This is the first track from the latest live album by British guitar phenomenon Guthrie Govan and his band The Aristocrats, with the equally gifted Marco Minneman and Bryan Beller on drums and bass. Here’s the album; if you’re into guitar pyrotechnics, it doesn’t get much more impressive than this: Boing, We’ll Do It Live! the Aristocrats at Alvas Showroom.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:18:12pm |
This guy’s picking speed and precision is mind-boggling. I thought Paul Gilbert was fast, but Guthrie takes it another level up.
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Stanley Sea Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:29:25pm |
Watching replay of walking dead. Merle is the devil.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:32:15pm |
re: #2 Stanley Sea
Watching replay of walking dead. Merle is the devil.
Merle is just a misunderstood brute of a serial killer.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:32:46pm |
Someday it won’t be Texastan?
GOP fears: Hillary Clinton continues to spark talk of a blue Texas
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Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:34:04pm |
I know, Oscars, but I’ll be watching The Walking Dead. Not that into watching rich people give each other gold statues.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:34:19pm |
Stories like this are barely news anymore:
Britain’s top Catholic cleric accused of ‘inappropriate behavior’
Three priests and a former priest have filed complaints to the Vatican alleging that Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, approached them in an inappropriate manner.
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Stanley Sea Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:37:17pm |
re: #6 Charles Johnson
I know, Oscars, but I’ll be watching The Walking Dead. Not that into watching rich people give each other gold statues.
The gowns can be seen tomorrow. The winners via Twitter.
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BongCrodny Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:40:10pm |
re: #6 Charles Johnson
I know, Oscars, but I’ll be watching The Walking Dead. Not that into watching rich people give each other gold statues.
I like it for the big six - the acting, directing and best picture awards - but I find it painful to sit through the rest of it.
I really don’t want to sit through four hours of schmooze just to find out which movie won best picture.
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lawhawk Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:40:39pm |
re: #6 Charles Johnson
Seth MacFarlane is the redeeming feature… so far.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:41:49pm |
Actually, that was a part of the last episode that really worked … when Merle saw the scars on Daryl’s back and we realized that they had both been horribly abused children.
Those plot twists are why I love this show.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:42:04pm |
One of my pet peeves about those who keep pushing higher education as a path for jobs - an example : too many PhDs in sciences:
The Ph.D Bust: America’s Awful Market for Young Scientists—in 7 Charts
There just isn’t a market out there for all these knowledge-producers.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:42:24pm |
re: #4 Charles Johnson
Merle is just a misunderstood brute of a serial killer.
I saw an article which made the case Merle already is a zombie, he just doesn’t happen to be dead yet. He doesn’t give a damn about any other survivors and would kill any of them in a heartbeat to get what wants.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:45:47pm |
re: #13 Kragar (Antichrist )
I saw an article which made the case Merle already is a zombie, he just doesn’t happen to be dead yet. He doesn’t give a damn about any other survivors and would kill any of them in a heartbeat to get what wants.
The zombies are vital to the overall plot, but almost incidental to the real stories. “The Walking Dead” are the living people.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:48:35pm |
re: #14 Charles Johnson
The zombies are vital to the overall plot, but almost incidental to the real stories. “The Walking Dead” are the living people.
‘The Walking Dead’ Open Thread: He’s Korean!
Is morality a luxury? One might think that, in a world overrun by zombies, setting up an ethical code should take a backseat to survival. But the strongest moments in Sunday’s othewise lackluster Walking Dead made the opposite case, using a breakdown in the relationship between brothers Merle and Darryl as a case study in why morality would and should be a central concern in a post-apocalyptic world.
The brothers begin feuding in the woods, as the meager spoils of their hunting efforts lead Darryl to question whether they shouldn’t make a beeline back for the well-stocked prison. But the real rift emerges when they spy a small group of survivors fighting a losing battle against a group of walkers. Darryl sees people in trouble who need his help. But Merle sees useless dead weight to whom he owes nothing. “They ain’t never cooked me a meal,” he sniffs.
However close Darryl and Merle may have been at one point (even morally speaking, as they apparently planned to rob the prison group when they first encountered it), the conflict over the embattled group on the highway reveals how far they’ve grown. Darryl believes human life is something worth protecting irrespective of utility. Like a normal person, he believes leaving people to die when you can save them to be a grave moral ill. It’s such an important part of his moral character that he barely hesitates to run in, crossbow blazing, and save the day. Merle is left little choice but to follow his brother but, in a nice touch, he saunters towards the battle in a fashion resembling nothing more than a walker’s shuffle, his move away from humanity reflected in his actual movement.
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wrenchwench Sun, Feb 24, 2013 5:59:29pm |
The Oscars have ruined my Twitter feed…. zzzzzz
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:08:39pm |
Right now many Americans are watching a TV show full of zombies. Others are watching the Walking Dead. #Oscars— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) February 25, 2013
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:09:31pm |
Kid is watching Oscar in the other room I’d watch for any possible live renditions from Les Mis, but it’s not worth slogging thru it all. I don’t really care.
I’m tired and I want to go to sleep.
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:10:54pm |
Had dinner tonite with old older friends and just found out that the wife was diagnosed with Parkinsons last Dec. We knew something was wrong, but she had other possible issues.
really bummed, still in her mid-sixties
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CuriousLurker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:14:21pm |
OT: The wingnuts are pushing hard to get their distorted Hagel story noticed. A little under an hour ago Arutz Sheva posted a new article on their front page referencing Breibart’s article, which in turn references Arutz Shaeva’s own Op-ed. O_o
I smell desperation.
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BongCrodny Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:15:19pm |
Best Animated Short - “Paperman”
Very sweet. I love the retro 1950’s design.
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TedStriker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:15:47pm |
re: #20 CuriousLurker
OT: The wingnuts are pushing hard to get their distorted Hagel story noticed. A little under an hour ago Arutz Sheva posted a new article on their front page referencing Breibart’s article, which in turn references Arutz Shaeva’s own Op-ed. O_o
I smell desperation.
A circlejerk of desperation.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:15:50pm |
re: #20 CuriousLurker
OT: The wingnuts are pushing hard to get their distorted Hagel story noticed. A little under an hour ago Arutz Sheva posted a new article on their front page referencing Breibart’s article, which in turn references Arutz Shaeva’s own Op-ed. O_o
I smell desperation.
Thank CL for reading all the crap on Arutz Sheva and Forward so that I don’t have to. :/
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:16:39pm |
What?
Afghanistan Orders US Special Forces Out of Province After Reports of Torture and Murder
The government of Afghanistan has banned elite American forces from operating in the province of Maidan Wardak, claiming that Afghans working with US special forces have been involved with the torture and killing of villagers in the area. The province, which is adjacent to the Afghan capital of Kabul, has been a strategic buffer against the Taliban and key to the defense of the capital.
US officials were told on Sunday afternoon of the Afghan government’s decision, which it reached after trying to get answers from the US about the torture and killing accusations. Afghan defense officials provided the US with photographs and video of the alleged perpetrators, but did not receive any immediate response or action from US forces.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office released a statement saying that during a meeting of Afghanistan’s National Security Council, “It became clear that armed individuals named as U.S. special force stationed in Wardak province engage in harassing, annoying, torturing and even murdering innocent people.”
The banning is being viewed as a serious signal that Afghan officials are willing to confront and assert authority over US special forces as conventional combat troops begin to take on only an advisory role. Afghanistan claims it had been trying for weeks to get answers and believed that there had been some headway until American officials denied that the men in question had ever worked with or for US forces.
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wrenchwench Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:19:55pm |
re: #20 CuriousLurker
OT: The wingnuts are pushing hard to get their distorted Hagel story noticed. A little under an hour ago Arutz Sheva posted a new article on their front page referencing Breibart’s article, which in turn references Arutz Shaeva’s own Op-ed. O_o
I smell desperation.
Confirmation through epistemic closure.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:20:07pm |
re: #23 Vicious Babushka
Thank CL for reading all the crap on Arutz Sheva and Forward so that I don’t have to. :/
And thanks to you for reading the stuff I can’t bear. Also, for bringing positive stories when you find them—that really helps to wash away a lot of the crap. Seriously.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:20:16pm |
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:23:29pm |
Proof that Wayne LaPierre is unhinged dailykos.com/story/2013/01/… via @dailykos— Dorian Sage (@Dorian_Sage) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:25:01pm |
“Les Misérables” is actually French for “My Wife Made Me Watch This.”— Mr. Carson (@MrCarson_) February 25, 2013
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Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:25:27pm |
I do not freaking believe what I just saw on TWD.
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Bubblehead II Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:26:09pm |
re: #21 BongCrodny
Best Animated Short - “Paperman”
Very sweet. I love the retro 1950’s design.
+100
Just for the insanity break.
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Pawn of the Oppressor Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:26:15pm |
re: #2 Stanley Sea
Watching replay of walking dead. Merle is the devil.
HEYYYYY! SPOILER ALERT! GOD.
/kidding, but thanks for reminding me, I had forgotten it was on
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Targetpractice Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:27:32pm |
re: #20 CuriousLurker
OT: The wingnuts are pushing hard to get their distorted Hagel story noticed. A little under an hour ago Arutz Sheva posted a new article on their front page referencing Breibart’s article, which in turn references Arutz Shaeva’s own Op-ed. O_o
I smell desperation.
Of course they’re desperate. There’s 60 votes lined up to vote for cloture, and Reid has said he will not honor any holds, leaving the GOP without a card to play. Short of some major “controversy” that bring a vote or two back into their hands, Hagel’s nomination will be confirmed this week.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:27:53pm |
re: #34 Charles Johnson
Not gonna post a spoiler, but damn.
How can the women’s armpits be shaved? I think that would be the first tradition I’d ditch. #WalkingDead— Rick S (@gratepool) February 25, 2013
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:30:05pm |
re: #20 CuriousLurker
OT: The wingnuts are pushing hard to get their distorted Hagel story noticed. A little under an hour ago Arutz Sheva posted a new article on their front page referencing Breibart’s article, which in turn references Arutz Shaeva’s own Op-ed. O_o
I smell desperation.
From Arutz Sheva:
It called upon the new president to make resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) a top priority “early in his presidency” and to override “certain domestic constituencies.”
From the report:
A new U.S. effort to reach an Israeli-Pale stinian agreement may anger certain domestic constituencies. We do not, however, believe it is beyond the capability of any American President to explain to the American people why this long-running dispute must at long last be ended and why it will take much diplomatic heavy lifting and public expenditure to make it work. In the end the stakes are too high to pursue a hands-off or arm’s-length approach.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:31:37pm |
I watched this, would totally NOT get it for my grandkids.
Pixar’s ‘Brave’ wins #Oscar for best animated film: apne.ws/124MXRA -CC— The Associated Press (@AP) February 25, 2013
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:32:05pm |
I need to catch up on TWD sometime
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:32:42pm |
re: #38 Vicious Babushka
I watched this, would totally NOT get it for my grandkids.
How did you like Snatch though?
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:33:09pm |
Nothing there about overriding “certain domestic constituencies.”
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:35:19pm |
re: #40 Kragar (Antichrist )
How did you like Snatch though?
Did not watch it last night, watched “Lebowski” instead. But it’s #1 on my Netflix “Instant watch”
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:46:09pm |
Former FBI profiler: ‘Video games do not cause violence’
Following a CBS News report that investigators had found a “trove” of video games in the home of Newtown shooter Adam Lanza, conservatives like Glenn Beck jumped to the conclusion that the games had been a “gateway drug” to the slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
But during a panel discussion on Sunday, former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole said evidence did not support that theory.
“It’s my experience that video games do not cause violence,” O’Toole told CBS News. “However, it is one of the risk variables when we do a threat assessment for the risk to act out violently.”
“It’s important that I point out that as a threat assessment and as a former FBI profiler, we don’t see these as the cause violence,” she added. “We see them as sources of fueling ideation that’s already there.”
Texas A&M International University psychology professor Christopher Ferguson pointed out that youth violence had recently declined to the lowest level in 40 years at a time when video games had become more violent.
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RadicalModerate Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:56:45pm |
Twitter fail of the month, courtesy of Arkansas state Senator Jason Rapert.
Why Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert should really consider changing his twitter background.
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Bubblehead II Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:57:42pm |
re: #24 FemNaziBitch
Time for us to leave. They don’t want us there, and we can’t afford to be there. Let them clean up their own fucking mess. They let the Taliban in and then expected help in getting rid of them after they found out just how bad they were. Sadly, they found the price for cleaning up their mess was higher than they wanted to pay. Let em stew
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TedStriker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:58:10pm |
re: #45 RadicalModerate
Twitter fail of the month, courtesy of Arkansas state Senator Jason Rapert.
Why Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert should really consider changing his twitter background.
I know it’s wrong, but I couldn’t stop from chuckling a bit with that one.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:58:57pm |
re: #45 RadicalModerate
Twitter fail of the month, courtesy of Arkansas state Senator Jason Rapert.
Why Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert should really consider changing his twitter background.
At least its accurate.
/
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:07:17pm |
re: #47 TedStriker
I know that it’s wrong, but I couldn’t stop from busting out a laugh with that one.
When you think GOP in Arkansas, think Rape Trap… RAPERT! I MEANT RAPERT!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:10:20pm |
re: #46 Bubblehead II
Time for us to leave. They don’t want us there, and we can’t afford to be there. Let them clean up their own fucking mess. They let the Taliban in and then expected help in getting rid of them after they found out just how bad they were. Sadly, they found the price for cleaning up their mess was higher than they wanted to pay. Let em stew
The problem is keep the country from becoming a terrorist sanctuary.
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RadicalModerate Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:13:44pm |
Remember, the NRA wants us to trust THESE guys with weapons.
Four-alarm fire engulfs Dallas shooting range
DALLAS — The four-alarm fire that engulfed the DFW Gun Range at 1607 West Mockingbird Lane in Dallas Sunday afternoon was apparently triggered by unauthorized tracer rounds.
Heavy black smoke was visible from downtown Dallas.
About 50 people were inside the gun range when the fire broke out, but all were able to escape safely.
The company’s Web site listed a number of classes on Sunday, including an “Introduction to Handguns” scheduled at 3:15 p.m.
“It was pretty scary,” said one range patron who gave his name as Brett. “There are a bunch of bullets in there, and there’s not telling how far or when they’re going to go off.
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prairiefire Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:15:55pm |
Seth hosting the Oscars is not going so well.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:16:37pm |
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BongCrodny Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:17:42pm |
re: #52 prairiefire
Seth hosting the Oscars is not going so well.
You can have glamour, or you can have potty humor.
Glamour AND potty humor…eh.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:18:32pm |
When teeth are so white they don’t look like teeth. When they’re super white and all lined up perfectly in the right light you can’t see the individual teeth and just look like this white plastic teeth guard.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:19:39pm |
MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AT THE OSCARS
RT if you’re looking forward to Adele’s performance of “Skyfall” huff.to/XVqAFW #Oscars twitter.com/HuffPostCeleb/…— HuffPost Celebrity (@HuffPostCeleb) February 25, 2013
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dragonath Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:27:16pm |
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:27:19pm |
And the winner for Best Editing is ………..Breitbart!#Oscar— Mexican Mitt Romneez (@MexicanMitt) February 25, 2013
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CuriousLurker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:29:21pm |
re: #42 Vicious Babushka
There’s an absolutely stunning documentary called Mythos Wald by a German filmmaker named Jan Haft. I saw the full 90 min. HD version with English voice-over on YouTube last year, so I know it’s out there somewhere, but I can’t find it anywhere right now (it’s long gone from YouTube).
It’s reminiscent of the BBC’s Planet Earth series narrated by Attenborough, though obviously much shorter in duration. The visuals though, OMG—the forests really make you see where all the European fairy tales came from—I’m sure your grandkids would love it, so grab it if you ever run across the English version.
Oh, wait. I take that back. Here it is in 2 parts, but it’s ruined by a Russian narrator talking over the voice of the German one. *sigh* Still, you’ll be able to see how amazing the video is.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:33:02pm |
Bwahahahaha…. loving the new WWE character Zeb. Tonight “Zeb” posted two new videos, and it seems like WWE writers are reading VDARE for inspiration:
Anti-white persecution and American Exceptionalism - yup, WWE writers have the wingnuts nailed down.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:33:11pm |
re: #59 CuriousLurker
There’s an absolutely stunning documentary called Mythos Wald by a German filmmaker named Jan Haft. I saw the full 90 min. HD version with English voice-over on YouTube last year, so I know it’s out there somewhere, but I can’t find it anywhere right now (it’s long gone from YouTube).
It’s reminiscent of the BBC’s Planet Earth series narrated by Attenborough, though obviously much shorter in duration. The visuals though, OMG—the forests really make you see where all the European fairy tales came from—I’m sure your grandkids would love it, so grab it if you ever run across the English version.
Oh, wait. I take that back. Here it is in 2 parts, but it’s ruined by a Russian narrator talking over the voice of the German one. *sigh* Still, you’ll be able to see how amazing the video is.
[Embedded content]
Well, some of my grandkids speak Russian. :)
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CuriousLurker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:33:55pm |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:35:09pm |
re: #64 Vicious Babushka
Well, some of my grandkids speak Russian. :)
Oh shoot! Well that’ll work then (if they can hear the Russian over the German narrator), heh.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:39:44pm |
Will this have legs?
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:42:55pm |
re: #68 freetoken
Will this have legs?
Possibly, I wouldn’t be surprised either way. But at least there’s not a Republican in the white house so it’s probably not going to be a huge scandal even if true.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:43:31pm |
re: #65 CuriousLurker
And Somalia, Mali, etc. It’s like playing Whack-A-Mole.
We don’t have a choice but to play.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:44:38pm |
re: #68 freetoken
Karzai’s office charged that a university student who was detained during a U.S. operation in Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, was later found with his head and fingers cut off
Karzia should look at his own forces on that one
U.S. forces are accused of detaining nine villagers, who are still missing.
possible,,, maybe even probable
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:44:41pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
Possibly, I wouldn’t be surprised either way. But at least there’s not a Republican in the white house so it’s probably not going to be a huge scandal even if true.
Exactly. If this had come out under George W. Bush it would be on the front page of the New York Times tomorrow.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:45:21pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
Possibly, I wouldn’t be surprised either way. But at least there’s not a Republican in the white house so it’s probably not going to be a huge scandal even if true.
But Bush got us into there ,, so,,, CHENEY!!
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CuriousLurker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:46:34pm |
re: #71 Dark_Falcon
We don’t have a choice but to play.
If we’re gonna play, then we need to play smarter.
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Bubblehead II Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:48:07pm |
Night Lizards. Sorry to have stirred the pot and then bail, but 0400 does come early. But as far as U.S. Special Forces engaging in the kidnapping/torture/murder of Afghan Nationals. It doesn’t pass the smell test. Now if you replace U.S. forces with Taliban/A.Q. operatives wearing U.S./Coalition Uniforms, that I could believe. They have done it before when infiltrating bases for suicide bomb attacks.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:48:14pm |
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dragonath Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:54:25pm |
re: #73 Dark_Falcon
Exactly. If this had come out under George W. Bush it would be on the front page of the New York Times tomorrow.
If Gore had set the precedents that Bush did, I’m pretty sure people would still be upset. I still remember people making a big joke out of Abu Ghraib.
Ha ha. No.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:56:59pm |
re: #79 dragonath
If Gore had set the precedents that Bush did, I’m pretty sure people would still be upset. I still remember people making a big joke out of Abu Ghraib.
Ha ha. No.
Wait. Bush set a precedent for Lynndie England to put a dog collar on a prisoner?
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 7:57:04pm |
re: #79 dragonath
If Gore had set the precedents that Bush did, I’m pretty sure people would still be upset. I still remember people making a big joke out of Abu Ghraib.
Ha ha. No.
People, yes, but the Grey Lady tends to play up the faults of Republicans far more than those of Democrats. It sometimes (though not always and never for real accusations of corruption) will downplay the faults of Democrats.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:01:49pm |
re: #73 Dark_Falcon
Exactly. If this had come out under George W. Bush it would be on the front page of the New York Times tomorrow.
The nature of media markets. Anyway, here’s the front webpage for the NY Times. Fox News has this story in tiny text under “latest news.” The story came in this morning.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:02:55pm |
re: #82 Gus
The nature of media markets. Anyway, here’s the front webpage for the NY Times. Fox News has this story in tiny text under “latest news.” The story came in this morning.
It was on Drudge (via the BBC) this morning
[Link: www.bbc.co.uk…]
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:04:20pm |
re: #83 sattv4u2
It was on Drudge (via the BBC) this morning
[Link: www.bbc.co.uk…]
I think the general reaction from everybody, or at least in the USA, is being a little bit stumped. All they did was read a statement and not much else. Kind of pissed me off a little but. Never liked Karzai.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:04:42pm |
From the looks of the allegations (even if true) it seems Obama left himself enough degrees of separation to invoke plausible deniability. Afghan troops working loosely with US special forces, something went a little too far. Ooops, you won’t find a white sheet justifying this but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t used to our advantage. Shit happens.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:05:09pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:08:53pm |
re: #84 Gus
I think the general reaction from everybody, or at least in the USA, is being a little bit stumped. All they did was read a statement and not much else. Kind of pissed me off a little but. Never liked Karzai.
I think it’s because (A) It’s Sunday and many of the analysts for US/UK outfits are off work, (B) The student supposedly abducted and killed was tortured in ways that the US does not engage in (ripping off whole fingers is far more crude than we need to be, but its the kind of cruelty Al Qaeda enjoys) (C) It’s pretty heavily at odds with how Obama has stated he wants to do business.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:11:12pm |
re: #86 sattv4u2
Never liked Karzai.
He always spoke highly of you!!
/
The bastard! Anyway, Obama said the end of 2014.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:11:19pm |
re: #85 Killgore Trout
From the looks of the allegations (even if true) it seems Obama left himself enough degrees of separation to invoke plausible deniability. Afghan troops working loosely with US special forces, something went a little too far. Ooops, you won’t find a white sheet justifying this but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t used to our advantage. Shit happens.
Irrelevant, since the Taliban and Al Qaeda aren’t targeting US and western opinion with this. They’re trying to enrage Afghans in order to prevent the Afghan Government from signing a status-of-forces agreement containing protection for US troops from Afghan courts. Without that, we have to leave entirely.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:12:21pm |
re: #87 Dark_Falcon
I think it’s because (A) It’s Sunday and many of the analysts for US/UK outfits are off work, (B) The student supposedly abducted and killed was tortured in ways that the US does not engage in (ripping off whole fingers is far more crude than we need to be, but its the kind of cruelty Al Qaeda enjoys) (C) It’s pretty heavily at odds with how Obama has stated he wants to do business.
Yeah, it’s pretty silly. Even if this was ordinary police work. They find a mutilated body and suddenly they’re like “the Americans did this!”
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:13:44pm |
Misplaced my digital camera. I saw it a few days ago and can’t find it now. I don’t really need it right now, but its frustrating now to be able to find it.
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Pawn of the Oppressor Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:14:53pm |
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Actually, that was a part of the last episode that really worked … when Merle saw the scars on Daryl’s back and we realized that they had both been horribly abused children.
Those plot twists are why I love this show.
I’ve noticed a lot of praise for Norman Reedus from fellow cast members. Steve Yeun talked about the interaction between him & Michael Rooker (Merle) on Talking Dead last week. The way those two played it, that scene finally made Merle seem like a human being for me, for the first time ever - and that took some doing.
That little change in Merle was one of the most satisfying moments in the show for me since the barn massacre last season.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:17:36pm |
Heh, Seth McFarland made a Jew joke earlier and people were like, “it’s just a joke man.” Now, he just made a gay joke… let’s see what the response is.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:18:43pm |
David Corn and Rachael Maddow furiously working on new documentary project.
/
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blueraven Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:20:16pm |
re: #90 Gus
Yeah, it’s pretty silly. Even if this was ordinary police work. They find a mutilated body and suddenly they’re like “the Americans did this!”
This is why the torture techniques we used are so damaging…aside from the moral and legal questions, it lends some credence to any future allegations, even totally false ones. We have it on the record. We are not above torture.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:21:52pm |
Dan Rather now receiving new documents…. Stay tuned
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:23:17pm |
Developing: Michael Moore now outsourcing more editing to Canada for upcoming movie project.
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dragonath Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:23:21pm |
re: #80 sattv4u2
If nothing about the Iraq War seemed to set a precedent to you, I don’t know what to say. Lynndie England did not invent torture, but the prison was conclusively proven to have tortured inmates, systemically.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:23:52pm |
re: #95 blueraven
This is why the torture techniques we used are so damaging…aside from the moral and legal questions, it lends some credence to any future allegations, even totally false ones. We have it on the record. We are not above torture.
Could be anybody IMO.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:25:35pm |
re: #90 Gus
Yeah, it’s pretty silly. Even if this was ordinary police work. They find a mutilated body and suddenly they’re like “the Americans did this!”
There’s being told to say that by fanatics who know where their kids go to school. Of course, if the Taliban get their way they’ll close the school, but few in Afghanistan are really willing to risk their wrath on something major as this. Because to protect something this important to them, the Talibs would blow up a school during the school day. They want our soec. ops people gone that bad.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:25:47pm |
The man responsible for designing the Daleks, the robotic enemy of Doctor Who in the long-running television series, has died aged 84, his family said Saturday.
Ray Cusick died in his sleep of heart failure on Thursday, his daughter Claire Heawood revealed.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:26:28pm |
Al Gore asked for quote: “What? I can’t hear you! I have petrodollars in my ears.”
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:26:47pm |
re: #98 dragonath
If nothing about the Iraq War seemed to set a precedent to you, I don’t know what to say. Lynndie England did not invent torture, but the prison was conclusively proven to have tortured inmates, systemically.
Those responsible for “setting precedent” of placing undies on heads, or dog collars on necks were caught, convicted and punished
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BongCrodny Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:28:47pm |
re: #103 Killgore Trout
Al Gore asked for quote: “What? I can’t hear you! I have petrodollars in my ears.”
Good stuff, good stuff.
Can we get a Dennis Kucinich joke next? How about Barney Frank?
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Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:28:57pm |
I see that some people still want to defend and minimize torture, even after all the damage it’s done to this country. Knock yourselves out.
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BongCrodny Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:30:12pm |
re: #105 Gus
If I ever give myself a screen name like “The Spark of Liberty,” you have my permission to shoot me.
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Thundermother(it will turn your head around) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:30:15pm |
It reads like 9 A.M. up in this joint.
Looks like Norman Reedus is into jazz, especially Mingus. Me too!
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:31:30pm |
re: #106 BongCrodny
Good stuff, good stuff.
Can we get a Dennis Kucinich joke next? How about Barney Frank?
Dennis Kucinich unavailable for comment.His impossibly hot wife says he’s been abducted by aliens again and won’t be back from Romulus 3 until next Wednesday,
Barney Frank’s just pissed about mismatched handbags and shoes on the red carpet tonight.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:31:49pm |
re: #104 sattv4u2
Those responsible for “setting precedent” of placing undies on heads, or dog collars on necks were caught, convicted and punished
Meh. OK, yeah, the lower ranked were punished. Once again the commanding officers who were supposed to be supervising these kids get off with a slap on wrist. SOP SNAFU
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dragonath Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:31:49pm |
re: #104 sattv4u2
Undies on heads? Is this some kind of joke? Or do I have to start posting pictures of human pyramids and people covered in feces?
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:32:12pm |
re: #106 BongCrodny
Good stuff, good stuff.
Can we get a Dennis Kucinich joke next? How about Barney Frank?
Nah, Frank did the nation a solid on this sort of thing when he smacked down Eason Jordan after the CNN bigwig had started DERPing at Davos that the US was “targeting journalists” in Iraq. Barney Frank told him to back up the allegation or shut up, and Jordan had to do the latter since he had nothing. CNN then proceeded to fire his lying ass.
So no, no Barney Frank jokes will be told on this one.
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BongCrodny Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:33:07pm |
re: #113 Dark_Falcon
Nah, Frank did the nation a solid on this sort of thing when he smacked down Eason Jordan after the CNN bigwig had started DERPing at Davos that the US was “targeting journalists” in Iraq. Barney Frank told him to back up the allegation or shut up, and Jordan had to do the latter since he had nothing. CNN then proceeded to fire his lying ass.
So no, no Barney Frank jokes will be told on this one.
Too late.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:34:44pm |
re: #111 Gus
Meh. OK, yeah, the lower ranked were punished. Once again the commanding officers who were supposed to be supervising these kids get off with a slap on wrist. SOP SNAFU
They weren’t ‘kids’, though. The ringleader at Abu Ghraib, Charles Grainer, was north of 30 and an experienced prison guard when this happened. He wasn’t a kid, he was an asshole sadist who liked to hurt people, worse than many of the inmates he was supposed to guard.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:35:34pm |
re: #114 BongCrodny
Too late.
Fashion jokes are different. Gay fashion jokes, if not ugly, are normally OK.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:36:20pm |
re: #110 Killgore Trout
…
Barney Frank’s just pissed about mismatched handbags and shoes on the red carpet tonight.
I didn’t even pay attention to the even this year. I wonder if faux-leather is making a comeback? Supposedly pure, bright colors are in this Spring, which would be a much better turn that the faux-bling or tannish crap.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:37:45pm |
re: #115 Dark_Falcon
They weren’t ‘kids’, though. The ringleader at Abu Ghraib, Charles Grainer, was north of 30 and an experienced prison guard when this happened. He wasn’t a kid, he was an asshole sadist who liked to hurt people, worse than many of the inmates he was supposed to guard.
Guess I’m showing my age. Although I’m not really THAT old.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:38:18pm |
re: #118 freetoken
I wonder if faux-leather is making a comeback?
If so, I’m investing in a faux cow farm!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:38:26pm |
re: #118 freetoken
I didn’t even pay attention to the even this year. I wonder if faux-leather is making a comeback? Supposedly pure, bright colors are in this Spring, which would be a much better turn that the faux-bling or tannish crap.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:43:23pm |
re: #122 Gus
I like this pic.
“Hold still, just like rehearsal. We’re recreating a real human moment here, your future endorsement deals depend on crap like this. Fake it until you feel it!”
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:43:47pm |
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:47:05pm |
Next thing you know and all the men will be wearing top hats.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:47:15pm |
re: #123 Killgore Trout
“Hold still, just like rehearsal. We’re recreating a real human moment here, your future endorsement deals depend on crap like this. Fake it until you feel it!”
That’s cruel, Killgore. I like it.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:47:21pm |
re: #122 Gus
I like this pic.
I like this one
Image: article-2283932-1841531F000005DC-90_964x671.jpg
“click, I just tweeted yer boobies”
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:48:06pm |
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:49:00pm |
re: #125 freetoken
Next thing you know and all the men will be wearing top hats.
Keep it up and before you know it codpeices will be back in fashion.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:51:27pm |
And the men are bearded #CreepingSharia RT @meha Even Meryl is wearing long sleeves! #hijabifashion #Oscar2013— Hind Makki (@HindMakki) February 25, 2013
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 8:59:48pm |
re: #132 Gus
Very smart of Ms. Makki, using the Oscars to give the Shrieking Harpy the backhand.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:02:03pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:08:10pm |
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BongCrodny Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:09:24pm |
Still don’t understand how you can have a Best Picture while ignoring the guy who made it.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:11:29pm |
2 of the 8 movies up for best picture had Moozlims! as the antagonist.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:14:04pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:15:22pm |
re: #141 BongCrodny
Still don’t understand how you can have a Best Picture while ignoring the guy who made it.
Ben Affleck is younger than Best Director winners tend to be. There is an element of ‘Geritocracy’ in that award.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:17:46pm |
re: #142 Gus
2 of the 8 movies up for best picture had Moozlims! as the antagonist.
And one of them won the award, too.
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Thundermother(it will turn your head around) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:18:47pm |
re: #140 Gus
More info nobody actually cares about. I bartended with one of the two guys who started the Onion back in Madison. It was just a weekly paper back then.
He used to leave me all the change for my share of the tips. Seniority.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:20:34pm |
re: #146 Gus
Weird.
Argo was a excellent mid-budget movie, well liked by critics and a decent success at the box office. That’s the sort of film that has excellent Oscar potential.
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blueraven Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:21:04pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:22:34pm |
Django Unchained also won two Oscars:
Quentin Tarantino won for Best Original Screenplay, and Christopher Waltz for Best Supporting Actor for role as King Schultz in the movie.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:31:15pm |
shhhh….
Secret climate report outlines global warming threat in S.C.
A team of state scientists has outlined serious concerns about the damage South Carolina will suffer from climate change — threats that include invading eels, dying salt marshes, flooded homes and increased diseases in the state’s wildlife.
But few people have seen the team’s study. The findings are outlined in a report on global warming that has been kept secret by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources for more than a year because agency officials say their “priorities have changed.”
[…]
“Scientists in all divisions of the DNR are concerned over the potential impacts of climate change on natural resources,” the draft report says.”DNR recognizes climate change as a real phenomenon, grounded in numerous scientific studies, and DNR recognizes that thoughtful and careful planning is needed in order to protect the natural resources of the Palmetto State and to benefit its citizens in the future.”
Team members left little doubt in the report that they believe rising global temperatures are linked to man-made pollution. That point is widely accepted in the scientific community. Data show sharp increases since the Industrial Revolution of pollutants, such as carbon dioxide, that cause global warming.Some conservative politicians, however, have questioned the science and criticized efforts to curb greenhouse gases, fearing it will hurt industries by imposing unnecessary regulations.
Bob Perry, a DNR official and the climate report’s editor, said completing the study isn’t a major point of emphasis now that his agency is under new leadership.
“A lot of things have changed for the agency, and our priorities have changed,” Perry said.
[…]
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wrenchwench Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:31:18pm |
Best dressed. Best hair. Best everything. twitter.com/thisisjorge/st…— Jorge Rivas (@thisisjorge) February 25, 2013
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:37:03pm |
re: #155 Gus
Seriously. Fucked up.
I mean, there aren’t any words,, AND ,, worse of all, some of the posters DEFENDING it !!!
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:41:18pm |
re: #156 sattv4u2
I mean, there aren’t any words,, AND ,, worse of all, some of the posters DEFENDING it !!!
So wrong.
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blueraven Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:42:55pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:43:31pm |
re: #156 sattv4u2
I mean, there aren’t any words,, AND ,, worse of all, some of the posters DEFENDING it !!!
If you mean that Onion tweet, I agree that it is utterly indefensible. The Onion just burned all the good will they had with me on this one.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:45:45pm |
re: #158 blueraven
I think the tweet has been deleted
Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!
Thanks for noticing—we’re going to fix it up and have things back to normal soon.
heh
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freetoken Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:46:02pm |
Meanwhile, over at the overtly racist WND, the editors run an intentionally inflammatory (and misleading) titled article by Ben Kinchlow (of 700 Club scam) called “Father of U.S. slavery was a black man”, which serves to open the door for every kind of stupid comment over there.
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Thundermother(it will turn your head around) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:48:15pm |
re: #158 blueraven
Yup, but there were a couple good ‘fuck offs’ thrown their way while it was up. Always liked a well placed ‘fuck off’.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:56:34pm |
re: #162 Thundermother(it will turn your head around)
Yup, but there were a couple good ‘fuck offs’ thrown their way while it was up. Always liked a well placed ‘fuck off’.
Should be followed by a YOU’RE FIRED!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:02:31pm |
re: #161 freetoken
Turns out two of your favorite people were the belles of the ball at one of the Oscars afterparties.
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wrenchwench Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:04:04pm |
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TedStriker Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:09:37pm |
re: #159 Dark_Falcon
If you mean that Onion tweet, I agree that it is utterly indefensible. The Onion just burned all the good will they had with me on this one.
Oh, come off it, D_F.
What would have been worse would have been if they didn’t delete it (and if they don’t apologize for it); the fact that it’s gone means that The Onion management doesn’t approve of that message. Of course, I also wonder if the account might have been compromised.
If the Twitter account wasn’t hacked and the tweeter hasn’t already lost their job over this, they should.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:14:40pm |
re: #168 TedStriker
Oh, come off it, D_F.
What would have been worse would have been if they didn’t delete it (and if they don’t apologize for it); the fact that it’s gone means that The Onion management doesn’t approve of that message. Of course, I also wonder if the account might have been compromised.
If the Twitter account wasn’t hacked and the tweeter hasn’t already lost their job over this, they should.
If the account was hacked, then obviously that is a different story. But if so, then they should have put that information on the front page of their site and it is not there.
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wrenchwench Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:15:37pm |
re: #169 Gus
Fixed. I think.
Misogyny is a tough one. I could tell it was wrong, but had to check what I thought was right. There’s debate over whether it was racism too. Fucking rude might suffice.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:18:28pm |
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wrenchwench Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:20:36pm |
Later, lizards.
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blueraven Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:22:10pm |
re: #169 Gus
Fixed. I think.
Thanks for paging this Gus. The Onion needs to be called out hard on this one. Not acceptable as satire or anything else. And to me, anyone excusing this because it is supposedly satire, plays into the hands of the likes of Rush Limbaugh and his defenders when they uses that crap of an excuse for dumping all over women.
I am glad they deleted it, but would like to see a sincere apology.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:27:24pm |
re: #175 blueraven
Thanks for paging this Gus. The Onion needs to be called out hard on this one. Not acceptable as satire or anything else. And to me, anyone excusing this because it is supposedly satire, plays into the hands of the likes of Rush Limbaugh and his defenders when they uses that crap of an excuse for dumping all over women.
I am glad they deleted it, but would like to see a sincere apology.
So crazy. People can be so mean. This is inexcusable.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:39:15pm |
re: #177 Gus
Like Malkin’s personal site, ‘Twitchy’ does a fairly good job of keeping open racism off of its comments. But every now and again the mask slips, and the link you posted contained one such slip:
Randy C. Lindsey • an hour ago
Good to see Aunt Jemimah doing something useful for a change besides minding other folks’ business.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:40:35pm |
re: #178 Dark_Falcon
Like Malkin’s personal site, ‘Twitchy’ does a fairly good job of keeping open racism off of its comments. But every now and again the mask slips, and the link you posted contained one such slip:
And again:
alumin • an hour ago
It was intriguing to see Sasquatch in a dress at the Oscars…wonder if she’ll make an appearance at the Emmy awards for her show….Finding Bigfoot?
Nice commentators you’ve got, Ms. Malkin.
/spits
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blueraven Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:40:58pm |
re: #177 Gus
OK I am done. Just left the room. What the hell? is Michelle in the movies. Just can’t leave it alone.Now a speech. Shut up.
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) February 25, 2013
Sorry. Just threw up in my mouth.
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) February 25, 2013
Yep psycho, and maybe a bit jealous as well!
Nobody cares about poor old Chuck!
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blueraven Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:43:13pm |
Ugh…enough ugliness for one night.
Goodnight all, sweet dreams if you can find them.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:43:37pm |
re: #180 blueraven
Yep psycho, and maybe a bit jealous as well!
Nobody cares about poor old Chuck!
@chuckwoolery Get help.— Gus (@Gus_802) February 25, 2013
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:50:04pm |
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:51:02pm |
Oh, that guy!
Knew the face just not the name.
So, he’s a wingnut.
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:53:55pm |
@evanchill Deep man. It’s not irony bozo.— Gus (@Gus_802) February 25, 2013
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 24, 2013 10:58:08pm |
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Gus Sun, Feb 24, 2013 11:05:43pm |
re: #190 Varek Raith
Yikes.
There are no words. The Onion needs to own up to this. We’re all still waiting.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 24, 2013 11:47:14pm |
MOOOOON BASE WITH WHITE SLAVES AND LASER!
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Mentis Fugit Mon, Feb 25, 2013 12:09:27am |
Has Upchuck Woolery been relevant at any time in this millennium?
And the Onion needs a glass rod of censure shoved down its journalistic cockhole then smacked with the clawhammer of public disapprobation. To put it in terms they might grok.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 1:20:21am |
To whomever wrote that Onion tweet.
Image: internet_punch_face.jpg
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Feb 25, 2013 1:27:18am |
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 1:49:04am |
PWND
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Randall Gross Mon, Feb 25, 2013 4:12:48am |
Btw: for those wondering about the band name:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 4:34:33am |
LOL
Esta un tie? Pero que kind of mishegaso esto this? El Academy esta still drunko from el Purim.— Miguel Bloombito (@ElBloombito) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 4:44:42am |
WHAT RIGHT-WING ANTI-SEMITISM?
#Obama is a billionaire’s puppet #TGDN #tcot #CCOT #SOT #tlot #NObama #Obozo twitter.com/OpposetheNWO/s…— ? INFOWARRIOR ? (@OpposetheNWO) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 4:45:32am |
Of course this contradicts all TGDN claims that Pres. Obama is a MARXIST COMMUNIST SOCIALIST.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:08:34am |
LOL Just after he sends out a Tweet that Obama is controlled by Wall Street & TEH JUICE he send out this:
#Obama the Agent of “Change” is changing this country into an Islamic Communist banana state. #TAKEBACKAMERICA #RedNationRising #tcot #TGDN— ? INFOWARRIOR ? (@OpposetheNWO) February 25, 2013
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:10:17am |
re: #201 Vicious Babushka
Of course this contradicts all TGDN claims that Pres. Obama is a MARXIST COMMUNIST SOCIALIST.
And that his intent is to cripple Israel.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:10:55am |
God, would it kill the wingnuts to at least be consistent?!?!
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:11:31am |
re: #202 Vicious Babushka
LOL Just after he sends out a Tweet that Obama is controlled by Wall Street & TEH JUICE he send out this:
LOL, so many villains, so little time.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:13:04am |
re: #204 Varek Raith
God, would it kill the wingnuts to at least be consistent?!?!
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” — George Washington Ralph Waldo Emerson! I Googled it to make sure.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:13:52am |
re: #204 Varek Raith
God, would it kill the wingnuts to at least be consistent?!?!
They’re consistent in their fear, bigotry, and hatred.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:14:20am |
re: #207 CuriousLurker
They’re consistent in their fear, bigotry, and hatred.
They are consistent in their OBAMAHATE.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:17:43am |
Hey Sparky, AT LEAST HE PAID TAXES.
Obama paid #Lawyers $5,000,000 to coverup his past then stole a dead mans SS# to file taxes. Typical criminal mind! #Benghazi #tgdn #tcot— Greg Anderson (@sparkygreg) February 25, 2013
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:22:50am |
re: #208 Vicious Babushka
BTW, you know that quote about the chicken crowing like a rooster? The only reference I could find was in some obscure book (via Google Books) about the early 20th century Jewish Labour Movement. It claimed that it was a product of Eastern European Jewish culture.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:26:33am |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:28:01am |
re: #210 CuriousLurker
BTW, you know that quote about the chicken crowing like a rooster? The only reference I could find was in some obscure book (via Google Books) about the early 20th century Jewish Labour Movement. It claimed that it was a product of Eastern European Jewish culture.
It is NOT a “traditional folk saying.” What you’re saying is “The Forward” (which was founded by early 20th Century socialists) made it up and then quoted themselves as a reference.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:30:24am |
WHAT RIGHT-WING RACISM?
A horror flick comes to life when a half black actor with a checkered past wins the White House. #opslam #oscars2013 #tcot #tgdn #fail #p2— jennybaggy (@jennybaggy) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:31:02am |
TGDN is totally umgebroyzelt that FLOTUS showed up at the Oscars to present Best Picture. They are beside themselves with FLOTUSHATE.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:31:19am |
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:33:10am |
re: #212 Vicious Babushka
It is NOT a “traditional folk saying.” What you’re saying is “The Forward” (which was founded by early 20th Century socialists) made it up and then quoted themselves as a reference.
Ah, now the pieces fall into place.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:33:54am |
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:40:42am |
re: #211 Varek Raith
Next time try one of these for breakfast:
18 Microwave Snacks You Can Cook In A Mug
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:44:01am |
re: #214 Vicious Babushka
TGDN is totally umgebroyzelt that FLOTUS showed up at the Oscars to present Best Picture. They are beside themselves with FLOTUSHATE.
Surely the wingnuts ware furious back when FDR greeted the #oscars audience in 1941. Nobody really cared what they thought then, either.— Joe Conason (@JoeConason) February 25, 2013
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 5:45:38am |
so according to Breitbots, she’s “cultish” too? MT @buzzfeedandrewFYI Laura Bush appeared at the 2002 Academy Awards in a tape appearance— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 25, 2013
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Mattand Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:06:14am |
re: #221 Lidane
@ericboehlert @buzzfeedandrew For many conservatives/Tea Baggers, the First Lady is guilty of PWB, a.k.a. Presenting While Black #tgdn #tcot— mattand (@mattand) February 25, 2013
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:15:58am |
Ah, the Oscars. A long time ago and a galaxy far far away I once thought about writing a screenplay or original story that got turned into a blockbuster and would then have to do the red carpet rounds. Still have that idea brewing, but the show itself hasn’t done it for me in years.
It was on because the Mrs. wanted to see the dresses and the winners. I would have preferred (and did end up watching) a significant chunk of a Dr. Who special on BBC America.
The Academy Awards show itself has been barely watchable for years. MacFarlane hosting wasn’t going to change that and how good or bad he was I think depended on whether you got his humor or not. Then again, it really isn’t his fault.
It’s the format.
The producers have a scheme and they adhere to it. Monologue that usually goes on for too long, way too many uninspired bits, and then they chop off the one part that has any chance for spontaneity - the winners’ speeches.
If the winner goes long, they get drowned out by music. I will give the producers credit for swapping out the usual morose music to drown out the winners if they go long with the infamous music from Jaws. Only place to go from there is the hook from stage left literally pulling them off stage.
Even with all that looming, they still ran long. I don’t get that.
And that supposed big treatment of 007? Lame. They even managed to take two of the best singers to do 007 themes and wasted them. Adele and Bassey could have belted out one heck of a duet riffing on any number of songs in the 007 catalog, but instead it was a static thing. How inspired was that?
The kerfuffle over FLOTUS giving out the Best Picture award? Much ado about nothing. No real need for her involvement, but didn’t hurt things either.
Seems that the biggest takeaway from the night is that TheOnion nuked itself (with no fridge) with its totally uncalled for and vile comment about Quvenzhané Wallis.
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Flounder Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:20:14am |
I was watching the Dr. Who special as well, I loved the Cybermen, and all of the campy props. I realized that this was shot when people had 13” black and white screens?! I thought the actors were going to bump into the camera.
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Mattand Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:20:44am |
Just saw the Onion tweet everyone is talking about. Wow. I’m guilty of often putting my foot in my mouth, but man; that’s wrong.
I was debating about tweeting this at them:
@TheOnion Just saw your Quvenzhané Wallis tweet @ [Link: bit.ly…] Who’s your next deserving target? Sandy Hook Elementary? Assholes.
It’ll probably get deleted, and if they haven’t apologized by now, they’re not going to.
I might just send them the bit.ly link to the LGF page with a reminder that the Internet is forever.
EDIT: Still can’t get over this. It takes a lot of effort to make 4chan look like a bastion of maturity.
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Flounder Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:22:53am |
I have never heard of Heino
[Link: www.guardian.co.uk…]
My two Pennies, he is a nazi. (Inglorious Basterds pronunciation)
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Flounder Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:25:08am |
Honey Boo Boo is going abroad
[Link: www.nypost.com…]
How do you put foreign subtitles on a show that already includes subtitles (to explain Alana’s sayings like “A dolla makes me holla!”)?
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Flounder Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:33:49am |
Some fans got hurt at Nascar as #32 went into the net
[Link: www.nypost.com…]
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geoffm33 Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:34:11am |
If you are outraged by @theonion calling a 9yo a c*nt, Step 1: Unfollow them, Step 2: Call corporate: theonion.com/contact/— Geoff Manning (@geoffm33) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:34:46am |
TGDN pulling “facts” out of their ass since forever.
#YouMightBeADemocrat if you did not know this little fact #tgdn #tcot twitter.com/kevintobey/sta…— Kevin Tobey#TGDN(@kevintobey) February 25, 2013
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geoffm33 Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:39:30am |
re: #230 Vicious Babushka
Christ, they could have shot for a more believable number, like 72% maybe?
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geoffm33 Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:39:59am |
re: #231 geoffm33
Not that it’s believable at 72%, but it’s unbelievable at 93%.
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geoffm33 Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:43:03am |
re: #233 lawhawk
98%* of statistics on TGDN are bogus.
*Actual number may be higher.
Kent: Mr. Simpson, how do you respond to the charges that petty vandalism such as graffiti is down eighty percent, while heavy sack-beatings are up a shocking nine hundred percent?
Homer: Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forfty percent of all people know that.
LOL, Edited to add the following line in the scene:
Kent: I see. Well, what do you say to the accusation that your group has been causing more crimes than it’s been preventing?
Homer: [amused] Oh, Kent, I’d be lying if I said my men weren’t committing crimes.
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Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:44:06am |
re: #230 Vicious Babushka
TGDN pulling “facts” out of their ass since forever.
What is the “fact”? My institution blocks twitter so I can’t access the link….
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:45:47am |
re: #235 Dr. Matt
What is the “fact”? My institution blocks twitter so I can’t access the link….
“93% of all felonies including murder and violent assault are committed by registered Democrats.”
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Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:48:08am |
re: #236 Vicious Babushka
“93% of all felonies including murder and violent assault are committed by registered Democrats.”
Good god, I think I lost 6 IQ points from just reading that.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:52:58am |
re: #230 Vicious Babushka
TGDN pulling “facts” out of their ass since forever.
LOL, yeah, ‘cause everyone knows how meticulous violent felons are about declaring their party affiliation when registering to vote.
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Political Atheist Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:53:11am |
Did somebody graft a lemon with The Onion? Epic fail. The whole Oscar thing really sucks over there.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:56:16am |
You know, I try sometimes to argue that gun people aren’t just overcompensating in certain ways. Then you see something like this Freudian masterpiece …
Image: glock_100_round_magazine-tfb.jpg
Oy…
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Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:58:49am |
re: #240 William Barnett-Lewis
You know, I try sometimes to argue that gun people aren’t just overcompensating in certain ways. Then you see something like this Freudian masterpiece …
Image: glock_100_round_magazine-tfb.jpg
Oy…
For fuck sake, how could anyone aim a pistol with any sort of accuracy when your ammo feed weighs 10x more than the firearm!?
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:04:11am |
re: #240 William Barnett-Lewis
You know, I try sometimes to argue that gun people aren’t just overcompensating in certain ways. Then you see something like this Freudian masterpiece …
Image: glock_100_round_magazine-tfb.jpg
Oy…
Nothing screams “compensation” more than something that looks like a pair of balls hanging out of your phallic defender of freedom.
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darthstar Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:14:39am |
re: #243 Ghost of Tom Joad
Nothing screams “compensation” more than something that looks like a pair of balls hanging out of your phallic defender of freedom.
You should see what it looks like when you have it holstered around your hips.
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:15:01am |
re: #241 Dr. Matt
On the Internet, everything can be for forever. They are never going to live that down, no matter how and when they deleted it.
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darthstar Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:15:22am |
Mornin’ everyone…is that a 100 round clip in your pants or are you just glad to see me?
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:16:20am |
re: #244 darthstar
There’s compensation, and then there’s overcompensation. Take Tom Savini for instance:
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:19:11am |
re: #244 darthstar
You should see what it looks like when you have it holstered around your hips.
Like a pair of Trucknutz©, only for your person!
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:19:53am |
re: #245 lawhawk
On the Internet, everything can be for forever. They are never going to live that down, no matter how and when they deleted it.
AFAIC deleting it means squat if not followed by a sincere & profuse apology. Their silence is deafening. They’ve already let it fester for far too many hours—it may not ruin them, but it’s sure as hell gonna leave a nasty mark.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:21:52am |
re: #249 CuriousLurker
AFAIC deleting it means squat if not followed by a sincere & profuse apology. Their silence is deafening. They’ve already let it fester for far too many hours—it may not ruin them, but it’s sure as hell gonna leave a nasty mark.
As The Onion made a statement yet?
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Sionainn Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:22:11am |
They actually have comments open on the Fox story on the main page about Michelle Obama’s appearance at the Oscars. Not too many yet, but there should be lots of racism, misogyny, and overall crassness. Wonder how long it’ll be before Fox shuts it down again.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:24:07am |
re: #250 Vicious Babushka
As The Onion made a statement yet?
I don’t know. I unfollowed them as soon as I read this Page, and I’m too pissed at them to go to their site. I imagine someone will let us know either here or via Twitter if they do.
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:25:11am |
re: #249 CuriousLurker
AFAIC deleting it means squat if not followed by a sincere & profuse apology. Their silence is deafening. They’ve already let it fester for far too many hours—it may not ruin them, but it’s sure as hell gonna leave a nasty mark.
They’re all huddled in a room somewhere trying to figure out the best way to get into CYA mode. They’d be better off owning up to it, sending out an official apology, and then doing everything in their power to apologize to that beautiful young lady and make amends. Make whoever did it fly out to make a personal apology, then have to personally escort her around Disney for 2 weeks.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:27:55am |
re: #252 CuriousLurker
I don’t know. I unfollowed them as soon as I read this Page, and I’m too pissed at them to go to their site. I imagine someone will let us know either here or via Twitter if they do.
I already know their excuse: THE PERSON WHO MADE THAT TWEET WAS SO FUCKING DRUNK
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:31:29am |
re: #253 Ghost of Tom Joad
They’re all huddled in a room somewhere trying to figure out the best way to get into CYA mode. They’d be better off owning up to it, sending out an official apology, and then doing everything in their power to apologize to that beautiful young lady and make amends. Make whoever did it fly out to make a personal apology, then have to personally escort her around Disney for 2 weeks.
Exactly. Any reputable social media PR firm would’ve told them to get on top of it and issue an apology ASAP and leave the CYA for later. The longer they remain silent, the worse the fallout is going to be. Internet hours are like frigging days in real life.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:32:00am |
Good morning lizards!
Oh the Onion….what assholes. Not for just for posting that garbage but not even apologizing? I’m not going to visit their website ever again. I don’t care how funny anything is going forward.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:32:24am |
re: #255 CuriousLurker
Exactly. Any reputable social media PR firm would’ve told them to get on top of it and issue an apology ASAP and leave the CYA for later. The longer they remain silent, the worse the fallout is going to be. Internet hours are like frigging days in real life.
Maybe the drunk person is higher up on the food chain than we can imagine, and is still sleeping it off.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:32:24am |
re: #254 Vicious Babushka
I already know their excuse: THE PERSON WHO MADE THAT TWEET WAS SO FUCKING DRUNK
It’ll never fly thanks to their continued silence.
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Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:32:35am |
re: #206 Vicious Babushka
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” —
George WashingtonRalph Waldo Emerson! I Googled it to make sure.
Washington wasn’t worried about hobgoblins, the gnolls were much more of a local threat at the time.
;)
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geoffm33 Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:32:37am |
re: #254 Vicious Babushka
I already know their excuse: THE PERSON WHO MADE THAT TWEET WAS SO FUCKING DRUNK
I have two thoughts on why there hasn’t yet been an apology:
1) The person that tweeted the c-bomb is a higher-up in the company and not easily left out to dry/fired.
2) They are fucking clueless idiots.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:33:22am |
re: #260 geoffm33
I have two thoughts on why there hasn’t yet been an apology:
1) The person that tweeted the c-bomb is a higher-up in the company and not easily left out to dry/fired.
2) They are fucking clueless idiots.
WHO TIED OUR BRAINS TOGETHER?
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geoffm33 Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:34:01am |
re: #261 Vicious Babushka
WHO TIED OUR BRAINS TOGETHER?
I know, right! Was about to say the same thing (at the same time) shit would have gotten real weird then.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:34:30am |
re: #260 geoffm33
I have two thoughts on why there hasn’t yet been an apology:
1) The person that tweeted the c-bomb is a higher-up in the company and not easily left out to dry/fired.
2) They are fucking clueless idiots.
Or a combo of all three: Clueless idiot of a higher-up gets drunk and tweets filth.
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:36:12am |
Oh wow…looks like the Onion wasn’t alone in sheer misogynist douchebaggery:
Four of the examples in @sethmacfarlane “We Saw Your Boobs” song were rape scenes: Boys Don’t Cry, The Accused, Lawless, & Monster. Asshole.— SexPositiveParent (@airialclark) February 25, 2013
(Disclaimer: I did not watch the Oscars nor read tweets while it was going on. Looks like there were several lose-all-faith-in-humanity moments that I missed)
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:36:17am |
re: #260 geoffm33
I would think that they don’t give access to their account to just anybody. I mean, if it was just some low-level paper shuffler in the mail room, their ass would already be mowed.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:37:56am |
re: #264 Interesting Times
Oh wow…looks like the Onion wasn’t alone in sheer misogynist douchebaggery:
(Disclaimer: I did not watch the Oscars nor read tweets while it was going on. Looks like there were several lose-all-faith-in-humanity moments that I missed)
Yeah, I didn’t watch either, but I read about the other douchebaggery when reading about the Onion tweet. I’m glad I missed seeing it.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:38:17am |
Seth MacFarlane is a classless moron, but all of his lame, tasteless jokes are totally forgotten by the Onion fail.
Maybe that was going on in the alcohol/drug-addled brain of the Onion Tweeter: upstage Seth MacFarlane AT ALL COSTS.
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:39:56am |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:40:18am |
Hmm, “Sparky Greg” is tweeting his usual Obama SSN bullshit tweets from the backup account, looks like his main account is back in the Gulag.
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:40:28am |
Ha:
“We don’t need more gun control since criminals will still be able to get guns” = “diseases will always kill us, let’s not find cures.”— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) February 25, 2013
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:41:13am |
I was just over at the cesspool HuffPo and would you believe there are actually people over there defending the Onion? Here’s a sample…
xstevejx
Crude, but it’s The Onion! If you think they were seriously demeaning a 9yo girl, then you need your head checked.Walden2013
Satire, people. Grow up.tndallasBecome
Once you (or your parents) willingly put youself in the spotlight, you become material for satire. End of story.Glad2BFreeBecome
Typical over-the-top Onion humor. If anyone is shocked by this, they’ve never actually read their work. Take a deep breath, people. Just a joke.
Hey, it’s just a joke!
//
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Sionainn Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:41:15am |
Latest tweet by The Onion:
In Focus: Price-Gun-Wielding Maniac Riddles Supermarket With Savings onion.com/13IA6jk
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 25, 2013
You misspelled WE ARE SORRY FOR CALLING A 9 YO A C*NT! RT @theonion In Focus: Price-Gun-Wielding Maniac Riddles Supermarket With Savings
— Mona (@Shopaholic_918) February 25, 2013
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:42:03am |
Get Stephen Colbert to host the Oscars. He’s got experience livening up events conducted in a bubble of self-importance & obsequiousness.— Danielle(@DCPlod) February 25, 2013
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dragonath Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:46:08am |
re: #200 Vicious Babushka
WHAT RIGHT-WING ANTI-SEMITISM?
WTF. That picture looks like something that Charles Coughlin would publish.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:47:34am |
re: #272 Sionainn
Latest tweet by The Onion:
Heh, love the reply. I guess they haven’t apologized yet.
BTW, has anyone else noticed the weird timestamps on the pasted tweets? Looks like they’re being translated into GMT.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:48:21am |
re: #274 dragonath
WTF. That picture looks like something that Charles Coughlin would publish.
It does look like it was Photoshopped from some 1930’s anti-Semitic graphic.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:48:46am |
re: #267 Vicious Babushka
Oh, I don’t know. I thought some of his jokes were crass, but at the end of the day, it’s Seth MacFarlane. It’s like being shocked or offended by South Park for making a tasteless joke.
Personally, I loved his Lincoln joke, and his recovery line when people reacted. And his dig at the Academy for snubbing Ben Affleck was good, too. But the highlight for me was his introduction of Meryl Streep. The rest I could take or leave, which is par for the course with his humor for me. With Family Guy there might be a couple of good lines here and there but most episodes barely get a chuckle from me. This was no different.
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:50:02am |
.@theonion phone tree says “for content concerns please refer to the 1st Amendment.” Uh—no Constitutional immunity from callout for vileness— Women’s Media Center (@womensmediacntr) February 25, 2013
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geoffm33 Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:50:18am |
re: #265 Ghost of Tom Joad
I would think that they don’t give access to their account to just anybody. I mean, if it was just some low-level paper shuffler in the mail room, their ass would already be mowed.
I was thinking more along the lines of a social media manager, either in-house or a firm, that got a little high on stupid.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:51:41am |
re: #279 geoffm33
I was thinking more along the lines of a social media manager, either in-house or a firm, that got a little high on chemical compounds that make you stupid.
ftfy
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:55:06am |
US Embassy in Israel orders staff to avoid West Bank
The US Embassy in Tel Aviv issued a travel advisory to its staff informing them that is has temporarily suspended all business-related visits to the West Bank due to security concerns.
The advisory, which was posted on the embassy’s webpage, urged staffers to exercise caution in their dealings in the area pending further notice.
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:55:51am |
re: #270 Interesting Times
Chiggy Killer is right on target with that one.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:55:58am |
re: #279 geoffm33
I was thinking more along the lines of a social media manager, either in-house or a firm, that got a little high on stupid.
I would guess they’re in-house. The Onion is large enough to do their own social media strategy.
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Flounder Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:57:14am |
All the beautiful people!
[Link: www.nypost.com…]
Anne Hathaway turned heads with her dress, but I don’t see what they are seeing. I see the seams. Boys will be boys I guess.
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Political Atheist Mon, Feb 25, 2013 7:57:48am |
re: #240 William Barnett-Lewis
You know, I try sometimes to argue that gun people aren’t just overcompensating in certain ways. Then you see something like this Freudian masterpiece …
Image: glock_100_round_magazine-tfb.jpg
Oy…
“Now with not just one but TWO bottles of our special lubricant”
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darthstar Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:00:05am |
So the Onion said something offensive? That’s news. Yes, using the c-word to describe a 9 year old is wrong, even in jest. If this requires some kind of internet payback, go after the Onion’s advertisers. It’s what we do to assholes like Rush Limbaugh.
Anything less is simply internet noise they’re willing to listen to for three days until it goes away.
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Flounder Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:00:46am |
There were probably a million dollars worth of shoes at the Oscars, do ya think I could find any pics?!
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dragonath Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:03:17am |
You suck too, Fox.
The Onion comes under fire after it posts vulgar tweet about Quvenzhane Wallis
Fox News - 1 hour ago
The satirical website called the 9-year-old Oscar nominee a c*nt.
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darthstar Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:04:15am |
re: #240 wlewisiii
You know, I try sometimes to argue that gun people aren’t just overcompensating in certain ways. Then you see something like this Freudian masterpiece …
Image: glock_100_round_magazine-tfb.jpg
Oy…
One of the bad guys in the latest James Bond movie uses one of those clips in one scene…he probably fired 20 or 30 rounds (on full auto) before his arm gave out and the next time he’s firing he’s got a normal sized clip.
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darthstar Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:05:25am |
re: #288 Flounder
There were probably a million dollars worth of shoes at the Oscars, do ya think I could find any pics?!
This year, everyone wore crocs.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:10:54am |
re: #240 William Barnett-Lewis
You know, I try sometimes to argue that gun people aren’t just overcompensating in certain ways. Then you see something like this Freudian masterpiece …
Image: glock_100_round_magazine-tfb.jpg
Oy…
Behold!
The CockMag!
/
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:11:14am |
Iran Calls Oscar For Argo an Add For CIA and Zionist Plot
Iran has dismissed the awarding of an Oscar to the film Argo as an “advertisement for the CIA” and a Zionist plot to misrepresent an event arising from the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The Washington Post quoted Fars News as writing:“In a rare occasion in Oscar history, the First Lady announced the winner for Best Picture for the anti-Iran Film ‘Argo,’ which is produced by the Zionist company Warner Bros.”
The Associated Press wrote that while Argo was not being shown in Iranian cinemas, bootleg DVD copies had created a buzz, with discussion divided along generational lines.
The film — depicting the escape of American Embassy staff from Tehran during the hostage crisis — has been roundly criticized by Iranians who took part in the Revolution, while those too young to recall events first-hand take a different view, the AP wrote.
The AP quoted Tehran City Council member Masoomeh Ebtekar — one of the students who occupied the US Embassy in which 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days — as saying Argo exaggerated the violence during the storming of the compound.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:12:13am |
Sequester impact on states detailed in new White House reports huff.to/ZtAiT9— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:12:37am |
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darthstar Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:15:04am |
re: #293 NJDhockeyfan
This creates a bit of a quandary for wingnuts…who do they hate more? Iran or President Obama? On the one hand you have radical Islamists who want to destroy America, and on the other hand you have FUCKING IRAN!!!
/-half
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:15:20am |
House GOP In A Bind On Violence Against Women Act
Once again, House Republicans are in a predicament on the Violence Against Women Act. The legislation, aimed at combating domestic abuse, is political dynamite with women voters, and for that reason GOP leaders desperately want the issue off the table. But they can’t figure out how to make that happen now any more than they could last year, during an election.
House GOP leaders find themselves unable to appease simultaneously House conservatives and advocates against domestic violence. The two factions are at an impasse on new protections for gays, illegal immigrants and Native American women who suffer from domestic abuse. Anything that placates one side seems to aggravate the other. The legislation House Republicans unveiled Friday came after weeks of trying to resolve that tension, but fell short of the goal.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:18:36am |
re: #297 Varek Raith
Dear GOP,
This is what happens when you spend 40+ years openly courting bigots, mouth-breathers, and the ignorant, and electing them to national office.
You created this problem. You deal with the fallout.
No love,
Me
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darthstar Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:19:26am |
re: #297 Varek Raith
Bring it to a vote…upperdown. Don’t talk about it, just fucking do it. Problem solved.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:20:29am |
Ironic how the monster they created is now biting them in the ass.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:22:12am |
And not just this monster.
Up next is the anti science monster.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:22:36am |
re: #299 darthstar
Bring it to a vote…upperdown. Don’t talk about it, just fucking do it. Problem solved.
The House leadership desperately wants to avoid going on the record on a party-line vote against the Violence Against Women Act. They know it will kill them with women voters in 2014.
An up or down vote on VAWA in the House would mean it gets defeated because of the gibbering morons in the House GOP caucus. That would give the Dems and the Obama administration a hell of an albatross to hang around their necks.
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:23:16am |
re: #302 Lidane
The House leadership desperately wants to avoid going on the record on a party-line vote against the Violence Against Women Act. They know it will kill them with women voters in 2014.
Like they have a chance to begin with.
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:23:31am |
Also, more than 12 hours now and still no word from the Onion.
I should point out they are getting hammered over that tweet on their Facebook page too.
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aagcobb Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:24:05am |
re: #299 darthstar
Bring it to a vote…upperdown. Don’t talk about it, just fucking do it. Problem solved.
But, but, the Hastert Rule!
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:24:11am |
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:24:27am |
re: #303 Eclectic Cyborg
Like they have a chance to begin with.
There are still conservative/Republican women, and many of them see the value of VAWA. It would hurt the GOP with their own female voters if they were perceived as the pro-domestic violence party.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:24:41am |
re: #302 Lidane
The House leadership desperately wants to avoid going on the record on a party-line vote against the Violence Against Women Act. They know it will kill them with women voters in 2014.
An up or down vote on VAWA in the House would mean it gets defeated because of the gibbering morons in the House GOP caucus. That would give the Dems and the Obama administration a hell of an albatross to hang around their necks.
Ah, the classic clusterfuck.
Way too go, GOP!
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:26:15am |
John Kerry invents country of Kyrzakhstan
In an embarrassing slip of the tongue, Mr Kerry last week praised US diplomats working to secure “democratic institutions” in the Central Asian country, which does not exist.
The newly minted diplomat was referring to Kyrgyzstan, a poor, landlocked nation of 5.5 million, which he appeared to confuse with its resource-rich neighbour to the north, Kazakhstan.
…Mr Kerry is not the first top US official to be left tongue-tied by post-Soviet geography, much of which was split up into a myriad “-stan” countries following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In August 2008, then-President George W Bush mixed up Russia and its tiny southern neighbour Georgia, which were then at war, when he warned against possible efforts to depose “Russia’s duly elected government.”
Heh.
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:27:11am |
Anti-Piracy copyright alert system rolling out this week
The CAS program will identify users who appear to be involved in illegal peer-to-peer (p2p) file-sharing. It’s been dubbed Six Strikes because users believed to be sharing these copyrighted files will receive up to six alerts that increase in their degree of seriousness.
The CCI says the process begins with two Educational Alerts, followed by two “Acknowledgement” Alerts that require a response from the Subscriber, and two “Mitigation” Alerts that impose what the group calls “minor consequences to emphasize the seriousness of the problem.”
While it says the enforcement actions will vary from case to case, the CCI gives the following examples of “Mitigation” measures that could be taken:
A temporary reduction of Internet speed;
Redirection to a landing page until the primary account holder of your account contacts your ISP;
Redirection to a landing page where the primary account holder must review and respond to educational information.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:28:44am |
re: #309 NJDhockeyfan
How do you feel about the VAWA?
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:29:49am |
Maybe if we renamed VAWA to the Women’s Patriotic Defense act it might catch on with the GOP?
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:30:08am |
re: #299 darthstar
Doing so would further destroy the so-called Hastert rule that requires a majority of a majority to bring an action to the floor.
Boehner’s already waived it a couple of times to get Sandy aid done, but if he keeps doing it, he’s all but scuttling that particular rule and it’s limitation on keeping the GOP caucus in line. It also shows the lengths to which Boehner has to go to get even ordinary business done. He’s had no choice but to cut deals with Democrats because he can’t get the nuttiest GOPers to get on board with what would otherwise be sensible legislation.
The TP wing of the GOP has totally embraced its inner hategasm and will block any and all legislation because they think it brings benefit to them politically, which defies all logic, reasoning, and even polling.
But this is the same TP that thought they had the 2012 election in the bag and that the polls were skewed to favor the Democrats.
Some pundits have argued that the GOP has to let the TP get its hategasm out of the way before moving on to really deal with the issues.
They’re missing the boat - and the bigger picture. To the TP, there is no moving on because they can’t tolerate Obama in the WH and any policies he might bring to the table, even when they’re repackaged GOP ideas (see: mandate, individual).
Extending legislation that had no rationale for lapsing in the first place becomes a battleground.
Extending the debt limit to match the already agreed upon appropriations becomes a huge mess and affects the credit worthiness of the nation, the borrowing capabilities of the states and localities, and inserts crazy amounts of uncertainty into the system.
But this is a crazy-stupid GOP that can’t even realize that Obama gave them a huge win on taxes when making permanent the Bush tax cuts on all but the richest percentage of the population, permanently shifting the tax argument and appropriate rates down.
The GOP is all or nothing, and seek scorched earth where they can’t get all of what they want.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:30:11am |
re: #278 Interesting Times
.@theonion phone tree says “for content concerns please refer to the 1st Amendment.” Uh—no Constitutional immunity from callout for vileness— Women’s Media Center (@womensmediacntr) February 25, 2013
Wow, their phone tree really does say that. Check it out (it’s around 00:30).
That is SO going to make things worse.
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:30:31am |
re: #314 Eclectic Cyborg
Maybe if we renamed VAWA to the Women’s Patriotic Defense act it might catch on with the GOP?
Have to add in something about them being allowed to carry weapons or some shit. That would really fuck with their heads.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:32:29am |
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:33:52am |
re: #316 CuriousLurker
Well Carnival Cruises and The Onion have something in common. They’re both full of shit.
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:34:29am |
You know it’s really sad it’s even come to this in the first place. I mean think about this, we have one of the two major political parties struggling to come to an agreement to pass a law that will PROTECT WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE.
How did this even become a question??
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:34:52am |
re: #320 lawhawk
Well Carnival Cruises and The Onion have something in common. They’re both full of shit.
QFT! LOL
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:35:02am |
re: #316 CuriousLurker
Wow, their phone tree really does say that. Check it out (it’s around 00:30).
That is SO going to make things worse.
When your first avenue of defense is immediately doing the Constitutional Godwin (as in any argument about speech or guns will always lead to a quotation of an amendment), you’ve lost your argument.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:35:29am |
re: #316 CuriousLurker
Wow, their phone tree really does say that. Check it out (it’s around 00:30).
That is SO going to make things worse.
They are totally being assholes about this. I’m going to guess there are no females or people of color who make critical decisions for this org.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:35:42am |
re: #320 lawhawk
Well Carnival Cruises and The Onion have something in common. They’re both full of shit.
WIN
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dragonath Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:35:59am |
re: #312 Varek Raith
Hah. Even Jimmy Carter couldn’t say that right, and he was a nuclear engineer!
BTW, there’s a wingnut hit piece on Carter’s nuclear expertise that is #1 on the Google search- complete with “well, my friend who served with him…” insights
Grr
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:36:12am |
re: #320 lawhawk
Well Carnival Cruises and The Onion have something in common. They’re both full of shit.
You must tweet that.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:37:14am |
re: #324 Vicious Babushka
They are totally being assholes about this. I’m going to guess there are no females or people of color who make critical decisions for this org.
It’s not a new thing on their phone tree, it’s what’s always been there. I think what they did is totally reprehensible but it hasn’t even been 24 hours yet.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:37:30am |
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:37:55am |
re: #323 Ghost of Tom Joad
When your first avenue of defense is immediately doing the Constitutional Godwin (as in any argument about speech or guns will always lead to a quotation of an amendment), you’ve lost your argument.
Well I believe generally speaking parody and satire are considered protected under the 1st amendment. I’m guessing that’s what the Onion means by their message. Still tacky though.
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:38:03am |
re: #327 Interesting Times
Done. And Done.
Well Carnival Cruises and The Onion have something in common. They’re both full of shit.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 25, 2013
TheOnion can wrap itself in 1st Amend. protection all it wants; everyone else is exercising theirs to show how vile/inappropriate they are— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:38:27am |
Carnival Cruise Lines and @theonion have something in common: they are both full of shit. #TheOnion #oscars #quevenzhanewallis #FAIL— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 25, 2013
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:38:39am |
re: #321 Eclectic Cyborg
You know it’s really sad it’s even come to this in the first place. I mean think about this, we have one of the two major political parties struggling to come to an agreement to pass a law that will PROTECT WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE.
How did this even become a question??
(1) Native women aren’t REAL MURICANS
(2) All problems are solved by women packing a pistol at all times.
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:39:54am |
re: #333 The Ghost of a Flea
(1) Native women aren’t REAL MURICANS
(2) All problems are solved by women packing a pistol at all times.
Of course not! Them wimmins need assault rifles to protect dey selves!
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:40:45am |
Michelle Obama announces Oscar winner, Right Wing Heads explode zite.to/XB6vp7 #oscars2013 #tcot #teaparty— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) February 25, 2013
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:41:07am |
re: #328 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
It’s not a new thing on their phone tree, it’s what’s always been there. I think what they did is totally reprehensible but it hasn’t even been 24 hours yet.
Yeah, but internet hours are like days in RL. If they had any sense they’d have been on it within the first hour after deleting the tweet.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:41:13am |
Stay classy, TGDN.
@theonion tweet makes perfect sense if you sub Michelle Obama for Quvenzhané Wallis#opslam #tcot #tgdn #teaparty #WhatDifferenceDoesItMake— jennybaggy (@jennybaggy) February 25, 2013
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Bear Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:41:31am |
re: #333 The Ghost of a Flea
Any one remember the song Pistol Packing Mama?
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:42:16am |
New frontiers of trolling RT @ppppolls: GOPers consider Olive Garden to be a ‘quality source of authentic ethnic food,’ Democrats do not— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) February 25, 2013
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Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:42:28am |
re: #240 William Barnett-Lewis
You know, I try sometimes to argue that gun people aren’t just overcompensating in certain ways. Then you see something like this Freudian masterpiece …
Image: glock_100_round_magazine-tfb.jpg
Oy…
Hmm. On the serious side of things is there any data on how well a Glock handles having 100 rounds fired through it in rapid order without any time off to cool while a clip is changed?
Not to mention some well-designed tolerances for the springs in that. Magazine design is not not something slapped together - you need sufficient tension to push the rounds up without so much that it causes jams due to too much pressure.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:42:47am |
re: #336 CuriousLurker
Yeah, but internet hours are like days in RL. If they had any sense they’d have been on it within the first hour after deleting the tweet.
I’m not saying it’s not a bad thing and it’s not a fuckup, but it’s not part of a pattern of behavior the way it was with Rush or anything. I hope they’re apologize, but it’s not like this is their standard fare.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:42:56am |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:43:29am |
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Feline Fearless Leader Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:44:18am |
re: #336 CuriousLurker
Yeah, but internet hours are like days in RL. If they had any sense they’d have been on it within the first hour after deleting the tweet.
Scotty can fix a damaged warp drive faster than the Onion can get on top of this situation.
//
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:44:21am |
The Onion Apologizes on.fb.me/Zvcm1q— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:45:15am |
re: #345 Lidane
What do they say? theonion is blocked here. (It’s going to be blocked at home too, from now on.)
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:45:50am |
re: #346 Vicious Babushka
Here’s the text of the letter:
Feb. 25, 2013
Dear Readers,
On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the tweet that was circulated last night during the Oscars. It was crude and offensive—not to mention inconsistent with The Onion’s commitment to parody and satire, however biting.
No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.
The tweet was taken down within an hour of publication. We have instituted new and tighter Twitter procedures to ensure that this kind of mistake does not occur again.
In addition, we are taking immediate steps to discipline those individuals responsible.
Miss Wallis, you are young and talented and deserve better. All of us at The Onion are deeply sorry.
Sincerely,
Steve Hannah
CEO
The Onion
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:47:06am |
re: #347 Lidane
That’s a full and appropriate apology. Issued within the day of the offense. Very few places or people are capable of simple, straightforward apology.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:47:17am |
re: #310 Eclectic Cyborg
so basically if you use p2p you will get these notices regardless of what you are actually sharing.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:47:29am |
re: #341 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I’m not saying it’s not a bad thing and it’s not a fuckup, but it’s not part of a pattern of behavior the way it was with Rush or anything. I hope they’re apologize, but it’s not like this is their standard fare.
I know, but it’s not as if they’re new to the internet, hell they’re a product of it. I’m just saying that they should know better. If they want to stand by what they said based on the 1st, then why delete the tweet? Deleting it meant they knew it was a screw-up, yet they remain silent. It’s stupid.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:48:08am |
re: #350 CuriousLurker
I really don’t find a less-than-24-hour turnaround to be slow, even in the internet age.
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:49:43am |
re: #351 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I really don’t find a less-than-24-hour turnaround to be slow, even in the internet age.
You’re probably in the minority there:
About damned time. RT @theonion: The Onion Apologizes on.fb.me/Zvcm1q— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) February 25, 2013
What took so long? RT @scatx: It is an actual apology. ?RT @anti_intellect RT @theonion: The Onion Apologizes on.fb.me/Zvcm1q— ShelbyKnox (@ShelbyKnox) February 25, 2013
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:49:59am |
re: #345 Lidane
Wow,there are a lot of people on there bashing the Onion for bothering to apologize.
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iossarian Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:52:30am |
Not sure about this:
No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.
I retain the right to refer to John Boehner as a bright orange penis, whether that’s “masquerading as satire” or not.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:52:52am |
re: #353 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow,there are a lot of people on there bashing the Onion for bothering to apologize.
Those people are stupid. That tweet not only needed to be deleted, but a formal apology had to be issued. It was aimed at a 9-year old, FFS.
There’s free speech and there’s being a crude, classless asshole who should apologize. The CEO at The Onion clearly agrees.
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:53:13am |
Lulz:
I now call on The Onion to apologize for posting their apology on Facebook, where I cannot read it without logging in.— rob delaney (@robdelaney) February 25, 2013
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:53:25am |
re: #354 iossarian
Not sure about this:
I retain the right to refer to John Boehner as a bright orange penis, whether that’s “masquerading as satire” or not.
Boehner is an adult public servant, not a 9 year old child actress.
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:54:41am |
re: #357 Eclectic Cyborg
Boehner is an
adult public servantorange asshole.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:55:02am |
WTFF?
But no apology for Chris Kyle. RT @theonion The Onion Apologizes on.fb.me/Zvcm1q— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 25, 2013
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:55:46am |
re: #351 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I really don’t find a less-than-24-hour turnaround to be slow, even in the internet age.
I’m gonna guess the Twittersphere disagrees as would many social media experts, but you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. I’m sure this episode and its fallout will be dissected and used as an example by said experts in the coming weeks & months.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:56:36am |
re: #359 Vicious Babushka
BECAUSE THE ONION TOTALLY KILLED CHRIS KYLE.
Malkin is completely deranged.
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:56:41am |
re: #352 Interesting Times
One of the people whose tweets I posted just issued this follow-up:
Sorry for commenting on time it took @theonion to apologize. Point is they did, fairly well, but it’s only a start of work that must be done— ShelbyKnox (@ShelbyKnox) February 25, 2013
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iossarian Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:56:41am |
re: #357 Eclectic Cyborg
Boehner is an adult public servant, not a 9 year old child actress.
Yeah, but everyone draws their line in a different place, don’t they? The Onion tweet has annoyed a lot of people who are in their target audience of moneyed middle-class relatively open-minded people, hence the apology.
A more accurate statement from them would have been: “we agree with the large number of people complaining that a 9-year old child is not appropriate subject matter for a joke based on a rude assessment of that person’s personality that flies in the face of the truth about that person”.
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iossarian Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:57:17am |
re: #362 Interesting Times
One of the people whose tweets I posted just issued this follow-up:
The apology will never be over! REMORSE MUST BE SHEWED
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:57:41am |
Man, that robocall was offensive.
*Answers phone*
You are a senior citizen….
*NO I’M NOT! Hangs up*
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:58:44am |
re: #365 Varek Raith
Man, that robocall was offensive.
*Answers phone*
You are a senior citizen….
*NO I’M NOT! Hangs up*
I’m guessing it was a cashier error, but a couple of weeks ago I got a seniors discount on my bill at a local restaurant (I’m only 31!)
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Interesting Times Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:59:43am |
And in the “not nearly as juicy but kind of vitally important” news department:
Court rejects corporate-donation case: WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) —The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to … bit.ly/13JvJEy— US Reality Check(@USRealityCheck) February 25, 2013
From the linked article:
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to review the longstanding ban on direct corporate contributions to a federal candidate.
Read more: [Link: www.upi.com…]
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 8:59:59am |
re: #365 Varek Raith
Man, that robocall was offensive.
*Answers phone*
You are a senior citizen….
*NO I’M NOT! Hangs up*
I’ve had those calls. They start out “IF YOU ARE A SENIOR CITIZEN, YOU MUST LISTEN…” they are going on the assumption that older people are more obedient and will listen to a recorded sales pitch for something.
I don’t know what scheiss this robocall is pedding, I hang up on all robocalls.
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:00:18am |
Last time I checked, I don’t think Malkin’s bothered apologizing for defending the use of internment camps during WWII. /still waiting
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:00:39am |
re: #359 Vicious Babushka
Also, going back to this, WTF does The Onion have to apologize about when it comes to Chris Kyle? The fact that a fellow veteran dealing with a severe case of PTSD killed him?
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makeitstop Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:01:23am |
re: #366 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m guessing it was a cashier error, but a couple of weeks ago I got a seniors discount on my bill at a local restaurant (I’m only 31!)
Take it and run! I’m almost 60 and I don’t get those.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:02:45am |
Time to get some work done. Later, lizards.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:03:13am |
re: #370 Lidane
Also, going back to this, WTF does The Onion have to apologize about when it comes to Chris Kyle? The fact that a fellow veteran dealing with a severe case of PTSD killed him?
Because for wingnuts, nothing is more important than CHRISKYLE and BENGHAZI.
They are convinced that CHRISKYLE must have been assassinated by POTUS, because nobody would ever be killed at a gun range, ever.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:04:45am |
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Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:05:31am |
Has any conservative yet try to turn themselves into a victim over The Onion controversy? You know, something like:
“Anyone who speaking out against The Onion, but didn’t say a word about ________________ [insert some fake teabag outrage “incident”] are hypocrites!!!
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:07:33am |
re: #366 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m guessing it was a cashier error, but a couple of weeks ago I got a seniors discount on my bill at a local restaurant (I’m only 31!)
As an ex-waiter, this means your server liked you. Easiest way to give someone a discount.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:22:40am |
Another asshole who doesn’t live here.
@sissyhb @wordpressdotcom Dearborn is done for… The camel jockeys own it lock stock n barrel! We tried to warn you of the horde… #TGDN— Old Ogre (@Moldyoldogre) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:23:35am |
Let me guess: a bunch of wingnut evangelicals was coming here to harass Muslims.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:26:04am |
re: #380 Vicious Babushka
Let me guess: a bunch of wingnut evangelicals was coming here to harass Muslims.
[Link: www.freep.com…]
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:26:35am |
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iossarian Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:28:05am |
Nothing says “love your neighbor” like shrieking at their kids and threatening them with hellfire!
Way to go, Christians!
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:29:45am |
What they want is the freedom to incitement.
Because it’s clearly what they were agitating for.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:32:20am |
re: #385 Varek Raith
Make sure you keep cooling it for a long time, like half an hour at least. Do you have any burn cream? Even just neosporin would be good.
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BongCrodny Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:32:57am |
re: #180 blueraven
Sorry. Just threw up in my mouth. — Chuck Woolery
Sorry, Chuck — that’s a mirror, not a TV set.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:33:02am |
The host of last night’s #Oscars was nearly killed by Al Qaeda, & other 2013 Oscar facts: bit.ly/XQ8xUk— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 25, 2013
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Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:33:11am |
re: #381 Varek Raith
[Link: www.freep.com…]
Remind me again which group are the radicals? Are the Dearborn Muslims out protesting every Sunday in front of the local Baptist and Catholic churches?
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:33:22am |
re: #386 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
Make sure you keep cooling it for a long time, like half an hour at least. Do you have any burn cream? Even just neosporin would be good.
Yep, put that on.
By cooling, should I use ice?
Or just cool water?
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:33:33am |
Chuck Hagel wants to invade Israel!!11ty They’re still at it.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:34:04am |
re: #381 Varek Raith
The Bible Believers also protested at last year’s Arab Festival, holding up both anti-Muslim and anti-Catholic signs and causing one Arab-American Muslim girl to cry.
That’s the thing with these assholes, that’s the lie of “Judeo-Christian”. These people are not just Christian Supremacists, they’re 7th Synod of Pete Supremacists, they’re Our Chapel of The Lord Supremacists. If they did kick out the Muslims, then they’d move on to the Catholics, and the Unitarians, and the Hindus, and the Buddhists, and the Presbyterians, and the Jews, etc. etc.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:35:02am |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:35:07am |
re: #393 Gus
The wingers really, really freaked about the FLOTUS.
Yeah, the only thing that upset them about TheOnion tweet was that it wasn’t about FLOTUS.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:35:54am |
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:35:56am |
re: #390 Varek Raith
Yep, put that on.
By cooling, should I use ice?
Or just cool water?
Cool water, not ice. You don’t want to freeze it.
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:37:03am |
re: #377 Varek Raith
Son of a monkey’s unlce!
Burned my thumb…
Ugh. Now we have two broken legs and one burned thumb.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:38:45am |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:40:00am |
WHAT TEH DERPTY DERP
Would Moochelle present Oscar for best movie to the winner if movie was about how Pres Obama failed to save Americans in #Benghazi? #TGDN— I’m Mex-Cellent (@StLNetworkGuru) February 25, 2013
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:40:13am |
re: #383 iossarian
Nothing says “love your neighbor” like shrieking at their kids and threatening them with hellfire!
Way to go, Christians!
Carrying around a critter head on a stick is not a “friendly” gesture either. Even without the religious constraint on consuming pork.
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:40:21am |
He’s going for the fall! Deploy the Airbag Pants!!
[PESSSSHHHHHWOOOOT!]
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:41:15am |
HAV MOAR FAIL
#Sequester needs to happen.Fluke needs to learn to stand on her own two feet.#tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) February 25, 2013
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:42:28am |
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:42:40am |
re: #405 Vicious Babushka
I cannot handle macho talk from a guy wearing a flamingo-pink vest.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:43:46am |
re: #408 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I cannot handle macho talk from a guy wearing a flamingo-pink vest.
Seriously…
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:44:12am |
re: #407 Varek Raith
And be really, really careful not to re-burn the same spot. While it’s healing, it’s really vulnerable and if you reburn it you’re likely to get scarring. Treat it very tenderly while it heals, burning is the most difficult thing for our bodies to repair.
I stuck my arm in a toaster when I was a kid, so I know what I’m talking about.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:44:14am |
re: #408 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I cannot handle macho talk from a guy wearing a flamingo-pink vest.
What macho talk?
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:45:33am |
re: #410 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
And be really, really careful not to re-burn the same spot. While it’s healing, it’s really vulnerable and if you reburn it you’re likely to get scarring. Treat it very tenderly while it heals, burning is the most difficult thing for our bodies to repair.
I stuck my arm in a toaster when I was a kid, so I know what I’m talking about.
Yeah, I got a burn scar on the inside of my right knee from a lawn mower muffler when I was 10.
Still…
A toaster???
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:45:42am |
re: #411 Vicious Babushka
Just the Fluke standing on her own two feet stuff.
I actually look really good in pink.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:45:54am |
re: #412 Varek Raith
Yeah, I got a burn scar on the inside of my right knee from a lawn mower muffler when I was 10.
Still…
A toaster???
I wanted my toast.
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Flounder Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:46:07am |
Pain builds character, my ex girlfriend used to tell me.
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Sionainn Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:46:34am |
re: #405 Vicious Babushka
HAV MOAR FAIL
I’m not making the connection. What does the sequester have to do with Fluke?
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:46:54am |
Fox’s Malkin Attacks Rove In Paid Speech Before Local GOP bit.ly/XBkQlA #circularfiringsquad— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 25, 2013
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:46:54am |
re: #416 Sionainn
I’m not making the connection. What does the sequester have to do with Fluke?
Hot pink.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:47:43am |
re: #416 Sionainn
I’m not making the connection. What does the sequester have to do with Fluke?
Because budget cuts will force that slut to pay for her own birth control, don’tcha know.
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Ghost of Tom Joad Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:48:08am |
re: #416 Sionainn
I’m not making the connection. What does the sequester have to do with Fluke?
Government cuts=cuts in spending on contraceptive=Sandra won’t be able to have non-babymaking sexytime anymore.
Or something. Who the fuck knows. Pink vest.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:50:59am |
OUTRAGE!
Horse Meat Found In Ikea’s Meatballs n.pr/13afeWw— NPR News (@nprnews) February 25, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:52:53am |
re: #421 Lidane
OUTRAGE!
And they blow that aroma around the whole store so now all of you who have ever visited the STORE OF EVIL have horsemeat molecules in your nostrils!!!!1111tytyty
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:53:01am |
re: #421 Lidane
I’ve had horse. It’s fine. It’s just another big animal. Why are people freaking out?
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:53:23am |
re: #416 Sionainn
I’m not making the connection. What does the sequester have to do with Fluke?
Nothing. Just another “personal responsibility” idiot lecturing others on personal responsibility.
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geoffm33 Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:53:35am |
re: #423 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I’ve had horse. It’s fine. It’s just another big animal. Why are people freaking out?
Black president /
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:53:36am |
re: #423 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I’ve had horse. It’s fine. It’s just another big animal. Why are people freaking out?
Because MY FRIEND FLICKA
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:53:43am |
Horse meat is still better than that crap in fast food ‘meat’.
Bam!
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:54:32am |
re: #423 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I’ve had horse. It’s fine. It’s just another big animal. Why are people freaking out?
I think it’s a cultural thing honestly. Not that I agree with it mind you but that’s what I think it is.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:55:12am |
re: #423 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I’ve had horse. It’s fine. It’s just another big animal. Why are people freaking out?
People tend to overreact to anything to do with things that involve putting things inside their bodies: food, sex, medical procedures.
I am just annoyed at the labelling thing. It reminds me of why I keep away from prepared foods, no matter how cheap and temptingly convenient they may seem…
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:55:24am |
Cow - Lumbering dullard.
Horse - Majestic creature.
Something along those lines…
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:55:47am |
re: #430 Sol Berdinowitz
The amount of mislabeled food in restaurants is huge; I’m sure that a ton of the package stuff is fibbing too.
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:55:55am |
re: #431 Varek Raith
Cow - Lumbering dullard.
Horse - Majestic creature.
Something along those lines…
Yes, now if you’ll excuse me, I want some veal chops now!
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:56:06am |
re: #423 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I’ve had horse. It’s fine. It’s just another big animal. Why are people freaking out?
Two reasons: first, because a horse not explicitly raised to be eaten is likely to have been treated with meds that linger in the meat and can cause health issues; second, because the meatball manufacturers (like the earlier case of British horsemeat in frozen goods) paid for beef and were fraudulently given horsemeat.
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Varek Raith Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:57:07am |
About that…
Is this scandal happening because horse meat is cheaper/easier/whatever to sell them than beef?
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:57:36am |
re: #434 The Ghost of a Flea
The mislabeling part I totally get, but I don’t think most people’s visceral reaction is due to a sober assessment of medical risk. I think it’s just ‘yecch’.
Some of my friends have reacted the same way to me buying goat tacos. Goat is tasty, fuck it, more for me.
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:57:38am |
re: #432 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
The amount of mislabeled food in restaurants is huge; I’m sure that a ton of the package stuff is fibbing too.
Recent reports indicated that 30% of all fish is mislabeled - especially if the fish is sold as filets and not whole. The further you get away from salmon, tilapia, and pollack, the greater the chances of getting mislabeled fish.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:57:53am |
re: #433 HappyWarrior
Yes, now if you’ll excuse me, I want some veal chops now!
I can honestly say I haven’t eaten veal since I was 18. I also avoid organ meats. Ew.
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:58:39am |
I guess the real argument would be that if you’re buying meat you’re expecting meat from beef cattle and not horse.
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:58:49am |
re: #435 Varek Raith
It’s that it was being sold as 100% beef, but it had horse meat included. A big problem where cultural biases are against eating horse, while some parts of Europe have no big issue with horse meat.
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:58:52am |
re: #438 Lidane
I can honestly say I haven’t eaten veal since I was 18. I also avoid organ meats. Ew.
I don’t like liver much either. Tried it once at an Italian restaurant. Just didn’t do it for me.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:00:04am |
The Onion issues a classy apology (IMO); assclowns on Twitter are still defending what The Onion has already apologized for. #CheckPlease— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) February 25, 2013
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:00:40am |
re: #436 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
The mislabeling part I totally get, but I don’t think most people’s visceral reaction is due to a sober assessment of medical risk. I think it’s just ‘yecch’.
Some of my friends have reacted the same way to me buying goat tacos. Goat is tasty, fuck it, more for me.
Individuals reacting to this story might be squeamish or subjective about horsemeat because of aesthetics or a sense of social bonds…yeah, absolutely that’s been a product of this story circulating…but the reason that health and quality organizations published these reports from the get go is because of the fraud and the (maybe) contamination.
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:00:44am |
re: #441 HappyWarrior
Not a fan of organ meat, especially liver.
Lamb chops, on the other hand. When done right, it’s absolutely amazing.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:02:07am |
So there was this Mexican restaurant in South Phoenix which had two menus. I came to notice that there were a few items on the Spanish menu that did not appear on the English one: “cerebro” and “lengua” (brains and tongue)
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:02:12am |
re: #444 lawhawk
Not a fan of organ meat, especially liver.
Lamb chops, on the other hand. When done right, it’s absolutely amazing.
I really need to try lamb chops. Can’t find any restaurants that sell them. I do enjoy lamb but my experience with lamb is mostly limited to kebabs.
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makeitstop Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:02:26am |
I demand a shorter name for horse meat than ‘horse meat.’
Cow meat = beef. Horse meat = ???
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:03:17am |
re: #445 Sol Berdinowitz
My grandfather loved brains. So freaking bad for you. Calves brains fried in butter. Yurk.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:03:38am |
re: #447 makeitstop
I demand a shorter name for horse meat than ‘horse meat.’
Cow meat = beef. Horse meat = ???
cheap beef
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Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:03:46am |
re: #431 Varek Raith
Cow - Lumbering dullard.
Horse - Majestic creature.
Something along those lines…
Ah, in other words:
Cow = conservatives
Horse = Progressives
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:04:20am |
re: #435 Varek Raith
About that…
Is this scandal happening because horse meat is cheaper/easier/whatever to sell them than beef?
In this case, it’s because the horsemeat was presented as beef, sold to the food company as beef, and was likely from horses that weren’t meant to be slaughtered for human consumption. So the fraud is not just a contrast of the per pound cost of horsemeat versus cow meat, but of meat that shouldn’t be sold (except maybe as pet food) versus beef (which is getting more expensive).
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:04:26am |
re: #444 lawhawk
Lamb chops, on the other hand. When done right, it’s absolutely amazing.
The only lamb I had growing up was when one of my aunts would make it. It was always dry and tasteless, and the mint jelly I was told to eat it with was vile.
Typically not a fan of lamb, but I can’t pass up the occasional beef/lamb shawarma from the Turkish wrap food truck down the street.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:04:59am |
re: #447 makeitstop
I demand a shorter name for horse meat than ‘horse meat.’
Cow meat = beef. Horse meat = ???
Wanna know something cool?
The reason we have two words for everything like that in English is because of the Norman conquest. The Normans took over, and they weren’t going to be standing around in shit herding cattle, so when they said “Boeuf”, they were referring to the stuff on their plate. When the Saxon who was actually tending the animal referred to it, he called it a “Cow”. So we got one word for the meat, one word for the animal, due to class and language differences between the ruling and peasant classes.
Oh, and the Normans didn’t really eat horse so we don’t have a word for that meat.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:05:11am |
re: #445 Sol Berdinowitz
I’ve had lengua before. It’s disgusting, IMO. I ate it once and refused to ever eat it again.
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Dr. Matt Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:05:38am |
re: #447 makeitstop
I demand a shorter name for horse meat than ‘horse meat.’
Cow meat = beef. Horse meat = ???
Horse meat = Meat “Product”
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:05:42am |
Still think the weirdest meal I ever had was jellyfish. Went to a Chinese coworker’s of my Dad’s once for dinner and they had it. Just didn’t do anything for me. I also remember my best friend enjoying those seaweed sheets when we were kids. Thought about those since they were selling them at Costco when I was there on Thursday. I’m not squeamish though I do understand cultural taboos.
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makeitstop Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:06:25am |
re: #455 Dr. Matt
Horse meat = Meat “Product”
Still two words! I need something catchy, people!!
Trigger??
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:06:46am |
re: #453 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
Wanna know something cool?
The reason we have two words for everything like that in English is because of the Norman conquest. The Normans took over, and they weren’t going to be standing around in shit herding cattle, so when they said “Boeuf”, they were referring to the stuff on their plate. When the Saxon who was actually tending the animal referred to it, he called it a “Cow”. So we got one word for the meat, one word for the animal, due to class and language differences between the ruling and peasant classes.
Oh, and the Normans didn’t really eat horse so we don’t have a word for that meat.
So, if we followed that linguistic trend, horsemeat would be some derivation of cheval.
Also, English is a really slutty language, but in a good way.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:07:04am |
re: #456 HappyWarrior
I’ve had witchety grubs, both raw and cooked, and they are goddamn delicious, if you get a chance eat them.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:07:21am |
re: #454 Lidane
I’ve had lengua before. It’s disgusting, IMO. I ate it once and refused to ever eat it again.
I was served tongue once in Germany by my girlfriend’s parents. I was polite and ate what was put on my plate but did not ask for seconds (which rarely happened with that lady’s cooking)
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:07:22am |
re: #458 Varek Raith
I like seaweed.
I haven’t had it in years. Would be willing to give ti a second chance. My tastebuds at 25 are a lot different from where they were when I was 8.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:07:57am |
re: #459 The Ghost of a Flea
So, if we followed that linguistic trend, horsemeat would be some derivation of cheval.
Cheveal?
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:09:47am |
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:10:40am |
re: #460 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I’ve had witchety grubs, both raw and cooked, and they are goddamn delicious, if you get a chance eat them.
Ha, never have had bugs before. I do like trying new food though. Had Peruvian for the first time last week and Burmese for the first time Saturday. That’s one of the good things about Northern Va. So many different types of cuisines.
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makeitstop Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:11:39am |
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iossarian Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:12:16am |
re: #453 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
Oh, and the Normans didn’t really eat horse so we don’t have a word for that meat.
Amusingly, they liked sheep (mouton = mutton) but apparently stayed away from lamb.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:13:29am |
re: #465 HappyWarrior
I do like trying new food though. Had Peruvian for the first time last week and Burmese for the first time Saturday.
I had Ethiopian food not too long ago. I liked it a lot. Up next are the Argentinian and Colombian restaurants by my house, and the Russian restaurant by my office.
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BongCrodny Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:13:42am |
What. The. Fuck.
I was doing some research for my weekly trivia game; I had the idea to do a trivia sheet, the answers all having something to do with either the words “apple(s)” or “orange(s).”
Eventually, I found myself on the Wikipedia page for the Syracuse Orange.
Here’s the opening paragraph for the Syracuse Orange:
The Syracuse Orange is the nickname used by the athletic teams of Syracuse University. The school is a member of NCAA Division I and the Big East Conference. The school’s mascot is Otto the Orange. Teams were previously known (until 2004) as the Orangemen and Orangewomen but because of political correctness from northeastern liberal PC thugs the name was forced to be changed. The men’s basketball, football, men’s lacrosse, and women’s basketball teams play in the Carrier Dome. Other sports facilities are located at the nearby Manley Field House complex.
I’m not so dense as to not know that sometimes political correctness can run amok, but seriously? “Liberal PC thugs” on a Wikipedia Page. Am I reading Conservapedia by mistake?
Again: What. The. Fuck.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:15:00am |
re: #469 BongCrodny
Sounds like a butthurt conservative troll edited Wikipedia’s Syracuse Orange page.
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:15:23am |
re: #468 Lidane
I had Ethiopian food not too long ago. I liked it a lot. Up next are the Argentinian and Colombian restaurants by my house, and the Russian restaurant by my office.
Ethiopian’s good. That sponge bread will fill you up though. I haven’t tried Argentine, Colombian, or Russian ever. I hear Argentina has some really good Italian influenced dishes and good steaks as well since the grazing land is some of the best.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:15:56am |
Iranian photoshoppers strike again!
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erik_t Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:17:19am |
re: #471 HappyWarrior
Ethiopian’s good. That sponge bread will fill you up though. I haven’t tried Argentine, Colombian, or Russian ever. I hear Argentina has some really good Italian influenced dishes and good steaks as well since the grazing land is some of the best.
You can buy teff (the grain used for proper injera) in some stores, and cook it like rice. Recommended, especially with wild rice and hot Italian sausage.
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:17:35am |
re: #469 BongCrodny
What. The. Fuck.
I was doing some research for my weekly trivia game; I had the idea to do a trivia sheet, the answers all having something to do with either the words “apple(s)” or “orange(s).”
Eventually, I found myself on the page for the Syracuse Orange.
Here’s the opening paragraph on Wikipedia for Syracuse Orange:
I’m not so dense as to not know that sometimes political correctness can run amok, but seriously? “Liberal PC thugs” on a Wikipedia Page. Am I reading Conservapedia by mistake?
Again: What. The. Fuck.
Some idiot right winger probably put that in. I’m sure if you remove it, it wouldn’t be re-inserted. Really conservatives are such hypocrites about political correctness. They think they can be disparaging to any group of people they want but as you may have seen with the WWE character, they can’t handle being mocked themselves. And don’t even joke about Christians or Christianity.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:17:47am |
re: #467 iossarian
The whole Norman-Saxon interaction is fascinating. There’s reason to believe that Robin Hood is actually an allegory for an independent Saxon businessman holding his own against a corrupt local Norman government— that it’s basically a story about how awesome the livery business is.
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:18:14am |
re: #469 BongCrodny
What. The. Fuck.
I was doing some research for my weekly trivia game; I had the idea to do a trivia sheet, the answers all having something to do with either the words “apple(s)” or “orange(s).”
Eventually, I found myself on the page for the Syracuse Orange.
Here’s the opening paragraph on Wikipedia for Syracuse Orange:
I’m not so dense as to not know that sometimes political correctness can run amok, but seriously? “Liberal PC thugs” on a Wikipedia Page. Am I reading Conservapedia by mistake?
Again: What. The. Fuck.
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:18:15am |
re: #473 erik_t
You can buy teff (the grain used for proper injera) in some stores, and cook it like rice. Recommended, especially with wild rice and hot Italian sausage.
There’s an idea.
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lawhawk Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:18:23am |
re: #452 Lidane
The trick to good lamb (like most meat) is not to overcook.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:19:46am |
re: #468 Lidane
I had Ethiopian food not too long ago. I liked it a lot. Up next are the Argentinian and Colombian restaurants by my house, and the Russian restaurant by my office.
Try Alsatian food sometime. Best described as German recipes with French technique.
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:23:15am |
Anybody ever had Tibetan or Nepalese? I was wondering what those were like since as I said, I tried Burmese recently which I know would be different since Burma’s a different climate so their crops are different and the former two are landlocked as well so probably not as much seafood influence.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:24:46am |
re: #479 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
Try Alsatian food sometime. Best described as German recipes with French technique.
Sounds good. There’s a pretty massive German influence here in Central Texas. I’ll have to look and see if there’s anything Alsatian around here.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:28:25am |
re: #480 HappyWarrior
Anybody ever had Tibetan or Nepalese? I was wondering what those were like since as I said, I tried Burmese recently which I know would be different since Burma’s a different climate so their crops are different and the former two are landlocked as well so probably not as much seafood influence.
Tibetan food uses barley a lot, and mustard seed. It’s pretty similar to Burmese. The mountain Burmese, anyway.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:30:06am |
re: #480 HappyWarrior
Anybody ever had Tibetan or Nepalese? I was wondering what those were like since as I said, I tried Burmese recently which I know would be different since Burma’s a different climate so their crops are different and the former two are landlocked as well so probably not as much seafood influence.
I’ve had Tibetan, it’s not very good. Traditional foods are things like Yak Butter Tea (greasy salted sock water), lots of dried meats, a few root veg stews but not much vegetables at all.. Since they’ve been colonized by the Chinese they do eat lots of noodles and regular Chinese stuff now. Even in Tibet the traditional foods are a bit had to find. For some reason I never understood they have a taboo about eating fish. In a region as desolate as Tibet I’m surprised they pass up any food at all.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:31:04am |
Glenn Beck, literary critic:
Glenn Beck predicts that James Dobson’s new novel will become a modern day version of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: bit.ly/ZvsBLZ— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 25, 2013
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:33:01am |
re: #480 HappyWarrior
Anybody ever had Tibetan or Nepalese? I was wondering what those were like since as I said, I tried Burmese recently which I know would be different since Burma’s a different climate so their crops are different and the former two are landlocked as well so probably not as much seafood influence.
Nepalese is like Indian food with regional twists. Like regions that eat millet rather than rice, or have yak meat on the menu. In places in India where the Nepalis have migrated, momos—dumplings rather like Chinese ones—often turn up in restaraunts.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:34:34am |
Amazing to see Rs sticking with #Obamaquester talking point. Profound contempt for voters. Straight up gamble they can be duped.— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 25, 2013
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:35:30am |
Appreciate it guys. Trying to figure what I want to try next since there’s so many unique types of food out there. Really wouldn’t mind trying Russian one of these days.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:36:35am |
Sharpton: Hardest Working Man In Show Business?
Rev. Al Sharpton, who met yesterday with President Barack Obama to discuss the nation’s sputtering economy, is paying himself nearly $250,000 annually as the 40-hour-a-week head of a “Christian activist organization”—all while he is holding down another full-time job as host of a nightly MSNBC show.
In addition to his cable TV gig, Sharpton, 58, serves as “President & CEO” of the not-for-profit National Action Network, a Harlem-based group that seeks to “promote a modern civil rights agenda” and “the improvement of race relations.”
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The National Action Network’s 2011 tax return reports $4.2 million in gifts and contributions with net revenue nearing $200,000. But the group still remains $1.1 million in the hole, primarily due to unpaid federal payroll taxes (and related penalties and interest).
He must work very hard.
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:36:53am |
re: #484 Lidane
Glenn Beck, literary critic:
And source of historical perspective, he compared his own rally to the Civil Rights March of 1963 where MLK gave the I Have a Dream speech. A guy like that doesn’t even bother me since he pretty much has made himself a cartoon character.Then of course, you read about people who were inspired to go into politics because of him………..and you weep a little.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:37:45am |
re: #486 The Ghost of a Flea
There used to be a great Tibetan place in San Francisco with great momos. Really delicious stuff.
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:43:42am |
re: #491 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
There used to be a great Tibetan place in San Francisco with great momos. Really delicious stuff.
I’ve only had momos once, at a hotel in Jaipur. They were very good though.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:44:13am |
Sephardic food. Really it is so, so, so much better than the Ashkenazi (Polish, Russian, Hungarian) cuisine that is traditionally associated with kosher cooking.
Sephardi includes Moroccan, Lebanese, Greek, Syrian, Italian, Indian, Spanish.
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:44:51am |
ZOMG! Creeping Sharia! Eleventy!
From Whirled Nuts Drooly:
Students made to wear burqas – in Texas (Google cache link)
*sigh*
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:46:24am |
re: #493 Vicious Babushka
It’s really just access to better stuff. Lots more fish, saffron, spices, olive oil, etc. Also exposure to a lot more cooking techniques.
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:46:55am |
And do we have to explain that critical legal studies theorists are not necessarily Marxists, but rather, may be theorists drawing from Marxism (as well as Foucault, Gramsci, Derrida, and others) to engage in intersectional analyses on economic power, law, jurisprudential epistemology, and the relationships between all three? Should we also point out that there were at least FOUR Republicans on the Harvard Law School faculty when Cruz was there, including one who served as Reagan’s solicitor general?
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blueraven Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:47:17am |
re: #489 Killgore Trout
Sharpton: Hardest Working Man In Show Business?
He must work very hard.
Why dont you go track down how much Bill O’Reilly makes, or Sean Hannity?
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:47:28am |
re: #494 Lidane
From Whirled Nuts Drooly:
Students made to wear burqas - in Texas (Google cache link)
*sigh*
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:47:37am |
re: #493 Vicious Babushka
Sephardic food. Really it is so, so, so much better than the Ashkenazi (Polish, Russian, Hungarian) cuisine that is traditionally associated with kosher cooking.
Sephardi includes Moroccan, Lebanese, Greek, Syrian, Italian, Indian, Spanish.
I’ve never had Sephardic food, but the music is amazing. There’s a London band called Los Desterrados (translation: The Exiles) that I like a lot:
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:51:21am |
re: #494 Lidane
From Whirled Nuts Drooly:
Students made to wear burqas - in Texas (Google cache link)
*sigh*
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:53:26am |
Tranqual SALLYFARRAR • 38 minutes ago
they got our children a long time ago when the NEA was created. It’s all brainwashing to accept the new world order. Read “Anti-Christ, Islam’s Awaited Messiah”. I believe the final beast gov/one world gov will be a resurrected Ottoman Empire. There will be a worldwide caliphate again. We have a Moslem president. The agenda is demonically inspired and has advanced because the church is weak. the only thing holding back evil on the earth is the presence of the church. they have been trying to advance the one world gov for years. (Wilson, etc) It’s warp speed now. I expect America as we now it to end in my life time. North American Union is up next and I believe when America goes down we will take the world with us. Christians and patriots will be the terrorists.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:54:26am |
re: #495 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
It’s really just access to better stuff. Lots more fish, saffron, spices, olive oil, etc. Also exposure to a lot more cooking techniques.
Yep, although Hungarian food is quite tasty.
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:54:36am |
Abby701 Pi10107 • 5 hours ago
This is like the government — write a bill, disguise the message; don’t read it in its entirety. Accountability is needed; some the indoctrination. Everything that appears in the media, tv, newspapers, computer headlines is intended to divert our attention from the real issues. Why all the crap about hollywood, the oscars, Michele’s hairstyle; etc.? What do they have to do with the state of this great nation? Just a distraction. Come on Congress; grow some courage and nerve — stop letting this stuff continue. They can’t kill all of you. It is mainly threats; just like the adult telling the child they will harm his/her parents if they tell re an incident. So, what is the worse that can happen? Once they eliminate an individual or a a family member or loved one, don’t cower and hide. Emphasize the issue. If enough people stand up to these thugs, the message will be clear. WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE. God gives us the strength to persevere; Evil can be defeated but only if you meet it head on. What does it matter if you gain the whole world but lose your soul?
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:54:40am |
re: #496 The Ghost of a Flea
Ted Cruz Demonstrates Texans Will Elect Anyone, No Matter How Stupid, If He’s A Republican
Being from Texas, I can tell you that nothing embarrasses me more about the state than the way that, at least in statewide elections, the voters will elect anyone with the (R) by their name on the ballot, no matter how much of an imbecile that person is. That is being demonstrated in spades by the election of Ted Cruz to the Senate, a man who cannot open his mouth without causing the most ardent “Texas Forver” folks like myself to wonder if we should start excising “y’all” from our vocabulary. The latest revelation:
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:55:03am |
re: #503 Vicious Babushka
Yep, although Hungarian food is quite tasty.
They’ve got paprika, which helps, and got invaded from the East a lot.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:55:06am |
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:55:41am |
Celticwanderer64 WellNowDear • an hour ago
It’s amazing how much deception goes on regarding education in our country. Our children should be our number one priority, but using them to fulfill social/political agendas is just wrong. A few years ago my small Texas town wanted to build a new high school. My husband and I voted against it because we saw no need for the extravagance. The “pushers” touted the state-of-the-art educational facility our children would enjoy. They also told everyone that we had x amount of new students each year and we were growing in leaps and bounds so we needed a new and bigger high school to avoid overcrowding. What they didn’t mention was that just as many students were leaving so it was student in-student out. And then they said “if we build it, they will come”. It might have worked for a baseball field, but it sure didn’t work for our high school. One of the largest employers in our area lost its government contract and people were leaving in leaps and bounds. But the biggest lie we were told was that in no way would our tax rates increase. If something sounds too good to be true, you’d better assume it is. Few gave the concept thoughtful consideration, and with stars in their eyes over the beautiful new high school our city would have and how we would be the envy for miles around, they voted for it. Well, they didn’t raise our tax rates, THEY RAISED OUR APPRAISAL VALUE - OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Then they raised the tax rates. We were told all this was necessary to maintain the building and provide educational materials. And surprise, surprise our school has not changed one iota for the better. In short, Progressives have no concern for the negative consequences of their agendas. To them the ends justify the means. All they concern themselves with is manipulating human nature. On this they are very well versed. Hence the reason our country is in the mess it’s in. There is no lie so easily accepted as one people want to hear - and no truth so easily dismissed as one that they don’t. Words like “we need to do this for our children”, or “we need to remain competitive in education” make all the sense in the world, until you start turning over rocks and see the fungus under them. Objective truths are overlooked in favor of relative truths and “that’s what you say” becomes the phrase of the day. Once those words are spoken it becomes obvious ignorance is bliss and nothing will change a heart or mind. I just pray constantly that more and more people will wake up to what is going on in their “real” world before it’s too late, especially regarding education. Sadly I fear, after seeing articles like this, that our lack of vigilance in the past has already put our children in extreme peril and the rats are winning the rat race. But, how do you prevent something like CSCOPE when it was done so under-the-table virtually no one knew? If people had known, would they have stopped it in its tracks, or readily agreed with the “diversity” talking points and assume it was a noble cause? Is all this an example of the new norm that will keep us from participating in our own lives and those of our children? I pray not but fear so..
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:55:42am |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:56:25am |
Wingnut slogan that keeps getting retweeted on an average of abt every 30 seconds:
Why do you need a background check to own a gun but not to run a country???? #tcot #tgdn— Tom Lynch (@trumpetman) February 25, 2013
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:57:03am |
re: #508 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Oklahoma to try and ban birth control because some quack says it “suppresses a woman’s identity”
I saw someone involved in that case say birth control poisoned women.
I’m guessing they’re going to be going after alcohol, tobacco and high fructose corn syrup next to if they’re that concerned.
Oh wait, thats not what this is about.
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:57:05am |
Ronald • 18 hours ago
The spread of Islam is now complete. The “whole world” is bowing to Muhammad’s Allah - including our Commander in Chief.
This is a great time to point out that Muhammad calls himself the “bright morning star” (Chapter 86 called Al-Tariq) and his Antichrist Allah calls himsef “The Dawn” (Chapter 113 called Al-Falaq).
In Isaiah 14:12, God mocks the false prophet and his Antichrist god as…
“How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn.”
And now our public school system is forcing Satan-Allah’s “changed laws” down the throats of our children…
Tell everyone you know to stop the spread of the false prophet’s lies..
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:58:09am |
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:58:26am |
ZOMG! Hollyweird and Obummer are in cahoots!
From American “Thinker”:
Hollywood ratifies Obama alliance (Google cache link)
This part is my favorite:
I don’t know much about uniforms, but they look kind of military to me. If that’s the case, what kind of event was going on at the White House that night? The President’s schedule doesn’t include any mention of a formal event at the White House.
Because FLOTUS and the White House should’ve presented an Ocscar in jeans and T-shirts. WTF.
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BongCrodny Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:59:27am |
re: #484 Lidane
Glenn Beck, literary critic:
People who bought this book also bought:
“Control: Exposing The Truth About Guns” by Glenn Beck
“All The Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over The Edge” by John R. Lott, Jr.
“Heroes Proved” by Oliver North
“Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike” by Samantha Mathis
Nooooo, thanks. I think I’ll save my eyeballs for more important things — like porn.
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:59:58am |
re: #517 BongCrodny
People who bought this book also bought:
“Control: Exposing The Truth About Guns” by Glenn Beck
“All The Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over The Edge” by John R. Lott, Jr.
“Heroes Proved” by Oliver North
“Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike” by Samantha MathisNooooo, thanks. I think I’ll save my eyeballs for more important things — like porn.
Porn is probably more educational.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:03:33am |
IF IT’S SEEKRIT HOW DO THE WINGNUTS KNOW ABOUT IT?
Reason For Nomination Exposed: Obama And Hagel Have Secret Plan To Deploy US Troops To Gaza, “Cripple” Israel bit.ly/UY4Ayx #tgdn— Patrick Dollard (@PatDollard) February 25, 2013
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:04:26am |
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Lidane Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:05:44am |
No, @davidbartonwb SCOTUS did not ban mandatory Bible reading in public schools b/c it might cause brain damage: bit.ly/15K6XZ0— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 25, 2013
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:05:52am |
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subterraneanhomesickalien Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:07:34am |
re: #496 The Ghost of a Flea
As opposed to government overthrowing elderly folk waving the gadsden flag, who just don’t seem to understand that if the government disappears they eat catfood for the remainder of whatever life that nature allows them.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:11:56am |
re: #524 Gus
Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind Doesn’t Get What’s Wrong With a Little Blackface
Oy.
Yunno, if it’s a private party at his own home, it is up to him to decide what is acceptable. I would be annoyed if he wore that in public. But thanks to the Intertubes, every private party is a public spectacle…
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The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:12:07am |
re: #523 subterraneanhomesickalien
I just get mighty, mighty sick of Marx as bogeyman and the kind of misdirection involved in labelling everyone that’s read Marx “Marxist.”
Not just because it’s a nullification of vast swathes of thinking, but also because of how it shuts down discussion of the observations Marx made that were powerful, relevant, and launched so much discussion: that real power and the administration (and concept) of “justice” are interlinked. I mean, how fucked up and authoritarian do you have to be to object to that concept?
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HappyWarrior Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:12:07am |
re: #521 Lidane
Reading David Barton on the otherhand……….
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Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:13:38am |
re: #484 Lidane
Glenn Beck, literary critic:
Here’s the Amazon summary of Dobson’s book, with one particularly comical final paragraph:
The year is 2042, and a long-predicted tipping point has arrived. For the first time in human history, the economic pyramid has flipped: The feeble old now outnumber the vigorous young, and this untenable situation is intensifying a battle between competing cultural agendas. Reporter Julia Davidson-a formerly award-winning journalist seeking to revive a flagging career-is investigating the growing crisis, unaware that her activity makes her a pawn in an ominous conspiracy. Plagued by nightmares about her absent father, Julia finds herself drawn to the quiet strength of a man she meets at a friend’s church. As the engrossing plot of FATHERLESS unfolds, Julia will face choices that pit professional success against personal survival in an increasingly uncertain and dangerous world.
In the dystopian tradition of books like 1984, Brave New World, and The Hunger Games, FATHERLESS vividly imagines a future in which present-day trends come to sinister fruition. The second and third books in the series, CHILDLESS and GODLESS, will follow at eight-month intervals.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:16:46am |
re: #524 Gus
I wonder if there was a single black person at that party.
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subterraneanhomesickalien Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:19:08am |
re: #522 The Ghost of a Fleare: #526 The Ghost of a Flea
Marx was wrong about some things.
He really didn’t foresee politicians like Franklin Roosevelt coming along and using state power to both prop up the capitalist system and minimizing the damage done to the proletariat by that system.
But for the most part the man has been vindicated by history over and over again for the last 150 years.
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Gus Mon, Feb 25, 2013 11:19:47am |
re: #525 Sol Berdinowitz
Yunno, if it’s a private party at his own home, it is up to him to decide what is acceptable. I would be annoyed if he wore that in public. But thanks to the Intertubes, every private party is a public spectacle…
Not when you’re a New York assemblyman representing a district in New York City. I can bring up many issues involving different ethnic communities in NYC. This will only hurt matters. I’m certain if he were wearing a Confederate uniform it would be OK? So no, it can be up to him but he should be willing to suffer the negative consequences.
Memo to White people: It is NEVER ok to wear black face huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/25/dov…— United Liberals(@UnitedLiberals) February 25, 2013
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