1 iossarian  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 3:57:12pm

Sorry to hijack (but it's a comedy thread so why not...)

BNP leader threatens gay couple with harassment, posts their address:

[Link: www.guardian.co.uk...]

2 William of Orange  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:00:48pm

I love it when Stewart quotes Obama; "Please, proceed!" LOL!!

3 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:02:49pm

Yike. The people on Fox News even look like douche nozzles.

4 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:03:12pm

That "please proceed" moment may have been the greatest smackdown I've ever seen in a presidential debate. And then the look afterward.

5 iossarian  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:04:43pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

That "please proceed" moment may have been the greatest smackdown I've ever seen in a presidential debate. And then the look afterward.

"You have the transcript."

Like. A. Boss.

6 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:06:15pm

Phasers on stun.

7 William of Orange  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:07:31pm

Bit off topic.
@Charles: Did you stretch the edit period for correcting mistakes? If so, great move. (Well, English is not my first language, it's my third after Dutch and Frisian, and correcting my mistakes makes my post look better. ;-) )

8 Barflytom  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:07:33pm

Well, it was nice (for O) while it lasted...

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

9 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:09:01pm

Daily Caller is outraged: Obama understatement on ‘Daily Show’: US deaths in Libya ‘not optimal’

President Barack Obama told comedian Jon Stewart Thursday that the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi was caused by communication inside his administration that is “not optimal.”

The understatement came during Obama’s election-trail conversation on Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” which is built on sardonic and flippant humor.

“Here’s what I’ll say: If four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal. We’re going to fix it. All of it,” Obama said during the show’s Oct. 18 taping, according to press pool reporters from The Washington post and the Los Angeles Times who were along for the interview.

Bump in the road, Troops not important, You didn't build that. Just another outrage for the pile.

10 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:09:18pm

re: #8 Barflytom

Well, it was nice (for O) while it lasted...

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

Sup wanker.

11 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:09:36pm

re: #8 Barflytom

Well, it was nice (for O) while it lasted...

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

Ah, you beat me to that one.

12 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:09:45pm

re: #8 Barflytom

Well, it was nice (for O) while it lasted...

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

Still more idiocy! Yay!

13 JamesWI  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:09:54pm

re: #8 Barflytom

Well, it was nice (for O) while it lasted...

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

No surprise that you'd be one of the idiots blowing this one up.

14 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:10:10pm

re: #11 Killgore Trout

Ah, you beat me to that one.

What are you guys friends or something?

15 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:11:23pm

Watch for the Romney ad taking that quote totally out of context. They're probably doing pre-production on it right now.

16 Interesting Times  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:11:23pm

Oh look, barfing tom is back. Isn't it fascinating how he didn't barf up any wingnut bile during the most recent debate? That's another way I know Obama won :P

17 garhighway  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:11:46pm

re: #8 Barflytom

Well, it was nice (for O) while it lasted...


Funny how the right wing is all of a sudden concerned about the physical security of diplomats. When did that start?

18 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:11:46pm

More garbage from the Daily Mail and Toby Harnden. Whatever. Stupid right wingers.

19 JamesWI  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:11:46pm

Notice how the RW media doesn't report that Jon Stewart's question asked him whether the situation was "optimal" using that exact word. And Obama answered "No, it's not optimal. Duh."

20 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:12:15pm

Ugh...

MDB2 Error: connect failed

21 garhighway  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:12:57pm

re: #19 JamesWI

Notice how the RW media doesn't report that Jon Stewart's question asked him whether the situation was "optimal" using that exact word. And Obama answered "No, it's not optimal. Duh."

Wait a minute! Context matters? Is that a new rule?

22 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:13:19pm

re: #20 Gus

Ugh...

MDB2 Error: connect failed

Sorry - I'm still tweaking some stuff. There might still be occasional glitches.

23 JamesWI  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:18:47pm

How much do you want to bet Romney uses that "not optimal" in his next ad / in the next debate?

Seeing how he's taken all his talking-points from the wingnuttiest of the wingnuts, I can pretty much guarantee it. And while the wingnuts think he's actually scoring points, everyone outside of the base will be thinking "Really? This is what he's going with?"

24 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:19:03pm

re: #22 Charles Johnson

Sorry - I'm still tweaking some stuff. There might still be occasional glitches.

Thanks. On the plus side it got rid of barflywanker. I'm sure he'll be back.

25 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:19:56pm

Maybe they don't know what optimal means?

26 BongCrodny  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:22:42pm

I don't mean to brag, but I could probably power twenty or thirty of those compost-fueled cars by myself.

27 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:23:20pm

I don't understand why Republicans are so upset. Sure mistakes were made by the Obama White House which led to the deaths of 4 Americans. Just like mistakes were made by the Bush White House which led to the deaths of 2,996 Americans in addition to mistakes being made regarding Iran intelligence on WMDs which led to the death of all combined forces to the tune of 24,219 dead and 151,000 civilians.

28 alpuz  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:24:04pm

I can't believe I just clicked on a dailymail link. I'm slipping.

29 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:26:26pm

The Daily Caller and The Daily Mail are remarkably similar -- idiots writing rubbish for idiots to consume. It's the Idiot Loop, a self-reinforcing phenomenon.

30 A Mom Anon  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:26:27pm

I don't get it. It's not optimal when people get killed. Hello? Like that was a desired(optimal)result or something?

Man I am glad I don't understand these morons. I'd be stabbing myself in the eye with a fork every time I ate dinner if I thought like this.

31 iossarian  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:26:44pm

re: #28 alpuz

I can't believe I just clicked on a dailymail link. I'm slipping.

It's not called the Daily Fail for nuffink.

Did you see any pictures of starlets in their underpants while you were there?

32 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:26:47pm

re: #25 moderatelyradicalliberal

Maybe they don't know what optimal means?

Probably not. They can't even point to Libya on a map.

33 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:26:48pm

CNN and their 'virtual dick in a box'...ROFL!

34 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:27:08pm

re: #27 Gus

Wait a fucking minute!? I thought that happened under Clinton because Bush kept us safe????

35 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:27:47pm

The subtext behind all of this crap is pure jingoism. They're appealing to the knuckle-dragging segment of the right that thinks the way to deal with situations like Benghazi is with shock and awe.

36 alpuz  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:28:43pm

re: #31 iossarian

I didn't last long enough for the page to load. The local RWNJ's linked to them daily. I'm well aware of their fail. It was a moment of weakness on my part.

37 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:29:27pm

re: #22 Charles Johnson

Sorry - I'm still tweaking some stuff. There might still be occasional glitches.

Tech FYI if it helps-
Yeah, just lost a comment downstairs. The comment was typed in, I clicked to see the 17 posts that had come in while I typed, then hit Post It. Evaporated.

38 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:29:58pm
39 iossarian  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:30:51pm

re: #36 alpuz

I didn't last long enough for the page to load. The local RWNJ's linked to them daily. I'm well aware of their fail. It was a moment of weakness on my part.

That is the optimal procedure. Hit their bandwidth costs without exposing yourself to the derp.

40 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:31:08pm

Love how they attack the moderators when they lose. Especially women.

And Colbert. Pure genius for whoever came up with that teeth-spitting routine.

41 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:31:16pm


Looks like your garden variety family values Republaryan to me.
Image: Colin%20Small%20pic.jpg

42 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:31:31pm

re: #27 Gus

I don't understand why Republicans are so upset. Sure mistakes were made by the Obama White House which led to the deaths of 4 Americans. Just like mistakes were made by the Bush White House which led to the deaths of 2,996 Americans in addition to mistakes being made regarding Iran intelligence on WMDs which led to the death of all combined forces to the tune of 24,219 dead and 151,000 civilians.

Sadly they only care to the degree it can possibly be a weapon against Obama. They think they really have him this time. Wrong.

43 iossarian  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:32:08pm

re: #38 Sheila Broflovski

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24-hour rule. Will be interesting to see if it's part of a pattern as events unfold.

Tigs up 8-1, two outs to go.

44 wrenchwench  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:33:10pm

re: #42 Daniel Ballard

Sadly they only care to the degree it can possibly be a weapon against Obama. They think they really have him this time. Wrong.

From Limbaugh's daily email:

All You Need to Know on Libya: Obama Lied

45 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:33:46pm

One more out.

46 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:33:50pm

re: #35 Charles Johnson

The subtext behind all of this crap is pure jingoism. They're appealing to the knuckle-dragging segment of the right that thinks the way to deal with situations like Benghazi is with shock and awe.

I am beginning to think that their versions of "shock and awe" and attempting to get the shock by licking an electrical outlet and then going "awww" when it doesn't work due to them failing to pay the utility bill.
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47 iossarian  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:34:18pm

re: #44 wrenchwench

From Limbaugh's daily email:

All you need to know on Limbaugh: he's a brainless racist idjut.

Haha, A-Rod can't even draw a consolation walk. 1 out to go.

48 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:35:30pm

Tiggers Win!

49 iossarian  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:35:31pm

Bye bye Yankees.

50 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:35:34pm

YES! TIGERS SWEEP!

Donald Trump's tears are so sweet.

51 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:35:58pm

re: #44 wrenchwench

Damn. I never thought he lied. I thought he just wanted to head off a propaganda victory for AQ and like minded militants. He used to hammer the critics of Bush (one and 2) for exactly this kind of hostility.

I think he wears 2 right shoes.

52 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:36:28pm

I think I sort of understand why so many seniors (65+) believe much of the Right's and Faux's propaganda...

It's because, like my parents, they still believe in what the people in DC and the "news" tell them because they're supposed to be 'leaders' and 'truth-tellers' (Cronkite, Huntley/Brinkley, Eisenhower, Kennedy, etc.)
They haven't really adapted to today's fast-paced internet era, news reports, and the overwhelming propaganda that constantly flows from cable news - Faux especially.

I don't think a lot of the elderly even realize how much Faux is such a blatant propaganda arm of the GOP. They're still stuck in the belief that any "news channel" is supposed to tell them the TRUTH. (And Faux makes sure to constantly browbeat them about only believing what they say.)

53 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:38:37pm

Time to get home and blog from Studio11 HQ after some hard earned editing work.

So is my ride home more socialist because A-It's government subsidized, or B- it's the RED line, an obvious commie connection?
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see ya all laters

54 erik_t  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:39:03pm

One of the more bizarre and depressing things about this whole situation is that Romney's campaign is so utterly desperate to exploit possible fringe badness about a situation in which Romney himself was so cravenly incompetent and wrong. It's like Bush running an ad for Romney ripping on Obama's handling of the economy, except Bush is done. Romney keeps stepping in it and then goes back for more, and more, and more.

It really illustrates just how lost the GOP feels when they can't attack Democrats for being weak on defense.

55 iossarian  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:39:31pm

Got to go now.

Go Tigers!

Go to hell (metaphorically speaking) Limbaugh and associated haterz.

56 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:41:53pm

re: #38 Sheila Broflovski

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Sweet.

57 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:44:09pm

re: #41 darthstar

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Looks like your garden variety family values Republaryan to me.
Image: Colin%20Small%20pic.jpg

Report says he's from PA. Looks like a Virgin to me.

58 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:44:51pm

CBS can't resist the opportunity to capitalize on the outrage: Obama to Jon Stewart: Benghazi response "not optimal"

59 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:45:04pm
60 erik_t  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:45:06pm

re: #54 erik_t

I only have another iteration of my perennial question. Do they actually know what a strong-on-defense candidate looks like? I mean, we've got one right here. Do they know that, or are they pandering?

What's the fraction of True-Believers versus Water-Carriers on the right side of the aisle in Congress? How about in the Fox-side of the media? The general population?

61 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:45:39pm

re: #57 Decatur Deb

I sure hope he's scared enough to tell the truth.

62 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:47:00pm

re: #61 Kremer

I sure hope he's scared enough to tell the truth.

Doesn't have that "G. Gordon Liddy" thing going.

63 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:47:24pm

If Romney bombs fueled Iranian nuclear facilities and precipitates a radiological catastrophe you'll see a lot more than four dead Americans as a result. The Iranians specialize in asymmetrical warfare and have thousands of high end Russian Sunburn anti-ship missiles lining the mountains on the north shore of the Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz. Their entire strategy centers on saturating the point defense capabilities of US carrier groups, eating up anti missile countermeasures with wave after wave of older Exocet class missiles and those alone are entirely capable of exceeding the upper limit of inbound threats an AEGIS system can handle. This is before you factor in the denial of area effects mining will have. To keep things in perspective your average oil tanker doesn't stand a chance, the threat alone will be enough to shut down oil transports out of the Gulf for an excruciating amount of time.

64 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:48:12pm

re: #60 erik_t

I only have another iteration of my perennial question. Do they actually know what a strong-on-defense candidate looks like? I mean, we've got one right here. Do they know that, or are they pandering?

They keep wanting another Reagan "star wars", "Tear down this wall!" moment. Ain't gonna happen.

65 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:49:25pm

re: #64 Kremer

They keep wanting another Reagan "star wars", "Tear down this wall!" moment. Ain't gonna happen.

"Make this wall just the right height."

66 erik_t  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:50:51pm

re: #55 iossarian

Got to go now.

Go Tigers!

Go to hell (metaphorically speaking) Limbaugh and associated haterz.

The Yankees lost. God bless America.

67 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:51:08pm

re: #57 Decatur Deb

Report says he's from PA. Looks like a Virgin to me.

Left eye slightly higher than right, like Scott Walker. Clearly the Dude's grandmother fucked a flounder.

68 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:51:10pm

re: #54 erik_t

It's almost sad, in a schadenfreudistic (if Palin can get a word in a dictionary, so the fuck can I) kind of way, because Romney could have easily gotten in some easy attacks on Obama about this situation. Lack of security/lack of respect/lack of force projection (i.e. seeming weak so that terrorists still attack our foreign diplomants).

Yet, what Romney said in the debate (not to mention in that press conference after the attack) was just completely unfounded. I mean any moron on his campaign staff could have found what Obama said in a 2-second Google search and shown it to Romney.

Romney is great when he can speak in coded bullshit, but outside of that, he just seems...stupid. I'm really beginning to see that, because he should be winning this thing if you think about it. All the bad videos, lack of human emotions, horrible associations, outright awful policies and social positions, yet, he's still in this thing (very debatable by how much, obviously, but this is America).

69 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:51:17pm

re: #65 Decatur Deb

"Make this wall just the right height."

"You know, the trees are the right height."

70 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:54:08pm

re: #65 Decatur Deb

"Make this wall just the right height."

"Build the dang fence."

71 ReamWorks SKG  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 4:58:42pm

I'm back from NY!

BTW: I have no idea why the conservative press is making a big deal over "act of terror" vs "terror attack". It was Romney who said that Obama didn't call it an "act of terror". That's how Romney phrased it.

I don't understand how Romney is doing better in the polls recently. He seems like a bumbling fool to me, and I'm not a big fan of Obama (but I've already voted for him, absentee, in CA).

BTW: Romney's itemized deduction cap will have a disproportionate affect on blue states. There the ones with the highest state income tax and, for most people, that's the largest single deduction. This is why Republicans like it.

72 alpuz  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:00:07pm

re: #67 goddamnedfrank

He cleans up nicely... sharp hair cut, clean collar. This will set his political ambitions(Grifting) back a bit. I say we'll see him in 4-6 years working on a state level campaign. You know, behind the scenes. He's a valuable kind of commodity.

73 JamesWI  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:00:09pm
74 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:00:27pm

re: #59 Gus

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Here it is to scale.

75 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:01:06pm

re: #64 Kremer

They keep wanting another Reagan "star wars", "Tear down this wall!" moment. Ain't gonna happen.

"This just in! Today in a stunning development the worlds 1.6 billion Muslims have agreed to unconditionally surrender to the war on terror and have not only forsworn all further acts of violence but also have consented to give up the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and convert to Christianity!

For more on this momentous development we go live now to the Whitehouse where President Romney, who many call the architect behind this inexplicable reversal of fortune in the Muslim world, will shortly be giving a brief statement to the entire world about his awesomeness."

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76 wrenchwench  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:02:43pm

re: #52 Kremer

Welcome, hatchling.

77 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:02:51pm

re: #73 JamesWI

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I really hope these early voter exit polls are accurate and not just people fucking with pollsters.

78 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:03:00pm

re: #74 Gus

The one for Bush's WH should have tacked onto the end of it "and counting."

79 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:03:29pm

re: #75 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

I updinged you just because of "a brief statement to the entire world about his awesomeness". :D

80 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:03:48pm

re: #52 Kremer

New servers, new users...welcome to LGF.

81 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:04:41pm

Suddenly, Mitt's from Michigan again.

82 Interesting Times  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:05:21pm
83 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:05:47pm

re: #76 wrenchwench

Welcome, hatchling.

Thanks. Long-time lurker, just couldn't help joining. :)

84 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:05:54pm

re: #17 garhighway

They sure didn't care when embassy's were attacked in previous administrations. What was that, Tom? The President's a "Ni-CLANG"?

85 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:06:33pm

Fucking asshole:

86 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:08:36pm

re: #85 darthstar

Fucking asshole:

I hope you mean RMoney, rather than Ebert? ;)

87 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:08:43pm

Double-digit lead among women voters seems to be coming back to Obama

88 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:09:17pm

Speaking of voting early who else has done it? I have. Seems like a direct measure of enthusiasm to have, you know, actually fucking done the deed. Which is why I wonder about the reliance on reported enthusiasm on likely voter polls. I mean it's a totally binary thing, 1-0, either you vote or you don't. Unlike in a poll in real life saying you're more enthusiastic about it doesn't make your vote worth more than the apathetic guy in the next booth who just barely dragged his ass out of bed.

It also seems to me that the rise of absentee voting kind of levels whatever importance enthusiasm might have held. Filling out a ballot is hell of a lot easier when you can do it while surfing for porn, slap a stamp on it and mail it in.

89 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:09:28pm

re: #78 Ghost of Tom Joad

The one for Bush's WH should have tacked onto the end of it "and counting."

This is what it looks like when you use the numbers from my #27.

90 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:09:35pm

re: #86 Kremer

I hope you mean RMoney, rather than Ebert? ;)

Yes, yes, I mean Romney...can't stand that guy. Really hoping that, post election, someone hits him with an audit that forces him to spend some of his millions on legal defense.

91 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:10:55pm

DU has posted Voter Registration Boy's LinkedIn:

[Link: www.democraticunderground.com...]

Honor student, Eagle Scout, Catholic University Poli/sci major,Philosophy minor.
(Or lied a lot on his resume.)

92 calochortus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:11:17pm

re: #88 goddamnedfrank

I like to go to the polls on election day, myself. Kinda of old school, but it gives me the feeling of participating in a civic ritual.

93 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:11:52pm

re: #87 darthstar

This was a piss-poor time for him to display his lack of understanding of modern secular women.

94 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:11:54pm

re: #88 goddamnedfrank

I've got my ballot at home. Will probably vote this weekend (though I usually wait until election day and drop it off at the county).

So far, it appears that Democratic early voting is out-pacing Republicans. I hope that's the case, and that there are enough people voting to off-set election day GOTV efforts from the GOP (though I do believe the Democrats are better organized here as well).

95 darthstar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:13:16pm

re: #93 Kremer

This was a piss-poor time for him to display his lack of understanding of modern secular women.

I'm glad he did. If he'd pretended to be Moderate Mitt again and was able to BS people into thinking he didn't view women as second class citizens, it would add significantly to the butt-pucker I already feel over this election.

96 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:13:33pm

re: #92 calochortus

I like to go to the polls on election day, myself. Kinda of old school, but it gives me the feeling of participating in a civic ritual.

I'm all like, fuck that. Too much shit can go down between now and election day, I might get into a car accident or struck by lightening, spend election day in a coma having my privates sponged by a naughty nurse.

97 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:13:52pm

re: #89 Gus

Awesome lol. Of course, according to Bush/Romney and Charlie Sheen, that's #winning.

Thanks Gus.

98 calochortus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:14:08pm

re: #87 darthstar

Double-digit lead among women voters seems to be coming back to Obama

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Why are people running campaigns and media outlets (I assume mostly men) suffering from the misconception that women want a bunch of men telling them how they ought to feel and what should be important to women?

99 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:14:47pm

re: #97 Ghost of Tom Joad

Awesome lol. Of course, according to Bush/Romney and Charlie Sheen, that's #winning.

Thanks Gus.

Outrage!

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100 calochortus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:15:22pm

re: #96 goddamnedfrank

I'm all like, fuck that. Too much shit can go down between now and election day, I might get into a car accident or struck by lightening, spend election day in a coma having my privates sponged by a naughty nurse.

While that sounds like fun and all, I'll take my chances-after all my ballot could get lost in the mail too.

101 alpuz  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:15:27pm

re: #96 goddamnedfrank

Heh.. that's sounds like my better half. By the way, 'Clearly the Dude's grandmother fucked a flounder.' still has me laughing. Nicely done.

102 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:16:27pm

re: #98 calochortus

Why are people running campaigns and media outlets (I assume mostly men) suffering from the misconception that women want a bunch of men telling them how they ought to feel and what should be important to women?

Heh! 'Cause it's Men that are running those campaigns and media outlets. ;)

103 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:16:46pm

re: #96 goddamnedfrank

Sounds like something that would come out of the movie "Idiocracy."

"Vote for me and I'll have a naughty nurse give a sponge-bath to your privates."

104 dragonath  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:20:06pm

re: #67 goddamnedfrank

Probably just distortion from the cheap lens they used. The guy still looks better than Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell and Rush Limbaugh combined.

I'm more curious how deep the corruption goes here. The PA GOP is incredibly full of cronyism right now. The guys doing the advertising on the Photo IDs right now are connected to a Republican lobbying firm.

105 researchok  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:20:34pm

re: #89 Gus

I'll be really happy when this election cycle is over.

I miss reality.

106 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:22:00pm


Oh Donald your tears are so sweet. I love to taste your tears.

107 calochortus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:22:13pm

re: #102 Kremer

Heh! 'Cause it's Men that are running those campaigns and media outlets. ;)

Don't they even know any women they could ask? Oh wait, they're men therefore they are omniscient!

108 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:22:25pm

re: #104 dragonath

Probably just distortion from the cheap lens they used. The guy still looks better than Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell and Rush Limbaugh combined.

I'm more curious how deep the corruption goes here. The PA GOP is incredibly full of cronyism right now. The guys doing the advertising on the Photo IDs right now are connected to a Republican lobbying firm.

He was Rep Mike Kelly's intern until doing the GOTV gig.

109 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:24:18pm

re: #105 researchok

I'll be really happy when this election cycle is over.

I miss reality.

Me, too. But in this day and age, it seems politics and elections are becoming a 24/7/365 obsession. You can't avoid it, unfortunately.

110 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:24:52pm

re: #103 Ghost of Tom Joad

Sounds like something that would come out of the movie "Idiocracy."

"Vote for me and I'll have a naughty nurse give a sponge-bath to your privates."

A Starbucks full body latte would go down really nice right now.

111 wrenchwench  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:25:35pm

Some shells must be harder to break than others.

Nori

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112 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:25:59pm

Just realized we didn't set up gzip compression on the new web server, so none of the files we're serving are compressed at the moment. I'll fix that. It should give another significant speed boost.

113 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:26:12pm

re: #105 researchok

I'll be really happy when this election cycle is over.

I miss reality.

It's been crazy since the last presidential election cycle. Right now I'm seeing an awful lot of double standards being applied by the right with regards to intelligence and the consequence of its failure. If we're going apply zero tolerance for any deaths by any sitting president we'll never get very far. Shit happens and will continue to happen until utopia is attained. Trying to turn this into an unprecedented occurrence is absurd.

114 Kragar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:26:43pm

re: #106 Sheila Broflovski

[Embedded content]


Oh Donald your tears are so sweet. I love to taste your tears.

115 dragonath  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:27:17pm

re: #108 Decatur Deb

Region’s Newest Congressman Is Tea Party Favorite

Yeah, sounds about right.

116 wrenchwench  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:28:33pm

re: #112 Charles Johnson

Just realized we didn't set up gzip compression on the new web server, so none of the files we're serving are compressed at the moment. I'll fix that. It should give another significant speed boost.

...

Image: axKhMvGFn0yY2I-Yq0x_4g2.jpg

Later, lizards.

117 Sionainn  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:28:33pm

re: #88 goddamnedfrank

Speaking of voting early who else has done it? I have. Seems like a direct measure of enthusiasm to have, you know, actually fucking done the deed. Which is why I wonder about the reliance on reported enthusiasm on likely voter polls. I mean it's a totally binary thing, 1-0, either you vote or you don't. Unlike in a poll in real life saying you're more enthusiastic about it doesn't make your vote worth more than the apathetic guy in the next booth who just barely dragged his ass out of bed.

It also seems to me that the rise of absentee voting kind of levels whatever importance enthusiasm might have held. Filling out a ballot is hell of a lot easier when you can do it while surfing for porn, slap a stamp on it and mail it in.

Early voting starts on Saturday here. I'm planning on casting my vote then.

118 PhillyPretzel  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:28:35pm

re: #111 wrenchwench

Nori [Link: www.thefreedictionary.com...] Algae is hard to get rid of. //

119 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:28:38pm

re: #109 Kremer

Me, too. But in this day and age, it seems politics and elections are becoming a 24/7/365 obsession. You can't avoid it, unfortunately.

Shouldn't that now be every 60/60/24/7/365?

//

120 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:28:42pm

re: #113 Gus

You said "the right" and "intelligence" in the same sentence. I don't think they go together very well at this time.

121 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:29:11pm

Funny in a "been there, done that" way. Of course that was a few decades ago...

122 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:35:09pm

re: #117 Sionainn

Early voting starts on Saturday here. I'm planning on casting my vote then.

Vote early, vote..... Happy.

123 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:50:27pm

Looks around room...

124 PhillyPretzel  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:50:47pm

What the heck happened?

125 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 5:57:29pm

It's ALIVE!

126 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:02:51pm

Roger.

127 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:03:00pm

re: #125 Gus

It's ALIVE!

Maybe?

128 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:03:35pm

re: #127 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

Maybe?

[Sound of man breathing in astronaut helmet.]

129 Targetpractice  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:04:07pm

There is nothing wrong with your computer monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission. We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can deluge you with a thousand webpages or expand one single jpeg to crystal clarity and beyond. We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive. For the next hour we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest inner mind to the outer limits.

Please stand by.

130 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:04:12pm

I can't post.

131 PhillyPretzel  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:04:15pm

"Houston We have a problem."

132 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:04:35pm

re: #130 Gangnam Style

I can't post.

Liar!

133 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:04:53pm

See? I told you I can't post.

134 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:05:01pm

re: #130 Gangnam Style

I can't post.

Mostly true.
-- Politifact

135 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:05:14pm

re: #132 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

Liar!

Prove it.

136 PhillyPretzel  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:05:54pm

re: #134 Gus

Was that a computer hiccup?

137 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:05:57pm

re: #59 Gus

[Embedded content]

I'm sorry, but I cannot and will not subscribe to the notion that W's administration was solely responsible for the loss of life on 9/11/01; nor is it solely the fault of his immediate predecessor, Bill Clinton.

What happened on that day was the culmination of a heaping helping of interdepartmental and inter-service blindness and inaction between the various governmental agencies, paired with Atta and his crew having fairly good luck in carrying out their plan.

To me, Bush 43 and Bill Clinton are as responsible for 9/11/01 as Obama is for 9/11/12...which is to say, ultimately, they really weren't.

138 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:06:10pm

Working on enabling compression on the new web server, and for some reason it's being stubborn. I'm working on it with our host.

139 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:06:31pm

re: #134 Gus

Mostly true.
-- Politifact

I'd prefer to believe I'm half-true.

It's an improvement over being half-false.

140 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:07:09pm

Enough politics. Let's talk food. :)

Tonight's entree:
Whole wheat pasta, homemade sauce, homemade meatballs. Bread is a tuscan loaf from a nearby bakery (Metropolitan Bakery on Rittenhouse Sq). Wine is a 2007 Chateau Franc from Dr Konstatin Frank (Finger Lakes, NY.)

Image: pasta.JPG

141 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:07:31pm

re: #135 Gangnam Style

Prove it.

I can't, my fact checker quit, he said the fee we had negotiated just wasn't enough for him to check up on all of Romney's...uhh...confabulations, I think he said?

142 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:08:02pm

re: #136 PhillyPretzel

Was that a computer hiccup?

Iranian hackers.

143 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:08:07pm

re: #138 Charles Johnson

Working on enabling compression on the new web server, and for some reason it's being stubborn. I'm working on it with our host.

Well isn't that just a sack of tar-balls.

144 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:08:23pm

If you have a brilliant insight about how to solve all of America's political problems, you probably should wait to post it until this compression issue is resolved.

145 Targetpractice  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:09:00pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

If you have a brilliant insight about how to solve all of America's political problems, you probably should wait to post it until this compression issue is resolved.

Public nudity.

146 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:09:24pm

Madeline Albright on local news. Class act that lady. Class act. Talked about how the killers from the 1998 embassy attacks have just been sentenced, and how she was responsible, Hilary Clinton did exactly the right thing. How it took an investigation to sort it all out.

Take note all who don't want to wait for the full investigation.

147 prairiefire  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:09:36pm

re: #140 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Enough politics. Let's talk food. :)

Tonight's entree:
Whole wheat pasta, homemade sauce, homemade meatballs. Bread is a tuscan loaf from a nearby bakery (Metropolitan Bakery on Rittenhouse Sq). Wine is a 2007 Chateau Franc from Dr Konstatin Frank (Finger Lakes, NY.)

Image: pasta.JPG

Lovely.

148 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:09:39pm
149 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:09:47pm

re: #145 Targetpractice

Public nudity.

Domed cities and flying cars.

150 freetoken  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:09:52pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

You mean my Revelation from Rael got lost in the snafu?

151 freetoken  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:10:26pm
152 engineer cat  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:15:11pm

somebody pat me on the head and tell me everything's gonna be ok

153 engineer cat  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:16:33pm

re: #129 Targetpractice

There is nothing wrong with your computer monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission. We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can deluge you with a thousand webpages or expand one single jpeg to crystal clarity and beyond. We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive. For the next hour we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest inner mind to the outer limits.

Please stand by.

(makes theremin noises)

154 PhillyPretzel  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:17:16pm

re: #152 engineer cat

Everything will be okay.

155 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:17:32pm

GOP Voter Registration Guy not close to heart of VA GOP any more:

The Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins released the following statement in reaction to the arrest of Small:

"We were alarmed by allegations recently made regarding an individual in Harrisonburg. The actions taken by this individual are a direct contradiction of both his training and explicit instructions given to him. The Republican Party of Virginia will not tolerate any action by any person that could threaten the integrity of our electoral process.

"The individual in question was fired immediately after we learned of his alleged actions. We are grateful to the local sheriff's office and Registrar for acting so quickly to protect our democratic process and will fully cooperate with any requests made by them. However, since there is currently an investigation underway, we will refrain from any further comments until they have concluded their inquiry. "

Here is the full release from Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan F. Hutcheson:

[Link: blogs.nbc12.com...]

156 HappyWarrior  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:19:10pm

re: #155 Decatur Deb

GOP Voter Registration Guy not close to heart of VA GOP any more:

The Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins released the following statement in reaction to the arrest of Small:

"We were alarmed by allegations recently made regarding an individual in Harrisonburg. The actions taken by this individual are a direct contradiction of both his training and explicit instructions given to him. The Republican Party of Virginia will not tolerate any action by any person that could threaten the integrity of our electoral process.

"The individual in question was fired immediately after we learned of his alleged actions. We are grateful to the local sheriff's office and Registrar for acting so quickly to protect our democratic process and will fully cooperate with any requests made by them. However, since there is currently an investigation underway, we will refrain from any further comments until they have concluded their inquiry. "

Here is the full release from Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan F. Hutcheson:

[Link: blogs.nbc12.com...]

Would be interested to find out more. I don't trust the Virginia GOP at all.

157 engineer cat  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:20:06pm

re: #154 PhillyPretzel

Everything will be okay.

thank you

i will now believe that that is true and trust you implicitly

158 Decatur Deb  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:20:27pm

re: #156 HappyWarrior

Would be interested to find out more. I don't trust the Virginia GOP at all.

They'll have a hard time shaking the guy off. He was a TPGOP Rep's congressional intern.

159 HappyWarrior  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:21:42pm

re: #158 Decatur Deb

They'll have a hard time shaking the guy off. He was a TPGOP Rep's congressional intern.

What stood out to me is where this happened which is in a county where one of the commonwealth's largest public universities is.

160 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:24:41pm

This is what I took away from the Benghazi consulate attack, a dead SEALs Mom had to tell Mitt Romney to stop using her son for political gain.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will no longer bring up Glen Doherty, a former Navy SEAL killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, the campaign said Wednesday in response to a complaint from Doherty's mother.

...

Boston's WHDH later reached out to Doherty's mother, Barbara, to get her reaction to Romney's campaign trail anecdote.

"I don't trust Romney. He shouldn't make my son's death part of his political agenda," she told WHDH. "It's wrong to use these brave young men, who wanted freedom for all, to degrade Obama.”

...

"Mitt Romney approached him ultimately four times, using this private gathering as a political venture to further his image," Ellefsen told KIRO. "He kept introducing himself as Mitt Romney, a political figure. The same introduction, the same opening line ... [Doherty] said it was pathetic and comical to have the same person come up to you within only a half hour, have this person reintroduce himself to you, having absolutely no idea whatsoever that he just did this 20 minutes ago, and did not even recognize Glen's face."

Mitt Romney is one classy motherfucker. Ridiculed by the very man whose fresh corpse he later tried to shamelessly dry hump.

161 bratwurst  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:25:17pm
162 krypto  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:25:28pm

Fox's main news webpage has a relatively new regular feature that ought to be in the Guinness Book of Records category for "most astounding chutspah of the year."

The feature is the space on Fox's main news webpage reserved for their "Bias Alert" in which Fox pretends to expose "media bias" by, of course, the other news media.

Fox pretending to expose media bias by others has a high enough chutspah and astounding hypocrisy rating already -- but the ultimate is their exposé right now, of CNN for the "media bias" it is showing by saying that Candy Crowley did a superb job.

It seems mind boggling.

The FoxNews "Bias Alert" is on their front webpage, but here is the article it leads to is;

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

163 debit  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:25:29pm

re: #111 wrenchwench

I joined recently and hadn't yet found a comfortable spot to jump in and say hi. I'm also a follower of the "lurk more" method; it tends to save me from sticking my foot in it. But it felt weird to up and down ding without saying something, so, um, hi.

164 Obdicut  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:26:40pm

re: #163 debit

If you rearrange the letters in your name, you can spell bidet.

165 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:26:46pm

Watching the Al Smith dinner in NY. Willard basically insulted the president the whole time, whereas Obama is now making fun of himself.

What a difference.

166 HappyWarrior  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:26:47pm

re: #162 krypto

Fox's main news webpage has a relatively new regular feature that ought to be in the Guinness Book of Records category for "most astounding chutspah of the year."

The feature is the space on Fox's main news webpage reserved for their "Bias Alert" in which Fox pretends to expose "media bias" by, of course, the other news media.

Fox pretending to expose media bias by others has a high enough chutspah rating already -- but the ultimate is their exposé right now, of CNN for "media bias" it is showing by saying that Candy Crowley did a good job.

It seems mind boggling.

The FoxNews "Bias Alert" is on their front webpage, but here is the article it leads to is;

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

That's pretty funny. Really Fox lecturing others on "media bias" is like the New York Yankees complaining other teams spend too much on free agents.

167 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:27:17pm

re: #137 MittDoesNotCompute

What happened on that day was the culmination of a heaping helping of interdepartmental and inter-service blindness and inaction between the various governmental agencies, paired with Atta and his crew having fairly good luck in carrying out their plan.

To me, Bush 43 and Bill Clinton are as responsible for 9/11/01 as Obama is for 9/11/12...which is to say, ultimately, they really weren't.

I gave you a + for this, just cause it's an honest opinion. I also don't totally blame the Bush admin for catching 9/11 itself, BUT, I do blame them for not acknowledging warnings, especially when they were already involved with the China standoff. That would make me pay even close attention to other parts of the world to make sure no other anti-American 'groups' might try to take advantage of a possible lack of attention.

They had warnings and ignored them (or set them aside). That part was inexcusable. Maybe a followup or further scrutiny could have made a difference.

168 HappyWarrior  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:27:31pm

re: #165 moderatelyradicalliberal

Watching the Al Smith dinner in NY. Willard basically insulted the president the whole time, whereas Obama is now making fun of himself.

What a difference.

Obama's capable of laughing at himself. Mitt? Less so.

169 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:27:48pm

re: #162 krypto

Fox's main news webpage has a relatively new regular feature that ought to be in the Guinness Book of Records category for "most astounding chutspah of the year."

The feature is the space on Fox's main news webpage reserved for their "Bias Alert" in which Fox pretends to expose "media bias" by, of course, the other news media.

Fox pretending to expose media bias by others has a high enough chutspah and astounding hypocrisy rating already -- but the ultimate is their exposé right now, of CNN for "media bias" it is showing by saying that Candy Crowley did a good job.

It seems mind boggling.

The FoxNews "Bias Alert" is on their front webpage, but here is the article it leads to is;

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Fox specializes in irony.

170 debit  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:29:57pm

re: #164 Obdicut

Well, I've always been a big proponent of clean genitalia.

171 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:30:05pm

2 hours of tweaking to get my new surround sound to work.
Geez.

172 Belafon  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:30:21pm

re: #155 Decatur Deb

Since the 1980s, Republicans at all levels - federal, state, and local - have been under court order requiring that all of their initiatives at challenging voters right's to vote have to be cleared through the courts. And the reason it is still in effect is that they keep violating it.

173 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:32:24pm

re: #166 HappyWarrior

That's pretty funny. Really Fox lecturing others on "media bias" is like the New York Yankees complaining other teams spend too much on free agents.

I upding a good NYY insult.
Bam!

174 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:35:13pm

re: #171 Varek Raith

2 hours of tweaking to get my new surround sound to work.
Geez.

You young'uns might not remember a time when we plugged in our stereo amp/speakers to the sound card and *hoped* we got a stereo output.
(that was *way* before any laptops could boast stereo output!)

175 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:35:47pm

re: #171 Varek Raith

2 hours of tweaking to get my new surround sound to work.
Geez.

You only have two ears, why do you need surround sound.

176 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:39:00pm

re: #175 Gangnam Style

You only have two ears, why do you need surround sound.

I have a surround system, and nowhere to put the surround speakers. (middle of the room? hanging from the ceiling? how many feet of extra wiring? etc...)

177 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:39:04pm

re: #171 Varek Raith

2 hours of tweaking to get my new surround sound to work.
Geez.

Guessing a computer update?

178 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:39:48pm

Another night in the theocracy.

179 Kragar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:41:13pm

re: #178 Gus

Another night in the theocracy.

Which really works well as long as you make sure God's word comes from you.

180 Kremer  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:41:27pm

re: #178 Gus

Another night in the theocracy.

Almost (But nobody expects the Inquisition!)

181 Obdicut  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:41:32pm

re: #170 debit

Well, I've always been a big proponent of clean genitalia.

I'd hate to meet the people making the counterargument to that.

182 engineer cat  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:41:35pm

re: #163 debit

I joined recently and hadn't yet found a comfortable spot to jump in and say hi. I'm also a follower of the "lurk more" method; it tends to save me from sticking my foot in it. But it felt weird to up and down ding without saying something, so, um, hi.

greetings, hatchling

please make a controversial political statement so that one half of the blog can be on your side and the other half can be against you

183 engineer cat  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:42:10pm

re: #164 Obdicut

If you rearrange the letters in your name, you can spell bidet.

it's to his/her credit

184 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:42:28pm

re: #181 Obdicut

I'd hate to meet the people making the counterargument to that.

You can smell them coming a mile away.

Read that as you want.

185 Obdicut  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:42:36pm

re: #182 engineer cat

greetings, hatchling

please make a controversial political statement so that one half of the blog can be on your side and the other half can be against you

I vote he supports the right for dogs to marry robots.

186 Kragar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:43:13pm

re: #184 Ghost of Tom Joad

You can smell them coming a mile away.

Read that as you want.

Why did the girl slap the midget?

He kept saying how nice her hair smelled.

187 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:44:10pm

re: #177 Ghost of Tom Joad

Guessing a computer update?

Realtek fighting with the THX app that came with the pc.

188 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:44:50pm

re: #187 Varek Raith

Realtek fighting with the THX app that came with the pc.

Cage match?

189 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:45:37pm

re: #188 Gangnam Style

Cage match?

THX beat the shit out of Realtek.
Causing my surround sound to not be surround sound.
Most annoying.

190 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:46:18pm

re: #187 Varek Raith

Ugh, just got done reinstalling everything on my rig, so I feel your pain. RealTek drivers are a pain in the ass.

191 Obdicut  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:46:45pm

re: #186 Kragar

Why did the girl slap the midget?

He kept saying how nice her hair smelled.

There was some French restaurateur who, during his off hours, would ask women "Can I smell your pussy?" and when they said "No!" would say "Oh, it must be your feet then."

What an asshole.

192 Kragar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:47:18pm

re: #182 engineer cat

greetings, hatchling

please make a controversial political statement so that one half of the blog can be on your side and the other half can be against you

People who say anything is God's will should be denied medical attention for the rest of their lives

193 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:47:38pm

re: #190 Ghost of Tom Joad

Ugh, just got done reinstalling everything on my rig, so I feel your pain. RealTek drivers are a pain in the ass.

Have you tried adding a new driver in Linux?
That's like drilling an additional ass-hole.

194 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:47:52pm

I'm not exactly on the blame GWB for 9/11 bandwagon here. I'm making a point. Don't expect a 100 percent secure world. Not even in our own backyards.

195 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:48:03pm

re: #183 engineer cat

it's to his/her credit

well, no longer no account anymore...

196 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:48:11pm

re: #194 Gus

I'm not exactly on the blame GWB for 9/11 bandwagon here. I'm making a point. Don't expect a 100 percent secure world. Not even in our own backyards.

This.

197 Achilles Tang  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:48:18pm

I wish I understood what algorithm was used to post ads for free psychic readings on LGF. I suppose some fools are giving a small fee to Charles for the privilege, so I won't complain, but it does make me wonder if there is a way to rig the system to suck in paying ads.

Just musing here....

198 allegro  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:48:33pm

re: #165 moderatelyradicalliberal

Watching the Al Smith dinner in NY. Willard basically insulted the president the whole time, whereas Obama is now making fun of himself.

What a difference.

Mitt's an ass. I know I'm biased but the differences between these two men was certainly highlighted in their speeches. Mitt whined in the supposed guise of jokes about how mean the press is to him and completely politicized his speech, even during his praising of the Catholic charity. Obama poked much more fun at himself with the worst dig at Romney being a rather gentle joke about his wealth.

199 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:49:31pm

re: #193 Gangnam Style

Straight up Windows guy at home. Have dabbled in Linux sparingly.

200 Achilles Tang  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:51:59pm

re: #192 Kragar

People who say anything is God's will should be denied medical attention for the rest of their lives

Insh'allah

201 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:52:19pm

re: #197 Achilles Tang

Usually adds displayed on web-pages are geared towards each individual user based on browsing history etc. You have psychic readings, I have a Winblows 8 and a back-up service advertisement (just reinstalled my whole rig and was searching for some tips/tweaks/files on-line, hence those ads).

202 engineer cat  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:52:22pm

re: #192 Kragar

People who say anything is God's will should be denied medical attention for the rest of their lives

ouch!

203 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:53:50pm
204 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:54:10pm

re: #198 allegro

In a battle of humor, Obama would kick Romney's ass like George Carlin would have kicked Dane Cook's (insert your version of funny vs. unfunny comedian).

205 Achilles Tang  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:54:47pm

re: #201 Ghost of Tom Joad

Usually adds displayed on web-pages are geared towards each individual user based on browsing history etc. You have psychic readings, I have a Winblows 8 and a back-up service advertisement (just reinstalled my whole rig and was searching for some tips/tweaks/files on-line, hence those ads).

Well I sure haven't been browsing any psychics, although I did briefly hit on a wingnut site. Maybe there is a connection there.

206 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:54:49pm
207 gwangung  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:56:44pm

re: #204 Ghost of Tom Joad

In a battle of humor, Obama would kick Romney's ass like George Carlin would have kicked Dane Cook's (insert your version of funny vs. unfunny comedian).

Well, that's not a high bar to clear....

208 debit  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:56:59pm

re: #183 engineer cat

it's to his/her credit

Her. And most people don't get the joke. I work in an accounting firm and my first name is Deb, so, debit.

209 Gus  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:57:13pm
210 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:57:30pm

re: #205 Achilles Tang

Well I sure haven't been browsing any psychics, although I did briefly hit on a wingnut site. Maybe there is a connection there.

Also can link off internet searches (I'm not 100% sure on all this). So even if you Googled something with the term psychic in it, it could pull off of that.

211 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:57:49pm

re: #204 Ghost of Tom Joad

In a battle of humor, Obama would kick Romney's ass like George Carlin would have kicked Dane Cook's (insert your version of funny vs. unfunny comedian).

Dane Cook is a comedian?

212 Obdicut  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:58:37pm

re: #208 debit

Her. And most people don't get the joke. I work in an accounting firm and my first name is Deb, so, debit.

Ah. Sorry for himming you earlier, then.

This is going to be confusing. Decatur Deb is a guy and Debit is a girl. Someone should put a post-it note somewhere covering this.

213 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 6:59:47pm

re: #208 debit

Her. And most people don't get the joke. I work in an accounting firm and my first name is Deb, so, debit.

Sounds like a catch phrase. Sort of like Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2.

"Hey, how are you? Leo Getz. Anything you need, Leo Getz. Get it?"

214 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:01:11pm

re: #194 Gus

I'm not exactly on the blame GWB for 9/11 bandwagon here. I'm making a point. Don't expect a 100 percent secure world. Not even in our own backyards.

Right on....anyone else who says different is trying to sell something.

215 engineer cat  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:03:07pm

re: #208 debit

Her. And most people don't get the joke. I work in an accounting firm and my first name is Deb, so, debit.

i worked in one place where we used to call the head accountant mr Bean Counter, so then when his replacement was a women we called her the Bean Countess

i used to love greeting her in the hall by bowing deeply and saying Countess

216 b_sharp  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:03:45pm

re: #212 Obdicut

Ah. Sorry for himming you earlier, then.

This is going to be confusing. Decatur Deb is a guy and Debit is a girl. Someone should put a post-it note somewhere covering this.

And Stanley Sea is a woman.

217 Ghost of Tom Joad  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:06:28pm

re: #216 Gangnam Style

And Stanley Sea is a woman.

See, the hardcore Conservatives told us this type of stuff would happen if Don't Ask, Don't Tell was repealed!!!

218 Kragar  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:12:14pm

re: #212 Obdicut

Ah. Sorry for himming you earlier, then.

This is going to be confusing. Decatur Deb is a guy and Debit is a girl. Someone should put a post-it note somewhere covering this.

There are no women on the internet and all the kids are FBI.

219 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:18:25pm

re: #130 Gangnam Style

I can't post.

Honk if you hate noise pollution.

220 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:37:55pm

re: #186 Kragar

Why did the girl slap the midget?

He kept saying how nice her hair smelled.

A crowed elevator smells different to a midget.

221 lostlakehiker  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:43:50pm

The real issue was whether or not the president, and his team, had for weeks tried to cast the attack on the consulate as a spontaneous response to a video, a demonstration that morphed into a riot that morphed into arson that left the ambassador and others dead.

It's not a question of parsing linguistics.

222 engineer cat  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 7:48:58pm

re: #221 lostlakehiker

The real issue was whether or not the president, and his team, had for weeks tried to cast the attack on the consulate as a spontaneous response to a video, a demonstration that morphed into a riot that morphed into arson that left the ambassador and others dead.

It's not a question of parsing linguistics.

tell that to mitt and foxnews - mitt was the one that brought up the phrase, and foxnews is the one parsing whether or not 'act of terror' is the same as 'terrorist attack'

but the real issue, as i see it, is whether the death of americans at a consulate should be a political football

mitt is just in very poor taste here

223 Obdicut  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 8:10:00pm

re: #221 lostlakehiker

At no point did anyone in the administration say that it was a demonstration that morphed into a riot. What was said was that it started out as a protest that was then hijacked by violent attackers.

It also really baffles me why you think it's really important, and it also baffles me why you think the attack was 'well-planned'.

224 prairiefire  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 8:22:17pm

re: #221 lostlakehiker

The real issue was whether or not the president, and his team, had for weeks tried to cast the attack on the consulate as a spontaneous response to a video, a demonstration that morphed into a riot that morphed into arson that left the ambassador and others dead.

It's not a question of parsing linguistics.

It is a question of right wing hysteria.

225 lostlakehiker  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 8:45:51pm

re: #71 ReamWorks SKG

I'm back from NY!

BTW: I have no idea why the conservative press is making a big deal over "act of terror" vs "terror attack". It was Romney who said that Obama didn't call it an "act of terror". That's how Romney phrased it.

I don't understand how Romney is doing better in the polls recently. He seems like a bumbling fool to me, and I'm not a big fan of Obama (but I've already voted for him, absentee, in CA).

BTW: Romney's itemized deduction cap will have a disproportionate affect on blue states. There the ones with the highest state income tax and, for most people, that's the largest single deduction. This is why Republicans like it.

What you think Republicans are upset about, and what we are in fact upset about, are different things. It's not a matter of wording. The substance of the issue is that the Obama administration tried to get us to believe that what happened in Libya was "spontaneous". It wasn't. There wasn't any "demonstration" there in Benghazi at the consulate that night. Just a plain old infantry assault, and one that carried its objective. We lost, they won. And "they" weren't Benghazi civilians out for the night and happening to carry what every well dressed man carries. They were warriors for the cause of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, whatever name they give or gave themselves. Fighting, as is their custom, by means that fall outside what is permitted by the laws of war.

That's not, however, how Susan Rice told it.

226 lostlakehiker  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 8:49:55pm

re: #223 Obdicut

At no point did anyone in the administration say that it was a demonstration that morphed into a riot. What was said was that it started out as a protest that was then hijacked by violent attackers.

It also really baffles me why you think it's really important, and it also baffles me why you think the attack was 'well-planned'.

But in fact it did not start out as a protest. It baffles me that you would think that there's a distinction between a "protest" and a "demonstration". Is automatic weapons fire and mortar rounds and RPG's now called "protest"? No one there was there in any role except assailant or defender.

There was no protest at the Benghazi consulate that night. Just an assault.

The assault succeeded. The attackers knew what they were doing and they had the right weapons for the job. What would you call that? Botched? Or well planned?

227 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 9:32:37pm

What total BS.

228 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 9:34:02pm

And you just keep repeating the bullshit talking points even after they're shown to be false. Sad.

229 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 10:01:37pm

re: #88 goddamnedfrank

Speaking of voting early who else has done it? I have. Seems like a direct measure of enthusiasm to have, you know, actually fucking done the deed. Which is why I wonder about the reliance on reported enthusiasm on likely voter polls. I mean it's a totally binary thing, 1-0, either you vote or you don't. Unlike in a poll in real life saying you're more enthusiastic about it doesn't make your vote worth more than the apathetic guy in the next booth who just barely dragged his ass out of bed.

It also seems to me that the rise of absentee voting kind of levels whatever importance enthusiasm might have held. Filling out a ballot is hell of a lot easier when you can do it while surfing for porn, slap a stamp on it and mail it in.

I just got my ballot. Still studying up on a lot of state measures. I want to send it out by the first of the month, though.

We've got one on human trafficking, and I just read the world's dumbest article in the local 'progressive' weekly on why white, middle-class, self-employed sex workers don't want it to pass. Truly dumb article.

230 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 18, 2012 10:03:43pm

re: #92 calochortus

I like to go to the polls on election day, myself. Kinda of old school, but it gives me the feeling of participating in a civic ritual.

I prefer it, but they moved my polling place to one that's really annoying and exhausting for me to get to.

I liked my old one. It was in a senior center, and all the old ladies running the show wore sparkly flag pins and Keds, and knew everything.


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