Overnight Jam: ‘93 Million Miles’- Jason Mraz, Daryl Hall
You can always come back home
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Some music for an overnight thread, and for sharing news from the Hurricane Sandy disaster zones…
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Oct 29, 2012 9:39:06pm |
Mraz seems a particularly good partner for Hall. This is the second vid of theirs you've posted and they're both excellent. Thank you, Charles.
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Amory Blaine Mon, Oct 29, 2012 9:57:11pm |
More douchebaggery from Wisconsin:
Volunteer for Chad Lee recants story of attack for being gay Republican
A volunteer for Chad Lee's congressional campaign has recanted allegations that he was attacked at his home last week for being a gay Republican.
The volunteer, Kyle Wood, could now face criminal charges that include obstructing police or filing a false police report, Madison Police Capt. Joe Balles said Monday.
"We don't ever want to be in the business of discouraging crime victims to come forward," Balles said. "At the same time, when something like this happens, this is on the extremes."
Balles said the case would be cleared as "unfounded" and sent to the Dane County District Attorney's Office after the follow-up investigation is completed.
Police did not name the man in an updated incident report posted on its website Monday or in the original report posted Wednesday. And Balles didn't identify him in an interview Monday.
But in a statement Thursday, Lee's campaign decried the alleged attack and identified the volunteer as Kyle Wood.
Over the past several days, Wood has given interviews to numerous national and local conservative media outlets, including The Daily Caller, Wisconsin Reporter, Media Trackers, talk show host Vicki McKenna, and columnist Christian Schneider writing in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Wood said in the interviews he was attacked for being a gay man who did not support Lee's opponent, Democratic congressional candidate and state Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, who is also gay.
Wood supplied The Daily Caller with photographs of him after the alleged attack, purportedly showing injuries to his neck, head and face.
On Monday, Media Trackers published on its website threatening text messages allegedly sent by Philip Frank, Pocan's husband, to Wood. Balles said there is "no validity" to the messages, and Media Trackers removed the story from its website.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 29, 2012 9:58:33pm |
Unbelievable post from RW Website...
This better not interfere w/ the election of RR2!!!!
Good grief!
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:04:42pm |
re: #3 Dancing along the light of day
Unbelievable post from RW Website...
Good grief!
RR2? Mitt Romney's not Ronald Reagan. Hell, Ronald Reagan wasn't who that dimbulb imagines he was. Geeze.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:11:30pm |
re: #3 Dancing along the light of day
Unbelievable post from RW Website...
Good grief!
Oh boy. That's putting a lot on Romney.
I can see people voting for him because they're Republicans, and he's on the ticket, and he'll do. I've done that with a few Democrats.
I cannot imagine who is thinking he's the second coming of Imaginary Reagan.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:15:42pm |
re: #4 Dark_Falcon
RR2? Mitt Romney's not Ronald Reagan. Hell, Ronald Reagan wasn't who that dimbulb imagines he was. Geeze.
Romney/Ryan
RR2 there, but I suspect what they were aiming for was R² you know, to be all "hip" and "with-it."
But who knows, it could be a reference to Reagan, I put nothing past these people right now.
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Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:18:17pm |
CNN reporting a large fire with several buildings involved in Queens right now. Live video up. Saying fire fighters are having trouble getting to the blaze.
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Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:19:15pm |
re: #6 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Romney/Ryan
RR2 there, but I suspect what they were aiming for was R² you know, to be all "hip" and "with-it."But who knows, it could be a reference to Reagan, I put nothing past these people right now.
Maybe it's half of R2-D2 and that Lucas will save the Republican Party by revising the movie so that the Republicans win? :)
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:21:28pm |
re: #8 Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All
Maybe it's half of R2-D2 and that Lucas will save the Republican Party by revising the movie so that the Republicans win? :)
Obama shot first!
/Entirely kidding, using the a classic Star Wars meme.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:38:14pm |
OK, even worse!
No power in New York City.It won't be long til the looters come out.They d better declare martial law temporarily to maintain order.At least get the national Guards out in force with loaded firearms ready to shoot looters on site.
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JamesWI Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:42:05pm |
LOL......in its third weekend at the box office, Atlas Shrugged Part 2 was only shown in 147 theaters (down from 945 the previous weekend), and brought in a measly $91,418.
Bringing its three week total to about $3.2 million......on a reported budget of $20 million.
The free market strikes again!
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Mocking Jay Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:43:03pm |
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:49:28pm |
re: #11 Dancing along the light of day
OK, even worse!
Yeah, the Keyboard Warrior Division of the American Simulated Militia is a particularly bloodthirsty band of faux soldiers.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Mon, Oct 29, 2012 10:56:04pm |
Off to bed. Wind seems to have eased a bit here in Philly. And I don't think as much rainfall as expected either. Will have to see how things look in the morning.
Didn't see any obvious damage from the apartment, but also a limited viewing area. Might go out and walk around a bit if conditions permit tomorrow.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Mon, Oct 29, 2012 11:40:36pm |
Typical RaptureReady douchebags...
out of the box:
If Cleveland gets hit real bad and people are without power, traffic lights out, public transit problems, Romney could take Ohio!!!Obama's huge margin of victory in Cuyahoga County in 2008 was greater than the margin he won the state by! Cleveland can change the entire outcome of the state!!!
Time4me2fly:
These states are all heavily democratic, so even a low turnout will still give these states to obama. Ohio, which is the most important swing state, should not be affected. Pennsylvania , a swing state could be affected though. My personal opinion, is that the republicans will go to the polls if they have to swim, so I see any hardship in voting benefiting republicans. If the dems feel this hurts them, then it wouldn't surprise me to see obama try to delay the election. Also, the disruption could open up the prospect of wide spread fraud as well. I think this is the most divisive election in our history and I look for problems afterwards. My advice, hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
out of the box:
Not necessarily!Praying to God that major infrastructure in Cleveland is damaged or destroyed by Sandy, but that lives are spared.
Yeah because your side winning an election is obviously more important than the destruction of a city. No ethical problem with praying for that destruction. Nope, none at all.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Mon, Oct 29, 2012 11:43:54pm |
re: #17 Kragar
Building facade collapse
[Embedded content]
Yeah, that is a good one, the title to the vid is perfect too.
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freetoken Mon, Oct 29, 2012 11:54:04pm |
Last night I posted a section of Gorecki's Symphony № 3 (`Symphony of Sorrowful Songs`), for soprano and orchestra.
From the Wikipedia article:
His name remained larged unknown outside Poland until the mid-to late 1980s, and his fame arrived in the 1990s.[11] Especially in 1992, 15 years after it was composed, a recording of his Third Symphony, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs—recorded with soprano Dawn Upshaw and released to commemorate the memory of those lost during the Holocaust—became a worldwide commercial and critical success, selling more than a million copies and vastly exceeding the typical lifetime sales of a recording of symphonic music by a 20th-century composer. As surprised as anyone at its popularity, Górecki said, "Perhaps people find something they need in this piece of music […] somehow I hit the right note, something they were missing. Something somewhere had been lost to them. I feel that I instinctively knew what they needed."[12] This popular acclaim did not generate wide interest in Górecki's other works,[13] and he pointedly resisted the temptation to repeat earlier success, or compose for commercial reward.
The excerpt I posted last night was not from the hit release, but I liked it so much I dug up the hit version, and here it is:
The recording is at a low volume, so you might need to turn it up.
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freetoken Mon, Oct 29, 2012 11:54:32pm |
That's the entire piece, not just the excerpt.
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Kragar Mon, Oct 29, 2012 11:58:01pm |
re: #19 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Yeah, that is a good one, the title to the vid is perfect too.
Pretty impressive for a storm that may not actually exist.
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freetoken Tue, Oct 30, 2012 12:17:21am |
The now famous "wind map" is quite animated tonight:
[Link: hint.fm...]
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Dancing along the light of day Tue, Oct 30, 2012 12:20:57am |
re: #23 freetoken
Not pretty around NYC.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 12:21:24am |
re: #23 freetoken
The now famous "wind map" is quite animated tonight:
[Link: hint.fm...]
Almost looks as if there were some kind of storm up north, weird.
/
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freetoken Tue, Oct 30, 2012 12:25:26am |
Eeesshh....
Boy, 12, on trial for murdering neo-Nazi father
A US boy, who was 10 when he shot his neo-Nazi father dead, could become the youngest person ever jailed in California if he's held responsible.
Now 12, the boy is on trial for murdering 32-year-old Jeff Hall, a regional leader of the National Socialist Movement.
Prosecutors want the boy kept locked up for as long as possible, citing a history of violent behaviour including choking a teacher with a telephone cord."In reality, sometimes kids - just like all of us - do things because they want to, and he decided, as he put it, it was time to end the father-son thing," said Michael Soccio, chief deputy district attorney.
[...]
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 12:40:44am |
The weather channel just showed a graphic listing power outages by state, current total due to Sandy is 7,099,000 customers without power. Don't forget that a "customer" can be a single family home or an entire highrise. The number of people without power is probably something north of 30 million right now.
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researchok Tue, Oct 30, 2012 1:36:44am |
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researchok Tue, Oct 30, 2012 1:38:02am |
re: #27 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
There are going to be dome happy people at Energizer
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 2:15:29am |
Charles I have a bug report for you.
On the new Pages page when you click on "show more pages" at the bottom it works fine, the first time. Once you get to the bottom of that group and hit "show mores pages" it loads the new group of pages and some of the previous group twice, the next time it loads the new group plus some previous ones three times, the next four, next five, etc, etc...
I made it to 13 repeats of the same groups of pages before I got a script "stopped working" error and my browser gave up and locked up.
Script: h t t p s:/ / apis.google.com/_/apps-static/_/js/gapi/plusone/rt=j/ver=G9D_qPqVja8.en./sv=1/am=!EsUnt3hT0SSIO7F7ug/d=1/rs=AItRSTPlJTmKruD4_l4_OXefNJaJB1uikg/cb=gapi.loaded_0:186
Using Firefox on Vista.
The glitch is repeatable, not a one time occurrence.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 3:02:30am |
Morning honcos. Can't stay long. All well here with no loss of power. But my radio just said 16 people have died.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 3:19:16am |
re: #33 Cannadian Club Akbar
Morning honcos. Can't stay long. All well here with no loss of power. But my radio just said 16 people have died.
I have not been keeping up but the known count several hours ago was 13 so that is probably about right, so far. I imagine some more fatalities will probably come to light as the day proceeds. :(
A lot of areas will not even be checked for damage and citizen welfare till after daylight.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 3:23:35am |
Largo puppeteer plans to plead guilty to possessing, receiving child porn
The disturbing case of a professional puppeteer who wrote about his desire to kill, cook and eat a child apparently will end with a guilty plea and prison time.
[Link: www.tampabay.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 3:28:00am |
re: #34 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
We went out about 10:30 last night for a quick drive. Trees down and saw a trash can doing about 20MPH.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 3:38:51am |
50 homes destroyed in 6-alarm fire in Queens
[Link: abclocal.go.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 3:39:29am |
Alrighty. Gotta run. Hope all is well with the eastern seaboard lizards.
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 3:39:41am |
re: #26 freetoken
Eeesshh....
A child like that needs some serious behavioral and social therapy to overcome an upbringing like that. But I guess the state has decided that it is quicker and cheaper to just kill them than to invest in something that might not even have an effect.
Some might argue that it is the "Christian" thing to do, I guess...
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:00:45am |
re: #37 Cannadian Club Akbar
50 homes destroyed in 6-alarm fire in Queens
[Link: abclocal.go.com...]
Video here...looks like something out of a Michael Bay movie.
[Link: www.nbcnewyork.com...]
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:11:10am |
re: #31 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Charles I have a bug report for you.
On the new Pages page when you click on "show more pages" at the bottom it works fine, the first time. Once you get to the bottom of that group and hit "show mores pages" it loads the new group of pages and some of the previous group twice, the next time it loads the new group plus some previous ones three times, the next four, next five, etc, etc...
I made it to 13 repeats of the same groups of pages before I got a script "stopped working" error and my browser gave up and locked up.
Script: h t t p s:/ / apis.google.com/_/apps-static/_/js/gapi/plusone/rt=j/ver=G9D_qPqVja8.en./sv=1/am=!EsUnt3hT0SSIO7F7ug/d=1/rs=AItRSTPlJTmKruD4_l4_OXefNJaJB1uikg/cb=gapi.loaded_0:186
Using Firefox on Vista.
The glitch is repeatable, not a one time occurrence.
Charles is aware of issues in pagination, he mentioned it on Sunday night. There is not a quick fix at this time, but he is working on it.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:12:50am |
My youngest daughter is OK in Brooklyn, did not have any power outage, but was informed that she has to report to work today (in Midtown). With the subways closed and the surface streets flooded, she said "HOW? You gonna pick me up in a rowboat?"
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:16:26am |
re: #40 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Video here...looks like something out of a Michael Bay movie.
[Link: www.nbcnewyork.com...]
More FDNY union thugs.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:16:39am |
Checking in from the Upper East Side. Never got really dramatic up here. We're lucky. NYU losing power to the hospital is a terrible thing. My wife may, even with her broken leg, go down to NY presby today to see if there's anything she can do to help out.
It's a really good thing the whole city isn't at the same level.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:19:19am |
re: #2 Amory Blaine
More douchebaggery from Wisconsin:
Volunteer for Chad Lee recants story of attack for being gay Republican
Let me guess. There were "SLURS" scratched on his face, in mysterious backwards writing.
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:20:23am |
Good Morning from Philly. I did not have any flooding and the power did not go out. I have to check to see if SEPTA is running for tomorrow.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:20:56am |
re: #45 Sheila Broflovski
Alouette, is there any of your NY-based family that's in any need at the moment? My wife and I really didn't get affected by the storm at all, and if there's anything I can do for you and yours, I'd be happy to help. I can't, unfortunately, build a bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, though.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:23:16am |
re: #47 Obdicut
Alouette, is there any of your family that's in any need at the moment? My wife and I really didn't get affected by the storm at all, and if there's anything I can do for you and yours, I'd be happy to help. I can't, unfortunately, build a bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, though.
Any skills at hydro-engineering?
Image: Charlton-Heston-as-Moses-The-Ten-Commandments-1956-Paramount.jpg
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:23:36am |
re: #47 Obdicut
Alouette, is there any of your NY-based family that's in any need at the moment? My wife and I really didn't get affected by the storm at all, and if there's anything I can do for you and yours, I'd be happy to help. I can't, unfortunately, build a bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, though.
They're in Crown Heights, which you can guess (from the Heights part) is on high ground. No power outage, plenty of food, the pizza and burger joints are open, just my daughter doesn't know how she is going to get to work this morning.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:23:47am |
The last I heard from my parents in Connecticut, they'd lost power but whatever colonist built that house there back in the 1700s (we don't know exactly when the house dates from) situated it very well. It's tucked into a little space on the hill that doesn't really get big wind. I am worried about the trees around it, but none of them are really very likely to fall towards the house, they all lean elseways. I'm pretty confident they're okay, but I'll be very glad when I heard from them.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:24:18am |
re: #49 Sheila Broflovski
I can show up to her work and claim to be her. My cross-dressing skills are very rusty, but this is an emergency, after all.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:24:59am |
re: #51 Obdicut
I can show up to her work and claim to be her. My cross-dressing skills are very rusty, but this is an emergency, after all.
She'd appreciate that! Can you sound like her when you talk to her clients on the phone?
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:25:43am |
re: #50 Obdicut
The last I heard from my parents in Connecticut, they'd lost power but whatever colonist built that house there back in the 1700s (we don't know exactly when the house dates from) situated it very well. It's tucked into a little space on the hill that doesn't really get big wind. I am worried about the trees around it, but none of them are really very likely to fall towards the house, they all lean elseways. I'm pretty confident they're okay, but I'll be very glad when I heard from them.
It must be so cool to live in a house that old! My house was built in 1968.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:25:59am |
re: #52 Sheila Broflovski
She'd appreciate that! Can you sound like her when you talk to her clients on the phone?
Does she have a deep but excitable voice that sounds oddly like Robert Downey Jr.?
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:28:22am |
re: #54 Obdicut
Does she have a deep but excitable voice that sounds oddly like Robert Downey Jr.?
People tell her that she has a "Midwestern" accent (meaning she does not talk like a Noo Yawkuh). Can you do "Midwestern"?
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:29:25am |
"Midwestern" accent: when everyone else around you talks funny, and they think that you are the one who talks funny.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:29:33am |
re: #55 Sheila Broflovski
People tell her that she has a "Midwestern" accent (meaning she does not talk like a Noo Yawkuh). Can you do "Midwestern"?
I've been told 'midwestern' starts in Hackensack.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:30:56am |
Greets and saluts from the battered but not beaten NYC metro area. Daylight is revealing quite the scene of devastation across the NYC metro area. Millions are without power (we thankfully avoided losing power by inches - a power line on the block arced a few times but never gave out) and it may be a week or more before power is restored.
Flooding has displaced hundreds of thousands from New Jersey through Long Island and Connecticut and it will be some time before we get a read on just the extent of the damage.
On the transit front - the MTA is shutdown along with PATH, NJ Transit, Amtrak, airports (10,000 flights canceled nationwide), and it may be several days before we get some limited transit restored.
Oh, and there are now reports of a levee failure on the Hackensack River from Hackensack to Carlstadt with water evacuations underway.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:31:11am |
re: #53 Sheila Broflovski
It must be so cool to live in a house that old! My house was built in 1968.
The weirdest part about it is the basement. It's an 'open-stone' earth basement, which basically means it doesn't flood because the water just flows out of it. It's built on an angle to help that. It makes for a very musty and dank basement, but it never floods.
The house itself got covered in aluminum siding a long time ago, so it's really not that much to look at, but inside the living room has a great floor, just big planks of local wood close-fitted. And a nice colonial-era fireplace. And the view from my dad's study is gorgeous. It really was built in a very nice location.
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:31:34am |
Can you send me a picture of your outfit Obdicut?! It's for reasearch.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:34:26am |
re: #60 Shropshire_Slasher
Can you send me a picture of your outfit Obdicut?! It's for reasearch.
I really make one of the most unconvincing women ever. It's all fine until you get to the neck, as long as you like your women well-muscled. But my jaw is hard to reconcile with ideas of femininity, being inherited from the Scandinavian side of the ancestry, showing why Swedes and Icelanders were called "Blockhead".
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:37:00am |
re: #59 Obdicut
The weirdest part about it is the basement. It's an 'open-stone' earth basement, which basically means it doesn't flood because the water just flows out of it. It's built on an angle to help that. It makes for a very musty and dank basement, but it never floods.
The house itself got covered in aluminum siding a long time ago, so it's really not that much to look at, but inside the living room has a great floor, just big planks of local wood close-fitted. And a nice colonial-era fireplace. And the view from my dad's study is gorgeous. It really was built in a very nice location.
Aluminum siding is great. You don't have to wear the foil hat if it's built properly. (People always forget to bond the quarter-wave filter over the chimney-pot.)
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:37:12am |
At least 10 MTA subway tunnels are flooded out; Brooklyn Battery, Holland, and Queens Midtown Tunnels have flooding. Rail yards are flooded. Bus depots are flooded. Equipment damaged or destroyed.
For the MTA alone, we're probably talking a billion dollars in damage (recall that it cost hundreds of millions to repair/replace Exchange Place to WTC tunnel after it was flooded due to firefighting and water main leaks following 9/11). Multiply that exponentially and you begin to get an idea of the costs and logistics involved.
You have at least a dozen subway lines affected; the MTA moves more than 5 million people daily.
President Obama has declared NY/NJ a major disaster area (freeing up funds/resources for cleanup).
PSEG reporting 1 million without power (3 million total in NJ without power).
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:39:11am |
Airports up and down East Coast closed or with massive cancellations - from DC to Boston and all the way up to Buffalo and Albany.
[Link: flightaware.com...]
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:39:56am |
re: #63 lawhawk
Hopefully when they repair it they can do what retrofitting they can to avoid this in the future, because this flooding is going to become a regular event, even if it doesn't reach this degree again soon.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:40:49am |
My son is out of town in Israel and Russian Federation, leaving my daughter-in-law at home with a house full of screaming kids. Yesterday they baked enough fancy cupcakes to supply several evacuation shelters.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:42:11am |
re: #65 Obdicut
Not sure what they'll try to do. To get the system up and running is top concern; putting in upgrades to prevent future probs is probably down on the list of things to do (and it would take longer to design/implement).
This might be an opportunity to upgrade signal systems, but I'm thinking that they're simply going to replace with like-kind equipment.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:42:25am |
Wingnuts clutching pearls over another pro-Obama video. (I can't watch it here)
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:43:02am |
re: #65 Obdicut
Hopefully when they repair it they can do what retrofitting they can to avoid this in the future, because this flooding is going to become a regular event, even if it doesn't reach this degree again soon.
The Venetians can show them the way, though I doubt NY can achieve the levels of corruption needed.
Moses Project
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:43:37am |
Ah crap, just read this:
-- One person was killed and two suffered injuries that weren't life-threatening after a large tree fell on them in Mansfield, according to a statement from Connecticut State Police.
That is, of course, where my parents live.
Come on guys, call. (They're keeping their phones off to conserve battery power except when they actually call.)
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:44:47am |
re: #69 Decatur Deb
There have been some initial research done about installing flood gates to NY harbor, but doubt those discussions will get too far. It would protect NY Harbor and Manhattan, but outer boroughs would still be screwed.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:45:04am |
re: #69 Decatur Deb
As in all things hydrological, we should follow the dutch. Would be very appropriate, given that this is New Amsterdam.
[Link: science.howstuffworks.com...]
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:46:36am |
re: #71 lawhawk
Yeah, actually the levee system wouldn't work, given that we're really right on the ocean. Still, this problem is not going to go away, and the 'nice' thing about the magnitude of the disaster is it makes it easier to argue for some serious spending to prevent future problems.
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:47:23am |
re: #73 Obdicut
Yeah, actually the levee system wouldn't work, given that we're really right on the ocean. Still, this problem is not going to go away, and the 'nice' thing about the magnitude of the disaster is it makes it easier to argue for some serious spending to prevent future problems.
It will be discussed for about two weeks and then be quietly shelved until the next disaster hits.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:47:36am |
re: #70 Obdicut
Ah crap, just read this:
That is, of course, where my parents live.
Come on guys, call. (They're keeping their phones off to conserve battery power except when they actually call.)
If there were a tragedy, your family would be among the first to get commo. Bad news travels fast.
("Good news never travels by helicopter."--Air ambulance motto)
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ProGunLiberal Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:48:40am |
re: #71 lawhawk
The idea Jeff Master's had been talking about was a system with dikes at Throg's Neck, Verranzo Narrows, and near Perth Amboy.
Which would save the Bronx and parts of the outlying boroughs.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:49:14am |
re: #75 Decatur Deb
It's a college town. The odds against it being them are very high, especially since the news story would have said 'tree hit a house' if it'd been them, probably. Still. One worries.
My dad is about to turn 70. I don't just worry about the environment getting him, but his dicey ticker giving out as he tries to nail plywood across a gaping window. This is my biggest sign of getting older-- worrying more about my parents.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:50:17am |
re: #73 Obdicut
Yup. They'll have to once again reconsider construction and development along barrier islands (and we'll be hearing about the massive damage to them in coming hours). It's a discussion we need to have - especially in conjunction with NFIP and hurricane insurance.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:52:32am |
Alright. I've actually found the storm inspiring, so I'm going to go get some writing done.
Hurricane fiction. I bet it's a phenomenon. People stuck at home, with lots of emotions roiled up. Be interesting to put out a collection of work written during the hurricane, see if any patterns emerge.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:53:24am |
re: #76 ProGunLiberal
Those systems would protect NY harbor. It wouldn't do anything for people on the South facing sides of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, or the East side of Bronx or north side of Queens. And it does nothing for the rest of Long Island.
It would prevent catastrophic flooding in Manhattan and along the Hudson/East River and into Raritan Bay plus the back bays. That's worth something and worth discussing but it's not a cureall.
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:53:45am |
Here is my Honey_boo-boo outfit
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:54:34am |
re: #43 Decatur Deb
More FDNY union thugs.
At 1:30 in that vid the fire engine has TONKA on the front bumper, didn't notice that before. "Big Boys Toys" indeed, lol.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:55:12am |
re: #79 Obdicut
Alright. I've actually found the storm inspiring, so I'm going to go get some writing done.
Hurricane fiction. I bet it's a phenomenon. People stuck at home, with lots of emotions roiled up. Be interesting to put out a collection of work written during the hurricane, see if any patterns emerge.
Frankenstein--The Modern Prometheus
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 4:58:55am |
Gov. Christie: Obama Deserves 'Great Credit' For Storm Response livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gov-chri... via @pemalevy— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) October 30, 2012
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:01:35am |
re: #84 lawhawk
Gov. Christie: Obama Deserves 'Great Credit' For Storm Response
True Republicans want Obama to fail at everything, even emergency response...what's the lives of a few Blue Staters when the welfare of the entire nation is at stake?
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:02:30am |
re: #84 lawhawk
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As obnoxious as Christie can be, we could actually run a political system with enough of us and not too many of him. It's not going to happen.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:05:06am |
I think everyone who follows @BryanJFischer has to be doing it for teh LULZ. That dumbass tweets the most stupid shit I have ever seen.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:05:11am |
Space Shuttle on Intrepid Deck loses cover twitter.com/TimScheld/stat...— Tim Scheld (@TimScheld) October 30, 2012
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:08:18am |
Did the Leaning Crane of 57th Street make it through the night?
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:08:20am |
re: #20 freetoken
Last night I posted a section of Gorecki's Symphony № 3 (`Symphony of Sorrowful Songs`), for soprano and orchestra.
From the Wikipedia article:
The excerpt I posted last night was not from the hit release, but I liked it so much I dug up the hit version, and here it is:
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The recording is at a low volume, so you might need to turn it up.
This seems like a very interesting piece of contemporary music. I think I'll download it to listen to later when I can give it the attention it deserves. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. His work should fit in well with the rest of the more modern composers I have - Kernis, Adams, Britten, etc.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:08:36am |
Massive fire in Breezy Point (Rockaways - a barrier island just south of Brooklyn) has destroyed 50+ homes; flooding had limited fire response.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:09:23am |
re: #89 Decatur Deb
Yeah, it's hanging on. DOB and FDNY/NYPD are at the scene trying to evaluate and see about securing or taking it down.
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:09:34am |
B&W pics from the storms of 1938 and 1954 in the northeast.
[Link: www.timesunion.com...]
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:12:09am |
re: #68 Sheila Broflovski
Wingnuts clutching pearls over another pro-Obama video. (I can't watch it here)
Should be labeled *NSFW Language* (motherf**ker)
Also is genuinely unfunny and obnoxious, Michael Moore was obviously aiming for a "camp" spoof quality but completely missed it, by a lot. I think that is a horrible ad and I don't even have the excuse of being a Republican.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:12:19am |
NYC update:
Utilities
To report a loss of electric service, contact Con Edison at 1-800-75-CONED (26633) or online at [Link: www.coned.com....]
Con Edison is responding to power outages in the Woodrow, Wainwright, and Fresh Kills sections of Staten Island.
Con Edison is responding to power outages from East 39th Street to the lower tip of Manhattan.
Con Edison will begin the process of shutting off electrical service to a portion of Lower Manhattan for quicker restoration after Hurricane Sandy passes. Read Con Ed's press release (in PDF).Road, Bridge, & Tunnel Closures
The following bridges and tunnels are closed: Henry Hudson, Throgs Neck, Bronx-Whitestone, Verrazano Narrows, Marine Parkway - Gil Hodges, Cross Bay Veterans Memorial, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial, Ed Koch Queensboro, Manhattan, Outerbridge Crossing, Bayonne, Holland, and the Hugh Carey (formerly Brooklyn-Battery).
The George Washington Bridge is closed.
The FDR Drive is closed from East 155 Street to the Battery.
The Tappan Zee Bridge is closed.Transit
Alternative Side Parking (ASP) regulations and parking meter rules are suspended on Tuesday, 10/30, due to weather conditions. Learn more.
All MTA subway, commuter rail, and bus service is suspended citywide. Currently, there is no estimated time for service restoration. Visit mta.info for further details.
Staten Island Ferry service is suspended until further notice.
East River Ferry Service is suspended for Tuesday, 10/30. Learn more.
NJ Transit has implemented a gradual system-wide shutdown of all bus, rail, light rail, and Access Link service. Learn more.
All PATH train service and stations have shut down. Learn more.
Most Amtrak service in the Northeast remains suspended on Tuesday, 10/30. Learn more.Schools/Colleges
All NYC Public Schools are closed Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Learn more.
All City University of New York (CUNY) Colleges are officially closed Tuesday, October 30 and all classes are cancelled. Learn more.Miscellaneous
NY Courts are closed on Tuesday, October 30, due to weather conditions.
City parks, playgrounds, and beaches are closed. Surfing is prohibited at all beaches throughout the course of the storm.
All HHC (public hospital) outpatient clinic appointments and elective surgeries scheduled for 10/30 are cancelled. Patients with appointments for those services for 10/31 should call to confirm. All HHC hospitals, emergency rooms, and nursing homes will remain open throughout the duration of the storm.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:14:27am |
re: #92 lawhawk
Yeah, it's hanging on. DOB and FDNY/NYPD are at the scene trying to evaluate and see about securing or taking it down.
Probably cut it in small sections and lower or fly them out.
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ProGunLiberal Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:18:05am |
My mom's MSN Live Messenger Home page is asking the question "Could Sandy Postpone the Nov. 6 Election?"
I don't think that is possible, but.....
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:19:58am |
re: #97 ProGunLiberal
My mom's MSN Live Messenger Home page is asking the question "Could Sandy Postpone the Nov. 6 Election?"
I don't think that is possible, but.....
Wingnut outrage/conspiracy to begin:
Obama will use Sandy to cancel the election and proclaim himself President For Life!
(They were saying the same stuff about Clinton during the 2000 election recounting.)
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:20:33am |
re: #94 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Should be labeled *NSFW Language* (motherf**ker)
Also is genuinely unfunny and obnoxious, Michael Moore was obviously aiming for a "camp" spoof quality but completely missed it, by a lot. I think that is a horrible ad and I don't even have the excuse of being a Republican.
I likewise, and this will be thrown back in our faces as being totally representative of centrist or progressive thinking.
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ProGunLiberal Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:21:06am |
Worried about Ohio and voting. Cleveland is out of power, and that seems to be what carried the state in 2008.
Kasich could decide to go as scheduled, with Cleveland having depressed turnout, and swinging the state Red.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:21:35am |
re: #99 AK-47%
I likewise, and this will be thrown back in our faces as being totally representative of centrist or progressive thinking.
Thanks for the warning, will not watch when I get home.
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:22:19am |
This country needs more heroes.
[Link: www.timesunion.com...]
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:23:40am |
Did those old voting machines need to be plugged in?!
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:24:03am |
re: #97 ProGunLiberal
My mom's MSN Live Messenger Home page is asking the question "Could Sandy Postpone the Nov. 6 Election?"
I don't think that is possible, but.....
More media hype, the RWNJs are already making "fraud" noises too. With the election still a full week away I don't see any reason why it would have to be postponed. The damage simply isn't bad enough to warrant it.
We can't hold up a national election because the subways in New York city aren't working.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:37:21am |
re: #100 ProGunLiberal
Worried about Ohio and voting. Cleveland is out of power, and that seems to be what carried the state in 2008.
Kasich could decide to go as scheduled, with Cleveland having depressed turnout, and swinging the state Red.
Pretty sure they will have that fixed before election day, although it will cut down on how much early voting is available for sure.
People are sick to death of this campaign, on both sides, they just want it over with. If anyone official is stupid enough to say anything about postponing the election (god forbid) they are going to catch one hell of a tidal wave of negative backlash.
That would also be a way to lose the election...
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:43:39am |
I think there is a case for establishing an objective standard for postponing an election (that x percent of the the popultion is in a disaster area, for example) but otherwise we gotta go through with this. Even the Civil War did not stop the election in 1864.
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:46:33am |
re: #58 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the battered but not beaten NYC metro area. Daylight is revealing quite the scene of devastation across the NYC metro area. Millions are without power (we thankfully avoided losing power by inches - a power line on the block arced a few times but never gave out) and it may be a week or more before power is restored.
Flooding has displaced hundreds of thousands from New Jersey through Long Island and Connecticut and it will be some time before we get a read on just the extent of the damage.
On the transit front - the MTA is shutdown along with PATH, NJ Transit, Amtrak, airports (10,000 flights canceled nationwide), and it may be several days before we get some limited transit restored.
Oh, and there are now reports of a levee failure on the Hackensack River from Hackensack to Carlstadt with water evacuations underway.
Greetings from the Upper West Side. It got crazy windy here, with my building, a six-story, 100 year old masonry building, swaying, but that was it.
I work downtown, and it is unclear to me how long it will take to make downtown usable: with the subway tunnels flooded, mass transit is KO'd for now. I suspect I am not heading down there until next week at best.
We're going to go out for a walk later to see what the West Side Hwy and 79th street boat basin look like, and we'll let you all know what we see.
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:48:28am |
re: #106 AK-47%
I think there is a case for establishing an objective standard for postponing an election (that x percent of the the popultion is in a disaster area, for example) but otherwise we gotta go through with this. Even the Civil War did not stop the election in 1864.
The local elections here in NYC were postponed due to 9/11. That was supposed to be a local election day. Rudy had graciously offered to stay in office past his term, but Bloomberg told him to shove off.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:48:47am |
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 5:54:19am |
South Jersey checking in. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 million are without power in the Delaware Valley region. Mass transit is still off-line, but the bridges are open.
It looks like damage at the shore could hit billions of dollars. There's a 80 foot chunk of the Boardwalk at New Hampshire Ave that tore away, and it sounds like most of the barrier islands are inundated.
If there's a plus in all of this, I'm not reading about any loss of life so far, at least around here. Hopefully, that benchmark will maintain.
Personally, we and most friends and family didn't lose power or suffer too much damge. We got really, really lucky.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:02:45am |
My neighbor's house lost quite a bit of siding.
Just noticed that.
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Interesting Times Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:14:48am |
Dog help me, I may be starting to like this guy:
Ouch. RT @j_freedland: Republican NJ Gov Christie says "couldn't care less" whether Romney visits nationaljournal.com/2012-president..."— Danielle Blake (@DCPlod) October 30, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:18:04am |
re: #112 Interesting Times
Christie is also taking aim at the Atlantic City mayor, who apparently didn't heed advice to evacuate people from the city and instead rebuffed efforts by the state/county to get them off the island.
BTW, Channel 11 is showing a tanker that grounded on Staten Island - it was forced ashore by the storm surge. Looks like a 75-100 foot long ship.
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:20:54am |
re: #112 Interesting Times
Dog help me, I may be starting to like this guy:
Republican NJ Gov Christie says "couldn't care less" whether Romney visits
Compared to the rest of the GOP he is quite likeable, but is also still a Republican at heart.
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Interesting Times Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:21:31am |
Just saw this quote on FB - I was thinking something very similiar myself, at least as far as the first part goes:
Dear Meteorologists, giving tropical storms happy soft names undermines the severity of their consequences. From now on please use the names of Wu Tang members for the sake of a dramatic impact.
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:22:48am |
re: #112 Interesting Times
re: #113 lawhawk
Watching Christie over the last 24 hours has been like watching Jekyll and Hyde. He was big enough (no fat jokes, please) to praise Obama for the all the help the POTUS is offering, yet took valuable time during a presser to admonish/taunt people who ignored the evac.
Never a dull moment with him, that's for sure.
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:23:28am |
But really, if the GOP had been able to attract Christie to run for President and nominated him, this could have been their "Perfect Storm" in a political sense...
It was the flooding on the river Elbe in Germany in 2001 that saved Chancellor Schröders bacon in a very close election (his coalition won 303 out of 600 seats)
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:24:29am |
re: #115 Interesting Times
Just saw this quote on FB - I was thinking something very similiar myself, at least as far as the first part goes:
"Dear Meteorologists, giving tropical storms happy soft names undermines the severity of their consequences. From now on please use the names of Wu Tang members for the sake of a dramatic impact."
Lotsa things you can name them after, old girlfriends, for example...
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Charleston Chew Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:25:28am |
re: #115 Interesting Times
Just saw this quote on FB - I was thinking something very similiar myself, at least as far as the first part goes:
"Tropical storm Ghostface Killah made landfall today..."
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:25:38am |
re: #119 AK-47%
"Dear Meteorologists, giving tropical storms happy soft names undermines the severity of their consequences. From now on please use the names of Wu Tang members for the sake of a dramatic impact."
Lotsa things you can name them after, old girlfriends, for example...
Hurricane Voldemort.
Tropical Storm Hans Gruber.
Tropical Depression Jar Jar.
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:27:04am |
If the Republicans had any sense they would let Christie run rather than "Mittens." I am not thrilled at his view of PBS (he "killed" NJS) but he is much better than said presidential nominee for the GOP.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:27:07am |
re: #121 Mattand
Hurricane Mr. Blonde
Hurricane Mr. Pink
Hurricane Marcellus Wallace
Hurricane Butch
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CuriousLurker Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:27:21am |
re: #112 Interesting Times
Dog help me, I may be starting to like this guy:
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Heh. Saw you mention him (in the Spy), so I thought I'd drop in and leave this video of his appearance on Morning Joe earlier this morning. Lots of bad news. He looks beat; he's earning his pay this week.
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:27:40am |
re: #123 lawhawk
Hurricane Mr. Blonde
Hurricane Mr. Pink
Hurricane Marcellus Wallace
Hurricane Butch
Hurricane The Wolf.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:28:13am |
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:28:37am |
Water rescues underway in Moonachie/Carlstadt/Little Ferry b/c of levee failure along Hackensack River.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:29:02am |
Thanks from MA to the Mid-Atlantic states for taking the brunt of the storm. Nothing major here except that the Fall Foliage Season is definitely over.
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:31:35am |
Anyone hear how West Virginia made out? They're kind of the forgotten state in all of this. Last I heard they were supposed to get 2 feet of snow?
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:32:22am |
re: #128 Charleston Chew
Thanks from MA to the Mid-Atlantic states for taking the brunt of the storm. Nothing major here except that the Fall Foliage Season is definitely over.
We are feeling the system's effects in Lower Alabama--wind, lows in the 30's.
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Tigger2 Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:32:35am |
re: #124 CuriousLurker
Heh. Saw you mention him (in the Spy), so I thought I'd drop in and leave this video of his appearance on Morning Joe earlier this morning. Lots of bad news. He looks beat; he's earning his pay this week.
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There is nothing like two major storms in two years as a governor to knock some of the wingnut out of ya.
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:32:52am |
re: #122 PhillyPretzel
If the Republicans had any sense they would let Christie run rather than "Mittens." I am not thrilled at his view of PBS (he "killed" NJS) but he is much better than said presidential nominee for the GOP.
Christie is the one who had enough sense not to get near the 2012 campaign. Expect to see and hear more from him in 2016, though...
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GunstarGreen Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:32:54am |
re: #45 Sheila Broflovski
Let me guess. There were "SLURS" scratched on his face, in mysterious backwards writing.
God, you just had to remind me of that, didn't you?
Completely unhinged, like a serpent's jaw. Anything to smear Democrats, no matter the cost. That this sort of political warfare is tolerated is a testament to this country's devotion to freedom of expression.
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:33:16am |
re: #131 Decatur Deb
We are feeling the system's effects in Lower Alabama--wind, lows in the 30's.
Wow. It's 46° here in the Philly region.
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:35:30am |
re: #85 AK-47%
True Republicans want Obama to fail at everything, even emergency response...what's the lives of a few Blue Staters when the welfare of the entire nation is at stake?
Hey, let's be honest here. They wouldn't care if it was Red Staters dying...as long as the Muslim communist is defeated.
On a personal note, We've had some damage here (tree down in the backyard, fence down, siding blown off, power surges/outages - thankfully 3G has been stable) and I'm under a severe wind advisory all day. It's scary HERE! And I'm an hour north of Detroit. I can't imagine NY/NJ. My prayers and my heart go out to everyone affected.
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:35:39am |
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Interesting Times Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:35:59am |
Meghan McCain just RT'd this charming response to her earlier climate change tweet:
@mccainblogette Nobody knows, but you're still a dumbass who thinks this hurricane was caused by global warming so go fuck yourself.— Harry(@Tark31) October 30, 2012
Am I wrong for wanting to waterboard these people with NYC subway flood sludge?
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:36:07am |
re: #133 AK-47%
Christie is the one who had enough sense not to get near the 2012 campaign. Expect to see and hear more from him in 2016, though...
If he knocks off a couple hundred pounds, he'd make a sane GOP ticket. If there will ever again be one.
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:36:27am |
re: #130 Mattand
Charleston WVA weather: [Link: www.erh.noaa.gov...]
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:37:38am |
re: #138 Interesting Times
Naw.... tell 'em to go jump in the Gowanus. Or Newtown Creek. Either will do nicely.
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Tigger2 Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:38:14am |
re: #138 Interesting Times
Meghan McCain just RT'd this charming response to her earlier climate change tweet:
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Am I wrong for wanting to waterboard these people with NYC subway flood sludge?
Harrys tweet almost make me wish I did tweet so I could tell him what I think of him, his comment is disgusting.
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:38:34am |
re: #139 Decatur Deb
If he knocks off a couple hundred pounds, he'd make a sane GOP ticket. If there will ever again be one.
He needs to lose a few pounds yes, but the main reason is did not run is that he is not willing to go full Fischer/Norquist fundamentalist on key issues, so he knows he will never get the nomination.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:40:38am |
re: #144 AK-47%
He needs to lose a few pounds yes, but the main reason is did not run is that he is not willing to go full Fischer/Norquist fundamentalist on key issues, so he knows he will never get the nomination.
If the Prez wins, they will have to go sane or go out of business. Lots of popcorn either way.
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Tigger2 Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:40:42am |
re: #144 AK-47%
He needs to lose a few pounds yes, but the main reason is did not run is that he is not willing to go full Fischer/Norquist fundamentalist on key issues, so he knows he will never get the nomination.
I hate to say it but the country would be better off if these two Fischer/Norquist were ran out of the country.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:41:21am |
re: #146 Tigger2
I hate to say it but the country would be better off if these two Fischer/Norquist were ran out of the country.
They are only a symptom.
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GunstarGreen Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:41:52am |
re: #139 Decatur Deb
If he knocks off a couple hundred pounds, he'd make a sane GOP ticket. If there will ever again be one.
There won't be. The lesson that the GOP apparatus will take away from all of this is that eight solid years of completely batshit, insanely bigoted rhetoric wasn't enough to defeat their opponent, so next time they need to do it even harder.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:42:30am |
re: #148 GunstarGreen
There won't be. The lesson that the GOP apparatus will take away from all of this is that eight solid years of completely batshit, insanely bigoted rhetoric wasn't enough to defeat their opponent, so next time they need to do it even harder.
The Palin Prescription.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:42:35am |
re: #121 Mattand
Hurricane Voldemort.
Tropical Storm Hans Gruber.
Tropical Depression Jar Jar.
Any storm named after Jar Jar Binks would be nuked by the US. The president would be under irresistible public pressure to launch a nuke.
//
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Tigger2 Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:43:19am |
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CuriousLurker Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:44:21am |
From the transcript of the Christie video in my #124 above (emphasis mine):
Mike Barnacle: Governor, there is no ideology in a storm like this. Tell us about your conversations with the President yesterday.
Gov. Christie: The President's been great, Mike, I have to tell you, and I'm sorry, Joe, I was calling you Mike, it was hard to hear through here. You know, the President's been great. I spoke to him three times yesterday, he called me for the last time at midnight last night asked me what I needed and I said if you could expedite the major disaster exploration without the major FEMA mumbo jumbo. I got a call from FEMA at 2:00 a.m. For me to answer a couple of questions. The President has been all over this and deserves great credit. I've been on the phone with him, like I said personally three times, he gave me his number at the White House, told me to call him if I needed anything and he absolutely means it.
Mike Barnacle: That's great.
Gov. Christie: It's been very good. It's been very good working with the President, and his administration has been coordinating with us great, it's been wonderful.
"FEMA mumbo jumbo", classic Christie. LOL
The Republicans are gonna be sooo pissed at him (I'm pretty sure he doesn't care).
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:45:01am |
re: #144 AK-47%
He needs to lose a few pounds yes, but the main reason is did not run is that he is not willing to go full Fischer/Norquist fundamentalist on key issues, so he knows he will never get the nomination.
Christie will pander if necessary. He was asked a year or two ago about the creationism-as-science issue, and basically kicked down the curb to the locals, while insulting the reporter in the process.
Plus, he's been pushing an income tax cut here while being vague on how to pay for it (cough TYPICAL REPUBLICAN BULLSHIT cough).
He knows what it will take to get elected POTUS. I can easily see him going Tea Bagger if he thinks it will get him the White House.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:45:20am |
re: #138 Interesting Times
Meghan McCain just RT'd this charming response to her earlier climate change tweet:
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Am I wrong for wanting to waterboard these people with NYC subway flood sludge?
@tark31 The only dumbass I'm seein' is you, and you're being a rotter besides that.Didn't your mother teach you to treat women decently?
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) October 30, 2012
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:48:01am |
Good morning lizards!
I hope everyone survived the worst of the storm. We lost power 4 times but get it back last night. My babysitter up the street has been without power since 9:00 last night. /all in all not so bad. I left a little while ago and it was snowing.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:48:43am |
re: #152 CuriousLurker
From the transcript of the Christie video in my #124 above (emphasis mine):
"FEMA mumbo jumbo", classic Christie. LOL
The Republicans are gonna be sooo pissed at him (I'm pretty sure he doesn't care).
No, because they need Christie to provide Mitt Romney with a key photo-op later this week, so fire will be held.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:48:52am |
Flood waters rush in to the Hoboken PATH station through an elevator shaft. #Sandy twitter.com/PANYNJ/status/...— Port Authority NY&NJ (@PANYNJ) October 30, 2012
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:49:38am |
re: #152 CuriousLurker
From the transcript of the Christie video in my #124 above (emphasis mine):
"FEMA mumbo jumbo", classic Christie. LOL
The Republicans are gonna be sooo pissed at him (I'm pretty sure he doesn't care).
I think that Christie may have decided staying an important governor of an important state is better than running for president in 2016. I think he may be planning on 2020, by which time who knows what party he'll be in.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:50:17am |
WOW...look at these pictures...
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:51:44am |
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:52:39am |
Oh, and my parents are fine. Lost power, probably will have it off for a week, but no damage to the house. They're going to try to drive up to their place in Boston, which has power, depending on whether they can make it through the roads.
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CuriousLurker Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:53:01am |
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RadicalModerate Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:53:25am |
Someone needs to explain to the geniuses over at WorldNetDaily that it isn't in their best interests to brag about the fact that they committed wire fraud and violated election donation laws when attempting a "gotcha" campaign.
Sorry about the direct link, no cache yet available for the article.
[Link: www.wnd.com...]
WASHINGTON – Using a Pakistani Internet Protocol and proxy server, a disposable credit card and a fake address, “Osama bin Laden” has successfully donated twice to Barack Obama’s presidential re-election campaign.
The “Bin Laden” donations, actually made by WND staff, included a listed occupation of “deceased terror chief” and a stated employer of “al-Qaida.”
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CuriousLurker Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:54:34am |
re: #158 Obdicut
I think that Christie may have decided staying an important governor of an important state is better than running for president in 2016. I think he may be planning on 2020, by which time who knows what party he'll be in.
You may be onto something there.
re: #161 Obdicut
Oh, and my parents are fine. Lost power, probably will have it off for a week, but no damage to the house. They're going to try to drive up to their place in Boston, which has power, depending on whether they can make it through the roads.
Glad to hear it.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:54:59am |
re: #158 Obdicut
I think that Christie may have decided staying an important governor of an important state is better than running for president in 2016. I think he may be planning on 2020, by which time who knows what party he'll be in.
He's up for reelection next year, so he's not going to go hard after Obama right now. Chris Christie's main focus as governor of New Jersey has been New Jersey, not national politics. He knows that his response to Hurricane Sandy may prove the deciding factor in whether he gets a second term, so he's not going risk things not getting done because of a contrived political spat. Christie's not the kind of asshole who would hurt New Jersey just to DERP at Barack Obama. And honestly, Mitt Romney should be glad Christie isn't that kind, because it would have gone badly for the GOP if Christie had been an asshole.
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:55:33am |
re: #144 AK-47%
He needs to lose a few pounds yes, but the main reason is did not run is that he is not willing to go full Fischer/Norquist fundamentalist on key issues, so he knows he will never get the nomination.
I'm not so sure. He's kissed the Koch's asses an awful lot and his actual policy actions are quite far to the right as well. It's simple tactics to be the one who can appear "sane" against Santorum next time even though the practical effect of either in the White House is the same level of national devastation.
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:57:03am |
Mornin' everyone. Hopefully everyone is waking up to relatively minor storm damage on the east coast. Looks like Sandy was every bit as nasty as the bathroom walls at NOAA promised she'd be. On the upside, rebuilding creates jobs and there are people who need work. The other good news is that President Obama will give the states whatever they ask for, while his opponent will be staying out of the way and being 'non-political' by hosting 'storm-relief events' in Ohio, Iowa, and Wisconsin where his poll numbers were hit worst by Sandy's reminder that he wants to gut FEMA.
What do you want to bet @mittromney stops holding 'storm relief events' after next Tuesday? #p2 #election #edshow— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) October 30, 2012
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:57:24am |
re: #163 RadicalModerate
Someone needs to explain to the geniuses over at WorldNetDaily that it isn't in their best interests to brag about the fact that they committed wire fraud and violated election donation laws when attempting a "gotcha" campaign.
Sorry about the direct link, no cache yet available for the article.
[Link:
Pamela bragged about donating $2 as "Don Corleone" months ago. This shit is so lame.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:57:29am |
Bloomberg and Christie are going to be holding pressers at the top of the hour. Stay tuned....
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 6:58:47am |
re: #116 Mattand
re: #113 lawhawk
Watching Christie over the last 24 hours has been like watching Jekyll and Hyde. He was big enough (no fat jokes, please) to praise Obama for the all the help the POTUS is offering, yet took valuable time during a presser to admonish/taunt people who ignored the evac.
Never a dull moment with him, that's for sure.
He went after the mayor of Atlantic City, who IMO deserved the attack. Unlike George W. Bush, Chris Christie knows that when someone is fucking up by the numbers, the top executive needs to point out that said person is fucking up by the numbers.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:00:40am |
re: #153 Mattand
..snip..
He knows what it will take to get elected POTUS. I can easily see him going Tea Bagger if he thinks it will get him the White House.
Yeah, but he might be the one with the mouth and the stones to jolt them back to reality if Romney tanks. I'd hate see it, but love to watch it.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:01:05am |
re: #170 Dark_Falcon
The local government in Atlantic City is a complete joke with state and fed investigations into corruption and a possible state takeover b/c of financial troubles. The AC mayor apparently rebuffed efforts to evacuate to the mainland. Any scorn to the AC mayor is deserved.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:01:35am |
TZB and GSP have reopened to traffic, but people should stay off the roads.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:02:00am |
re: #163 RadicalModerate
Someone needs to explain to the geniuses over at WorldNetDaily that it isn't in their best interests to brag about the fact that they committed wire fraud and violated election donation laws when attempting a "gotcha" campaign.
Sorry about the direct link, no cache yet available for the article.
[Link: www.wnd.com...]
Correct reply: WorldNetDaily should be shut down under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. They have serially committed these sorts of violations, and therefore may be regarded as an enterprise engaged in the ongoing violation of election laws for profit.
/I'm only half-serious, but it sounds fitting.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:02:24am |
re: #159 NJDhockeyfan
WOW...look at these pictures...
Great photos in there. "Cartwheel Girl" is the queen of NYC.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:02:42am |
My daughter's workplace finally announced that it will be closed today (considering that none of its employees can get to Midtown from Brooklyn)
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:04:14am |
re: #173 lawhawk
TZB and GSP have reopened to traffic, but people should stay off the roads.
GSP is the Garden State Parkway, yes?
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:05:26am |
re: #179 Dark_Falcon
Yes - it had been closed from the Southern end to exit 129. Considering that it's one of the major n/s routes through NJ, that's significant.
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Tigger2 Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:06:19am |
re: #177 Sheila Broflovski
My daughter's workplace finally announced that it will be closed today (considering that none of its employees can get to Midtown from Brooklyn)
(considering that none of its employees can get to Midtown from Brooklyn)
That might be a good reason for them to be close today. lol
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:07:51am |
re: #178 Gus
Damn. This guy is a loser. He's still trolling Meghan.
He's a classic misogynist, it seems to me. One of those men who simply does not like strong women and runs them down whenever possible.
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Tigger2 Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:10:13am |
re: #182 Dark_Falcon
He's a classic misogynist, it seems to me. One of those men who simply does not like strong women and runs them down whenever possible.
Some people are just punks that think they are someone important. I hate those kinds of people.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:10:30am |
re: #175 Decatur Deb
Great photos in there. "Cartwheel Girl" is the queen of NYC.
And the shirtless guy is the horse.
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:10:56am |
re: #166 William Barnett-Lewis
I'm not so sure. He's kissed the Koch's asses an awful lot and his actual policy actions are quite far to the right as well. It's simple tactics to be the one who can appear "sane" against Santorum next time even though the practical effect of either in the White House is the same level of national devastation.
He seems sane when compared to the other GOP candidates, but yes, he is still a Republican at heart.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:11:03am |
re: #182 Dark_Falcon
He's a classic misogynist, it seems to me. One of those men who simply does not like strong women and runs them down whenever possible.
True to form he finally brought up... wait for it... Benghazi! Seems to be a trend with these guys. Argumentum ad Benghazi. Besides being a misogynist he's also a douche bag.
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alpuz Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:11:20am |
re: #178 Gus
From his description:
I am an unabashed patriot, a sports fanatic, brutally honest, often vulgar, and I have no tolerance for stupidity. No apologies.
The guy who acts like a dumbass on the internets has 'no tolerance for stupidity,' and in classic wingnut style.. no apologies. Familiar.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:11:43am |
re: #186 NJDhockeyfan
And the shirtless guy is the horse.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:12:23am |
re: #145 Decatur Deb
If the Prez wins, they will have to go sane or go out of business. Lots of popcorn either way.
Unfortunately, I thought that in '06 and '08. But in '10 they gained seats by being more crazy than ever.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:12:23am |
re: #189 alpuz
From his description:
The guy who acts like a dumbass on the internets has 'no tolerance for stupidity,' and in classic wingnut style.. no apologies. Familiar.
If he has no tolerance for stupidity, how does he tolerate himself?
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:12:32am |
Video of the tower crane at One57 failing:
The wind simply flipped the boom over on itself, causing it to crumple and fail. Treated the boom like a sail - once the wind caught it, looks like there was nothing to be done. It was lucky that it didn't collapse and fall right away.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:12:33am |
re: #189 alpuz
From his description:
The guy who acts like a dumbass on the internets has 'no tolerance for stupidity,' and in classic wingnut style.. no apologies. Familiar.
Yep. I got a kick out of his profile saying he's vulgar while complaining about people insulting him. Weird. He's just a kid though. So it seems. Dazed and confused.
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:12:53am |
re: #178 Gus
Damn. This guy is a loser. He's still trolling Meghan.
What do you expect from an "unabashed patriot" whose pic is obviously in a rent-a-tux at a relative's wedding where he was fourth groomsman because mom insisted.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:13:50am |
Gov. Christie presser underway. Currently 2.4 million without power - 2x the number from Irene.
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:14:49am |
re: #196 lawhawk
Gov. Christie presser underway. Currently 2.4 million without power - 2x the number from Irene.
I want to thank the President personally for all his assistance as w recover from the storm.— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 30, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:14:57am |
Full damage assessment may take 24-48 hours; power restoration may take longer than a week. Mutual support from utilities coming from all over country, and Canada.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:15:34am |
re: #198 lawhawk
Full damage assessment may take 24-48 hours; power restoration may take longer than a week. Mutual support from utilities coming from all over country, and Canada.
I gotta try to get a hold of my mother. She was fine last night.
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alpuz Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:15:37am |
re: #192 Dark_Falcon
Exactly.. welcome to the world of those witnessing the wingnut revolution from afar. Cognitive dissonance rules the day.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:16:14am |
Yeesh. I fell asleep and they were trolling Meghan for her climate change Tweet and woke up this morning and they're still trolling her. That's just freaky. They literally fear the concept. Fear, rage and hate.
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:16:51am |
re: #192 Dark_Falcon
If he has no tolerance for stupidity, how does he tolerate himself?
Tweet him _that_ question ;)
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:16:56am |
Christie to employers: unless you can identify safe route to work, keep your employees home.
Rail cars deposited on NJ Turnpike at Cartaret; Exit 10-13 - 7 feet debris field from surge. Washout at Exit 15 between 280 and NJ Turnpike.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:18:20am |
WOAH That's a Dept. of Transportation truck submerged in Battery Park underpass! twitter.com/CanningAndrea/...— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) October 30, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:18:32am |
Washouts on NJ Coast Line; problems on all lines, rail hubs at Hoboken, Secaucus and Newark damaged. Rail yard at Kearny surrounded by floodwaters.
Wastewater treatment facilities with operational issues.
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:19:49am |
re: #123 lawhawk
Hurricane Mr. Blonde
Hurricane Mr. Pink
Hurricane Marcellus Wallace
Hurricane Butch
Hurricane Zed.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:20:10am |
Romney wants to give $5T in cash to the rich, spend $2T more on defense than we need to and deny funds to Americans who need disaster relief— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) October 30, 2012
Hey what about the deficit and generational debt you keep talking about, Mitt?
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:20:12am |
Gallup has some interesting stats that say early voting may proceed differently than thought. An excerpt:
Romney Leads Among Early Voters, Similar to His Likely Voter Lead
Thus far, early voters do not seem to be swaying the election toward either candidate.
Romney currently leads Obama 52% to 45% among voters who say they have already cast their ballots. However, that is comparable to Romney's 51% to 46% lead among all likely voters in Gallup's Oct. 22-28 tracking polling. At the same time, the race is tied at 49% among those who have not yet voted but still intend to vote early, suggesting these voters could cause the race to tighten. However, Romney leads 51% to 45% among the much larger group of voters who plan to vote on Election Day, Nov. 6.
2012 Candidate Preference According to Early Voting Status
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:20:55am |
I like that Christie, in a crisis, leaves ideology behind and focuses on task.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:21:54am |
re: #206 garhighway
Hurricane Zed.
So now we're giving hurricanes Canadian names, eh? Not unfair, since Canada build Hurricanes during WWII using US Packard-Merlin engines.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:23:41am |
Christie on @foxnews praising Pres. Obama's #Sandy response and saying he doesn't give a damn about Romney & politics. youtu.be/Uu2SJbmhu2I— utaustinliberal (@utaustinliberal) October 30, 2012
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:24:42am |
Weird. Seeing this in the normal window for that Tweet:
Http/1.1 Service Unavailable
Video shows up in spy though.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:25:11am |
Downtown #manhattan hit very hard - pic of Whitehall subway station, Plaza shops #sandy mtainsider instagr.am/p/RaNzEZJHfp/— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) October 30, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:25:29am |
Clarification on "levee" failure in Hackensack river; it was a natural berm - not a levee. The storm surge caused a failure and water rescues still underway.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:25:38am |
WTF Donald give it up already NOBODY GIVES A SHIT
Because of the hurricane, I am extending my 5 million dollar offer for President Obama's favorite charity until 12PM on Thursday.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:27:04am |
Unprecedented damage along Jersey coast. - Gov Christie
Expect a similar tale from Long Island and CT coast.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:28:04am |
re: #216 Sheila Broflovski
WTF Donald give it up already NOBODY GIVES A SHIT
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Is it wrong to want the casino king of Atlantic City dropped into AC floodwaters with only his hairpiece to aid him?
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:28:37am |
Christie is pretty impressive. But we learned with Rudy in 2008 that the GOP won't care: unless he eats his moderate social positions, he's unacceptable to the GOP primary electorate.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:29:44am |
re: #216 Sheila Broflovski
WTF Donald give it up already NOBODY GIVES A SHIT
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@realdonaldtrump Dude. Just shut up and give the 5 million for hurricane relief.— Gus (@Gus_802) October 30, 2012
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:30:53am |
@realdonaldtrump You are one sick fuck, just go away.— Eykis (@Eykis) October 30, 2012
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:31:12am |
re: #221 Gus
Excellent idea. Tell us what his response is.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:31:22am |
Rainbow touches down in lower Manhattan #hurricane #sandy instagr.am/p/RaAOQJqMjN/ via @kurtdietrich— New York Post (@NewYorkPost) October 30, 2012
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:31:41am |
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:32:05am |
re: #223 PhillyPretzel
Excellent idea. Tell us what his response is.
He won't respond. There are thousands and thousands of Tweets telling him to FOAD.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:32:40am |
re: #226 Sheila Broflovski
He won't respond. There are thousands and thousands of Tweets telling him to FOAD.
Yeah, pretty much. He's a thick head.
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:34:13am |
(If anyone wants to toss $5 million the Red Cross' way, I'll throw in my college transcripts too.)— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) October 30, 2012
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:35:09am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:35:22am |
The Koskids on Christie's thanks of the POTUS...
Vomitus piece of human flesh (1+ / 0-)
My guess is he will as for federal help. Romney said it when he said it was IMMORAL TO TAKE FEDERAL MONEY. Christie and his friend Donald Trump will now use Federal funds to get those casino's up and running of course with updated everything. Great time to remodel. What a way to get it all done on the tax payers.. Who are these screwballs who don't see these leaches on this country and support them.by cbjim on Tue Oct 30, 2012 at 05:46:02 AM PDT
.............
He's building up credibility. (1+ / 0-)
So that later in the week, when he rips Obama for his inept handling of the crisis, he can say "as you know, at first I thanked Obama..."by doc2 on Tue Oct 30, 2012 at 06:03:10 AM PDT
By then it will be too late (0+ / 0-)
for this obese human balloon to have any credibility.OBAMA/BIDEN 2012! GOTV!
by Bunbun on Tue Oct 30, 2012 at 06:11:48 AM PDT
Progressive!
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:36:30am |
Romney's "storm relief" event is campaign stunt. Shame.He told us in his 47% video that he'd "take advantage" of a tragedy. He meant it.— Russell Schaffer (@RussOnPolitics) October 30, 2012
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:37:53am |
re: #230 NJDhockeyfan
They are also outraged that Mitt is collecting donations for the Red Cross
Mitt Romney attends storm relief event. In Ohio. Sponsored by his campaign.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:38:42am |
WOW...this sucks.
Amusement Park in Seaside Heights is nearly washed out. The log flume is basically in the ocean. #Sandy— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 30, 2012
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:39:00am |
re: #232 Killgore Trout
They are also outraged that Mitt is collecting donations for the Red Cross
Mitt Romney attends storm relief event. In Ohio. Sponsored by his campaign.
You really want to start a squabble about this? OK. Well then. Romney was saying that paying for FEMA was effectively immoral and should be left to the states and even privatized. Any comment on this from you?
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:39:05am |
re: #232 Killgore Trout
They are also outraged that Mitt is collecting donations for the Red Cross
Mitt Romney attends storm relief event. In Ohio. Sponsored by his campaign.
Romney campaign is actually hindering relief efforts with worthless photo-ops.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:39:14am |
re: #232 Killgore Trout
They are also outraged that Mitt is collecting donations for the Red Cross
Mitt Romney attends storm relief event. In Ohio. Sponsored by his campaign.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:40:30am |
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:40:45am |
From the Red Cross FAQ.
I would like to donate clothes, cars or other items to charity. Does the American Red Cross accept donated goods?
Unfortunately, due to logistical constraints the Red Cross does not accept or solicit individual donations or collections of items. Items such as collected food, used clothing and shoes must be sorted, cleaned, repackaged and transported which impedes the valuable resources of money, time, and personnel.
The Red Cross does accept bulk quantities of product and services when these items meet our service delivery needs. These donations typically come from manufacturers, suppliers, and/or distributors that can package the items in bulk, palletize them and transport them directly to Red Cross sites. Financial contributions allow the Red Cross to purchase exactly what is needed for a disaster relief operation. Monetary donations also enable the Red Cross to purchase relief supplies close to the disaster site which avoids delays and transportation costs in getting basic necessities to disaster victims. Because the affected community has generally experienced significant economic loss, purchasing relief supplies in or close to the disaster site also helps to stimulate the weakened local economy.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:41:01am |
I see. Use hurricane Sandy to whine about Daily Kos. Another morning at LGF. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:41:24am |
I bet his stress level is pretty high.
Gov. Christie is feeling sick, got only two hours of sleep. Says Obama woke him up once. "He gets to," Christie said. bit.ly/S5Ko8d— New York Daily News (@nydailynews) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:43:15am |
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:43:22am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:43:26am |
It's lightly snowing at my house right now. Glad I don't live an hour west of here.
New snow totals from #Sandy: Redhouse, MD 26", Alpine Lake, WV 24", Newfound Gap, TN 18"— Mike Bettes (@TWCMikeBettes) October 30, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:44:55am |
People need to STFU and get out of the way of EMS responding to help those in need. Pundits, politicos, etc. And idiot bloggers/twitters can STFU if they're bloviating about this reaction or that reaction.
Christie is thinking about getting what's needed for millions of NJ residents who have been harmed by the storm. Millions without power. Power that might not be restored for weeks due to the unprecedented damage. SAR underway across the state including water rescues.
And the situation is probably the same across LI and CT shore areas.
The only thing worse than the storm is the reaction by the idiots to the storm.
BTW - getting those casinos reopened is actually quite important. The tax revenues from the casinos is critical to the state budget. It's a huge tourism hit - and the damage will harm tourism for years to come.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:46:11am |
Some idiot stole my Obama sign last night. In Alabama--what the hell for?
Trying to get the word to local websites that every time I buy a replacement, that's another five bucks in Obama's tip jar.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:46:47am |
NYC bridges are starting to reopen to traffic.
PATH however will probably be out for week to 10 days.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:46:58am |
re: #234 Gus
You really want to start a squabble about this? OK. Well then. Romney was saying that paying for FEMA was effectively immoral and should be left to the states and even privatized. Any comment on this from you?
No answer from "Killgore" or whatever his name is. I expected that.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:47:11am |
Time-lapse video capturing Sandy hitting the city from about noon yesterday until 9:30 a.m.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:47:47am |
re: #247 Gus
No answer from "Killgore" or whatever his name is. I expected that.
Give him time to land. He parachuted a long way.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:48:36am |
Help those affected by #Hurricane #Sandy: Donate to the Red Cross by texting "RedCross" to 90999 or redcross.org/donate/index.j…
— Karl Rove (@KarlRove) October 30, 2012
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Kronocide Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:48:54am |
re: #242 Dark_Falcon
Progressive!
Haters are gonna hate. Those who have decided the other side is pure evil will never give that other side any credit.
You win the Irony Award for today.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:49:59am |
If your troll post can be shot down in mere seconds...
You are doing it wrong.
;)
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:50:43am |
re: #237 Killgore Trout
Oops sorry about that
[Link: www.dailykos.com...]
Sign at the Romney storm relief event in Kettering Ohio this AM. twitter.com/mikiebarb/stat...— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) October 30, 2012
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:51:04am |
re: #251 Kronocide
You win the Irony Award for today.
Ah, but I don't think the Democrats are pure evil and I inveighed against those same kind of haters going after Obama just yesterday, and I've done so numerous times. But if Barack Obama does not deserve that kind of hate, neither does Chris Christie.
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:51:07am |
re: #244 lawhawk
I am far from a Christie fan, he is too nasty for my midwestern tastes, and I am quite liberal, but he is handling this very well. I don't care what political flavor you are, taking care of the people under your purview is all that matters. Christie and Booker are doing amazing work in NJ.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:51:47am |
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:52:50am |
re: #256 Joanne
I am far from a Christie fan, he is too nasty for my midwestern tastes, and I am quite liberal, but he is handling this very well. I don't care what political flavor you are, taking care of the people under your purview is all that matters. Christie and Booker are doing amazing work in NJ.
New Jersey has been messed up for so long that the man who can fix it is going to need to be somewhat nasty.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:52:51am |
re: #255 Dark_Falcon
Ah, but I don't think the Democrats are pure evil and I inveighed against those same kind of haters going after Obama just yesterday, and I've done so numerous times. But if Barack Obama does not deserve that kind of hate, neither does Chris Christie.
I haven't seen anyone complaining about Christie either here or on my Twitter timeline. All I've seen is KT trying to create a controversy that isn't here and once again whine about Daily Kos.
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:53:06am |
Because nothing says 'help the victims' like a heartwarming piece about Mitt Romney's humble beginnings.
Romney campaign now playing their campaign video from the RNC at their charity concert in Ohio for Sandy victims.— Chris Laible (@ChrisLaibleFN) October 30, 2012
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:54:11am |
re: #258 Dark_Falcon
New Jersey has been messed up for so long that the man who can fix it is going to need to be somewhat nasty.
Yeah, bitching at a constituent who called into a radio interview...yup, nasty is what was called for. Total bullshit.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:54:29am |
re: #260 darthstar
So in what way has he suspended his campaign?
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:54:34am |
Kos?
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:55:03am |
re: #259 Gus
I haven't seen anyone complaining about Christie either here or on my Twitter timeline. All I've seen is KT trying to create a controversy that isn't here and once again whine about Daily Kos.
It was NJD Hockey Fan who posted the attack on Gov. Christie on the Daily Kos.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:55:45am |
Romney's event today is NOT a campaign event. It's just a way to celebrate the billions he wants to cut from FEMA.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) October 30, 2012
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:57:31am |
The Obama camp is also urging donations to the red cross
Romney, Obama Volunteers Campaign Through Sandy
“Through emails, on Facebook, Twitter and BarackObama.com, supporters are being invited to donate to the Red Cross to support the relief effort,” Obama for America Virginia Press Secretary Marianne von Nordeck said in an email Monday.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:59:18am |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
The Obama camp is also urging donations to the red cross
Romney, Obama Volunteers Campaign Through Sandy
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 7:59:18am |
Dear Wealth Creators: Get off your asses and fix the subways.— rootless (@root_e) October 30, 2012
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alpuz Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:00:12am |
re: #250 Dark_Falcon
That really is a wonderful gesture by Karl. A tweet. From the guy who coordinated a what, billion dollar ad campaign against the political party who doesn't want to slash funding to FEMA.
My heart swells..
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wrenchwench Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:00:36am |
re: #264 Dark_Falcon
It was NJD Hockey Fan who posted the attack on Gov. Christie on the Daily Kos.
NJDhockeyfan posts on the Daily Kos?
/?
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:00:38am |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
The Obama camp is also urging donations to the red cross
Romney, Obama Volunteers Campaign Through Sandy
Meanwhile, while the President is being a leader during a disaster, Romney is pandering for votes under the guise of disaster relief. Will he be holding "fundraiser" events on November 7/after? No way in Hell.
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:00:44am |
re: #255 Dark_Falcon
Ah, but I don't think the Democrats are pure evil and I inveighed against those same kind of haters going after Obama just yesterday, and I've done so numerous times. But if Barack Obama does not deserve that kind of hate, neither does Chris Christie.
You are right: Christie doesn't deserve that. It's a shame that he has no future in the national GOP.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:00:52am |
Ahead of Sandy, Obama and Romney Request Red Cross Contributions
“On Facebook, Twitter, and BarackObama.com, supporters are being invited to donate to the Red Cross to support the relief effort.”
Indeed, on Mr. Obama’s campaign website, there is a button in the lower-right that connects supporters to the Red Cross, and related messages were posted to his Facebook and Twitter pages.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:00:57am |
re: #268 Sheila Broflovski
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The subways are sort of 47%-ish, Mayor Bloomberg aside.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:01:32am |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
The Obama camp is also urging donations to the red cross
Romney, Obama Volunteers Campaign Through Sandy
And unlike Romney, aren't screwing up by trying to collect supplies themselves.
I gotta say, from the scientists predicting this right to the authorities being very direct and clear (aside from AC's mayor) about evacuation, this has shown the strength of science and government in helping people. It's a difficult moment to try to sell Romney's anti-government, privatize-FEMA stance.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:02:21am |
States along the East Coast are preparing for Hurricane Sandy--support American Red Cross disaster relief efforts here: OFA.BO/v9CrHz— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 28, 2012
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Mattand Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:02:24am |
re: #258 Dark_Falcon
New Jersey has been messed up for so long that the man who can fix it is going to need to be somewhat nasty.
re: #261 Joanne
Yeah, bitching at a constituent who called into a radio interview...yup, nasty is what was called for. Total bullshit.
Screaming at teachers in town hall meetings and posting it to YouTube isn't good government, it's pandering to the Neanderthals in your base.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:02:28am |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
Killgore, you need to earn back some goodwill here. Talk about your garden in your next post and humanize yourself somewhat. Because right now a number of people are annoyed with you for what they see as you trolling.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:02:51am |
re: #250 Dark_Falcon
What a guy. He had a staff member post a tweet!
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alpuz Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:03:20am |
re: #276 Obdicut
They're gonna give it that ole well funded college trust fund try!
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:03:43am |
If kos is fair game to tar all liberals then I'll bring up redstate.
You really wanna have this fight of the crazy? Because conservative blogs win that no freaking contest.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:04:06am |
re: #279 Dark_Falcon
Killgore, you need to earn back some goodwill here. Talk about your garden in your next post and humanize yourself somewhat. Because right now a number of people are annoyed with you for what they see as you trolling.
U 2 pal.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:04:36am |
Bloomberg presser underway. Massive damage. 23 serious fires across NYC. Breezy Point fire - 80+ houses destroyed.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:04:38am |
re: #270 wrenchwench
NJDhockeyfan posts on the Daily Kos?
/?
[eyeroll] (As a lady, WW cannot be SMACKed.)
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:05:30am |
re: #286 Dark_Falcon
[eyeroll] (As a lady, WW cannot be SMACKed.)
Not with the wrench she's wielding...
*Ducks*
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:05:46am |
re: #283 Varek Raith
If kos is fair game to tar all liberals then I'll bring up redstate.
You really wanna have this fight of the crazy? Because conservative blogs win that no freaking contest.
Fox Nation.
Game over.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:06:05am |
re: #283 Varek Raith
If kos is fair game to tar all liberals then I'll bring up redstate.
You really wanna have this fight of the crazy? Because conservative blogs win that no freaking contest.
Go for it. I'm sick of the haters. Go ahead and expose them, I'm not defending redstate.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:06:53am |
Former New Jersey Republican Governor Christine Todd Whitman: "Gov. Romney should just stay quiet for now." twitter.com/keithboykin/st...— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 30, 2012
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:07:03am |
I'd love to see the Democrats re-raise the topic of spending on weather satellites now.
Do you like how we were able to predict that it was going to curve back and hit land? Well, that was due to computer models and data sets gathered by satellites, and unfortunately, the European models were better than ours. You want to get beaten by Europe? You comfortable taking second place to Europe in science and technology? Because that's where we're headed, if the GOP keeps hostage-taking the budget.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:07:06am |
re: #283 Varek Raith
If kos is fair game to tar all liberals then I'll bring up redstate.
You really wanna have this fight of the crazy? Because conservative blogs win that no freaking contest.
Pamela Geller thinks Obama is hindering relief efforts
Did anyone see the asshat in chief seizing the narrative on a little rain? Where was this same gravity and priority when our embassies in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia were being attacked? President Hussein, local officials can handle the rain. Get out of the way.
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:07:08am |
Is the GWB open yet? We're thinking of going to NJ to get the m-i-l.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:07:26am |
This is unreal #manhattan #brooklynbatterytunnel #flooded | time's photo instagr.am/p/RaP90Hq64W/— Daniel Wroclawski (@danwroc) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:08:13am |
re: #294 Killgore Trout
Pamela Geller thinks Obama is hindering relief efforts
Oh god Benghazi.
Also, way to downplay the storm, Pam.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:08:57am |
Well, that was a dumb choice of words on my part.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:08:58am |
re: #295 garhighway
Is the GWB open yet? We're thinking of going to NJ to get the m-i-l.
16 minutes ago...
Cars are lining up for the opening of the George Washington Bridge in about 1.5 hrs. #Sandy #NYC— Dave Walker (@LockjawTheOgre) October 30, 2012
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:09:14am |
re: #297 Varek Raith
Oh god Benghazi.
Also, way to undermine the storm, Pam.
I was hoping she'd blame the hurricane on Muslims or sharia.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:09:54am |
re: #296 NJDhockeyfan
That's actually the bypass to the tunnel - not the tunnel itself. There's also a tunnel to the FDR from West Street under the Battery that is also completely submerged. They'll be able to start pumping those dry this morning.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:12:23am |
re: #297 Varek Raith
Oh god Benghazi.
Also, way to downplay the storm, Pam.
Post two piece of right-wing insanity please, Varek. I've got something from the other side I want to post after that's done.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:13:00am |
NYC schools closed tomorrow; city offices will attempt to be open tomorrow b/c of need to help residents. Reserve 911 for emergency calls - not for other issues.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:13:13am |
Love this story...
Meet FDNY’s one-woman Twitter response team guiding New Yorkers through storm
As Hurricane Sandy barreled down on the northeast Monday, a one-woman response team at the Fire Department of New York monitored Twitter through the night to help people in need.
Emily Rahimi, a seven-year veteran at the FDNY, kept New Yorkers updated on developments from a storm that flooded many parts of the city Monday night through the official department Twitter feed. In a flurry of more than 100 tweets, Rahimi, who was still working at her desk Tuesday morning, replied to cries for help sent out on the social media service, passed along updates from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and followed up when New Yorkers posted tweets of thanks.
"I was just tweeting to people who were not able to get through to 911," Rahimi told Yahoo News.
Rahimi posted updates to the official FDNY Twitter account urging those facing emergencies to dial 911. Because the response effort was divided between city government agencies, calling 911 allowed dispatchers to filter out assignments instead of every request going to the Fire Department.
"*Do not* tweet emergency calls," Rahimi wrote as the storm hit.
But for those unable to access a phone or who could not get through, Rahimi was there to help.
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:13:35am |
re: #302 Dark_Falcon
Post two piece of right-wing insanity please, Varek. I've got something from the other side I want to post after that's done.
This is not a game of Snap. Post it or don't.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:13:39am |
re: #302 Dark_Falcon
Post two piece of right-wing insanity please, Varek. I've got something from the other side I want to post after that's done.
I was trolling with that comment of mine.
:)
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:15:02am |
I can never get the comments section on FoxNation to show up.
Bug or blessing?
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:15:12am |
re: #302 Dark_Falcon
Post two piece of right-wing insanity please, Varek. I've got something from the other side I want to post after that's done.
Give it a fucking rest and go listen to Limbaugh later. You're acting like Romney when he thought he had a gotcha against the President re: act of terror.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:15:27am |
re: #307 Varek Raith
I can never get the comments section on FoxNation to show up.
Bug or blessing?
Blessing.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:16:59am |
re: #305 The Ghost of a Flea
This is not a game of Snap. Post it or fucking don't.
OK:
All Class: Ad Vows to ‘C*ck Punch’ Mitt Romney – Viewer Discretion Advised
This ad, produced by Michael Moore in cooperation with MoveOn.Org, purports to carry a message from the Greatest Generation. That message is to Republicans and Mitt Romney: “If your voter suppression throughout this beautiful country enables Romney to oust Barack Obama, we will burn this mother f*cker down.” There’s more: “I’m going to track down Mitt Romney and give him the world’s biggest c*ck punch.” The final speaker vows to watch us all having sex, or something.
Suffice it to say, the ad is more Michael Moore than Greatest Generation.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:17:30am |
re: #307 Varek Raith
I can never get the comments section on FoxNation to show up.
Bug or blessing?
Drop your psywar shields.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:18:16am |
re: #308 efuseakay
Give it a fucking rest and go listen to Limbaugh later. You're acting like Romney when he thought he had a gotcha against the President re: act of terror.
I'm not a Limbaugh fan and I've made that clear enough. Save your insults for when they might be accurate.
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jaunte Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:18:51am |
re: #294 Killgore Trout
Did anyone see the asshat in chief seizing the narrative on a little rain?
She never misses a chance to show off the size of her soul.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:20:06am |
Michael Moore is a douche canoe.
BTW, what the hell is a 'douche canoe' anyway???
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:20:15am |
The Mitt Romney plan is to give FEMA $ to cash-strapped states so they can ask the Feds for emergency $ anyway.— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 30, 2012
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:20:56am |
re: #310 Dark_Falcon
OK:
All Class: Ad Vows to ‘C*ck Punch’ Mitt Romney – Viewer Discretion Advised
We had this discussion upthread and in previous threads. Michael Moore is not venerated spokesperson for liberal or progressive thought, he is a fimmaker with a partcular political bent. Do not hold him up as anything but that.
Speaking of venerated spokespersons, what has Rush had to say about the storm?
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:20:57am |
re: #314 Varek Raith
Michael Moore is a douche canoe.
BTW, what the hell is a 'douche canoe' anyway???
A douche the size of a canoe.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:21:10am |
Opportunist Romney floats visit to NJ to see damage and Christie says "Don't bother" #RomneyInFreefall— Mo Latno Bill Phelan (@MoBill) October 30, 2012
Hurricane #Sandy's economic toll is poised to exceed $20 billion | bloom.bg/SrvQDg— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:21:27am |
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jaunte Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:21:43am |
re: #314 Varek Raith
Michael Moore is a douche canoe.
BTW, what the hell is a 'douche canoe' anyway???
Looks like a douche both coming and going.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:21:47am |
re: #314 Varek Raith
Michael Moore is a douche canoe.
BTW, what the hell is a 'douche canoe' anyway???
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:22:07am |
re: #316 AK-47%
We had this discussion upthread and in previous threads. Michael Moore is not venerated spokesperson for liberal or progressive thought, he is a fimmaker with a partcular political bent. Do not hold him up as anything but that.
Speaking of venerated spokespersons, what has Rush had to say about the storm?
How would I know? I don't listen to that asshole.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:22:29am |
re: #310 Dark_Falcon
OK:
All Class: Ad Vows to ‘C*ck Punch’ Mitt Romney – Viewer Discretion Advised
This ad, produced by Michael Moore in cooperation with MoveOn.Org, purports to carry a message from the Greatest Generation.
A douchebag and a group of idiots. A match made in heaven!
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:22:36am |
re: #318 Gus
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20 billion is a lot for a 'little rain'.
Got 7 inches at the house.
Yep. Little rain. Oh and a peak gust of 64.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:22:43am |
re: #312 Dark_Falcon
I'm not a Limbaugh fan and I've made that clear enough. Save your insults for when they might be accurate.
Good for you. Too bad he runs the GOP.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:22:45am |
Bloomberg doesn't really smile when he tells a joke, but his sign language interpreter tries to for him.— Jim Roberts (@nytjim) October 30, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:23:17am |
NJ Transit suspended until further notice. They have to check 500 miles of rail - and there are reports of washouts and other damage to tracks and equipment statewide.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:23:38am |
Lost a grill cover. It's down the street I presume.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:25:06am |
I got a rain gauge and an anemometer.
/NERD!
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:25:08am |
re: #327 lawhawk
NJ Transit suspended until further notice. They have to check 500 miles of rail - and there are reports of washouts and other damage to tracks and equipment statewide.
4 to 5 days according to Bloomberg. For the subway.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:25:11am |
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:25:25am |
RT @reuters: FLASH - New York City subway service not likely to resume for four to five days: mayor— Jim Roberts (@nytjim) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:25:52am |
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:26:22am |
Whoa bit.ly/RqoM97— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) October 30, 2012
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:26:31am |
Hubby saw that the fence was down...but completely missed the downed tree. Talk about seeing the forest for the tree. (And yes, I teased him mercilessly! :-)
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alpuz Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:26:32am |
re: #315 Gus
Exactly. Let's check conservative golden boy, no big gubmint, Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker's record on that.
[Link: www.northlandsnewscenter.com...]
more.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:28:29am |
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:29:04am |
re: #336 alpuz
Exactly. Let's check conservative golden boy, no big gubmint, and Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker's record on that.
[Link: www.northlandsnewscenter.com...]
more.
fer f*cks sake, there are some disasters that cross state lines. that is what the federal government is there for...to coordinate aid efforts. what the f*ck is so hard to understand about that necessity?
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:29:23am |
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:30:12am |
re: #312 Dark_Falcon
I'm not a Limbaugh fan and I've made that clear enough. Save your insults for when they might be accurate.
Funny. So now acting like Mitt is an insult. Classic.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:30:37am |
Sandy ain't finished yet.
Nat'l Weather Service: #Sandy has already caused second-highest wave ever recorded (20.3 ft) at southern Lake Michigan mid-lake buoy.— Suntimes (@Suntimes) October 30, 2012
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:30:43am |
re: #314 Varek Raith
Michael Moore is a douche canoe.
BTW, what the hell is a 'douche canoe' anyway???
When you're such a big douche that a bag simply won't do.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:30:46am |
Video of #Sandy making big waves on Chicago lakefront: trib.in/TTrfeV— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:31:04am |
re: #335 Joanne
Hubby saw that the fence was down...but completely missed the downed tree. Talk about seeing the forest for the tree. (And yes, I teased him mercilessly! :-)
Yes, but the FENCE!!!11ty.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:31:37am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:31:49am |
Me, cabinet members & senior staff watch live video from @njsp helicopter as it surveys damage over Seaside Park #Sandy twitter.com/GovChristie/st...— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 30, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:34:02am |
JFK to reopen tomorrow (tentative); LGA closed due to damage. Holland and Battery tunnels closed due to flooding. Rockaway bridges closed; other bridges to reopen later today.
National unwatering SWAT team on route to NYC to assist. - Gov. Cuomo.
Cuomo been on two calls with President.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:34:09am |
The Christie administration is monitoring the Oyster Creak nuclear power plant that lost part of its power and declared an “alert” due to rising water levels Monday night.
Generators are powering the plant in New Jersey’s Lacey Township to keep the fuel cool. The nuclear facility lost a portion of its warning-alarm system Monday night, but other warning signals continued to function, Gov. Chris Christie said in statement Tuesday.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that the plant remains in “safe condition” and federal and state inspectors are on site at the plant, which had been shut down before the storm.
[Link: blogs.wsj.com...]
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:34:57am |
re: #348 lawhawk
JFK to reopen tomorrow (tentative); LGA closed due to damage. Holland and Battery tunnels closed due to flooding. Rockaway bridges closed; other bridges to reopen later today.
National unwatering SWAT team on route to NYC to assist. - Gov. Cuomo.
Cuomo been on two calls with President.
Unwatering SWAT.
Badass.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:35:32am |
re: #350 Varek Raith
The Christie administration is monitoring the Oyster Creak nuclear power plant that lost part of its power and declared an “alert” due to rising water levels Monday night.
Generators are powering the plant in New Jersey’s Lacey Township to keep the fuel cool. The nuclear facility lost a portion of its warning-alarm system Monday night, but other warning signals continued to function, Gov. Chris Christie said in statement Tuesday.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that the plant remains in “safe condition” and federal and state inspectors are on site at the plant, which had been shut down before the storm.
[Link: blogs.wsj.com...]
View our Outage Info. site for the latest outage stats, how to report ur outage, what to do if u lose power and more: bit.ly/S8Fk2U— PSE&G (@PSEGdelivers) October 30, 2012
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:35:56am |
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:36:28am |
I want to thank the President personally for all his assistance as w recover from the storm.— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:36:42am |
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garhighway Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:37:02am |
Interesting that Schumer is with Bloomberg, not Cuomo.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:37:24am |
[Link: twitter.com...]
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:38:08am |
Cuomo goes off on climate change denialists;
we're having 100 year floods/events every 2 years now...
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:38:11am |
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alpuz Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:39:33am |
re: #339 AK-47%
No argument here. I imagine a future where FEMA has been slashed, the responsibility lies with the state, and along comes some form of disaster. Whether it be a hurricane, a drought, or just the maple syrup crop is suffering.
I can hear the response from my current Governor. It will echo the response he gave during the lead up to the 2010 elections, 'balancing' the state budget, and cuts to public education.
We're Broke.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:41:19am |
Outdoor cat couldn't wait to get back outside. She was going crazy. She went out the door and promptly came back in, jumped in a box, and went to sleep.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:41:34am |
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:42:16am |
MTA - Joe Lhota. Entire MTA region affected.
Subway tubes underwater. Rail yards flooded 207th; 148th Street.
Joreleamon St tunnel will be cleared shortly.
Boat on tracks in Ossining. No service on LIRR - flooding on West Side Yards and Sunnyside.
Vehicle tunnels flooded.
No buses or subways have damage - a huge bonus. Only tracks/equipment. South Street station is completely submerged - to ceiling.
That will still take time to repair.
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Eventual Carrion Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:42:51am |
re: #353 NJDhockeyfan
I can see the Loc Ness Monster!
//
Ha, that was my first thought when I saw the humps too.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:43:28am |
So...
When's the NYPD gonna ticket boats for being illegally parked?
/
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R.M, Ramallo Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:44:08am |
re: #100 ProGunLiberal
Worried about Ohio and voting. Cleveland is out of power, and that seems to be what carried the state in 2008.
Kasich could decide to go as scheduled, with Cleveland having depressed turnout, and swinging the state Red.
Don't worry.
The power is always out in Cleveland.
Bad weather is a given on the lake.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:44:29am |
re: #366 Varek Raith
So...
When's the NYPD gonna ticket boats for being illegally parked?
/
All douche canoes will be towed.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:45:03am |
B&H expect their employees to come in at 12:30, by cab, carpool, bike, hitchhike, or hoof it.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:45:24am |
Sir, your cargo ship is illegally parked atop a hotel. You have 1 hour to move it.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:46:28am |
Look at all these evil government workers, bastards eh? twitter.com/coughlan616/st...— Dick Coughlan (@coughlan616) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:48:08am |
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:50:04am |
re: #310 Dark_Falcon
OK:
All Class: Ad Vows to ‘C*ck Punch’ Mitt Romney – Viewer Discretion Advised
Ah. Another round of People With No Standing In the Democratic Party Say Something, Therefore All Democrats Are Culpable; Republicans Are Not Required To Answer For Their Own Statements, Let Alone Those Of The Loony Pundits They Buddy Around With And Actively Court.
Zero Chance the hyperbole was for comic effect. Also zero chance that "burn this motherfucker down" is idiomatic rather than literal. Excuse me while I don my clutching pearls.
And no, I don't like Moore or the ad. I wish Moore would STFU and go away. But I'm not buying the frame and the conclusions drawn on such sites as FreeRepublic, PJMedia, and WorldNetDaily...all of which are presenting this as The Most Horrible Thing ever. The circulation of this as "proof that all Democrats are violent" through the usual suspects of the RWNJ underbelly is particularly ripe, given the fairly routine calls to arms and the occasional fully articulated fantasy article of suburban militias gunning down "Minority Urban Youth" rioting. (Warning: Freeper Link). To say nothing of actual elected officials talking "second amendment solutions" and/or speculating about secession.
It's like above and beyond IOIYAR there's the advanced level "any use of violent language by a Democrat means all of them are horribly bestially violent...but we're totally going to fantasize about using our guns to protect ourselves from them and the Federal Government and/or killing and imprisoning people that we don't like, but you're not allowed to draw any conclusions about our state of mind from that."
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:50:05am |
re: #371 Gus
Look at all these evil government workers, bastards eh?
I read that the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was sent to Japan to provide trunami relief. Would love to have been there with the captain when he presented his credentials and declared "We're from the US government and we're here to help you!"
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:51:48am |
re: #375 AK-47%
I read that the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was sent to Japan to provide trunami relief. Would love to have been there with the captain when he presented his credentials and declared "We're from the US government and we're here to help you!"
But. But. The military isn't government!
//
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:52:30am |
re: #375 AK-47%
I read that the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was sent to Japan to provide trunami relief. Would love to have been there with the captain when he presented his credentials and declared "We're from the US government and we're here to help you!"
1917!
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Interesting Times Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:52:41am |
Stay classy, Mitt ... stay classy, twitter.com/Ari_Shapiro/st...— CC (@canadiancynic) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:53:56am |
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:53:57am |
Chutzpa
Family sues FBI in fatal shooting of Detroit imam
Luqman Abdullah was killed when agents tried to arrest him at a Dearborn warehouse in 2009. He and his allies were accused of dealing stolen goods in an FBI sting operation.
A lawsuit filed Friday in federal court accuses the FBI of using excessive force in Abdullah's death. He was shot 20 times. The FBI has defended what happened, saying Abdullah was armed and resisted arrest.
The Michigan attorney general said the shooting was justified. The U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division also found no wrongdoing.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:57:17am |
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:59:02am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 8:59:22am |
BREAKING: We are looking into reports of looting at the Southstreet Seaport #nyc #hurricane #sandy instagr.am/p/RaVbIyIr5K/— New York Post (@NewYorkPost) October 30, 2012
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:00:23am |
re: #388 NJDhockeyfan
Oy Vey. The looting is starting.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:02:01am |
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:02:59am |
Seaside Heights Boardwalk : significant damage instagr.am/p/RaGzjYw9b3/— Dan Bowens (@danbowens) October 30, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:03:35am |
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:03:46am |
I'll bet he fired all the employees who didn't come in to work.
People having a great time in the Trump Tower atrium ---unlike others, I stayed open. fb.me/28ipnxFqk— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
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Kronocide Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:04:46am |
re: #396 Sheila Broflovski
Donald Trump, CEO of AMERICAFUCKYEAH!
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:04:59am |
Yes, Donald, let's encourage people to take to the flooded roads.
Fucktard.
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:05:23am |
re: #376 Gus
But. But. The military isn't government!
//
Neither is Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Keep the government's mitts off my...!
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:05:25am |
MTA buses will resume beginning tonight at 5pm. Full bus service tomorrow.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:06:12am |
Breaking: @mittromney to buy a case of Store Brand Lima Beans and hand deliver them to the Eastern Seaboard. Because #HeFeelsYourPain— Fresh Brew (@TheFreshBrew) October 30, 2012
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Eventual Carrion Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:06:13am |
re: #396 Sheila Broflovski
I'll bet he fired all the employees who didn't come in to work.
People having a great time in the Trump Tower atrium ---unlike others, I stayed open. fb.me/28ipnxFqk
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
Yeah, and Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Assholes do all kinds of shit to boost their ego at the expense of others.
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:06:28am |
re: #392 Gus
Beck: 'When the Navy Seals Called the President, He Let Them Die'
The Derpship has issued orders. By His Command!
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:06:50am |
LaGuardia the morning after Sandy blew into town. #laguardia #nyc #manhattan #hurricanesandy instagr.am/p/RaZOseDVhy/— Joel Peterson (@joelyoh) October 30, 2012
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:08:29am |
re: #401 lawhawk
SEPTA website is slow. I am checking to see if buses and trains are running
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:08:41am |
re: #406 Varek Raith
Hurricane
SandyBenghazi
Brought to you buy the same folks that brought you imaginary WMDs.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:08:42am |
Dear Undecided Voters, THIS photo is all you really need to know about #Election2012 [PIC click to enlarge]: twitter.com/Path2Enlighten...— Path2Enlightenment (@Path2Enlighten) October 29, 2012
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:09:36am |
re: #403 Eventual Carrion
Yeah, and Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Assholes do all kinds of shit to boost their ego at the expense of others.
Nero actually tried to put the fire out. He was out of Rome when it started, but rushed back and funded the attempt to control it personally.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:10:26am |
I have a seven year old who is going to DIIIIEEEE because Halloween isn't tonight.
I'm thinking about the kids whose Halloween consists of knowing that they have a home that will need a lot of work before they can get back in.
Not that I would rain on his parade and try to make him feel guilty. He's seven, and nature's going to rain on him on Wednesday, anyway.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:10:29am |
We want answers NOW!
Hearings for 9/11 begin until 18 months after. Even then we were all told to OBEY or else be called a traitor. Now? Not so much.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:10:52am |
re: #411 Obdicut
Nero actually tried to put the fire out. He was out of Rome when it started, but rushed back and funded the attempt to control it personally.
Yeah, and Marie Antoinette never really said "Let them eat cake."
But hey, why let actual history get in the way of a good old meme?
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:11:03am |
re: #411 Obdicut
Nero actually tried to put the fire out. He was out of Rome when it started, but rushed back and funded the attempt to control it personally.
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:11:55am |
SEPTA is up and running limited service [Link: www.septa.org...]
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:13:06am |
Pro-Akin Bus Tour to Feature Advocate of Violent Insurrection
The Family Research Council is organizing another Religious Right bus tour to bolster Todd Akin’s campaign for U.S. Senate in Missouri against Sen. Claire McCaskill. The “Repeal and Replace McCaskill Tour” will feature prominent conservative figures like Mike Huckabee, Tony Perkins and Phyllis Schlafly and lesser-known activists like Stephen Broden.
...
While Akin seeks to distance himself from his past support for militia groups and radical anti-abortion rights groups and their leaders, the inclusion of Broden on the bus tour only highlights Akin’s close relationship with the most extreme elements of the far-right.
But remember, an old lady said "Burn this motherfucker down," so we best be locked and loaded.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:13:16am |
re: #344 Gus
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Wind is pretty high here now. I've seen worse, but going out is going to be unpleasant.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:14:43am |
It looks like I'm not the only one thinking about the kids:
[Link: www.myfoxny.com...]
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:16:01am |
Snooki is a lot like Hurricane #Sandy. They're both heading to The Jersey Shore with intentions to blow everyone within a 50 mile radius.— Adam Sandler (@AdamSandIler) October 30, 2012
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:18:05am |
re: #398 Kronocide
Donald Trump, CEO of AMERICAFUCKYEAH!
Except that if the characters of "Team America" existed in real life, right now they'd be using their helicopter and mini-submarine to try to help people stranded by flood waters or deliver supplies. By the movie's logic, Donald Trump is what he we have been saying he is: An Asshole.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:18:39am |
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:21:54am |
Michael Moore (citizen) says something stupid... All liberals are meanies.
A Republican official that actually has an effect on policy says rape is God's will... Move along. Move along.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:22:35am |
Pool reporter attempted to ask Romney if he would eliminate FEMA as president at event in OH.He did not respond.— Jim Acosta (@jimacostacnn) October 30, 2012
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HappyWarrior Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:23:30am |
re: #424 Gus
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Of course not. I'd love to see him pressed on this. But I ain't holding my breath.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:24:14am |
Where's my hurl bucket?
Seven weeks after a U.S. ambassador was murdered and there are still no answers.
| 427 |
Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:24:33am |
re: #422 Dark_Falcon
Alex, I'd like A Sense of Humor for $200, please.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:25:39am |
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:27:11am |
re: #424 Gus
Fewer police! Fewer firefighters! (Fewer teachers!)
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:29:17am |
Mike Huckabee: Vote Against Equality And Choice Or You’ll Go To Hell
HUCKABEE: Many issues are at stake, but some issues are not negotiable: The right to life from conception to natural death. Marriage should be reinforced, not redefined. It is an egregious violation of our cherished principle of religious liberty for the government to force the Church to buy the kind of insurance that leads to the taking of innocent human life.
Your vote will affect the future and be recorded in eternity. Will you vote the values that will stand the test of fire? This is Mike Huckabee asking you to join me November 6th and vote based on values that will stand the test of fire.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:29:26am |
Breezy Point The damage is stupefying. twitpic.com/b8sg51 (Frank Franklin II, AP) via @c_heller— New York Post (@NewYorkPost) October 30, 2012
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:30:16am |
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:30:17am |
re: #428 NJDhockeyfan
All the "shark in flooded street" photoshops are taken from this one shark photo.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:30:19am |
Brooklyn bureau chief @nydnjowasserman reports that @usrepbobturner lost a home in the #BreezyPoint blaze bit.ly/SkKyvM #Sandy— New York Daily News (@nydailynews) October 30, 2012
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HappyWarrior Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:30:40am |
re: #431 The Ghost of a Flea
Mike Huckabee: Vote Against Equality And Choice Or You’ll Go To Hell
Nice. Huckabee showing his true pathetic colors there. Fuck you asshole.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:30:58am |
Bloomberg: More than 80 homes were destroyed in Breezy Point fire. (Image: Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) twitpic.com/b8sxyg— Chris Heller (@c_heller) October 30, 2012
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:31:36am |
Breezy Point, New York was absolutely devastated by #Sandy. (Credit: Frank Franklin II, AP) twitpic.com/b8rz19— The Atlantic Wire (@TheAtlanticWire) October 30, 2012
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:31:49am |
re: #431 The Ghost of a Flea
Mike Huckabee: Vote Against Equality And Choice Or You’ll Go To Hell
Vote against equality and choice and YOU WILL BE in Hell.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:32:27am |
re: #425 HappyWarrior
Of course not. I'd love to see him pressed on this. But I ain't holding my breath.
Oh. He will be pressed. But he won't answer.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:33:02am |
Amazing photo atop nytimes.com of devastation from Breezy Point fire. twitter.com/nytjim/status/...— Jim Roberts (@nytjim) October 30, 2012
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recusancy Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:33:17am |
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HappyWarrior Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:33:32am |
re: #440 efuseakay
Oh. He will be pressed. But he won't answer.
Yeah I hold my breath even more on that one. Guy says all this stupid crap but doesn't expect to have to explain his remarks.
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jaunte Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:33:39am |
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:33:50am |
re: #436 HappyWarrior
Nice. Huckabee showing his true pathetic colors there. Fuck you asshole.
But. But. Michael Moore!!!!!
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:34:26am |
Flooding amounts could have been lower if we just ate less oysters!
400 years of oysters for dinner leaves us less protect from #Sandy & her progeny: An Oyster in the Storm nyti.ms/SWYvNU TY @susanmcp1— Olivia Khalili (@OKL) October 30, 2012
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:34:39am |
re: #443 HappyWarrior
Yeah I hold my breath even more on that one. Guy says all this stupid crap but doesn't expect to have to explain his remarks.
Answers are beneath him. He has a garage elevator and you don't.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:34:48am |
re: #445 efuseakay
But. But. Michael Moore!!!!!
Haha seriously, we're supposed to care about Michael Moore but here's a guy who was one of John McCain and Mitt Romney's biggest opponents for the presidency back in 2008.
| 449 |
The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:35:20am |
re: #434 Sheila Broflovski
All the "shark in flooded street" photoshops are taken from this one shark photo.
Clearly this photo is not a fake, and signifies that sharks are learning to photobomb. Next, sharks will be making simple internet memes.
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gwangung Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:35:28am |
Hand disaster relief to the states? Well, let's see how Romney handled that as a governor....
"This was not unusual for him. He didn’t understand infrastructure improvements. It was just the bottom line. He never visited communities. He never understood the issues. He never sat down with mayors or city managers. He never understood why those things were in the budget," Barrett said. "That money was requested by locals. It was a major league problem.”
"I don't think it was because he was heartless, he just didn't know. That's how he ran his state," Bosley said. "His understanding of why you have government, I don't think he ever had it."
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:35:45am |
Pay wall is still down at The Wall Street Journal.
| 452 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:36:12am |
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:36:19am |
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:36:32am |
re: #445 efuseakay
But. But. Michael Moore!!!!!
Two wrongs don't make a right, and its OK to call attention to left-wing assholes sometimes. It doesn't make right-wing assholes any better, not even comparatively. So "but" nothing. Huckabee is an asshole for his dishonest invocation of Hell.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:36:42am |
re: #452 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Fake, but awesome...
I was laughing out loud at that one.
re: #453 Killgore Trout
I like the "fake but awesome" designation
Image: catstatue.jpg
100% real.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:37:51am |
re: #439 Sheila Broflovski
Vote against equality and choice and YOU WILL BE in Hell.
Equality and choice unless you're a woman, pregnant, gay, or a minority. Or Rapture-worthy: a pregnant, gay, minority woman!
| 457 |
Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:38:16am |
re: #446 NJDhockeyfan
Flooding amounts could have been lower if we just ate less oysters!
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Well, no, it's not about eating fewer, but doing so sustainably. In many cases, human-caused changes to the environment have actually worsened the effects of weather we experience, this is a good example of human carelessness contributing to human misery.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:38:25am |
re: #442 recusancy
Progressive!
Wow. 6 whole people recommended that post.
Here's one off the rec list
Romney just compared relief efforts to trash on a Football Field
They are doing a full court press to politicize this in the dumbest way possible. It's tasteless and stupid.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:39:26am |
re: #446 NJDhockeyfan
Flooding amounts could have been lower if we just ate less oysters!
[Embedded content]
That's not what is being said. It's actually an environmental piece and worth reading.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:39:54am |
Water supply in NYC is "fine." @mikebloomberg: "We put extra chlorine in it." #Sandy— Tom Llamas (@TomLlamas4NY) October 30, 2012
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:40:08am |
re: #453 Killgore Trout
I like the "fake but awesome" designation
Image: catstatue.jpg
Ceiling Cat Watching Over America.
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Varek Raith Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:40:15am |
Well, I was up all night.
Off to bed.
Later.
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recusancy Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:40:49am |
re: #310 Dark_Falcon
OK:
All Class: Ad Vows to ‘C*ck Punch’ Mitt Romney – Viewer Discretion Advised
LOL that's meant to be funny. People get that right?
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:42:06am |
re: #463 recusancy
LOL that's meant to be funny. People get that right?
The way Michael Moore carries on, I don't find it funny. I find it tasteless and inflammatory.
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Big Steve Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:42:08am |
re: #463 recusancy
LOL that's meant to be funny. People get that right?
so that's what goes for humor these days!
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:42:36am |
re: #458 Killgore Trout
Here's one off the rec list
Romney just compared relief efforts to trash on a Football Field
They are doing a full court press to politicize this in the dumbest way possible. It's tasteless and stupid.
Disaster relief is a political subject, especially when one of the candidates thinks that privatizing disaster relief is a good idea, and his party tries to hold disaster relief funds hostage to get cuts in other programs, and defunds the scientific programs that allow us to make these predictions and save lives.
It's completely right to point out the dangers of Romney and the GOP's extremism on the subject of science, climate, and government preparedness.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:43:29am |
re: #460 NJDhockeyfan
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And with that tweet, a hundred howls arose about the "protection of our precious bodily fluids".
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:44:04am |
re: #464 Dark_Falcon
The way Michael Moore carries on, I don't find it funny. I find it tasteless and inflammatory.
MoveOn.ORG finds it 'inspirational'.
Michael Moore helped us produce this moving, inspirational message from the greatest generation.
Stay classy morons.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:44:35am |
re: #454 Dark_Falcon
Two wrongs don't make a right, and its OK to call attention to left-wing assholes sometimes. It doesn't make right-wing assholes any better, not even comparatively. So "but" nothing. Huckabee is an asshole for his dishonest invocation of Hell.
The thing is. The left wing assholes you constantly point out do not make policy.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:44:56am |
re: #465 Big Steve
so that's what goes for humor these days!
Even the Mitt - Zombie video didn't sit right with me. Normally it would have been at least kind of humorous but in today's hate filled politics of demonizing opponents it just felt sort of creepy to me.
| 471 |
gwangung Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:45:14am |
re: #469 efuseakay
The thing is. The left wing assholes you constantly point out do not make policy.
Isn't that kinda important?
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:45:55am |
Yikes!
Cars pile on top of each other at flooded Stone St. parking garage. #Sandy twitter.com/CElizRoberts/s...— Christine Roberts (@CElizRoberts) October 30, 2012
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:47:10am |
re: #470 Killgore Trout
Even the Mitt - Zombie video didn't sit right with me. Normally it would have been at least kind of humorous but in today's hate filled politics of demonizing opponents it just felt sort of creepy to me.
Hahahaha!
Shall I get your fainting couch?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:47:18am |
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recusancy Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:48:03am |
re: #458 Killgore Trout
Here's one off the rec list
Romney just compared relief efforts to trash on a Football Field
They are doing a full court press to politicize this in the dumbest way possible. It's tasteless and stupid.
ok... and?
| 477 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:48:05am |
re: #474 Mostly sane, most of the time.
What caused the color of the water?
The shark victims blood.
| 478 |
gwangung Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:48:13am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:48:27am |
re: #474 Mostly sane, most of the time.
What caused the color of the water?
Oil? Transmission fluid?
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Bipartite Gnomenclature Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:48:43am |
re: #446 NJDhockeyfan
Flooding amounts could have been lower if we just ate less oysters!
[Embedded content]
Are you saying the biosphere can't affect geology?
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:48:45am |
In fact, Romney's statement on disaster relief and government spending in general is so stupid it's just appalling, especially from someone seeking to become President.
Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better.
This kind of extremist confederate talk is poisonous and hearing it from a guy who wants to be head of the federal government is just pathetic. The GOP is running an anti-government platform, and Romney is specifically supporting that here. This was specifically when talking about disaster relief, which is one of the stupidest, stupidest areas to think of 'privatizing'. People who have just had their houses devastated are not in a good position to be served by the private market. Even leaving aside the idiocy of saying 'every time', the fact that he was specifically talking about disaster relief shows either that Romney really holds extremist Tea Party ideology above all practical reality, or he just doesn't care to even understand the realities of disaster relief.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:50:03am |
re: #477 Sheila Broflovski
The shark victims blood.
Shark!
VIDEO THIS MORNING -- Shark swimming in the streets of New York #HurricaneSandy #Sandy #queens #Manhattan 10-30-2012 youtu.be/6jJlpouYrJw— Alofoke Music (@HerreraVip) October 30, 2012
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allegro Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:50:13am |
re: #458 Killgore Trout
Here's one off the rec list
Romney just compared relief efforts to trash on a Football Field
They are doing a full court press to politicize this in the dumbest way possible. It's tasteless and stupid.
Know what's tasteless and stupid? Romney pretending to give a shit with his "nonpolitical" (hahaha!) relief concert in Ohio.
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makeitstop Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:50:55am |
re: #463 recusancy
LOL that's meant to be funny. People get that right?
Even if it's completely unfunny, it still kicks the crap out of RW 'comedians' like Dennis Miller.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:51:22am |
re: #484 allegro
Know what's tasteless and stupid? Romney pretending to give a shit with his "nonpolitical" (hahaha!) relief concert in Ohio.
Hey now! This is a rally for relief not a campaign rally! That's why they played Romney's RNC video. Not political at all. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
//
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:52:31am |
A president can effectively get you killed. He/she can get people around the world killed...
But please don't make jokes about the candidate. That's very upsetting.
Got it.
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gwangung Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:52:58am |
re: #482 Obdicut
In fact, Romney's statement on disaster relief and government spending in general is so stupid it's just appalling, especially from someone seeking to become President.
This kind of extremist confederate talk is poisonous and hearing it from a guy who wants to be head of the federal government is just pathetic. The GOP is running an anti-government platform, and Romney is specifically supporting that here. This was specifically when talking about disaster relief, which is one of the stupidest, stupidest areas to think of 'privatizing'. People who have just had their houses devastated are not in a good position to be served by the private market. Even leaving aside the idiocy of saying 'every time', the fact that he was specifically talking about disaster relief shows either that Romney really holds extremist Tea Party ideology above all practical reality, or he just doesn't care to even understand the realities of disaster relief.
Given his past record, he doesn't care about the subject. He cares how much it costs, but he doesn't care about why it's needed or how to prepare to do it.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:53:33am |
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wrenchwench Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:54:04am |
Not flood waters, no sharks. Just tadpoles in a pond.
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erik_t Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:54:58am |
re: #482 Obdicut
This kind of extremist confederate talk is poisonous and hearing it from a guy who wants to be head of the federal government is just pathetic. The GOP is running an anti-government platform, and Romney is specifically supporting that here.
Exactly. The entire party is fundamentally unserious, and it's really astonishing that so many people are willing to blind themselves to that.
It's also another reminder that the moderate aisle-crossing compromising persona that some ascribe to Romney is wholly false.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:55:01am |
Saw this yesterday.
Romney reverses course, now says "federal government and FEMA" should help in disaster relief thkpr.gs/RmXL35— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) October 30, 2012
Flip-flop Mitt will never stop.
Give it a couple of months and he'll be back to defunding FEMA. Hopefully in a couple of months we won't even know of his whereabouts.
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Dancing along the light of day Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:55:20am |
re: #79 Obdicut
Read John D. MacDonald's "Condominium". You will love it!
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:56:04am |
Dems nervous, GOP upbeat as vote nears
There's no shortage of their kind in the politically bluest parts of California. Liberals so freaked out about the prospect of President Obama losing his re-election bid that they can't sleep at night. Can't talk about anything else. Can't stop parsing the latest polls.
David Plouffe, one of President Obama's top campaign strategists, has a word for supporters he feels are needlessly fretful: bed wetters.
Bed wetters?
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:56:14am |
re: #482 Obdicut
In fact, Romney's statement on disaster relief and government spending in general is so stupid it's just appalling, especially from someone seeking to become President.
This kind of extremist confederate talk is poisonous and hearing it from a guy who wants to be head of the federal government is just pathetic. The GOP is running an anti-government platform, and Romney is specifically supporting that here. This was specifically when talking about disaster relief, which is one of the stupidest, stupidest areas to think of 'privatizing'. People who have just had their houses devastated are not in a good position to be served by the private market. Even leaving aside the idiocy of saying 'every time', the fact that he was specifically talking about disaster relief shows either that Romney really holds extremist Tea Party ideology above all practical reality, or he just doesn't care to even understand the realities of disaster relief.
Michael Moore!
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kirkspencer Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:56:17am |
Humor, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Pick a top comedian today and I guarantee there are people who would repeat Big Steve's sarcastic "so that's what goes for humor these days!"
What I've found interesting, however, is that I've seen a lot of (at least putative) humorous ads from and for Obama's campaign. I can't think of many at all from Romney's side. They're all serious, or so it seems to me.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:56:23am |
re: #490 wrenchwench
Not flood waters, no sharks. Just tadpoles in a pond.
A photo to bring joy to Killgore's heart, for those tadpoles become the frogs needed to eat the slugs that threaten his crops.
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allegro Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:56:51am |
re: #488 gwangung
Given his past record, he doesn't care about the subject. He cares how much it costs, but he doesn't care about why it's needed or how to prepare to do it.
Follow him through to his conclusion, i.e. privatize it, and it makes perfect sense to the world's greatest vulture capitalist. There's profit to be made in them there catastrophes.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:57:39am |
Here's some canned corn for you 47% freeloaders
[Link: twitter.com...]
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 9:59:36am |
re: #499 Sheila Broflovski
Here's some canned corn for you 47% freeloaders
[Link: twitter.com...]
But that's not political!
//
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:00:46am |
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF FACADE BLOWING OFF NYC BUILDING! youtube.com/watch?v=UiyhF_... #manhattan #sandy #destruction @brooklynbugle— Jason Shaltz (@JShaltz) October 30, 2012
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:00:49am |
re: #498 allegro
Follow him through to his conclusion, i.e. privatize it, and it makes perfect sense to the world's greatest vulture capitalist. There's profit to be made in them there catastrophes.
$100 for this can of corn!
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blueraven Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:01:31am |
All this pearl clutching about Michael Moore is funny.
Consider that Dinesh Dzouza wrote a book and produced a film with some crazy Anti Colonial Kenyan BS about the prez (which BTW Newt Gingrich endorsed) and it has made millions if not billions of dollars.
Another book, Dreams from my REAL father and the free video that was sent to millions of voters in swing states.
Donald Trump and his birther brigade.
Give. Me. A. Fucking. Break.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:02:38am |
re: #499 Sheila Broflovski
Here's some canned corn for you 47% freeloaders
[Link: twitter.com...]
Holy Cow, those ladies look vicious! I can understand any outrage coming at them.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:02:38am |
re: #501 NJDhockeyfan
and that's bravery. Building starts to collapse, firemen run inside to save who they can.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:03:12am |
re: #499 Sheila Broflovski
Here's some canned corn for you 47% freeloaders
[Link: twitter.com...]
That's some non-political "fundraiser"!
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The Ghost of a Flea Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:04:07am |
re: #499 Sheila Broflovski
Here's some canned corn for you 47% freeloaders
[Link: twitter.com...]
"I dumped out my larder. It won't even slightly inconvenience the Red Cross that I'm not sending money, but rather goods that will have to be transported, sorted, vetted for health/safety reasons, and then transported again to allocate them.
This kind of giving is totally better than FEMA.
I feel great about myself."
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:04:31am |
re: #505 Obdicut
and that's bravery. Building starts to collapse, firemen run inside to save who they can.
We need fewer of them according to Mitt Romney.
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makeitstop Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:04:35am |
re: #505 Obdicut
and that's bravery. Building starts to collapse, firemen run inside to save who they can.
Union thugs.
/
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:04:38am |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
Please don't feed the troll.
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alpuz Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:05:15am |
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:05:40am |
re: #499 Sheila Broflovski
Here's some canned corn for you 47% freeloaders
[Link: twitter.com...]
I see Romney is still doing exactly what the Red Cross asked people not to do.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:05:42am |
re: #508 The Ghost of a Flea
"I dumped out my larder. It won't even slightly inconvenience the Red Cross that I'm not sending money, but rather goods that will have to be transported, sorted, vetted for health/safety reasons, and then transported again to allocate them.
This kind of giving is totally better than FEMA.
I feel great about myself."
Now if this were truly a free market, we could truck in these provisions ourselves and sell each can of beans for $100. $150, for those hippies.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:06:08am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:06:33am |
Heading by helicopter to the Jersey Shore to assess the damage. From early reports, it appears to be unthinkable. #Sandy— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 30, 2012
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:08:01am |
President Obama will get you a helicopter and then some.
Mitt Romney will give you a can of kidney beans.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:08:12am |
re: #518 NJDhockeyfan
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I have great faith in Governor Christie that he will manage to think of it, assess it, and go to work.
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gwangung Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:08:52am |
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wrenchwench Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:08:55am |
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The Mountain That Blogs Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:09:09am |
I don't think La Guardia is reopening any time soon.
10/30 update: Recovering from Hurricane #Sandy bit.ly/W2JTT8 twitter.com/JetBlue/status...— JetBlue Airways (@JetBlue) October 30, 2012
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:09:15am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:10:04am |
Bummer. So sad....
The Harbor Light Pub in Belle Harbor, owned by man who lost a son in 9/11, has burned to the ground.— Oren Yaniv (@OrenNYDN) October 30, 2012
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:10:22am |
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wrenchwench Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:10:23am |
re: #525 Gus
It's either that or the chic peas.
I like chick peas.
I've never liked kidney beans. Always a little pile of them in the dish from the 3-bean salad.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:12:02am |
re: #529 wrenchwench
I like chick peas.
I've never liked kidney beans. Always a little pile of them in the dish from the 3-bean salad.
I like peas or corn straight out of the can.
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wrenchwench Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:12:53am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:12:55am |
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AK-47% Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:14:06am |
re: #484 allegro
Know what's tasteless and stupid? Romney pretending to give a shit with his "nonpolitical" (hahaha!) relief concert in Ohio.
I do rather assume that they had these things printed well in advance of the storm and did not see the point in redoing new ones...
Defending them on this one point, find nothing else dfensible about anything else they do, though.
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:14:57am |
Listened to Romney's non-campaign campaign relief speech this morning. He bragged about how as Governor some Katrina refugees from New Orleans were flown to Boston (then joked about how they thought they were going to Houston), and then went on about the generosity of Massachusetts residents who brought not only food, but big items, like TVs!!! to the shelter.
When people are donating TVs, they're not doing it because they think people need to watch Fox News...that's called tax deductible waste disposal.
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darthstar Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:15:18am |
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:16:19am |
Image: #Obama vs. #Romney hurricane relief. #p2 #tlot #Obama2012 #ObamaBiden2012 #FEMA twitter.com/Gus_802/status...— Gus (@Gus_802) October 30, 2012
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:16:32am |
National Weather Service is having website problems. [Link: www.nws.noaa.gov...]
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:17:06am |
re: #535 darthstar
Listened to Romney's non-campaign campaign relief speech this morning. He bragged about how as Governor some Katrina refugees from New Orleans were flown to Boston (then joked about how they thought they were going to Houston), and then went on about the generosity of Massachusetts residents who brought not only food, but big items, like TVs!!! to the shelter.
When people are donating TVs, they're not doing it because they think people need to watch Fox News...that's called tax deductible waste disposal.
That's one way to get rid of your old CRT TV's.
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wrenchwench Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:18:05am |
re: #537 Gus
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I don't wanna get in the helicopter, either, if I don't have to...
[retweeted]
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recusancy Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:18:31am |
Amazing how many newspaper endorsements argue that Republicans won't work with Obama, so vote Republican! washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-kle...— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 30, 2012
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:18:39am |
re: #540 wrenchwench
I don't wanna get in the helicopter, either, if I don't have to...
[retweeted]
Scared of choppers or flying in general?
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:18:44am |
GFY and the hair that rode in on you
The election is trending towards @mittromney. Americans know we can't afford another 4 years of the Obama economic decline.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:20:41am |
MT AP Photo: Mitt Romney lifts cases of "creamed Tears" to load into truck in Ohio for superstorm #Sandy relief twitter.com/CharlesDharapa...— Micheal Stinson (@Symbolman) October 30, 2012
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:21:07am |
re: #534 AK-47%
I do rather assume that they had these things printed well in advance of the storm and did not see the point in redoing new ones...
Defending them on this one point, find nothing else dfensible about anything else they do, though.
It's about as outrageous as Obama scheduling a call bank in Virginia yesterday during the storm. I'm sure it was planned way ahead of time. Some people are going to go nuts about both of these anyway. Just more selective outrage, that's all.
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erik_t Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:21:22am |
re: #543 Sheila Broflovski
GFY and the hair that rode in on you
@realDonaldTrump The election is trending towards @MittRomney. Americans know we can't afford another 4 years of the Obama economic decline.
If this is what Donald Trump thinks an economic decline looks like, no wonder he keeps bankrupting himself.
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wrenchwench Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:22:15am |
re: #542 Gus
Scared of choppers or flying in general?
Flying in general, but I do it anyway. Except I've never been in a helicopter.
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wrenchwench Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:23:00am |
re: #544 Sheila Broflovski
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His back is gonna kill him tomorrow. He should be making Paul Ryan do that stuff.
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Interesting Times Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:23:29am |
re: #544 Sheila Broflovski
Red Cross says best way to help NOT food/clothes etc which impede relief efforts - financial donations most important.redcross.org/help-faq— Karen Finney (@finneyk) October 30, 2012
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Dancing along the light of day Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:24:38am |
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Interesting Times Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:25:01am |
Apropos a few posts from the usual suspects upthread:
Racist, eliminationist, right-wing nut jobs have suddenly become fragile, delicate wallflowers, nationalreview.com/corner/332037/...— CC (@canadiancynic) October 30, 2012
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:25:31am |
Of all the news coming out about storm damage, this is the worst news of all...
#Breaking: Sandy's tri-state death toll reaches 20 and officials fear that number could rise. bit.ly/Rnarqx #sandy— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) October 30, 2012
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:26:06am |
re: #544 Sheila Broflovski
So donating bottled water is being an asshole now?
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Dancing along the light of day Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:26:14am |
re: #552 Interesting Times
That's likely the former poster here, Reginald Perrin.
Now banned.
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:27:21am |
re: #555 Dancing along the light of day
That's likely the former poster here, Reginald Perrin.
Now banned.
Nah. This person has 4,401 followers.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:27:48am |
I-95 is populated with convoys of power repair trucks heading in from Alabama, Georgia and beyond to help restore electricity after #Sandy.— Jim Clancy (@clancycnn) October 30, 2012
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Interesting Times Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:28:16am |
re: #555 Dancing along the light of day
NO! Not the same person! He just uses a similar avatar. Romantic Heretic knows him personally.
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kirkspencer Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:28:41am |
re: #554 Dark_Falcon
So donating bottled water is being an asshole now?
Not an asshole. Just willfully ignorant, and possibly an opportunist.
The Red Cross has repeatedly said, both publicly and (according to their reports) directly to both campaigns, that they can't do anything with donated goods. Most of those will just end up wasted.
But signing a piece of paper doesn't look as impressive as lifting (badly - I agree he's going to have a bad back later) a couple of cases of water.
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Bipartite Gnomenclature Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:29:09am |
re: #468 NJDhockeyfan
MoveOn.ORG finds it 'inspirational'.
Stay classy morons.
That ad is fucking hilarious. Where's your sense of humour.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:30:16am |
Romney is sabotaging relief efforts to make Obama look bad!
1/2 ///
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:30:16am |
Totally OT.
Teaching geology yet again today (check out the Naica Cave) and today is crystallization, a legitimate geological topic.
Googling on crystals, though, is a headache.
Why do people insist on believing in such nonsense? It's just a rock. The only magical thing a rock can do is turn a girlfriend into a wife.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:31:10am |
re: #554 Dark_Falcon
So donating bottled water is being an asshole now?
Yes.
Unfortunately, due to logistical constraints the Red Cross does not accept or solicit individual donations or collections of items. Items such as collected food, used clothing and shoes must be sorted, cleaned, repackaged and transported which impedes the valuable resources of money, time, and personnel.
The Red Cross does accept bulk quantities of product and services when these items meet our service delivery needs. These donations typically come from manufacturers, suppliers, and/or distributors that can package the items in bulk, palletize them and transport them directly to Red Cross sites. Financial contributions allow the Red Cross to purchase exactly what is needed for a disaster relief operation. Monetary donations also enable the Red Cross to purchase relief supplies close to the disaster site which avoids delays and transportation costs in getting basic necessities to disaster victims. Because the affected community has generally experienced significant economic loss, purchasing relief supplies in or close to the disaster site also helps to stimulate the weakened local economy.
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allegro Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:31:24am |
re: #534 AK-47%
I do rather assume that they had these things printed well in advance of the storm and did not see the point in redoing new ones...
Defending them on this one point, find nothing else dfensible about anything else they do, though.
Showing the campaign video? Victory rally on Oct. 30?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:32:04am |
re: #559 kirkspencer
Not an asshole. Just willfully ignorant, and possibly an opportunist.
The Red Cross has repeatedly said, both publicly and (according to their reports) directly to both campaigns, that they can't do anything with donated goods. Most of those will just end up wasted.
But signing a piece of paper doesn't look as impressive as lifting (badly - I agree he's going to have a bad back later) a couple of cases of water.
Is he giving it to the Red Cross? Or to the food banks? Will volunteers drive it in themselves and hand it out? Has he said what they will do with it?
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Interesting Times Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:32:18am |
What it this I don't even:
RT @thinkprogress: Bush's FEMA director, Scott Brown, criticizes Obama for responding to Sandy too "quickly" thkpr.gs/SsjJpv— Don Millard (@OTOOLEFAN) October 30, 2012
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gwangung Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:33:09am |
More conservative "helpfulness" in response to Sandy?
[Link: gofwd.tumblr.com...]
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HappyWarrior Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:33:29am |
re: #566 Interesting Times
What it this I don't even:
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Posterboy for natural disaster management says what?
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:33:30am |
I don't see why Romney would have to do anything anyway. Seems highly unusual and well, mechanical. All he should do is donate and praise the presidents actions. That is the traditional way of responding. Instead he's turned this into the Romney-Hurricane Sandy sideshow.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:35:56am |
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Killgore Trout Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:36:31am |
re: #565 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Is he giving it to the Red Cross? Or to the food banks? Will volunteers drive it in themselves and hand it out? Has he said what they will do with it?
I don't think the food and bottled water is going to the red cross but there are food banks and other places that can make good use of such donations. Both Obama and Mitt have encouraged monetary donations to the red cross. There's nothing outrageous going on here.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:37:10am |
re: #571 Killgore Trout
I don't think the food and bottled water is going to the red cross but there are food banks and other places that can make good use of such donations. Both Obama and Mitt have encouraged monetary donations to the red cross. There's nothing outrageous going on here.
Quite Concur.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:37:14am |
re: #569 Gus
I don't see why Romney would have to do anything anyway. Seems highly unusual and well, mechanical. All he should do is donate and praise the presidents actions. That is the traditional way of responding. Instead he's turned this into the Romney-Hurricane Sandy sideshow.
This is what he has always done in the face of disasters--it's what Mormons do. Organize and work. Sending in a check and doing nothing would be the opposite of what he normally does in this type of situation.
Look what he did when the daughter of his colleague went missing--he personally organized the search efforts.
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efuseakay Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:37:25am |
re: #554 Dark_Falcon
So donating bottled water is being an asshole now?
No. But using a disaster to stage for a photo op makes him one.
Donating physical goods will only impede relief efforts. Surely even you understand why.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:38:42am |
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Gus Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:40:21am |
re: #574 efuseakay
No. But using a disaster to stage for a photo op makes him one.
Donating physical goods will only impede relief efforts. Surely even you understand why.
Well, that's fine. Still gonna hold hist feet to the fire WRT to defunding FEMA and even babbling about privatizing it. So yes, it will be rescue helicopters vs. a can of peas.
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Joanne Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:41:07am |
re: #571 Killgore Trout
I don't think the food and bottled water is going to the red cross but there are food banks and other places that can make good use of such donations. Both Obama and Mitt have encouraged monetary donations to the red cross. There's nothing outrageous going on here.
It's a photo op showing someone who gives a shit, which Romney does not. It is no different than Ryan photo opping a soup kitchen. It's pretty on the outside and hollow and shallow inside.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:42:49am |
re: #577 Joanne
It's a photo op showing someone who gives a shit, which Romney does not. It is no different than Ryan photo opping a soup kitchen. It's pretty on the outside and hollow and shallow inside.
How do you know Romney doesn't give a shit about all the victims of this massive storm? Have to entered his brain somehow?
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gwangung Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:44:43am |
re: #578 NJDhockeyfan
How do you know Romney doesn't give a shit about all the victims of this massive storm? Have to entered his brain somehow?
Well, judging by his past actions as governor towards disaster relief, it seems he's more focussed on purely the bottom line as opposed to what the bottom line does.
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lawhawk Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:48:50am |
re: #523 The Mountain That Blogs
I don't think La Guardia is reopening any time soon.
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Well, LGA did start out with a marine air terminal and seaplanes. Looks like they were a few decades too early. /
BTW - portions of Long Beach island in New Jersey are now part of the ocean.
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Obdicut Tue, Oct 30, 2012 11:05:52am |
re: #565 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Is he giving it to the Red Cross? Or to the food banks? Will volunteers drive it in themselves and hand it out? Has he said what they will do with it?
Any way he goes about it, he's really not helping as much as he thinks he is. The Red Cross is organized and prepared. A spur-of-the-moment bit of opportunism from Romney is not really helpful.
Support for the president would be a lot more helpful, but instead Romney is casting vague aspersions in his direction while continuing to campaign.
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