Meanwhile, Glenn Beck Continues to Freak Out About Bogus ‘Deported Saudi’ Rumor

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That injured Saudi witness is not being deported, but somebody needs to let raving freakazoid Glenn Beck know before he lapses into a psychotic fugue state: ‘I Don’t Bluff, I Make Promises’: Beck Gives Gov’t Until Monday to Come Clean About Boston Bombing Cover-Up.

Beck then went on to send a semi-coded message to those in the upper level of the government warning that they had better come clean about this Saudi national because The Blaze has information that reveals that he “is a very bad, bad, bad man” which will be revealed on Monday.

“I don’t bluff,” Beck stated, “I make promises. The truth matters. I’ve had enough of what you’ve done to our country. I thought I had heard and seen it all. I thought I didn’t trust my government. Oh no, no, no. There is no depth that these people will not stoop to. They have until Monday and then The Blaze will expose it.”

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1 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:22:29am
They have until Monday and then The Blaze will expose it.”

Translation: We got nothing or we would release it today.

2 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:22:55am

And people take this guy seriously.

3 LWNJ  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:24:03am

Shades of Donald Trump’s Grand Revelation.

4 Ian G.  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:24:31am

How about Beck do a Buddhist monk self-immolation stunt if the government doesn’t “come clean” by Monday?

5 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:24:46am
They have until Monday and then The Blaze will expose it.”

Translation: I’m completely blubbering gibberish here because I have to fill up radio air time. By Monday I will be on to something else, whatever that is.

6 A Mom Anon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:25:06am

Kee-rist that man needs help. Hey maybe he has the “Whitey” tape too.

8 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:25:59am

Boston under lockdown….with the exception of Dunk’n Donuts

9 wrenchwench  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:27:27am

re: #8 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Boston under lockdown….with the exception of Dunk’n Donuts

That makes total sense when the only people out and about are cops.

10 Dr. Matt  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:27:48am

Glenn has like 3 chins now. Conspiracy theories are bad for your health apparently.

11 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:28:02am

re: #9 wrenchwench

I know, just funny as can be lol.

12 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:29:48am

I just took a peek at TGDN. They are Tweeting all their usual Derp about Benghazi, Gosnell, Obamacare with occasional HAHA BOMBERS ARE MOOZLEMS.

Much excitement that the hijacked Honda had a “Coexist” bumper sticker.

13 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:29:59am

So, at what point does the “Shouting Fire in a Crowded Theatre” issue kick in?

14 catalyst75  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:30:09am

re: #2 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Sadly, yes. I have a good friend that posted about a cover-up yesterday, bc GB told her and she is still sticking to it. Even after the facts and actual suspects have been identified. Somehow, its all Obama’s fault and he is orchestrating it all. smdh

15 Dr. Matt  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:31:05am

When/if this Saudi student gets injured (or worse) because of a deranged vigilante, can Glenn Beck be held liable?

16 Kragar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:31:17am

re: #14 catalyst75

Sadly, yes. I have a good friend that posted about a cover-up yesterday, bc GB told her and she is still sticking to it. Even after the facts and actual suspects have been identified. Somehow, its all Obama’s fault and he is orchestrating it all. smdh

Just like George Bush was behind 9/11.
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17 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:31:54am

*headdesk*

18 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:32:15am

A lot of people really seem to want this to be an Islamist terror attack.

19 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:32:29am

re: #12 Vicious Babushka

The TGDN’s hate “Coexist”? Might have to add that to my vehicle then….

20 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:34:02am

re: #19 Bulworth

The TGDN’s hate “Coexist”? Might have to add that to my vehicle then….

Right next to the “Christian & Democrat” bumper sticker. :)

21 Kragar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:34:14am

Every Muslim responsible for a crime is a jihadi, while every Christian responsible for a crime is “Lone Wolf”.
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22 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:34:25am

Wait a minute. Obama the secret Muslim Socialist is covering up for Benghazi (Arab Muslims killing Americans) and distracting from it by having a bombing done in the US. And the patsy “false flag” bombers are Muslim Chechens in order to cover up that it really heavily involved an injured Muslim Saudi who is to be snuck out of the country?

O_o

That’s beyond FAIL.

23 Dr. Matt  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:34:53am

re: #21 Kragar

Every Muslim responsible for a crime is a jihadi, while every Christian responsible for a crime is “Lone Wolf”.
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Christians responsible for a crime are “mentally unstable”.

24 Kragar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:35:08am

re: #19 Bulworth

The TGDN’s hate “Coexist”? Might have to add that to my vehicle then….

Image: tumblr_lz6zcysBP01qzxfy9o1_500.jpg

25 GeneJockey  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:35:50am

re: #19 Bulworth

The TGDN’s hate “Coexist”? Might have to add that to my vehicle then….

I guess it’s really true - today’s Conservatism is just the opposite of whatever they think Liberals want.

26 kirkspencer  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:36:00am

re: #23 Dr. Matt

Christians responsible for a crime are “mentally unstable”.

Or Irish. (No, I’ve not forgotten the IRA.)

27 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:36:12am

I continue to be amazed that these people think big government is SO DYSFUNCTIONAL that it should be removed from everything but amazingly capable of these huge conspiracies.

Dude, if the government has the capability to pull off something like this, can’t we get them to institute single payer already? It’d be a hell of a lot less confusing than the current insurance mess.

28 geoffm33  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:37:07am
29 GeneJockey  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:37:08am

re: #23 Dr. Matt

Christians responsible for a crime are “mentally unstable”.

No True Scotsman Christian would do such a thing!

30 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:37:15am

CHAOS ENSUES

31 CriticalDragon1177  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:38:05am

Charles Johnson,

Glen Beck isn’t the only rightwinger to come up with a ridiculous conspiracy theory about the Boston Bombings

Michael Savage Concocts Conspiracy Blaming Muslims for Boston Bombing — and the Entire Govt. for Covering It Up
alternet.org

32 Kragar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:38:15am

Speaking of shit eating douchebags,

Cruz called Sandy aid ‘pork’ but wants ‘all available resources’ after Texas blast

Of course Texas will get the aid it needs Ted. Most people aren’t soulless bastards like you.

33 AlexRogan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:39:27am

re: #31 CriticalDragon1177

Charles Johnson,

Glen Beck isn’t the only rightwinger to come up with a ridiculous conspiracy theory about the Boston Bombings

Michael Savage Concocts Conspiracy Blaming Muslims for Boston Bombing — and the Entire Govt. for Covering It Up
alternet.org

Beck and Savage are monumental cockbags.

34 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:40:57am

re: #33 AlexRogan

Beck and Savage are monumental cockbags.

The Extra Large & Large bags of dicks have already been awarded, but they can have bags to match their dick size, Small & Extra Small.

35 Single-handed sailor  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:41:19am

I found a new scanner feed but I’m not sure I should post it.

36 AlexRogan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:41:33am

re: #32 Kragar

Speaking of shit eating douchebags,

Cruz called Sandy aid ‘pork’ but wants ‘all available resources’ after Texas blast

Of course Texas will get the aid it needs Ted. Most people aren’t soulless bastards like you.

Government help for me, but not for thee (that is, if thee is in a “blue” state like NJ).

We’ll still, as a nation, give what help we can to the town of West, but Perry and Cruz can eat shit.

37 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:41:34am

re: #35 Single-handed sailor

I found a new scanner feed but I’m not sure I should post it.

Don’t. The police have asked for people not to.

38 Decatur Deb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:41:47am

re: #32 Kragar

Speaking of shit eating douchebags,

Cruz called Sandy aid ‘pork’ but wants ‘all available resources’ after Texas blast

Of course Texas will get the aid it needs Ted. Most people aren’t soulless bastards like you.

Sens King and Schumer should hand-carry the authorization across the senate floor to Sen Cruz.

39 The Ghost of a Flea  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:42:23am

re: #18 Charles Johnson

A lot of people really seem to want this to be an Islamist terror attack.

The entitlement to speculate harmlessly got voided about two mistaken identities ago.

Also, there’s a gulf between speculation and orgy of confirmation bias in aid to the continuance of one’s paranoid, authoritarian worldview.

40 Kragar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:43:35am

re: #38 Decatur Deb

Sens King and Schumer should hand-carry the authorization across the senate floor to Sen Cruz.

Fuck that, make him come across to them.

41 philosophus invidius  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:43:58am

Maybe Beck can take the opportunity to release Trump’s unbelievable research from Hawaii.

42 Ian G.  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:44:54am

re: #38 Decatur Deb

Sens King and Schumer should hand-carry the authorization across the senate floor to Sen Cruz.

I’d prefer Chris Christie deliver it, but shoving it up Cruz’s you-know-what.

43 S'latch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:45:22am

An island of solid rock in the sea of chaos is Glenn Beck.

44 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:46:51am

re: #39 The Ghost of a Flea

The entitlement to speculate got voided about two mistaken identities ago.

Also, there’s a gulf between speculation and orgy of confirmation bias in aid to the continuance of one’s paranoid, authoritarian worldview.

They may very well be motivated by radical Islamic ideology - we’ll find out soon enough. But there’s plenty of conflicting information at this point, including info that makes it seem doubtful, so I’ll wait for more reliable data before concluding anything.

After this ridiculous week of media fail, that’s how everyone should proceed.

45 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:46:53am

Times like this make me quite happy I’m not in the USA right now. Not because of the whole Islam thing. It’s because I can only imagine the absolute screeching hysteria on Fox News right now and the endless lunacy that will result.

Historically, there’s something of a tendency to hysteria and overreaction in American culture. The Red Scare, I and II; the interment of Japanese-Americans; the Islamophobia; events like this do nothing but allow appalling demagogues to spread their poisonous filth into the public discourse.

46 Talking Point Detective  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:47:55am

Ok, nitpick, but:

Fox News headline:

Authorities go door-to-door, tightening perimeter in the Watertown section of Boston

Watertown section of Boston? Seriously. Do they even care about accuracy?

47 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:48:36am
Beck then went on to send a semi-coded message to those in the upper level of the government warning that they had better come clean about this Saudi national because The Blaze has information that reveals that he “is a very bad, bad, bad man” which will be revealed on Monday.

To be filed under:

Jewell, Richard; libel lawsuit

48 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:48:47am
49 CriticalDragon1177  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:49:00am

re: #36 AlexRogan

Ted Cruz hypocrisy be thy name

50 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:49:34am

re: #44 Charles Johnson

They may very well be motivated by radical Islamic ideology - we’ll find out soon enough. But there’s plenty of conflicting information at this point, including info that makes it seem doubtful, so I’ll wait for more reliable data before concluding anything.

After this ridiculous week of media fail, that’s how everyone should proceed.

Reddit got it wrong repeatedly, including last night.

51 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:51:19am

re: #40 Kragar

I prefer another route.

A Psuedo-buster. We pass it, but we have 24 hours of speeches on the hypocrisy of this, and the how Democrats are pissed off at the demonization of us.

Then we make them walk across to King and Schumer.

52 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:51:37am
53 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:52:07am
54 Talking Point Detective  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:52:32am

re: #44 Charles Johnson

They may very well be motivated by radical Islamic ideology - we’ll find out soon enough. But there’s plenty of conflicting information at this point, including info that makes it seem doubtful, so I’ll wait for more reliable data before concluding anything.

After this ridiculous week of media fail, that’s how everyone should proceed.

I think this is far more likely to be about mental illness. Not to say that it would be unrelated to radical Islamic ideology, but I don’t think that is the deriving force behind why these guys detonated bombs in crowds of civilians.

IMO, this was motivated by the same factors that motivated Newtown, Aurora, etc.

55 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:52:54am

Reuters WTF? After BPD asked you not to Tweet locations? (NOT embedding or linking)

56 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:53:11am

re: #54 Talking Point Detective

There is really very little point in speculating right now. Nothing is lost by not doing so. Nothing is gained by doing so.

57 SpaceJesus  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:53:27am

is it weird that i’m using cnn as my primary source of information on this story not because i want accurate up-to-date facts, but because i am more interested in seeing what their next fuck up is going to be?

59 Talking Point Detective  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:54:45am

re: #56 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

There is really very little point in speculating right now. Nothing is lost by not doing so. Nothing is gained by doing so.

Agreed.

60 leftynyc  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:54:49am

Not sure if it’s been posted already but that Rep Bell that made the crack about liberals cowering under their beds has apologized:

Bell has apologized, posting on Facebook and Twitter: “I would like to apologize to the people of Boston & Massachusetts for the poor timing of my tweet earlier this morning. As a staunch and unwavering supporter of the individual right to self defense, I expressed my point of view without thinking of its effect on those still in time of crisis. In hindsight, given the ongoing tragedy that is still unfolding, I regret the poor choice of timing. Please know that my thoughts and prayers were with the people of Boston overnight and will continue as they recover from this tragedy.”


thinkprogress.org

61 AlexRogan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:54:50am

re: #57 SpaceJesus

is it weird that i’m using cnn as my primary source of information on this story not because i want accurate up-to-date facts, but because i am more interested in seeing what their next fuck up is going to be?

It’s the new spectator sport.

62 CriticalDragon1177  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:54:56am

re: #58 Velvet Elvis

LOL!

63 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:54:58am

re: #57 SpaceJesus

is it weird that i’m using cnn as my primary source of information on this story not because i want accurate up-to-date facts, but because i am more interested in seeing what their next fuck up is going to be?

CNN is the LAPD of this nightmare.

It’s a lot better than the BPD being the LAPD of this.

64 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:55:06am

re: #57 SpaceJesus

is it weird that i’m using cnn as my primary source of information on this story not because i want accurate up-to-date facts, but because i am more interested in seeing what their next fuck up is going to be?

It means that CNN has won.

65 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:55:33am

re: #13 ProBosniaLiberal

So, at what point does the “Shouting Fire in a Crowded Theatre” issue kick in?

In WW II Beck would have been facing charges for sedition in time of war among other things. He would not have been allowed to keep doing this shit. I do not even remotely suggest we go back to that. I do note that J Edgar would have had Beck’s larded white ass in Club Fed in a hot minute.

66 Decatur Deb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:56:12am

re: #60 leftynyc

Not sure if it’s been posted already but that Rep Bell that made the crack about liberals cowering under their beds has apologized:

Bell has apologized, posting on Facebook and Twitter: “I would like to apologize to the people of Boston & Massachusetts for the poor timing of my tweet earlier this morning….snip
thinkprogress.org

So there would have been good timing?

67 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:56:21am

re: #60 leftynyc

so he just apologizes for the timing…

68 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:56:41am

re: #63 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

CNN is the LAPD of this nightmare.

It’s a lot better than the BPD being the LAPD of this.

The BPD has been a model in how they’ve handled this whole thing, I think. Listening to the scanner since before the officer down call last night, it was amazing how much goes on and how much focus they have towards handling the incident safely and without harm to people.

69 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:57:45am

Well, it’s been an eventful week.

HOw is it by you?

Did DF make it home?

70 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:57:57am

re: #54 Talking Point Detective

I think this is far more likely to be about mental illness. Not to say that it would be unrelated to radical Islamic ideology, but I don’t think that is the deriving force behind why these guys detonated bombs in crowds of civilians.

IMO, this was motivated by the same factors that motivated Newtown, Aurora, etc.

Maybe, but the MSM is going into loving detail on the radical Islamist videos the brothers had on Youtube and the fact that one of them was gone for half a year overseas. The homegrown radicalization with overseas training meme has already been planted and watered.

71 S'latch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:57:57am

Having listened to interviews of people who knew the younger brother, I am really wondering what happened to him, and whether he even knew what he was doing when, and if, he dropped off that bomb.

72 AlexRogan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:58:12am

re: #60 leftynyc

Not sure if it’s been posted already but that Rep Bell that made the crack about liberals cowering under their beds has apologized:

Bell has apologized, posting on Facebook and Twitter: “I would like to apologize to the people of Boston & Massachusetts for the poor timing of my tweet earlier this morning. As a staunch and unwavering supporter of the individual right to self defense, I expressed my point of view without thinking of its effect on those still in time of crisis. In hindsight, given the ongoing tragedy that is still unfolding, I regret the poor choice of timing. Please know that my thoughts and prayers were with the people of Boston overnight and will continue as they recover from this tragedy.”

thinkprogress.org

73 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:58:55am

Lol

Link

74 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:58:55am

It’s really sad that the media have to be reminded to like, not show police in delicate tactical situations or publish quotes from police scanners.

That really ought to be common sense.

75 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:59:17am

re: #68 klys

The BPD has been a model in how they’ve handled this whole thing, I think. Listening to the scanner since before the officer down call last night, it was amazing how much goes on and how much focus they have towards handling the incident safely and without harm to people.

Amazingly without shooting up two pickup trucks with people that did not match the description of the suspects?

76 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:00:04am

re: #75 celticdragon

Amazingly without shooting up two pickup trucks with people that did not match the description of the suspects?

No, that’s been (metaphorically) the job of the Internet and the media.

77 AlexRogan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:01:04am

re: #74 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s really sad that the media have to be reminded to like, not show police in delicate tactical situations or publish quotes from police scanners.

That really ought to be common sense.

As the old saying goes about the media, “if it bleeds, it leads”.

78 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:01:45am

Good freaking grief. Every time you think Jim Hoft can’t possibly get any more fucked up in the head, he posts something like this: Report: Michelle Obama Visits Saudi National Alharbi in Hospital.

79 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:02:33am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Good freaking grief. Every time you think Jim Hoft can’t possibly get any more fucked up in the head, he posts something like this: Report: Michelle Obama Visits Saudi National Alharbi in Hospital.

Red meat for the dogs! Get your red meat here!

(note: the “dogs” I am referring to are Hoft’s audience, in case that wasn’t clear)

80 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:03:56am

There’s been some snow in my part of the world.

81 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:04:04am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Michelle obviously a radical secularist Muslim. Confirmed. FACT.

/

82 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:05:18am

Now police are looking for ANOTHER vehicle, just when they told everybody who was at work to get in their cars and go home. *FACE PALM*
Enjoy your rush hour.

83 JamesWI  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:05:32am

Since I can’t read through the hundreds of comments since I went to bed last night/this morning…..where the fuck did the names Mike Mulutega and Sunil Tripathi come from?

84 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:05:32am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Good freaking grief. Every time you think Jim Hoft can’t possibly get any more fucked up in the head, he posts something like this: Report: Michelle Obama Visits Saudi National Alharbi in Hospital.

Who else there did she visit?

85 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:05:58am

re: #80 FemNaziBitch

There’s been some snow in my part of the world.

OMG Noooo!!!!

make it stop!!!

86 kirkspencer  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:06:13am

re: #82 Vicious Babushka

It’s possible (guessing here, not knowing) that the owner didn’t know their car had been stolen till they were allowed to leave for home.

87 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:06:23am

re: #82 Vicious Babushka

Now police are looking for ANOTHER vehicle, just when they told everybody who was at work to get in their cars and go home. *FACE PALM*
Enjoy your rush hour.

He must be changing cars on his way to wherever he’s going.

88 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:06:42am

re: #76 klys

No, that’s been (metaphorically) the job of the Internet and the media.

It was interesting to figure out what was more comedy/tragic about the mistaken shootings of “Dorner suspects”:

1. That the police in California could…in half an hour and within a two block radius, unload literally hundreds of shots at two separate vehicles that did not match the suspect’s vehicle description.

2. That the police (thank God) didn’t manage to significantly hit the “suspects” who turned out not to be suspects at all…despite the prodigious amount of firepower used.

89 jaunte  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:07:13am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Next up: “Obama replaces Churchill’s bust with Saudi National Alharbi’s bust.”

90 Stanley Sea  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:07:51am
91 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:08:16am
92 The Ghost of a Flea  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:08:25am

re: #83 JamesWI

Since I can’t read through the hundreds of comments since I went to bed last night/this morning…..where the fuck did the names Mike Mulutega and Sunil Tripathi come from?

As best anyone can tell, Reddit mentioned it, then somebody on the police band mentioned it, and then the press picked it up.

93 AlexRogan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:08:29am

re: #90 Stanley Sea

Ooooh, BURN.

94 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:08:51am

Whata freakin’ night

After getting home at 1 a.m (after a 12 hour day and a 2 hour commute) I get called back ijn at 3 a.m!!


I must say though. That was a good 2 hours of sleep!!!

So after being back here (at work) at about 4 a.m. I took a little nap at noon

I must say. That was the BEST 2 hours of sleep!!

95 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:08:55am

Here goes the right wing media. It’s going to get deep in here.

Bombing Suspect’s Mosque Hosted Author Who Criticized US, UK for ‘War Against Islam’ | the Daily Caller

96 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:09:13am

OK, help me out here.

The suspects —one of which was killed—do we know if they are actually the bombers?

97 S'latch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:09:33am

re: #95 Charles Johnson

They’re just gettin’ warmed up.

98 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:09:42am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Good freaking grief. Every time you think Jim Hoft can’t possibly get any more fucked up in the head, he posts something like this: Report: Michelle Obama Visits Saudi National Alharbi in Hospital.

Making up big lies. That is where we are, and his audience will loving lap up every bit. They are still convinced Obama went on an apology tour, and the lack of any credible evidence he did only strengthens their case as far as they are concerned. This is the mindset that got people killed in Salem, Massachusetts.

99 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:09:54am

re: #96 FemNaziBitch

apparently they told the dude they car-jacked that they were the bombers.

100 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:10:06am

re: #83 JamesWI

Since I can’t read through the hundreds of comments since I went to bed last night/this morning…..do we know where the fuck did the names Mike Mulutega and Sunil Tripathi come from?

As far as anyone can tell, Reddit/4chan and some people saying they heard it on the scanner. I have not heard any recordings of the scanner traffic where these names were supposedly said. I can virtually guarantee someone was recording stuff last night, as the point where this happened was well after shit started going down and there were a lot of people listening.

Sunil’s family has released a statement:

A tremendous and painful amount of attention has been cast on our beloved Sunil Tripathi in the past twelve hours.

We have known unequivocally all along that neither individual suspected as responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings was Sunil.

We are grateful to all of you who have followed us on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit—supporting us over the recent hours.

Now more than ever our greatest strength comes from your enduring support. We thank all of you who have reached out to our family and ask that you continue to raise awareness and to help us find our gentle, loving, and thoughtful Sunil.

101 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:10:08am
102 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:10:55am

re: #95 Charles Johnson

Prepare for them to go full metal wingnut. I didn’t know what would be worse, that this was some homegrown nut (which really they are) or someone with even an ephemeral connection to militant islam.

103 Single-handed sailor  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:11:06am

re: #101 Vicious Babushka

BOLO has been lifted. car has been located.

104 Decatur Deb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:11:22am

re: #90 Stanley Sea

Suspects’ aunt to the media on CTV: “Guys, I wish you were lawyers like me. Because when I speak and I listen, I only say what I know.”

Not great at Chechnyan-American legalese, but I hope that translates:
“I’m gonna sue one of you mofo’s just for the instructional value.”

105 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:11:22am

re: #100 klys

Boston police have begged the media to stop reporting what they hear on scanners.

106 erik_t  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:11:47am

re: #105 Charles Johnson

Boston police have begged the media to stop reporting what they hear on scanners.

Media won’t stop, because media is out to make a fucking buck.

107 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:11:52am

re: #103 Single-handed sailor

BOLO has been lifted. car has been located.

That guy must be awesome on GTA!

108 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:12:10am

re: #101 Vicious Babushka

The car was located (empty) hours ago

109 AlexRogan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:12:27am

re: #101 Vicious Babushka

If he made it out of Boston, it’ll be a hell of a lot harder to find him, depending on his resources and his wits.

110 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:13:12am

re: #103 Single-handed sailor

BOLO has been lifted. car has been located.

This is a different vehicle according to Boston PD.

111 AlexRogan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:13:17am

re: #106 erik_t

Media won’t stop, because media is out to make a fucking buck.

“if it bleeds, it leads.”

112 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:14:01am
113 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:14:09am

re: #107 Vicious Babushka

well they do sound like people straight out of GTA IV

114 S'latch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:14:26am

re: #105 Charles Johnson

Boston police have begged the media to stop reporting what they hear on scanners.

This is a clear violation of the First Amendment!

115 The Ghost of a Flea  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:14:35am

re: #95 Charles Johnson

Here goes the right wing media. It’s going to get deep in here.

Bombing Suspect’s Mosque Hosted Author Who Criticized US, UK for ‘War Against Islam’ | the Daily Caller

Even if these guys end up 100% Islamist of some variety, this kind of everything-is-a-sign-of-guilt hysteria isn’t justified. It’s emotive tribalism presented as logic and investigation. Sometimes the facts turn out to be right…but the “therefores” inherent in the conclusions are giant leaps colored by ideology. It’s not enough that the bombers are Muslim, the web of blame has to encompass every other person that the wingnuts don’t like.

116 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:14:36am

re: #109 AlexRogan

If he made it out of Boston, it’ll be a hell of a lot harder to find him, depending on his resources and his wits.

I would agree. I don’t know if this kid is capable of doing anything to alter his appearance, but outside of the Boston metroplex, it’ll get increasingly difficult to find him.

If he’s like Eric Robert Rudolph, well, shit……he could be at large for awhile, though I wouldn’t count on that.

117 Ojoe  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:14:53am

re: #105 Charles Johnson

That is about equivalent to betraying the doctor-patient confidentiality, or the what has been said in the confessional; it is just something that you don’t do. If you are civilized, that is.

118 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:15:01am

re: #109 AlexRogan

If he made it out of Boston, it’ll be a hell of a lot harder to find him, depending on his resources and his wits.

No. He has little cash and no safehouse and no training. He is going to die spectacularly, and probably within the next 24 hours. Much sooner, likely. Considering that LE thinks he may have a suicide device, nobody will be anxious to put handcuffs on him.

119 JamesWI  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:15:05am

re: #100 klys

As far as anyone can tell, Reddit/4chan and some people saying they heard it on the scanner. I have not heard any recordings of the scanner traffic where these names were supposedly said. I can virtually guarantee someone was recording stuff last night, as the point where this happened was well after shit started going down and there were a lot of people listening.

Sunil’s family has released a statement:

Well, the initial tweet that was posted on here with their names came from a Boston network affiliate reporter, I believe. So I think it was blasted on the scanner. I guess we (I) just had too much faith that people on the scanner weren’t completely full of shit.

120 Kronocide  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:15:18am

re: #18 Charles Johnson

A lot of people really seem to want this to be an Islamist terror attack.

It’s good for business.

121 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:15:21am

re: #109 AlexRogan

If he made it out of Boston, it’ll be a hell of a lot harder to find him, depending on his resources and his wits.

He could steal a different car every time his current vehicle hits the police BOLO. But it will get harder for him.

122 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:15:58am

re: #105 Charles Johnson

Boston police have begged the media to stop reporting what they hear on scanners.

The thing about this one is, I was listening to the scanner all last night and I didn’t hear it. There are a reasonable number of people who likewise say they were listening to the scanner and didn’t hear it.

So a) not reporting things from the scanner seems good practice (I redacted names and addresses when posting anything last night) but also b) NOT FUCKING MAKING SHIT UP is also a good practice. It came from one guy’s Twitter that he heard it and people ran with it because supposedly he heard it on the scanner.

123 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:17:07am

re: #120 Kronocide

It’s good for business.

The Islamist/foreign angle is more comforting to most folks than the possibility that it could have been a sovereign citizen bunch or connected to an anti-Obama/anti government group.

124 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:17:32am

Wish this could be posted everywhere

125 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:17:57am

If they think the suspect escaped in a car, why are they still going door to door in Watertown?

126 Ojoe  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:18:06am

re: #123 celticdragon

Well sure.

127 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:18:39am

re: #122 klys

Somebody tweeted about Sunil to me yesterday - I could have been one of the first to post his name if I’d run with it right away.

And then I would have been just another jackass jumping to conclusions and smearing an innocent person.

128 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:18:54am

re: #119 JamesWI

Well, the initial tweet that was posted on here with their names came from a Boston network affiliate reporter, I believe. So I think it was blasted on the scanner. I guess we (I) just had too much faith that people on the scanner weren’t completely full of shit.

Again, having actually been listening to the scanner last night - and hearing the professionalism that the BPD was handling this entire situation with - I don’t buy that it was on the scanner. I didn’t hear it. There are no recordings that have been produced as verification of it. Hell, even after the suspect names were released they STILL weren’t used on the scanner. At most they were giving out MA ID numbers so folks could pull up info.

129 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:19:17am

re: #125 Vicious Babushka

If they think the suspect escaped in a car, why are they still going door to door in Watertown?

Probably because of how Dorner was sitting in a house for days only a block away from the local search hdqtrs.

130 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:19:27am
131 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:20:08am

re: #125 Vicious Babushka

If they think the suspect escaped in a car, why are they still going door to door in Watertown?

Becauas they don’t KNOW if he escaped in a car

They DO know he was last seen in the vacinity of where the search is taking place

132 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:20:23am

I’m sure this won’t be at all insane / stupid:

133 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:20:29am

re: #130 NJDhockeyfan

A former Chechen rebel is about the last person I would pay attention to right now.

134 JamesWI  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:20:54am

re: #128 klys

Again, having actually been listening to the scanner last night - and hearing the professionalism that the BPD was handling this entire situation with - I don’t buy that it was on the scanner. I didn’t hear it. There are no recordings that have been produced as verification of it. Hell, even after the suspect names were released they STILL weren’t used on the scanner. At most they were giving out MA ID numbers so folks could pull up info.

Fair enough. I guess you owe me a pretty good “I told you so” today :)

135 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:21:04am

re: #127 Charles Johnson

Somebody tweeted about Sunil to me yesterday - I could have been one of the first to post his name if I’d run with it right away.

And then I would have been just another jackass jumping to conclusions and smearing an innocent person.

That you didn’t is major props. I looked at the photos and I can see why folks would think so - and then I took a closer look at the photos and realized they were different people. On the other hand, it can be hard to do that without confirmation bias, if people are expecting to see things go one way or another.

Which is precisely why we try not to report based on gut instinct.

136 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:21:09am

re: #132 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I’m sure this won’t be at all insane / stupid:

And so the wingularity has arrived.

137 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:21:10am

re: #130 NJDhockeyfan

The Chechen President is amoral scum responsible for the deaths of many opposition leaders, as well as pushing for honor killing, among other things.

He is a petty little tyrant.

138 Dr. Matt  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:21:12am

I assume this is wrong since it’s coming from CNN……right?

139 jaunte  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:21:19am

re: #132 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Look, a northeast Texas vulture.

140 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:21:20am

Twitter Rules:
1) Don’t believe a fucking thing you read.
2) See 1.

141 Petero1818  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:21:34am

Let me guess. He gave a donation to CAIR at some point//

142 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:22:02am

re: #132 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I’m sure this won’t be at all insane / stupid:

That promises to be a monumental singularity of vacuous stupidity that nothing can escape…

143 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:22:17am

re: #132 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Just the person I’d want to talk to…

144 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:22:24am

re: #137 ProBosniaLiberal

The Chechen President is amoral scum responsible for the deaths of many opposition leaders, as well as pushing for honor killing, among other things.

He is a petty little tyrant.

He’s a douche. Can’t stand him; radical jackass.

145 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:23:17am

re: #134 JamesWI

Fair enough. I guess you owe me a pretty good “I told you so” today :)

I think this case has been a learning lesson for everyone involved about media and current events.

I do hope that the increased visibility of leads to Sunil being found. That would be one silver lining to come out of this.

146 Kragar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:23:19am

re: #130 NJDhockeyfan

Ramzan Kadyrov

Kadyrov has been personally implicated in several instances of torture and murder. A number of Chechens opposed to Kadyrov have been assassinated abroad, and several witnesses (including Artur Kurmakaev and Ruslan Khalidov) report the existence of a 300-name “Murder List”.[37] Chechens who have been murdered, where Kadyrov’s involvement is suspected, include Movladi Baisarov and Ruslan Yamadaev (both Moscow);[37] Sulim Yamadaev (Dubai);[37] Gazhi Edilsutanov, Islam Dzahnibekov, Ali Osaev (Istanbul);[37] and Umar Israilov (Vienna).[37]

Kadyrov claims (in December 2009) that he had personally helped many of the murder victims and their families and was not their enemy. “I don’t want to kill, who did I fight? I fought terrorists. Who did I protect? I protected the whole of Russia so that people in Moscow or St. Petersburg…could live in peace. They accuse me of killing women and children. It’s not true.”[23]

147 abolitionist  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:23:31am

re: #104 Decatur Deb

Suspects’ aunt to the media on CTV: “Guys, I wish you were lawyers like me. Because when I speak and I listen, I only say what I know.”

Not great at Chechnyan-American legalese, but I hope that translates:
“I’m gonna sue one of you mofo’s just for the instructional value.”

I recall her mentioning that she was preparing for upcoming exams, so not a lawyer yet, I think.

148 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:23:51am

re: #137 ProBosniaLiberal

The Chechen President is amoral scum responsible for the deaths of many opposition leaders, as well as pushing for honor killing, among other things.

He is a petty little tyrant.

I wouldn’t call him petty. He certainly is a tyrant. A vicious, criminal thug and a tyrant.

149 GeneJockey  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:24:15am

re: #140 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Indeed. I went to bed having read for hours about how great Twitter was because everyone knew who the Marathon Bombers were, and woke this morning to them being somebody ENTIRELY different.

150 kirkspencer  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:24:49am

re: #131 sattv4u2

Becauas they don’t KNOW he escaped in a car

They DO know he was last seen in the vacinity of where the search is taking place

Also, they have more than one officer and so can follow multiple possibilities at once.

151 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:26:08am

re: #149 GeneJockey

Indeed. I went to bed having read for hours about how great Twitter was because everyone knew who the Marathon Bombers were, and woke this morning to them being somebody ENTIRELY different.

Twitter The Great and Powerful reminds you to pay no attention to the man behind the processor.

152 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:26:48am

re: #144 Dr Lizardo

This should be the part where we summon the Russian Ambassador to explain this bullshit.

153 Stanley Sea  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:26:56am

re: #127 Charles Johnson

Somebody tweeted about Sunil to me yesterday - I could have been one of the first to post his name if I’d run with it right away.

And then I would have been just another jackass jumping to conclusions and smearing an innocent person.

Isn’t Sunil the missing Brown student? If so, this is so cruel to his family.

154 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:27:55am

All further punditry rendered unnecessary:

155 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:28:53am

re: #154 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Yep. Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, pack it up.

156 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:28:53am

re: #150 kirkspencer

Also, they have more than one officer and so can follow multiple possibilities at once.

Exactly. I’m sure there are a group of officers combing the area in Cambridge near thew apt the brothers shared
Others are tracking down every stolen vehicle reported in that area in the last 8 (or so) hours

Still others staked out at bus and train stations

157 Ian G.  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:30:57am

re: #84 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Who else there did she visit?

The Benghazi attackers, of course.

/////

158 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:32:06am
159 wrenchwench  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:32:22am

Puppy pause:

160 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:32:51am

re: #151 Feline Fearless Leader

Twitter The Great and Powerful reminds you to pay no attention to the man behind the processor.

I think Twitter offers some fascinating insight into social credibility and how willing we are to believe various sources. It’s hard to believe that someone would believe breaking news from some random blog comment without looking for verification elsewhere, but on Twitter, if it gets retweeted by someone you follow, it gets their ‘endorsement’ to some extent, which might lead you to give it more credibility than it otherwise deserves - because the retweet is banking on the social credibility that has built up between you and the retweeter.

Kind of like everyone has commenters here who they might ignore or automatically attribute everything they say with a grain of salt, because this is a community you know and we build up a reputation of credibility with each other, some of which is shaped by our own experiences and some of which is shaped by how others also respond.

I think Twitter is like overhearing gossip on the street whereas this is a conversation with friends. First could be right but requires extensive verification before passing on; I’m much more likely to trust my friends.

161 jaunte  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:33:29am

Boston And The Right-Wing Media’s Collapse

“…In the same week that Pulitzer prizes were announced honoring the finest in American journalism, many in the far-right media worked to set news standards in mindless, awful behavior in the wake of the Boston attack.

Faced with covering the most important American terror news story in a decade, too many players opted to just make stuff up. Prompting witch hunts, they cast innocents as would-be killers and then couldn’t be bothered with apologies.”

162 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:34:00am
163 Stanley Sea  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:34:02am
164 danarchy  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:35:01am

The onion on CNN

Cnn releases photos of 3 obese mexican women suspected in Boston Marathon Bombing.

165 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:35:15am
166 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:35:37am

THIS IS THE DUMBEST PERSON ON ALL OF TEH TWITTERZ

167 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:35:49am

So I was just at the grocery store and there were two guys there discussing this. One was insisting to the other that the true ring leader was the original Saudi “suspect”. His reasoning was that Russians just aren’t terrorists and that the Saudi was able to lure them into terrorism because they were young and angry. The other guy agreed and said that anyone with common sense has known this was really Al-Qaeda.

Uh-boy.

168 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:36:36am
169 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:37:00am

re: #160 klys

I think Twitter offers some fascinating insight into social credibility and how willing we are to believe various sources. It’s hard to believe that someone would believe breaking news from some random blog comment without looking for verification elsewhere, but on Twitter, if it gets retweeted by someone you follow, it gets their ‘endorsement’ to some extent, which might lead you to give it more credibility than it otherwise deserves - because the retweet is banking on the social credibility that has built up between you and the retweeter.

Kind of like everyone has commenters here who they might ignore or automatically attribute everything they say with a grain of salt, because this is a community you know and we build up a reputation of credibility with each other, some of which is shaped by our own experiences and some of which is shaped by how others also respond.

I think Twitter is like overhearing gossip on the street whereas this is a conversation with friends. First could be right but requires extensive verification before passing on; I’m much more likely to trust my friends.

I only believe tweets that reinforce my belief system.

170 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:37:51am

re: #167 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!

So I was just at the grocery store and there were two guys there discussing this. One was insisting to the other that the true ring leader was the original Saudi “suspect”. His reasoning was that Russians just aren’t terrorists and that the Saudi was able to lure them into terrorism because they were young and angry. The other guy agreed and said that anyone with common sense has known this was really Al-Qaeda.

Uh-boy.

Ummm…..I take it these two have never read of some of the atrocities committed by Russians (Red and White) during the Russian Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution?

171 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:38:06am
172 Political Atheist  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:38:44am

re: #105 Charles Johnson

The day comes when all that radio traffic will be encrypted.

usatoday30.usatoday.com

173 wrenchwench  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:38:52am

re: #160 klys

Kind of like everyone has commenters here who they might ignore or automatically attribute everything they say with a grain of salt, because this is a community you know and we build up a reputation of credibility with each other, some of which is shaped by our own experiences and some of which is shaped by how others also respond.

Sorry, did you say something?

/

For reals; nice Pages. Now you can put a link to your Pages in your nic, on your Account Settings page.

174 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:39:12am

re: #169 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

I only believe tweets that reinforce my belief system.

…so pretty much you’re like every Twitter user ever? ;)

175 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:39:15am

Alex Jones fuel…

176 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:39:58am

re: #170 Dr Lizardo

And for a historical context, the massive mistreatment of the Chechens at the hands of the Russians and Soviets.

Although, that is true of most of the Caucasian Groups in that area.

177 Dr. Matt  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:40:09am

Sound advice:

178 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:40:49am

re: #174 klys

…so pretty much you’re like every Twitter user ever? ;)

I am the archetype.

179 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:41:38am

re: #170 Dr Lizardo

I think he meant Russians committing terrorism in America.

180 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:42:02am

Latest wingnut Derp:

DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV WAS AN OBAMA SUPPORTER!!11!!TY

181 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:42:06am

re: #176 ProBosniaLiberal

And for a historical context, the massive mistreatment of the Chechens at the hands of the Russians and Soviets.

Although, that is true of most of the Caucasian Groups in that area.

Very true.

The Russians (and Soviets) have a history of such things in the Caucuses.

182 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:42:37am

re: #178 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

I am the archetype.

I sort of fail at Twitter. I am not a huge fan of retweets, I rarely post, and I mostly have it to keep up with a few folks I like.

183 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:42:39am
184 Kragar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:43:02am

30 Things That Will Test If Your Smile Still Works

RULES:
1. Relax your face.
2. View each individual item in turn.
3. Think about your face. Is anything happening there?
4. If, AT ANY POINT, the corners of your mouth begin to turn upwards (towards the sky), your smile still works. Phew.
OK, let’s do this thing!

185 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:43:18am

re: #180 Vicious Babushka

Latest wingnut Derp:

Do they really not know the error in thinking this represents?
I’m dumbfounded.

186 erik_t  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:43:25am

re: #183 Lidane

The Donald doesn’t have two cells to rub together.

187 jaunte  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:43:49am

re: #183 Lidane

Be vigilant and on the lookout.

For what, Donald; people with strange hair?

188 Targetpractice  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:44:05am

re: #177 Dr. Matt

Sound advice:

Hug my cats and rub random strangers. Got it.

//

189 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:44:20am

re: #183 Lidane

190 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:44:29am

re: #179 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!

I think he meant Russians committing terrorism in America.

Perhaps. But still, terrorism isn’t limited to anyone ethnic group or religion or nationality.

Some of my Turkish friends are getting nervous about all this……one of them was planning on traveling to NYC next month. She’s now thinking she might change her plans.

191 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:44:40am

re: #182 klys

I sort of fail at Twitter. I am not a huge fan of retweets, I rarely post, and I mostly have it to keep up with a few folks I like.

I will take you under my wing and guide you to true twitter power young padawan.

192 brennant  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:44:44am

re: #183 Lidane

Donald Trump: Look out for brown people! Demand birth-certificates!

Dumb-fuckery.

193 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:44:45am

re: #184 Kragar

30 Things That Will Test If Your Smile Still Works

I’m only on #1 and how happy he looks just got me right in the feels.

194 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:46:19am

re: #161 jaunte

Boston And The Right-Wing Media’s Collapse

I hope to God that Glen Beck gets sued into Oblivion for this one.

195 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:46:51am

re: #190 Dr Lizardo

I know that and you know that, but a couple of cowboys in Texas who think there is a government/Al-Qaeda conspiracy going on probably don’t care to know that.

196 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:47:38am

re: #183 Lidane

Strange, as he probably has fewer than 5 cell members in that vacuum between his ears.

197 Targetpractice  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:47:43am

re: #194 celticdragon

I hope to God that Glen Beck gets sued into Oblivion for this one.

Oblivion would be a step up for him.

//

198 jaunte  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:48:04am

The U.S. Anti-Muslim Crowd Is Quite Pleased with Itself

199 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:48:30am

re: #195 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!

I know that and you know that, but a couple of cowboys in Texas who think there is a government/Al-Qaeda conspiracy going on probably don’t care to know that.

Yep. The derp is approaching boiling point.

200 Targetpractice  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:48:51am

re: #196 ProBosniaLiberal

Strange, as he probably has fewer than 5 cell members in that vacuum between his ears.

Call me crazy, but I don’t think I’m going to take advice from the tweets of a guy whose casino went bankrupt.

201 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:49:02am

re: #169 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

I only believe tweets that reinforce my belief system.

You don’t happen to also be a nihilist, do you?

202 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:51:45am

The meme BOMBER IS AN OBAMA SUPPORTER!!1 is coming from some wingnut named Bob Owens. Who is that? I am afraid to click the links in case it is some white supremacist, or is it just some random Derper like Dim Jim?

203 Dr. Matt  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:53:41am

At times like this I’m happy to know that DHS has 2700 light-armed tanks.

204 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:53:47am

re: #202 Vicious Babushka

The meme BOMBER IS AN OBAMA SUPPORTER!!1 is coming from some wingnut named Bob Owens. Who is that? I am afraid to click the links in case it is some white supremacist, or is it just some random Derper like Dim Jim?

Sigh.

pjmedia.com

205 Ian G.  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:53:53am

You know, I have very little good to say about George W. Bush, but I do give him credit for stressing, in the aftermath of 9/11, that the attack was not the work of Muslims in general, and just a handful of deranged fanatics. I think it helped cooler heads prevail.

Fast-forward 12 years, and there’s no one to hold onto the right’s leash anymore, so Beck/Fischer/Geller/Trump are actually trying to incite a pogrom. It’s unbelievable, but I hold onto my faith that Americans are decent people and won’t take the bait being thrown out there by these sociopaths.

206 ProBosniaLiberal  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:53:54am

re: #200 Targetpractice

Or went bankrupt 3 times.

207 Petero1818  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:55:05am

Am I the only one asking how a few hundred cops who had this guy in a gunfight managed to lose all trace of him? It seems hard to believe with the number of resources they had that this guy could just vanish???

208 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:55:07am

re: #204 Charles Johnson

Sigh.

pjmedia.com

Thanks.

209 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:55:14am

re: #183 Lidane

I’m pretty sure the Donald is just a trolling everyone now.

210 thedopefishlives  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:55:27am

re: #198 jaunte

The U.S. Anti-Muslim Crowd Is Quite Pleased with Itself

They can, collectively, eat a bag of dicks.

211 aagcobb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:55:31am

re: #30 Vicious Babushka

CHAOS ENSUES

Its amazing the economic damage one teenager on the run is causing. Can you imagine the cost of shutting Boston down?

212 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:55:51am

While the bigots and wingnuts are busy derping about the bombers, this happened:

OUTRAGE!

213 jaunte  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:55:57am

re: #202 Vicious Babushka

The meme BOMBER IS AN OBAMA SUPPORTER!!1 is coming from some wingnut named Bob Owens. Who is that? I am afraid to click the links in case it is some white supremacist, or is it just some random Derper like Dim Jim?

Sore loser Bob, Oct 2012:

“I have no doubt that some of Obama’s supporters would indeed like to riot when Obama loses (Andrew Sullivan and Chris Matthews at the head of the pack), but suspect most of them are too lazy to break a sweat. That that really would riot are those that would also riot over nearly any other reason, like their favorite sports team winning/losing, or not liking Tuesday.

If they are attempting to send a message of intimidation, I’d merely remind them who has been buying millions of firearms and billions of rounds of ammunition since 2008.”

214 Targetpractice  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:55:58am

re: #206 ProBosniaLiberal

Or went bankrupt 3 times.

Donald Trump: Proof that no matter how badly your business dealings go, no matter how many times you end up in bankruptcy court, you can still convince goobers to buy shit with your name slathered all over it.

215 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:56:44am

re: #179 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!

I think he meant Russians committing terrorism in America.

That would bring things into a nice neat little cold war circle wouldn’t it? North Korea, Russia, —something familiar to the Right Wing Whackos. This they could actually sink their teeth into —and they are soooo ready …

/gah

216 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:56:46am

re: #212 Lidane

Stupid. Criminals won’t obey this law either, just taking away teh gunz from law-abiding Muricans.

//

217 aagcobb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:57:18am

re: #205 Ian G.

You know, I have very little good to say about George W. Bush, but I do give him credit for stressing, in the aftermath of 9/11, that the attack was not the work of Muslims in general, and just a handful of deranged fanatics. I think it helped cooler heads prevail.

Fast-forward 12 years, and there’s no one to hold onto the right’s leash anymore, so Beck/Fischer/Geller/Trump are actually trying to incite a pogrom. It’s unbelievable, but I hold onto my faith that Americans are decent people and won’t take the bait being thrown out there by these sociopaths.

The vast majority of people don’t listen to these idiots. The Right is loud, but its a minority.

218 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:57:26am

re: #216 Bulworth

Stupid. Criminals won’t obey this law either, just taking away teh gunz from law-abiding Muricans.

//

And jobs!

//

219 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:57:45am

re: #213 jaunte

Is the Confederate Yankee or some similar handle?

220 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:58:13am
221 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:58:42am

re: #217 aagcobb

The vast majority of people don’t listen to these idiots. The Right is loud, but its a minority.

But apparently with a noticeable amount of influence in the GOP and thus in the governing of the country as a whole.

222 Dr. Matt  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:58:52am

Shameless plug

223 jaunte  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:58:53am

re: #219 Bulworth

I think he just goes by Bob Owens; don’t know about his nicknames.

224 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 11:59:50am

re: #205 Ian G.

You know, I have very little good to say about George W. Bush, but I do give him credit for stressing, in the aftermath of 9/11, that the attack was not the work of Muslims in general, and just a handful of deranged fanatics. I think it helped cooler heads prevail.

Fast-forward 12 years, and there’s no one to hold onto the right’s leash anymore, so Beck/Fischer/Geller/Trump are actually trying to incite a pogrom. It’s unbelievable, but I hold onto my faith that Americans are decent people and won’t take the bait being thrown out there by these sociopaths.

WEll, you see for all his faults, George Bush really believes the whole Christian idea that each of us is an individual with free will. Therefore, one cannot judge individuals by labels. I also remember him talking about the Religion of Peace and how we (here!) used to deride him for it. He did get that one right.

225 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:00:30pm

re: #205 Ian G.

… Beck/Fischer/Geller/Trump are actually trying to incite a pogrom.

That’s exactly what they’re trying to do. I always thought that inciting violence was against the law.

226 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:00:38pm

re: #220 Lidane

Wonderful. Thanks

227 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:00:43pm

Just realized I had cable news on in the background, yakking away for hours. I had blanked it out, then suddenly heard them yammering away non-stop saying the same things over and over and over…

Turned off the sound. Wow, what a difference. Sweet relief.

228 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:01:28pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Just realized I had cable news on in the background, yakking away for hours. I had blanked it out, then suddenly heard them yammering away non-stop saying the same things over and over and over…

Turned off the sound. Wow, what a difference. Sweet relief.

Closed captioning and mute.

Because then you get fun quotes like “burps and shrapnel”.

229 thedopefishlives  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:01:45pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Just realized I had cable news on in the background, yakking away for hours. I had blanked it out, then suddenly heard them yammering away non-stop saying the same things over and over and over…

Turned off the sound. Wow, what a difference. Sweet relief.

Yeah. When they interrupted programming for last night’s press conference, the Mrs. Fish got absolutely sick of the pundits repeating the same phrases every 15 seconds and turned it off before the conference even started.

230 Ian G.  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:02:02pm

re: #214 Targetpractice

There’s this glorious art deco-era skyscraper at 40 Wall St. in downtown Manhattan that is one of my favorite buildings in the city. Trump bought it in the 90s and scrawled his fucking name on its entrance. It makes my blood boil every time I walk past it.

231 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:02:34pm

re: #201 Feline Fearless Leader

You don’t happen to also be a nihilist, do you?

Clever.

232 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:03:04pm
233 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:03:55pm

re: #232 Lidane

What better way for Americans to demonstrate that they have paid no attention to either geography or current events for the past few years.

234 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:04:06pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Just realized I had cable news on in the background, yakking away for hours. I had blanked it out, then suddenly heard them yammering away non-stop saying the same things over and over and over…

Turned off the sound. Wow, what a difference. Sweet relief.

Yes it is, I’m leaving the yammerheads off all weekend. I like my news in written form during a situation like this.

235 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:04:58pm

re: #234 Randall Gross

Yes it is, I’m leaving the yammerheads off all weekend. I like my news in written form during a situation like this.

I almost never listen to the news, and I’m always shocked when I do hear it and how annoying it is. I don’t get how people like my dad can even get work done with it going on.

236 HoosierHoops  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:05:30pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Just realized I had cable news on in the background, yakking away for hours. I had blanked it out, then suddenly heard them yammering away non-stop saying the same things over and over and over…

Turned off the sound. Wow, what a difference. Sweet relief.

I have been watching the NFL channel for a few hours and change over to the news now and then to see if anything has changed.

237 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:05:31pm

re: #231 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Clever.

I try. And even occasionally succeed.

238 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:05:54pm
239 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:06:04pm

re: #232 Lidane

LOL. It’s made the news here in the Czech Republic; that Americans apparently are demanding military retaliation against them is something of a source of amusement for many Czechs.

One of my Czech friends texted me and asked, “Are Americans really this stupid?!”

240 aagcobb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:06:07pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Just realized I had cable news on in the background, yakking away for hours. I had blanked it out, then suddenly heard them yammering away non-stop saying the same things over and over and over…

Turned off the sound. Wow, what a difference. Sweet relief.

Breaking News is Broken, shut it off.

241 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:06:40pm

re: #239 Dr Lizardo

LOL. It’s made the news here in the Czech Republic; that Americans apparently are demanding military retaliation against them is something of a source of amusement for many Czechs.

One of my Czech friends texted me and asked, “Are Americans really this stupid?!”

Yes, yes, some of them sadly are.

Would you like a few?

242 erik_t  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:06:56pm

In other derp news…

Michele Bachmann knew about financial deal with Sorenson, former aide alleges

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was aware of the financial arrangement between an Iowa senator and her presidential campaign that’s now the subject of three separate ethics investigations, according to a former aide.

Campaign aide Andy Parrish, a confidential informant who agreed this week to step forward to testify to the Iowa Senate Ethics Committee, will detail an arrangement for potentially improper payments to state Sen. Kent Sorenson, R-Milo, for presidential campaign work, his lawyer said today.

(continues)

243 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:07:05pm

re: #239 Dr Lizardo

LOL. It’s made the news here in the Czech Republic; that Americans apparently are demanding military retaliation against them is something of a source of amusement for many Czechs.

One of my Czech friends texted me and asked, “Are Americans really this stupid?!”

Did you reply “Unfortunately, yes.” along with an image of a mushroom cloud (or to be more topical — drones!)

244 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:07:14pm

I bet today’s Friday afternoon PR trashdump will be full of heinous shit that nobody will pay attention to.

245 geoffm33  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:07:31pm
246 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:07:36pm

re: #235 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

I almost never listen to the news, and I’m always shocked when I do hear it and how annoying it is. I don’t get how people like my dad can even get work done with it going on.

I live in bi-political household. I get to listen to Fox in the background every day. Not all day, thankfully I try to put the headphones in and listen to books, but one has to live a life as well.

I’ve been practicing keeping my mouth shut.

247 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:07:59pm

re: #241 klys

Yes, yes, some of them sadly are.

Would you like a few?

NO.

248 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:08:34pm

re: #247 Dr Lizardo

NO.

So sure? We haven’t even talked terms yet! I’m sure I could get a discounted offer, take one, get 5 free kind of thing.

249 kirkspencer  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:09:11pm

re: #241 klys

Yes, yes, some of them sadly are.

Would you like a few?

Now remember that they are the ones who select the person who commands the largest military and the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.

Sleep well.

250 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:09:31pm

re: #235 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

I almost never listen to the news, and I’m always shocked when I do hear it and how annoying it is. I don’t get how people like my dad can even get work done with it going on.

My wife tortures me every day by turning on the TV, finding the most annoying news channel possible and leaving it there for hours while she surfs the web on the iPad I gave her.

251 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:10:09pm

re: #247 Dr Lizardo

NO.

We have pie. And kittens too! We can send a few of those along as well.
:)

252 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:10:19pm

re: #249 kirkspencer

Now remember that they are the ones who select the person who commands the largest military and the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.

Sleep well.

I feel the need to both upvote this because truth and downvote it because I hate said truth and didn’t want to be reminded of it. :(

253 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:10:20pm

re: #243 Feline Fearless Leader

Did you reply “Unfortunately, yes.” along with an image of a mushroom cloud (or to be more topical — drones!)

Actually, I responded with the Epic Ultimate Facepalm of Epicness.

Image: Epic_Ultimate_Facepalm_of_Epicness.jpg

254 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:11:29pm

Apparently, these two pieces of shit were planning more attacks - that’s why they didn’t flee the area.

255 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:11:29pm

re: #253 Dr Lizardo

Actually, I responded with the Epic Ultimate Facepalm of Epicness.

Image: Epic_Ultimate_Facepalm_of_Epicness.jpg

…Ok, I’m trying to figure out what the overall image is supposed to be. Help?

256 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:11:52pm
257 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:12:03pm

re: #248 klys

So sure? We haven’t even talked terms yet! I’m sure I could get a discounted offer, take one, get 5 free kind of thing.

NEVER.

Folks here are quite intelligent. Even the homeless guys read the news and they converse at great length on the issues of the day with great detail.

Letting the wingnuts in here would drop the nations collective IQ into negative integers territory.

258 erik_t  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:12:19pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

Apparently, these two pieces of shit were planning more attacks - that’s why they didn’t flee the area.

Seriously not bright people.

259 thedopefishlives  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:12:54pm

re: #255 klys

…Ok, I’m trying to figure out what the overall image is supposed to be. Help?

The famous image of Captain Picard facepalming.

260 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:12:57pm

re: #255 klys

…Ok, I’m trying to figure out what the overall image is supposed to be. Help?

Image: p.jpg


But composed of facepalms.

261 Lidane  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:13:32pm
262 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:13:39pm

re: #246 FemNaziBitch

I live in bi-political household. I get to listen to Fox in the background every day. Not all day, thankfully I try to put the headphones in and listen to books, but one has to live a life as well.

I’ve been practicing keeping my mouth shut.

Too bad. What’s the deal with Mr.FemNaziBitch?

263 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:13:47pm

re: #259 thedopefishlives

re: #260 Dr Lizardo

THANK YOU. Now I can see it.

Before I was mostly seeing a giant penis and figured that couldn’t be right.

264 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:13:50pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

Apparently, these two pieces of shit were planning more attacks - that’s why they didn’t flee the area.

The controlled explosion they warned us to expect means there’s suspect material or device in that house still.

265 thedopefishlives  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:14:23pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

Apparently, these two pieces of shit were planning more attacks - that’s why they didn’t flee the area.

“I’ve got an idea: Let’s blow up a whole bunch of people in Boston, then SIT AROUND AND KEEP PLOTTING WHILE THE POLICE ARE ON OUR TRAIL. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!”

266 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:14:28pm

re: #263 klys

re: #260 Dr Lizardo

THANK YOU. Now I can see it.

Before I was mostly seeing a giant penis and figured that couldn’t be right.

LOLOLOLOLOL!

267 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:15:01pm

re: #258 erik_t

Yes but they’re both a part of a well-oiled jihadist machine that will kill us all, or they’re a total False Flag. /

268 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:15:43pm

re: #262 Bulworth

Too bad. What’s the deal with Mr.FemNaziBitch?

He’s not a FemNazi

269 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:15:55pm

I am going to bake a cherry pie when I get home.

After I finished making the dough last night and leaving it in the fridge overnight as the cookbook suggested, I read the cookbook author’s comments at the end of the recipe, which made me not want to use this cookbook any more:

We recommend using BUTTER or LARD for piecrust, we don’t understand why anyone would use ANYTHING ELSE but we have provided this recipe for those of you who insist on using VEGETABLE SHORTENING we warn you that it is an INFERIOR PRODUCT and we think the butter-flavored variety leaves an unpleasant aftertaste.

WHY WOULD ANYONE NOT WANT TO USE BUTTER OR LARD, ARE YOU RETARDED OR SOMETHING?

Dear Ms. Snotty Cookbook Author:

Here are some reasons why people might not want to use BUTTER or LARD in their piecrust and use CRISCO instead:

1. They are vegan.
2. They keep kosher and want to make a piecrust that can be served with meat or dairy meals.
3. They are trying to cut down on cholesterol.
4. Their mother & grandmother always baked with Crisco.

270 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:16:04pm

Tonight’s Red Sox-Royals game at Fenway has been postponed

271 geoffm33  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:16:52pm

Now the evacuation of UMASS Dartmouth makes more sense.

272 LWNJ  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:17:20pm

Link to an interview with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s father (it’s in Russian):

Link

273 leftynyc  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:17:47pm

re: #230 Ian G.

There’s this glorious art deco-era skyscraper at 40 Wall St. in downtown Manhattan that is one of my favorite buildings in the city. Trump bought it in the 90s and scrawled his fucking name on its entrance. It makes my blood boil every time I walk past it.

Remember when he wanted to do that with the Plaza hotel? He got the message quickly that wouldn’t be prudent.

274 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:18:32pm

OK the cookbook did not literally say that people who use Crisco are retarded, but the wording was strong enough to suggest that the cookbook author thinks they are.

275 darthstar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:18:54pm

Okay…I was in a long meeting. Have they caught the second fucker?

276 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:19:04pm

re: #269 Vicious Babushka

Geez, isn’t it enough to just say: We think that this comes out best using butter or lard and so that is what we recommend, but for those who need it we have provided this recipe with vegetable shortening.

The editorializing is what takes it over the line. And also the use of the word retarded, if that’s in the author’s version. I would never buy anything by them again.

Baking sounds kind of good though.

277 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:19:22pm

re: #275 darthstar

Okay…I was in a long meeting. Have they caught the second fucker?

No.

278 darthstar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:19:56pm

re: #277 klys

No.

Fuck.

279 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:19:57pm

re: #276 klys

Geez, isn’t it enough to just say: We think that this comes out best using butter or lard and so that is what we recommend, but for those who need it we have provided this recipe with vegetable shortening.

The editorializing is what takes it over the line. And also the use of the word retarded, if that’s in the author’s version. I would never buy anything by them again.

Baking sounds kind of good though.

She didn’t really say “retarded” but she did strongly suggest that she thinks people who bake with Crisco should not be using her cookbook.

280 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:19:58pm

re: #269 Vicious Babushka

I am going to bake a cherry pie when I get home.

After I finished making the dough last night and leaving it in the fridge overnight as the cookbook suggested, I read the cookbook author’s comments at the end of the recipe, which made me not want to use this cookbook any more:

Dear Ms. Snotty Cookbook Author:

Here are some reasons why people might not want to use BUTTER or LARD in their piecrust and use CRISCO instead:

1. They are vegan.
2. They keep kosher and want to make a piecrust that can be served with meat or dairy meals.
3. They are trying to cut down on cholesterol.
4. Their mother & grandmother always baked with Crisco.

5-perhaps this person wants to live a full life without heart surgery?

281 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:20:05pm

re: #275 darthstar

No but the massive media FAIL has headed even further off the tracks.

282 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:20:23pm

re: #279 Vicious Babushka

She didn’t really say “retarded” but she did strongly suggest that she thinks people who bake with Crisco should not be using her cookbook.

Whatever, lady, I’ll happily not give you money.

284 darthstar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:20:51pm

re: #281 Bulworth

No but the massive media FAIL has headed even further off the tracks.

Well, nobody could have predicted…wait…everyone with half a brain predicted the media would go into full-frontal fail mode.

285 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:21:00pm

My wife just reminded me that I’ve been meaning to buy the theme to Game of Thrones for two eternities - I’m going to go do it while the thought is still here…

286 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:21:47pm
287 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:22:24pm

re: #285 Randall Gross

My wife just reminded me that I’ve been meaning to buy the theme to Game of Thrones for two eternities - I’m going to go do it while the thought is still here…

Yes, life does go on …

288 kirkspencer  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:22:35pm

re: #258 erik_t

Seriously not bright people.

Not so much not bright as not thinking. Serious sorta digression here: most people do not realize how little privacy there is today. Oh, some things are intentionally blocked (medical records for example) but as a general rule you can think of it as opt out. Unless you specifically act or law requires it to remain private, it’s public.

They tried to use obscurity to hide - being part of a crowd, not standing out. Not so long ago that would have worked. Now, well, no. Same thing as the Times Square bomb - if you don’t make an effort to be invisible (more than just a quick swap of jacket) you probably ought to smile for the camera.

289 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:22:36pm

re: #269 Vicious Babushka

I’m not Jewish but I was raised Seventh-Day Adventist, which is a Christian sect that kind of practices the Jewish law in regard to not eating pig stuff, like lard. Mom and Dad carefully scrutinized every food package to ensure no lard was used.

290 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:22:40pm

re: #286 NJDhockeyfan

At least now we know where their outstanding sense of moral direction comes from.

291 GeneJockey  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:22:58pm

re: #286 NJDhockeyfan

How often do relatives say, “Oh, yeah! I knew that asshole was gonna do something like this. No surprise at all.”?

292 Backwoods_Sleuth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:23:13pm

re: #166 Vicious Babushka

THIS IS THE DUMBEST PERSON ON ALL OF TEH TWITTERZ

does poor Prudence even own a calendar?

293 LWNJ  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:23:30pm

re: #279 Vicious Babushka

She didn’t really say “retarded” but she did strongly suggest that she thinks people who bake with Crisco should not be using her cookbook.

When was the cookbook published? Was it when Crisco was still loaded with trans fat? (It’s still full of hydrogenated oils.)

294 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:23:36pm

re: #271 geoffm33

Now the evacuation of UMASS Dartmouth makes more sense.

Hard to imagine he’s been an active student. hell of a commute from Cambridge to Dartmouth on a daily basis

295 geoffm33  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:23:40pm

re: #286 NJDhockeyfan

Did he call anyone a “poopie-head” or say “neener-neener”?

296 okonkolo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:24:25pm

re: #283 Charles Johnson

that’s an amazing video interview they’ve posted. guy could not make the connection based on the person he knew

297 darthstar  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:25:00pm

Dzhokharzxcfd (sp?) became a US citizen on September 11, 2012 (BENGHAZI!!!) so this is actually a case of domestic terrorism.

298 geoffm33  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:25:25pm

re: #294 sattv4u2

agreed, cheaper housing down there too.

299 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:25:27pm

re: #60 leftynyc

Not sure if it’s been posted already but that Rep Bell that made the crack about liberals cowering under their beds has apologized:

Bell has apologized, posting on Facebook and Twitter: “I would like to apologize to the people of Boston & Massachusetts for the poor timing of my tweet earlier this morning. As a staunch and unwavering supporter of the individual right to self defense, I expressed my point of view without thinking of its effect on those still in time of crisis. In hindsight, given the ongoing tragedy that is still unfolding, I regret the poor choice of timing. Please know that my thoughts and prayers were with the people of Boston overnight and will continue as they recover from this tragedy.”

thinkprogress.org

Good fucking grief. “Poor choice of timing.” What an asshole. Thanks for piling on the insult, douchebag.

300 aagcobb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:26:03pm

It will be interesting to observe how much this impacts the debate on immigration.

301 Bulworth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:26:38pm

re: #297 darthstar

He and his brother have been in the U.S. since like 2002 or so.

302 thedopefishlives  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:26:56pm

re: #299 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)

Good fucking grief. “Poor choice of timing.” What an asshole. Thanks for piling on the insult, douchebag.

Because that would have been such a good thing to say even if we hadn’t just gone through a terrible tragedy. Dipshit.

303 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:26:59pm

re: #234 Randall Gross

Yes it is, I’m leaving the yammerheads off all weekend. I like my news in written form during a situation like this.

I have my computer streaming the local NPR classical music station. If I want to see if there is new news, I open my LGF tab. Much easier to stay sane that way.

304 wrenchwench  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:27:05pm

re: #300 aagcobb

It will be interesting to observe how much this impacts the debate on immigration.

Interesting is one word for it….

305 kirkspencer  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:27:16pm

re: #299 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)

Good fucking grief. “Poor choice of timing.” What an asshole. Thanks for piling on the insult, douchebag.

“I mean it, but it was too soon to say it.”

306 geoffm33  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:27:47pm
307 Ian G.  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:28:06pm

re: #253 Dr Lizardo

I really need to get back to work and stop looking at every little image here, but it’s fantastic. There’s several of Saddam Hussein up towards the top.

308 Charles Johnson  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:30:27pm

Just heard that the younger brother ran over the older one with his car, to get away from cops. Wow. Missed that detail earlier.

309 thedopefishlives  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:31:54pm

re: #308 Charles Johnson

Just heard that the younger brother ran over the older one with his car, to get away from cops. Wow. Missed that detail earlier.

Gives weight to the theory that the older brother was a true believer and the younger one was just in it for his brother.

310 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:32:19pm

re: #239 Dr Lizardo

LOL. It’s made the news here in the Czech Republic; that Americans apparently are demanding military retaliation against them is something of a source of amusement for many Czechs.

One of my Czech friends texted me and asked, “Are Americans really this stupid?!”

When I heard that high powered lawyers in wall street firms were not able to answer “What happened on December 7, 1941?”, I knew that Americans were indeed that stupid.

311 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:32:54pm

re: #307 Ian G.

I really need to get back to work and stop looking at every little image here, but it’s fantastic. There’s several of Saddam Hussein up towards the top.

It’s perhaps my favorite facepalm image.

312 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:33:47pm

re: #310 celticdragon

When I heard that high powered lawyers in wall street firms were not able to answer “What happened on December 7, 1941?”, I knew that Americans were indeed that stupid.

Seriously?!

I knew about the Pearl Harbor attack by the time I was six.

313 The Ghost of a Flea  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:34:08pm

re: #305 kirkspencer

“I mean it, but it was too soon to say it.”

“I regret the timing of my glee over imagining the helplessness of people still in the midst of a terrible event that has claimed lives.”

314 aagcobb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:34:53pm

re: #304 wrenchwench

Interesting is one word for it….

The ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.”

315 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:35:16pm

I am tired. And I’m feeling frazzled. Not because I am in any danger. Nor are my children. But everyone is tense in the Boston area. Even here in Metrowest.

And having flag-wavin’, freedom-lovin’, gun-totin’, bigoted morons like Nate Bell say stupid shit about a place I love and the person I am makes me hopping mad.

Grrr.

316 Big Steve  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:35:21pm

One theory to the escalating mass violence events we have experienced is that the perpetrators have some level of narcissism and all the media coverage feeds this and drives the next nut to pull one of these. Thus the absolute media and internet fixation with the Boston event is just what they craved.

At the same time, a far worse event in terms of lives lost and people injured occurred in Texas and it is has been elbowed to the margin of media attention. Yet this event, likely not intentionally caused has ample areas for good public debate about zoning, proper understanding of chemical risks, ect.

317 DelusionDeluge  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:35:27pm

Really looking forward to the people who thought Saddam Hussein did 9/11 for years teach the rest of us about Chechnya and it’s political and social history.

318 Backwoods_Sleuth  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:35:35pm

re: #239 Dr Lizardo

LOL. It’s made the news here in the Czech Republic; that Americans apparently are demanding military retaliation against them is something of a source of amusement for many Czechs.

One of my Czech friends texted me and asked, “Are Americans really this stupid?!”

My Czech gramma is rolling in her grave, ready to crawl out and start smacking people upside the head.

319 aagcobb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:36:01pm

re: #310 celticdragon

When I heard that high powered lawyers in wall street firms were not able to answer “What happened on December 7, 1941?”, I knew that Americans were indeed that stupid.

The Germans attacked Pearl Harbor!

320 HappyWarrior  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:36:30pm

re: #319 aagcobb

The Germans attacked Pearl Harbor!

Forget it, they’re rolling.

321 celticdragon  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:37:01pm

re: #312 Dr Lizardo

Seriously?!

I knew about the Pearl Harbor attack by the time I was six.

Yeah, it made some news show a couple years back on how American don’t know a damned thing about their own history, with examples of supposedly well educated people who knew literally nothing about anything before they were born.

This is why right wing historical revisionism is so damned dangerous and powerful. The target population has nothing to weigh the claims against.

322 aagcobb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:37:20pm

re: #316 Big Steve

One theory to the escalating mass violence events we have experienced is that the perpetrators have some level of narcissism and all the media coverage feeds this and drives the next nut to pull one of these. Thus the absolute media and internet fixation with the Boston event is just what they craved.

At the same time, a far worse event in terms of lives lost and people injured occurred in Texas and it is has been elbowed to the margin of media attention. Yet this event, likely not intentionally caused has ample areas for good public debate about zoning, proper understanding of chemical risks, ect.

Boring stuff. That won’t keep eyeballs on the screen.

323 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:37:29pm

re: #316 Big Steve

One theory to the escalating mass violence events we have experienced is that the perpetrators have some level of narcissism and all the media coverage feeds this and drives the next nut to pull one of these. Thus the absolute media and internet fixation with the Boston event is just what they craved.

At the same time, a far worse event in terms of lives lost and people injured occurred in Texas and it is has been elbowed to the margin of media attention. Yet this event, likely not intentionally caused has ample areas for good public debate about zoning, proper understanding of chemical risks, ect.

I wrote up a page on the West explosion yesterday but haven’t checked the news on it today. I hope that it’s going to encourage a public conversation about zoning; I’m sure that a lot of fire departments (at a minimum) are taking a look at what’s in their beat and planning accordingly.

324 wrenchwench  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:37:58pm

re: #314 aagcobb

The ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.”

I suppose the response could be, ‘We should not allow so many Caucasians in, just our wonderful neighbors to the south.’

Nah.

/Aside from the fact that our neighbors to the south are also Caucasians…

325 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:38:56pm

re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth

My Czech gramma is rolling in her grave, ready to crawl and start smacking people upside the head.

Most Czech speak at minimum two other languages in addition to their native Czech. Even an ex-girlfriend of mine, who would be the American equivalent of a high-school dropout, was quite knowledgeable about history, science, art, and spoke English, German, Spanish and French fluently, in addition to her native Czech. There were some occasional gaps in her overall knowledge, but you could easily have a highly intelligent conversation with her.

326 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:39:08pm

re: #316 Big Steve

One theory to the escalating mass violence events we have experienced is that the perpetrators have some level of narcissism and all the media coverage feeds this and drives the next nut to pull one of these. Thus the absolute media and internet fixation with the Boston event is just what they craved.

At the same time, a far worse event in terms of lives lost and people injured occurred in Texas and it is has been elbowed to the margin of media attention. Yet this event, likely not intentionally caused has ample areas for good public debate about zoning, proper understanding of chemical risks, ect.

And what happened in Texas is something we could far more easily prevent, too.

327 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:39:16pm

re: #269 Vicious Babushka

I am going to bake a cherry pie when I get home.

Author’s name for avoidance purposes?

328 geoffm33  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:39:53pm

LOL: Wicked Pissed

329 aagcobb  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:40:13pm

re: #324 wrenchwench

I suppose the response could be, ‘We should not allow so many Caucasians in, just our wonderful neighbors to the south.’

Nah.

/Aside from the fact that our neighbors to the south are also Caucasians…

Didn’t you know that Islamic terrorists are training to act Hispanic?

330 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:40:38pm
331 The Ghost of a Flea  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:42:06pm

re: #329 aagcobb

Didn’t you know that Islamic terrorists are training to act Hispanic?

taquitoiyya

332 HappyWarrior  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:42:34pm

re: #325 Dr Lizardo

Most Czech speak at minimum two other languages in addition to their native Czech. Even an ex-girlfriend of mine, who would be the American equivalent of a high-school dropout, was quite knowledgeable about history, science, art, and spoke English, German, Spanish and French fluently, in addition to her native Czech. There were some occasional gaps in her overall knowledge, but you could easily have a highly intelligent conversation with her.

That’s the one advantage the Europeans have being in close proxmity to each other. They’re forced basically ot learn a second or in the case of your ex’s, three new languages. I really think we in the states would be wise to require a foreign language from an early age. Learning a foreign language has dual benefits- learn the foreign language obviously but I think it helps you understand your own language better too.

333 Olsonist  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:42:38pm

TV interview with a neighbor said that Tamerlan was married with a 3 y/o.

334 wrenchwench  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:42:45pm

re: #315 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)

I am tired. And I’m feeling frazzled. Not because I am in any danger. Nor are my children. But everyone is tense in the Boston area. Even here in Metrowest.

And having flag-wavin’, freedom-lovin’, gun-totin’, bigoted morons like Nate Bell say stupid shit about a place I love and the person I am makes me hopping mad.

Grrr.

My self-centered sister emailed that she ‘sure feels weird’ because she was scheduled to be in Boston this week, but it got changed, so she wasn’t. She’s in California. When 9/11 happened, she thought she deserved sympathy because she had spent more time in Manhattan than the rest of her siblings (or thought she had). Jeez.

You, on the other hand, have my sympathy.

335 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:43:42pm

re: #321 celticdragon

Yeah, it made some news show a couple years back on how American don’t know a damned thing about their own history, with examples of supposedly well educated people who knew literally nothing about anything before they were born.

This is why right wing historical revisionism is so damned dangerous and powerful. The target population has nothing to weigh the claims against.

That’s disturbing, and stands in stark contrast with what I’ve encountered here. The average Czech can explain their nations history going back to the mythical Přemyslid Dynasty - and certainly back to the Ninth Century CE, when Czech recorded history begins.

336 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:43:49pm

re: #327 William Barnett-Lewis

Author’s name for avoidance purposes?

Hmm, the America’s Test Kitchen recipe for pie crust uses vodka.

For fat they use a shortening/butter combo. So I hope they weren’t the ones that were insulting about just using vegetable shortening. (Using Crisco is habitual by both my brother and I — it’s what Mom used.)

337 HappyWarrior  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:43:56pm

re: #333 Olsonist

TV interview with a neighbor said that Tamerlan was married with a 3 y/o.

Man that poor kid.

338 philosophus invidius  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:44:57pm

Are there really more than a handful of people confusing Czech/Chechnya?

339 HappyWarrior  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:46:33pm

re: #338 philosophus invidius

Are there really more than a handful of people confusing Czech/Chechnya?

Honestly considering that the last two Republican candidates have called the lands that are now the Republics of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, I’m not really surprised to see it. What bugs me isn’t so much the ignorance per say, it’s refusing to research it and then being an ass about it. Can’t wait to hear about Czech Shariah. I need one of those fine Czech beers but alas I will settle for a Sam Adams Summer Ale right now.

340 danarchy  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:46:37pm

re: #338 philosophus invidius

Are there really more than a handful of people confusing Czech/Chechnya?

I was wondering this too. Sometimes I think the megaphone of the internet just amplifies the stupid.

341 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:46:51pm

re: #332 HappyWarrior

That’s the one advantage the Europeans have being in close proxmity to each other. They’re forced basically ot learn a second or in the case of your ex’s, three new languages. I really think we in the states would be wise to require a foreign language from an early age. Learning a foreign language has dual benefits- learn the foreign language obviously but I think it helps you understand your own language better too.

I would agree.

The wingnuts however think that anyone who speaks more than one language is likely ‘suspicious’.

Let’s see…….I was born in L.A., have lived in Europe for the last dozen years, speak Czech, German, a smattering of Japanese, Swedish and my own native English, and oh yeah, a Muslim covert.

Wingnuts would go nuts if they met me.

342 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:47:14pm

re: #338 philosophus invidius

Are there really more than a handful of people confusing Czech/Chechnya?

There are people still using the 1950 map of Europe that they learned about in grade school. They have no idea the world has changed.

343 HappyWarrior  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:47:58pm

re: #341 Dr Lizardo

I would agree.

The wingnuts however think that anyone who speaks more than one language is likely ‘suspicious’.

Let’s see…….I was born in L.A., have lived in Europe for the last dozen years, speak Czech, German, a smattering of Japanese, Swedish and my own native English, and oh yeah, a Muslim covert.

Wingnuts would go nuts if they met me.

I only speak English. Instead of viewing someone with suspicion who is multilingual, I envy them. Remember when Gingrich attacked Romney for being able to speak French? I can’t stand Mitt but that was real lame shit.

344 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:48:11pm

Body count is up to 12:

Records reviewed by The Associated Press show the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration fined West Fertilizer $10,000 last summer for safety violations that included planning to transport anhydrous ammonia without a security plan. An inspector also found the plant’s ammonia tanks weren’t properly labeled.

The government accepted $5,250 after the company took what it described as corrective actions, the records show. It is not unusual for companies to negotiate lower fines with regulators.

Speaking of accuracy in the media, there is a HUGE difference between anhydrous ammonia and ammonium nitrate. It would be nice is more places were doing their best to keep them straight.

345 Charleston Chew  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:48:38pm

To all the right-wing jackasses who are asking on Twitter if people in MA wish they had assault rifles right now — the answer is no…

Because we have people to do that.

Not a bunch of knuckle-draggin hillbilly amatuer wargame LARPERS drunk on Coors Light.

Responsible, trained professionals. Yes, they do cost tax money. But they’re worth it.

346 Slap  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:48:59pm

re: #336 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm, the America’s Test Kitchen recipe for pie crust uses vodka.

For fat they use a shortening/butter combo. So I hope they weren’t the ones that were insulting about just using vegetable shortening. (Using Crisco is habitual by both my brother and I — it’s what Mom used.)

ATK/CI are my primary guides for cooking techniques. The “combo fats” recipe is a good’n — but if butter is your thang, their “all-butter” pie crust recipe is SUPERB.

I have learned SO much from that group of folks.

347 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:49:52pm

re: #343 HappyWarrior

I only speak English. Instead of viewing someone with suspicion who is multilingual, I envy them. Remember when Gingrich attacked Romney for being able to speak French? I can’t stand Mitt but that was real lame shit.

I remember that; I was flabbergasted. I didn’t like Mitt either, but I give the man some credit for speaking another language and actually having lived abroad for a bit.

348 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:50:07pm

re: #339 HappyWarrior

Honestly considering that the last two Republican candidates have called the lands that are now the Republics of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, I’m not really surprised to see it. What bugs me isn’t so much the ignorance per say, it’s refusing to research it and then being an ass about it. Can’t wait to hear about Czech Shariah. I need one of those fine Czech beers but alas I will settle for a Sam Adams Summer Ale right now.

Is “Czech Shariah” the following:
1. The famous fashion model
2. The new left winger for the Washington Capitols
3. The co-star of the latest movie in the “Twilight” franchise
4. The first beer to receive approval for consumption in Iran
5. An indication of educational ignorance in the United States

349 Dr Lizardo  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:51:04pm

re: #348 Feline Fearless Leader

Is “Czech Shariah” the following:
1. The famous fashion model
2. The new left winger for the Washington Capitols
3. The co-star of the latest movie in the “Twilight” franchise
4. The first beer to receive approval for consumption in Iran
5. An indication of educational ignorance in the United States

Alex, I’ll go with number five for $1,000.

350 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 12:51:42pm

My strangest encounter with ignorance was about 2005. A co-worker told me that People in the MIddle East celebrated Christmas because Christ was born “over there”.

I told her it was basically illegal to be Christian in the ME. She didn’t believe me.

351 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 1:01:18pm

re: #346 Slap

ATK/CI are my primary guides for cooking techniques. The “combo fats” recipe is a good’n — but if butter is your thang, their “all-butter” pie crust recipe is SUPERB.

I have learned SO much from that group of folks.

Yep. My thick ATK/CI cookbook was a small-scale cooking education unto itself. I have not gotten a bum recipe out of it yet.

352 sagehen  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 1:02:27pm

re: #291 GeneJockey

How often do relatives say, “Oh, yeah! I knew that asshole was gonna do something like this. No surprise at all.”?

The guy who did the Aurora shooting. His mom’s first reaction when reached by phone was “[heavy sigh] yeah, you’ve got the right guy.”

353 klys  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 1:02:33pm

re: #351 Feline Fearless Leader

Yep. My thick ATK/CI cookbook was a small-scale cooking education unto itself. I have not gotten a bum recipe out of it yet.

I should probably give consideration to picking one up, then.

354 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 1:09:02pm

re: #353 klys

I should probably give consideration to picking one up, then.

amazon.com kitchen best recipe

I think this is the book I have.

The recipes have long introductory paragraphs explaining what they are trying to achieve and some of the variations attempted and why they failed. Plus some interesting prose describing foods — like the one for pad thai.

Also one-page reviews on various ingredients (like ketchup), cooking pans, and also some pages on the basics.

355 HappyWarrior  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 1:10:54pm

re: #347 Dr Lizardo

I remember that; I was flabbergasted. I didn’t like Mitt either, but I give the man some credit for speaking another language and actually having lived abroad for a bit.

Yeah I was just amazed that a former professor no less would go after him for that. Speaking a foreign language shouldn’t be something to be attacked for especially the language of the nation that helped us achieve our independence. I realize Gingrich was just being cynical and appealing to the worst prejudices of the GOP electorate but yikes.

356 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)  Fri, Apr 19, 2013 6:55:16pm

re: #334 wrenchwench

My self-centered sister emailed that she ‘sure feels weird’ because she was scheduled to be in Boston this week, but it got changed, so she wasn’t. She’s in California. When 9/11 happened, she thought she deserved sympathy because she had spent more time in Manhattan than the rest of her siblings (or thought she had). Jeez.

You, on the other hand, have my sympathy.

Thank you :) It now appears that everyone and everything is wrapped up. Now on to the crazy frenzy of charges and a trial.


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