was there acting like a caveman too. ;)

90 Varek Raith  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:54:46pm

Still can't believe I used to think AGW was bunk.
Sad.

91 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:55:34pm

re: #89 Gus

Yep. I was there acting like a caveman too. ;)

Unga bunga.

//

92 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:56:28pm

re: #91 Targetpractice

Unga bunga.

//

Unga bunga bunga, Binga binga binga bunga!

93 Varek Raith  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:57:09pm

re: #92 Gus

Unga bunga bunga, Binga binga binga bunga!

Mongo no like you talk about Ms Mongo!
Mongo SMASH!

94 Daniel Ballard  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:57:14pm

re: #90 Varek Raith
re: #89 Gus
re: #87 Charles Johnson

All we can do is live and learn, keeping a sharp eye out for facts and resisting bias. The best loyalty is to the facts.

95 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:57:26pm

If you're president of a nation that means you have to listen to everyone in that nation.

96 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:58:55pm

Funny coming from the "Innocence of Muslims" is FREE SPEECH crowd. OK, not funny.

97 Varek Raith  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:59:11pm

Better get dinner grilled before it rains.
Later.

98 bratwurst  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 1:59:57pm

re: #95 Gus

If you're president of a nation that means you have to listen to everyone in that nation (unless they are not totally thrilled with the current Israeli government).

FTFY

99 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:01:21pm

It's always interesting to me to read people who used to be wingnuts or on the right look back at what they used to believe.

I've changed my mind on a few things here and there as I've grown older, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I went through an Ayn Rand fangirl/pseudo-libertarian phase (this and this were on my bookshelf years ago) for a bit, but overall, I've always been left of center.

100 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:03:51pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

Before someone points it out - yep, I pushed this bogus story too, back in 2008 when I was still under the spell of Mordor. And yep, I do find it embarrassing now.

You're cool. :)

101 Kragar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:06:25pm

The current RWNJ political strategy:

Youtube Video
102 Killgore Trout  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:07:06pm

re: #99 Lidane

It's always interesting to me to read people who used to be wingnuts or on the right look back at what they used to believe.

I've changed my mind on a few things here and there as I've grown older, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I went through an Ayn Rand fangirl/pseudo-libertarian phase (this and this were on my bookshelf years ago) for a bit, but overall, I've always been left of center.

I think everybody bounces around a bit in terms of ideology. Although I haven't changed that much in terms of left/right one thing I have changed on is being more aware of tactics, tricks, BS, etc. After being duped by a technique or tactic I try not to repeat the same mistake.

103 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:16:15pm

Yellow dog dem lefty since I registered to vote.

My biggest shock was my Father who created me, the one with a guitar when he was 30 and was all human rights and instilled that in me, turned Fox News RWNJ.

Still love him, but wtf.

104 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:16:49pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

Before someone points it out - yep, I pushed this bogus story too, back in 2008 when I was still under the spell of Mordor. And yep, I do find it embarrassing now.

Sauron/Sauraman 2016.

105 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:18:16pm
106 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:18:19pm

re: #104 Mattand

Sauron/Sauraman 2016.

Cthulhu/Dagon 2012: Why Vote For The Lesser Evil?

107 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:18:49pm

re: #99 Lidane

It's always interesting to me to read people who used to be wingnuts or on the right look back at what they used to believe.

I've changed my mind on a few things here and there as I've grown older, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I went through an Ayn Rand fangirl/pseudo-libertarian phase (this and this were on my bookshelf years ago) for a bit, but overall, I've always been left of center.

I don't know if I've changed much politically (liberal/center left/whatever), but I've learned to try to think more critically about candidates, especially ones I'm supporting.

108 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:20:22pm

re: #106 Targetpractice

Cthulhu/Dagon 2012: Why Vote For The Lesser Evil?

In his tastefully appointed townhouse at Georgetown, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

109 Kragar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:21:20pm

re: #106 Targetpractice

Cthulhu/Dagon 2012: Why Vote For The Lesser Evil?

I was really hoping they were going with Hastur, but every time they started repeating his name, the audience would disappear.

110 Aye Pod  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:21:35pm

Mark Steyn - another self proclaimed 'cultural outlier' telling American wingnuts what they want to hear - to their endless delight.

The most deviously evil parasite is the type that convinces its host to love it.

111 Kragar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:22:07pm

re: #108 Mattand

In his tastefully appointed townhouse at Georgetown, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

Actually, Cthulhu has had a steady gig in Japanese porn for the last few years.

112 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:22:53pm
113 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:23:02pm

re: #111 Kragar

Actually, Cthulhu has had a steady gig in Japanese porn for the last few years.

Hey, what he does on his weekends is between him and the wife.

114 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:23:23pm

re: #103 We're All Welfare Queens Now

Yellow dog dem lefty since I registered to vote.

My biggest shock was my Father who created me, the one with a guitar when he was 30 and was all human rights and instilled that in me, turned Fox News RWNJ.

Still love him, but wtf.

For the first 18 years, my dad taught me bigotry was wrong. The next 2 plus decades, I found out what he really thought.

On the plus side, he doesn't watch Fox News.

115 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:24:26pm

re: #112 wrenchwench

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LOL

116 Kragar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:25:22pm

re: #113 Targetpractice

Hey, what he does on his weekends is between him and the wife.

Not if Mitt gets into office.

117 Kragar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:28:13pm

Romney Threatened To Cancel Univision Forum If Organizers Didn’t Allow Him To Bus In Supporters

Mitt Romney packed the audience for a Univision forum earlier this week, BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins reports, busing in local supporters “after exhausting the few conservative groups on campus.” The campaign threatened to “reschedule” the event if organizers did not allow the “rowdy activists from around southern Florida in order to fill the extra seats at their town hall.”

Romney also refused to come out on stage after the hosts introduced him by noting that he “had agreed to give the network 35 minutes, and that Obama had agreed to a full hour the next night.” Univision re-taped the introduction after Romney allegedly “threw a tantrum.”

118 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:29:11pm

Prickster

119 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:29:18pm

re: #117 Kragar

Romney Threatened To Cancel Univision Forum If Organizers Didn’t Allow Him To Bus In Supporters

Good lord, what a putz.

120 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:29:49pm

re: #118 We're All Welfare Queens Now

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Prickster

Douchecanoe.

121 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:32:02pm
122 Sophist, Gingham Style  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:32:08pm

re: #106 Targetpractice

Cthulhu/Dagon 2012: Why Vote For The Lesser Evil?

Azathoth/Nyarlathotep 2016: Why vote for blind idiots when you can vote for their god?

123 recusancy  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:32:12pm

re: #35 Gus

What in the world is wrong with having met Rashid Khalidi?

No idea. He came up in '08 as well and Ezra Klien recommended his book The Iron Cage because of it. Good read.

124 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:34:25pm

re: #121 Gus

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bizarre

125 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:35:26pm

re: #118 We're All Welfare Queens Now

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Prickster

So first we had Brewer show up at the airport to bitch to Obama's face, and now Scotty didn't even bother to show up.

I can't remember this sort of disrespect being shown to Bush.

126 dragonfire1981  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:38:40pm

re: #125 Targetpractice

So first we had Brewer show up at the airport to bitch to Obama's face, and now Scotty didn't even bother to show up.

I can't remember this sort of disrespect being shown to Bush.

That's because it WASN'T.

127 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:40:28pm

re: #125 Targetpractice

So first we had Brewer show up at the airport to bitch to Obama's face, and now Scotty didn't even bother to show up.

I can't remember this sort of disrespect being shown to Bush.

EVEN when they couldn't stand him.

It's really fucked up, getting close to treasonous, yes I said it. But the history books will be written about how the Office of the President suddenly became disrespected.

128 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:45:37pm
Youtube Video

School House Rock.

Here's the social studies (i.e. political science) class for the RWNJs. The President isn't the fucking all/end all.

129 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:48:17pm

Checks and baaaalllllannnces.

130 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:49:19pm

re: #117 Kragar

Romney Threatened To Cancel Univision Forum If Organizers Didn’t Allow Him To Bus In Supporters

Damn, Romney sounds even more like an insufferable prick.

131 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:49:58pm

re: #127 We're All Welfare Queens Now

EVEN when they couldn't stand him.

It's really fucked up, getting close to treasonous, yes I said it. But the history books will be written about how the Office of the President suddenly became disrespected.

132 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:51:29pm

You Lie!

133 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:52:30pm

Lynched chairs showing up.

OK, 2.

We will see.

134 bratwurst  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:52:52pm

Come on, guys...you are being "overly passionate" about Obama again! /

135 aagcobb  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:54:02pm

I was a huge Reagan fan in High School and College. Then I grew up.

136 Aye Pod  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:55:56pm

re: #134 bratwurst

I have no idea what that refers to but I'm getting a whiff of Eau De Killgore on that...

137 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:57:15pm

re: #135 aagcobb

I was a huge Reagan fan in High School and College. Then I grew up.

The AIDS epidemic in our midst and his refusal to even mention it made me freak out.

138 bratwurst  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:57:17pm

re: #136 Aye Pod

I have no idea what that refers to but I'm getting a whiff of Eau De Killgore on that...

You must be psychic!

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

139 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:59:08pm

re: #137 We're All Welfare Queens Now

The AIDS epidemic in our midst and his refusal to even mention it made me freak out.

James Watt

140 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:59:26pm

re: #136 Aye Pod

I have no idea what that refers to but I'm getting a whiff of Eau De Killgore on that...

hahahahha

141 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:00:15pm

re: #139 Gus

James Watt

On the environment side, Alternet has a post about Bain & Monsanto.

142 Peter_P3  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:03:33pm

Is this true?

Last year Hillary Clinton went to see the Broadway musical Book of Mormon. “We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others”? The Book of Mormon’s big showstopper is “Hasa Diga Eebowai” which apparently translates as “F*** you, God.” The U.S. secretary of state stood and cheered.

143 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:04:28pm

New media sucks. We would have never know this, unless someone committed column lines. (which they wouldn't have)

Pretty awesome.

144 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:05:13pm

Trolling.

145 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:05:56pm

re: #144 Gus

Trolling.

THANK YOU. TAKE HEED.

146 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:05:59pm

re: #144 Gus

Do you want me to pull out the grill? /

147 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:06:16pm

Oh Sigh. I am surrounded by wingnuts....
Now my nitwit sister is posting a bunch of crap on her Facebook page about firing Obama because we don't need no stinking president,"we can build it"without help and he's fired.
She's got MS,she's one of those 47 percent who is on SS disability. She gets free healthcare because of her teeny income via the government. She thinks Ann Romney is a champion for those with MS(hell,maybe that part's true,I don't know). I think most of this is because of the parental units honestly,if she'd bother to read and think she'd probably realize this is crap.
I am a teeny little dot of blue in a red state...
Send help....lol,sort of....

148 aagcobb  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:06:19pm

re: #142 Peter_P3

Is this true?

I will take this opportunity to add to your negative Karma. "The Book of Mormon" is a huge comedy Broadway hit.

149 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:08:08pm

re: #148 aagcobb

I will take this opportunity to add to your negative Karma. "The Book of Mormon" is a huge comedy Broadway hit.

Yah, check the karma - you then know the story.

vamoose!

150 engineer cat  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:08:14pm

but keep in mind: this election is not over yet. there are still key constituencies that mitt has not yet attempted to alienate

151 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:09:15pm

re: #149 We're All Welfare Queens Now

shhh,maybe if we ignore it,it will scuttle back under the woodwork....

152 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:09:49pm

re: #151 A Mom Anon

shhh,maybe if we ignore it,it will scuttle back under the woodwork....

Or scurry under the stove to lay some eggs.

//

153 aagcobb  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:09:50pm

re: #147 A Mom Anon

No point in you getting into a huge fight with your family; if I were you I'd just avoid talking about politics. My brother is an atheist, a postal worker and is very active in his union, and yet he is a wingnut. Makes no sense to me.

154 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:10:37pm

I asked here & on twitter. No reply.

Remember that video put out, by who knows that shows a bike race ala Tour de France where the winner is all hands in the air (Obama face on him) then he wrecks and crazy McCain catches up and wins?

It was put out at the end of 2008 as a get your head together people and it worked.

I'm dying to find it and cannot.

155 engineer cat  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:10:42pm

re: #144 Gus

Trolling.

it looks to me like somebody has taken a dump on the book of mormon's wikipedia page and the wiki police haven't cleaned it up yet

156 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:11:21pm

re: #153 aagcobb

No point in you getting into a huge fight with your family; if I were you I'd just avoid talking about politics. My brother is an atheist, a postal worker and is very active in his union, and yet he is a wingnut. Makes no sense to me.

Oh geeze.

157 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:11:39pm

re: #119 Targetpractice

Good lord, what a putz.

That's what happens when you can't find enough college students -- even among the conservative student groups -- to want free tickets to listen to Mitt Romney. You have to bus in the warm bodies.

158 alpuz  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:12:46pm

Scott Walker is such a douchebag. The guy couldn't show up anywhere outside of Waukesha that wasn't closed to the public. I'd rather hang with Hank Aaron any day(he played ball in my hometown). At least Hank knew how to actually swing a Louisville Slugger.

159 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:13:33pm

re: #153 aagcobb

I know,I don't even do political on my Facebook page except for a couple of "likes"and to talk about the ACA and what it's done for my son. The rest is mom,dog and some autism stuff. It's so hard sometimes to keep my mouth shut,lol,I have a wingnut neighbor,her husband,my sister and my husband's old boss that plaster a ton of shit on Facebook and I want to slap the nonsense out of all of them sometimes... it is very lonely being a liberal in a very conservative place.

160 aagcobb  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:14:49pm

re: #159 A Mom Anon

At least you can always come here to talk to people with some sense.

161 JamesWI  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:16:02pm
162 Mr. Crankypants  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:16:27pm

re: #159 A Mom Anon

I know,I don't even do political on my Facebook page except for a couple of "likes"and to talk about the ACA and what it's done for my son. The rest is mom,dog and some autism stuff. It's so hard sometimes to keep my mouth shut,lol,I have a wingnut neighbor,her husband,my sister and my husband's old boss that plaster a ton of shit on Facebook and I want to slap the nonsense out of all of them sometimes... it is very lonely being a liberal in a very conservative place.

Try "I love it when I wake up in the morning and Barak Obama is President" I liked the page and now I get all kinds of great content to post in response when people post the nutjob crap.

163 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:17:05pm

re: #142 Peter_P3

33 post in about three years...been keeping your powder dry for a special occasion, eh?

/whose sock are you?

164 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:18:53pm

re: #161 JamesWI

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he's got some Packers! ha

165 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:20:53pm

he approves that message. lol anyone else watching?

166 Mr. Crankypants  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:20:57pm

The question I have to ask, and I've only seen it adressed by Rachel Maddow so far, is why isn't anyone going back to the statements the wingnuts were making in 2008 and just destroying their credibility with anyone who isn't wearing a tinfoil hat?

167 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:22:31pm

re: #166 Mr. Crankypants

The question I have to ask, and I've only seen it adressed by Rachel Maddow so far, is why isn't anyone going back to the statements the wingnuts were making in 2008 and just destroying their credibility with anyone who isn't wearing a tinfoil hat?

Ad revenue not extinguished yet.

Depends on how far back they wanna go.

168 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:22:33pm
169 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:23:18pm

re: #160 aagcobb

Yep. If you had told me 5 yrs ago I'd be a part of Little Green Footballs I would have been horrified. This place has changed so much,when I first began reading over here maybe a year ago I couldn't believe it was the same place I used to loathe. I had been part of Firedoglake and left because it became a mess(except for TBogg's page),Kos,Democratic Underground,and even had my own blog for awhile under a different name. Quit all of them. Ended up with a rwnj stalker who threatened my kid,so I pulled my whole blog down and got the people to take me out of The Way Back Machine. Fucker sent me a satellite photo from mapquest of my son's school. I have no idea how he figured all that out,to this day I have no clue. He got his wish,I quit blogging,it wasn't worth it. But,yeah,at least here there's some lively debate and lots of people to help you find info and stuff here,I like that.

170 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:23:21pm

re: #161 JamesWI

171 JamesWI  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:23:27pm

See, we told you Obama controls the weather

172 engineer cat  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:24:25pm

re: #142 Peter_P3

i heard that mitt romney called all americans who makes less than $50k a year a bunch of worthless freeloaders who take no responsibility for their own lives and his audience stood up and cheered

any truth to that?

173 Peter_P3  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:24:38pm

re: #155 engineer cat

it looks to me like somebody has taken a dump on the book of mormon's wikipedia page and the wiki police haven't cleaned it up yet

re: #163 Gert Fröbe

33 post in about three years...been keeping your powder dry for a special occasion, eh?

/whose sock are you?

Dry powder? No I am anti-gun I am European. Apparenty 33 posts in 3 years in trolling. I dont see how my post was off topic anymore than the rest of posts in here.

hasa diga ebowai

Nice song :-)

174 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:25:30pm

re: #169 A Mom Anon

Yep. If you had told me 5 yrs ago I'd be a part of Little Green Footballs I would have been horrified. This place has changed so much,when I first began reading over here maybe a year ago I couldn't believe it was the same place I used to loathe. I had been part of Firedoglake and left because it became a mess(except for TBogg's page),Kos,Democratic Underground,and even had my own blog for awhile under a different name. Quit all of them. Ended up with a rwnj stalker who threatened my kid,so I pulled my whole blog down and got the people to take me out of The Way Back Machine. Fucker sent me a satellite photo from mapquest of my son's school. I have no idea how he figured all that out,to this day I have no clue. He got his wish,I quit blogging,it wasn't worth it. But,yeah,at least here there's some lively debate and lots of people to help you find info and stuff here,I like that.

DAMN. I am confident you are safe here.

175 JamesWI  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:25:35pm

Obama rally is also on CSPAN.

176 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:26:06pm

re: #175 JamesWI

Obama rally is also on CSPAN.

Weren't there some wingnuts the other day bitching because Willard's rally wasn't on all the news stations?

177 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:26:50pm
178 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:29:01pm

And now ... KILLDOZER.

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179 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:29:58pm

Hmmm. Here they come in pairs again. Interesting that.

180 kmg  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:32:43pm

Heard Mark Steyn speak 11/2 years ago and found him witty and well-informed. If he is wrong about one or two things, who cares. He usually gets it right! Nobody is perfect, including Charles ;-)

181 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:32:48pm

A real photograph that looks like a painting.

Image: camel-thorn-trees-namibia_35259_990x742.jpg

182 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:34:10pm

re: #169 A Mom Anon

re: #174 We're All Welfare Queens Now

Yeah,he was one of those "men's rights advocate"guys. Holy crap what a nutbar. I would find all kinds of awful stuff on my blog every morning,it didn't matter what the hell I wrote about. The email with the satellite photo was entitled "Submitted Without Comment".It scared the hell out of me. The guy was an IT dude,I traced him to Oregon,but I had a cop tell me that if he was savvy enough he could route his computer's info through anywhere in the world if he had access to the right equipment and programming. Since he didn't threaten us outright,there wasn't much anyone could do,so I went off the interwebs for nearly a year except to surf. I don't know if I'll ever do blogging again though,that experience freaked me the hell out. Facebook with loads of restrictions on who can see me is more than enough.

183 JamesWI  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:34:45pm

re: #180 kmg

Derp. Derpity derp.

184 makeitstop  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:35:14pm

re: #117 Kragar

Romney Threatened To Cancel Univision Forum If Organizers Didn’t Allow Him To Bus In Supporters

I wonder if they got the 'tantrum' on tape...

185 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:35:31pm

Those pesky finger monkeys!

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186 aagcobb  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:35:45pm

re: #182 A Mom Anon

I don't blame you; very creepy.

187 CuriousLurker  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:36:30pm

Anybody got a box of salt? //

188 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:37:31pm

re: #187 CuriousLurker

::: Morton's Kosher Salt ::: to CL. /

190 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:37:50pm

re: #182 A Mom Anon

re: #174 We're All Welfare Queens Now

Yeah,he was one of those "men's rights advocate"guys. Holy crap what a nutbar. I would find all kinds of awful stuff on my blog every morning,it didn't matter what the hell I wrote about. The email with the satellite photo was entitled "Submitted Without Comment".It scared the hell out of me. The guy was an IT dude,I traced him to Oregon,but I had a cop tell me that if he was savvy enough he could route his computer's info through anywhere in the world if he had access to the right equipment and programming. Since he didn't threaten us outright,there wasn't much anyone could do,so I went off the interwebs for nearly a year except to surf. I don't know if I'll ever do blogging again though,that experience freaked me the hell out. Facebook with loads of restrictions on who can see me is more than enough.

Charles and others could have a conversation with you. Such BS/hate against, need I say, free speech?

191 engineer cat  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:38:30pm

re: #180 kmg

how can a pathological hallucination be described as being 'true' or 'untrue'?

192 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:38:43pm

re: #189 Charles Johnson

That is one very big rabbit.

193 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:39:10pm

re: #192 PhillyPretzel

That is one very big rabbit.

Those aren't pets as you may know.

194 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:39:15pm

Mammals.

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195 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:39:59pm

Rockin' the new Image Manager app, yo.

196 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:40:22pm

Awe. Peter is so angry now he's down dinging picture posts.

197 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:40:45pm

re: #195 Charles Johnson

Rockin' the new Image Manager app, yo.

Cool.

198 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:41:31pm

True romance.

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199 engineer cat  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:41:57pm

re: #189 Charles Johnson

A giant rabbit.

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the one on the right or the one on the left?

200 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:42:51pm

Possibly the world's greatest beer.

Image: 450px-Duvel_and_glass_sunday.jpg

201 darthstar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:42:55pm

Hey everyone...Reds are three outs away from clinching the National League east. Giants play tonight, and can clinch the NL West. If that happens, it's orange floats at the post-game celebration party...so I have some orange soda to do the same at home since I gave away my tickets for tonight's game.

202 Killgore Trout  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:44:03pm

UPDATE 1-Two Islamist militias in Libya's Derna say disbanding

The two main Islamist militias in Derna, a city in eastern Libya known as an Islamist stronghold, withdrew from their five military bases and announced they were disbanding, residents said on Saturday.

"Abu Slim had three camps and Ansar al-Sharia had two. So it's five. Empty. All empty," Siraj Shennib, a 29-year-old linguistics professor who has been part of protests against the militia, said by telephone.

He said commanders from the two groups had addressed the crowd in person and announced that they were disbanding.

203 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:44:59pm

Prehistoric Seaworld.

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204 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:45:10pm

re: #198 Charles Johnson

True romance.

Image: 0004.jpg

Perhaps a little too much ear-nibbling, though.

205 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:46:00pm

re: #201 darthstar

And after this season, the Houston Astros are going from the NL to the AL. This gives them a whole new league where they can come in last.

206 CuriousLurker  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:46:57pm

re: #204 wrenchwench

The best internet pig picture evah.

207 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:47:32pm

re: #206 CuriousLurker

The best internet pig picture evah.

baybee

208 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:48:26pm

re: #206 CuriousLurker

Very cute.

209 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:48:32pm
This bog is thick and
Easy to get lost in
'Cause you're a dumb and
Belligerent fucker
I hope it sucks you down

-- Tool, 1993, obviously talking about the 2012 Romney campaign

210 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:48:35pm

re: #206 CuriousLurker

The best internet pig picture evah.

Indeed.

211 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:48:39pm

re: #206 CuriousLurker

The best internet pig picture evah.

Piglet-n-Boots

212 CuriousLurker  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:49:16pm

re: #208 PhillyPretzel

Very cute.

It should be illegal to be that cute.

213 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:49:50pm

re: #199 engineer cat

the one on the right or the one on the left?

Youtube Video
214 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:49:59pm

re: #212 CuriousLurker

It should be illegal to be that cute.

Maybe with licensing and regulation it could be OK...

215 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:51:22pm

re: #214 wrenchwench

Maybe with licensing and regulation it could be OK...

Obama will take that away from us!

//

216 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:53:16pm

re: #215 Gus

Obama will take that away from us!

//

Hez in are puters, steelin are cutes!!!

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217 CuriousLurker  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:53:27pm

My all time favorite puppy.

218 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:54:19pm

re: #213 Our Precious Bodily Fluids

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That should be played once a day until the election is over.

219 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:56:16pm

re: #212 CuriousLurker

It should be illegal to be that cute.

It certainly brings us back from the neg

220 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:56:29pm

Can't remember where I found this picture, but it's cool. I think it's 'shopped.

Image: 4997885277_a5fe92a413_b.jpg

221 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:58:35pm

re: #220 Charles Johnson

Can't remember where I found this picture, but it's cool. I think it's 'shopped.

Image: 4997885277_a5fe92a413_b.jpg

And none of the other ones you posted were?

222 CuriousLurker  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:58:37pm

Troll/sock cat...

225 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 3:59:38pm

re: #217 CuriousLurker

My all time favorite puppy.

None of these is the one I was looking for, but they're in that category..

226 Digital Display  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:00:56pm

re: #208 PhillyPretzel

Very cute.

Funny I was just thinking about you..I was daydreaming about the time the Gov't sent me to Philly to help close the shipyard. I think I was there for 6+ months and I flew Mom and Dad back to Philly for a week and we explored your awesome city. Guess I was missing my folks and thinking about Philly.
Hope today finds you well

227 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:02:13pm

re: #226 Digital Display

I am okay. :)

228 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:03:01pm

re: #225 wrenchwench

None of these is the one I was looking for, but they're in that category..

Duh, I spelled 'haz' wrong.

Image: ihazafierce128625268984075723.jpg

229 CuriousLurker  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:04:40pm

Best penguin ;)

230 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:05:20pm

re: #229 CuriousLurker

lol

231 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:06:26pm

Image: by_fioleeetka-d52y0p2.jpg

232 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:06:31pm

A friend of mine just sent me this:

Karl Marx Comments on Mitt Romney’s Theory of the 47 Percent . . .

233 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:06:56pm

re: #231 Gus

Image: by_fioleeetka-d52y0p2.jpg

Like Mother Like Daughter

234 JamesWI  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:09:12pm

Wisconsin Democrats get to go see Obama.

Wisconsin Republicans get......Ann Romney.

235 makeitstop  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:11:07pm

re: #234 JamesWI

Wisconsin Democrats get to go see Obama.

Wisconsin Republicans get......Ann Romney.

Didn't I read that she cancelled her appearances? Maybe WI Republicans get even less than you thought...

236 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:11:20pm

re: #234 JamesWI

Wisconsin Democrats get to go see Obama.

Wisconsin Republicans get......Ann Romney.

Guess which one the press was locked out of.

238 JamesWI  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:12:00pm

re: #235 makeitstop

Didn't I read that she cancelled her appearances? Maybe WI Republicans get even less than you thought...

Nah, she was just on CSPAN. I left the channel on after Obama finished and took a shower and came back to see her on my TV.

239 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:12:03pm

Cats at the zoo.

Image: caoZv-1.jpg

240 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:12:39pm

re: #234 JamesWI

Wisconsin Democrats get to go see Obama.

Wisconsin Republicans get......Ann Romney.

That's sort of like Charlie Brown getting nothing but rocks in his Halloween bag.

241 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:14:31pm

Cat gets mail

Youtube Video
242 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:14:51pm

re: #169 A Mom Anon

Yep. If you had told me 5 yrs ago I'd be a part of Little Green Footballs I would have been horrified. This place has changed so much,when I first began reading over here maybe a year ago I couldn't believe it was the same place I used to loathe. I had been part of Firedoglake and left because it became a mess(except for TBogg's page),Kos,Democratic Underground,and even had my own blog for awhile under a different name. Quit all of them. Ended up with a rwnj stalker who threatened my kid,so I pulled my whole blog down and got the people to take me out of The Way Back Machine. Fucker sent me a satellite photo from mapquest of my son's school. I have no idea how he figured all that out,to this day I have no clue. He got his wish,I quit blogging,it wasn't worth it. But,yeah,at least here there's some lively debate and lots of people to help you find info and stuff here,I like that.

Two things:

1) It looks like I've been here about two years. I started reading LGF because I heard it was a conservative sight, and I should read other stuff than Raw Story and Crooks & Liars.

This is one of the few political blogs I read, and it should be noted that I've pretty much given up on C&L and RawStory (way too many truthers, among other reasons.)

2) I'm sorry you got threatened the way you did. MRAs are among the worst trolls out there; anyone who thinks that men's civil rights are endangered are fucking morons.

Over at Freethought blogs, the author of Blah Hag, Jen McCreight, has stopped blogging for similar reasons. The feminist part of the Atheism + scene has really sent the MRAs into a rage.

Glad you and your kid are safe and hope you get to start up a blog again.

243 JamesWI  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:14:54pm

Michelle Obama speaking to the CBC in 15 minutes. CSPAN is having a busy day

244 makeitstop  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:15:57pm

re: #239 Gus

Cats at the zoo.

Image: caoZv-1.jpg

Speaking of cats at the zoo...

What the hell was that kid thinking? That the tiger would roll over and purr for him?

245 darthstar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:16:11pm

re: #234 JamesWI

Wisconsin Democrats get to go see Obama.

Wisconsin Republicans get......Ann Romney.

And California millionaires got Mitt holding his hand out for more money.

246 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:16:15pm
247 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:16:19pm

re: #242 Mattand

re: #169 A Mom Anon

Two things:

1) It looks like I've been here about two years. I started reading LGF because I heard it was a conservative sight, and I should read other stuff than Raw Story and Crooks & Liars.

This is one of the few political blogs I read, and it should be noted that I've pretty much given up on C&L and RawStory (way too many truthers, among other reasons.)

2) I'm sorry you got threatened the way you did. MRAs are among the worst trolls out there; anyone who thinks that men's civil rights are endangered are fucking morons.

Over at Freethought blogs, the author of Blah Hag, Jen McCreight, has stopped blogging for similar reasons. The feminist part of the Atheism + scene has really sent the MRAs into a rage.

Glad you and your kid are safe and hope you get to start up a blog again.

MRA?

248 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:16:20pm

re: #234 JamesWI

Wisconsin Democrats get to go see Obama.

Wisconsin Republicans get......Ann Romney.

Those people don't know how lucky they are to have someone like Ann speak to them.

249 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:16:41pm

re: #247 Gus

MRA?

Men's Rights Advocates.

250 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:16:46pm

re: #244 makeitstop

Speaking of cats at the zoo...

What the hell was that kid thinking? That the tiger would roll over and purr for him?

Either booze, drugs, crazy, or a combination?

251 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:17:03pm

re: #249 Mattand

Men's Rights Advocates.

Oh yeah. Whew. They are.

252 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:18:35pm

re: #241 Gus

Cat gets mail

[Embedded content]

That mail needs a rabbit to open it:

Youtube Video
253 Digital Display  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:18:45pm

re: #227 PhillyPretzel

I am okay. :)

It's crazy here tonight. Big Oklahoma game and i live a mile from the stadium.
so today there has been around 100k people in the neighborhoods BBQ'ing and drinking and the traffic is effen impossible. Everybody I know is having a huge party here at their houses. I'm out of here in 2 hours to go to a Dance with a college theme. Everybody wears their College stuff. It's going be be great. I know most will wearing OU and OSU gear. I'll be wearing my California colors and Letterman Jacket. The Cock of the walk. LOL

254 darthstar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:18:48pm
255 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:19:50pm

re: #252 Lidane

That mail needs a rabbit to open it:

[Embedded content]

LOL

256 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:21:41pm

re: #249 Mattand

Men's Rights Advocates.

re: #251 Gus

Oh yeah. Whew. They are.

I'm sure there's more than a bit of overlap between "men's rights advocates" and "white rights advocates (read: for white men only)".

257 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:21:53pm

Free Thoughts Blog

Irony.

258 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:22:53pm

re: #252 Lidane

That mail needs a rabbit to open it:

[Embedded content]

Rabbits are cute.

259 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:23:14pm

Thunderfoot was always a turd.

260 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:23:31pm

re: #258 Gus

Rabbits are cute.

But who knew they are useful?

261 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:23:56pm

re: #251 Gus

I'm sure there's more than a bit of overlap between "men's rights advocates" and "white rights advocates (read: for white men only)".

262 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:24:20pm

re: #261 Lidane

[Embedded content]

Manarchy!

263 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:24:30pm

re: #260 wrenchwench

But who knew they are useful?

Youtube Video
264 RadicalModerate  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:26:46pm

Remember last week, when it was announced by Chick-fil-A that they were no longer going to fund anti-gay political/religious organizations?

Surprise, surprise. They were lying - and took only a couple of days to exhibit their deceit.


Chick-fil-A Fails to Live Up to Promises of Stricter Donation Guidelines

It’s time to talk about Chick-fil-A again.

Just days after the fast food chain reportedly agreed to cease donations to groups that promote discrimination, the Advocate is reporting that just this Tuesday, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy tweeted a photo from an event raising funds for an anti-LGBT group, the Marriage and Family Foundation.

In fact, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy appeared on Mike Huckabee's interview show on Friday stating that they never claimed to agree to stop funding far-right groups.
Chick-fil-A President Assures Mike Huckabee: Nothing Has Changed

265 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:28:01pm

re: #258 Gus

Rabbits are cute.

Says you.

266 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:30:36pm

re: #265 Mattand

Says you.

Run away! Run away!

267 The Mountain That Blogs  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:32:54pm

re: #265 Mattand

Youtube Video
268 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:32:58pm

re: #257 Gus

Free Thoughts Blog

Irony.

Not really.

269 Targetpractice  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:33:10pm

re: #261 Lidane

[Embedded content]

I thought if you said "brony" three times, you wound up with a 20-something guy who swears up and down that My Little Pony is only for girls while hiding the Rainbow Dash sticker on his car?

270 CuriousLurker  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:33:25pm

Okay, one last image before I go analog.

It'll change the mood a little, but still...it's very touching...enough so that I've kept it for 11+ years and it still chokes me up every time I see it. It's from the Argentine newspaper La Nación and conveys perfectly—without a single word—how the world felt our pain after 9/11.

G'nite, lizards.

271 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:35:21pm

re: #242 Mattand

Thanks. Yeah,it's weird,women on the internet seem to enrage alot of men. The guy who harassed me was also a professed"christian" who hated American women especially,called himself pro-patriarchy,just a real winner of a guy. Can't imagine why no woman would want a thing to do with such a charmer. Ick.

I've thought off and on about starting a blog again,as practice for writing a book. I don't know,maybe once the kiddo is off to school next year.

272 Digital Display  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:35:31pm

re: #270 CuriousLurker

Okay, one last image before I go analog.

It'll change the mood a little, but still...it's very touching...enough so that I've kept it for 11+ years and it still chokes me up every time I see it. It's from the Argentine newspaper La Nación and conveys perfectly—without a single word—how the world felt our pain after 9/11.

G'nite, lizards.

Damn That choked me up so I closed it quickly..Nice pic.

273 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:38:03pm

re: #270 CuriousLurker

That's awesome.

274 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:38:36pm

re: #270 CuriousLurker

Okay, one last image before I go analog.

It'll change the mood a little, but still...it's very touching...enough so that I've kept it for 11+ years and it still chokes me up every time I see it. It's from the Argentine newspaper La Nación and conveys perfectly—without a single word—how the world felt our pain after 9/11.

G'nite, lizards.

yeah, totally. Thanks & love ya.

275 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:38:42pm

re: #268 Mattand

Not really.

I've thought about joining some atheist group in the past. Never really saw the point.

276 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:42:52pm

re: #137 We're All Welfare Queens Now

The AIDS epidemic in our midst and his refusal to even mention it made me freak out.

Combine that with going to Bitburg and "honoring" dead SS troops and you have, in a nutshell, a pretty good grasp on why I hated that rat bastard.

277 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:44:21pm

Severe Thunderstorm coming through NE Philly. [Link: www.wunderground.com...]

278 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:45:20pm

Oh yes

279 AntonSirius  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:46:57pm

re: #217 CuriousLurker

My all time favorite puppy.

I keep hoping someone with more artistic talent than me re-does Fluffy as a Jack Kirby cover. Y'know, "Enter... FLUFFY!" with all kinds of crazy planets and machinery in the background.

280 Gus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:50:04pm

bbl

281 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:50:26pm

re: #275 Gus

I've thought about joining some atheist group in the past. Never really saw the point.

I'm always up in the air about that. The few times I've admitted to being atheist to people have not been pleasant. Times like those I thought I should join a group to help change that reaction. In a religious soaked country like the US, it's not easy.

Part of the problem, unfortunately, for a lot of people, simply saying you don't believe is "in your face", "arrogant", and "hateful".

The best was when I was working with a National Guardsman who would always use the phrase "if He exists" when talking about God. When I mentioned I don't believe, I was told I was what's wrong with the US.

Yay America.

282 Digital Display  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:51:01pm

Better get my posting in before going out..
I know everybody thinks Biden is the shit now.. To me it's been an amazing transformation of growth. I remember years ago reading about Good old Joe being a bull in a China shop in foreign policy. Years ago he came off as a bully in meetings. When Obama picked Joe as VP because of his foreign policy creds I fell out of my chair laughing my ass off. To be fair. Joe has really impressed me as a VP. I didn't see that coming.

283 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:52:37pm

re: #62 We're All Welfare Queens Now

LOL, on Google News, this from Fox

Israelis fear PM is meddling in US politics

Tony Blair is also chuntering on this week about the threat from Iran, and how poorly Obama is mismanaging it in his opinion, and yet people do not seem overly afraid that he's meddling in the election.

Perhaps it's because he's not PM anymore, but then again, he's not staring down the barrel of the gun, either.

284 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:52:55pm

re: #282 Digital Display

Better get my posting in before going out..
I know everybody thinks Biden is the shit now.. To me it's been an amazing transformation of growth. I remember years ago reading about Good old Joe being a bull in a China shop in foreign policy. Years ago he came off as a bully in meetings. When Obama picked Joe as VP because of his foreign policy creds I fell out of my chair laughing my ass off. To be fair. Joe has really impressed me as a VP. I didn't see that coming.

Not shooting people in the face and writing energy policy with oil companies helps. But yeah, you're right: he's been great over the last four years.

285 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:54:03pm

re: #77 We're All Welfare Queens Now

Such weak sauce.

BTW, jumping a couple of comments to the photo of Bush holding the hands of the Saud dude.

Is it like instructed protocol that you must do that? Why would this happen unless it was your boyfriend?

Arab men hold hands. It startles Westerners, who see it as a romantic gesture.

286 Mattand  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:56:18pm

re: #285 SanFranciscoZionist

Arab men hold hands. It startles Westerners, who see it as a romantic gesture.

Amazing. Didn't know that. Given the state of gay rights in some Arab countries, that is cognitive dissonance turned up to 11.

287 Digital Display  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:03:04pm

re: #285 SanFranciscoZionist

Arab men hold hands. It startles Westerners, who see it as a romantic gesture.

I loved Montreal. I went to our office there for a week. A little culture shock, You kiss every morning the Men and women on the cheek. Great office teamwork to start the day. We should adapt that practice here in the USA.
/OK.. It was a little weird kissing men on the cheek but there were some girls i couldn't wait until they arrived to work.

288 darthstar  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:03:50pm

Someone's getting scared.

289 jaunte  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:06:39pm

re: #288 darthstar

Youtube Video
290 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:11:27pm

re: #286 Mattand

Amazing. Didn't know that. Given the state of gay rights in some Arab countries, that is cognitive dissonance turned up to 11.

Eh, only because in our minds it looks romantic. If you've not been conditioned to see it as a gesture between lovers, it doesn't look like one.

291 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:11:32pm

re: #288 darthstar

That totally makes them look even more petty and stupid. Which is almost becoming impossible to do,but I'm sure they'll keep finding ways to top themselves. Go Team Romney!!!

292 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:17:29pm

re: #288 darthstar

Because you make a candidate that much more approachable and likable by putting curtains between him and the media.

293 freetoken  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:18:58pm

Steyn is one of those pundits upon whom the hate-right bestows prestige, under some pretense that Steyn is some brilliant thinker, or something like that.

However, he's nothing but another hater, one who can write complete English sentences with correct spelling and thus I suppose that sets himself above the masses.

294 Mich-again  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:21:29pm

I went to an aunt's 80th birthday party today at my cousin's house, where the front yard sported about 20 different Mitt signs. He was like, so the Romney signs didn't scare you away, I'm like, nah that's how I figured out which house was yours. So where's the beer? ha. Everybody had a good time and no one griped about politics.

295 Charles Johnson  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:21:46pm

re: #293 freetoken

Steyn is one of those pundits upon whom the hate-right bestows prestige, under some pretense that Steyn is some brilliant thinker, or something like that.

However, he's nothing but another hater, one who can write complete English sentences with correct spelling and thus I suppose that sets himself above the masses.

It's the British accent. Wingnuts love British accents. To them, it makes anything sound smart, even the most brain-dead craziness. Another example of this is Christopher Monckton.

296 engineer cat  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:22:06pm

re: #287 Digital Display

I loved Montreal. I went to our office there for a week. A little culture shock, You kiss every morning the Men and women on the cheek. Great office teamwork to start the day. We should adapt that practice here in the USA.
/OK.. It was a little weird kissing men on the cheek but there were some girls i couldn't wait until they arrived to work.

some of my ex in laws are ze french. zey all kiss kiss quite a bit. zis is very how you say sensual since you smell ze perfume on ze ladies

297 SpaceJesus  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:23:30pm

What if Israel bombed Iran?

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

298 Lidane  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:24:12pm
299 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:27:28pm
300 A Mom Anon  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:28:30pm

See ya all tommorrow,I'm going to go drag the kid out of his room to watch some movies. Nite Lizards....

301 MittDoesNotCompute  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:29:07pm

re: #299 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

As the good ship Romney sinks, I can hear the band play "Bésame Moocher" from the observation deck.

*groan*

///

302 wrenchwench  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 5:34:41pm

re: #301 Gert Fröbe

*groan*

///

Try this one:

303 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Sat, Sep 22, 2012 7:52:29pm

re: #226 Digital Display

Funny I was just thinking about you..I was daydreaming about the time the Gov't sent me to Philly to help close the shipyard. I think I was there for 6+ months and I flew Mom and Dad back to Philly for a week and we explored your awesome city. Guess I was missing my folks and thinking about Philly.
Hope today finds you well

There's some spotlight thing going on along the Ben Franklin Parkway near the Art Museum tonight. With the low clouds from the rain and a bit of mist it's pretty interesting. I was expecting to hear the air raid sirens as I was driving in from the west this evening.


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