Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Armed Volunteer 'Posses' Patrolling Arizona Schools

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Armed Volunteer ‘Posses’ Patrolling Arizona Schools

Some posse members have criminal records

January 2013 • Views: 28,002

Starting today in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Arizona county: armed volunteer “posses” lurking around schools.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s armed volunteer posses are set to begin patrolling areas around Phoenix, Ariz. schools on Monday, more than a week after the plan drew national attention in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

Arizona’s 3TV reports that Arpaio’s volunteer force is comprised of around 3,000 members, some of whom have criminal pasts.

According to CBS5, Arpaio’s office has provided a list of more than 50 schools in unincorporated Maricopa County that will be patrolled by the posses, which are in charge of providing all of their own weapons and equipment. The volunteers will not actually be posted on school campuses, but will instead monitor the areas around the facilities.

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131 comments

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:04:22pm

America’s biggest dickhead sheriff in action folks. Yet DOJ is out of line for investigating this thug.

A Mom Anon Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:04:46pm

Oh Fuck No. If this was my kid’s school system I would be raising 100 kinds of hell along with any other parents I could get to join me.

This is going to end badly. I hope I’m wrong.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:04:56pm

The newest in a long line of South American Dictators:

Sheriff Joe.

Or is he a wanna-be Feudal Lord?

The man literally thinks he has his own kingdom.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:05:26pm

Because nothing makes kids safer than having a bunch of untrained reactionary yahoos with guns around them

ReamWorks SKG Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:05:33pm

Volunteers with guns playing SWAT! What could possibly go wrong?

Agnoton Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:05:41pm

How long before one of these armed “posse” members takes a “special” interest in “protecting” one particular schoolgirl?

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:06:31pm

When does “protecting” cross the line into “controlling?”

I think Sheriff Joe has some deep, deep issues.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:06:32pm

re: #6 Agnoton

How long before one of these armed “posse” members takes a “special” interest in “protecting” one particular schoolgirl?

Or stops a kid and his parents wondering where their “papers” are.

Targetpractice Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:06:46pm

So how long before they start “protecting” the schools from “illegals” by rounding up any kids with skin darker than snow?

Dr. Matt Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:06:57pm

Hopefully these f*cktards do not fail in similar fashion as they did when they were “vetting the President”. Pray for our children.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:06:58pm

re: #8 Kragar

Or stops a kid and his parents wondering where their “papers” are.

BINGO!!

Dr. Matt Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:07:59pm

re: #4 Kragar

Because nothing makes kids safer than having a bunch of untrained reactionary yahoos with guns around them

Case in Point: See George Killerman

A Mom Anon Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:09:00pm

re: #6 Agnoton

I was thinking the same thing. Take the guns out of the equation for a minute. What parents would take kindly at ALL to a bunch of guys hanging out watching school kids just off school property? In my town the cops would be all over them, all it would take is one phone call to 911. And I live in a really conservative area where we have a lot of overarmed preppers and the like.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:09:22pm

re: #11 FemNaziBitch

BINGO!!

Image: I_can_see.jpg

jaunte Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:10:48pm

Security-minded Sheriff Joe’s tank, escorted by a bodyguard.
[Link: www.flickr.com…]

A Mom Anon Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:11:50pm

re: #15 jaunte

Umm, if you’re in a tank, WTF do you need a bodyguard for?

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:11:59pm

re: #15 jaunte

Security-minded Sheriff Joe’s tank, escorted by a bodyguard.
[Link: www.flickr.com…]

That’s the picture that made me think of him as some wanna-be Guerilla King of a Bananna Republic.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:12:21pm

re: #16 A Mom Anon

Umm, if you’re in a tank, WTF do you need a bodyguard for?

If you have your own firearm, why do you need a bodyguard?

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:12:29pm

re: #3 FemNaziBitch

The newest in a long line of South American Dictators:

Sheriff Joe.

Or is he a wanna-be Feudal Lord?

The man literally thinks he has his own kingdom.

He keeps getting re-elected, don’t forget.

jaunte Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:12:32pm

re: #16 A Mom Anon

He has belts on all his suspenders, and vice-versa.

Targetpractice Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:12:48pm

And note that this isn’t some first-term yahoo who the public got sold a bad bill of goods on. Sheriff Joe’s getting ready to start his sixth term in office. If one or more of these volunteers is involved in a deadly situation with students or faculty, the voters of Maricopa only have themselves to blame.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:13:03pm

re: #13 A Mom Anon

I was thinking the same thing. Take the guns out of the equation for a minute. What parents would take kindly at ALL to a bunch of guys hanging out watching school kids just off school property? In my town the cops would be all over them, all it would take is one phone call to 911. And I live in a really conservative area where we have a lot of overarmed preppers and the like.

But, I’m sure they are all white men, so it’s ok … .

/:|

Randall Gross Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:13:35pm

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Mattand Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:13:53pm

For fuck’s sake, Arpaio is a power-hungry menace. Him living out every conservative’s wet dream about schools being armed prison camps is going to get children killed.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:14:36pm

re: #19 Our Precious Bodily Fluids

He keeps getting re-elected, don’t forget.

In a district rife with misinformation and voter suppression allegations.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:14:45pm

re: #19 Our Precious Bodily Fluids

He keeps getting re-elected, don’t forget.

in typical Bananna Republic style.

How corruption free do you think those elections are. Yes, even in America.

Who the Fuck wants their Sheriff to have a freakin’ tank?

Targetpractice Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:17:34pm

re: #26 FemNaziBitch

in typical Bananna Republic style.

How corruption free do you think those elections are. Yes, even in America.

Who the Fuck wants their Sheriff to have a freakin’ tank?

And now, of course, he has armed posses, answerable only to him, watching the children of the county’s voters.

“I understand little Johnny got caught smoking dope by one of my posse members. Now, I don’t think you’d want folks hearing about that or little Johnny being expelled, so let’s see if we can’t work a ‘deal’…”

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:17:46pm

Point of order: An armored assault vehicle isn’t a tank.

And the need for a armored assault vehicle is highly suspect as well.

Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:17:59pm

I don’t know what sickness infects these people, but please, kill me if I get it.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:18:11pm

re: #27 Targetpractice

And now, of course, he has armed posses, answerable only to him, watching the children of the county’s voters.

“I understand little Johnny got caught smoking dope by one of my posse members. Now, I don’t think you’d want folks hearing about that or little Johnny being expelled, so let’s see if we can’t work a ‘deal’…”

His own Praetorian Guard?

Nice gig if you can get it.

wrenchwench Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:18:47pm

re: #19 Our Precious Bodily Fluids

He keeps getting re-elected, don’t forget.

He’s being both sworn in and sworn at today.

allegro Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:19:53pm

re: #26 FemNaziBitch

in typical Bananna Republic style.

How corruption free do you think those elections are. Yes, even in America.

Who the Fuck wants their Sheriff to have a freakin’ tank?

Seriously. I saw that pic of ol’ Joe and his tank and wondered how the heck no one is asking “He spent my tax money on what?!” Where are all these so-called conservatives complaining about government spending and waste?

Gus Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:19:56pm

re: #28 Kragar

Point of order: An armored ~~assault vehicle~~ personnel carrier isn’t a tank.

And the need for a armored assault vehicle is highly suspect as well.

FTFY //

Randall Gross Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:20:28pm

Charles, check mail

Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:20:44pm

So now they’ll be better positioned to root out illegal immigrants. How long until one of them shoots some kids?

Targetpractice Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:21:17pm

re: #32 allegro

Seriously. I saw that pic of ol’ Joe and his tank and wondered how the heck no one is asking “He spent my tax money on what?!” Where are all these so-called conservatives complaining about government spending and waste?

Making excuses for why the sheriff having a panzer at his personal command is a good thing because…well…terrorists or something.

Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:21:40pm

Arizona wanted Law and Order. They also wanted Low Tax Rates.

Sheriff Joe is the logical result not wanting to pay for what they wanted to have.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:22:05pm

re: #32 allegro

Seriously. I saw that pic of ol’ Joe and his tank and wondered how the heck no one is asking “He spent my tax money on what?!” Where are all these so-called conservatives complaining about government spending and waste?

Well, they need to be prepared for the hordes of brown people coming across the border in mythical Reconquista that has been looming in every conservatives Red Dawn wet dream.

*spit*

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:22:27pm

And he doesn’t have a tank.

Its a mobile artillery piece.

Image: 2zYRD.png

Bulworth Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:22:31pm

What could possibly go wrong? /

Skip Intro Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:22:38pm

Arizona is now the Mississippi of the Southwest. That’s quite an accomplishment.

Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:22:57pm

re: #16 A Mom Anon

Umm, if you’re in a tank, WTF do you need a bodyguard for?

Getting in and out of the tank, I guess…

Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:22:58pm

The worst part of this…chicanery is that in a few weeks, all we’re going to hear is how there hasn’t been a mass-shooting at any one of these schools, therefore armed posses are great for solving everything, and the stupidity will spread like the clap in a co-ed college dorm.

Targetpractice Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:23:17pm

re: #39 Kragar

And he doesn’t have a tank.

Its a mobile artillery piece.

Image: 2zYRD.png

Is Joe calling down artillery strikes on drug runners now?

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:24:12pm

I have this image of a group of teenagers deciding to prank the posse.

somehow, I think the teenagers would end-up with the guns.

Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:24:17pm

re: #44 Targetpractice

Is Joe calling down artillery strikes on drug runners now?

Yes, the fire control center is at HSBC Bank headquarters…

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:24:26pm

Arizona Sheriff Uses A Tank And Steven Seagal To Arrest Cockfighting Suspect

Arpaio, reports Phoenix news station KPHO, used armored vehicles and a “tank” to execute a search warrant against Jesus Llovera, who was suspected of running a cockfighting ring.

KPHO talked to Debra Ross, one of the neighbors, who was so shocked at the show of force, she called 911.

“When the tank came in and pushed the wall over and you see what’s in there, and all it is, is a bunch of chickens,” Ross told KPHO.

The Sheriff’s Department says the use of force was appropriate, but Llovera’s attorney told KPHO that the whole thing was “a stage, to help actor Steven Seagal’s TV show, Lawman.”

“We heard there was cockfighting, but when we got there, all we found was a bunch of chicken. Very disappointing.”

Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:24:45pm

re: #39 Kragar

And he doesn’t have a tank.

Its a mobile artillery piece.

Image: 2zYRD.png

“War on Drugs?” Fucking people are demented.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:25:24pm

It’s pretty alarming how he keeps getting re-elected despite being a total clown and publicity whore.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:25:41pm

re: #48 Ghost of Tom Joad

“War on ~~Drugs~~ brown people?” Fucking people are demented.

FTFY

bratwurst Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:25:43pm

re: #24 Mattand

For fuck’s sake, Arpaio is a power-hungry menace. Him living out every conservative’s wet dream about schools being armed prison camps is going to get children killed.

But what if BOTH versions of Red Dawn turn out to be prescient?!?! Schools in Arizona are going to be SO ready to kick commie ass!

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:26:34pm

And then he has his armored truck, with a .50 cal machine gun on top.

Image: JoesTank.jpg

How much money has he been pissing away on his toys?

Targetpractice Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:28:03pm

re: #52 Kragar

And then he has his armored truck, with a .50 cal machine gun on top.

Image: JoesTank.jpg

How much money has he been pissing away on his toys?

Better question: What the fuck does he plan to do with all this heavy equipment? From all appearances, it’s set up his own little fiefdom.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:28:26pm

Somehow should get him a Pickelhaube and before I get accused of Godwin, the Pickelhaube’s origins are in pre-Nazi Prussia.

Romantic Heretic Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:28:29pm

re: #30 FemNaziBitch

His own Praetorian Guard?

Nice gig if you can get it.

Remember how well that worked out for the various Emperors?

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:28:31pm

re: #53 Targetpractice

Better question: What the fuck does he plan to do with all this heavy equipment? From all appearances, it’s set up his own little fiefdom.

BINGO!!!

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:28:44pm

The Joe Arpaio lesson:

There is no reason to control spending or fight corruption if its done in the name of keeping minorities in their place.

Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:29:00pm

re: #52 Kragar

This man must have the smallest dick in America. There’s no other explanation for….that.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:29:33pm

re: #58 Ghost of Tom Joad

This man must have the smallest dick in America. There’s no other explanation for….that.

I think him and Wayne LaPierre compete for that at the small dick pageant.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:29:48pm

re: #58 Ghost of Tom Joad

This man must have the smallest dick in America. There’s no other explanation for….that.

Its an innie, not an outie.

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:30:34pm

re: #54 HappyWarrior

Somehow should get him a Pickelhaube and before I get accused of Godwin, the Pickelhaube’s origins are in pre-Nazi Prussia.

ROTFLAMO

I hadn’t thought of that.

I keep thinking Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.

Sheriff Joe is quickly coming to look a lot like the Drug Kings he is supposedly fighting against.

lawhawk Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:31:14pm

re: #52 Kragar

And then he has his armored truck, with a .50 cal machine gun on top.

Image: JoesTank.jpg

How much money has he been pissing away on his toys?

I don’t think he’s had to pony it up. The money probably came from DHS grants over the past decade.

Vicious Babushka Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:31:14pm

re: #54 HappyWarrior

Somehow should get him a Pickelhaube and before I get accused of Godwin, the Pickelhaube’s origins are in pre-Nazi Prussia.

Pickelhaube is that stereotypical WW1 piked helmet.

Vicious Babushka Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:31:53pm

#ProgressiveCrayonColors the latest wingnut DERP

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:32:26pm

Rep. Steve Scalise Says Republicans Were the Real Winners of the 2012 Election

Apparently, Republicans were the big winner of the 2012 election! Or so says Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), who on Friday told Family Research Council president Tony Perkins that conservatives in the House won a “mandate” in 2012.

YOU FOOL! THE FRC HATES “MAN DATES”!

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:33:01pm

re: #65 Kragar

Rep. Steve Scalise Says Republicans Were the Real Winners of the 2012 Election

YOU FOOL! THE FRC HATES “MAN DATES”!

I keep forgetting Romney won.

Achilles Tang Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:33:19pm

Doesn’t Arizona have a “no guns” zone around schools? How is one to distinguish any armed yokel sitting in a car observing a school, from an armed yokel casing it to see what kind of defenses are in place?

FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:33:31pm

I have to be productive.

later all.

Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:33:51pm

re: #66 FemNaziBitch

I keep forgetting Romney won.

/

He and Anne wear that shoe polish really well.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:35:38pm

re: #63 Vicious Babushka

Pickelhaube is that stereotypical WW1 piked helmet.

I know. Some people still associate it with the Nazis though just like they associate the Iron Cross with the Third Reich albeit that one has some legitimacy since the IC was awarded to German forces in WWII.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:36:35pm

re: #65 Kragar

Rep. Steve Scalise Says Republicans Were the Real Winners of the 2012 Election

YOU FOOL! THE FRC HATES “MAN DATES”!

Yeah they only lost the presidential election, lost seats in the Senate and House, and everything else bt they won because Steve Scallise needs something to spin to white supremacist butthead Perkins.

Vicious Babushka Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:36:52pm

re: #70 HappyWarrior

I know. Some people still associate it with the Nazis though just like they associate the Iron Cross with the Third Reich albeit that one has some legitimacy since the IC was awarded to German forces in WWII.

Nazi helmets did not have the pike, they looked like Darth Vader helmets.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:37:03pm

Previously from Arpaio:

Sheriff Arpaio Will Arm Deputies With Automatic Weapons To Prevent ‘Illegals’ From Escaping

During one of the investigations on Wednesday of this week, Sheriff’s deputies tried to approach a vehicle they had observed at a high rate of speed, when the vehicle sped away, going off road driving through a barb-wire fence into the desert. The suspect vehicle sustained damage to include flat tires but continued to drive for about one mile before eight occupants, including the driver, fled on foot into the thick brush. Immediately deputies created a perimeter and with the use of the Sheriff’s helicopter and K-9 units, they located one suspect hiding in a backyard of a residence and all others hiding in a wash. […]

Sheriff Joe Arpaio says, “Once again the entry into Maricopa County from Mexico by illegal aliens does not seem to have subsided by evidence of numerous arrests made by my deputies. Aside from their determination to get away we will continue to make every effort to pursue and apprehend human smugglers as well as drug traffickers. More and more illegal aliens are attempting to escape which places my deputies in dangerous positions. In the near future I will be issuing automatic weapons for all my deputies”.

Because nothing says justice like machine gunning down fleeing suspects for daring to run away.

Gus Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:37:07pm

re: #64 Vicious Babushka

#ProgressiveCrayonColors the latest wingnut DERP

Colors. This outta be good. They’re already whining about racism.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:37:35pm

re: #72 Vicious Babushka

Nazi helmets did not have the pike, they looked like Darth Vader helmets.

I know that. I just think some people may associate those spiked helmets with Nazis. Wrongly I should emphasize but people still do it.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:38:08pm

re: #64 Vicious Babushka

#ProgressiveCrayonColors the latest wingnut DERP

They’re bitching about crayon colors now? It must hurt to be that stupid.

Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:38:35pm

re: #67 Achilles Tang

Doesn’t Arizona have a “no guns” zone around schools? How is one to distinguish any armed yokel sitting in a car observing a school, from an armed yokel casing it to see what kind of defenses are in place?

Simple. Wait for bad Yokel to start shooting. Wait for good Yokel to shoot him. Then you run the mass-shooter logic-loop.

Was shooter white? If yes, enter loop. If else, stop.
Did shooter play video games? If yes, stop. If else, continue.
Did shooter believe in God? If no, stop. If else, continue.
Was shooter Democrat. If yes, stop. If else, continue.
etc. etc.

Vicious Babushka Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:39:03pm

re: #74 Gus

Colors. This outta be good. They’re already whining about racism.

So many racist Tweets with that tag it’s hard to pick out the Derpiest.

Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:42:43pm

re: #73 Kragar

Previously from Arpaio:

Sheriff Arpaio Will Arm Deputies With Automatic Weapons To Prevent ‘Illegals’ From Escaping

Because nothing says justice like machine gunning down fleeing suspects for daring to run away.

Because they were illegal aliens no less. They should get this guy a few Apaches or an AC-130.

Gus Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:43:34pm

#progressivecrayoncolors Lady parts pink. Remember ladies! Obama wants you to think with your “lady parts” - not your brains!
— Ryan(@Blakenator23) January 7, 2013

wrenchwench Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:45:01pm

re: #73 Kragar

Sheriff Joe Arpaio says, “Once again the entry into Maricopa County from Mexico by illegal aliens does not seem to have subsided by evidence of numerous arrests made by my deputies.

He forgot [again!] that Pima County is between Maricopa County and Mexico.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:45:21pm

re: #80 Gus

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Somehow I think Ryan there is more often not a hit with the ladies. Yeah women should vote for the party that treats rape victims like sluts. That’s using their brain alright /

blueraven Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:45:37pm

re: #80 Gus

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Well they need to work on finding their grey matter…STAT

Charles Johnson Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:46:46pm

Oh no.

Huell Howser, California TV Legend, Passes Away

allegro Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:46:53pm

re: #83 blueraven

Well they need to work on finding their grey matter…STAT

That hunt could keep them busy for years.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:46:59pm

Right Red: Similar shade of red that is seen on a wingnut’s face the second anyone praises Obama.

Gus Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:47:38pm

#ProgressiveCrayonColors Obama Will be President Until January 20, 2017 Green
— Gus (@Gus_802) January 7, 2013

blueraven Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:47:39pm

re: #85 allegro

That hunt could keep them busy for years.

Send in the hounds!

HoosierHoops Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:47:43pm

re: #82 HappyWarrior

Somehow I think Ryan there is more often not a hit with the ladies. Yeah women should vote for the party that treats rape victims like sluts. That’s using their brain alright /

They forget most men think with their body parts.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:48:13pm

re: #81 wrenchwench

He forgot [again!] that Pima County is between Maricopa County and Mexico.

The only way to keep Maricopa county safe is the immediate invasion of Pima county, a regime change and annexation of territory to establish a safe buffer zone.

Dr. Matt Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:49:38pm

re: #64 Alouette

#ProgressiveCrayonColors the latest wingnut DERP

Sadly, some teabagger is probably proud that they invented such a Derpmendous hashtag.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:50:44pm

re: #89 HoosierHoops

They forget most men think with their body parts.

NO WE NEVER DO THAT………….. Except a lot of the time.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:50:49pm

re: #91 Dr. Matt

Sadly, some teabagger is probably proud that they invented such a Derpmendous hashtag.

The irony being that the average teabagger cares more about the flavor of the crayon rather than the color.

Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:51:28pm

re: #84 Charles Johnson

Oh no.

Huell Howser, California TV Legend, Passes Away

That is a big bummer! He was so good at exploring California!

NJDhockeyfan Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:52:51pm

Breaking:

Oil tanker hits Bay Bridge

nines09 Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:52:54pm

So how long until two of these yahoos wind up unloading on one another? Nothing wrong here.

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:54:18pm

Rhode Island Religious Leaders: “The individuals entrusted with civic authority should not impose their personal religious beliefs, or any one interpretation of religious beliefs, on society as a whole, nor use them to deny rights to peoples.”

Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:04:30pm

In a stunning and totally unforeseen occurrence, Texas fucks over women in their new healthcare plan.

Flaws found in new Texas women’s health provider list

.. a review of the list by the Tribune-Herald found many of the doctors aren’t actually participating or won’t take new patients through the program.

For example, Waco Cardiology Associates is included on the list. But an official at the heart doctors’ office said they obviously are not participants in the program.

The program’s key services include contraceptives, cervical cancer screenings and sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment, none of which are offered at Waco Cardiology Associates.

The list generated by the state’s website also includes a handful of emergency medicine physicians from Waco’s two hospitals.

Although such doctors theoretically could handle family planning needs, neither hospital wants to encourage women to seek that type of care in an expensive emergency setting.

The list also includes a few physicians who either no longer work in Waco or who have changed specialties.

For example, one physician who used to practice family medicine is on the list, even though she now only does wound care work.

wrenchwench Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:06:04pm

Image: rape_infographic.jpg

The above graphic, passed along by the Huffington Post‘s Laura Bassett, was put together by the Enliven Project using data from Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey and FBI reports. It drives home extremely well the fact that false rape accusations are exceedingly rare, despite what media reports might suggest. Almost as rare are cases when rapists actually go to jail.

100

Bulworth Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:10:21pm

re: #64 Vicious Babushka

OK, I give up. What is this supposed to mean for tcot crowd?

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wilburs Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:13:40pm

serious WTF

[Link: courantblogs.com…]

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Gus Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:13:55pm

Shame on the pilots spraying the grid lines in the once beautiful skies of San Diego. Shame, shame, shame!
— Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine) January 5, 2013

It’s aluminum oxides & barium salts. They know what their cargo is. Only a fool or an accomplice would argue the unarguable. #chemtrails
— Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine) January 6, 2013

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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:14:36pm

re: #99 wrenchwench

Good to see it in a graphic, DISGUSTING to see the numbers.
DISGUSTING.

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lawhawk Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:15:01pm

re: #102 Gus

Dave’s got to lay off the sauce.

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Shvaughn Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:16:00pm

re: #98 Kragar

In a stunning and totally unforeseen occurrence, Texas fucks over women in their new healthcare plan.

Flaws found in new Texas women’s health provider list

The program’s key services include contraceptives, cervical cancer screenings and sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment, none of which are offered at Waco Cardiology Associates.

… and of course, you can get all of those through Planned Parenthood Waco.

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Gus Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:16:12pm

re: #104 lawhawk

Dave’s got to lay off the sauce.

The heroin sauce?

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engineer cat Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:16:37pm

Bobcat attacks Mass. family

imma have a little chat with bob about this

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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:18:22pm

re: #107 engineer cat

Bobcat attacks Mass. family

imma have a little chat with bob about this

“Don’t get caught.”

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Dr. Matt Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:19:32pm

re: #102 Gus

Shame on the pilots spraying the grid lines in the once beautiful skies of San Diego. Shame, shame, shame!
— Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine) January 5, 2013

It’s aluminum oxides & barium salts. They know what their cargo is. Only a fool or an accomplice would argue the unarguable. #chemtrails
— Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine) January 6, 2013

I guess this could explain why his “music” sucks.

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HoosierHoops Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:19:41pm

re: #106 Gus

The heroin sauce?

Sex, Drugs, Chemtrails and Rock & Roll

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engineer cat Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:20:14pm

AryanLiving //:=) ‏@Aryanliving

#ProgressiveCrayonColors JewBlue

charming

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Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:20:46pm

Alex Jones in airport showdown with TSA for refusing to remove his shoes

“Despite Jones’ protests that he was clearly being discriminated against because he was a known critic of the TSA (the rest of the TSA screeners also knew him by name), the officer growled, ‘Take your damn shoes off or I’m gonna arrest you,’” according to Inforwars.

The radio host argued that he had not wanted to take off his shoes because “he had caught athletes foot from that very process in another airport.”

Although he did eventually eventually agree to be searched, he claimed that TSA screeners manually set off the metal detector, “possibly by order of the officer, so that they could harass Jones further.”

Jones was reportedly traveling to New York to appear on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight.

Infowars also posted a photo of the confrontation on Facebook, but not everyone was supportive.

“Like the TSA or not Alex Jones is full of shit,” Ray Lynch wrote. “You put your fucking finger in my face like that and your God-damned shoes are going to be the least of your problems. Purely a stunt. While I’m at it…..fuck Piers Morgan too. I’m surprised they didn’t ‘plant’ marijuana or a gun on him. I’d give the police officer a commendation for not beating that mother fucker’s ass on video. That’s clearly what he was looking for.”

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Dr. Matt Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:21:35pm

Dave Mustaine is a born again “Christian” AND a conspiracy theorist AND a libertarian. There’s a joke somewhere in there.

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Gus Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:22:11pm

re: #113 Dr. Matt

Dave Mustaine is a born again “Christian” AND a conspiracy theorist AND a libertarian. There’s a joke somewhere in there.

And a birther.

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Varek Raith Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:22:38pm

re: #15 jaunte

Security-minded Sheriff Joe’s tank, escorted by a bodyguard.
[Link: www.flickr.com…]

Dictator wannabe.

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Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:22:38pm

re: #113 Dr. Matt

Dave Mustaine is a born again “Christian” AND a conspiracy theorist AND a libertarian. There’s a joke somewhere in there.

A Christian, a Libertarian, and a Conspiracist walk into a bar…

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A Mom Anon Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:24:37pm

re: #104 lawhawk

There’s nothing worse than a “born again” recovering addict. Glenn Beck is another one, just a different religion of choice.

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lawhawk Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:25:02pm

re: #116 Kragar

Hello me. It’s me again.

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Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:25:59pm

Alabama white supremacist charged for plot to blow up black and gay students

Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor on Sunday said that Derek Shrout had been arrested after a teacher turned over a journal which indicated that his homemade grenades were just “a step or two away from being ready to explode,” according to the Ledger-Enquirer.

A Friday search of Shrout’s home turned up bomb-making materials, including dozens of tobacco cans and two large cans filled with pellets to be used as shrapnel. The two large cans were labeled “Fat Boy” and “Little Man,” a reference to the atomic bombs that the U.S. dropped on Japan during World War II.

Reports indicated that the 17-year-old student, who was part of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), had gotten mixed up with a white supremacist group after moving from Kansas to Fort Benning with his military family.

“At first through JROTC, he was confident, well-rounded, but as time went by, he was doing the whole white power thing,” senior class president David Kelly told WTVM.

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geoffm33 Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:26:35pm

Ughhh, reminds me of a Stephen King novel, anyone read “Under the Dome”?

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Mr.Boots Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:29:52pm

After a scan of the comments, I haven’t noticed a comment on a primary issue. As a former teacher and school administrator, I’m familiar with a problem that seems to be unanswered.

In the case of an actual situation, who is in charge? When security was introduced in and around our schools, this had to be determined. If a teacher (or administartor) is on the scene, does the security force (particularly in this case of volunteers) take orders or direction from faculty or admin, or are they autonomous? Until this was determined in my former district, we had $10 an hour security guards trying to tell, and often countermanding senior teacher’s directions to students. This created chaos in several serious situations. Does Sheriff Joe’s “posse” answer to him, to school administrators, to anybody in a crisis situation?

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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:31:52pm

re: #110 HoosierHoops

Sex, Drugs, Chemtrails and Rock & Roll

And BBAll!

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Kragar Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:33:27pm

U.S. Spent More On Immigration Than All Other Federal Enforcement Agencies Combined

During the 2012 fiscal year, the federal government spent more on immigration enforcement — $18 billion — than on every other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. The spending on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection dwarfs the combined $14.4 billion spent on the FBI; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Secret Service.

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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:33:52pm

re: #121 Mr.Boots

Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow the hell down here. That’s an awful, awful lot of thinking for those folks to be doing. Most of those gun-totin’ posse members probably overheat just trying to figure out how to tie their shoes…you know what, scratch that, they’re probably a velcro-only crowd. Either way, too much thinking for them.

Technically, they’re not actually supposed to be on school grounds, just the ‘surrounding areas.’

And as for school security guards….umm, I wouldn’t give a flying damn if they were in charge, I’d sooner listen to a substitute teacher. Most of the school security guards I’ve known are overweight ex-jocks with attitude problems.

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Mr.Boots Mon, Jan 7, 2013 1:53:00pm

re: #124 Ghost of Tom Joad

‘Technically, they’re not actually supposed to be on school grounds, just the ‘surrounding areas.’

Fat chance. I know from experience that these guys will all have a police scanner on, and as soon as a call goes out for a sector car to report to a school, they’ll come flying onto campus looking to effect a citizen’s arrest before a uniformed officer can arrive. More than a few times, I called 911 for a sector car to report to my building because we had apprehended a student for drug possession or some other arrestable offence, only to have some auxiliary police officer, who was hanging out at the volunteer fire house with his scanner on, come flying in into the building looking to take over and to be a hero. Many times, I had to tell him GTFO, the situation was well in-hand, we were just waiting for the local LEOs and we neither needed nor wanted their help.

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wrenchwench Mon, Jan 7, 2013 2:02:30pm

re: #120 geoffm33

Welcome, hatchling.

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Shvaughn Mon, Jan 7, 2013 2:10:59pm

re: #112 Kragar