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336 comments
1 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:10:38pm

BREAKING NEWS:

Cruise Ship From Hell Roams the Seas, Seeking New Victims for its Shit-Covered Decks

MOBILE, Ala. -
The crippled cruise ship, Carnival Triumph, tore loose from the Alabama cruise terminal around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon.

The ship was being repaired at BAE Shipping Systems after it was towed into Mobile on Valentine’s Day. Triumph was brought to Mobile after a five-day disaster that began when an engine fire knocked out power and plumbing on board the ship.

High winds caused the massive ship to break loose and float down to the west end of the Mobile River. Ship Spokesman, Vance Gulliksen says tug boats moved to the drifting ship and secured it to a pier. He also says about 800 crew and contractors were on the ship, and are safe.

2 darthstar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:18:44pm
Spoiler

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3 darthstar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:19:16pm

re: #2 darthstar

[Embedded content]

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Okay…I was trying to embed a spoiler in a spoiler…I failed.

4 darthstar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:22:00pm

With all the oil leaking around Arkansas, you have to wonder if all those people aren’t thinking about packing up their kin and moving to Beverly

Spoiler

Hills, that is…swimming pools, movie stars.

5 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:23:48pm

Nested spoilers are not currently supported.

6 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:27:36pm

State of New York to provide air conditioners to low-income people with heat-related health issues. (You know, like seniors who could DIE OF HEAT STROKE in their apartments)

Expect Derp rage from the usual gang of idiots.

7 efuseakay  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:27:59pm

Sigh… condolences to the family.

Police searching for motive in West Virginia sheriff’s slaying

——————————

Political mode on/

If only the Sheriff had a gun, then this wouldn’t have happened. ARM ALL SHERIFFS!

/

8 sagehen  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:30:18pm

re: #7 efuseakay

Sigh… condolences to the family.

Police searching for motive in West Virginia sheriff’s slaying

——————————

Political mode on/

If only the Sheriff had a gun, then this wouldn’t have happened. ARM ALL SHERIFFS!

/

Do we think this is related to the Texas DA’s and Colorado prisons chief?

9 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:38:44pm

About Mingo County:

Politically, Mingo County is well known for its opposition to current President Barack Obama. In 2008, Obama netted only 8 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, one of his worst performances. In 2012, despite Obama being the presumptive nominee, Democrats in Mingo County voted for Keith Russell Judd, a convicted felon who was the only other candidate on the ballot, over Obama.

10 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:38:55pm

Evening lizards!

What’s the new spoiler thing? It looks neat.

11 Interesting Times  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:43:00pm

re: #10 NJDhockeyfan

Evening lizards!

What’s the new spoiler thing? It looks neat.

Click to find out:

Spoiler

Bruce Willis was dead the whole time!

12 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:43:01pm
13 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:47:01pm
14 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:49:38pm

re: #13 Gus

Is that Erick Erickson?

15 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:51:27pm

…with his wife’s shotgun?

littlegreenfootballs.com

16 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:53:20pm
17 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:53:51pm
18 blueraven  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:54:12pm

re: #12 NJDhockeyfan

Spoiler

Iron man is really Tony Stark

19 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:55:19pm

re: #17 Gus

He needs a cigar.

20 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:00:26pm

Hey, is CL here?

I have a question.

21 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:02:27pm

The eyes have it.

22 engineer cat  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:05:01pm

Come at us North Korea

somebody throw some kimchi on him

23 engineer cat  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:07:19pm

aahhhhh…

Youtube Video

clara haskil playing my favorite scarlatti sonata

24 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:09:46pm

This is from one of the guys I followed on Twitter during the Libyan Revolutionary War.

The fact that North Korea still uses the T-55 Battle Tank is amazing. That thing was designed at the tail-end of WWII for cripes sake.

25 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:10:51pm

OK Kim, it appears you’ve way too much to drink.

NSFW

26 jaunte  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:19:54pm

re: #17 Gus

Give him some of this:
urbandictionary.com

27 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:20:45pm

re: #1 Vicious Babushka

Zombie ships - they’re the worst kind.

28 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:22:28pm

re: #26 jaunte

Give him some of this:
urbandictionary.com

Can’t find a single bottle right now.

29 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:22:52pm
30 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:27:51pm
31 Dancing along the light of day  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:28:19pm

re: #23 engineer cat

That was new to me, and I found it very beautiful, thank you!

32 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:29:21pm

re: #24 ProBosniaLiberal

This is from one of the guys I followed on Twitter during the Libyan Revolutionary War.

The fact that North Korea still uses the T-55 Battle Tank is amazing. That thing was designed at the tail-end of WWII for cripes sake.

No, it wasn’t. The T-55 is actually the outgrowth of Soviet testing of the effects of secondary nuclear effects on the earlier T-54. It’s main initial feature was its overpressure system, designed to allow its crew to survive the pressure wave from a nuclear blast (the pressure wave travels further than the main blast wave).

North Korea also has some T-62 tanks, the T-62 being the T-55s successor. It does not, however, have any of the T-72 that was designed to replace the T-55 in second line units (first line units were to be equipped with the T-64 and T-80).

33 Stanley Sea  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:29:26pm

re: #25 Gus

OK Kim, it appears you’ve way too much to drink.

NSFW

About time.

34 SpaceJesus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:29:55pm

DHS explains the ammunition purchase to the press, freep is on to them

freerepublic.com

To: Halls
When the planned orchestrated collapse comes, the oligarchs with their little army will retreat to their ‘island fortresses’ (like the new Denver airport underground complex). The security patrols will not hesitate to fire on approaching citizenry because the security forces will be locked in with the food and ammo and scum and villainy, so they have ‘a dog in that fight’.


97 posted on 04/02/2013 9:10:33 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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35 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:33:29pm

re: #34 SpaceJesus

DHS explains the ammunition purchase to the press, freep is on to them

freerepublic.com

Oh, it’s hopeless. You can’t explain anything to paranoid loons.

36 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:35:28pm

re: #32 Dark_Falcon

The thing is still ancient compared to the stuff of today.

And it ain’t like the C-130 or the B-52 which continued to have use because of how well they were designed, and the fact that none of the successors were able to totally replace them.

37 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:35:57pm

re: #34 SpaceJesus

DHS explains the ammunition purchase to the press, freep is on to them

freerepublic.com

Denver International? Aw Hell boys, they’ve caught on to Charles, and they’ve figured out our “go-to-Hell” plan!

We’ve got to move fast, and we need to get every Freeper we can find into the Twitter Gulag or a FEMA Camp!!

///

38 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:37:01pm

re: #37 Dark_Falcon

Wow, they have purchased the crazy farm.

Well, whatever parts of it North Korea doesn’t have.

39 SpaceJesus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:37:54pm

Michelle Obama tells WH guests that “this is your house too”

take it away, freep

To: illiac

No way, Moochell! It’s your house, your planes, your expense money, your chef…all yours, Queenie.

When you and your brood are dragged out of the contaminated White Hut it will be razed.

5 posted on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:36:27 AM by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

freerepublic.com

40 Kragar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:38:22pm

Its so much fun arguing with people who take every bit of evidence contrary to their beliefs as evidence of a massive coverup.

41 SpaceJesus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:38:54pm

ok, enough right wing impotent rage tears for tonight

42 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:39:17pm

re: #36 ProBosniaLiberal

The thing is still ancient compared to the stuff of today.

And it ain’t like the C-130 or the B-52 which continued to have use because of how well they were designed, and the fact that none of the successors were able to totally replace them.

No it isn’t, although they have been updated. The Norks don’t have the full upgrade package though, and their T-55s are less capable than the two battalions of same Iraq still operates (though the Iraqi battalions are intended for the infantry support role, as Iraq uses the M1A2 and upgraded T-72s for its Armored and Mechanized Infantry divisions).

43 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:39:24pm

Yet another Fox commentator comes to the defense of abusive coach nobody:

Hannity: Abusive Rutgers Coach Was Just “Trying To Bring The Best Out Of” The Team

Fox gang is really touchy about losing their masculinity.

44 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:40:40pm

re: #39 SpaceJesus

Michelle Obama tells WH guests that “this is your house too”

take it away, freep

freerepublic.com

Authentic Racist Filth right there.

45 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:41:21pm

No Man’s Land
Exclusive photos from the 38th parallel.

47 Dancing along the light of day  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:43:00pm

re: #40 Kragar

Quick, look over your shoulder!

48 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:44:17pm

re: #32 Dark_Falcon

No, it wasn’t. The T-55 is actually the outgrowth of Soviet testing of the effects of secondary nuclear effects on the earlier T-54. It’s main initial feature was its overpressure system, designed to allow its crew to survive the pressure wave from a nuclear blast (the pressure wave travels further than the main blast wave).

North Korea also has some T-62 tanks, the T-62 being the T-55s successor. It does not, however, have any of the T-72 that was designed to replace the T-55 in second line units (first line units were to be equipped with the T-64 and T-80).

Yes. The T44 which lead to the T54 was designed and tested during the war but it was not until the T54 was finalized that primary production shifted from the T34/85.

The story of the 64/72/80 tanks is far more perversely complicated than that, however.If you really want to know see CW2 Sewell’s article “Why Three Tanks” in the July/August 98 issue of the US Army journal “Armor”. Used to be online, don’t currently know.

49 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:44:32pm

Man, he’s really doubling down on stupid.

50 darthstar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:45:04pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

Is that Erick Erickson?

Erickson has bigger moobs.

51 SpaceJesus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:45:21pm

re: #37 Dark_Falcon

where does the denver international airport thing come from?

52 SpaceJesus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:46:19pm

re: #49 Gus

that’s pretty much the only thing in north korea that makes any money.

i guess he thinks he’ll be able to make enough money blackmailing the world with nukes in the coming years.

53 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:47:20pm

re: #49 Gus

Right now, whatever plan Kim Jong Un has seems to be roughly the equivalent of the Underpants Gnomes.

Really, what does he think will happen? You would think that he would have some idea of the US, South Korea, and Japan have militarily, but that doesn’t seem to matter to him.

54 darthstar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:48:47pm

Hey, we run this joint!

55 sagehen  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:48:54pm

re: #46 ProBosniaLiberal

Maybe it’s just me, but I think this cartoon kind of summarizes the situation.

y’know… the norks can’t do shit to the US mainland, but they’re certainly well able to cause big problems for us by causing big problems for our allies. If we can’t protect South Korea, that’s going to put a serious dent in other people’s willingness to rely on us. Isn’t the cost/inconvenience of being the world’s policeman significantly lower than the cost/inconvenience of everybody everywhere having an army with time on their hands and ammo to burn?

56 Dancing along the light of day  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:49:18pm

re: #53 ProBosniaLiberal

Upding for underpants gnomes!

57 Kragar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:51:38pm

WND has some good news for conservatives (WARNING: WND LINK)

Take heart! The left will soon be extinct

As the GOP rebuilds itself after two drubbings at the hands of a Kenyan communist whose policies are as bogus as his “birth certificate” and as bankrupt as his treasury, it should take courage and show it. For the left is finished.

Every one of the major policies espoused with such vicious venom by the international hard left is now proving to be a failure. Read the rap sheet of the fascism and Marxism in which Black Jesus has immersed himself since his name was Soetero, aka Soebarkah, and he was (as he still is) a citizen of Indonesia.

58 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:52:11pm

re: #54 darthstar

Yeah, but look at the list - the lizard people are at the bottom:

[…]

Bigfoot exists 14 percent
Obama is the Antichrist 13 percent
The government allowed 9/11 11 percent
Fluoride is dangerous 9 percent
The moon landing was faked 7 percent
Bin Laden is alive 6 percent
Airplane contrails are sinister chemicals 5 percent
McCartney died in 1966 5 percent
Lizard people control politics 4 percent

59 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:53:09pm

re: #51 SpaceJesus

where does the denver international airport thing come from?

From Charles, as I understand it. One of his early joking replies to attacks made against him back around 2004 was that things were even worse that the attacks knew, that he was in fact “a lizardoid alien, now living in a nitrogen-filled chamber below Denver International Airport”. That line also began the LGF meme that is part of the reason we often call ourselves “Lizards”.

60 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:54:51pm

Serious ignorance of statistics in that Yahoo story. The writer totally fails to understand “significant digits”.

61 SpaceJesus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:56:36pm

re: #58 freetoken

to be fair, if somebody polled me on the question of lizard people i would not be able to resist answering yes

62 engineer cat  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:56:54pm

Lizard People Run Our Country

that explains the high price of flies

63 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:57:33pm

re: #48 William Barnett-Lewis

Yes. The T44 which lead to the T54 was designed and tested during the war but it was not until the T54 was finalized that primary production shifted from the T34/85.

The story of the 64/72/80 tanks is far more perversely complicated than that, however.If you really want to know see CW2 Sewell’s article “Why Three Tanks” in the July/August 98 issue of the US Army journal “Armor”. Used to be online, don’t currently know.

My source for the info on the T-72 was Osprey New Vanguard 6, which detailed the T-72’s design history and upgrades, and well as service history up to 1994. The T-54/T-55 is the feature of New Vanguard 107, which covers the same for that tank, but through 2002.

64 darthstar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:59:20pm

re: #58 freetoken

Yeah, but look at the list - the lizard people are at the bottom:

I just find it reassuring that Bigfoot still does better than Obama is the Antichrist.

65 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 8:59:30pm

re: #57 Kragar

WND has some good news for conservatives (WARNING: WND LINK)

Take heart! The left will soon be extinct

Written by the buffoonish Lord High Denier, no less.

66 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:00:02pm

re: #55 sagehen

I think we should be able to protect South Korea and Japan.

For now at least. But with the bullshit going on with not being able to raise taxes, buying defective military products (Hi F-35), among other things? That worries me.

See, this is what is ticking me off. The current Conservative Ideology is literally killing the nation from the inside out. I love my country, so it drives me up a wall.

So many problems are self-induced too. Like the debt and lack of Social Services. If we didn’t have some loopy obsession with driving taxes into the dirt, we wouldn’t be stuck where we are now. This is why I assert the Reagan was one of the worst Presidents in history.

67 sagehen  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:00:09pm

re: #61 SpaceJesus

to be fair, if somebody polled me on the question of lizard people i would not be able to resist answering yes

Louie CK tried to make Donald Rumsfeld admit that he and Dick Cheney are lizard people from outer space.

Youtube Video

(“He didn’t deny it!! He DID. NOT. DENY. IT.”)

68 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:01:39pm

re: #63 Dark_Falcon

Article, text only, is here:
militaryphotos.net

69 Single-handed sailor  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:08:08pm

re: #57 Kragar

WND has some good news for conservatives (WARNING: WND LINK)

Take heart! The left will soon be extinct

Awesome, that’s how you troll!

70 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:08:27pm

Here’s some details from the PPP survey:

Q8 Do you believe President Barack Obama is the
anti-Christ, or not?
Do 13%
Do not 73%
Not sure 13%


Q13 Do you believe that shape-shifting reptilian
people control our world by taking on human
form and gaining political power to manipulate
our societies, or not?
Do 4%
Do not 88%
Not sure 7%


Q14 Do you believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted
alone in killing President Kennedy, or was
there some larger conspiracy at work?
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone 25%
There was some larger conspiracy at work 51%
Not sure 24%


[...]

Also, looking at the cross-tabs on last election’s voters, Romney voters believed in more of the conspiracies (including vaccines cause autism), some by a wide margin.

Two though stand out as different:
Moon landing hoax (Obama voters 6% vs Romney 5%)
9/11 truthers (Obama voters 13% vs Romney 8%)

Obama voters also more believe Bush lied about WMDs, but I don’t consider that a “conspiracy” and assume PPP threw that in as part of a MBF act.

22% of the people reporting voting for Romney say they believe Obama is the antichrist. Well, 5% of the Obama voters reported that too. Let’s assume that 5% represents the “SpaceJesus” brand of respondents (those who like to take pollsters for ride) and can be seen as a noise floor. That still leaves considerably large numbers of Romney voters who buy into that crazy.

71 dragonath  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:09:42pm

But does the US have enough horses and bayonets?

72 darthstar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:11:19pm

re: #71 dragonath

But does the US have enough horses and bayonets?

And are they the right height?

73 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:12:19pm

re: #71 dragonath

But does the US have enough horses and bayonets?

Got plenty of bayonets, enough for every soldier and plenty of capacity to make more.

74 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:13:07pm

re: #66 ProBosniaLiberal

I think we should be able to protect South Korea and Japan.

For now at least. But with the bullshit going on with not being able to raise taxes, buying defective military products (Hi F-35), among other things? That worries me.

See, this is what is ticking me off. The current Conservative Ideology is literally killing the nation from the inside out. I love my country, so it drives me up a wall.

So many problems are self-induced too. Like the debt and lack of Social Services. If we didn’t have some loopy obsession with driving taxes into the dirt, we wouldn’t be stuck where we are now. This is why I assert the Reagan was one of the worst Presidents in history.

Things are improving with the F-35, and Japan still plans to buy them.

75 darthstar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:15:43pm

re: #73 Dark_Falcon

Got plenty of bayonets, enough for every soldier and plenty of capacity to make more.

We need to ban high capacity bayonets.

76 Dancing along the light of day  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:18:54pm

LOL! Bayonette bitch! I could do that!

77 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:19:58pm

re: #68 William Barnett-Lewis

Article, text only, is here:
militaryphotos.net

Thank you.

78 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:29:13pm

re: #74 Dark_Falcon

The F-35 will still be slower than the Euro-Fighters like the Typhoon, Rafale, and Gripen. Hell, the Gripen is getting big update which upgrade it’s abilities. Not only that but you have this:

USAF test pilots have noted a lack of visibility from the F-35 cockpit during evaluation flights and said that this will get them shot down in every combat. Defense spending analyst Winslow Wheeler concluded from the flight evaluation reports that the F-35A “is flawed beyond redemption”, (from Foreign Policy) while program manager Bogdan suggested that pilots worried about being shot down should fly cargo aircraft instead.

And from Defense News:

The same report found

-Current aircraft software is inadequate for even basic pilot training.
-Ejection seat may fail causing pilot fatality.
-Several pilot-vehicle interface issues, including lack of feedback on touch screen controls.
-The radar performs poorly, if at all.
-Engine replacement takes an average of 52 hours, instead of the two hours specified.
-And the maintenance tools do not work.

Add to this the $200 Million per plane price tag (By way of Comparison, the Gerald R. Ford-class Aircraft Carrier will cost $8 Billion per small floating island base capable of carrying an air wing), and I think it would be cheaper just to can the F-35, and find a reasonable interim craft.

This, in fact, is the same bullshit that caused issues in the past. The Jack-of-all-trades, master of none issue. If I’m not mistaken, the F-111 had this issue.

Let’s not repeat that mistake. Let’s get 3 different Fighters. One expressly built for the Air Force, one for the Navy, and one for the Marines.

79 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:34:59pm

re: #78 ProBosniaLiberal

Or how about the Littoral Combat Ships program, which has been plagued with issues for years.

We are spending exorbitant amounts of money to fix defective projects, and letting the rest of the military get hit with cuts. Time to cut the bullshit, and start fixing shit.

80 klys  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:40:21pm

re: #70 freetoken

Here’s some details from the PPP survey:

Also, looking at the cross-tabs on last election’s voters, Romney voters believed in more of the conspiracies (including vaccines cause autism), some by a wide margin.

Two though stand out as different:
Moon landing hoax (Obama voters 6% vs Romney 5%)
9/11 truthers (Obama voters 13% vs Romney 8%)

Obama voters also more believe Bush lied about WMDs, but I don’t consider that a “conspiracy” and assume PPP threw that in as part of a MBF act.

22% of the people reporting voting for Romney say they believe Obama is the antichrist. Well, 5% of the Obama voters reported that too. Let’s assume that 5% represents the “SpaceJesus” brand of respondents (those who like to take pollsters for ride) and can be seen as a noise floor. That still leaves considerably large numbers of Romney voters who buy into that crazy.

Reading this makes me want to drink.

Looking at the crosstabs, 71% of the people who identify as very conservative believe global warming is a hoax. Even among those who are ‘somewhat conservative’, it’s 52%.

There are things that make me want to be elitist and surveys like this are one of them. If you can’t connect with reality, you don’t get a say.

81 Kragar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:41:31pm

re: #73 Dark_Falcon

Got plenty of bayonets, enough for every soldier and plenty of capacity to make more.

So Obama is stockpiling bayonets, that crafty bastard.
/

82 Kragar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:48:12pm

Jon Stewart mocks conservatives’ obsession with ‘animal f*cking’

He observed that prominent conservative figures such as Dr. Ben Carson and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) had recently compared same sex marriage to bestiality, causing him to wonder, “what it is with you people and the animal fucking?”

“I don’t understand how your minds always go there,” Stewart continued. “Like, ‘then they’ll just remove the law of fucking animals.’ Is that the only thing that has been holding you back? ‘Oh, wow, look at that goat, if only I wouldn’t get in trouble.’”

83 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:49:51pm

re: #82 Kragar

They protest too much.

84 Dancing along the light of day  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:54:23pm

re: #82 Kragar

That man needs a sheep.
Yes, I went there!

85 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:57:56pm

I eagerly await the next war involving intense ACM. I’ll wait.

86 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:14:23pm

re: #79 ProBosniaLiberal

Or how about the Littoral Combat Ships program, which has been plagued with issues for years.

We are spending exorbitant amounts of money to fix defective projects, and letting the rest of the military get hit with cuts. Time to cut the bullshit, and start fixing shit.

I told you about the LCS, and in fact it just got profiled in the most recent issue of Modern War. We have to have a vessel in its size range and it is working out its problems fairly well. It’s first overseas deployment happens later this year.

We might ultimately decide to ditch one of the two LCS versions, but we have to have a frigate in its size range.

87 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:18:17pm

Bob Roberts - Complain

Youtube Video
88 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:23:26pm
Spoiler

We mourn the loss of Local Media Monitor. //

89 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:28:49pm

Mills Bros, with L.A., from 1938:

MP3 Audio
90 Kragar  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:37:30pm

North Korea: War could break out ‘today or tomorrow’

North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States.

“The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the North Korean military said, warning that war could break out “today or tomorrow”.

Pyongyang’s latest pronouncement came as Washington scrambled to reinforce its Pacific missile defences, preparing to send ground-based interceptors to Guam and dispatching two Aegis class destroyers to the region.

91 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:41:04pm

re: #90 Kragar

North Korea: War could break out ‘today or tomorrow’

Top comment…

xxdr_zombiexx • 5 hours ago
1 B1 Bomber can reduce North Korea to a memory. Those fuckheads know it.

Hot air and saber-rattling.

If only North Korea had oil, this would all have been over.

Derp.

92 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:41:39pm
razster xxdr_zombiexx • 5 hours ago

We do need more oil, because we keep spilling the damn stuff all over our country. We’re losing a lot of it, so it is time to restock.

Derp.

93 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:43:07pm

re: #86 Dark_Falcon

Then why not work with another country to cut costs? Like, either Britain or Turkey. Or, hell, what about us and a few Asian states work and make something.

The way we do procurement in the country is quite literally killing the country. We are paying too much for too little.

And, as for the Littoral Combat Ships:

From the Independence-Class-Uses Aluminum. Anyone who remembers or has read about the Falklands War will know where this is going.

From the Freedom-Class: On March 16th, the ships engines fucked up, and it stalled for an unspecified amount of time. This is a very not-good thing to happen in war.

94 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:43:46pm

Oil pipepline breaks in Arkansas spilling about 60,000 barrels of crude… WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!

Next day said person gets in their SUV and drives to work. Whatever.

95 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:53:34pm

re: #93 ProBosniaLiberal

Then why not work with another country to cut costs? Like, either Britain or Turkey. Or, hell, what about us and a few Asian states work and make something.

The way we do procurement in the country is quite literally killing the country. We are paying too much for too little.

And, as for the Littoral Combat Ships:

From the Independence-Class-Uses Aluminum. Anyone who remembers or has read about the Falklands War will know where this is going.

From the Freedom-Class: On March 16th, the ships engines fucked up, and it stalled for an unspecified amount of time. This is a very not-good thing to happen in war.

Ship engine problems in first-of-class ships aren’t really common, but they aren’t rare either. The LCS is far more automated than previous ships, and that’s going to produce savings in the long run. But it does mean additional teething problems to work out. You don’t want to throw away an entire design because of troubles like that; if you did far too many designs would be canceled in their infancy.

96 Targetpractice  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:54:11pm

re: #86 Dark_Falcon

I told you about the LCS, and in fact it just got profiled in the most recent issue of Modern War. We have to have a vessel in its size range and it is working out its problems fairly well. It’s first overseas deployment happens later this year.

We might ultimately decide to ditch one of the two LCS versions, but we have to have a frigate in its size range.

Littoral Combat Ships lack firepower, Navy commander warns

WASHINGTON — The Navy’s troubled Littoral Combat Ship, a vessel intended to be small and speedy for use in shallow waters close to shore, lacks the firepower it needs, a top U.S. navy commander said in a classified memo.

Vice Adm. Tom Copeman, the commander of naval surface forces, called on the Navy to consider a ship with more offensive capability after the first 24 vessels are built, according to a Navy official who asked not to be identified discussing the confidential document.

Copeman’s memo, prepared late last year at the request of Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, indicates the Navy may be starting to re-examine the $37 billion program. A review could lead to an eventual redesign of the ship or the development of an entirely new vessel.

97 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:54:29pm

An oldie but goodie.

B-52 MITO departure, Minot AFB, ND

Youtube Video

The one with Rock Hudson was better though. //

98 Gus  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:55:11pm

Boeing B-52G Stratofortress Minimum Interval Take Off (MITO)

Youtube Video
99 Targetpractice  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:56:03pm

re: #95 Dark_Falcon

Ship engine problems in first-of-class ships aren’t really common, but they aren’t rare either. The LCS is far more automated than previous ships, and that’s going to produce savings in the long run. But it does mean additional teething problems to work out. You don’t want to throw away an entire design because of troubles like that; if you did far too many designs would be canceled in their infancy.

USS San Antonio (LPD-17)

100 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:57:04pm

re: #39 SpaceJesus

Michelle Obama tells WH guests that “this is your house too”

take it away, freep

freerepublic.com

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With help from Nan Powell and Nancy Moore, the wives of two of Jimmy’s senior staff members, we soon put together a small booklet to answer the thousands of requests from children for information about the White House and the First Family. Entitled “The White House … It’s Your House Too,” it included a “tour in pictures as seen through Amy’s eyes,” a brief history of the White House, and photographs and information about our family.

— Rosalynn Carter, First Lady From Plains, p 179

I swear the Obamas could pattern their every word and action on a list of things done and said by former Presidents and First Ladies, and the outrage would still be deafening. I wonder why that is.

Spoiler

No, I don’t really.

101 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:58:07pm

re: #96 Targetpractice

Littoral Combat Ships lack firepower, Navy commander warns

The ship is modular, so firepower can be added on. Right now the money’s being spent getting hulls in the water.

102 Targetpractice  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:03:02pm

re: #101 Dark_Falcon

The ship is modular, so firepower can be added on. Right now the money’s being spent getting hulls in the water.

It’s modular to a point. The point is that adding heavier weapons kills the very reason behind the boat, namely that it’s fast and it’s nimble. And modular also means that, to install heavier weapons, you have to sacrifice other capabilities. Bigger guns or missiles means less room for provisions, less room for creature comforts, less room for sensors and computers.

103 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:05:52pm

re: #96 Targetpractice

Good on that Vice Admiral!

re: #101 Dark_Falcon

But, realistically, how much capability will each module have. In addition, a ship can only be equipped with one module at a time, and has to be in port to change it, if I am not mistaken. So, you could end up with a mis-armed ship, as weird as that sounds.

re: #96 Targetpractice

To be fair, the USS San Antonio was going to be a basket case.

I was involved with the article back around 2006-2008ish. I was editing on Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, and related articles. This falls under the related. The San Antonio was built in Pascagoula, which was heavily destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

104 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:23:08pm

re: #103 ProBosniaLiberal

There were three other ships that were affected:

-USS Makin Island (Wasp-class amphibious assault ship)
(Acquired and Commissioned in 2009, after numerous delays)

-USS Kidd (Arleigh Burke-class destroyer)
(Launched in 2005, damaged after Launching by Katrina, Commissioned in 2007)

-USS Forrest Sherman (Arleigh Burke-class destroyer)
(Also Damaged in Hurricane, Commissioned in 2006)

Combined with the San Antonio, they are the Katrina Ships.

105 AlexRogan  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:31:57pm

Just got my anticipated speed increase from Comcast a few minutes ago, after an unexpected modem reboot:

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I’m on the Blast! tier, so I went from about 30 megs down/4 megs up to about 55 down/11 up; it’s pretty sweet and feels snappier loading stuff up.

106 Amory Blaine  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:40:40pm
Spoiler

Holy Shit!! Alternate Bioshock Ending!!

107 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:47:38pm

re: #105 AlexRogan

You’re doing much better than I - Cox gives me 22.15 Mbs down and 4.72 Mbps up, on the test you just ran, at their “Premium” level for which they just upped my cost by $2/mo.

How much are you paying for the Comcast Blast! tier?

108 ProBosniaLiberal  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:48:25pm

re: #104 ProBosniaLiberal

And actually, looking at the Google Earth Imagery from 8/29/2005, I see 3 other ships under construction at the time.

USS Mesa Verde-(San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock)
Commissioned in 2007, battered during outfitting phase by Katrina

USS Truxton- (Arleigh Burke-class destroyer)
Commissioned in 2009

And the US Coast Guard:

USCGC Bertholf- (National Security Cutter)
Commissioned in 2008

109 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:52:58pm

re: #107 freetoken

Ooops, that is the Cox “Preferred” level I am at. The next higher level is “Premier”.


Let’s see if this works:
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110 freetoken  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:55:21pm

Schnittke’s “O Man, doomed and wretched” :

MP3 Audio
111 Amory Blaine  Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:57:18pm

I’m at 30 Mbps down and 5.15 up on RoadRunner turbo = 82.00 a month.

Ouch

Youtube Video
112 klys  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:01:37am

Thank you, Colbert Report, for the insight into the survey on young people and Republicans.

What would a Republican have to do or say in order for you to vote for her/him?

Does the Republican Party seem fun?

If the Republican Party had more candidates that were minorities, would you be more inclined to vote for a Republican?

Would you vote for a Republican candidate if they were:
- African American
- Latino
- Asian
- gay

Where is the option for espousing reasonable views?

113 AlexRogan  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:03:54am

re: #107 freetoken

You’re doing much better than I - Cox gives me 22.15 Mbs down and 4.72 Mbps up, on the test you just ran, at their “Premium” level for which they just upped my cost by $2/mo.

How much are you paying for the Comcast Blast! tier?

Right now, I’ve got the Triple Play going on; for Digital Preferred TV (pretty much every channel except the premiums), Digital Voice, and the Blast! speed tier on ye olde Interwebs, it’s $119/month (plus equipment fees [which is another $40 or so for 4 extra boxes], taxes, and such).

114 freetoken  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:05:05am

re: #111 Amory Blaine

re: #113 AlexRogan

I guess I shouldn’t complain. I’m paying $55/mo which is much less than you two are paying, though I am only getting “internet” as the regular TV channels are of no use to me.

115 AlexRogan  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:08:53am

re: #114 freetoken

re: #113 AlexRogan

I guess I shouldn’t complain. I’m paying $55/mo which is much less than you two are paying, though I am only getting “internet” as the regular TV channels are of no use to me.

Gotta keep the TV around, because if Momma’s not happy, no one’s happy.

Every year or so, I end up having to negotiate with Comcast for a better deal, because they love to phase bundles out. Still, I’m getting out better than Comcast (for Internet) + DirecTV (which I was doing for years), for the time being.

116 freetoken  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:22:02am

re: #115 AlexRogan

Here in the US the roll out of high speed internet connections seems like it has taken forever, compared to some places. At least here in the San Diego area the service is ok if not great.

I do think there is an argument to be had for municipal fiber networks. We have our water and sewer connected to every lot in whichever incorporated city in the area. Likewise there are cable trenches now to pretty much every property. Let the fiber be public, but let private companies offer the data/software services, such as cloud computing or premium entertainment delivery (HBO, gaming, etc.)

117 freetoken  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:30:37am

Remember the brouhaha over the “stomp on Jesus” professor from a few weeks ago?

In cased you missed it, Inside Higher Ed did an interview with the prof in question:

‘I Was Doing My Job’

Worth reading.

The far right religious in this country are indeed every bit as much into theocracy and religious identity/warfare as their ancestors (see the previous LGF article.) The hub-bub over this little case of academia is another example.

118 freetoken  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:43:56am

Getting back to that abusive bb coach who got fired, about whom the Faux talking heads are fretting as indication that America is being “wussified”, the AP dumps a story which is so typical:


RICE’S ABRASIVE NATURE APPARENT EARLY ON IN CAREER

Those sports fans who defend these coaches (see the Penn State fiasco) tend to argue this way: (1) the coach is so successful - look at all the young kids he’s helped make it, (2) he’s not as bad as the tapes make him look to be.

The first is what I’ll call the “Bobby Knight Boogie”. American sports, especially college sports, is littered with famous coaches who were real pieces of work.

The second is the “Rodney King Defense”, which while it might have some merit, it also may not. The problem is that the argument from silence (that is, we’re not seeing all the other videos in which the coach isn’t being abusive) isn’t a very good one. The problem with coach Rice in this case is there is more than one case.

119 engineer cat  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:48:30am

re: #89 freetoken

Mills Bros, with L.A., from 1938:

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oh you are so talking my language with that one!

120 freetoken  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:53:20am

The stream of poorly written science articles on news sites continues unabated by any concern to actually, you know, fact check by outsiders.

Seth Borenstein, the senior science writer for AP, is one of the guilty parties. Tonight he dumps this on the wire:

Scientists tantalized by cosmic hint of dark matter

It is one of the most mysterious unsolved cases in the cosmos: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can’t see it, but scientists are pretty sure it’s out there.


[…]

That’s just so misleading. “Dark matter” was discovered when it was realized that stars in galaxies move as if they were embedded in a larger mass than what could be observed. Because this greater mass could not be observed by recording light (at whatever wavelength) it was labeled “dark”.

The universe is not being “held together”. Indeed, the universe appears to be flinging apart. Rather, it’s galaxies that are “held together”, that is, the gravity a star experiences in a typical galaxy is greater than what we can account just by looking at the stars and gasses.

121 freetoken  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 12:55:34am

Horowitz doing Scarlatti:

MP3 Audio
122 freetoken  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 1:18:36am

Ok, so this is one of my soap boxes, but really, how hard can it be to write a logically sound newspaper piece?

The LA Times tries to tackle the AMS results too, but without Borenstein’s errors, but introduces it’s own fudge:

Dark matter detected in orbit? Not so fast, scientists say

Let that long-held breath out, folks. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer has picked up a lot of mysterious antimatter in low Earth orbit – but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a sign of dark matter.

[…]

All the stuff that we can see – stars, galaxies, everything on Earth – makes up just 4.9% of the universe. More than five times as much, 26.8%, is made of up dark matter. It doesn’t interact with normal matter and can’t be seen or felt, but scientists can see its powerful gravitational effects on galactic scales.

[…]

Ok, let’s deconstruct that last paragraph:

A: “It doesn’t interact with normal matter and can’t be seen or felt…”
B: “but… can see its powerful gravitational effects on galactic scales…”

See the problem?

How can you have “not interact” be equivalent to “see … gravitational effects”?

Dark matter can’t do both. If there is one thing that all matter does is interact via gravitation. That’s exactly what “dark matter” does - it does interact with regular matter. It does this by causing anything with mass to accelerate, just like any other mass.

That’s the whole point - “dark matter” does interact with matter but we just can’t see it.

If dark matter didn’t interact with “normal matter” we wouldn’t know it exists.

The problem for theoretical physics is that dark matter does interact with regular matter in so far as mass (gravity), but it does not emit or absorb electro-magnetic emissions, i.e., massless particles (photons), which regular mass does in various phenomena.

And, it does not appear as if “dark matter” either annihilates or creates regular matter in any observed circumstance. Thus it is a real conundrum for modern physics: how can there be something exhibiting mass but no other property we have observed in everything else?

One possibility is that dark matter might interact with other dark matter in a way other than just gravity. If two particles of dark matter collided it is possible they might degenerate into simpler particles. Thus the hope that the space-borne AMS experiment could detect the products of these decays. The AMS does report back more positrons in near-Earth than expected, but as the LA Times article does get right that simple observation by itself cannot prove “dark matter”.

123 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 1:51:31am

OT, but maybe Charles can verify my suspicions. Since last night (my time), I was unable to see comments when I was logged in. If I was logged out, there was no problem. It made no difference which browser I was using, and it persisted even after I rebooted my system.

Well, it seems the comment loading is timing out, maybe because the LGF server is way busy. If I reload the page, eventually the comments appear, as they have just now. But the problem only happens when I am logged in.

End of OT remarks. Carry on!

124 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 1:56:21am

re: #51 SpaceJesus

where does the denver international airport thing come from?

There is a notion in fringe-thinking land that there is a secret government base under Denver International Airport, where the bigwigs can hide out in case of some major disaster.

Of course, if it were really secret, no one would know about it. If there is such a base, it’s probably where no one would expect it, like under Bayonne, NJ.

125 Kragar  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 2:04:20am

re: #124 wheat-dogghazi

There is a notion in fringe-thinking land that there is a secret government base under Denver International Airport, where the bigwigs can hide out in case of some major disaster.

Of course, if it were really secret, no one would know about it. If there is such a base, it’s probably where no one would expect it, like under Bayonne, NJ.

Missouri actually.

SubTropolis

SubTropolis is a 55,000,000 square foot (5,060,000 m³), 1,100-acre (4.5 km2) manmade cave in the bluffs above the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri, United States that is claimed to be the world’s largest underground storage facility.

Developed by late Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt via Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development, Inc., it has trademarked the phrase World’s Largest Underground Business Complex.

Dug into the Bethany Falls limestone mine SubTropolis is at places 160 feet (49 m) beneath the surface. It has a grid of 16 ft (4.9 m) high, 40 ft (12 m) wide tunnels separated by 25 ft (7.6 m) square limestone pillars created by the room and pillar method of hard rock mining. The complex contains almost seven miles (11 km) of illuminated, paved roads and several miles of railroad track. Currently 5,000,000 square feet (460,000 m³) is occupied and 10,000,000 square feet (920,000 m³) are “improved.” About 3.2 acres (13,000 m2) of available space are added each year as active mining continues.

126 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 2:13:57am

re: #125 Kragar

Well, my other guess was Branson. I got the state right, at least.

127 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 3:28:07am

There used to be a great picture by Jaunte of King Charles the lizard, but I can’t find it now.

128 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 4:08:10am

re: #127 Dancing along the light of day

There used to be a great picture by Jaunte of King Charles the lizard, but I can’t find it now.

The Terrible Secret of LFG.

129 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 4:12:03am

There is another one, where the lizardoid minions have captured the hippie (that Charles is using for a footstool) and he exclaims “His gamy buttocks are mine!” I will find that one later.

130 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 4:15:07am

re: #129 Vicious Babushka

You intertoobe search fu is awesome!

131 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 4:17:08am

re: #130 Dancing along the light of day

You intertoobe search fu is awesome!

Not really, I had it bookmarked from the last time that someone linked to it. :)

132 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 4:22:06am

His Gamy Buttocks are Mine!

(I see that LFG engaged in some Godwinning on that thread)

133 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 4:49:44am

Teh Lizard King broke the thread.

134 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 4:50:23am

Costa Rica in a week. Sea turtles. I like sea turtles.

135 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 4:53:01am

re: #133 Vicious Babushka

Teh Lizard King broke the thread.

No, just the normal early morning lull. I favorited your “Classic LGF” posts, but I’ve got to get to work, so I can’t stay.

BBT

136 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:01:31am

re: #134 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

Sea Turtles are BEYOND awesome!
Friends kept laughing at me, as I leaned on the edge of the Zodiac, screaming & pointing, “TURTLE”.

137 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:01:47am

re: #133 Vicious Babushka

Teh Lizard King broke the thread.

Thread archaeology takes time. Not many survivors from those comments.

138 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:02:31am

re: #137 Decatur Deb

Thread archaeology takes time. Not many survivors from those comments.

That was from before my time. My first appearance at LGF has been documented at 11/2003.

139 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:03:26am

re: #138 Vicious Babushka

That was from before my time. My first appearance at LGF has been documented at 11/2003.

Makes me a baby—2009.

140 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:07:12am

re: #139 Decatur Deb

Makes me a baby—2009.

There are a few of us Elder Lizards left. Kragar is older than I am.

141 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:20:38am

DERP.

142 Lidane  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:29:49am

Derp:

143 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:30:34am

re: #142 Lidane

Derp:

HURRICANE RELIEF! WHO NEEDZ THAT! I LIVE IN UTAH.

144 Lidane  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:37:13am

Personally, I think Kim Jong Un is just jealous of our righteous BBQ. And he’s pissed that he didn’t get in to see Prince during SXSW.

145 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:41:50am

re: #144 Lidane

Woo, go Austin!

146 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:42:02am

Just received a corporate email about “Take Your Child to Work Day.” What a blow-off day this has become when we’re all babysitters and nothing productive gets done.

I will not be bringing my child to work because she has to be at work. She will be bringing her own child to work since it is a fetus and goes everywhere with her.

147 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:43:45am
148 geoffm33  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:47:04am

If any of you are into homebrewing beer, or just like a good Obama story, have a listen. The White House kitchen has been homebrewing a Honey Ale and a Honey Porter and Obama gave one away to a beer aficionado on a campaign stop in 2012.

Fast forward to 7:35:

MP3 Audio
149 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 5:54:16am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area where temperatures are finally going to match the season for the first time in a couple of weeks. I think we’re going to finally be in a spring weather pattern instead of watching fronts come down from up north along with all the cold air that it brings.

It’s meant that it’s been cooler than normal for the past month, but it also meant less precipitation - and that’s not a good thing. We’ve been running below normal on precipitation for quite a while, and but for a couple of tropical storms/hurricanes/noreasters, the area would be in the midst of a pretty significant drought. As it is, the red flag warnings are up because the ground is parched and humidity is low.

Now, it’s nothing like what they’re dealing with out West, but unless the weather improves, expect to see higher food costs this year as farmers simply can’t get crops going in those affected areas, and they’ve downsized their cattle herds to deal with the lack of food. Multi-year extreme droughts folks. But don’t say it’s global warming or climate change to the derpers. That’s even as farmers know something isn’t right with the weather - or climate.

150 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:02:44am

re: #145 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

Woo, go Austin!

Grand-Baby Kim goes Acoustic!!

151 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:03:37am

re: #149 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area where temperatures are finally going to match the season for the first time in a couple of weeks. I think we’re going to finally be in a spring weather pattern instead of watching fronts come down from up north along with all the cold air that it brings.

It’s meant that it’s been cooler than normal for the past month, but it also meant less precipitation - and that’s not a good thing. We’ve been running below normal on precipitation for quite a while, and but for a couple of tropical storms/hurricanes/noreasters, the area would be in the midst of a pretty significant drought. As it is, the red flag warnings are up because the ground is parched and humidity is low.

Now, it’s nothing like what they’re dealing with out West, but unless the weather improves, expect to see higher food costs this year as farmers simply can’t get crops going in those affected areas, and they’ve downsized their cattle herds to deal with the lack of food. Multi-year extreme droughts folks. But don’t say it’s global warming or climate change to the derpers. That’s even as farmers know something isn’t right with the weather - or climate.

While you’re fretting the Gristede’s bill, check out the continuing bee colony collapse.

152 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:03:43am

How is it today?

153 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:06:03am

re: #142 Lidane

Derp:

Start with 25 ~ 50 % off the top of DoD & you’ll do more to help the budget and the economy than any other single thing. “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” - Ike. Though that’s probably too christian for him.

154 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:08:51am

Oh, and as for North Korea. I think they’ve been acting as rational irrationalists. What do I mean by this? It means that they’re crazy like a fox and have a definite strategy here. They know from past history that crazy gets the goods. Kim Il Song got the West to give humanitarian aid. Kim Jong Il threatened nuclear war and got aid. Now? Kim Jong Un threatens apocalypse and the endgame is to get aid.

Everyone knows the North Korean economy is in shambles. We know it. South Korea knows it. Even the North Koreans know it. They sacked their Prime Minister and replaced him with a guy who was previously sacked for not getting the economy going. The North wouldn’t do that unless things were dire.

About the only thing going for the North right now is that they’ve got nuclear tech and some intermediate range missiles that might work but aren’t necessarily accurate. It’s enough of a threat though to be taken seriously, which is why the US, South Koreans, and Japanese are moving in theater missile defense systems and orienting their defensive capabilities accordingly. At the same time, the US/SK/Japanese are moving in assets that could deter what could be the next phase of North Korean saber rattling - a small scale provocation such as sinking a South Korean boat, shelling disputed South Korean islands, or threatening South Korean fishermen.

The North has been thoroughly indoctrinated by the Kim clan to consider the US to be equivalent of the Soviets in Red Dawn. Evil that must be thwarted from worldwide supremacy and to protect the honor of the homeland. All that changes is instead of shouting Wolverines!, the North is shouting Juche!

What we take to be defensive action, like moving in assets to the region in response to North claims of nuclear Armageddon is considered a further threat that North Korean leadership considers is justification for their earlier claims.

Now, are the North really so crazy as to light the Korean peninsula aflame, let alone carry out their nuclear threats? If the North doesn’t get what it is demanding, would it be really willing to attack the South?

I definitely see the North restarting their shuttered nuclear program, and it also is a bargaining chip that the North could use in essentially shaking down the west for more aid (which the North will spin as winning and tribute to North Korean success).

I don’t think they are willing to launch a full scale conflict, but can the South really take that risk? It’s places like Seoul that will be on the front line of a North Korean attack given its proximity to the DMZ. The North might be convinced that they could manage the element of surprise and get in a devastating first blow, but it would only be a matter of time before Western technological superiority demolishes the military the North has (and which is largely stuck in the 1960s both with ground and air assets).

Moreover, the Chinese would probably step in to moderate the North’s bellicosity before things go wrong for the North. The Chinese don’t want a refugee crisis on their border, which is exactly what would happen if the North goes to war. China has trading relations with the South, and an economic hit to the region would hurt the global economy as well.

155 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:10:58am

re: #151 Decatur Deb

Funny you mention Gristedes, since its boss is running for mayor, and he just canned one of his political advisers who was arrested in the NYC GOP mayoral scandal earlier this week. He still thinks he’s got a shot at being mayor, even though he’s got no personality, isn’t exactly likable, but he’s a billionaire and thinks he can win.

156 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:13:48am

re: #154 lawhawk

Oh, and as for North Korea. I think they’ve been acting as rational irrationalists. What do I mean by this? It means that they’re crazy like a fox and have a definite strategy here. They know from past history that crazy gets the goods. Kim Il Song got the West to give humanitarian aid. Kim Jong Il threatened nuclear war and got aid. Now? Kim Jong Un threatens apocalypse and the endgame is to get aid.

Everyone knows the North Korean economy is in shambles. We know it. South Korea knows it. Even the North Koreans know it. They sacked their Prime Minister and replaced him with a guy who was previously sacked for not getting the economy going. The North wouldn’t do that unless things were dire.

About the only thing going for the North right now is that they’ve got nuclear tech and some intermediate range missiles that might work but aren’t necessarily accurate. It’s enough of a threat though to be taken seriously, which is why the US, South Koreans, and Japanese are moving in theater missile defense systems and orienting their defensive capabilities accordingly. At the same time, the US/SK/Japanese are moving in assets that could deter what could be the next phase of North Korean saber rattling - a small scale provocation such as sinking a South Korean boat, shelling disputed South Korean islands, or threatening South Korean fishermen.

The North has been thoroughly indoctrinated by the Kim clan to consider the US to be equivalent of the Soviets in Red Dawn. Evil that must be thwarted from worldwide supremacy and to protect the honor of the homeland. All that changes is instead of shouting Wolverines!, the North is shouting Juche!

What we take to be defensive action, like moving in assets to the region in response to North claims of nuclear Armageddon is considered a further threat that North Korean leadership considers is justification for their earlier claims.

Now, are the North really so crazy as to light the Korean peninsula aflame, let alone carry out their nuclear threats? If the North doesn’t get what it is demanding, would it be really willing to attack the South?

I definitely see the North restarting their shuttered nuclear program, and it also is a bargaining chip that the North could use in essentially shaking down the west for more aid (which the North will spin as winning and tribute to North Korean success).

I don’t think they are willing to launch a full scale conflict, but can the South really take that risk? It’s places like Seoul that will be on the front line of a North Korean attack given its proximity to the DMZ. The North might be convinced that they could manage the element of surprise and get in a devastating first blow, but it would only be a matter of time before Western technological superiority demolishes the military the North has (and which is largely stuck in the 1960s both with ground and air assets).

Moreover, the Chinese would probably step in to moderate the North’s bellicosity before things go wrong for the North. The Chinese don’t want a refugee crisis on their border, which is exactly what would happen if the North goes to war. China has trading relations with the South, and an economic hit to the region would hurt the global economy as well.

Some of this is just calendar-driven. We’ve been doing Team Spirit joint exercises for the last several decades and getting a routine, though less frothing, tantrum. The annual pre-exam Yankee-Go-Home riots by the students fit the same mold.

157 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:14:56am

re: #155 lawhawk

Funny you mention Gristedes, since its boss is running for mayor, and he just canned one of his political advisers who was arrested in the NYC GOP mayoral scandal earlier this week. He still thinks he’s got a shot at being mayor, even though he’s got no personality, isn’t exactly likable, but he’s a billionaire and thinks he can win.

Deli Power.

158 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:20:56am

re: #154 lawhawk


The Lil’ Kim family has their own little fiefdom —no?

How long will it last? I have a hard time seeing it go thru another generation. I think the 3rd generation nouveau riche generally destroys what the earlier generations have built.

159 Political Atheist  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:24:29am

re: #17 Gus
re: #156 Decatur Deb


Somewhere in a North Korean bunker far underground Kim Jong Un has a pad and a #2 pencil where he can take liberties with “Gus Avatar”.

160 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:26:41am

Anyone here know how to create fonts?

Actually, I have created the font, I just need to program it to the keyboard. Is there an easy way to do that without having to recreate the font outside of photoshop?

161 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:33:07am

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162 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:33:12am

DERP

163 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:34:09am

re: #162 Vicious Babushka

DERP

Well, it’s not like they paved Paradise.

164 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:34:12am

Thursday Morning Obligatory Cuteness

165 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:34:22am

re: #162 Vicious Babushka

Reagan shrine desecrated. Film at 11.

166 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:35:40am

re: #163 Decatur Deb

Well, it’s not like they paved Paradise.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT!!!11111

167 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:39:56am

re: #166 Vicious Babushka

Youtube Video
168 darthstar  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:41:21am

re: #163 Decatur Deb

Well, it’s not like they paved Paradise.

And they took all the trees and put them in a tree museum.

Love, love Joni Mitchell.

169 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:42:09am

Good morning lizards!

170 darthstar  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:43:43am

re: #165 wheat-dogghazi

Reagan shrine desecrated. Film at 11.

Reagan was a lazy student, a mediocre actor, and a crappy president,..and still a thousand times better than anything the GOP has to offer today. How fucked up is that? A dead drooler is still their best hope.

171 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:46:44am

re: #142 Lidane

“Wastes” as in “doesn’t spend it”? Or “wastes” as in “actually uses money to help victims of hurricanes”?

172 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:47:21am

re: #170 darthstar

Reagan was a lazy student, a mediocre actor, and a crappy president,..and still a thousand times better than anything the GOP has to offer today. How fucked up is that? A dead drooler is still their best hope.

Looked good in uniform.

Youtube Video
173 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:47:28am

North Korea Relocates Long-Range Missile in Latest ‘Rhetorical Threat’

North Korea has moved a missile with “considerable range” to its east coast, but the weapon is incapable of reaching the United States, South Korea’s defense minister said today.

Kim Kwan-Jin denied earlier reports by Japanese media that it could be a KN-08, believed to be a long-range missile that could potentially hit the U.S. mainland. That missile was showcased at a parade last year in Pyongyang but it is unclear whether officials actually have the capacity to launch it.

Kim told parliamentary lawmakers in Seoul that the reasons for the latest movement are unclear but “could be for testing or drills.”

Experts believe it could be a medium-range missile called Musudan, known to carry a range of 1,800 miles.

174 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:48:07am

re: #171 Bulworth

“Wastes” as in “doesn’t spend it”? Or “wastes” as in “actually uses money to help victims of hurricanes”?

What it means is they gave away $700 million for hurricane relief to people who used it for other things.

175 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:48:27am

Jersey Councilwoman Duped By ‘Blue Waffle’ Vagina Urban Legend

176 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:49:11am

re: #174 Vicious Babushka

What it means is they gave away $700 million for hurricane relief to people who used it for other things.

Ah well, as long as the $$ was put back into the economy … .

:0

177 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:51:44am

re: #174 Vicious Babushka

The poors and the welfares, always taking moneys from the job creators and spending it on Obamcare phones and candy bars. ///

178 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:52:31am

North Korea’s Twitter Account Hacked Amid Tension

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hackers apparently broke into at least two of North Korea’s government-run online sites Thursday, as tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula.

The North’s Uriminzokkiri Twitter and Flickr accounts stopped sending out content typical of that posted by the regime in Pyongyang, such as photos of North’s leader Kim Jong Un meeting with military officials.

Instead, a picture posted Thursday on the North’s Flickr site shows Kim’s face with a pig-like snout and a drawing of Mickey Mouse on his chest. Underneath, the text reads: “Threatening world peace with ICBMs and Nuclear weapons/Wasting money while his people starve to death.”

Another posting says “We are Anonymous” in white letters against a black background. Anonymous is a name of a hacker activist group. A statement purporting to come from the attackers and widely circulated online said that they had compromised 15,000 user records hosted on Uriminzokkiri.com and other websites. The authenticity of the statement couldn’t be confirmed, but the North’s official website did not open Thursday.

Tweets on the North’s Twitter account said “Hacked” followed by a link to North Korea-related websites. One tweet said “Tango Down” followed by a link to the North’s Flickr page.

LOL

179 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:52:46am

Please retweet and spread far and wide - Christie has to act on this. NJ Transit rail service was essentially submerged by gross incompetence and they must clean house, starting with the Executive Director who admitted that the agency actually moved more equipment to the Hoboken and Kearny yards despite warnings from weather forecasters about dire flooding - both are adjacent to major waterways that have flooded in the past.

180 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:54:30am

re: #178 NJDhockeyfan

North Korea’s Twitter Account Hacked Amid Tension

LOL

But did they get Kim’s MySpace page?

181 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:56:04am

re: #180 Vicious Babushka

But did they get Kim’s MySpace page?

Spoofed his CompuServe mail.

182 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:56:13am

More corruption charges coming down in NY this morning.

183 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:56:38am

re: #181 Decatur Deb

No, they got into his Prodigy account.

184 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:57:02am

re: #180 Vicious Babushka

But did they get Kim’s MySpace page?

people still use MySpace?

Geez, I thought fb was getting to be last week. I listened to a blurb on NPR yesterday that said young people weren’t even using email anymore. Tweet and Instagram were the bomb. They want total, instant satisfaction.

Nevermind, it’s morning.

185 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:57:22am

re: #183 lawhawk

No, they got into his Prodigy account.

Acoustic couplers are notoriously vulnerable.

186 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:57:25am

re: #181 Decatur Deb

Spoofed his CompuServe mail.

But did they find his dad’s old Geocities page?

187 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 6:58:34am

re: #186 Vicious Babushka

But did they find his dad’s old Geocities page?

Glorious Leader spent all his time playing Black Dragon.

189 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:02:45am

New Defense Chief Signals ‘Fundamental Change’ to Military Hardware, Personnel

“Reducing layers of upper and middle management,” particularly from headquarters staffs, will also be part of Hagel’s new review, he said, pointedly noting that the Pentagon had not restructured its institutions since before the Berlin Wall fell.
…
And there was an olive branch to congressional hawks who don’t like Hagel. “If we get time and flexibility to implement savings, we could limit the impact of spending reductions on force structure and modernization while still making a significant contribution to deficit reduction,” he said. Translated from the politician, Republicans need to raise taxes if they don’t want deeper defense cuts.

190 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:03:25am

re: #186 Vicious Babushka

And a Gopher link showing the Kim clan’s fondness for Chivas and pron.

191 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:07:29am

Come and get it: how sperm became one of America’s hottest exports

192 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:10:53am

DERP

193 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:12:27am

Yesterday marked the 160th anniversary of the founding of the Otis Elevator Corporation, without whom, the skylines of cities around the world wouldn’t be what they are today - and we’d be a whole lot lower to the ground. Sure, there were elevators made before then, but Otis created a safer elevator with safety gear that prevented elevators from careening to the ground with its occupants if the lift ropes broke. That safety innovation allowed buildings to climb ever higher.

194 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:17:31am
In the modern world the most empowered negotiator on the planet is the U.S. Secretary of State. It may be more than a coincidence that three of the four most recent individuals to occupy that role have been women: Madeleine Albright; Condoleeza Rice; and Hillary Clinton. These women have filled a post that would have commonly been held by eunuchs in the Byzantine, Ottoman, and Chinese empires.

Very interesting, historically. Direct link, also paged.

195 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:19:31am

re: #190 lawhawk

And a Gopher link showing the Kim clan’s fondness for Chivas and pron.

Upding simply for remembering Gopher. That’s one old time thing I wish hadn’t been lost to httpd - really nice for low bandwidth situations.

196 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:21:48am

oooooooooh, way cool video/photography of the solar system.

197 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:23:28am

Scientists Don’t Quite Know How This Cat Managed Her 200-Mile Trek Home

Read more: blogs.smithsonianmag.com
Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter

Well, when the world is your Realm … .

198 Mattand  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:24:41am

re: #192 Vicious Babushka

DERP

199 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:27:27am

And here’s the skinny on the new corruption charges in NYS.

One NYS Assemblyman is charged, but there’s a second member of the Assembly who also engaged in corrupt acts, but turned state’s evidence and entered into a deal with prosecutors to avoid prosecution. Can’t wait to find out who that is.

Well, this is just getting ridiculous: Just 48 hours after federal prosecutors arrested Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith and five others in a bribery scandal, Bronx Democratic Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and four others are facing federal corruption charges. A noon press conference in planned by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose appearances are becoming frequent enough to make them qualify as a morning show:

A press conference will be held today to announce the unsealing of federal corruption charges against New York State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and four other defendants. Stevenson is accused of taking bribes in exchange for official acts, which included drafting, proposing, and agreeing to enact legislation that would benefit the co-defendants’ businesses. Two of the other defendants are also charged in connection with their payment of a bribe to another Assemblyman, who was actually cooperating with the Government at the time. The charges include conspiracy to deprive New York State and its citizens of Eric Stevenson’s honest services, federal programs and Travel Act bribery conspiracy, federal programs bribery, and Travel Act bribery conspiracy.

The cooperating lawmaker is referred to in the complaint as ‘ASSEMBLYMAN-1,” and has according to the document been working with federal prosecutors since being “charged in a sealed indictment in Bronx Supreme Court with multiple felonies.” Those charges, the complaint states, will go away following these arrests — and the unnamed Assemblyman’s resignation.

200 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:30:09am

U have to see this guy pwning wingnuts

201 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:30:39am

Stevenson, Eric Et Al. Complaint

202 Mattand  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:32:16am

re: #179 lawhawk

Please retweet and spread far and wide - Christie has to act on this. NJ Transit rail service was essentially submerged by gross incompetence and they must clean house, starting with the Executive Director who admitted that the agency actually moved more equipment to the Hoboken and Kearny yards despite warnings from weather forecasters about dire flooding - both are adjacent to major waterways that have flooded in the past.

I’m guessing this is Christie’s “You’re doin’ a heckuva job, Brownie” moment.

204 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:37:54am

re: #200 Vicious Babushka

Also, too: PBO is married to a non-white woman.

//

205 Dr. Matt  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:39:01am

re: #204 Bulworth

Also, too: PBO is married to a non-white woman.

//

And his dog is part white too.

206 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:39:45am

DERP

207 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:42:48am

FAct Checking Social Media

208 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:45:21am

I just used Tineye.com to check the provenance of the pic in #206, it was taken in Thailand!

209 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:47:59am

re: #203 FemNaziBitch

Vast Document Leak Exposes World Offshore Economy Of The Mega-Rich

SECRECY FOR SALE: INSIDE THE GLOBAL OFFSHORE MONEY MAZE

Wow. There’s actually a lot of substance there.

Let’s see if the public can actually digest it, and what sort of has the media will make of it.

210 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:48:08am
211 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:49:16am

re: #208 Vicious Babushka

I just used Tineye.com to check the provenance of the pic in #206, it was taken in Thailand!

That would explain the Thai writing on the windows and why everyone is Thai.

212 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:49:45am

re: #209 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

Wow. There’s actually a lot of substance there.

Let’s see if the public can actually digest it, and what sort of has the media will make of it.

Yeah, I could spend a week on that site.

213 Mattand  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:50:03am

re: #210 Vicious Babushka

LOL, I had a feeling that that picture was being taken out of context; aka, being lied about.

214 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:50:21am

re: #208 Vicious Babushka

yeah, well, it could be true, and probably is true somewhere in the U.S. maybe.

215 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:52:08am

re: #211 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

Who can tell anymore where all over U.S. we have to speak spanish on the phones and nobody speaks are English anymore!

216 BongCrodny  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:52:11am

re: #206 Vicious Babushka

Welfare recipients use shoes to hold place n line while they sit on their lazy ass ~ only n America

That actually seems like a pretty smart idea to me.

217 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:53:17am

re: #206 Vicious Babushka

DERP

Gotcha!

218 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:53:17am

re: #209 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

Wow. There’s actually a lot of substance there.

Let’s see if the public can actually digest it, and what sort of has the media will make of it.

It has a lot to do with the Administrations efforts to collect taxes from Americans holding these offshore accounts.

219 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:54:01am

bbl

220 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:54:38am

re: #214 Bulworth

yeah, well, it could be true, and probably is true somewhere in the U.S. maybe.

JUST LOOK AT THOSE PEOPLE AND TELL ME THERE NOT ALL MEXICAN!!11!!

221 Dr. Matt  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:55:23am

re: #220 Vicious Babushka

JUST LOOK AT THOSE PEOPLE AND TELL ME THERE NOT ALL MEXICAN!!11!!

They look Benghazian to me.

222 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:57:03am

re: #210 Vicious Babushka

BLOCK! Don’t Tread On My Snake Flag!! Moar gunz, less welfares! TGDN Forever!!

223 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:58:17am

re: #208 Vicious Babushka

Yeah, not only is it taken in Thailand, but if you look close at the signage, it’s in Thai script, not English.

224 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:58:52am

Ah noz what iz gonna do. Iz gunna uz this picshure of these Chinese people leaving ther shos to waits in linz for them and say that its a bunch of Mexicuns waitins in lines at the welfare offic.

225 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:58:59am
226 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 7:59:51am

re: #223 lawhawk

Yeah, not only is it taken in Thailand, but if you look close at the signage, it’s in Thai script, not English.

Yeah. Found it within 2 minutes. See #217. :D

227 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:01:36am

WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE A BUNCH OF LYING LIBTARDS LIKE YOURSELF?

228 Bubblehead II  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:02:53am

Morning Lizards.

229 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:03:14am

re: #223 lawhawk

Yeah, not only is it taken in Thailand, but if you look close at the signage, it’s in Thai script, not English.

Our welfare offices are so overrun with lazy Thai immigrants that they had to put up signs in Thailese!

230 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:04:13am

re: #229 Sol Berdinowitz

ENGLISH ONLY!

231 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:05:15am

re: #225 lawhawk

Do these people never check the provenance of the photos they use? Never?

232 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:05:33am

Idiot derping Drudge:

Let’s just ignore that Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a private for profit, was massaging its success rates for the past couple of years by turning away those who had cases who couldn’t be cured - to boost their “survival rates”. The survival rate is one of the things that attract people to CTCA so that they improve their own odds of beating cancer, but the dirty little secret is that CTCA is essentially picking and choosing who it treats:

Vicky’s cancer treatment was forestalled by an infection and other complications that kept her at Eastern Regional for three weeks. In July 2009, when she got back home, things changed. Despite Keith’s calls, he said, CTCA did not schedule another appointment. As his wife got sicker, Keith, a former deputy sheriff in western Pennsylvania, was reduced to begging.

The oncology information specialist “said don’t bring her here,” he recalled. “I said you don’t understand; we’re going to lose her if you don’t treat her. She told me I’d just have to accept that.”

Vicky Hilborn never got another appointment with CTCA. She died on September 6, 2009, at age 48.

CTCA is not unique in turning away patients. A lot of doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers in the United States decline to treat people who can’t pay, or have inadequate insurance, among other reasons. What sets CTCA apart is that rejecting certain patients and, even more, culling some of its patients from its survival data lets the company tout in ads and post on its website patient outcomes that look dramatically better than they would if the company treated all comers. These are the rosy survival numbers that attract people like the Hilborns.

Oh, and as Gus notes below, the cuts Drudge is warning about is courtesy of the sequester that the GOP claimed wouldn’t harm folks, except that it is.

233 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:06:28am

re: #230 Gus

ENGLISH ONLY!

THEY SHULD GO BACK WHEAR THEY CAME FROM!!!!

234 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:07:06am

re: #232 lawhawk

What’s starting? That’s because of the sequester cuts.

235 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:07:13am

re: #226 Gus

Yeah. Found it within 2 minutes. See #217. :D

Hey, it’s full of brown people so it has to be from a US welfare office.

Selective sight = confirmation bias.

236 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:08:07am

re: #231 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Do these people never check the provenance of the photos they use? Never?

I did not know about Tineye until another lizard told me about it not too long ago.

237 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:08:54am

re: #234 Gus

Yeah, the sequester that the GOP keeps claiming isn’t hurting folks, except where it is.

238 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:09:45am

re: #236 Vicious Babushka

TinEye is a great resource for trying to figure out the provenance of a photo - or tracking down whether your own photos have been used by others for commercial purposes.

239 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:11:06am

re: #237 lawhawk

The sequester is no big deal cuz government wastes all kinds of money so sequester is great except when it cuts money for deserving people in which case the sequester is horrible and it’s all PBO’s fault. //

240 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:11:09am

DERP FAIL

241 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:11:56am

re: #240 Vicious Babushka

Wait, there are welfares and poors who OWN CARS?! //

242 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:11:57am

re: #236 Vicious Babushka

I did not know about Tineye until another lizard told me about it not too long ago.

I didn’t know about it till just now.

243 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:14:09am

re: #238 lawhawk

TinEye is a great resource for trying to figure out the provenance of a photo - or tracking down whether your own photos have been used by others for commercial purposes.

Yeah I found out about it when wingnuts were tweeting pics of the Bronx from 40 years ago, saying it was Obama’s fault. Today, that same neighborhood has been gentrified and looks upscale.

244 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:14:09am

re: #210 Vicious Babushka

Ah, missed this and went off to Google. :D Yeah, was easy to debunk. Woot!

245 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:16:35am

Think it originated from Reddit: Queue: Thai level. : funny They kept their facts straight.

246 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:19:49am
247 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:20:05am
248 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:20:19am
249 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:21:22am

It’s a fuckin’ wingnut MEME.

250 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:22:54am
251 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:22:58am

re: #249 Vicious Babushka

It’s a fuckin’ wingnut MEME.

Like I’ve said, if you can’t find something to confirm your bias, make shit up that does.

252 Bubblehead II  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:23:05am

re: #249 Vicious Babushka

It’s a fuckin’ wingnut MEME.

Fake but accurate

253 bubba zanetti  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:23:37am

Even teh signs are in some lazy ebonic scrawl

254 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:23:42am

re: #250 Gus

How do you search images on Twitter?

255 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:23:42am

re: #249 Vicious Babushka

They manufacture memes out of thin air. Someone with time on their hands and a Poe account on Twitter could have a lot of fun creating fake memes for the wingnuts to echo endlessly.

256 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:24:47am

re: #255 wheat-dogghazi

They manufacture memes out of thin air. Someone with time on their hands and a Poe account on Twitter could have a lot of fun creating fake memes for the wingnuts to echo endlessly.

Is that what you do on your days off?

257 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:25:59am

re: #256 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Is that what you do on your days off?

No, but it would be a great source of entertainment if Twitter weren’t blocked in China.

258 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:26:42am

And all these people have thousands upon thousands of followers on Twitter?

Madness.

Youtube Video
259 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:26:50am

re: #255 wheat-dogghazi

They manufacture memes out of thin air. Someone with time on their hands and a Poe account on Twitter could have a lot of fun creating fake memes for the wingnuts to echo endlessly.

I’ve spent plenty of time debunking this fake meme. Map on the left is the 2004 election results.

260 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:27:48am

re: #255 wheat-dogghazi

They manufacture memes out of thin air. Someone with time on their hands and a Poe account on Twitter could have a lot of fun creating fake memes for the wingnuts to echo endlessly.

Someone here (I think Gus) had some Fake Quotes by George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in favor of gay marriage.

261 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:27:56am

re: #254 Vicious Babushka

How do you search images on Twitter?

Don’t know. I just searched this: waiting shoes welfare

262 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:34:36am

re: #248 Gus

Aside from the fact the picture is from Thailand, I also wonder why the wingnuts assume the people waiting are at a welfare office and not at, say, the DMV?

263 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:35:44am

re: #262 Bulworth

Aside from the fact the picture is from Thailand, I also wonder why the wingnuts assume the people waiting are at a welfare office and not at, say, the DMV?

Cuz poor peeplez dont gots cars.

264 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:36:18am

re: #262 Bulworth

Aside from the fact the picture is from Thailand, I also wonder why the wingnuts assume the people waiting are at a welfare office and not at, say, the DMV?

BECAZ BROWN PEOPLE!!111!!

265 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:37:59am

re: #262 Bulworth

Aside from the fact the picture is from Thailand, I also wonder why the wingnuts assume the people waiting are at a welfare office and not at, say, the DMV?

I also don’t see what the fucking problem is. It seems like a great idea to me.

These idiots would rather just stand around when they could be sitting. Maybe the sticks up their asses hurt less that way.

266 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:38:03am

DERP

267 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:39:48am

DERP

268 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:41:08am

re: #260 Vicious Babushka

Someone here (I think Gus) had some Fake Quotes by George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in favor of gay marriage.

269 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:41:48am

If we had a sticky thread dedicated to Twitter RWNJ manufactured memes, like the ones Vicious Babushka debunks, would it hit critical mass?

270 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:41:55am

re: #267 Vicious Babushka

DERP

Of course Romney didn’t intend to. He stole all he’ll ever need from the working class via his job destruction at Bain. (& no /)

271 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:44:49am

re: #269 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

If we had a sticky thread dedicated to Twitter RWNJ manufactured memes, like the ones Vicious Babushka debunks, would it hit critical mass?

It would reach derpularity, and I shudder to think of the consequences of that. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria (oh wait, that’s now)…

272 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:45:27am

re: #270 William Barnett-Lewis

Of course Romney didn’t intend to. He stole all he’ll ever need from the working class via his job destruction at Bain. (& no /)

function noLostIrony (& no /)) {
return null;
}

273 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:46:29am

re: #265 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

And for all the wingnuts know, the people waiting could be sitting inside the office of some JOB CREATOR, seeking employment. Or they could be at a train station. Stupid derps.

274 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:47:38am

If stem cell research was further along, we could use gene therapy to give these people their ‘connect to reality’ circuits back.

275 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:49:44am

re: #266 Vicious Babushka

Bill Ayers!

276 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:50:07am

re: #272 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Heh. Good one. BBL.

277 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:50:56am

re: #267 Vicious Babushka

Mittens - Man of the People. Who thought 47% of Americans were moochers, out for free stuff.

278 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:51:00am

re: #262 Bulworth

Aside from the fact the picture is from Thailand, I also wonder why the wingnuts assume the people waiting are at a welfare office and not at, say, the DMV?

At our DMV no one waits in line anyway. You check in when you enter and they assign you a number, then you sit and wait until your number is called. (Playing games on your iPhone is optional.)

279 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:52:36am

re: #278 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

At our DMV no one waits in line anyway. You check in when you enter and they assign you a number, then you sit and wait until your number is called. (Playing games on your iPhone is optional.)

I like ours, you take a number, sit down, and a beaver visits you.

280 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:53:44am

re: #277 Bulworth

Mittens - Man of the People. Who thought 47% of Americans were moochers, out for free stuff.

Who likes to fire people.

281 Bubblehead II  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:54:45am

This would be interesting to see happen.

Could Mark Cuban Make Brittney Griner a Dallas Maverick?

Cuban told reporters before the Dallas Mavericks’ game against the Los Angeles Lakers that not only would he give her a chance, he would draft her if she was the best player still available (via ESPN):

282 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:54:56am

DERP

283 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:55:17am

re: #280 Vicious Babushka

Who likes to fire people.

Making those people part of the 47% moochers.

284 compound_Idaho  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:58:50am

re: #283 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Making those people part of the 47% moochers.

Speaking of moochers, did everyone pay local sales/use tax on all your internet purchases this year? It is required on your state return in every state that has a sale tax. Apparently the compliance rate is about 1-2%

285 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:02:32am

re: #267 Vicious Babushka

@Doc_JJK I remind people that @MittRomney didn’t take a governor’s salary and didn’t intend to take a presidential one either

How would we know that if he never releases his tax returns?

286 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:03:12am

re: #284 compound_Idaho

Speaking of moochers, did everyone pay local sales/use tax on all your internet purchases this year? It is required on your state return in every state that has a sale tax. Apparently the compliance rate is about 1-2%

No.

But then my purchases are for resale to groups who are exempt, so if I do pay them, I get them back.

287 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:03:36am
288 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:06:53am

re: #284 compound_Idaho

Not just local sales and use, but state sales and use tax.

If you didn’t pay sales tax on an item in states that have the tax, you have to submit use tax (same rate) to the state.

A significant number of states wrap the use tax obligation into the state individual income tax returns.

289 darthstar  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:07:19am

Da Bears!

NOM sez:

For now, you should know that we have two fabulous raffle items from the Chicago Bears Organization (and a huge THANK YOU to the Bears for supporting our message).

Da Bears say:

The two items featured in The Ruth Institute gala invitation were personal donations to Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse. Neither was a club donation, nor do they represent the team’s view on any social issues. Any remarks stating otherwise are false.

290 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:07:26am

re: #282 Vicious Babushka

DERP

May I?

I should have asked for the other post as well, sorry.

291 erik_t  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:09:47am

re: #289 darthstar

Da Bears!

NOM sez:

Da Bears say:

FFS.

The Ruth Institute is not working with the Chicago Bears organization or any of its players past or present to promote our upcoming auction. The memorabilia we are auctioning off was acquired by me personally, not through the team or players. We understand that the Chicago Bears organization takes no position on social issues, and we regret any confusion we may have caused on this point.

Read: “We’re sorry we got caught lying. Please accept our pathetic nonpology.”

292 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:10:17am

re: #289 darthstar

That deserves a Page.

293 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:14:19am

re: #287 Vicious Babushka

Well, when you’ve accepted an invitation from CPAC to speak at their annual rage-a-thon freak show, you’ve already scrapped the bottom of the barrel of respectability. Nowhere else to go now.

294 darthstar  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:14:45am

re: #292 lawhawk

That deserves a Page.

I don’t do pages…not that I wouldn’t ever want to be a congressman, mind you. I think it would be fun being a straight Barney Frank in congress to counter the wingnuts…oh, you meant LGF page? Go for it. I barely have time for drive by posts lately.

295 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:19:30am

WATCH WINGNUTS HEADS ASPLODE

296 Mattand  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:26:23am

re: #295 Vicious Babushka

WATCH WINGNUTS HEADS ASPLODE

Daughter: Ronald Reagan Would Have Supported Gay Marriage

Obviously, Patti Davis knew Reagan better than most, but I’m not buying it. Reagan’s responsible for encouraging these religious homophobes in the first place. It’s hard to believe he’d have secret soft spot for gay rights.

297 erik_t  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:28:24am

re: #296 Mattand

Obviously, Patti Davis knew Reagan better than most, but I’m not buying it. Reagan’s responsible for encouraging these religious homophobes in the first place. It’s hard to believe he’d have secret soft spot for gay rights.

He might have supported it on a personal level, but he’d have mortgaged it in a heartbeat for electoral politics. Just like any other decent personal beliefs that piece of shit might have had.

298 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:28:24am

re: #296 Mattand

Obviously, Patti Davis knew Reagan better than most, but I’m not buying it. Reagan’s responsible for encouraging these religious homophobes in the first place. It’s hard to believe he’d have secret soft spot for gay rights.

Reagan’s history on GLBT issues was mixed.

299 darthstar  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:28:55am

Heh…from a friend’s fb post:

Only in Nevada. Traffic report this morning “there is a car accident on US 50 right across from the Moonlight Bunny Ranch”.

300 darthstar  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:29:56am

re: #299 darthstar

Heh…from a friend’s fb post:

It ain’t easy being a bunny rancher…they’re high maintenance and slip under the fences.

301 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:36:31am
302 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:38:48am

*FACE PALM*

303 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:40:39am

What RW racism?

304 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:43:52am

DERP

305 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:49:18am

Yeah let’s lock up everybody with crazy, goggly eyes. I’m looking at u Michele Bachmann!

306 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:51:58am

re: #304 Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts care about veterans who earned the Purple Heart now?

307 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:53:12am

re: #306 Bulworth

Wingnuts care about veterans who earned the Purple Heart now?

He had an “insulting Arabic tattoo.” I’m guessing it was something like Mandy Manners avatar.

308 Bubblehead II  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 9:58:12am

re: #307 Vicious Babushka

He had an “insulting Arabic tattoo.” I’m guessing it was something like Mandy Manners avatar.

Bryant has a tattoo on the back of his right calf of the Arabic word for “Kafir.”

As he explains on his blog:

“Kafir (Arabic: كافر‎ kāfir, plural كفّار kuffār) is an Arabic term used in an Islamic doctrinal sense, usually translated as “unbeliever,” “disbeliever,” or “infidel.” The term refers to a person who rejects God or who hides, denies, or covers the “truth.”

309 Lidane  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:00:38am

re: #306 Bulworth

Wingnuts care about veterans who earned the Purple Heart now?

Sure, as long as they’re not Democrats.

310 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:01:34am

re: #307 Vicious Babushka

Apparently it just said “Infidel” in Arabic. So just a ‘fuck-you’ to Muslims. It’s stupid of the soldiers to get upset about it but it’s stupid of him to have it. A nice barrel of stupid all around.

The business owner can ask for whatever she wants to please whatever customers he or she wants. Of course, now they’re going to get derped to death with phone calls and letters. No good way out for the business owner.

311 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:03:31am

re: #310 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

Apparently it just said “Infidel” in Arabic. So just a ‘fuck-you’ to Muslims. It’s stupid of the soldiers to get upset about it but it’s stupid of him to have it. A nice barrel of stupid all around.

The business owner can ask for whatever she wants to please whatever customers he or she wants. Of course, now they’re going to get derped to death with phone calls and letters. No good way out for the business owner.

It was DERP to kick him out of the store over that, I thought it was something like Calvin pissing on a sacred name.

312 Lidane  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:04:06am
313 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:05:19am

Also, a lot of time people get tattoos in a foreign language and they get pwn3d by the tattoo artist and it says something like “I suck” “I am Stupid” “I have no clue what this says but I think it looks cool”

314 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:06:07am

re: #311 Vicious Babushka

It was DERP to kick him out of the store over that, I thought it was something like Calvin pissing on a sacred name.

It’s neither. really. Since it’s in Arabic, he clearly has it just as a fuck-you to Muslims. It’s like if someone in the US had a crucifex with a big red X on it as a tattoo, and refused to cover it up when some other customers asked.

Everyone involved is dumb, but the store owner didn’t really have a good choice. On the whole, he should have not kicked him out just because of the shit he’ll now get from idiots for doing so, but really, I don’t expect to go skydiving while wearing my “bunnies fucking each other” T-shirt (even though it rules) because I know some people might get offended by it.

315 Lidane  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:06:58am

re: #313 Vicious Babushka

Also, a lot of time people get tattoos in a foreign language and they get pwn3d by the tattoo artist and it says something like “I suck” “I am Stupid” “I have no clue what this says but I think it looks cool”

Reason #1 why you NEVER get a tattoo in a language you don’t read.

316 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:13:57am

DERP

317 Lidane  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:21:04am

WTF:

318 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:21:58am

re: #316 Vicious Babushka

PATRIOTISM!

/

319 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:23:29am

re: #312 Lidane

PBO had Gene Sperling threaten Da Bears so Da Bears were forced to say they didn’t support NOM. ///

320 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:26:01am

re: #317 Lidane

That’s Saudi Arabia for you. A psychopathic regime.

I wish we could see sanity and stop supporting them.

321 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:31:19am

DERP

322 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:33:14am

re: #321 Vicious Babushka

DERP

Because things are exactly the same now as they were 250 years ago.

323 Flounder  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:34:16am

Maple sap theft is becoming a problem in Maine
myfoxny.com

Seems like yesterday I was getting drunk and pissing in the neighbor’s sap buckets, ah memories.

324 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:34:21am

re: #320 ProBosniaLiberal

That’s Saudi Arabia for you. A psychopathic regime.

I wish we could see sanity and stop supporting them.

As long as we need oil we need Saudi Arabia.

325 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:34:50am

Hey Gus, where was that picture of an Ar-15 against an AC-130?

326 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:34:57am

re: #322 Eclectic Cyborg

Because things are exactly the same now as they were 250 years ago.

And that thing that happened 150 years ago, really didn’t happen.

327 Bulworth  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:39:43am

re: #321 Vicious Babushka

I thought these people were in favor of State’s rights, which would include the right of the State of Connecticut to fashion its own damn laws in regard to gunz. I guess not.

328 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:39:54am

re: #315 Lidane

Reason #1 why you NEVER get a tattoo in a language you don’t read.

I have one on my butt that says “This End Up” in Australian.

329 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:40:42am

re: #328 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

I have one on my butt that says “This End Up” in Australian.

Wait, you mean it says Bottoms up? /

330 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:42:47am

NOT THIS STUPID SHIT AGAIN.

331 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:43:22am

re: #329 lawhawk

Wait, you mean it says Bottoms up? /

I’m having trouble reading through my beer goggles.

332 Flounder  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:44:08am

Like his father and his father before him, Kim Jong Un has made a career out of looking at stuff. That and being a dictator.

timesunion.com

333 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:45:29am

re: #330 Vicious Babushka

NOT THIS STUPID SHIT AGAIN.

They live inside a rotating space hamster ball that repels evidence.

334 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:46:15am

re: #332 Flounder

Like his father and his father before him, Kim Jong Un has made a career out of looking at stuff. That and being a dictator.

timesunion.com

He’s actually getting a blow job.

335 Flounder  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:47:46am

Can’t . stop. laughing.

336 Gus  Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:48:31am

re: #325 ProBosniaLiberal

Hey Gus, where was that picture of an Ar-15 against an AC-130?

Easier to re-upload…

Image: AR15-AC130_2.jpg


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