1 | jaunte Thu, Mar 28, 2013 9:22:39pm |
My love’s an ocean
You better not cross it
Oh I’ve been the distance
And I need some rest
Yeah I had somebody once
And damn if I lost her
I’ve been running
Like a man possessed
I don’t scare easy
Don’t fall apart
When I’m under the gun
You can break my heart
And I ain’t gonna run
I don’t scare easy
For no one
Yeah, I am a loser
At the top of my game
I should have known
To keep an eye on you
I got a sky that ain’t never the same
Yeah, I got a dream
it don’t ever come true
I don’t scare easy
Don’t fall apart
When I’m under the gun
You can break my heart
And I ain’t gonna run
I don’t scare easy For no one
2 | Thundermother(it will turn your head around) Thu, Mar 28, 2013 9:33:35pm |
Way OT, but Josh Reddick and his beard may be my new favorite baseball combo.
Please don’t post a link to an article that says he’s a d-bag. I can’t handle that kind of crushing confusion right now.
By the way, Josh Reddick & his beard could be an alright band name.
Goodnight.
3 | Kragar Thu, Mar 28, 2013 9:45:37pm |
Shaping styrene with an xacto knife is a pain in the ass.
Had to measure out 1x2cm rectangles, then shape them to form a equilateral trapezoid, then carve the base to fit a rounded top. This is to prepare them to get inlaid with 1mm strips, then framed with more 1mm strips.
Once that is done, I get to prime them and paint them. I get to do this 5 times.
4 | Gus Thu, Mar 28, 2013 9:50:30pm |
@tpm youtu.be/Uzae_SqbmDE— Gus (@Gus_802) March 29, 2013
5 | Single-handed sailor Thu, Mar 28, 2013 9:50:48pm |
I’ve been a Tom Petty fan for a good 35+ years. I don’t think I’ve seen him in concert since 1980.
8 | engineer cat Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:05:05pm |
re: #1 jaunte
My love’s an ocean
You better not cross it
reminds me of a poem i wrote once when i was in a bitter mood, a poem about the women what done did me wrong
my heart is an airless planet.
attempt no landings there
i wanted to write more, but i couldn’t improve on that
9 | Targetpractice Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:05:40pm |
What do you get when you remake a 1980’s song to sound like it was written in the 1910s?
Pure gold:
10 | HoosierHoops Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:07:03pm |
Rebranding?
It’s ironic and funny..Awhile ago I was changing channels and came across the movie ‘Contact’ with Jody Foster.. Classic movie that starts out great and pretty much falls flat on it’s face.. But I was watching the scenes when they were doing CNN interviews with people and there were several spox from like the family values institute or something like that..
And those interviews could fit in Fox and you’d never know it.. I was laughing..There is no position movement at all with these brothers of love..
No change at all.. So my question is:
How do you re-brand that
11 | Single-handed sailor Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:10:10pm |
This is who I’m listening to tonight, Elvin Bishop. He’s as close to country as I like to get.
12 | engineer cat Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:10:40pm |
re: #9 Targetpractice
What do you get when you remake a 1980’s song to sound like it was written in the 1910s?
Pure gold:
[Embedded content]
too cool!
i’m a big aficionado of early 20th cen music
13 | Targetpractice Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:15:18pm |
re: #12 engineer cat
too cool!
i’m a big aficionado of early 20th cen music
That’s not the only one. There’s several songs that just shock you when first realize you’re hearing them. One of the first is this:
14 | HoosierHoops Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:15:23pm |
re: #8 engineer cat
reminds me of a poem i wrote once when i was in a bitter mood, a poem about the women what done did me wrong
my heart is an airless planet.
attempt no landings therei wanted to write more, but i couldn’t improve on that
my heart is an airless planet.
attempt no landings there
There is nothing left but an echo
of the love we spilled there
Just keep that top down baby in your speeding car
Singing in the wind of your victory yea..
Keep that top down baby keep singing that song
Keep driving for miles
attempt no landing here
Keep driving baby..yea yea
15 | Amory Blaine Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:20:34pm |
While the assholes I grew up with, who I still hung out with, were calling gays names and worse, I was moving in a different direction at 19. I had begun to hang out with more liberal people. Artists, amateur musicians, communists (oh my!), and yes gay people. My boss was gay, waiters at work were gay and my friend Bob whom (correct usage?) I met at a house I regularly partied at was gay.
He was older than I was, many of my friends were. Early thirties. Sharp cutting wit which I appreciate of course. Eventually he was hanging out with us just one of the guys a talented piano player to boot. The first musician I knew that actually had gigs. Eventually I went to the bars, gay and straight, that he played at. After a while I was actually on first name basis’ with local drag queens!
This was pre Dahmer Milwaukee but post AIDS America. Bob was a needle user and got AIDS. It was heartbreaking. AIDS was new, people were afraid to be in the same room as him which destroyed this good natured man. He ended up completely withdrawing into himself by the end and died. I didn’t know AIDS either, but I held him like a brother. Laughing over joints while he faced his death. We were all facing it in a way. I listened to the people, so many people around say the most disgusting, bigoted shit about AIDS victims and gays. I’ve been thinking about him lately with the push for equal rights. Yeah. Bob was my first gay friend.
16 | freetoken Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:23:06pm |
17 | Gus Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:28:01pm |
Richard Hammond does NASCAR - Top Gear - BBC: youtu.be/vtcbsi8itHw— Gus (@Gus_802) March 29, 2013
18 | Dancing along the light of day Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:33:50pm |
re: #14 HoosierHoops
In your yellow beemer, baby!
*waves*
19 | freetoken Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:34:06pm |
Another choice oldie: Joseph Cawthorn sings/speaks “I Can Dance with Everybody but My Wife”, 1916:
Predates Shatner by 7 decades.
20 | Kragar Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:36:45pm |
Shaping styrene to fit an arch is a pain. I can only shave off a hairs width at a time to shape it, then smooth out the arch with a low rpm rotary file. Working with styrene sheeting which is only .25mm thick. Any big cuts, too much pressure or letting the file sit in one spot too long and I mess it up.
21 | Dancing along the light of day Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:52:13pm |
re: #20 Kragar (Antichrist )
I used to have an evil picture of Xacto knives, with the caption “The beatings will continue until morale improves” Oh, and corrugated cardboard is worse to carve into curves, than styrafoam!
22 | dragonath Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:54:57pm |
Seems like a good time to link obscure music
23 | Kragar Thu, Mar 28, 2013 11:17:15pm |
Tonight’s 40k trivia (and why I’m messing around shaping bits of plastic)
The Rubric of Ahriman was the name given to an immensely powerful ritual spell cast by a cabal of Chaos Sorcerers from amongst the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion who were led by the XV Legion’s former Chief Librarian Ahzek Ahriman, not long after the Legion had fled from their homeworld of Prospero to the Planet of the Sorcerers during the Horus Heresy. When mutation started to run rampant once again through the ranks of the Thousand Sons due to their exposure to the Warp energies of the Eye of Terror, Ahriman delved deep into the pages of the Book of Magnus, a massive tome compiled by the Legion’s Primarch Magnus the Red, that was filled with forbidden lore and sorcerous knowledge from ancient, forgotten days. Ahriman believed the Book of Magnus held the key to his Legion’s salvation. In the labyrinthine collections of formulae, incantations and rites, Ahriman devised what he believed would be the beginnings of a mighty arcane spell to undo all that had befallen his Battle-Brothers. Unfortunately, Ahriman miscalculated, for while the spell did stop the rampant mutation, it did so by transforming the Chaos Space Marines of the Legion who lacked psychic abilities into mindless, undead spectres, known as Rubric Marines, whose souls are trapped forever within their ancient suits of Power Armour.
24 | HoosierHoops Thu, Mar 28, 2013 11:22:58pm |
25 | Dancing along the light of day Thu, Mar 28, 2013 11:24:30pm |
re: #24 HoosierHoops
March madness over for the night?
giggles
26 | HoosierHoops Thu, Mar 28, 2013 11:26:23pm |
re: #25 Dancing along the light of day
March madness over for the night?
giggles
It is for me..Indiana lost..Bummer.. :)
28 | HoosierHoops Thu, Mar 28, 2013 11:32:29pm |
29 | klys Fri, Mar 29, 2013 12:46:03am |
Dear Jon Stewart:
Thank you for putting into words (with your writers) all the things that I can’t. I don’t agree with everything you say, but this issue is one of the ones we strongly agree on.
me
P.S. Please figure out how to explain to me why the Republican party is the party of small government unless it involves my uterus or behavior in the bedroom. Thanks.
31 | klys Fri, Mar 29, 2013 12:56:29am |
I can’t find the remote. I think it’s under the cat.
32 | Single-handed sailor Fri, Mar 29, 2013 12:57:58am |
Use the laser pointer, it’s like a cat remote.
33 | klys Fri, Mar 29, 2013 12:59:44am |
Not this one. The other two, yes. But this one is fat and lazy.
Her name is Diva. Well, her other name. The less flattering one.
34 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 1:09:19am |
Edo de Waart, conductor
1. Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
2. Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
Originally recorded at concerts on January 10, 11, 12 and 15, 2013
3. Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastoral)
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Originally recorded at concerts on June 10 and 11, 2010
PS Music starts at 2:50, if you want to skip the intro discussion.
36 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 2:48:37am |
So, how is the re-messaging efforts going in fly-over country?
Rhetoric over gay youth conference escalates
Conservative Christian leaders on Thursday criticized an Iowa gay youth conference as promoting evil behavior, and 16 Republican legislators pledged to vote against state funding for one of the sponsors of the event.
[…]
The Iowa Governors Conference on LGBTQ Youth, now in its eighth year, strives to fight bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and those questioning their sexuality. It’s run by Iowa Safe Schools, a nonprofit organization.
About 700 students and educators will attend Wednesday’s event at Prairie Meadows in Altoona.
At a news conference Thursday morning, a mix of socially conservative lawmakers and pastors condemned homosexuality and called on Gov. Terry Branstad to demand that organizers of the youth event remove his title from its name.
[…]
Oh, the horrors of an anti-bullying campaign.
That’s the way those 16 Republican state legislators see it.
37 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 2:50:41am |
Continuing:
[…]
This year, 16 state lawmakers signed a pledge to vote “no” on funding for Des Moines Area Community College unless the school stops spending tax money on the event as one of its sponsors.
“We cannot in good conscience vote to give taxpayer dollars to people or groups who pervert the Bible (and) teach our youth to engage in dangerous behavior,” the Republican legislators’ statement says.
[…]
For sure, the GOP is “Hezbollah”.
38 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 2:55:55am |
How to improve the crime rate in your city?
Just don’t report the crimes:
Dallas, Texas Is a Petty Shoplifter’s Paradise
Texans discovering not willing to pay for law enforcement has consequences.
39 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 3:36:28am |
Speaking of shop lifting, I missed this story yesterday:
Remember the Alabama Ag guy who made those tough-guy videos for a failed political run? Dale Peterson. Well, he was arrested for the second time… for shop lifting:
Dale Peterson Arrested for Stealing Cashews
Hilarity.
40 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 3:43:41am |
Oh, and I see the Michigan Republican of now some fame, Dave Agema, isn’t playing by Reince’s Rules:
[…]
“First, I didn’t write these words, I simply posted them. More importantly, I will not back down,” Agema said in the email. “I will dig in and fight even harder to defend our conservative values from these attacks by liberals in the media, and even in our own party.”
[…]
Re-messaging - how does that work?
Well, this way:
TIME reported RNC Chairman Reince Preibus echoed Schostak’s statement on the post, which seemed to distance the party from Agema.
“Our party remains in support of traditional marriage, but that should never be allowed nor confused with any form of hate or discrimination toward anyone,” Schostak said in a statement.
“Any statement or message in contrast undermines our party’s platform and our common sense conservative message,” he added.
However, the chairman of the Michigan GOP appears to be trying to cushion any real action (as I wrote before) against Agema:
The Detroit News reported during a conference call on Michigan’s right to work law, which took effect Thursday, [chairman] Schostak said his statement speaks for itself and that Agema and his family would have to determine his future.
“Respect him for what he wants to say,” Schostak said, according to the News. “That’s his right.”
41 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 3:51:14am |
Little bits of insight can be gleaned from the misc. parts in newspapers:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An effort to seal Tennessee’s handgun carry permit records from public scrutiny would create an exception for political operatives and lobbying groups to still obtain the entire set of names and addresses.
Republican Sen. Ferrell Haile of Gallatin told the Senate Judiciary Committee this week that his bill is an effort to block the publication of handgun carry permit records on newspaper websites.
“We’re not trying to keep it where it’s not usable, but we want to keep it from being published,” he said.
Political operatives and advocacy groups want to be able to obtain the names and addresses of all 398,000 handgun carry permit holders so they can target them for fundraising and campaign mailings.
Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, said he ran into similar issues when he tried to pass similar legislation years ago.
“My biggest resistance came from members of my own party for this provision, who wanted to continue using it for political purposes,” he said.
What’s this, using gun owners for political purposes?
42 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:02:41am |
Alaska Rep. Don Young calls farm workers ‘wetbacks’
Rep. Don Young’s use of an ethnic slur to describe the California farmworkers who picked tomatoes for his father threatens to become an embarrassment for a Republican Party trying to court Latino voters.
In a radio interview in Ketchikan Tuesday, Young, R-Alaska, called the workers “wetbacks.” The pejorative term was once commonly used to refer to undocumented Mexican aliens who reached the United States by fording the Rio Grande along the Texas border. The Spanish term is “mojado,” for “wet.”
Speaking with a reporter for community radio KRBD during an Easter recess visit to southeast Alaska, the 79-year-old Young launched into one of his trademark diatribes against the federal government. Then, according to an audio clip and news story posted on the station’s website, Young moved on to a discussion of the economy and automation, offering up a personal example.
“I used to own - my father had a ranch. We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes. You know it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It’s all done by machine.”
Bloggers quickly picked up on the interview Thursday, and by 7 p.m. in Alaska, Young’s office released a statement in which Young said he “meant no disrespect.” But Young stopped short of apologizing.
[…]
Re-messaging - how does it work?
43 | Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:05:19am |
re: #42 freetoken
Seriously? Seriously?
44 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:06:03am |
re: #43 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
Seriously? Seriously?
That’s what Reince didn’t say.
45 | Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:09:32am |
re: #44 freetoken
That’s what Reince didn’t say.
It is really terrifying how much better the GOP could be at politics if they and their slavering base could just paper over this crap and put on nice faces. They wouldn’t fool most of the minority voters, but they’d stop turning off the moderate white vote as much.
But they appear completely unable to contain the problem, or even view it as a real problem.
46 | freetoken Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:18:09am |
re: #45 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
But they appear completely unable to contain the problem, or even view it as a real problem.
Speaking of which:
Two years later, Penn State can’t shake the Jerry Sandusky fight
The Paterno fans are still in denial.
47 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:34:23am |
re: #45 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
The problem with the GOP rank-and-file is that they don’t see a problem.
48 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:35:30am |
“Increased activity” at North Korea’s mid to long range missile sites, reports South Korea’s Yonhap news agency #breaking— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 29, 2013
49 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:47:18am |
Baby Polar Bear!! twitter.com/Earth_Pics/sta…— Earth Pics (@Earth_Pics) March 28, 2013
50 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:03:50am |
re: #42 freetoken
Alaska Rep. Don Young calls farm workers ‘wetbacks’
Re-messaging - how does it work?
The GOP cannot afford to distance itself from people like this or tell them to shut the f*ck up with their outdated, offensive and racist comments: they would wind up alienating too much of their own base.
51 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:05:50am |
DERP.
No, “Bloodyred Knifeguy,” a CEO of the kind that you admire would get a TARP bailout and then give himself a billion-dollar bonus.
Imagine if Obama was a CEO of a Corp and told his Board that $17TRILLION debt was OK? He’d be FIRED that same day. #tcot #tgdn #p2— Carmine Siccero (@CarmineSiccero) March 29, 2013
52 | Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:07:31am |
re: #51 Vicious Babushka
It’s really odd that the GOP ran Mitt Romney, claiming they’d run government like a business— and then ignored that Romney’s standard business practice was having the companies accumulate massive amounts of debt.
53 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:15:38am |
re: #52 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
It’s really odd that the GOP ran Mitt Romney, claiming they’d run government like a business— and then ignored that Romney’s standard business practice was having the companies accumulate massive amounts of debt.
These wingnuts are so filled with HATE that they are ENRAGED by anything that POTUS does, even if they would APPLAUD it if done by one of “their team.”
54 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:16:02am |
The FLOTUS DERANGEMENT continues
Could u EVER imagine seeing Jackie Kennedy or Laura Bush dressed like this when they were 1st lady!!!??? twitter.com/smjgourmet/sta…— Susan Martin Justice (@smjgourmet) March 28, 2013
55 | Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:21:40am |
re: #54 Vicious Babushka
How on earth is that outfit a ‘hoochie mama’ outfit? Is it just because a black woman is wearing it?
56 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:23:14am |
re: #55 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
How on earth is that outfit a ‘hoochie mama’ outfit? Is it just because a black woman is wearing it?
There are thousands of photos of FLOTUS and the wingnuts search through all of them hoping to find one that is less than flattering.
57 | efuseakay Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:23:28am |
re: #38 freetoken
How to improve the crime rate in your city?
Just don’t report the crimes:
Dallas, Texas Is a Petty Shoplifter’s Paradise
Texans discovering not willing to pay for law enforcement has consequences.
But. But. Moar gunz = less crime!!!
58 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:24:41am |
I know this account is a spambot because it hasn’t blocked me, but “Peter” if all these fetuses achieved childhood you would just complain that they are “welfare moochers.”
40 years, 55 million aborted. Who where they? Who would they have become? #prolife #ccot #tgdn #pjnet— Peter M. Abraham (@PeterMAbraham) March 29, 2013
59 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:25:38am |
FEEL THE LOVE
Crappy US ‘President’ @barackobama #Obama again demeans the bully pulpit by exploiting dead children’s mothers for #Gun control. #tcot #tgdn— Serr8d (@serr8d) March 29, 2013
@barackobama politicizing the deaths of chilren shows us what a true low life POS you are Barack.Screw you #asshole.#2A #TNYHBT #TGDN— Ron (@Mixmanic) March 29, 2013
60 | efuseakay Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:26:02am |
re: #48 NJDhockeyfan
If people’s lives weren’t at risk, I’d say go ahead and get this over with already. Sigh. That kid needs a good spanking.
61 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:31:10am |
Damn, these poor people. This really sucks.
Fire Destroys Newtown Home of Shooting Survivors
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A Newtown home destroyed by a fire this week was owned by a couple whose children survived the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in December.
The News-Times of Danbury reports (bit.ly ) that Wednesday afternoon’s fire left Hans and Audra Barth and their three children homeless. The American Red Cross has put them up in a hotel.
62 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:43:39am |
LOL
LOL! I’m sorry but I have to laugh. Sinking ship anyone? #Uniteblue #Libcrib twitter.com/GeeOhPees2/sta…— United Forces (@GeeOhPees2) March 29, 2013
64 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:55:53am |
re: #45 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
It is really terrifying how much better the GOP could be at politics if they and their slavering base could just paper over this crap and put on nice faces. They wouldn’t fool most of the minority voters, but they’d stop turning off the moderate white vote as much.
But they appear completely unable to contain the problem, or even view it as a real problem.
Problem? What problem? They see it as a feature, not a bug. They’re letting their inner xenophobe come trickling out for all to see. They hate the other - whether it’s foreigners who want to come to the country (illegal aliens included), Muslims, atheists, secularists, those who want to see the separation of church and state maintained by blocking laws that would impose Christian doctrine as the law of the land, and they’re catering to a declining bunch of people who have a similar worldview.
65 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:58:06am |
Offered without comment [mostly because I’m just speechless]
Naked 500 pound man bursts in on Westboro Church member David Phelps interview
66 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 5:58:23am |
DERP
Let ME be clear Susan, “WELL-REGULATED” means EXACTLY THAT.
Let ME be clear Mr Pres, “Shall not be infringed” means EXACTLY that, #StandWithRand #2A #kjrs #ctot #tcot #tgdn nytimes.com/2013/03/29/us/…— Susan Curlee (@ISaidKnow) March 29, 2013
67 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:00:12am |
re: #65 lawhawk
Offered without comment [mostly because I’m just speechless]
Naked 500 pound man bursts in on Westboro Church member David Phelps interview
OMG
68 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:12:09am |
re: #54 Vicious Babushka
Could u EVER imagine seeing Jackie Kennedy or Laura Bush dressed like this when they were 1st lady!!!???
Just imagine Barbara Bush in that outfit…….
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGH!!! BRAIN BLEACH, PLEASE!!!
69 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:12:49am |
re: #68 Sol Berdinowitz
Just imagine Barbara Bush in that outfit…….
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGH!!! BRAIN BLEACH, PLEASE!!!
Just imagine Hillary Clinton in that outfit……
70 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:13:42am |
71 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:14:01am |
72 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:14:53am |
re: #65 lawhawk
The article says someone will be crucified, as in real nails through the feet and hands?
73 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:23:11am |
DERP RAGE SICKENING
@gregwhoward #obamathere is very short distance from the head to neck , you just repositioned your halo into a noose #tcot #ccot #tgdn— gray swindell (@grayswindell) March 29, 2013
74 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:23:16am |
re: #72 wheat-dogghazi
Yeah, there is that too. They’re claiming that this is the “very first live reenactment” of a crucifixion, but that seems to be ignoring that a bunch of folks reenact crucifixions every year in the Philippines?
75 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:25:29am |
re: #74 lawhawk
Yeah, there is that too. They’re claiming that this is the “very first live reenactment” of a crucifixion, but that seems to be ignoring that a bunch of folks reenact crucifixions every year in the Philippines?
Doesn’t that just support the theory that Jesus was not dead when he was taken down from the cross?
76 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:28:50am |
re: #75 Vicious Babushka
The re-enactors don’t hang that long, and AFAIK no one pokes them in the side with a spear.
I find the whole scenario pretty creepy. While channel-flipping one time years ago, I caught a couple of guys discussing in excruciating (pardon the pun) detail what Jesus would have felt as the nails went in, the cross was set vertical, and he slowly perished from exhaustion, dehydration and blood loss. Death porn.
77 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:33:46am |
re: #76 wheat-dogghazi
The re-enactors don’t hang that long, and AFAIK no one pokes them in the side with a spear.
I find the whole scenario pretty creepy. While channel-flipping one time years ago, I caught a couple of guys discussing in excruciating (pardon the pun) detail what Jesus would have felt as the nails went in, the cross was set vertical, and he slowly perished from exhaustion, dehydration and blood loss. Death porn.
They must have been discussing “The Passion of the Christ.”
78 | Flounder Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:39:34am |
I was told that when you are crucified, you actually suffocate to death. You can’t breath being hung from your arms I guess.
79 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:43:58am |
re: #77 Vicious Babushka
They must have been discussing “The Passion of the Christ.”
Could have been. I can’t remember when it was. I listened for about 5 minutes, got disgusted and kept flipping channels. I skipped The Passion of the Christ for much the same reason.
80 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:44:35am |
re: #78 Flounder
I was told that when you are crucified, you actually suffocate to death. You can’t breath being hung from your arms I guess.
As I understand, your lungs begin to fill up with fluids and you drown, so to speak. And it usually took at least two days, up to a week, even.
But Jesus was special, it only took him nine hours…assuming he was dead.
81 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:45:35am |
re: #79 wheat-dogghazi
Could have been. I can’t remember when it was. I listened for about 5 minutes, got disgusted and kept flipping channels. I skipped The Passion of the Christ for much the same reason.
I never watched that. I thought Zedushka might be interested, since he actually knows Aramaic, but he passed.
82 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:47:13am |
DERP
Are Benghazi Survivors Hiding In A Washington, D.C. Hospital? - Forbes onforb.es/YsrUaF— Patriot (@tnlawgirl) March 29, 2013
83 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:48:28am |
re: #81 Vicious Babushka
I never watched that. I thought Zedushka might be interested, since he actually knows Aramaic, but he passed.
Wise man. The reviews were mixed, to say the least. Born-again types loved it, and they might have been the only positive reviews.
re: #82 Vicious Babushka
No! They’re hiding out in the home of the Canadian ambassador … No, wait, that was another time, another place …
84 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:49:59am |
re: #83 wheat-dogghazi
Wise man. The reviews were mixed, to say the least. Born-again types loved it, and they might have been the only positive reviews.
We actually decided not to see it because Mel Gibson is a Jew-hating douche bucket.
85 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:50:38am |
re: #84 Vicious Babushka
Well, that, too.
86 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:51:02am |
re: #84 Vicious Babushka
We actually decided not to see it because Mel Gibson is a Jew-hating douche bucket.
He was just filming what is writen the Bible, scene for scene and word for word.
87 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:52:53am |
(How many of these accounts are FBI honey traps?)
DERP
Join the REVOLUTION to TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! #WAR #TGDN #TCOT #LNYHBT— Booyah Boyz (@BooyahBoyz) March 29, 2013
DERP DERP
”@booyahboyz: Join the REVOLUTION to TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! #WAR #TGDN #TCOT #LNYHBT” #noPCfriday #C2GTHR I’m with you brother in arms— £ib~$£@YEUR® (@KarrattiPaul) March 29, 2013
88 | Political Atheist Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:55:10am |
‘Mornin folks.
Good Friday. My $.02
I was raised gently as a protestant. On this day I try to step back and minimize the dogma, the hype and take the time to reflect. I try to think about Jesus the man. From ancient history up to today’s mega churches there are many men (and of course women) who had this drive to teach a way of life and or a belief system. Some we all know as household names. Some we almost all agree on others not so much.
Ever wondered what we missed by persecuting or dismissing these people? What lesson were just… lost?
89 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 6:55:10am |
Take your country back from the majority of voters who put the current government in place? Now there’s TRUE PATRIOTISM for you.
/
92 | darthstar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:03:14am |
re: #82 Vicious Babushka
DERP
I remember when people used to think Steve Forbes and his flat tax were good for America. Now I’m going to spend the rest of the president’s second term worried about Benghazi survivors hiding in our hospitals…what the fuck?
93 | Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:04:04am |
Snopes on the “Monsato Protection Act” which has been making the rounds….
Monsanto Protection Act
94 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:05:22am |
*FACE PALM*
What if slaves had guns? #2A #LNYHBT #War #TGDN #TCOT #CTOT #TCWOT #CCOT… fb.me/JIYMownM— Chuck Lothrop (@Chuck_Lothrop) March 29, 2013
95 | darthstar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:05:54am |
re: #88 Political Atheist
He could have done some good if the law hadn’t caught up with him and hung him.
96 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:15:18am |
DERP
We, the People, have to take the system back! From the Top down! Then dismantle much of it! #TCOT #TGDN #PJNET— Terry McMurray (@TerryJMcMurray) March 29, 2013
97 | darthstar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:16:08am |
I always told my parents, if they wanted me to stay in church, the priest merely had to change communion to: “This is my bacon, which I have given up for you.”…I know…even Jesus wasn’t THAT generous.
98 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:17:30am |
re: #97 darthstar
I always told my parents, if they wanted me to stay in church, the priest merely had to change communion to: “This is my bacon, which I have given up for you.”…I know…even Jesus wasn’t THAT generous.
That would have made no sense to Jesus & his followers, they didn’t eat bacon.
99 | Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:17:36am |
Ugh.
Libya: Two British Activists ‘Gang-raped’ in Front of Their Father
It seems the suspects were former police officers.
Britons in Gaza aid convoy briefly kidnapped in Libya
Libyan state news agency LANA quoted Interior Ministry spokesman Majdi al-Ourfi as saying four men had been arrested in connection with the incident. An army official said those arrested were believed to be former members of the security forces who were dismissed from their jobs a few months ago.
What a mess.
100 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:18:43am |
Avenging Uterus #UniteBlue twitter.com/Tomthunkit/sta…— Tomthunkit (@Tomthunkit) March 29, 2013
101 | Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:19:12am |
re: #99 Killgore Trout
They weren’t even on a football team.
102 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:20:13am |
And now, MOAR BIRFER CRAP from TROT (Top Racist On Twitter)
Photo from when Obama was telling people his he was born in Kenya. #tcot #tgdn twitter.com/kyle_rogers76/…— Kyle Rogers (@kyle_rogers76) March 29, 2013
103 | darthstar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:21:27am |
re: #102 Vicious Babushka
And now, MOAR BIRFER CRAP from TROT (Top Racist On Twitter)
At least Kenyans understand humor, and are proud of their foreign born son.
104 | darthstar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:22:24am |
re: #101 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
They weren’t even on a football team.
And now they’ve had even that possibility taken away from them. never mind…thought you were talking about Stubenville.
///
105 | Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:24:17am |
Photo from Kim Jong Un’s war room reveals North Korea’s ‘U.S. mainland strike plan’
Nice to see Portland isn’t on his list.
106 | iossarian Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:25:31am |
re: #99 Killgore Trout
Ugh.
Libya: Two British Activists ‘Gang-raped’ in Front of Their Father
It seems the suspects were former police officers.
Britons in Gaza aid convoy briefly kidnapped in LibyaWhat a mess.
But was there stabbing as well?
107 | AlexRogan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:27:30am |
re: #105 Killgore Trout
Photo from Kim Jong Un’s war room reveals North Korea’s ‘U.S. mainland strike plan’
Nice to see Portland isn’t on his list.
And Lil’ Kim has an iMac…imagine that.
108 | darthstar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:28:24am |
re: #105 Killgore Trout
Photo from Kim Jong Un’s war room reveals North Korea’s ‘U.S. mainland strike plan’
Nice to see Portland isn’t on his list.
San Francisco’s on his list? I’d better make some more kim chee…we’ve got guests coming!
It’s actually a rough translation. It’s just his vacation plan. First Hawaii, to get some color so he’s not all pale when he gets to California, then it’s the Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39, Alcatraz, and the Haight before heading down to San Diego for Sea World.
109 | darthstar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:29:01am |
re: #107 AlexRogan
And Lil’ Kim has an iMac…imagine that.
Well, they are made just across the border from him.
110 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:29:58am |
re: #94 Vicious Babushka
Cognitive dissonance at work.
And then there’s the bit about cribbing video stills from Inglorious Basterds? Where Jewish members of the US Army (trained, armed and equipped accordingly) are sent on a mission to kill Hitler, but actually botch a revenge mission by a Jew who saw her family murdered by Landa? How does that actually prove anything about the well-regulated militia and the right to bear arms?
It doesn’t.
111 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:31:03am |
re: #110 lawhawk
Cognitive dissonance at work.
And then there’s the bit about cribbing video stills from Inglorious Basterds? Where Jewish members of the US Army (trained, armed and equipped accordingly) are sent on a mission to kill Hitler, but actually botch a revenge mission by a Jew who saw her family murdered by Landa? How does that actually prove anything about the well-regulated militia and the right to bear arms?
It doesn’t.
Why not use stills from “Django Unchained”?
112 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:31:24am |
re: #96 Vicious Babushka
We, the People, have to take the system back! From the Top down! Then dismantle much of it!
You mean a disgruntled minority, dissatisfied with the legal results of a free and fair election, wants to topple the government and install one of its own choice?
Sounds like the way God wanted us to run this country!
/
113 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:31:24am |
re: #108 darthstar
I think he’s also got Lucasfilm on the agenda, visiting the Presidio so that his photoshoppers can do a better job of faking missile launches, new missile tech, and amphibious assualt exercises than they’ve done to date.
115 | makeitstop Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:34:45am |
That Petty tune is as good as any he’s ever written.
And Mike Campbell is one of the most solid and elegant guitar players on the planet. Especially when you put a ‘B-bender’ Tele in his hands.
Morning, Lizards!
116 | sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:35:53am |
re: #108 darthstar
First Hawaii, to get some color so he’s not all pale when he gets to California, then it’s the Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39, Alcatraz, and the Haight before heading down to San Diego for Sea World.
lets not forget a stop in LA for a few days at some porn movie studios and to get autographs of his favorite actors/ actresses (like father, like son I assume)
117 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:44:37am |
Imagine #UniteBlue twitter.com/Tomthunkit/sta…— Tomthunkit (@Tomthunkit) March 29, 2013
118 | sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:44:46am |
119 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:49:29am |
re: #107 AlexRogan
And Lil’ Kim has an iMac…imagine that.
There was a joke circulating that the real reason N Korea shut down the special hotline to S Korea was that it was the only way that Kim Jong Il could double the bandwidth of his porno channel.
120 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:50:45am |
FLOTUS DERANGEMENT
@ericboehlert five bucks says her dress cost more than the whole Easter egg hunt , or GNP of Kenya #tcot #tgdn— gray swindell (@grayswindell) March 29, 2013
121 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:51:41am |
122 | sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 29, 2013 7:55:51am |
re: #121 NJDhockeyfan
The place where I works’ control center
Kinda like NORADs, but without the red buttons !!
123 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:01:29am |
FBI: Famous UFO memo is our most popular file
Out of all the 6,700 files in the FBI’s virtual reading room known as The Vault, one towers above the others in popularity. It’s not about Nixon. It’s not about John Lennon. It’s a one-page memo concerning flying saucers. The FBI recently released a memorandum on the memorandum, declaring the “Guy Hottel Memo” the most popular document in The Vault.
124 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:05:55am |
DERP. How about READING your Bible instead of THUMPING it, Bryan?
Hey, Bill O’Reilly: 77% believe America in moral decline. Why? Not thumping our Bibles enough. shar.es/d2HhO— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) March 29, 2013
125 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:06:34am |
re: #124 Vicious Babushka
DERP. How about READING your Bible instead of THUMPING it, Bryan?
We are all going to HELL!
//
126 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:07:14am |
re: #124 Vicious Babushka
@bryanjfischer now there’s a euphemism if I’ve ever heard one LOL.— Josh M. (@dreggas) March 29, 2013
127 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:07:36am |
re: #125 NJDhockeyfan
see my reply to that tweet…I definitely am BWAHAHAHAHAA
128 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:09:54am |
129 | Iwouldprefernotto Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:11:21am |
re: #10 HoosierHoops
Rebranding?
It’s ironic and funny..Awhile ago I was changing channels and came across the movie ‘Contact’ with Jody Foster.. Classic movie that starts out great and pretty much falls flat on it’s face.. But I was watching the scenes when they were doing CNN interviews with people and there were several spox from like the family values institute or something like that..
And those interviews could fit in Fox and you’d never know it.. I was laughing..There is no position movement at all with these brothers of love..
No change at all.. So my question is:
How do you re-brand that
I agree the movie was eh. the book, by Carl Sagan much better.
131 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:13:22am |
re: #105 Killgore Trout
Mainland strike plan that involved what missiles? None of his have the capacity to hit targets in mainland US. They might have range to hit Hawaii or Alaska, but not with any level of precision (so they could be aimed towards Hawaii and land anywhere within a few miles - in other words, in the ocean - much like Saddam’s Scud launches during the 1991 Gulf War).
I’d be much more concerned with his ability to set South Korea aflame with an initial artillery and missile assault. Jong Un wont be able to sustain things for long, and the US would be able to fly in aerial bombardments from a safe distance, as well as submarine launched cruise missiles.
If the North goes nuclear, it will get ugly for the North real quick and the Chinese or Russians aren’t going to stand in the way of reprisal nuclear strikes either (US doctrine calls for no first use, but reprisal in case of use of WMD against US or allies).
132 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:15:18am |
133 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:16:44am |
re: #121 NJDhockeyfan
But here’s what Kim’s actually looking at.
134 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:17:25am |
RWNJ’s hypersensitive to Godwinning, unless they’re Godwinning the POTUS.
If you support the Constitution, you’re a Nazi: Chris Matthews compares gun rights supporters to Nazis examiner.com/article/chris-… #tcot— Jane Galt (@JGalt9) March 29, 2013
135 | sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:18:49am |
re: #131 lawhawk
much like Saddam’s Scud launches during the 1991 Gulf War
In a way, thats almost worse
If he had missiles that were accurate it’s easier to track their trajectory to intercept. With a Scud type missile (a la Saddams during Gulf War 1) there was no way of telling where they were headed
136 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:20:03am |
re: #133 lawhawk
But here’s what Kim’s actually looking at.
It must be why he has that that trackball on his mouse.
137 | Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:20:34am |
re: #135 sattv4u2
Hah. No. It’s not almost worst to have someone shoot at you with a highly inaccurate weapon, and it’s not harder to intercept them, either.
138 | sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:20:39am |
139 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:27:07am |
140 | Lidane Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:31:09am |
re: #105 Killgore Trout
Photo from Kim Jong Un’s war room reveals North Korea’s ‘U.S. mainland strike plan’
Nice to see Portland isn’t on his list.
On my news feed this morning:
Time to Start Hoarding the Breakfast Tacos: North Korea Wants to Strike Austin?
North Korean director Kim Jong Un must not have gotten into that South by Southwest showcase he really wanted to see, because he’s named Austin as a target in his latest threat to attack the U.S. mainland.
Early Friday morning, The London Telegraph reported North Korea has revealed a plan to place strategic rockets on standby to fire U.S. targets. Besides Austin, North Korea is also supposedly targeting Hawaii, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. The news followed photos of an “emergency meeting” that ran in a state-run newspaper, featuring large scale maps that appeared to target the Capitol City.
But Austin residents probably don’t need to worry about fleeing – and creating the mother of all I-35 traffic jams.
141 | AlexRogan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:31:52am |
142 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:33:11am |
And the CHILDREN OF POTUS DERANGEMENT
Living the high life off the backs of the tax payers: Sasha and Malia Obama ‘Learn What They Live’ americanthinker.com/2013/03/sasha_… #tcot #tgdn— Heidi Parson (@hgparson) March 29, 2013
Obama Daughters Vacationing In Sun Valley Right After The Atlantis Resort Vacation? wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2013/03/obama-… #tgdn #tcot— Susan Duclos (@SusanDuclos) March 29, 2013
143 | Political Atheist Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:33:52am |
re: #122 sattv4u2
The place where I works’ control center
Kinda like NORADs, but without the red buttons !!
Your room is pretty impressive. Enough buttons to make up for the lack of red ones.
144 | Dancing along the light of day Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:34:36am |
re: #54 Vicious Babushka
She looks absolutely fabulous on the cover of the April Vogue.
isubscribe.co.uk
Haters, well, they’re just ugly!
145 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:34:39am |
re: #142 Vicious Babushka
Living the high life off the backs of the tax payers: Sasha and Malia Obama ‘Learn What They Live’
Joan Walsh, paraphrased again: When people attack Obama’s kids for doing the same thing that all other President’s children have done there is only one reason I can see
146 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:36:48am |
re: #144 Dancing along the light of day
She looks absolutely fabulous on the cover of the April Vogue.
isubscribe.co.ukHaters, well, they’re just ugly!
You have no idea.
I fixed the Vogue magazine cover of Michelle Obama…You’re welcome! #tcot #tpp #tgdn twitter.com/MadVoterInMN/s…— Mad Voter in MN CD 6 (@MadVoterInMN) March 26, 2013
147 | stabby Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:37:49am |
The condescending friend You: Dude I had so much fun at the party last night!Friend: No!! You didn’t! You had no fun! #disappointment
— Derp Derpyson (@derpypost) March 28, 2013
148 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:39:22am |
149 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:41:30am |
“I ate 240 US Marines for breakfast, and then I wiped my mouth on the Flag!”—Ronald Reagan.
150 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:42:11am |
re: #146 Vicious Babushka
Expressing his political opinions with all the wit and intellect of a nine-year-old with a marking pen.
151 | Dancing along the light of day Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:42:57am |
152 | Lidane Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:44:02am |
Derp.
#RememberWhenEverybody considered gay marriage ungodly? #tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) March 29, 2013
153 | sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:45:24am |
re: #143 Political Atheist
Your room is pretty impressive. Enough buttons to make up for the lack of red ones.
Enough to screw up a major telecast by hitting the wrong one
Been There, Done That, Got The Reaming From The Network!!!
154 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:47:10am |
It’s hardly the usual sort of family heirloom handed down to generations.
But this hot cross bun that was baked in 1821 is a cherished treasure that has been passed down through five generations.
The Easter treat was baked on Good Friday in 1821 and still has a cross on the top.
Nancy Titman, 94, keeps the 192-year-old bun in a box and, although undoubtedly past its sell-by-date, still shows no traces of mould.
The fruity bun, which has even retained its smell, was made by Nancy’s great, great, great grandfather, William Skinner, who owned a bakery in London.
It was made in the same year as Napolean died, George IV was crowned king, poet John Keats passed away and John Constable painted his famous Hay Wain picture.
Amazing. It beat the oldest fruitcake in age by 58 years.
155 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:47:46am |
WTFF IS THIS?
#MyJihad in Egypt: Jihadists “tried to hack through internet ocean-floor cables in attack that could have take… bit.ly/10ZAtIa— Pamela Geller (@Atlasshrugs) March 29, 2013
156 | Lidane Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:48:17am |
Haha:
Taylor Swift Now Dating Senator Joseph McCarthy onion.com/YXXbLZ— The Onion (@TheOnion) March 29, 2013
157 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:48:37am |
re: #155 Vicious Babushka
WTFF IS THIS?
Heard about the attack on the cables, nothing about who was behind it.
158 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:50:22am |
Dana Loesch is DERPing on and on about how she totally PWN3D Piers Morgan by doing a gun trivia Gish Gallop.
Oh get over it. I was talking fast and fitting a lot of words in before the next interruption. Nothing like the uneducated gun rhetoric.— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 29, 2013
159 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:52:04am |
re: #157 Sol Berdinowitz
Heard about the attack on the cables, nothing about who was behind it.
Egypt arrests sub-sea cable ‘saboteurs’
Just a week after submarine telecommunications cable cuts off the coast of Egypt caused major disruptions to broadband services across Africa, Egyptian authorities have arrested three divers suspected of trying to sever the Sea-Me-We 4 cable system that runs through the region.
There are no immediate suggestions, however, that last Friday’s cuts to cable systems such as Seacom and the East Africa Submarine System (Eassy) are related to the latest developments. Seacom CEO Mark Simpson has said he suspects last week’s incident, as with most cable cuts, was caused by a ship dragging its anchor along the sea bed.
Reuters is reporting that Egyptian naval forces detained three divers on a fishing boat 750m off the coast of Alexandria. Authorities suspected they intended to cut Sea-Me-We 4, a crucial, 18 800km-long cable system that links the Far East to the Middle East and Europe.
According to Reuters, no reasons have been furnished for the alleged saboteurs’ motives.
160 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:53:21am |
DERP
#RememberWhenEverybody voted for Presidents who were American? #tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) March 29, 2013
161 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:57:03am |
Psst… Mr. Youth Pastor? You’re only supposed to say that while wearing your white sheets.
And on today, none the less… Feh.
162 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:57:34am |
re: #160 Vicious Babushka
Youth pastor, birther, derper.
163 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:57:51am |
164 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:58:12am |
.@pirate1775 .@petermabraham .@markos Cancer & heart disease r leading causes, coat-hanger abortion if GOP gets their way #tgdn #UniteBlue— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 29, 2013
165 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:58:15am |
re: #155 Vicious Babushka
This report has more detail about who was behind it, and speculation is that they weren’t jihadists, but guys looking to sell the materials for scrap.
166 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:59:32am |
re: #160 Vicious Babushka
and to think, people trust their children to this man’s care as their youth pastor.
167 | Eventual Carrion Fri, Mar 29, 2013 8:59:35am |
re: #82 Vicious Babushka
DERP
Does GW Bush have Gaddafi tied up in a hidden room on his Texas ranch utilizing him as a sex slave? The question is out there. Why is the media ignoring this?
168 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:00:11am |
re: #165 lawhawk
This report has more detail about who was behind it, and speculation is that they weren’t jihadists, but guys looking to sell the materials for scrap.
I suspected more commercial than political/ideological motivations.
But Pam cuts right to the quick of any commercial decision: JIHAD!!!!11!!1ty!
169 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:01:07am |
DERP
#RememberWhenEverybody believed people ought to buy their own contraception? #tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) March 29, 2013
170 | Lidane Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:01:20am |
My idiot governor, y’all:
Texas wants its gold back from the feds po.st/WN5dev #tcot #ocra #TGDN— Oleg Art (@olegartishuk) March 29, 2013
Link goes to WND.
171 | Velvet Elvis Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:02:24am |
172 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:02:41am |
173 | Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:02:45am |
re: #159 NJDhockeyfan
They were close to shore, doesn’t really look like a well planned clandestine action. MAybe the boat’s anchor got snagged and they said “Fuck it, just cut that stupid cable and get out of here.’
174 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:04:01am |
#RememberWhenEverybody remembered how a democracy works. He won the election. Get over it.
I can’t tweet from China (easily). So that’s my retort to Bryan “youth pastor” Ridenour.
175 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:05:13am |
re: #170 Lidane
It is the same sort of fetishistic symbolism:
guns = personal safety
gold = economic security
176 | Eventual Carrion Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:05:24am |
177 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:06:08am |
re: #176 Eventual Carrion
Then you crackers would have had to pick your own fucking cotton.
But Democrats founded the KKK!
/
178 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:07:15am |
re: #177 Sol Berdinowitz
Then you crackers would have had to pick your own fucking cotton.
But Democrats founded the KKK!
/
AND NRA WAS FOUNDED TO HELP BLACKS FIGHT TEH KKK!!!1111 AND MLK WAS A REPUBLICAN!!!!!111
179 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:09:08am |
WTF DERP
#RememberWhenEverybody chose Bibi over Pimp with a Limp? #tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) March 29, 2013
180 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:10:11am |
181 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:11:06am |
I don’t get it. Who is he calling “Pimp with a limp”?
182 | Eventual Carrion Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:11:08am |
183 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:12:13am |
Remember when pink was considered a “manly” color?
184 | Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:12:17am |
re: #180 Sol Berdinowitz
Remember when everybody thought that Jews helped spread the Plague?
/
I’m actually listening to the audio version of “The Domesday Book” by Connie Willis right now. It’s partially set during the Black Death, and yeah, it covers how, since it spread so explosively quickly and with no human interaction— i.e. people shut up inside locked towers could get it— they blamed heretics and foreigners and Jews and old women.
185 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:12:26am |
re: #176 Eventual Carrion
Then you crackers would have had to pick your own fucking cotton.
Django 2 starring Samuel L Jackson.
186 | Dancing along the light of day Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:13:40am |
re: #183 Sol Berdinowitz
And lime green looked good with it!
187 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:14:26am |
re: #181 Vicious Babushka
I don’t get it. Who is he calling “Pimp with a limp”?
Some DJ apparently. The story was Obama skipped a meeting with Netanyahu to go hang out with this other guy, who evidently uses “Pimp with a limp” as a stage name.
188 | stabby Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:15:58am |
re: #64 lawhawk
Problem? What problem? They see it as a feature, not a bug. They’re letting their inner xenophobe come trickling out for all to see. They hate the other - whether it’s foreigners who want to come to the country (illegal aliens included), Muslims, atheists, secularists, those who want to see the separation of church and state maintained by blocking laws that would impose Christian doctrine as the law of the land, and they’re catering to a declining bunch of people who have a similar worldview.
It’s an odd matter where Republicans won’t vote for anyone who doesn’t show the hate, and the rest of us find that hate too ugly.
Romney thought he could finesse this by having a reputation as a moderate but talking like Hitler on crack. I still can’t believe that he showed up at the NAACP just to call them all moochers for supporting the ACA.
190 | Gus Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:18:50am |
re: #179 Vicious Babushka
WTF DERP
#RememberWhenEverybody believed crotch saluting the flag was taboo? #tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) March 29, 2013
191 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:19:01am |
Israeli filmmaker beaten unconscious at French film festival
A group of Arab youths have reportedly attacked an Israeli film director, Yariv Horowitz.
Horowitz, who directed the film “Rock the Casbah” was participating at a film festival in France when he was attacked by a group of Arab youths just before the film won the best film award.
He is reported to have lost consciousness and has been subsequently treated. Horowitz is said to have returned immediately to the festival after treatment. Authorities are estimating that the attack was racially motivated.
…After the violent incident, Horowitz’s film won the Special Prize of the Jury for Best Picture.
192 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:20:10am |
DERP STILL DERPIN
”@rantreaper: UNREAL! Obama Girls Take Second Vacation in One Week - From Bahamas to Sun Valley shar.es/d2tXK“#tgdn#tcot#lnyhbt— suzanne ostrowski (@suzost) March 29, 2013
193 | stabby Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:20:27am |
re: #179 Vicious Babushka
If he’s so conservative why is he dressed like this sneaselreject.deviantart.com
194 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:23:15am |
re: #192 Vicious Babushka
DERP STILL DERPIN
Um, I’m leaving on a 10 day trip soon that involves stays in two different locations.
It’s pretty normal actually.
195 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:24:35am |
I don’t even…when did they stop having the Olympics?
#RememberWhenEverybody participated in athletic events, competing for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies? #tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) March 29, 2013
196 | AlexRogan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:24:54am |
From the OMFGWTF?!? file:
CNN: 7,000 warned of potential HIV, hepatitis exposure
Some 7,000 patients of a Tulsa, Oklahoma, dental practice were being notified they could have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis over the past six years, health authorities said Thursday.
Dentist W. Scott Harrington voluntarily stopped practicing when the joint investigation by the Tulsa Health Department and the Oklahoma State Department of Health began, the Tulsa agency said in a statement. “The dentist is cooperating with investigators through his attorney,” the department said.
According to the State Board of Dentistry, the investigation into Harrington’s practice found “numerous violations of health and safety laws and major violations of the State Dental Act,” the health department said.
One of the members of a gaming/hardware forum that I frequent is one of this dentist’s patients and apparently got a nice case of Hep A from this place last year (they originally thought it might have been from some contaminated food at their local Walmart deli, but that was ruled out); I hope that’s all he got (and is able to get some restitution for it).
BTW, that “7,000 patients” figure is just over the past 6-7 years, which apparently is the max the state makes medical offices hold on to their patient records; this clown has been practicing for about twenty years from what I’ve heard, so there’s no telling how many actual victims this dentist actually has.
I foresee the mother of all medical malpractice class-action suits a-comin’…
197 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:26:08am |
re: #195 Vicious Babushka
Basketball, baseball, hockey, and football give no awards for 2d place. They give NBA championship, WS trophy, Stanley Cup, and Lombardi Trophy respectively.
2d place gets a plaque in ladies room /Iceman
198 | Walking Spanish Down the Hall Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:29:30am |
re: #190 Gus
What the hell is a crotch salute?
199 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:29:48am |
re: #170 Lidane
My idiot governor, y’all:
Link goes to WND.
I somehow managed to overlook that detail, and so I marveled at the rarely-surpassed purity of the craziness in the comments for a good couple of minutes until it dawned on me what site I was reading.
200 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:29:57am |
Anti-Israel ads at Westchester train stations stir controversy
NEW ROCHELLE - An advertisement at Metro-North train stations in the Hudson Valley is once again stirring up some controversy.
The latest ad, paid for by American Muslims for Palestine, says “End apartheid now. Stop U.S. aid to Israel.”
The group is urging commuters to call for an end to the billions of dollars that the United States sends to Israel every year. “Allowing this foreign aid to go to Israel- the U.S. is essentially supporting Israeli policy of expansion, of continued building settlements, of human rights violations,” says Dr. Hatem Bazian.
201 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:31:12am |
re: #200 NJDhockeyfan
Anti-Israel ads at Westchester train stations stir controversy
Pamela is OUTRAGED. OUTRAGGEEEDDDD!!11!!!!11
202 | Gus Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:31:19am |
re: #191 NJDhockeyfan
Israeli filmmaker beaten unconscious at French film festival
From Ynet
“After the screening we went to get some money from an ATM machine when a group of Arab teens started yelling and cursing at me. I cursed right back and then they beat me up. They threw me on the floor and kicked me. I lost consciousness and only woke up a few minutes later.”
Sounds like the usual urban craziness that happens to people from time to time. Hooligans being hooligans.
203 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:31:49am |
re: #198 Walking Spanish Down the Hall
What the hell is a crotch salute?
I am guessing a degeneration-x style crotch chop.
205 | Walking Spanish Down the Hall Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:33:34am |
re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg
I am guessing a degeneration-x style crotch chop.
Who..what are those people?
206 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:33:41am |
re: #197 lawhawk
Basketball, baseball, hockey, and football give no awards for 2d place. They give NBA championship, WS trophy, Stanley Cup, and Lombardi Trophy respectively.
I thought there was also a Stanley Saucer and a Stanley Spoon for 2nd and 3rd place…
207 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:33:47am |
re: #204 Gus
Got me.
Something Roseanne Barr did after singing the National Anthem? (I’m at work, don’t want to Google it but maybe somebody else can)
208 | Gus Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:33:50am |
re: #198 Walking Spanish Down the Hall
What the hell is a crotch salute?
Oh jeez. Looks like it has something to do with this.
210 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:34:47am |
Yeah, that’s why he TOTALLY LOST THE ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE! Oh wait…
Gallup finds Americans disapprove of Pres Obama on nearly every issue, especially the deficit. #tcot #tgdn #Benghazi twitter.com/kubley/status/…— Greg Anderson (@sparkygreg) March 29, 2013
211 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:35:53am |
SparkyGreg blocked me and some other Lizards when we made fun of him after the SCOTUS Birther decision.
212 | Gus Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:36:33am |
re: #207 Vicious Babushka
Something Roseanne Barr did after singing the National Anthem? (I’m at work, don’t want to Google it but maybe somebody else can)
Some stupid chain email the wingnuts were circulating. Obama. Derangement. Syndrome.
213 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:38:41am |
re: #212 Gus
Some stupid chain email the wingnuts were circulating. Obama. Derangement. Syndrome.
Chain email? That must have been back in the day before Twitter. Nobody reads chain emails any more. Except for my 89 year old mom, she opens it thinking it’s from her 95-year-old girlfriend.
214 | Walking Spanish Down the Hall Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:39:38am |
re: #210 Vicious Babushka
Yeah, that’s why he TOTALLY LOST THE ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE! Oh wait…
Cherry picked poll.
215 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:40:01am |
Greeks find cause of all their woes: the Jews- read Times of Israel op-ed by Rabbi Cooper & Dr. Brackman fb.me/21kkokgmW— SimonWiesenthalCntr (@simonwiesenthal) March 29, 2013
216 | Gus Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:40:09am |
Obama’s Veterans Day (or Ft. Hood) Non-Salute
By David Emery, About.com Guide
Netlore Archive: Emailed picture supposedly shows President Obama neglecting to salute the flag (or national anthem) at the 2009 Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington Cemetery (or, in another version, at Ft. Hood).Description: Emailed photo / Hoax
Circulating since: Nov. 2009
Status: False (see details below)…
Subject: Fwd: The Crotch Salute Returns
lets vote him out
In GOD We TrustAt the Ft. Hood Memorial Service…
The Crotch Salute Returns[CAPTION: The Crotch Salute Returns]
I am sorry folks, but is this the MAGGOT that was elected President of our country? You know, the United States of America . I do believe that saluting the flag goes with that, as does respecting and honoring the service members who have died.
Does this pompous ass believe he is above that gesture? He can shower us all with flowery words and dazzle us with his B.S., but actions speak louder.
This sucks!
Now tell me our Muslim President isn’t an anti-American!EVERYONE needs to see this Pix!
218 | AlexRogan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:42:25am |
219 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:44:55am |
220 | makeitstop Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:47:59am |
221 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:48:19am |
DERP
So nice that King Barack & Michelle Antoinette after their vacations won’t be bothered by all those children visiting the WH #tcot #tgdn #P2— Woofula (@Woofula) March 29, 2013
222 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:54:06am |
WELL PAST DERP INTO MURDEROUS DERANGEMENT
Planned Parenthood: So radical they make you see the abortion bombers’ side of things… #tcot #tgdn— Blake Elliott (@TheBlakeElliott) March 29, 2013
223 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:54:27am |
re: #214 Walking Spanish Down the Hall
If you go through Gallup, Obama’s still got more favorable than unfavorable in overall numbers. That is, more people consider him in a positive light than a negative light. Also, the Gallup poll he attached is from February, and that’s before the sequester, before the trip to Israel, etc.
There isn’t a more recent Gallup poll to go by either. But there’s a disconnect when you see that the Obama favorable/unfavorable versus the other numbers.
224 | Iwouldprefernotto Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:56:57am |
re: #223 lawhawk
If you go through Gallup, Obama’s still got more favorable than unfavorable in overall numbers. That is, more people consider him in a positive light than a negative light. Also, the Gallup poll he attached is from February, and that’s before the sequester, before the trip to Israel, etc.
There isn’t a more recent Gallup poll to go by either. But there’s a disconnect when you see that the Obama favorable/unfavorable versus the other numbers.
Wasn’t Gallup one of two polling firms that predicted a Romney victory?
225 | blueraven Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:59:03am |
re: #224 Iwouldprefernotto
Wasn’t Gallup one of two polling firms that predicted a Romney victory?
They were terrible in the 2012 election. Nate Silver really went off on them after all was said and done.
226 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:02:08am |
DERP!
This wingnut fallacy comes up over and over, which is “You can take money from Government Program X and give it to Government Program Y.” But they won’t let you do the same thing with “You can take money from Executive Bonus X and give it to Minimum Wage Worker Y or Worker Health Insurance Z.”
He’s all about taking care of Muslims but not USA!#TGDN #TCOT twitter.com/donispop/statu…— don phelan (@donispop) March 29, 2013
228 | dragonath Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:07:56am |
Most Religious:
Provo-Orem, UT 77%
Montgomery, AL 64%
Jackson, MS 64%
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 56%
Hunstville, AL 55%
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 55%
Greenville-Maudlin-Easley, SC 55%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 55%
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 55%
Little Rock-N. Little Rock-Conway, AR 54%
Baton Rouge, LA 54%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 54%
Least Religious:
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 17%
Boulder, CO 17%
Manchester-Nashua, NH 22%
Portland-South Portland-Biddleford, ME 22%
Santa Rose-Petaluma, CA 23%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 24%
Eugene-Springford, OR 24%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 25%
Brementon-Silverdale, WA 26%
Albany-Schnectady-Troy, NY 26%
Springfield, MA 26%
Madison, WI 26%
229 | Kragar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:09:15am |
Beck: Common Core Designed to ‘Train Us to be a Serf State’ Ruled by China and Islam
Last night, Glenn Beck spent a good ten minutes randomly placing colored dots all over his chalkboard, laying out his vision of the future in which the world is systematically overtaken by a combination of China, Russia, Islam, and Nazism, which will reduce most of the Western World to third world conditions
In the case of America, Beck prophesied that we will see parts of the country give rise to Nazi control before eventually being co-ruled by some combination of Islam and China, in which China uses Islam as its enforcers to subjugate us and “get rid of anybody who is standing up.”
And so it only stands to reason that this is “why Common Core is here, because it will train us to be a serf state”:
230 | makeitstop Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:09:16am |
re: #226 Vicious Babushka
DERP!
This wingnut fallacy comes up over and over, which is “You can take money from Government Program X and give it to Government Program Y.” But they won’t let you do the same thing with “You can take money from Executive Bonus X and give it to Minimum Wage Worker Y or Worker Health Insurance Z.”
Not to mention that their faux ‘concern’ for the Poors is just another cudgel to rhetorically beat Obama about the head with.
231 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:09:43am |
re: #228 dragonath
Most Religious:
Provo-Orem, UT 77%
Montgomery, AL 64%
Jackson, MS 64%
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 56%
Hunstville, AL 55%
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 55%
Greenville-Maudlin-Easley, SC 55%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 55%
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 55%
Little Rock-N. Little Rock-Conway, AR 54%
Baton Rouge, LA 54%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 54%Least Religious:
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 17%
Boulder, CO 17%
Manchester-Nashua, NH 22%
Portland-South Portland-Biddleford, ME 22%
Santa Rose-Petaluma, CA 23%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 24%
Eugene-Springford, OR 24%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 25%
Brementon-Silverdale, WA 26%
Albany-Schnectady-Troy, NY 26%
Springfield, MA 26%
Madison, WI 26%
So is ‘Most Religious” really more like “Most Christian”?
232 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:10:59am |
re: #230 makeitstop
Not to mention that their faux ‘concern’ for the Poors is just another cudgel to rhetorically beat Obama about the head with.
They have NO CONCERN AT ALL for “The Poors” just CANCEL ALL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND MAKE ‘EM WORK FOR RICE & GRUEL.
233 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:11:40am |
DERP
If VP Joe sees G.I. Joe trending, I just hope he doesn’t ask, “Are we talking upper or lower G.I.?” #tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) March 29, 2013
234 | erik_t Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:12:32am |
re: #229 Kragar (Antichrist )
Beck: Common Core Designed to ‘Train Us to be a Serf State’ Ruled by China and Islam
in which China uses Islam as its enforcers to subjugate us and “get rid of anybody who is standing up.”
235 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:12:58am |
DERP DERP WE R SO SMARTZ LIBRULZ CAN’TS DEBATE US CEPT THEY CALLS US RACIST!1!! HURR HURR
The 3 fundamental steps of Liberal debating. twitter.com/1776Patriot007… h/t @1776patriot007 #lnyhbt #tcot #sgp #teaparty #dlrs #tgdn— C. Steven Tucker (@CSteven) March 29, 2013
236 | Kragar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:15:05am |
Dana Loesch shouts at Piers Morgan: A spoon ‘can be qualified as an assault weapon!’
Following Thursday’s revelations that Newtown shooter Adam Lanza had fired over 150 rounds with an AR-15 in less than five minutes, Loesch appeared on CNN to argue that it was a “false premise” that Lanza had used an assault weapon.
“We are talking about semi-automatic weapons,” the former Breitbart editor explained. “I do not own a military-style assault weapon. Just because, what, a firearm looks scary then you call it military assault? Do you realize that one of my children has a BB gun that looks like an AR-15? Is that going to be considered a military-style assault weapon? It sounds silly and uneducated.”
CNN host Piers Morgan noted that Lanza had “in the space of 300 seconds using an AR-15, killed 26 people. He had magazines with 30 bullets.”
“Anyone can reload!” Loesch shouted.
“Are you telling me that doesn’t qualify as an assault weapon?” Morgan asked.
“By the technical definition, no, Piers,” Loesch shot back. “Oh, anything can be qualified as an assault weapon. If you stab someone with a spoon, it can be qualified as an assault weapon.”
“So you’re equating stabbing someone with a spoon with shooting dead 26 people?” Morgan wondered.
237 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:15:35am |
re: #235 Vicious Babushka
Swap Bush for Obama and you have a perfect version for the right wingers.
238 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:16:20am |
re: #237 Eclectic Cyborg
Swap Bush for Obama and you have a perfect version for the right wingers.
Perfect example of projection.
239 | Kragar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:18:26am |
The GOP’s push for inclusivity suffered some setbacks this week.
Earlier this month, the Republican National Committee released its 2012 election post-mortem, conceding that the GOP must do more to reach out to minority communities. The RNC even pledged $10 million to the effort.
Asked at a press conference how the GOP can bring gays and women into the GOP fold, RNC Chair Reince Priebus said the key is to treat people with respect. “I think it’s about dignity and respect, that nobody deserves to have their dignity diminished, or people don’t deserve to be disrespected,” Priebus said on March 18, the day the RNC released its report.
But less than two weeks since then, it has become clear that not everyone in the party is on board with the GOP’s new message of inclusivity. Here’s a rundown of the speed bumps the GOP has encountered this week on its way toward a more tolerant party.
240 | Lidane Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:21:11am |
Because South Korea has been ignoring North Korea for the last 60 years. WTF.
Start an information blitz 2Korean people thatKim Jong-un is going to get them killed. 1 missle & their country is history #tcot #tgdn— Earl Otto (@EarlOtto) March 29, 2013
241 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:21:29am |
@dennisrodman Would You please call to Kim Jong Un and calm him down a bit? Thank You, mr. Rodman! #Korea #KimJongUn— Imre Kaas (@imrekaas) March 29, 2013
Heh.
242 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:21:51am |
YOU’LL EAT GAY WEDDING CAKE AND YOU’LL LIKE IT!
WHO DOESN’T LOVE CAKE?
Looks like @time Magazine will be shoving Gay Wedding Cake down our Throat next Week. americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/time-m… #MarriageEquality #TGDN #tcot— Low-Rents (@YiddishSteel) March 29, 2013
243 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:26:52am |
Those poor #opslam people are gone be mighty sick of Chic-Fil-A by the end of April. twitter.com/JustBrianJ/sta… #ocra #tcot #phnm #tgdn— T.Gigs (@D_R_Bastiches) March 29, 2013
244 | dragonath Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:27:15am |
re: #231 Eclectic Cyborg
I dunno. The poll itself is breaking down religiosity by degree and the “highly” religious numbers are the only ones seen on the front page. Some of the less religious areas have a fair number of religious people who consider themselves moderates.
245 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:32:08am |
DERP
Any thing used as a weapon is a tool of assault. For instance, Nickelback’s music physically hurts, thus assault weapon.— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 29, 2013
246 | Kragar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:34:50am |
re: #245 Vicious Babushka
DERP
/facepalm
Actually, the definition of an assault weapon is pretty cut and dry amongst people who actually have a clue as to what they’re talking about.
247 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:37:57am |
re: #246 Kragar (Antichrist )
/facepalm
Actually, the definition of an assault weapon is pretty cut and dry amongst people who actually have a clue as to what they’re talking about.
BUT DANA IS A WEAPONZ EXPERT CAUZ SHE MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE ON TWITTER WHO DONT KNOW TEH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GLOCK & A CLOCK
248 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:38:04am |
re: #245 Vicious Babushka
have to say, she does have a point re: Nickelback…
249 | Kragar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:38:39am |
Prominent Utah gun lobbyist’s AR-15 assault rifle stolen from his car
Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, had his locked vehicle parked outside his home on the 1600 E. block of 7200 South Wednesday night. By Thursday morning, the AR-15, which was inside a case in the vehicle, was gone, said Cottonwood Heights Sgt. Mark Askerlund.
250 | Kragar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:47:39am |
Priebus: Young’s Words “Do Not Represent’ GOP
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Friday denounced remarks by Rep. Don Young (R-AK), who referred to migrant workers on his father’s ranch as “wetbacks.”
Priebus told USA Today that Young’s remarks “emphatically do not represent the beliefs of the Republican Party.”
“As I have continued to say, everyone in this country deserves to be treated with dignity and respect,” Priebus said. “Our party represents freedom and opportunity for every American and a beacon of hope to those seeking liberty throughout the world.”
251 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:47:51am |
DANA STILL DERPIN’
Veteran: “I was trained in hand to hand combat. My hands are ‘assault weapons.’ According to NY law, I’d have to take a few off.” #dlrs— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 29, 2013
252 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:49:03am |
DERP
Hey @democrats & @sandrafluke, “Here’s Your Sign”! #BillEngvall #tgdn twitter.com/DougSullivant/…— Doug Sullivant (@DougSullivant) March 29, 2013
253 | Kragar Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:52:22am |
Erik Rush: Gay Rights and Common Core Lead to ‘Tyranny’
Conservative commentator Erik Rush in a column today writes that the “perpetuation of the homosexual lifestyle” will “destabilize society” and put the U.S. on “the road to tyranny.” Such rhetoric almost seems tame for the vehemently anti-gay writer, but he goes on to make up for it by citing Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze TV’s conspiratorial “reporting” on Common Core standards to claim that “tyranny” is on its way to America.
254 | Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:54:17am |
The Daily Caller hack with the same name as me is now smearing Scott Prouty, the guy who shot the 47% video.
Too late, asshole. Your guy lost. This is nothing but sheer mean-spirited right wing bullshit, the same thing they do to anyone who stings their little tiny egos.
255 | iossarian Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:54:19am |
re: #253 Kragar (Antichrist )
I must say I do envy my gay next-door-neighbor’s gay lifestyle.
Those guys are grillin’ every day of the week it seems.
256 | Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:54:25am |
257 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:56:44am |
258 | Varek Raith Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:57:54am |
259 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:00:05am |
DERP RAGE DERP
#OBAMA SMART GOVT?1st Daughters Spring-Break- Bahamas & Idaho Slopes vs BORDER PATROL CUTshar.es/d2EhT#tcot #tgdn #patriot— ObamaWorld (@obamaisnuts) March 29, 2013
260 | lawhawk Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:01:39am |
re: #240 Lidane
An information blitz against who? The North Korean regime has cut off communications with the outside world, so people in the North don’t know what their leader’s saying/doing other than what the regime tells them. The South? They already know - they see exactly what’s going on and have the ability to check news reports from around the world. So, I’m not getting who exactly would be getting an information blitz.
261 | Varek Raith Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:02:58am |
re: #259 Vicious Babushka
DERP RAGE DERP
@obamaisnuts,
Hey, your side wanted that, remember? Arbitrary, across the board cuts? Yep, your side totally wanted that. Now you’ve got it.
Stop complaining.
262 | Gus Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:03:24am |
And the stupid new Gmail “message” crap is already failing to autofill email addresses. Worked one hour ago.
263 | Gus Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:04:33am |
264 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:06:55am |
re: #261 Varek Raith
@obamaisnuts,
Hey, your side wanted that, remember? Arbitrary, across the board cuts? Yep, your side totally wanted that. Now you’ve got it.
Stop complaining.
BUT OBAMAZ FAMILY VACATIONZ!11!! Y CANT THEY STAY HOME IN TEH BIG HOUSE TAHT WE TEH PEOPLE PAY FOR WITH ARE TAX DOLLARZ!11!! R DRIVE IN TEH MINIVAN TO MAMMOTH CAVE KENTUCKY N STAY AT A MOTEL 6!111!!!!
265 | blueraven Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:07:36am |
re: #263 Gus
That’s all these RW “journalists” are capable of. Smear jobs.
Its been a couple of weeks now, and this is all they got? Pathetic.
I see they didn’t mention the fact that he also saved a woman’s life by diving into the water and pulling her out of her submerged car.
266 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:09:58am |
NO, IT REALLY IS HATE & INTOLERANCE.
Also, NOBODY Breeds more Prolific than Teh Babushka.
When I hear someone yell “HATE! INTOLERANCE!” I know a lefty is upset someone merely disagrees with them. #tcot #TGDN #ORPUW— prolificbreeder (@prolificbreeder) March 29, 2013
267 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:10:36am |
What right-wing racism?
#IWannaBeAnObamabecause then I can claim I’m black, even though I’m white. #TGDN— Tina Smiley (@tsmiley001) March 29, 2013
268 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:13:58am |
DERP
.@patriciawilley Let Waltons & million$$ execs stock & man registers at all the stores! Why hire those lazy entry level? #UniteBlue #tgdn— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 29, 2013
269 | Varek Raith Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:16:07am |
Walmart pays shit and they can’t keep enough people to stock their freaking stores or run the registers.
Costco pays 11.50 an hour and treats their employees well. They are still a successful business.
BAM!
270 | dragonath Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:16:45am |
271 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:23:08am |
Wingnut DERPed at the wrong LIBRUL gets PWN3D
@nyrepublican1 I’m a cop I earn my money, take the gun out of ur ass and get a job #uniteblue— Republicans hate me (@DC_sports20) March 29, 2013
272 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:25:35am |
#BREAKING U.S. spy satellites take pictures of North Koreans loading missiles onto what look like giant slingshots with huge rubber bands.— Richard Thayer (@RichardThayer4) March 29, 2013
273 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:26:00am |
What Republicans are really thinking when they complain about Michelle and the kids going on vacation … #UniteBlue twitter.com/borderorder/st…— BorderingOrder (@borderorder) March 29, 2013
275 | Varek Raith Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:28:14am |
Senator Compares Background Checks To Government Spying On What ‘Americans Eat For Breakfast’
And Republicans wonder why people think they are crazy.
276 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:32:17am |
re: #275 Varek Raith
Senator Compares Background Checks To Government Spying On What ‘Americans Eat For Breakfast’
And Republicans wonder why people think they are crazy.
Do we want to wind up like Great Britain?
277 | jaunte Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:32:59am |
re: #270 dragonath
“The fact that a resident of this state could consume less than the equivalent of 16 packets of sugar in one beverage is simply unacceptable, and it demands immediate action.”
Hah!
278 | Varek Raith Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:33:08am |