Anyone else ever get this thing where the videos on the front page are all shifted by an article. For example, on my front page right now the video for this article is actually a climate change denier from a couple articles below, and that article shows the video of Obama saying Israel has the right to defend itself etc.

Just wondering if it is me or some weird thing the page does. I've seen it happen a few times.

Hahahahahahahahahaha. That is all.

WTF!

Huffpost changed their format to include an auto-play video on every page, and you have to scroll down a couple of screens to find the freakin video and shut it off.

GAH.

Turns the speakers off.

Judge sent Twinkies back to arbitration.

[Link: xfinity.comcast.net...]

re: #3 Vicious Babushka

WTF!

Huffpost changed their format to include an auto-play video on every page, and you have to scroll down a couple of screens to find the freakin video and shut it off.

Well that's a good excuse to never go to Huffpo again. I hate (HATE) auto-play video.

Isn't this an amazing thing to see? The GOP now completely pandering to the Latino Community. It's unseemly and insulting. The party of the grownups has turned into that crazy ex-girlfriend that won't go away

Note to our Latino brothers and sisters.. Make sure you get it in writing. They think they can just talk shit and everything will be ok.

Oh boy... The Onion Goes Anti-Semitic

Warning, links to Breitbart.

re: #3 Vicious Babushka

WTF!

Huffpost changed their format to include an auto-play video on every page, and you have to scroll down a couple of screens to find the freakin video and shut it off.

GAH.

Turns the speakers off.

I was just about to mention them. Their coverage of Gaza is just about the worst out there.
5 Lies the Media Keeps Repeating About Gaza

Ten Things You Need to Know About Gaza

re: #6 BenghaziHoops

Jeez.. Two edits in the first 4 words of my post...
I guess I'm ready for MNF.

Same "author" on the Marco Rubio derpishness:

Gentleman’s Quarterly (GQ) has published a recent interview they did with rock star and Giant-Threat-To-The-Left Republican Marco Rubio. You just knew they would try to sabotage him with a question somewhere along the way, and the one they picked was this:

GQ: How old do you think the Earth is?

Rubio, as a man of faith, gave a perfect answer:

I’m not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that’s a dispute amongst theologians and I think it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States. I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow. I’m not a scientist. I don’t think I’m qualified to answer a question like that. At the end of the day, I think there are multiple theories out there on how the universe was created and I think this is a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all. I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to answer that. It’s one of the great mysteries.

Exactly right. It is none of Rubio's business, and there are competing beliefs on the matter. This was GQ's attempt to fringe out Rubio immediately, or to make him insult more fundamentalist members of his base. He didn't fall for it.

To make matters worse for the left, most Hispanics attend some form of church, whether it be Catholic or Evangelical, and Rubio’s answer wouldn’t displease them. This makes the left nuts, especially since they have no grounds to insult him for being one of those "kooks" based on this answer. Rubio, so far, is too smart for the mainstream press. Which makes them fighting mad.

re: #7 Gus

Oh boy... The Onion Goes Anti-Semitic

Warning, links to Breitbart.

If I'm not mistaken, that's a link to an older Onion story (like a few years old by now). The whole thing is clearly satire. Breitbart is really stretching.

re: #11 dragonfire1981

If I'm not mistaken, that's a link to an older Onion story (like a few years old by now). The whole thing is clearly satire. Breitbart is really stretching.

It's a new one. I can see people not liking it but it's certainly not anti-Semitic.

I need a non-pukey, healthy pale green color for a map I am trying to make.

I thought this article might have a little more info on the phone calls. Not really but there are some interesting quotes from Gazans.
Phone Call Tells Gazans to Get Out; Missiles Hit Minutes Later

"Look, I mean, everyone has the right to defend himself. They are saying that they're defending their selves. Of what? Of rockets. They have no missiles in them. It's an empty rocket. It's just a kind of tube kind of going and doing nothing. But it's our way of defense. We have nothing," Matar said.

"I have only one kid, a little girl, and I want her to live in peace. I want her to live in Palestine. We have the right to defense ourselves. No one wants war, no one...But what kind of peace we need, that is the question," he said.

A Palestinian man at a Gaza hospital today was more blunt as dead bodies were brought out for funerals. The bodies included some of the nine members of the Daloo family who died Sunday when the Israeli missile destroyed the building in which they had been.

When asked whether he thought the toll on civilians, particularly children, was too high and Hamas and its allies should stop firing rockets at Israel, he replied that the victims included a woman in her 70s and a 4-year-old child.

"All the Israeli media said that there are fighters inside the house, but we are from the family. We're denying totally that there is a fighter inside the house that was bombarded," he said.

"And we ask all the groups to retaliate for these massacres and we believe now we shouldn't talk about ceasefire at all," he said.

It's really hard to understand the logic of firing empty missiles but the public seem to like the idea.

re: #13 ProGunLiberal

RGB or CYMK?

re: #15 Daniel Ballard

RGB.

Trying to make maps of Sandy-related things.

re: #13 ProGunLiberal

I need a non-pukey, healthy pale green color for a map I am trying to make.

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re: #17 Gus

That looks like aquamarine. Pretty.

re: #18 PhillyPretzel

That looks like aquamarine. Pretty.

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re: #17 Gus

RGB of that?

re: #7 Gus

Oh boy... The Onion Goes Anti-Semitic

Warning, links to Breitbart.

That's the same Breitbart clown responsible for: Your Bigoted Fear-Mongering All-Caps Breitbart.com Headline of the Day.

re: #16 ProGunLiberal
This might do
R 196
G 227
B 155

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Previously at the Onion: Crazed Palestinian Gunman Angered by Stereotypes

re: #20 ProGunLiberal

RGB of that?

118
209
174

re: #23 Charles Johnson

Previously at the Onion: Crazed Palestinian Gunman Angered by Stereotypes

The Onion will make fun out of anything.

re: #24 Gus

Thank You!

The Sandy-Fucked-Over-Zone will be coral red.

re: #14 Killgore Trout

It is unlikely an empty rocket tube killed that family of three.

Further, who is to say what payloads those rockets might carry down the road.

re: #23 Charles Johnson

More Onion:

Hamas Calls For 'Giant Summit' With All Israelis

Haniyeh characterized the one-day summit as "the final solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute," and invited every Jewish citizen of the world to attend. Haniyeh said he expects more than 5 million participants from Israel alone.

"It was foolish of us to think that a satisfactory resolution could be reached through small-scale aggression," Haniyeh said. "It will take more than the sporadic deaths of small groups of Israeli civilians to achieve our ends."

"This summit is long overdue," he added.

Creepy neo-Confederate Robert Stacy McCain has another in his seemingly endless series of posts on my irrelevance: [Link: theothermccain.com...]

RS McCain's condensed wingnut history of LGF is a hoot:

Since 2007, however, LGF has imploded, following the apparent mental breakdown of its operator, Charles Johnson, who went psycho on Pamela Geller, embraced global warming, began attacking climate-change “denialists,” declared war on the Tea Party and presided over months of frenzied purges during which he and his henchmen banned thousands of the site’s former commenters, eventually banning even some of the LGF henchmen who had led the original wave of purges.

I went psycho on poor innocent Pamela Geller! And months of frenzied purges! Sounds very dramatic. Then the most horrible of all... I embraced global warming! Gahh! Nooooooooo.....

re: #7 Gus

What a bunch of morons.

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Creepy neo-Confederate Robert Stacy McCain has another in his seemingly endless series of posts on my irrelevance: [Link: theothermccain.com...]

RS McCain's condensed wingnut history of LGF is a hoot:

I went psycho on poor innocent Pamela Geller! And months of frenzied purges! Sounds very dramatic. Then I embraced climate change! Gahh! Nooooooooo.....

I don't buy it. No evil villain worth his salt would get rid of that many henchmen.

I have henchmen?

re: #32 Charles Johnson

I have henchmen?

Henchpeople.

re: #32 Charles Johnson

I have henchmen?

And henchwomen!

re: #32 Charles Johnson

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Creepy neo-Confederate Robert Stacy McCain has another in his seemingly endless series of posts on my irrelevance: [Link: theothermccain.com...]

RS McCain's condensed wingnut history of LGF is a hoot:

I went psycho on poor innocent Pamela Geller! And months of frenzied purges! Sounds very dramatic. Then I embraced climate change! Gahh! Nooooooooo.....

They really love that Pallywood stuff. They have a sad that some of us have a more complicated view of it. Derps.

re: #28 Obdicut

More Onion:

Hamas Calls For 'Giant Summit' With All Israelis

Sexual Tension Between Arafat, Sharon Reaches Breaking Point

re: #32 Charles Johnson

I have henchmen?

I tempted to do a page featuring a fake profile of Charles as a Super Villian like the right wingers see them.

re: #32 Charles Johnson

I have henchmen?

People of Hench.

re: #33 b_Snark

re: #34 Dancing along the light of day

Be more PC, please.

Henchpersons.

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Henchman? Henchman? Who the hell uses the term Henchman anymore? He is still living in the 40's.

re: #39 Kragar

Henchers?

Henchites?

Henchaweenians?

McCain only writes this stuff for his tiny blog audience -- anyone who's sane would get to the part about me "going psycho on Pamela Geller" and start laughing uncontrollably.

The Evil Henchman's Guide

re: #27 researchok

It is unlikely an empty rocket tube killed that family of three.

Further, who is to say what payloads those rockets might carry down the road.

True but for the longer range rockets they've been taking out the payload to increase range. It just seemss odd that the Palestinian public is aware of this and thinks it's a good idea. Oh well.
I'm starting to think the Israelis are going to avoid a ground invasion if they can. Although I don't see much military purpose it does kind of piss me off that the Israelis just have to sit and wait for the Palestinians to fire all their rockets. There are no good choices.

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Creepy neo-Confederate Robert Stacy McCain has another in his seemingly endless series of posts on my irrelevance: [Link: theothermccain.com...]

RS McCain's condensed wingnut history of LGF is a hoot:

I went psycho on poor innocent Pamela Geller! And months of frenzied purges! Sounds very dramatic. Then the most horrible of all... I embraced global warming! Gahh! Nooooooooo.....

Can I be one of your henchmen? I want the Power To Ban.

re: #39 Kragar

People of Hench.

HoncoHenchos.

Let's see, alternate words for henchmen: Guards, Troops, Goons, Thugs, "Associates", Stormtroopers, Officers, "Family" members, Agents, Lackeys.

re: #42 researchok

Henchers?

Henchites?

Henchaweenians?

Henchwench.

re: #49 wrenchwench

Henchwench.

Hah! You win.

re: #46 Kronocide

Can I be one of your henchmen? I want the Power To Ban.

I don't know ... how are you at frenzy? We won't stand for any calm, calculated purges around here. We're about out of control frantic purging. Not everybody can work themselves up into the swivel-eyed, slobbering state of frenzy that the job requires.

What's funny about the Pallywood obsessed?

A. They're currently upset at The Onion, and

B. They watch a lot of Fox News. Fox News vs. Pallywood. Get it?

re: #48 dragonfire1981

Let's see, alternate words for henchmen: Guards, Troops, Goons, Thugs, "Associates", Stormtroopers, Officers, "Family" members, Agents, Lackeys.

II Guidelines for Legion of Doom troops:
15. If your unit's name contains words like "Imperial", "Elite", "Supreme", "Tactical", "Storm" or "Special", request a transfer as soon as possible. These guys always get clobbered first when the Heroes attack.

A friend and I went for a hike this morning, and as we were headed into the woods, four guys were headed out, two with dead deer slung over their shoulders. So...

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Yeah.

Later, lizards.

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Do 20 points into the Frenzy Skill count toward any of that?

re: #34 Dancing along the light of day

And henchwomen!

Henchpersons. Persons of hench.

We're henchmen now? Does this mean I'm getting a raise in my paycheck?

//

re: #32 Charles Johnson

I have henchmen?

Michael Moore makes the rec list at DKos
An Open Letter to President Obama
Brilliant ideas such as going over the fiscal cliff, ending all the wars and freeing Bradley Manning.

re: #57 Targetpractice

We're henchmen now? Does this mean I'm getting a raise in my paycheck?

//

You get a paycheck?

re: #60 Henchman 26

You get a paycheck?

Well, not a "paycheck" per say, but when I joined up, I was promised a monthly check from the International Zionist Conspiracy. Which, yet again, is LATE!

//

re: #49 wrenchwench

Henchwench.

I want to be one too!

re: #57 Targetpractice

We're henchmen now? Does this mean I'm getting a raise in my paycheck?

//

Only if you're both expendable and invulnerable. Heh.

re: #51 Charles Johnson

I don't know ... how are you at frenzy? We won't stand for any calm, calculated purges around here. We're about out of control frantic purging. Not everybody can work themselves up into the swivel-eyed, slobbering state of frenzy that the job requires.

I'm pretty twitchy and highly impulsive. But I can learn the slobbering.

Speaking of Pallywood.

The discredited Daily Caller gins up outrage over a web page for immigrants created during the Bush Administration: mm4a.org/XuDtNo

— Media Matters (@mmfa) November 20, 2012

Ha ha!

HENCHMEN! PREPARE YOURSELVES!

re: #63 Lidane

Only if you're both expendable and invulnerable. Heh.

"Ah, if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe whatever you say."

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Creepy neo-Confederate Robert Stacy McCain has another in his seemingly endless series of posts on my irrelevance: [Link: theothermccain.com...]

RS McCain's condensed wingnut history of LGF is a hoot:

I went psycho on poor innocent Pamela Geller! And months of frenzied purges! Sounds very dramatic. Then the most horrible of all... I embraced global warming! Gahh! Nooooooooo.....

Lizard Thermidor.

One of my superpowers includes a dead on accurate impersonation of Henchmen 24.

re: #63 Lidane

Only if you're both expendable and invulnerable. Heh.

re: #69 Kragar

One of my superpowers includes a dead on accurate impersonation of Henchmen 24.

You play dead?

re: #71 Henchman 26

You play dead?

I'm a spirit guide!

Yikes. Just checked the firewall logs on the new web server for the first time. It's incredible how many ssh login attempts are going on constantly, every minute of every hour. I can't believe how many brute force attacks have been shut down in just a few weeks.

A vast unseen army of malicious bots is constantly testing and probing the defenses of every server on the web.

re: #72 Kragar

I'm a spirit guide!

I'm a spirit bare.

The fact that several of us went for Venture Bros. clips of the Monarch and his henchmen says a lot.

I just haven't figured out exactly what it says. Haha.

re: #73 Charles Johnson

Yikes. Just checked the firewall logs on the new web server for the first time. It's incredible how many ssh login attempts are going on constantly, every minute of every hour. I can't believe how many brute force attacks have been shut down in just a few weeks.

A vast unseen army of malicious bots is constantly testing and probing the defenses of every server on the web.

Good reason not to have a 'root' account.

re: #73 Charles Johnson

Yikes. Just checked the firewall logs on the new web server for the first time. It's incredible how many ssh login attempts are going on constantly, every minute of every hour. I can't believe how many brute force attacks have been shut down in just a few weeks.

A vast unseen army of malicious bots is constantly testing and probing the defenses of every server on the web.

They look anything like this?

re: #75 Lidane

The fact that several of us went for Venture Bros. clips of the Monarch and his henchmen says a lot.

I just haven't figured out exactly what it says. Haha.

Could be worse, it could be FiM clips.

re: #76 Henchman 26

Good reason not to have a 'root' account.

Buddy of mine once told me he had his network completely secure before going on deployment.

20 minutes later I had him completely shutdown just using web mail access and default names for service accounts.

re: #75 Lidane

The fact that several of us went for Venture Bros. clips of the Monarch and his henchmen says a lot.

I just haven't figured out exactly what it says. Haha.

The Fluttering Horde

re: #41 A Man for all Seasons

Henchman? Henchman? Who the hell uses the term Henchman anymore? He is still living in the 40's.

We are all honcos.

re: #81 Vicious Babushka

We are all honcos.

And the cookies are great.

re: #81 Vicious Babushka

We are all honcos.

Henchos?

re: #81 Vicious Babushka

We are all honcos.

And minions.

re: #78 Targetpractice

Could be worse, it could be FiM clips.

I actually started watching that when I was looking for a job. It's ridiculous and cheesy but I thought it was cute. And if I was the target age all over again, I'd be pestering my mom for all the toys I could handle. Haha.

Guess I'll need to change my Status on FB to Henchman

This is as ridiculous as anything I see on Fox. Come on man, you're better than that. RT@mjayrosenberg This is Obama's War.

— BWD (@theonlyadult) November 20, 2012

The office of the Director of National Intelligence responds to, and debunks, the latest iteration of the endlessly shifting Benghazi conspiracy theories, that the White House edited the declassified talking points, removing references to al Qaeda for the sake of political expediency:

[Link: security.blogs.cnn.com...]

The intelligence community - not the White House, State Department or Justice Department - was responsible for the substantive changes made to the talking points distributed for government officials who spoke publicly about the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, the spokesman for the director of national intelligence said Monday.

The unclassified talking points on Libya, developed several days after the the deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, were not substantively changed by any agency outside of the intelligence community, according to the spokesman, Shawn Turner.

Republican criticism of the talking points intensified last Friday following a closed door hearing with former CIA Director David Petraeus.

Rep. Peter King, R-New York, told reporters after the hearing that the original talking parts drafted by the CIA had been changed and it was unclear who was responsible.

"The original talking points were much more specific about al Qaeda involvement and yet final ones just said indications of extremists," King said.

...

The unclassified talking points were first developed by the CIA at the request of the House Intelligence Committee, whose members wanted to know what they could say publicly about the Benghazi attack.

The initial version included information linking individuals involved in the attack to al Qaeda, according to a senior U.S. official familiar with the drafting of the talking points But when the document was sent to the rest of the intelligence community for review, there was a decision to change "al Qaeda" to "extremists." The official said the change was made for legitimate intelligence and legal reasons, not for political purposes.

"First, the information about individuals linked to al Qaeda was derived from classified sources," the official said. "Second, when links were so tenuous - as they still are - it makes sense to be cautious before pointing fingers so you don't set off a chain of circular and self-reinforcing assumptions. Third, it is important to be careful not to prejudice a criminal investigation in its early stages."

Some Republican members of Congress suggested the change came from within the Obama administration - from the White House, the Justice Department, or another government agency.

Turner, the spokesman for National Intelligence Director James Clapper, said that was not the case.

"The intelligence community made substantive, analytical changes before the talking points were sent to government agency partners for their feedback," Turner said, referring to the White House, Justice Department, State Department, Pentagon and FBI. "There were no substantive changes made to the talking points after they left the intelligence community," he said.

The White House on Friday said it made only one change, substituting the word "mission" for "consulate."

The FBI requested a change in language which originally stated the U.S. "knew" Islamic extremists participated in the attack. According to a U.S. intelligence official the wording was changed to "there are indications" Islamic extremists participated.

re: #85 Lidane

I actually started watching that when I was looking for a job. It's ridiculous and cheesy but I thought it was cute. And if I was the target age all over again, I'd be pestering my mom for all the toys I could handle. Haha.

I'll admit I watched the series, haven't seen the most recent episodes. And I say that because it reminds me of a lot of the cartoons I watched during the 90s, that it's not simple and childish, and there's enough references to stuff that adults would know to get the jokes.

OK, I have to stop grepping through these logs now, I'm gonna have nightmares.

re: #84 Vicious Babushka

And minions.

Minions!

re: #88 simoom

The office of the Director of National Intelligence responds to, and debunks, the latest iteration of the endlessly shifting Benghazi conspiracy theories, that the White House edited the declassified talking points, removing references to al Qaeda for the sake of political expediency:

[Link: security.blogs.cnn.com...]

The wingnut talking point now seems to be that, since the White House "knew" it was a terrorist attack as it was occurring, that being "honest" on Day One would have headed off accusations of "lies."

re: #85 Lidane

I'm not the target age, but I buy all the toys I want. That's one advantage of being an adult.

Fun fact ~ I helped the Columbia Record club to change their rules and only allow folks 18 and over to commit to those buying contracts. They tried to make me finish my buying obligation and I wrote them back that I had just learned in my Business Law class that being 17, they could not hold me to the contract!

re: #91 Lidane

Minions!

[Embedded content]

Zombie guards! Seize him!

re: #90 Charles Johnson

OK, I have to stop grepping through these logs now, I'm gonna have nightmares.

Change to awk.

re: #93 prairiefire

I'm not the target age, but I buy all the toys I want. That's one advantage of being an adult.

Fun fact ~ I helped the Columbia Record club to change their rules and only allow folks 18 and over to commit to those buying contracts. They tried to make me finish my buying obligation and I wrote them back that I had just learned in my Business Law class that being 17, they could not hold me to the contract!

omg Columbia record club!!!

I think I scammed them like everyone else.

re: #90 Charles Johnson

OK, I have to stop grepping through these logs now, I'm gonna have nightmares.

I had my ssh server exposed to the world for a while when I was hosting a website temporarily. I watched, live, one night as someone tried a fairly comprehensive dictionary attack on my machine. It was fascinating in a morbid sense.

Another Walmart reminder as you plan your holiday season shopping... twitter.com/amaditalks/sta...

— Amadi (@amaditalks) November 20, 2012

Hehe:

re: #93 prairiefire

I'd buy all the toys, but I'm waiting until I move into a new place first. Heh.

Only 'cuz no one else appears to have thought of it:

Henchlizards.

re: #97 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too

I had my ssh server exposed to the world for a while when I was hosting a website temporarily. I watched, live, one night as someone tried a fairly comprehensive dictionary attack on my machine. It was fascinating in a morbid sense.

My server would be easy to crack. There is nothing in there anyone would want tho.

I had a wingnut try to "splain" to me that Walmart "saves the taxpayer money!" I'm like WTF? and he's like all "Yeah cause if they didn't work for shit pay at Walmart they'd be like all unemployed and totally on welfare and food stamps and shit."

*head desk*

That's how these folks "think"

re: #102 Henchman 26

My server would be easy to crack. There is nothing in there anyone would want tho.

I didn't particularly care if they made their way in. I was more just fascinated by being able to watch live. I backtracked them to a .ro hostname, but of course, who knows if that's actually where they were. At the time, though, I didn't know about the layers of indirection hackers could go through.

re: #103 Vicious Babushka

I had a wingnut try to "splain" to me that Walmart "saves the taxpayer money!" I'm like WTF? and he's like all "Yeah cause if they didn't work for shit pay at Walmart they'd be like all unemployed and totally on welfare and food stamps and shit."

*head desk*

That's how these folks "think"

I bet he thinks that drug testing for welfare is a smart, fiscally sound idea that will save the states money, too.

The first map I am making will be ready tomorrow, with the color you chose.

I have also purchased 4/9ths of the Computer I am building.

re: #105 Lidane

I bet he thinks that drug testing for welfare is a smart, fiscally sound idea that will save the states money, too.

Totally.

re: #103 Vicious Babushka

I've noticed that even the most educated conservatives tend to be stuck in Magical Economics Land.

Of course, it has been heart-breaking to see a once sweet friend become a smug, elitist-minded Libertarian. She was a much kinder person when she was a Social Conservative. :'(

Tragedy by design?

Indianapolis house explosion becomes homicide investigation

re: #103 Vicious Babushka

I had a wingnut try to "splain" to me that Walmart "saves the taxpayer money!" I'm like WTF? and he's like all "Yeah cause if they didn't work for shit pay at Walmart they'd be like all unemployed and totally on welfare and food stamps and shit."

*head desk*

That's how these folks "think"

Tried talking to my folks about that, and they just totally blew me off. The idea that a person can have a job and still collect welfare just totally does not compute in their minds. The only people who seem to collect food stamps and financial aid are the "lazy asses" who are "too good" to hold down a job.

re: #110 Targetpractice

Hey, there are people out there I've come across that fear that Obama was going to take Social Security away.

Yes, really.

Goes to show how well propaganda works.

re: #107 Vicious Babushka

Totally.

*sigh*

Ever since Rick Perry announced he wants to mandate drug tests for welfare and unemployment here in Texas my Republican FB friends keep posting about how great that is, because they work for their money so no one should get to live high on the hog on welfare for free.

They always conveniently skip the part where Perry would mandate those same drug tests for unemployment benefits too. Just wait until one of them gets laid off and has to be tested before they get the money they're entitled to. I'm sure they'll turn around and rant about bureaucrats and invasive government.

re: #110 Targetpractice

Tried talking to my folks about that, and they just totally blew me off. The idea that a person can have a job and still collect welfare just totally does not compute in their minds. The only people who seem to collect food stamps and financial aid are the "lazy asses" who are "too good" to hold down a job.

Yeah, my dad said as much in his unhinged rant that I referred to from their weekend visit here to the wild north country. It's clear that they have an irrational hatred of anything government.

re: #110 Targetpractice

Tried talking to my folks about that, and they just totally blew me off. The idea that a person can have a job and still collect welfare just totally does not compute in their minds. The only people who seem to collect food stamps and financial aid are the "lazy asses" who are "too good" to hold down a job.

The "argument" (such as it is) goes that yeah, Walmart workers get SOME welfare and food stamps but if they didn't work at Walmart they would get EVEN MORE WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS so "Walmart is saving taxpayers money."

Oh G-D my brain hurts.

re: #112 Lidane

*sigh*

Ever since Rick Perry announced he wants to mandate drug tests for welfare and unemployment here in Texas my Republican FB friends keep posting about how great that is, because they work for their money so no one should get to live high on the hog on welfare for free.

They always conveniently skip the part where Perry would mandate those same drug tests for unemployment benefits too. Just wait until one of them gets laid off and has to be tested before they get the money they're entitled to. I'm sure they'll turn around and rant about bureaucrats and invasive government.

Every place that I worked from about 1987 to 2002 had a mandatory drug test as a condition for employment. Then I think somebody filed a lawsuit and suddenly these drug tests were ruled unconstitutional.

i'm contemplating changing my nym to 'bankrupt twinkies'

what do you think?

re: #114 Vicious Babushka

The "argument" (such as it is) goes that yeah, Walmart workers get SOME welfare and food stamps but if they didn't work at Walmart they would get EVEN MORE WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS so "Walmart is saving taxpayers money."

Oh G-D my brain hurts.

"So what if he needs a little help! At least he has a job!"

That really is an indictment of our nation, that we've come to believe that no matter how shitty the job is, how poor the pay, or how much our boss treats us like a slave, "at least we have a job."

re: #115 Vicious Babushka

Every place that I worked from about 1987 to 2002 had a mandatory drug test as a condition for employment. Then I think somebody filed a lawsuit and suddenly these drug tests were ruled unconstitutional.

Oh, that's another one I hear a lot. "I have to take a drug test to get a job, so these lazy welfare jerks should get a drug test before they get their money!"

*sigh*

re: #118 Lidane

Oh, that's another one I hear a lot. "I have to take a drug test to get a job, so these lazy welfare jerks should get a drug test before they get their money!"

*sigh*

Elderly people (who are the most likely to be on government assistance) usually take a whole shitload of prescription meds.

re: #117 Targetpractice

"So what if he needs a little help! At least he has a job!"

That really is an indictment of our nation, that we've come to believe that no matter how shitty the job is, how poor the pay, or how much our boss treats us like a slave, "at least we have a job."

Oh and, "well if they're working at Walmart they must be too stupid to get a job anywhere else."

Heard that one too.

It's official-- Ben & Jerry's are crafty bastards. They've created the single greatest thing I've ever tasted:

[Link: www.benjerry.com...]

Oh my god. I'm going to have to force myself to stop eating this or the whole pint will disappear.

re: #120 Vicious Babushka

Oh and, "well if they're working at Walmart they must be too stupid to get a job anywhere else."

Heard that one too.

I don't know if it's just a Midwest thing or what, but I hear that going around a lot among my circles of friends.

I've got to get my jingle on and get listing on Ebay. Those credit card bills aren't going to pay themselves.

re: #109 freetoken

Tragedy by design?

Indianapolis house explosion becomes homicide investigation

Let me say hmmm. Lots more to come later. I'm skeptical of gas. Hell of a big bang.

re: #120 Vicious Babushka

Oh and, "well if they're working at Walmart they must be too stupid to get a job anywhere else."

Heard that one too.

Yep, if you're working retail or food service, then you're "too stupid" to get a better job.

re: #27 researchok

It is unlikely an empty rocket tube killed that family of three.

Further, who is to say what payloads those rockets might carry down the road.

The BM-21 is capable of carrying cluster rounds and even Field Artillery SCAtterable Mines (FASCAM). Hamas does not use FASCAM rounds, though, perhaps in part because such rounds are detested within Europe. Using them would cause papers like the Guardian to be less friendly to Hamas.

A large rocket like the Fajhr-5 can carry Sarin or VX nerve gas payloads. But unless Hamas was going for broke and about collapse, I can't see them using chemical weapons. If they did, they'd lose all sympathy in the West at once and Israel would do what ever it took thereafter to destroy Hamas.

Academia, the reality:

Maryland students react to move to Big Ten

[...]

And this move isn’t just about athletics, Maryland President Wallace D. Loh said at a press conference on Monday afternoon, flanked by a group of coaches and staff members. Loh said the new conference will bring the university more money — and more academic perks.

[...]

Back in my day the Big Ten was defined geographically (as these conferences were by nature), a reasonably idea given the amount of travel incurred by teams.

Now, Minnesota teams will have to travel a thousand miles to Maryland, or Maryland teams likewise in reverse.

Academia is not about efficiency -its about big business and building edifices so that regents and board members can point to buildings with their names on them.

re: #127 freetoken

The South East conference is kicking MU's but. Those southern boys are born brawling and they are making our farm boys look like weak kneed wonkers.

Anonymous Hackers Ramp Up Israeli Web Attacks And Data Breaches As Gaza Conflict Rages

“We dislike Israel, we dislike Jews even more,” read the statement posted with the last of that list of data spills, which consisted of mostly government officials’ email addresses. “So, all you fucked up baby-killing government officials can get spammed back to the 90′s when your router got fried.”

re: #129 Killgore Trout

Anonymous Hackers Ramp Up Israeli Web Attacks And Data Breaches As Gaza Conflict Rages

*facepalm*

re: #127 freetoken

Academia is not about efficiency -its about big business and building edifices so that regents and board members can point to buildings with their names on them.

In behalf of my father who just retired after more than forty years teaching , and my mother who is still going strong at Rhode Island College: Why the fuck are you leaving teachers entirely out of your analysis of 'academia'?

Academia is also about that quaint old deal of teaching students.

We'll all miss Ron Paul, won't we?

Ron Paul: Secession is 'deeply American principle'

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, said today that secession was a “deeply American principle,” amid a growing number of people petitioning the White House to let their states secede from the U.S.

[...]

re: #130 Targetpractice

*facepalm*

As outrageous as it might seem it's just 4chan children. They're angry and stupid.

re: #132 freetoken

We'll all miss Ron Paul, won't we?

Ron Paul: Secession is 'deeply American principle'

Tell us how that little secession thing worked out again.

re: #130 Targetpractice

Great and appropriate Thomas Mann quote on the splash page before the article for me:

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

re: #132 freetoken

We'll all miss Ron Paul, won't we?

Ron Paul: Secession is 'deeply American principle'

Fuck him and his ignorant, economically illiterate Neo-Confederate ass.

I won't miss him at all. =P

re: #132 freetoken

What an a-hole.

re: #132 freetoken

I ignored Ron Paul's big farewell message. Good riddance. The quicker these right wing dinosaurs go away, the better.

re: #132 freetoken

We'll all miss Ron Paul, won't we?

Ron Paul: Secession is 'deeply American principle'

A principle that got its ass kicked almost 150 years ago.

re: #133 Killgore Trout

As outrageous as it might seem it's just 4chan children. They're angry and stupid.

I'm more concerned about the Glenn Greenwald's, MJ Rosenbergs and Andrew Sullivan's of the world. They're smarter, and although marginal these days, will become more mainstream with the next Republican president.

re: #130 Obdicut

Why the fuck are you leaving teachers entirely out of your analysis of 'academia'?

Academia is also about that quaint old deal of teaching students.

Yes, quaint and old fashioned. As tenure becomes a thing of the past and more and more instruction is done by non-tenured contracted instructors the idea of the "academe" of old will pass into history.

Ok, so I'm a doomer, but I see government reducing expenditures on education (in constant dollars - inflation will eat away at the face value) when push comes to shove against medicare and social security.

It's already happened here in California. I know the local community colleges have slashed the number of classes being offered, and removed classes from their catalogs that aren't required for degrees (art classes tend to get hit hard in this case.)

But somehow the regents/college districts always seem to find money to borrow to build new buildings. And then let the classrooms remain empty because they don't have the budget to hire a (non-tenured) instructor to teach a class.

re: #140 Killgore Trout

I'm more concerned about the Glenn Greenwald's, MJ Rosenbergs and Andrew Sullivan's of the world. They're smarter, and although marginal these days, will become more mainstream with the next Republican president.

Why do you include Andrew Sullivan with the other two?

My sister pointed out the other day that it seems more and more features and books are being made about Lincoln lately. And I had to point out to her that, starting last year, we're in the middle of what is essentially a very long 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.

re: #141 freetoken

What do you get out of being such a doomer? Serious question.

Bought Turkey legs today. I had to request them at the butcher's counter but 6 large turkey legs cost me under a buck each. I don't think I could eat one in a single sitting. I may add them to my regular rotation.

re: #144 Obdicut

I see his point, but I also see demographics. The Republicans will continue to create major issues for the next 10-15 years, but then we get to getting America a new time in the light.

re: #145 Killgore Trout

I find they have too many tendons the kids won't eat, which negates the fun of hooting like a cave man and waving them around.

re: #142 prairiefire

Why do you include Andrew Sullivan with the other two?

He's along the same lines, more or less. I could throw in Max Blumenthal and Michael Moore. They're aren't all necessarily on the same cardinal points of the compass but equally off the rails of reality.

re: #147 prairiefire

I find they have too many tendons the kids won't eat, which negates the fun of hooting like a cave man and waving them around.

I'm going to brine them and slow cook them on the grill. Might soften up the sinew. I can't recall the last time I ate a turkey leg, probably not since I was a kid.

re: #109 freetoken

Tragedy by design?

I don't think so. I suspect that they had a problem with their gas fired furnace. Boyfriend tried to fix it and failed. Sadly it took the lives of their next door neighbors.

"The couple lived next door to the house where investigators are focusing. The co-owner of that house, John Shirley, told The Associated Press he had recently received a text message from his daughter saying the furnace in the home, which she shares with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend, had gone out.

Shirley’s ex-wife, Monserrate Shirley, said her boyfriend, Mark Leonard, had replaced the thermostat recently and the furnace had resumed working."

This is why you call the pros.

The investigation will be for negligence, not malice fore thought.

If Bush was president, progressives would be screaming about his silence re Gaza. But it's King Obama, the Infallible One.

— Michael J Rosenberg (@MJayRosenberg) November 20, 2012

re: #123 prairiefire

Mail me if you want help or advice!

re: #151 Killgore Trout

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It was that dweeb MJay's freakout that convinced me to vote for Obama. It just proved that Obama is totally not the "Israel hater" the wingnuts say he is.

re: #147 prairiefire

I find they have too many tendons the kids won't eat, which negates the fun of hooting like a cave man and waving them around.

But, chucking the bones over your shoulder is still fun!
*grunts*
Cavegirl style!

re: #152 Dancing along the light of day

Thanks! I will add that I don't actually buy all the toys I want, as today's credit card companies are not as easy to scam as yesterday's Columbia Record Club.

re: #151 Killgore Trout

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The thing is, Obama hasn't been silent, and some on the left clearly aren't happy with what he's been saying (the contents of that tweet for example). But he's obviously right that american tribal politics being what they are would mean a whole lot more noise if the opposition was in power.

re: #153 Vicious Babushka

It was that dweeb MJay's freakout that convinced me to vote for Obama. It just proved that Obama is totally not the "Israel hater" the wingnuts say he is.

He is one nutty dude. I used to get pissed and upset by people like him but now I just think they're curiosities. Sometimes you can figure out how they ended up that way, sometimes not. It's still fun to try.

re: #121 Lidane

It's official-- Ben & Jerry's are crafty bastards. They've created the single greatest thing I've ever tasted:

[Link: www.benjerry.com...]

Oh my god. I'm going to have to force myself to stop eating this or the whole pint will disappear.

Give in to the dark side. Eat the whole thing.

(...I usually do, in one sitting. I've got a problem like that.)

/Coffee Heath Bar Crunch is my all-around favorite of theirs

Flashback to 2008, the McLaughlin Groove:

re: #156 simoom

The thing is, Obama hasn't been silent, and some on the left clearly aren't happy with what he's been saying (the contents of that tweet for example). But he's obviously right that american tribal politics being what they are would mean a whole lot more noise if the opposition was in power.

Yeah, as nutty as MJ is, he's not really wrong on that tweet. If Mitt had won we'd be seeing a lot of progressive stuff about the aggression in Gaza is because Mitt is Israel's servant, etc. Although a lot of progressive sites aren't happy but the reaction is subdued because Obama is still president. So it goes.

re: #151 Killgore Trout

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Well, I've Tweeted a few things about Obama WRT to Gaza. Frankly, I'm not impressed. There's not much nuance in either his or State's response to this. It's basically a boiler plate response and nothing approaching progressive. The standard response of course would be that Obama's not a progressive. I voted for him. Now that he's won I think more progressives should speak out. After all, he was the one that said to hold his feet to the fire. Oh, on more thing. Obama "climate change policy" is rather weak if he even has any real policy at all. Sorry, but now that he's won I'm not going to be a "yes man" to him anymore.

Another being his attitude about marijuana which is frankly rather antiquated.

re: #156 simoom

The thing is, Obama hasn't been silent, and some on the left clearly aren't happy with what he's been saying (the contents of that tweet for example). But he's obviously right that american tribal politics being what they are would mean a whole lot more noise if the opposition was in power.

The Barack Obama of 2004 might well have spoken out against Operation: Pillar of Justice, but the Obama of 2012 has learned many things about security policy and he's come to understand that sometimes violence is the only answer to enemy bent on aggression.

re: #160 Killgore Trout

Yeah, as nutty as MJ is, he's not really wrong on that tweet. If Mitt had won we'd be seeing a lot of progressive stuff about the aggression in Gaza is because Mitt is Israel's servant, etc. Although a lot of progressive sites aren't happy but the reaction is subdued because Obama is still president. So it goes.

Note: Obama would still be president.

re: #161 Gus

Well, I've Tweeted a few things about Obama WRT to Gaza. Frankly, I'm not impressed. There's not much nuance in either his or State's response to this. It's basically a boiler plate response and nothing approaching progressive. The standard response of course would be that Obama's not a progressive. I voted for him. Now that he's won I think more progressives should speak out. After all, he was the one that said to hold his feet to the fire. Oh, on more thing. Obama "climate change policy" is rather weak if he even has any real policy at all. Sorry, but now that he's won I'm not going to be a "yes man" to him anymore.

I'll basically agree with you on that but my perspective is a bit different. You're asking the right question but from the wrong angle. It's not about "why isn't Obama more progressive" but "why can't Obama be more progressive.'' It's about understanding how the world works intead of asking why it doesn't work the way we want it to. Foriegn policy and energy policy are excellent examples, there's a reason why so little changes. I'm not sure what those reasons might be but I am sure those reasons aren't found on Fox, MSNBC, Daily caller or Think Progress.

re: #162 Gus

Another being his attitude about marijuana which is frankly rather antiquated.

Another good example. That's about IRS/federal income tax. Obama might want to decriminalize weed but until there's federal legislation, all these state laws "legalizing" it don't mean shit.

re: #165 Killgore Trout

I'll basically agree with you on that but my perspective is a bit different. You're asking the right question but from the wrong angle. It's not about "why isn't Obama more progressive" but "why can't Obama be more progressive.'' It's about understanding how the world works intead of asking why it doesn't work the way we want it to. Foriegn policy and energy policy are excellent examples, there's a reason why so little changes. I'm not sure what those reasons might be but I am sure those reasons aren't found on Fox, MSNBC, Daily caller or Think Progress.

Bold leadership. Heh.

re: #160 Killgore Trout

This is WAY tasty...
[Link: www.gelsons.com...]
I think you would like it!

re: #166 Killgore Trout

Another good example. That's about IRS/federal income tax. Obama might want to decriminalize weed but until there's federal legislation, all these state laws "legalizing" it don't mean shit.

You start by making statement and not like the one's he's made which sounded like something from Richard Nixon. He won't talk about decriminalizing weed because he doesn't want to decriminalize weed. Otherwise he'd make an effort to talk with that antique Harry Reed in the Senate and that other antique, Nancy Pelosi in the House to think about putting together some bill to revise the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.

re: #167 Gus

Bold leadership. Heh.

We've done 'bold'. It got us Baghdad. Let's try "calm".

re: #170 Decatur Deb

We've done 'bold'. It got us Baghdad. Let's try "calm".

re: #167 Gus

Bold leadership. Heh.

America has temporarily lost its appetite for boldness in foreign policy as a result of Operation: Iraqi Freedom. It may return in time, but for the present the length of US involvement in Iraq and the difficulties and casualties incurred have deadened America's desire to be bold. This is augmented by the isolationism that severe recessions naturally generate.

No, the United States of America will not be exercising bold leadership on the international states in the near term nor likely in the mid-term. We're tired, frustrated, and broke.

re: #170 Decatur Deb

"I guess trying to capture Baghdad was better than Baghdad itself"

-Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan

re: #173 dragonath

You can thank the Mongols for that.

re: #172 Dark_Falcon

America has temporarily lost its appetite for boldness in foreign policy as a result of Operation: Iraqi Freedom. It may return in time, but for the present the length of US involvement in Iraq and the difficulties and casualties incurred have deadened America's desire to be bold. This is augmented by the isolationism that severe recessions naturally generate.

No, the United States of America will not be exercising bold leadership on the international states in the near term nor likely in the mid-term. We're tired, frustrated, and broke.

Commie. //

Obey!

re: #170 Decatur Deb

We've done 'bold'. It got us Baghdad. Let's try "calm".

Just read a quote from Obama's speech in Burma. Sounds almost exactly like his campaign stump speeches.

re: #131 Obdicut

In behalf of my father who just retired after more than forty years teaching , and my mother who is still going strong at Rhode Island College: Why the fuck are you leaving teachers entirely out of your analysis of 'academia'?

Academia is also about that quaint old deal of teaching students.

Upding for the charming naivete.

re: #177 Gus

Just read a quote from Obama's speech in Burma. Sounds almost exactly like his campaign stump speeches.

Do you mean he didn't shake his etch-a-sketch?

re: #179 Decatur Deb

Do you mean he didn't shake his etch-a-sketch?

President Obama on Monday in #Burma: "Even though we come from different places, we share common dreams" twitter.com/whitehouse/sta...

— The White House (@whitehouse) November 20, 2012

In winter I become more like my cats; Bedtime is the most fantastic thing to happen to anybody ever. I count down the minutes in anticipation.

Buck has a sad.

re: #14 Killgore Trout

I thought this article might have a little more info on the phone calls. Not really but there are some interesting quotes from Gazans.
Phone Call Tells Gazans to Get Out; Missiles Hit Minutes Later

It's really hard to understand the logic of firing empty missiles but the public seem to like the idea.

Empty missiles cost next to nothing... having the Iron Dome shoot them down costs Israel tons of $$$. I doubt that's the way Hamas is thinking, but it could end up having an effect in the long run.

Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Seriously, watch this.

re: #180 Gus

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"To choose our leaders" is pretty radical in Rangoon and Freeperville.

re: #185 Decatur Deb

"To choose our leaders" is pretty radical in Rangoon and Freeperville.

Yeah. I should see it as them hearing those words rather than from my own cynical, cranky mind.

soon we will celebrate the uniquely american festival of thanksgiving, when we bitch about how we do all the work while other people enjoy the soft life living offa our taxes and my brother in law is an idiot why does he have to spend the holidays here

re: #183 efuseakay

Empty missiles cost next to nothing... having the Iron Dome shoot them down costs Israel tons of $$$. I doubt that's the way Hamas is thinking, but it could end up having an effect in the long run.

At some point the different production rates of junk fireworks and Rafael's capacity comes into play.

re: #184 Four More Tears

Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Seriously, watch this.

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Man, that song is so me.

re: #183 efuseakay

Empty missiles cost next to nothing... having the Iron Dome shoot them down costs Israel tons of $$$. I doubt that's the way Hamas is thinking, but it could end up having an effect in the long run.

Or the empty missiles are used to swarm the system while the armed missiles launched just a tad later come on a lower and more direct track.

Even with explosions going on around him in Gaza City Anderson Cooper still has time to make a burn. twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew…

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) November 20, 2012

re: #191 Four More Tears

Golf Clap for AC.

re: #192 ProGunLiberal

Golf Clap for AC.

Why? Having Anderson Cooper on the ground in Gaza is big.

re: #193 Gus

Why? Having Anderson Cooper on the ground in Gaza is big.

This is not an endorsement of Hamas. //

broke

we've always been "broke", and we've always been horrifyingly more in debt than we've ever been, and i'm tired of hearing how this broke is a special, extra scary, end of the world broke

horse hockey

re: #193 Gus

No, I mean for the burn.

re: #196 ProGunLiberal

No, I mean for the burn.

Ah, OK. Yeah, saw that earlier. Didn't think much of it.

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re: #198 engineer cat

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Hamas, Christmas. Coincidence?

re: #172 Dark_Falcon

America has temporarily lost its appetite for boldness in foreign policy as a result of Operation: Iraqi Freedom.

I didn't know that being bold required going to war.

re: #200 Achilles Tang

I didn't know that being bold required going to war.

It doesn't, but you get only so far with the strongly-worded letter.

re: #200 Achilles Tang

I didn't know that being bold required going to war.

My point about being "bold" had nothing to do with war.

re: #202 Gus

My point about being "bold" had nothing to do with war.

I didn't reply to you.

re: #203 Achilles Tang

I didn't reply to you.

I replied to you.

re: #204 Gus

I replied to you.

I didn't reply to anything you said.

re: #205 Achilles Tang

I didn't reply to anything you said.

Who's on first?

re: #206 Gus

Who's on first?

Forget it. Goodnight.

LOL

Why is it that if you leave a glass of diet Coke around that after a few hours it start to smell like a floor cleaner? Not a full taste but it has this tiny aroma of floor cleaner.

re: #209 Gus

OK, how do you know what floor cleaner smells like?
NO, DO NOT ANSWER THAT!
giggles.

For Freetoken.

re: #210 Dancing along the light of day

OK, how do you know what floor cleaner smells like?
NO, DO NOT ANSWER THAT!
giggles.

A smell is like a taste.

ignatz sez he will be my henchcat

re: #209 Gus

Why is it that if you leave a glass of diet Coke around that after a few hours it start to smell like a floor cleaner?

Tempted to make a Venn diagram for chemicals appearing in cleaning and food products, but perhaps somethings are better left unknown ;)

Test

Ugh, my old man's gonna drive me to drink. We've put off our travel plans for the last couple days because his back's been killing him. He decided to work overtime most of last week, then after going to the doctor yesterday and getting three scripts for pain killers and steroids as well as a referral for a consult, he lifts a big back of cat food and two heavy bags of cat litter into and out of his car. And yet, after spending the last couple days sleeping on and off due to the meds, he swears he's gonna leave tomorrow morning for a 10 hr car trip.

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath.

I dedicate this Tweet to Buck.

At least where I am in #Gaza city, it seemed a quiet night, the first in almost a week. First time I've not been woken in middle of night.

— Jon Donnison (@JonDonnison) November 20, 2012

re: #217 Gus

I dedicate this Tweet to Buck.

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Wait. Jon just said it was a quiet night? This can't be by accident.

//

IDf says again it has been bombing underground rocket launching sites and weapons stores overnight. #Gaza

— Jon Donnison (@JonDonnison) November 20, 2012

re: #200 Achilles Tang

I didn't know that being bold required going to war.

It doesn't, but going to war is often a decison born in part by boldness and sometimes the effects of a war enhance or inhibit boldness, depending on the war's perceived outcome.

That would explain why earlier I heard loud naval gun fire but no explosions.

Long range shelling.

Wait. Now people will think I'm a hawk! Oh noz!

re: #198 engineer cat

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re: #199 Gus

Hamas, Christmas. Coincidence?

Hamas is the holiday when we celebrate the birth of ham?

We should do "X."

How DARE you suggest we do "X." You have insulted my heritage, my family, my ancestors. MY NATION!

re: #221 Gus

re: #222 Gus

Thomas Hardy : Channel Firing

That night your great guns, unawares,
Shook all our coffins as we lay,
And broke the chancel window-squares,
We thought it was the Judgment-day

And sat upright. While drearisome
Arose the howl of wakened hounds:
The mouse let fall the altar-crumb,
The worms drew back into the mounds,

The glebe1 cow drooled. Till God called, “No;
It’s gunnery practise out at sea
Just as before you went below;
The world is as it used to be:

“And all nations striving strong to make
Red war yet redder. Mad as hatters
They do no more for Christés sake
Than you who are helpless in such matters.

“That this is not the judgement-hour
For some of them’s a blessed thing,
For if it were they’d have to scour
Hell’s floor for so much threatening. . . .

“Ha, ha. It will be warmer when
I blow the trumpet (if indeed
I ever do; for you are men,
And rest eternal sorely need).”

So down we lay again. “I wonder,
Will the world ever saner be,”
Said one, ‘than when He sent us under
In our indifferent century!”

And many a skeleton shook his head.
“Instead of preaching forty year,”
My neighbour Parson Thirdly said,
“I wish I had stuck to pipes and beer.”

Again the guns disturbed the hour,
Roaring their readiness to avenge,
As far inland as Stourton Tower,
And Camelot, and starlit Stonehenge2.

Hi everyone. I'm one of those crazy Thanksgiving travelers, waiting @airport for red-eye to SC. 14.00 wine & its a shitshow of people.

re: #227 Dark_Falcon

re: #222 Gus

Thomas Hardy : Channel Firing

So all this time when they thought they were hiding it amongst the civilians you find out that because of this, they hid it in the southern part of the strip. Perhaps.

re: #228 Stanghazi

Hi everyone. I'm one of those crazy Thanksgiving travelers, waiting @airport for red-eye to SC. 14.00 wine & its a shitshow of people.

Give 'em the finger for me.

//

re: #32 Charles Johnson

I have henchmen?

Fess up. You've got a secret lair too.
All evil geniuses have secret lairs.

@popeshakey @andersoncooper Ha! So true.

— Gus (@Gus_802) November 20, 2012

re: #230 Gus

Give 'em the finger for me.

//

Gotta catch a buzz 1st

Uh oh. I'm in trouble now. :P

From the Cultural Sensitivity files:

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re: #235 Lidane

From the Cultural Sensitivity files:

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Ha!

re: #235 Lidane

From the Cultural Sensitivity files:

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Oh yeah, somebody's ass is gonna be a sling.

re: #231 RadicalModerate

Fess up. You've got a secret lair too.
All evil geniuses have secret lairs.

Pssst, under the Denver Airport...

re: #238 Dancing along the light of day

Pssst, under the Denver Airport...

Didn't you get warned what would happen next time you gave away classified information?!

//

re: #209 Gus

Why is it that if you leave a glass of diet Coke around that after a few hours it start to smell like a floor cleaner? Not a full taste but it has this tiny aroma of floor cleaner.

Quite possibly because both incorporate citrus oils as an aromatic ingredient.

I just heard Andy Grammer on the Tonight show. Band is effen awesome! I'm going to check out his band.

I used to be a henchman. Now my plans are more sinister.

"//"

re: #240 The Questionable Timing of a Flea

Quite possibly because both incorporate citrus oils as an aromatic ingredient.

Probably how they clean their machinery.

re: #242 Gus

I used to be a henchman. Now my plans are more sinister.

"//"

I only henched to pay my way through college. I'm actually studying to be a veterinarian.

//

So. What's happening in Argentina?

re: #229 Gus

So all this time when they thought they were hiding it amongst the civilians you find out that because of this, they hid it in the southern part of the strip. Perhaps.

What, the planetary defense laser at the apex of the Luxor? I've known about that one for years. Perfectly safe to operate, and something the Illuminati let the rest of the world know about because the truly paranoid don't believe something can hide in plain sight like that.

There was a bombing at a NATO post in Pakistan. One dead and three injured last I saw. Quite likely that over 100 were killed in Syria. Possibly 100s more in parts of Africa.

re: #246 Dark_Falcon

What, the planetary defense laser at the apex of the Luxor? I've known about that one for years. Perfectly safe to operate, and something the Illuminati let the rest of the world know about because the truly paranoid don't believe something can hide in plain sight like that.

Nah. It's reverse logic.

I for one am outraged. How can anyone even suggest a thing. I am almost breathless.

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Soon they will be coming for are guns. Because they hate, are freedoms.

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Vegas:
Joey and I had answered an ad in the paper for henchmen for hire.
That was the beginning of my career as a Vegas Henchman. There is a lot of money to be made in Vegas. Our gang of henchmen didn't meet Charles till the late 90's. Started out as small time Watergate tricks, you know a steady stream of hookers to their hotel rooms.
rewriting all the RW talking points and faxing them out to party leaders....

I come from two countries that are far from perfect. We have done many wrongs. From that, I have learned. Some people from other countries should try that instead of thinking that they are perfect in every way.

re: #252 Gus

I come from two countries that are far from perfect. We have done many wrongs. From that, I have learned. Some people from other countries should try that instead of thinking that they are perfect in every way.

Yeah, well I'm from America, and we don't need to learn nothin' because we're damned near perfect!

re: #224 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne

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