Whoa! Obama’s Twitter Account Includes a ‘Fallen Eagle’

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Whoa! Obama’s Twitter Account Includes a “Fallen Eagle”

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Whitehouse Twitter

The official Whitehouse Twitter account has this as their page, and now the RWNJ Blogs are going berserk with it. It’s actually a picture of the ceiling of the oval office taken from the perspective of someone standing facing toward the presidential desk.

Of course, it wouldn’t be Jim Hoft without our daily dose of derp, so here it is — hold on to your hats (and stomachs)…

Islam often makes use of symbolism to flaunt the destruction of non-believers.
Now, Obama does too.

RBS

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249 comments
1 RadicalModerate  Mon, May 13, 2013 7:33:07pm

Of course, if the dumbest man on the internet bothered to actually look at the full image, he might have noticed that it was a picture of President Obama sitting at his desk in the Oval Office.

Image: whitehouse_twitter_background.jpeg

2 RealityBasedSteve  Mon, May 13, 2013 7:38:23pm

re: #1 RadicalModerate

Of course, if the dumbest man on the internet bothered to actually look at the full image, he might have noticed that it was a picture of President Obama sitting at his desk in the Oval Office.

Image: whitehouse_twitter_background.jpeg

Thanks. I thought I had put that pic in, but it slipped by on me. (I guess that popsicle I had for desert froze my brain)

RBS
Who will take any help he can get

3 Gus  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:13:43pm

re: #1 RadicalModerate

Of course, if the dumbest man on the internet bothered to actually look at the full image, he might have noticed that it was a picture of President Obama sitting at his desk in the Oval Office.

Image: whitehouse_twitter_background.jpeg

Oops. LOL

4 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:16:36pm

re: #1 RadicalModerate

Of course, if the dumbest man on the internet bothered to actually look at the full image, he might have noticed that it was a picture of President Obama sitting at his desk in the Oval Office.

Image: whitehouse_twitter_background.jpeg

Why ruin a good “OUTRAGEOUS OUTRAGE!!1” with facts?

/Must I?

5 Gus  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:18:30pm

Jesus H Christ this is freaking retardo.

6 goddamnedfrank  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:27:09pm

“Wu Tang Clan ain’t nuthin’ to fuck wit.”

7 GeneJockey  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:27:47pm

I haven’t figured out whether Hoft is really that stupid, but his audience certainly is. I know a guy who SHOULD BE smarter than that, but he sent me one of Hoft’s posts claiming Obama used an electric pen to sign condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in action.

It took me all of 30 seconds to see that the signatures, though similar, were each unique in the details. I pointed this out to my friend, who didn’t email me for a while.

When he did, several months later, he sent ANOTHER Hoft post, with the SAME PICTURES, slamming Obama for sending form letters to the families of soldiers killed in action.

As if any President DIDN’T send form letters!

8 Amory Blaine  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:33:31pm

Laser focused on jobs!!!

9 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:34:22pm

re: #8 Amory Blaine

Laser focused on jobs!!!

Hoft’s not an officeholder, he’s just an asshole.


Good night, all.

10 Gus  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:34:31pm

OK, now what.

11 Gus  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:35:33pm

Got that Hoft is a fuck up and created another stupid blog about it. Now what do we do?

12 Kragar  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:36:15pm

With all these old movies being redone, know which 80s movie needs an update?

Remo Williams

13 Amory Blaine  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:39:25pm

Map: Where’s Scott Walker?

Since November, the governor has been traveling the country, looking a lot like a 2016 presidential candidate. Check out where he’s been so far.

Notice there is no pin in Madison.

14 Stanghazi  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:39:56pm

I’m revisiting angry birds rio. Night y’all

15 aagcobb  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:40:56pm

re: #13 Amory Blaine

Map: Where’s Scott Walker?

Notice there is no pin in Madison.

No visit to Iowa yet. That’s when we’ll know he’s running.

16 goddamnedfrank  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:41:29pm

re: #13 Amory Blaine

Map: Where’s Scott Walker?

Notice there is no pin in Madison.

This country will never elect a were-flouder to the presidency.

17 Amory Blaine  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:42:16pm

Aww come on!!! He’s a stud!

Image: Scott_walker_Desperado.jpg

18 aagcobb  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:44:09pm

I just realized that March 29, 2013 was the 40th anniversary of the withdrawal of US combat troops from Vietnam. If only Bush had served there instead of getting a cushy stateside deployment courtesy of pops, maybe he would’ve known better than to invade and occupy Iraq.

19 BigPapa  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:45:03pm

TED Style human beat box

20 Kragar  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:47:29pm

re: #17 Amory Blaine

Aww come on!!! He’s a stud!

Image: Scott_walker_Desperado.jpg

I can picture him singing “Oh Sherry”.

21 Amory Blaine  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:48:05pm

Have the week off. Woo hoo!!. Went with the Mrs. for cocktails and Gatsby tonight. Bought her a big canvas to paint for my den.

22 Hal_10000  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:48:27pm

Is a fallen eagle an actual thing?

23 Amory Blaine  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:49:04pm

re: #20 Kragar

Ha ha!! Yep. Or Mandy ;)

24 Kragar  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:49:15pm

re: #22 Hal_10000

Is a fallen eagle an actual thing?

As real as Benghazi and the war on Christmas.

25 FemNaziBitch  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:49:50pm

Hey! There is a new thread.

26 Kragar  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:49:53pm

re: #23 Amory Blaine

Ha ha!! Yep. Or Mandy ;)

“Some people call me the space cowboy…”

27 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 9:56:04pm

Holy fuck, on things I didn’t expect to read:

Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex.

My respect for Angelina Jolie just went through the roof. This is a topic I have struggled with - I have a family history of breast cancer on the maternal side, and I’m sort of waiting for the day my mother calls me to say that she’s been diagnosed. I haven’t decided whether I should get tested or not - and if so, what it means. For someone of her stature/position to come forward with this…

Wow.

28 goddamnedfrank  Mon, May 13, 2013 10:08:55pm

re: #27 klys

That must have cost a fortune. Unfortunately since no federal law mandates insurance companies pay for prophylactic mastectomies most women will be at the mercy of their plan’s actuary. Not to mention being able to afford all the missed work for the actual procedures and recovery. I applaud her for coming forward, but it does highlight the disparity class and wealth bring in terms of healthcare options.

29 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 10:13:17pm

re: #28 goddamnedfrank

That must have cost a fortune. Unfortunately since no federal law mandates insurance companies pay for prophylactic mastectomies most women will be at the mercy of their plan’s actuary. Not to mention being able to afford all the missed work for the actual procedures and recovery. I applaud her for coming forward, but it does highlight the disparity class and wealth bring in terms of healthcare options.

Oh, for sure. Her ability to do what she did was based on what money she had saved away - especially since she is in an industry where body image matters so much (especially for women). I don’t deny that at all and I would love to see a system where that was less of an issue. (Believe me, health care and its costs play a consistent role in discussion of retirement options in my household, because to enjoy retirement travel *together* means I am likely retiring before Medicare - assuming it still exists when I get to retirement age.)

But knowing that, to come out as she did - that hopefully paves the way for and will help some women out there make a decision similarly. It at least has reminded me of the role of genetic testing and what it might mean for me. And it’s something to weigh as I consider whether to do it or not.

30 engineer cat  Mon, May 13, 2013 10:16:42pm

Fallen Eagle

they have a pill for that now

31 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 10:29:56pm

So the surprise trip with the husband this weekend ended up being down to Big Sur, and we had massages at Esalen. Mine was outdoors (wonderful, having soaked in the springs over the cliff where you could hear the waves).

This is a problem, because I am pasty-pale McPaleson. I don’t tan, I lobster. It ain’t going away.

So now the sunburn is in the itchy phase (she did use sunscreen as a lotion, but it took longer to get to one side than the other) and I’m still not 100% sure we’re going to avoid blistering. But it was a really damn awesome massage anyway. She popped something on the neck and it was wonderful.

32 Single-handed sailor  Mon, May 13, 2013 10:53:27pm

Guess the #1 story on FoxNews.com. Go on, guess.

33 Kragar  Mon, May 13, 2013 10:57:14pm

re: #32 Single-handed sailor

Guess the #1 story on FoxNews.com. Go on, guess.

BENGHAZI?

34 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 10:59:23pm

re: #32 Single-handed sailor

Guess the #1 story on FoxNews.com. Go on, guess.

Angelina has new boobs.

35 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:04:21pm

“…when you study the study…”

Man, why are we talking about Benghazi studies and not the bullshit study produced on immigration reform?

36 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:08:19pm

Oh Jon Stewart. You just worked a reference in anaerobic environments. I think this is love.

37 darthstar  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:17:33pm

Hoft’s brain stem is upside down.

38 Lidane  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:19:37pm

re: #37 darthstar

Hoft’s brain stem is upside down.

He’d have to have a brain stem for that to be possible. Jury’s still out on the matter.

39 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:23:34pm

This rant is brought to you by a commercial for the iPhone camera.

We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on Sunday. The number of people with their smartphones pressed to the glass in the jellyfish exhibit - and not actually seeing the exhibit because they were too busy taking what will be shitty quailty photos with their smartphones - was beyond belief.

I go to places like that expecting to have to deal with other people’s children. To deal with adults behaving childishly, with no idea of their impact on other people, is a whole different level of frustration.

On the bright side, outside in the harbor, we got the chance to see a mother and pup otter eating within 30-40 ft. And fewer idiots with their cell phones.

40 darthstar  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:26:31pm

re: #39 klys

My favorite is people who take their iPads along as cameras. Why look at something in real life when you can have a 7” version on a touch pad? And of course, eye level is never just right, so they have to hold the damn things above head level and strain their necks to see where they’re pointing the damn things.

41 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:28:35pm

re: #40 darthstar

My favorite is people who take their iPads along as cameras. Why look at something in real life when you can have a 7” version on a touch pad? And of course, eye level is never just right, so they have to hold the damn things above head level and strain their necks to see where they’re pointing the damn things.

Just …don’t get me started.

The J.J. Abrams on Jon Stewart is gold. Although I can summarize it as “Star Wars was designed as an epic a la Joseph Campbell” and “Star Trek was designed as an episodic television series”.

You’re welcome.

42 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:29:39pm

re: #40 darthstar

Also, for the obvious reasons, I have no photos. I didn’t know where we were going, I didn’t bring the camera since there was no lock on the room/lockers for the massage.

And you know? Sometimes, you just want to experience life. Not look at it through a camera lens.

43 darthstar  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:35:38pm

re: #42 klys

Also, for the obvious reasons, I have no photos. I didn’t know where we were going, I didn’t bring the camera since there was no lock on the room/lockers for the massage.

And you know? Sometimes, you just want to experience life. Not look at it through a camera lens.

Memories are just as good as photos…better even.

44 klys  Mon, May 13, 2013 11:38:22pm

re: #43 darthstar

Memories are just as good as photos…better even.

I do want to go through and do photos there at some point …but maybe not Mother’s Day. :) It’s a fantastic place for photographers to play, but an iPhone camera is not a real camera. I’m sorry. There’s no room in that for real glass.

Yes, I’m a camera snob.

45 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:03:52am

re: #44 klys

But, I couldn’t take photos like this or this with a smartphone camera.

Which I think lets me off the hook for being a camera snob.

46 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:10:38am

Man, my Twitter feed and LGF have gone to bed. I haz a sad.

47 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:16:06am

re: #46 klys

Hooray, CuriousLurker is either having a bout of insomnia or a 3am nurse visit. My Twitter feed has revived.

48 FemNaziBitch  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:20:56am

re: #46 klys

Man, my Twitter feed and LGF have gone to bed. I haz a sad.

nah, I’m not in bed yet. Just doing a few things.

49 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:22:30am

re: #48 FemNaziBitch

nah, I’m not in bed yet. Just doing a few things.

I posted pretty photos.

Responsibility is overrated. I want my “iz an adult” pin and then I can go away, right?

50 engineer cat  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:25:17am

my therapeutic google search for the evening is

“fuck agile”

as in

FUCK THE AGILE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY

the results are gratifying

51 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:31:06am

re: #50 engineer cat

*makes note to steer away from any mention of Agile development ever*

52 FemNaziBitch  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:34:52am

re: #51 klys

*makes note to steer away from any mention of Agile development ever*

Yeah, I don’t need to know either.

53 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:38:36am

I suppose I should go to sleep at some point. Seeing how I need to finish that talk tomorrow. And dinner with a friend/ex. And all that.

Sleep well, all.

54 FemNaziBitch  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:39:14am

yeah, me too

55 boredtechindenver  Tue, May 14, 2013 12:39:49am

I first saw people using an iPad for a camera in Venice last September. Mostly on Piazza San Marco, but other places around the city.

Here is my favorite shot I took with my iPhone. We had just finished lunch on via Garibaldi and were walking back to the water to head back to our hotel, when we saw a cruise boat passing right along the quay.

Via Garibaldi looking at a cruise ship

56 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 1:26:18am
Youtube Video
57 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, May 14, 2013 2:55:57am

Look at this Instagram: eggs benedict, side of ham

58 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:04:37am

Dead thread. Back in a few hours…expect to see something here!

59 Bert's House of Beef and Obdicuts  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:12:57am

re: #58 Sol Berdinowitz

But were you expecting this?

Image: m06_RTR3E72N.jpg

Image: unexplainable-photos-06.jpg

60 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:16:49am

Today is not starting out well.

I found Zedushka passed out in the garage. I called EMS and told them he was a diabetic slipping into a hypoglycemic coma. They came out to the house and put some sugar in him and he came to. Then I made him eat a big breakfast.

I’m at work now but our grandson is coming in from Cincinnati this afternoon so I have to go and pick him up at the bus station since I don’t think Zedushka should be driving a car.

61 A Mom Anon  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:20:10am

re: #60 Vicious Babushka

Oh my. Is he on meds for his diabetes? It’s a good thing you found him when you did. Hope he’s okay, and you too. (((hugs)))

62 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:22:09am

He takes about a thousand different medications for his diabetes but none of it is worth shit if he doesn’t remember to eat and keep his blood sugar stable.

63 Bert's House of Beef and Obdicuts  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:25:29am

re: #62 Vicious Babushka

Maybe this will be the scare that shapes him up. My wife’s aunt is a diabetic who mistreats her diet too, and it’s really agonizing going through the scares when she tips over the limit.

I hate feeling worried about someone and angry at them at the same time.

64 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:28:14am

re: #63 Bert’s House of Beef and Obdicuts

Maybe this will be the scare that shapes him up. My wife’s aunt is a diabetic who mistreats her diet too, and it’s really agonizing going through the scares when she tips over the limit.

I hate feeling worried about someone and angry at them at the same time.

I did not realize that when diabetics get hypoglycemic they act like belligerent drunks. Zedushka was acting all weird yesterday, I should have called 911 then but he kept screaming at me. But this morning I had no choice.

65 A Mom Anon  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:43:31am

re: #62 Vicious Babushka

Sounds like my husband. He actually stopped taking his meds before Christmas and I didn’t know it til a couple weeks ago. I used to monitor that, but I stopped when I realized he simply wasn’t going to change anything. He started taking them again yesterday, which makes me think something happened to scare him and he hasn’t told me.

Why be so stubborn?

66 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:47:31am

re: #50 engineer cat

my therapeutic google search for the evening is

“fuck agile”

as in

FUCK THE AGILE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY

the results are gratifying

The JOB FROM HELL was very big on Agile. We had scrums every morning at 8:45.

It sucked so hard.

67 Romantic Heretic  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:55:53am

re: #65 A Mom Anon

Sounds like my husband. He actually stopped taking his meds before Christmas and I didn’t know it til a couple weeks ago. I used to monitor that, but I stopped when I realized he simply wasn’t going to change anything. He started taking them again yesterday, which makes me think something happened to scare him and he hasn’t told me.

Why be so stubborn?

I can answer that.

Being ‘strong’ is a part of pretty much a part of every Western idea of masculinity. This causes guys to think that if they’re taking medication for something they are ‘weak’. So they tell themselves, “I can handle it,” and quit taking their medication or do other things necessary to treat their medical problems. With predictable results.

As a man absolutely dependent on medication to maintain his mental health, it’s something I’m too aware of. Too often I stopped taking my meds because ‘I’m fine now.’ Which resulted in me falling into darkness and having to claw my way out yet again.

I’ve managed to break that behaviour pattern, but it took a lot of work.

68 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, May 14, 2013 4:58:16am

re: #43 darthstar

Memories are just as good as photos…better even.

How do you convert a memory into a LOLCAT?
:)

69 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:01:09am

re: #44 klys

I do want to go through and do photos there at some point …but maybe not Mother’s Day. :) It’s a fantastic place for photographers to play, but an iPhone camera is not a real camera. I’m sorry. There’s no room in that for real glass.

Yes, I’m a camera snob.

My weekly walk photos are from an iPhone. Though I am still looking into getting a dedicated camera since while the iPhone can get a quick photo it does leave a lot to be desired in terms of zoom and certain lighting conditions.

And I also pass by a lot of potential photo opportunities because I know the iPhone won’t be able to hack it. Even if I do the cropping and some editing afterwards.

70 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:12:02am

I’m staying off Teh Twitterz today. SDDD.

71 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:19:36am

I finished watching “Django” last night. “Blazing Saddles As Directed by Tarantino” kind of sucked, I liked the scene with Jonah Hill but the setup to the inevitable bloodbath was just lame.

In the original “Blazing Saddles” nobody was shot, nobody was even punched in the face, and there was a kickass pie fight!

72 A Mom Anon  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:21:08am

re: #67 Romantic Heretic

I’ve told my husband it’s kinda hard to be manly when you’re, oh, I don’t know, DEAD. The man has had THREE angioplasties, has type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and that’s just what I know about. After the first heart attack I did all the right things, cooked good healthy and tasty food, walked with him, etc. And then I found all kinds of fast food trash in his car and said the hell with it. I love him madly, but I will not be the food/exercise/doctor appt police. Nope, I have two kids, I’m not his mom too.

And now it’s off to the vet to find out why my doggie has fluid filled lumps on her back legs. Hopefully it’s just bug bites or stings, and that it doesn’t cost a lot. BBL.

73 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:23:40am

re: #72 A Mom Anon

Yeah I hear you. Zedushka knows he’snot supposed to smoke but he goes out to the garage to smoke and that’s where I found him this morning, “sleeping” out in the garage, on the floor, surrounded by cigarette butts.

74 iossarian  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:27:15am

re: #73 Vicious Babushka

Sounds tough. Hope things get better for him (and you).

75 Decatur Deb  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:28:26am

Florida RNC Hispanic outreach director speaks on IQ study: “Yes, I have changed my political affiliation to the Democratic Party.”

It doesn’t take much to see the culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party today. I have wondered before about the seemingly harsh undertones about immigrants and others. Look no further; a well-known organization recently confirms the intolerance of that which seems different or strange to them…


thefloridanation.com

76 iossarian  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:30:57am

re: #75 Decatur Deb

Florida RNC Hispanic outreach director speaks on IQ study: “Yes, I have changed my political affiliation to the Democratic Party.”

It doesn’t take much to see the culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party today. I have wondered before about the seemingly harsh undertones about immigrants and others. Look no further; a well-known organization recently confirms the intolerance of that which seems different or strange to them…

thefloridanation.com

That rebranding is so far in the rear view mirror you can barely even see it any more!

77 aagcobb  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:41:57am

re: #75 Decatur Deb

Florida RNC Hispanic outreach director speaks on IQ study: “Yes, I have changed my political affiliation to the Democratic Party.”

It doesn’t take much to see the culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party today. I have wondered before about the seemingly harsh undertones about immigrants and others. Look no further; a well-known organization recently confirms the intolerance of that which seems different or strange to them…

thefloridanation.com

And this is why its unlikely a Republican will be occupying the White House again anytime soon. The Onion gets scooped by reality again!

78 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 5:57:07am

Re: cameras, iphones (and other smartphones), iPads, etc.

We’ve got 4 cameras. I’ve got the big gear - a Canon 60d with multiple lenses (never can have enough good glass, and I’m looking at upgrades). You simply can’t match the quality of having a good lens system and flexibility. The Mrs has an advanced point and shoot, and we both have smartphone cameras.

Smartphones are good in a pinch, but they’re no substitute for the real thing. I think that some folks simply take pictures and don’t care how they look or whether they get the shot - it’s simply to say - “hey, we were there”. That’s not to say that you can’t take some phenomenal photos with them, because you can - if you follow the same kind of rules any photographer would use to take great shots - including knowing when to break the rules.

But because they’re everywhere and easy to carry, iPhones and other smartphones are the go-to for most folks these days. I’ve posted quite a few of the smartphone shots for breaking news type events (like when they were preparing to raise the WTC spire - and I didn’t have my other gear with me).

I just don’t get the iPad as a camera platform. Ungainly and bulky, but I guess since so many people are taking them around with them, they feel that it’s better than nothing (though it starts looking like Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything as everyone holds the damned things over their heads taking pictures of godknowswhat like he did with the boom box - the strains of In Your Eyes ringing in the background).

79 Political Atheist  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:19:20am

re: #57 Sol Berdinowitz

Look at this Instagram: eggs benedict, side of ham

That made my morning. Going out on an assigned shoot too. LOL.

80 HappyWarrior  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:20:45am

A new low in stupidity. Sheesh.

81 Bulworth  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:22:13am

Time to tee up another Accuracy In Media award!

82 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:23:00am

re: #70 Vicious Babushka

I’m staying off Teh Twitterz today. SDDD.

Good for you.

83 Bulworth  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:25:26am

re: #32 Single-handed sailor

Guess the #1 story on FoxNews.com. Go on, guess.

IRS IRS IRS IRS IRS WATERGATE IRS IRS IRS WATERGATE IMPEACH IRS IRS

84 Bulworth  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:25:48am

re: #70 Vicious Babushka

SDDD?

85 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:26:22am

re: #84 Bulworth

SDDD?

Same Derp, Different Day

86 Political Atheist  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:26:29am

re: #78 lawhawk

YOu might have seen this already but just in case…

GoPro Captures Vertigo-Inducing Footage Atop the One World Trade Center

That 60D is one fine camera body. I was a little disappointed to see Canon pushed out the 7d MkII. Oh well.

87 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:27:53am

I’ve got a close friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, and now dealing with chemo and radiation. It’s been a brutal stretch for her and her family. The recovery is excruciatingly long, and they’re going to have additional surgeries since the reconstruction didn’t go nearly as well as hoped for. It’s left her an emotional wreck. But the alternative was even worse. It’s the fight to live.

So I see Ms. Jolie’s gone public with her decision to have a double mastectomy knowing that she’s got the genes that make her predisposed to getting breast and ovarian cancer - the cancer that killed her mom. It is an extraordinary decision for anyone to make. Her fame and fortune have come in part of her beauty and curves, so to decide to undergo such a radical procedure could not have been easy.

My respect for her to go public with the decision has gone up immeasurably. Many women might not have made the choice she did. Many more might not even know they have that option to make - or be able to afford to learn of it (let alone afford the procedures and reconstruction that come after).

I’m glad that she’s lending her voice to this issue - and it may help reduce the stigma associated with the mastectomies and reconstructions.

88 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:30:50am

re: #22 Hal_10000

Is a fallen eagle an actual thing?

I just Googled it. Apart from the Derp generated by Hoft et al, it is an old song by Stephen Stills. That is all.

89 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:32:11am

re: #86 Political Atheist

The GoPro is one tough little camera. (cue Worf’s “little?”) Might add that to the repetoire down the line. Those are some amazing shots of the spire installation.

90 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:32:18am

re: #78 lawhawk

True enough.

For me, though, I’ve intentionally stayed with a non-smart cell phone. I want a computer for computing things and I have my cameras (m4/3 for digital, Rolliecord & large format cameras) for taking pictures. I like keeping things separate and more powerful as a result.

I’d rather lust over the newly announced Olympus E-P5 than any i* gadget. Hey, I’m even an Apple fanboy but I’d rather it be a real computer with a decent cpu, ram, big local disk & a unixen underneath the flash. I stopped wanting a pad from any company the day Amazon deleted books from people’s kindles without asking.

91 Bulworth  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:34:22am

re: #88 Vicious Babushka

And if you play the fallen eagle backwards it says “Democratz are coming for ur gunz and worship Satan”.

Confirmed. FACT.

92 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:37:10am

re: #91 Bulworth

And if you play the fallen eagle backwards it says “Democratz are coming for ur gunz and worship Satan”.

Confirmed. FACT.

When that “play a song backwards” shit came out in the ‘60’s, I could never figure out HOW DO YOU PLAY A SONG BACKWARDS? Most of us who had the turntables back in the day couldn’t reverse a platter, I guess they could only do that with fancy shmancy equipment that they had at the recording studios (who made up this “backwards” shit)

93 Political Atheist  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:38:33am

re: #89 lawhawk

I am just finishing a 3 cam factory shoot. One 7D, two GoPro’s. I had thought matching up the color timing and such would really add edit time. Nope. Pretty consistent color processing. Even in 4-5 stop contrast. The GoPro was a “must add” to the tool box.

Going right now to get some inserts and B roll.

94 Bulworth  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:39:38am

re: #92 Vicious Babushka

I had a friend who was able to do it on his. It actually did work.

95 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:47:07am

re: #94 Bulworth

I had a friend who was able to do it on his. It actually did work.

How did he do it? He could reverse direction on the turntable?

96 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:47:47am

Okay, since we’ve got the photo folks on board - I’m looking to get a new tripod. The old one was a Manfrotto 718b. 3.1lbs, very lightweight but stable. Problem is that the leg locks have been prone to cracking, and I want to get something a bit more durable (thought the Manfrotto has done 10 years of service).

I figure to do lots of travel photos/hiking, so lightweight and relatively compact size are key. And price is sub $275. So no Gitzos.

I’m leaning towards the Giottos MT9250 MT II Classic Aluminum Tripod, which is comparable in size and weight, but seems more sturdy and durable.

The MeFOTO - RoadTrip Travel Tripod Kit is a bit heavier, but is slightly more compact. The third option is the Oben - CT-2400 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs with BA-0 Ball Head.

Giottos has a couple of similar models that are in the same weight class, so while I’d love to have a tripod that extends higher than 65 inches, that incurs a weight and cost penalty.

All the options have good flexibility in leg positions, hooks for suspending weight from center post, and MeFoto even allows using one leg as a monopod.

97 Bulworth  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:54:40am

re: #95 Vicious Babushka

Well you had to spin it backwards by hand.

98 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, May 14, 2013 6:58:27am

I’ve heard good things about Giottos but I’ve never found one in my (cheap, used) price range. My best tripod is a simple old aluminium beast branded “Continental” and “Made in Japan”. But it works, it’s lighter than it looks and the price was right.

Have you looked at KEH.com? They might have something used that would be higher end but still within your budget? I find their idea of “bargain” grade to often be equal to anyone else’s “Very Good” to even “Excellent” grade.

99 GunstarGreen  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:01:02am

re: #90 William Barnett-Lewis

Similarly, when my car kicked the bucket and I spent a weekend getting an earful from my parents about not having a cell phone (As if walking to the next gas station was at all difficult or threatening), I got a basic, no-frills phone with as few features beyond ‘makes phone calls’ as possible, and got on a no-contract pay-as-you-go plan.

It is my personal belief that modern smartphones have contributed substantially to the dumbing down and, for lack of any better word, ‘rudeification’ of our society. I refuse to be part of that system except as the bare minimum needed for emergency communication. For the same reasons, I don’t have a facebook or twitland account; if someone wants to talk to me, they talk to my face.

100 Bulworth  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:08:41am
Would nation have the courage to remove its first black president IF proved he is corrupt?
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) May 14, 2013

Hey, we’re just asking questions here!

via

101 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:10:01am

re: #98 William Barnett-Lewis

I’ll have to check that out. Thanks!

102 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:35:29am
103 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:37:00am
105 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:43:10am

re: #104 Velvet Elvis

Did the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor? /

106 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:44:17am

People like Jim Hoft are part of a media strategy of paying idiots to corral other idiots into the Republican party.

I wonder what the wonks call that strategy?

108 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:45:47am

re: #106 stabby

People like Jim Hoft are part of a media strategy of paying idiots to corral other idiots into the Republican party.

I wonder what the wonks call that strategy?

Strategery.

109 geoffm33  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:47:10am

re: #107 Vicious Babushka

But they all know for sure that a crack rescue team could have boarded a commercial flight from somewhere and been there in plenty of time to kick ass and chew bubble gum!

Why do you hate capitalism?

110 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:49:18am

re: #108 Vicious Babushka

The only way Republicans could win the presidency now would be to run Duke Nukem.

111 Dr Lizardo  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:51:44am

re: #71 Vicious Babushka

I finished watching “Django” last night. “Blazing Saddles As Directed by Tarantino” kind of sucked, I liked the scene with Jonah Hill but the setup to the inevitable bloodbath was just lame.

In the original “Blazing Saddles” nobody was shot, nobody was even punched in the face, and there was a kickass pie fight!

“Django Unchained” has far more in common with “The Legend of N****r Charley” and “Boss N****r” than “Blazing Saddles”.

I went into it with the view that it was Tarantino’s take on blaxploitation films of the 1970s. On that level, I enjoyed it, but I still prefer the original blaxploitation films to their more modern counterparts.

But then again, my taste in movies is eclectic. If Rob Zombie ever really does make a feature-length “Werewolf Women of the SS” (with Nicholas Cage as Fu Manchu), hell yeah - I’ll be there on opening day.

112 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:51:56am

re: #108 Vicious Babushka

Strategery.

They’re the victims of sabo-tag-e.
/

113 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:53:16am

Did you see this?
nytimes.com

Republican Runs Street People on Green Ticket

…Mr. Pearcy and other drifters and homeless people were recruited onto the Green Party ballot by a Republican political operative who freely admits that their candidacies may siphon some support from the Democrats. Arizona’s Democratic Party has filed a formal complaint with local, state and federal prosecutors in an effort to have the candidates removed from the ballot, and the Green Party has urged its supporters to steer clear of the rogue candidates. …

Now that’s trolling!

114 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:53:22am

re: #110 stabby

The only way Republicans could win the presidency now would be to run Duke Nukem.

Awesome game! I downloaded the original game on my iPad. I haven’t played it much since I’m working on my house but I will later.

115 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:53:36am

Good morning lizards!

116 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:56:11am

… I’m all out of bubble gum.

117 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 7:59:02am

smbc-comics.com

118 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:03:07am

re: #111 Dr Lizardo

“Django Unchained” has far more in common with “The Legend of N****r Charley” and “Boss N****r” than “Blazing Saddles”.

I went into it with the view that it was Tarantino’s take on blaxploitation films of the 1970s. On that level, I enjoyed it, but I still prefer the original blaxploitation films to their more modern counterparts.

But then again, my taste in movies is eclectic. If Rob Zombie ever really does make a feature-length “Werewolf Women of the SS” (with Nicholas Cage as Fu Manchu), hell yeah - I’ll be there on opening day.

I like Samuel L. Jackson’s performance of “Uncle Tom From Hell.” I noticed he did it in Blackface.

119 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:03:09am

Dems vow: ‘Hell to pay’ if IRS allegations ring true

Outraged Bay State Democrats are blasting President Obama for exhibiting a Nixonian abuse of power after the stunning news that the Department of Justice secretly obtained Associated Press phone records and the IRS targeted conservative groups — new scandals emerging against the backdrop of heightened Benghazi criticism.

“There’s no way in the world I’m going to defend that. Hell, I spent my youth vilifying the Nixon administration for doing the same thing. If they did that, there should be hell to pay,” U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-Somerville) said about the IRS scandal. “Not only is it bad government and bad to society, it is horrendous politics. The worst thing you can do is give your opponent an easy hammer with which to hit you.”

“It doesn’t seem to be a couple rogue employees. This appeared to be a systemic issue,” said U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-South Boston), who wants to investigate the matter as a member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee already has scheduled a hearing on the issue for this week, Lynch said, adding, “No American should find themselves the target of the IRS or any other federal organization because of their political beliefs.”

120 Dr Lizardo  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:09:53am

re: #118 Vicious Babushka

I like Samuel L. Jackson’s performance of “Uncle Tom From Hell.” I noticed he did it in Blackface.

Heh. There was a moment between Jackson and DiCaprio that for me, at least, really stood out - the scene in the library, where Jackson was explaining things; it occurred to me when I watched that there was far more than a strictly master and slave relationship - Candie was listening quite intently to what Stephen had to say, and it was more in the manner of a son listening to his father’s advice. It’s a subtle moment in an otherwise unsubtle film, and I give credit to all involved for pulling it off so well.

121 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:10:45am

re: #119 NJDhockeyfan

It’s a systemic problem because the IRS is in charge of figuring out whether a given entity is entitled to 501(c)(4) status, but they took a shortcut and set aside a group of TP entities for further scrutiny.

All entities seeking that status should be getting scrutiny, not just TP ones. It’s not the first time the IRS has had issues - they gave scrutiny to liberal churches in past years (during the Bush Administration).

The way out is to eliminate the designation for any entity that isn’t a homeowners association, volunteer or emergency response department, or similar social welfare entity. The groups shouldn’t be allowed to have the status.

122 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:12:47am

re: #120 Dr Lizardo

Heh. There was a moment between Jackson and DiCaprio that for me, at least, really stood out - the scene in the library, where Jackson was explaining things; it occurred to me when I watched that there was far more than a strictly master and slave relationship - Candie was listening quite intently to what Stephen had to say, and it was more in the manner of a son listening to his father’s advice. It’s a subtle moment in an otherwise unsubtle film, and I give credit to all involved for pulling it off so well.

I could tell that Jackson was really enjoying his role. He and DiCaprio can really chew up the scenery!

123 Velvet Elvis  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:13:01am

re: #119 NJDhockeyfan

If Obama was behind it, why just Ohio? Doesn’t it make more sense to think it was someone in the Ohio IRS office? If it was national policy, wouldn’t it have been policy in all 50 states?

124 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:14:34am

re: #123 Velvet Elvis

It wasn’t over when re: #119 NJDhockeyfan

If Obama was behind it, why just Ohio? Doesn’t it make more sense to think it was someone in the Ohio IRS office? If it was national policy, wouldn’t it have been policy in all 50 states?

The IRS office responsible for 501(c)(4) analysis was in Cinncinati. They got applications from across the country.

125 Dr Lizardo  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:17:26am

re: #122 Vicious Babushka

I could tell that Jackson was really enjoying his role. He and DiCaprio can really chew up the scenery!

Indeed, and they do it well. Speaking of chewing up the scenery, I was watching “Hot Fuzz”, which I’d missed when it first came out. Timothy Dalton’s performance as a villain was brilliantly funny; he was clearly relishing the role and doing everything expect twirling the end of his mustache and cackling like Snidely Whiplash.

126 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:18:17am

re: #119 NJDhockeyfan

Dems vow: ‘Hell to pay’ if IRS allegations ring true

One Dem said ‘Hell to pay.’ Not many.

I spent some time in the car yesterday listening to Beck hyperventilating, then did some testing on TV’s with Fox/Hannity. They are hopped up with excitement thinking they’ll be able to take Obama down a notch.

It’s patently pathetic, really. The objective issue is IRS policy and some agents not following it but comparisons to Nixon are in overdrive. As if, Obama has to prove he didn’t act like Nixon.

127 Decatur Deb  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:18:43am

re: #121 lawhawk

It’s a systemic problem because the IRS is in charge of figuring out whether a given entity is entitled to 501(c)(4) status, but they took a shortcut and set aside a group of TP entities for further scrutiny.

All entities seeking that status should be getting scrutiny, not just TP ones. It’s not the first time the IRS has had issues - they gave scrutiny to liberal churches in past years (during the Bush Administration).

The way out is to eliminate the designation for any entity that isn’t a homeowners association, volunteer or emergency response department, or similar social welfare entity. The groups shouldn’t be allowed to have the status.

This is the list of 2,400 ‘charities’ eligible just under the Combined Federal campaign. It also supports about 25,000 local affiliates. Note the list is the categories of tax-exempt groups—drill down to get the names. Many of the groups are controversial, objectionable to one ideology or another.

cfctoday.org

128 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:19:49am

re: #124 lawhawk

The IRS office responsible for 501(c)(4) analysis was in Cinncinati. They got applications from across the country.

It wasn’t just the Cincinnati office. There were 3 more.

Report: 4 IRS offices targeted conservatives

WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) — Internal Revenue Service Tea Party targeting went beyond an Ohio office, and the current and ex-IRS heads knew about the practice a year ago, records indicate.

IRS officials at the agency’s Washington headquarters and at offices in El Monte, Calif., east of Los Angeles and Laguna Niguel in California’s southern Orange County sent queries to conservative groups asking about their donors and other facets of their operations, documents obtained by The Washington Post indicate.

The IRS originally said the alleged anti-conservative usurpation was limited to its Cincinnati branch. The Cincinnati IRS employees told conservatives seeking the non-profit status of “social welfare” groups a Washington task force was overseeing their applications, activists from those groups told the Post.

Lois Lerner, head of the IRS tax-exempt-organizations division, told reporters Friday the “absolutely inappropriate” actions were done by “front-line people” working in Cincinnati to target groups with “Tea Party,” “patriot” or “9/12” in their names.

Her office had no immediate comment to the Post report.

129 darthstar  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:24:02am

Mornin’ everyone.

Image: 428462_616759561685874_309216187_n.jpg

130 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:24:49am
131 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:26:16am

The IRS scandal is a real one - the agency is tasked with enforcing the tax code, and it simply doesn’t have the capabilities to do a thorough job, even as it’s about to get entrusted with enforcing the PPACA requirements. Reduced staffing is going to hurt, and determining whether an entity is deserving of getting or maintaining a 501(c) designation is a fact-intensive investigation.

It’s time consuming and with the number of entities seeking 501(c)(4) designation, that makes the job tougher.

They took a shortcut, and the IRS officials knew that this “policy” was going on, but did nothing to stop it, and may have misled Congressional officials who inquired about why there were entities who were held up in the process.

The acting head of the IRS knew about this last summer, but didn’t make it public - it was the TIGTA (inspector general) who did.

Miller could have alerted Congress to what the IRS had been doing last summer. The Associated Press writes that “Monday, the IRS said Miller was first informed on May, 3, 2012, that applications for tax-exempt status by tea party groups were inappropriately singled out for extra scrutiny.”

On July 25 of last year, Miller testified before the oversight subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee. According to a transcript of that hearing, GOP Rep. Kenny Marchant of Texas said, “I have been contacted by several of the groups in my district. And they feel like they are being harassed. I don’t have any evidence that that is the case. But they feel like they have been harassed and feel like the IRS is threatening them with some kind of action or audit.”

Marchant asked about the questions the IRS was asking such groups to answer in order to prove their right to be exempt from taxes.

Miller did not mention that some conservative groups were getting extra scrutiny from IRS career staff at one of the agency’s offices in Cincinnati, where such work had been centralized. He said, in part, that many of the groups applying for tax-exempt status “are very small organizations and they are not quite sure what the rules are, and so we are working with them to ensure that they understand what the rules are. It is my hope that some of the noise that we heard earlier this year has abated as we continue to work through these cases.”

At another point during the hearing, Miller said of the groups applying for tax-exempt status that “some come in and they are doing things that either are close to the line, impermissible, unclear as to which of those two that they might be and those may take a longer time still, and they will be referred to specialists in Cincinnati and elsewhere that will take a look to justify it and see whether or not the organization qualifies as a public charity.”

On Monday, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida called on Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and President Obama to “demand the IRS commissioner’s resignation, effective immediately.”

So, Marchant had no evidence - only a gut feeling that there was something untoward going on and Miller further indicated that some of the groups that sought designation needed further guidance on whether they could properly apply.

It’s the year delay between knowing something was going on that might have been improper and doing something about it only after the TIGTA report that needs to be addressed. Firing Miller might fill the bill for scalps politically, but that wont fix the problem with the tax code itself that allows this situation to exist in the first place.

Oh, and note that Miller is acting IRS director. The Administration hasn’t been able to get a permanent director confirmed because the GOP is gumming up the works.

132 darthstar  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:26:22am

Hey…an example of successful rebranding within the GOP.

When Republicans appointed Pablo Pantoja to State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the Republican National Committee, they hoped he would be able to bridge the sizable gap that only expanded during the 2012 elections, when the state’s 4.7 million Hispanic voters supported Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by a 20 percent margin.

But after months of inaction by Congressional Republicans on comprehensive immigration reform and stiff resistance by Republican-leaning groups like the Heritage Foundation, Pantoja has had enough; on Monday, he announced via email that he was leaving the party and registering as a Democrat:

133 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:28:38am

re: #128 NJDhockeyfan

I get that multiple offices ran scrutiny for these groups - but all the groups seeking designation should be getting scrutiny.

Did they get extra scrutiny? Did a disproportionate number get rejected? Did they get rejected for the wrong reason?

Those are questions that still need to be resolved.

134 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:30:04am

Token Conservative completely misses the point again

The talking points put forth by Rice on the infamous 5 Sunday Talk Show Circuit were deceptive: they were supposed to be deceptive, that was the intention. Saunders (and the rest of the right wing media) never seem to acknowledge this, or acknowledge it but willfully ignore the intent and purpose of the deception meant to throw off elements in that region.

135 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:31:24am

re: #11 Gus

Got that Hoft is a fuck up and created another stupid blog about it. Now what do we do?

Add it to the list of false points Hoft has made so it can be shown to right-wing non-rwnjs. Perhaps they will start questioning the veracity of his articles.

136 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:32:05am

re: #13 Amory Blaine

Map: Where’s Scott Walker?

Notice there is no pin in Madison.

No, but there is a mad son.

137 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:34:16am

re: #133 lawhawk

I get that multiple offices ran scrutiny for these groups - but all the groups seeking designation should be getting scrutiny.

Did they get extra scrutiny? Did a disproportionate number get rejected? Did they get rejected for the wrong reason?

Those are questions that still need to be resolved.

When the IRS apologizes, you know they screwed up somehow. I’m curious as to what happened.

138 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:34:31am

re: #27 klys

Holy fuck, on things I didn’t expect to read:

My respect for Angelina Jolie just went through the roof. This is a topic I have struggled with - I have a family history of breast cancer on the maternal side, and I’m sort of waiting for the day my mother calls me to say that she’s been diagnosed. I haven’t decided whether I should get tested or not - and if so, what it means. For someone of her stature/position to come forward with this…

Wow.

Me mom got breast cancer in 1972. She died of cancer in 1995. It is survivable, but regular checkups have to become part of your lifestyle.

139 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:35:04am

I expect the Nixon comparisons and impeachment talk will continue unabated as the right wing acts like they just got the keys to daddy’s hot rod and a bottle of whiskey.

140 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:35:13am

Ok, I’m not usually one for the cute baby animal pictures thing, but hey, this is from the farm I grew up on.

Image: IMG_8460.JPG

This pine was right across the lawn from my bedroom window. Really neat.

141 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:35:39am

re: #38 Lidane

He’d have to have a brain stem for that to be possible. Jury’s still out on the matter.

He has a brain stem, he’s missing the rest of the brain.

142 Decatur Deb  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:36:20am

re: #133 lawhawk

I get that multiple offices ran scrutiny for these groups - but all the groups seeking designation should be getting scrutiny.

Did they get extra scrutiny? Did a disproportionate number get rejected? Did they get rejected for the wrong reason?

Those are questions that still need to be resolved.

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas is a 501(c)(3).

143 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:37:34am

re: #60 Vicious Babushka

Today is not starting out well.

I found Zedushka passed out in the garage. I called EMS and told them he was a diabetic slipping into a hypoglycemic coma. They came out to the house and put some sugar in him and he came to. Then I made him eat a big breakfast.

I’m at work now but our grandson is coming in from Cincinnati this afternoon so I have to go and pick him up at the bus station since I don’t think Zedushka should be driving a car.

Slap him. He should be more aware of his sugar levels.
Bloody men.

144 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:38:32am

re: #68 Feline Fearless Leader

How do you convert a memory into a LOLCAT?
:)

Carefully.

145 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:38:50am

re: #137 NJDhockeyfan

When the IRS apologizes, you know they screwed up somehow. I’m curious as to what happened.

I think it’s pretty clear what happened: some employees of the IRS used keywords in names of groups to highlight for further scrutiny. The potential for exploitation is very high so there should be measures to guard against this.

The only question is how many did this and where the policy came from, and if the Director of the IRS was actually at Benghazi firing the RPG that killed Amb Stevens.

146 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:39:00am

re: #70 Vicious Babushka

I’m staying off Teh Twitterz today. SDDD.

I blasted my twitter account.

147 A Mom Anon  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:39:37am

OK, just got back from the vet. He thinks the doggie has something called a histiocytoma, a benign tumor that usually goes away on its own. But, if it begins to ulcer or attaches itself below the skin then it’s 600 bucks for surgery to remove the two we’ve found. Apparently this is an immune system reaction to something.

So what could I feed her to boost her immune system that’s safe and not some homeopathic scam?

148 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:39:43am

re: #72 A Mom Anon

I’ve told my husband it’s kinda hard to be manly when you’re, oh, I don’t know, DEAD. The man has had THREE angioplasties, has type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and that’s just what I know about. After the first heart attack I did all the right things, cooked good healthy and tasty food, walked with him, etc. And then I found all kinds of fast food trash in his car and said the hell with it. I love him madly, but I will not be the food/exercise/doctor appt police. Nope, I have two kids, I’m not his mom too.

And now it’s off to the vet to find out why my doggie has fluid filled lumps on her back legs. Hopefully it’s just bug bites or stings, and that it doesn’t cost a lot. BBL.

Quick, suck out the poison!!!

149 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:41:00am

re: #142 Decatur Deb

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas is a 501(c)(3).

Which is a joke. Pure partisan politics.

Does anybody think tea party groups should get extra scrutiny? Because you have to tell me that they aren’t politicking… riiight. Just ‘studying the constitution’ as Beck kept putting it.

But rules are rules.

150 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:41:48am
151 Decatur Deb  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:42:15am

re: #149 BigPapa

Which is a joke. Pure partisan politics.

Does anybody think tea party groups should get extra scrutiny? Because you have to tell me that they aren’t politicking… riiight. Just ‘studying the constitution’ as Beck kept putting it.

But rules are rules.

Rules should be changed.

152 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:42:32am

The Eagle Has Fallen.

The eagle has fallen and it can’t get up.

153 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:43:25am

re: #99 GunstarGreen

Similarly, when my car kicked the bucket and I spent a weekend getting an earful from my parents about not having a cell phone (As if walking to the next gas station was at all difficult or threatening), I got a basic, no-frills phone with as few features beyond ‘makes phone calls’ as possible, and got on a no-contract pay-as-you-go plan.

It is my personal belief that modern smartphones have contributed substantially to the dumbing down and, for lack of any better word, ‘rudeification’ of our society. I refuse to be part of that system except as the bare minimum needed for emergency communication. For the same reasons, I don’t have a facebook or twitland account; if someone wants to talk to me, they talk to my face.

D’uh. I’z a techno-addict.

154 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:44:38am

Then, here’s another gem from North Carolina.

The legislator wants to ban Tesla from making direct sales into the state, because it would be unfair competition with existing carmaker sales arrangements via 3d party dealerships.

Well, when you’ve got a superior product, Tesla can trump the likes of Mercedes, Audi and BMW in their price segment.

155 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:45:18am

Dick Cheney Tells Fox News That Benghazi Is Worst Disaster In His Lifetime (Video)

Hannity’s guest list yesterday talking about BenghazIRSGate:

Mark Levin
Dick Cheney
Rand Paul

156 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:46:12am

Miami politics are not boring…

North Miami mayoral candidate touts endorsement from Jesus Christ

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. - A mayoral candidate in North Miami claims she has received an endorsement from a higher power.

Campaign posters for Anna L. Pierre tout that she was endorsed by Jesus Christ.

“It’s a spiritual endorsement. Why? Because everything I do I always get God involved,” Pierre said.

Pierre, a registered nurse and 90s Creole-language pop star, said she prayed leading up to registering for her candidacy and received three signs that Jesus was her endorser.

“And what were those three things?,” asked Local 10’s Janine Stanwood.

“Well, I’m going to keep them private,” Pierre said.

…Last week, candidate Jean Marcellus was punched in the face inside his own campaign headquarters by an acquaintance. Candidate and former mayor Kevin Burns said he’s filed five police reports for stolen signs. Pierre said last month she was the target of voodoo spells.

157 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:46:18am

re: #145 BigPapa

I think it’s pretty clear what happened: some employees of the IRS used keywords in names of groups to highlight for further scrutiny. The potential for exploitation is very high so there should be measures to guard against this.

If they’d done this with different keywords, I would be in a blind screaming fury. If they are allowed to do this, they will do it with different keywords in another administration, with different management, on a different day. So I am in a preemptive blind screaming fury. Well, not blind and screaming. But we need to be clear about how this is gonna work.

158 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:46:47am

Today:

NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXON NIXONNIXON NIXON NIXONNIXON NIXON NIXON

and NIXON NIXON NIXON

159 bubba zanetti  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:46:50am

re: #92 Vicious Babushka

You can’t do this with every turntable, but you can raise the record on a little platform, flip the cartridge upside down, and move the counterweight out so that you play the record from the underside. It’s an old DJ trick:

Youtube Video
160 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:47:13am

re: #155 BigPapa

Dick Cheney Tells Fox News That Benghazi Is Worst Disaster In His Lifetime (Video)

Hannity’s guest list yesterday talking about BenghazIRSGate:

Mark Levin
Dick Cheney
Rand Paul

Andrea Mitchell: IRS scandal ‘one of the most outrageous excesses I’ve seen in all my years of journalism’

Youtube Video
161 Decatur Deb  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:47:38am

re: #157 SanFranciscoZionist

If they’d done this with different keywords, I would be in a blind screaming fury. If they are allowed to do this, they will do it with different keywords in another administration, with different management, on a different day. So I am in a preemptive blind screaming fury. Well, not blind and screaming. But we need to be clear about how this is gonna work.

Hold your snit until we see a list of all the keywords.

162 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:48:37am

re: #152 SanFranciscoZionist

The Eagle Has Fallen.

The eagle has fallen and it can’t get up.

That’s what happens when you reach an age over 200.

163 Eventual Carrion  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:48:51am

re: #155 BigPapa

Dick Cheney Tells Fox News That Benghazi Is Worst Disaster In His Lifetime (Video)

Hannity’s guest list yesterday talking about BenghazIRSGate:

Mark Levin
Dick Cheney
Rand Paul

Really. I have two words for you big Dick, Twin Towers.

164 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:49:00am

re: #155 BigPapa

Apparently Cheney wasn’t aware of any of the 64 attacks on diplomatic facilities during his term in office.

Or 9/11. That omission on his part shows just how nakedly partisan this craziness is about the Administration’s response to the Benghazi attack. The need to manufacture a scandal of any kind is trumping reality.

Tho, the IRS mess is a real problem - and needs to be properly investigated and remedied with a fix of the tax code.

165 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:49:39am

re: #156 NJDhockeyfan

Miami politics are not boring…

North Miami mayoral candidate touts endorsement from Jesus Christ

“It’s a spiritual endorsement. Why? Because everything I do I always get God involved,” Pierre said.

I wonder how god feels about being manipulated.

166 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:51:14am

re: #157 SanFranciscoZionist

If they’d done this with different keywords, I would be in a blind screaming fury. If they are allowed to do this, they will do it with different keywords in another administration, with different management, on a different day. So I am in a preemptive blind screaming fury. Well, not blind and screaming. But we need to be clear about how this is gonna work.

I think it’s wrong, and it’s lazy. I’d be blind and screaming if it was proactively used to harass under order from a politician… of which there is absolutely no evidence of.

This is clearly a problem that needs to be resolved, then we can work on other problems like obviously partisan political groups seeking tax exempt status. As if taxing them is an attack on liberty and freedom. Either tax them all or tax none of them.

167 Eventual Carrion  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:51:23am

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

Andrea Mitchell: IRS scandal ‘one of the most outrageous excesses I’ve seen in all my years of journalism’

[Embedded content]

If you haven’t done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.

// Patriot act response

168 danarchy  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:51:27am

re: #147 A Mom Anon

OK, just got back from the vet. He thinks the doggie has something called a histiocytoma, a benign tumor that usually goes away on its own. But, if it begins to ulcer or attaches itself below the skin then it’s 600 bucks for surgery to remove the two we’ve found. Apparently this is an immune system reaction to something.

So what could I feed her to boost her immune system that’s safe and not some homeopathic scam?

I am not sure about immune boosting food for dogs, but if you don’t already have it, I highly recommend pet insurance. I use Pets Best, and they are awesome. The plans are reasonably priced,the coverage is fantastic and the claims process couldn’t be easier.

169 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:53:22am

re: #150 lawhawk

Moonlighting security guard accidentally shoots student in high school parking lot as he was putting gun away in car

Good Guys with Guns!!!

170 Decatur Deb  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:53:42am

re: #166 BigPapa

I think it’s wrong, and it’s lazy. I’d be blind and screaming if it was proactively used to harass under order from a politician… of which there is absolutely no evidence of.

This is clearly a problem that needs to be resolved, then we can work on other problems like obviously partisan political groups seeking tax exempt status. As if taxing them is an attack on liberty and freedom. Either tax them all or tax none of them.

Tax them all, and start with the televangelists.

171 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:53:43am

re: #157 SanFranciscoZionist

If they’d done this with different keywords, I would be in a blind screaming fury. If they are allowed to do this, they will do it with different keywords in another administration, with different management, on a different day. So I am in a preemptive blind screaming fury. Well, not blind and screaming. But we need to be clear about how this is gonna work.

Being in a blind screaming fury is not good. You can run into telephone poles that way. Or signs.

172 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:53:52am

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

Andrea Mitchell: IRS scandal ‘one of the most outrageous excesses I’ve seen in all my years of journalism’

[Embedded content]

So since Andrea Mitchell said something that sorta kinda validating in a loosely related way, Cheney, Paul, and Levin, 3 people who say crazy shit all the time, therefore they’re all validated. Is that your point?

173 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:55:15am

re: #99 GunstarGreen

Similarly, when my car kicked the bucket and I spent a weekend getting an earful from my parents about not having a cell phone (As if walking to the next gas station was at all difficult or threatening), I got a basic, no-frills phone with as few features beyond ‘makes phone calls’ as possible, and got on a no-contract pay-as-you-go plan.

It is my personal belief that modern smartphones have contributed substantially to the dumbing down and, for lack of any better word, ‘rudeification’ of our society. I refuse to be part of that system except as the bare minimum needed for emergency communication. For the same reasons, I don’t have a facebook or twitland account; if someone wants to talk to me, they talk to my face.

I got a cell phone when my wife was pregnant and I needed to be reachable in case of emergency. I still have it and use a pre-paid card.

174 wrenchwench  Tue, May 14, 2013 8:56:56am

I love birds, including eagles, but they’re just scavengers, not some noble beast representing all that is good.

Youtube Video

A flock of eagles descended on the Safeway parking lot last week, prompting police intervention.

Public Safety Director Jamie Sunderland says several people called in short succession on Thursday afternoon to report the melee.

Sunderland: “One of our officers went over there and there were 40 eagles sitting on, in and around several vehicles in the area.”

Sunderland says the eagles were feasting on garbage bags of fish product in the bed of a pickup truck.

[…]

175 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:00:48am

re: #172 BigPapa

So since Andrea Mitchell said something that sorta kinda validating in a loosely related way, Cheney, Paul, and Levin, 3 people who say crazy shit all the time, therefore they’re all validated. Is that your point?

Since Andrea Mitchell is outraged by this IRS scandal and you think she’s validating Mark Levin, Dick Cheney, and Rand Paul’s concerns about Benghazi?

LOL!

176 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:01:56am

Andrea Mitchell sounds like a right wing nutter and suddenly she’s (hearted). I watched the whole video and she sounds like a RWNJ talk radio host.

177 Bulworth  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:02:56am
Today is not starting out well.

I found Zedushka passed out in the garage. I called EMS and told them he was a diabetic slipping into a hypoglycemic coma. They came out to the house and put some sugar in him and he came to. Then I made him eat a big breakfast.

Sorry to hear, hope day gets better

178 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:03:25am

re: #175 NJDhockeyfan

Since Andrea Mitchell is outraged by this IRS scandal and you think she’s validating Mark Levin, Dick Cheney, and Rand Paul’s concerns about Benghazi?

LOL!

No, you do. The passive aggressive LOL! merely proves it. I noticed you quoted her one comment, just like Newsbusters.

You loves them Newsbusters, don’t you?

179 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:04:54am

re: #178 BigPapa

No, you do. The passive aggressive LOL! merely proves it. I noticed you quoted her one comment, just like Newsbusters.

You loves them Newsbusters, don’t you?

I haven’t looked at Newsbusters’ website in months.

180 Sionainn  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:06:04am

While driving my daughter to school this morning, Glenn Beck announced that there was some “breaking news that’s really bad” that will be revealed on The Blaze in a couple of hours. I can’t wait!

////

181 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:07:24am

re: #179 NJDhockeyfan

I haven’t looked at Newsbusters’ website in months.

Oh, well you happen to quote Andrea Mitchell’s comment using the same video as Newsbusters… and their article seems to make the same point you do.

She’s been derided by the right wing for a long time, but now that she says something the right wing agrees with, suddenly they seem to like it.

Just like you. Coincidence?

182 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:07:38am

re: #180 Sionainn

While driving my daughter to school this morning, Glenn Beck announced that there was some “breaking news that’s really bad” that will be revealed on The Blaze in a couple of hours. I can’t wait!

////

Why is your radio tuned to Glenn Beck? Switch to NPR! (Better yet, switch to a music station or CD/MP3 player)

183 Sionainn  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:08:38am

re: #182 Vicious Babushka

Why is your radio tuned to Glenn Beck? Switch to NPR! (Better yet, switch to a music station or CD/MP3 player)

I know, I know. I listen to it for all of about 10 minutes, seeing what the nutjobs are saying on the various stations. That’s how I know what the day’s outrage will be.

184 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:09:18am

re: #183 Sionainn

I know, I know. I listen to it for all of about 10 minutes, seeing what the nutjobs are saying on the various stations. That’s how I know what the day’s outrage will be.

I have been Twitter-free all morning.

185 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:09:52am

re: #184 Vicious Babushka

I have been Twitter-free all morning.

Thank you for keeping us that way…

186 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:10:08am

re: #181 BigPapa

Oh, well you happen to quote Andrea Mitchell’s comment using the same video as Newsbusters… and their article seems to make the same point you do.

She’s been derided by the right wing for a long time, but now that she says something the right wing agrees with, suddenly they seem to like it.

Just like you. Coincidence?

And lefties think she’s talking like a RWNJ.

I watched the whole video and she sounds like a RWNJ talk radio host.

Just like you. Coincidence?

187 GunstarGreen  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:11:00am

re: #182 Vicious Babushka

Why is your radio tuned to Glenn Beck? Switch to NPR! (Better yet, switch to a music station or CD/MP3 player)

I keep my radio on WSB here in Georgia so that I can get a steady read on ‘stupid shit I should expect my dad to say the next time I see him’.

188 gwangung  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:12:07am

re: #161 Decatur Deb

Hold your snit until we see a list of all the keywords.

Yeah. If they’re action words, I don’t think there’s a problem. If it’s content related, though…

189 philosophus invidius  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:12:15am

Zooming out to the full Obama twitter picture shows the flag behind him has gold fringe, making it an Admiralty Flag. As everyone knows, that means that we are actually living under martial law.

google.com

190 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:13:30am

re: #189 philosophus invidius

Zooming out to the full Obama picture shows the flag behind him has gold fringe, making it an Admiralty Flag. As everyone knows, that means that we are actually living under martial law.

google.com

ZOMG IT TEH DICTATOR!!111!!!!

191 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:15:30am

re: #180 Sionainn

While driving my daughter to school this morning, Glenn Beck announced that there was some “breaking news that’s really bad” that will be revealed on The Blaze in a couple of hours. I can’t wait!

////

Glenn Beck is just like a Kinder surprise.

192 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:16:13am

re: #184 Vicious Babushka

I have been Twitter-free all morning.

Don’t fall off the wagon too soon.

193 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:17:15am

This is fucked up.

Builders bulldoze big Mayan pyramid in Belize

BELIZE CITY (AP) — A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize’s largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities announced on Monday.

The head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology, Jaime Awe, said the destruction at the Nohmul complex in northern Belize was detected late last week. The ceremonial center dates back at least 2,300 years and is the most important site in northern Belize, near the border with Mexico.

“It’s a feeling of Incredible disbelief because of the ignorance and the insensitivity … they were using this for road fill,” Awe said. “It’s like being punched in the stomach, it’s just so horrendous.”

Nohmul sat in the middle of a privately owned sugar cane field, and lacked the even stone sides frequently seen in reconstructed or better-preserved pyramids. But Awe said the builders could not possibly have mistaken the pyramid mound, which is about 100 feet tall, for a natural hill because the ruins were well-known and the landscape there is naturally flat.

“These guys knew that this was an ancient structure. It’s just bloody laziness”, Awe said.

194 A Mom Anon  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:19:41am

re: #190 Vicious Babushka

I guess my kid’s old schools are under martial law then. All the American flags had that fringe. I remember because when he was young he was fascinated by the fringe and got in trouble a couple of times for twirling it between his fingers.

I wonder if some of these people can even leave their houses sometimes, they’re scared of everything. I mean really, fringe? Come on.

195 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:21:10am

re: #174 wrenchwench

I love birds, including eagles, but they’re just scavengers, not some noble beast representing all that is good.

[Embedded content]

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird. He thought they had better character, and they’re New World critters.

But since the Romans, we’ve had an unhealthy fixation on eagles.

(Walid Phares, to an overstressed underslept blonde Fox anchorperson, as the US invasion of Iraq began: “Many nations have eagles.”)

196 Stanghazi  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:21:29am

re: #167 Eventual Carrion

If you haven’t done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.

// Patriot act response

Exactly. The same people crying now justified the patriot act with that statement. Oh and drug testing too.

197 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:22:08am

re: #195 SanFranciscoZionist

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird. He thought they had better character, and they’re New World critters.

But since the Romans, we’ve had an unhealthy fixation on eagles.

(Walid Phares, to an overstressed underslept blonde Fox anchorperson, as the US invasion of Iraq began: “Many nations have eagles.”)

Canada has the loon.

198 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:23:02am

re: #197 Vicious Babushka

Canada has the loon.

See, that’s nice. Nothing against eagles, they just don’t make us stand out much.

199 sattv4u2  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:23:05am

re: #195 SanFranciscoZionist

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird. He thought they had better character, and they’re New World critters.
Downside

If Ben got his way, we’d all be eating Thanksgiving Eagles every November!!

200 sattv4u2  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:24:18am

Phillys NFL football team

The Philadelphia Eagles Turkeys!!

201 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:25:16am

re: #197 Vicious Babushka

Canada has the loon.

His name is Stephan Harper.

202 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:25:45am

Major Tom in space.

Youtube Video
203 sattv4u2  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:25:56am

Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner sould have formed the Turkeys and sung Hotel California, Desperado and Witchy Woman!!

204 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:27:00am

re: #199 sattv4u2

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird. He thought they had better character, and they’re New World critters.
Downside

If Ben got his way, we’d all be eating Thanksgiving Eagles every November!!

Yuck.

Gamey.

205 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:28:20am

Dan Brown’s “Inferno” Described by critics as “His Worst Book Yet”

If it’s even worse than “The Lost Symbol” he has plunged into depths of Suck never before achieved.

206 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:28:52am

re: #203 sattv4u2

Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner sould have formed the Turkeys and sung Hotel California, Desperado and Witchy Woman!!

Sounds goofy now, but attitudes would be different if the turkey was the US symbol.

Look how we Canucks revere the beaver.

207 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:29:47am

WTF?

Outrage at Syrian rebel shown ‘eating soldier’s heart’

US-based Human Rights Watch identified the rebel as Abu Sakkar, a well-known insurgent from the city of Homs, and said his actions were a war crime.

The main Syrian opposition coalition said he would be put on trial.

The video, which cannot be independently authenticated, seems to show him cutting out the heart.

“I swear to God we will eat your hearts and your livers, you soldiers of Bashar the dog,” the man says referring to President Bashar al-Assad as he stands over the soldier’s corpse.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Abu Sakkar is the leader of a group called the Independent Omar al-Farouq Brigade.

208 Vicious Babushka  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:30:38am

What cracked me up about “The Lost Symbol” not only did it suck hard, but the “Symbol” that he describes as “Lost” is actually a very well known corporate logo that you see every day.

209 sattv4u2  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:30:43am

re: #206 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Sounds goofy now, but attitudes would be different if the turkey was the US symbol.

Look how we Canucks revere the beaver.

ummm,,, errrr,,,,, nahhh,, too easy!!

210 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:31:07am

re: #207 NJDhockeyfan

WTF?

Outrage at Syrian rebel shown ‘eating soldier’s heart’

The dead guy doesn’t give a shit.

211 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:32:17am

re: #209 sattv4u2

ummm,,, errrr,,,,, nahhh,, too easy!!

I hand you a set up, and you run away. Something smells funny.

212 blueraven  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:33:05am

re: #207 NJDhockeyfan

WTF?

Outrage at Syrian rebel shown ‘eating soldier’s heart’

Yes, and some want to arm these fuckers.

213 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:33:43am

re: #206 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Sounds goofy now, but attitudes would be different if the turkey was the US symbol.

Look how we Canucks revere the beaver.

Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey instead of the eagle.

Franklin’s Letter to His Daughter (excerpt)

“For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.

“With all this Injustice, he is never in good Case but like those among Men who live by Sharping & Robbing he is generally poor and often very lousy. Besides he is a rank Coward: The little King Bird not bigger than a Sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the District. He is therefore by no means a proper Emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America who have driven all the King birds from our Country…

“I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America… He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.”

214 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:37:17am

re: #211 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Yay, you’re back!

215 Mike Lamb  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:38:14am

re: #166 BigPapa

I think it’s wrong, and it’s lazy. I’d be blind and screaming if it was proactively used to harass under order from a politician… of which there is absolutely no evidence of.

This is clearly a problem that needs to be resolved, then we can work on other problems like obviously partisan political groups seeking tax exempt status. As if taxing them is an attack on liberty and freedom. Either tax them all or tax none of them.

Lazy maybe. But if the key word searches aren’t being done by executive fiat, I don’t see where this is wrong.

216 Lidane  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:39:26am

Your Tuesday morning schadenfreude:

Feel better today knowing that no matter how shitty your day is, you don’t have to work with these people.

217 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:42:29am

Going back to that earlier camera discussion, I should make it clear that I have my smartphone for the on-the-spot photos, and you can take good pictures with it in certain lighting conditions, etc. It’s just always going to be a very limited camera, and it absolutely is not a license to be a douchecanoe pressing it up against the glass repeatedly and getting in the way of a large crowd. The pictures aren’t going to turn out well. Just stop.

I’m not even going to get started with the iPad as camera thing, except I have used mine that way *once* and that was only because taking the photo with the iPad meant I could send it to family before we got back from vacation, versus photos with the camera, which had to wait until after the trip. Cell phone wasn’t an option because reasons, and it did take a better photo than my smartphone, which …is a pretty lousy smartphone for photos.

218 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:43:28am

re: #214 klys

Yay, you’re back!

Thanks.

I had a pile of work to get done, and you know how bad this place is for that.

219 klys  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:44:26am

re: #218 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Thanks.

I had a pile of work to get done, and you know how bad this place is for that.

I’m just glad it was a temporary absence. It wasn’t clear and I was going to be sad. :(

I suppose I really have to finish drafting this talk today because I’m giving the practice runthrough tomorrow.

220 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:49:02am

Hey, let’s all chip in and buy AF1. An older version that was used for Presidents Ford through Clinton. Opening bid is $50k.

221 Sionainn  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:52:14am

re: #216 Lidane

Your Tuesday morning schadenfreude:

Feel better today knowing that no matter how shitty your day is, you don’t have to work with these people.

I think I have that episode Tivo’d. I’ll have to watch it tonight because that looks like a whole lot of crazy!

222 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:53:13am

New Google doodle/timewaster:

google.com

223 RadicalModerate  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:54:31am

Personally, I don’t understand why there is a big dustup over the IRS taking a closer look at the Tea Party organizations.
Consider the fact that the IRS hasn’t had increased scrutiny of other conservatively-aligned organizations, including several religious groups who have blatantly and unapologetically crossed the tax-exempt line regarding political endorsements, campaigning, and inserting themselves into government-related activities.

The Tea Party-aligned groups, on the other hand, have a specific history with the IRS (among other Federal government agencies).
It is well documented fact that there is a significant crossover between Tea Partiers and the Sovereign Citizens movements who have on more than one occasion been involved in violent confrontations with Federal, state, and local authorities.
Simply put, when you have a large number of members within your organizations who outright state that the 16th Amendment was never ratified, as well as denying the validity of the Federal Reserve, and claiming that most federal laws don’t apply to them, then yes, you DESERVE to be profiled by the feds.

224 Lidane  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:55:10am

re: #221 Sionainn

I think I have that episode Tivo’d. I’ll have to watch it tonight because that looks like a whole lot of crazy!

When Gordon Ramsay thinks you’re too difficult to work with, you’ve got issues.

The whole thing is hilarious. I might have to start watching his show now.

225 Sionainn  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:56:20am

re: #224 Lidane

When Gordon Ramsay thinks you’re too difficult to work with, you’ve got issues.

The whole thing is hilarious. I might have to start watching his show now.

We watch all of his shows.

226 FemNaziBitch  Tue, May 14, 2013 9:59:40am

It sounds like a good thing, but makes me feel like I’m living in a Sci-Fi Novel.

you?

227 FemNaziBitch  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:01:24am

re: #60 Vicious Babushka

Today is not starting out well.

I found Zedushka passed out in the garage. I called EMS and told them he was a diabetic slipping into a hypoglycemic coma. They came out to the house and put some sugar in him and he came to. Then I made him eat a big breakfast.

I’m at work now but our grandson is coming in from Cincinnati this afternoon so I have to go and pick him up at the bus station since I don’t think Zedushka should be driving a car.

{{{{Baba and Zayda}}}}}

228 stabby  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:02:25am

re: #165 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

I wonder how god feels about being manipulated.

Apparently God is a submissive masochist. He loves it.

229 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:02:32am

re: #225 Sionainn

We watch all of his shows.

Why?

If you want to watch assholes, just join twitter.

230 Sionainn  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:04:04am

re: #229 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Why?

If you want to watch assholes, just join twitter.

We like him. He approaches each person differently (probably has a psychologist on his staff to tell him the best way to make someone face reality).

231 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:04:06am

re: #228 stabby

Apparently God is a submissive masochist. He loves it.

I noticed the Leaf fans didn’t pray hard enough last night. God is also a bit of a sadist.

232 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:04:23am

re: #205 Vicious Babushka

Dan Brown’s “Inferno” Described by critics as “His Worst Book Yet”

If it’s even worse than “The Lost Symbol” he has plunged into depths of Suck never before achieved.

IMO, he started there in the depths to begin with.

233 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:05:34am

re: #230 Sionainn

We like him. He approaches each person differently (probably has a psychologist on his staff to tell him the best way to make someone face reality).

I must be missing something then, because all I’ve seen in the 20 minutes or so I’ve watched is abusive behaviour.

Maybe I’ll give his shows another shot.

234 FemNaziBitch  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:07:16am

re: #90 William Barnett-Lewis

True enough.

For me, though, I’ve intentionally stayed with a non-smart cell phone. I want a computer for computing things and I have my cameras (m4/3 for digital, Rolliecord & large format cameras) for taking pictures. I like keeping things separate and more powerful as a result.

I’d rather lust over the newly announced Olympus E-P5 than any i* gadget. Hey, I’m even an Apple fanboy but I’d rather it be a real computer with a decent cpu, ram, big local disk & a unixen underneath the flash. I stopped wanting a pad from any company the day Amazon deleted books from people’s kindles without asking.

I thought the camera on the phone was the stupidest thing ever, until my last auto accident …

235 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:07:18am

re: #223 RadicalModerate

The problem is that the IRS is supposed to be doing this in a nonpartisan fashion. They can’t simply target a specific group based on political affiliation. The allegation is that the IRS was specifically targeting TP and conservative groups that sought 501(c)(4) designations, and in some instances delaying their acceptances. They were required to submit lengthy questionaires as well.

Mind you, all entities seeking nonprofit designations should be getting scrutiny to make sure that abuses don’t occur - particularly on acting in a political fashion that would otherwise violate the law. But the IRS doesn’t have the resources to do that, so someone came up with this shortcut. And then delayed informing Congress about it - and possibly more (expect to see IRS Director Miller hauled before Congress once again to testify about what he knew, when did he know, and what steps have been taken to prevent in future).

236 Sol Berdinowitz  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:10:01am

re: #235 lawhawk

John Stewart naled it when he pointed out that the IRS has now handed the conspiracy theorists enough outrage to keep them frothing until 2016.

In addition, we have enough people who think that the IRS is a criminal organization outright for taking our hard-earned money away from us, they have just made it a lot more difficult for them to do their job.

237 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:10:15am

re: #234 FemNaziBitch

I thought the camera on the phone was the stupidest thing ever, until my last auto accident …

Your last? As in multiple previous accidents?

Hmmm.

238 thecommodore  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:11:32am

Actually, in fairness to Dim Jim, this bit of derp was actually written by Mara Zebest, herself a Duchess of Derp, as she is a self proclaimed expert on why President Obama’s long form birth certificate is a forgery.

In fact, it was Mara Zebest who authored the report of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “Cold Case Posse,” which declared the birth certificate to be a forgery, and said report was merely recycled articles from World Net Daily.

snopes.com

239 Lidane  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:12:21am

Shocka!

240 Lidane  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:14:01am
241 Romantic Heretic  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:19:04am

re: #126 BigPapaAs if, Obama has to prove he didn’t act like Nixon.

Well, that whole innocent until proven guilty thing is a commie idea anyway. You can’t find anything about it in The Constitution!

242 FemNaziBitch  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:21:26am

I have to ask. In the last few years —were there a disproportionate number of right-wing 501(c)3’s started to left-wing?

would numbers alone account for the disproportionate number of “investigations” thus skewing the concept of “targeting”?

243 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:22:10am

IF you know a bit about chemistry and want a good laugh, check this out:

pipeline.corante.com

244 lawhawk  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:26:34am

re: #242 FemNaziBitch

I have to ask. In the last few years —were there a disproportionate number of right-wing 501(c)3’s started to left-wing?

would numbers alone account for the disproportionate number of “investigations” thus skewing the concept of “targeting”?

There were indeed more right wing leaning entities seeking 501(c)(4) status than left wing, but the IRS needed to find a politically-neutral way of sussing out those who were legit and which ones that weren’t. The name game alone wasn’t sufficient, unless there were corresponding left wing sounding group names included. That didn’t happen.

245 Romantic Heretic  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:28:04am

re: #191 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Glenn Beck is just like a Kinder surprise.

Except Beck doesn’t come with a choking warning.

Which he should because all of his shit is hard to swallow.

246 Jolo5309  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:38:27am

re: #147 A Mom Anon

OK, just got back from the vet. He thinks the doggie has something called a histiocytoma, a benign tumor that usually goes away on its own. But, if it begins to ulcer or attaches itself below the skin then it’s 600 bucks for surgery to remove the two we’ve found. Apparently this is an immune system reaction to something.

So what could I feed her to boost her immune system that’s safe and not some homeopathic scam?

It all depends on what you mean by “boosting the immune system”, I would hazard a guess (based on your description), that your dog’s immune system is strong enough.

The best way to keep your dog healthy is with exercise and healthy eating.

We discovered that our Shepherd/Lab has an intolerance to beef products, when we cut it out he was much healthier and went from a lean 25 kg to a much beefier 32. He is also more energetic, playful and glossier.

247 Jolo5309  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:39:33am

re: #191 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Glenn Beck is just like a Kinder surprise.

Banned in the US?

248 Origuy  Tue, May 14, 2013 10:44:40am

re: #71 Vicious Babushka

In the original “Blazing Saddles” … nobody was even punched in the face…

Except a horse.

249 BigPapa  Tue, May 14, 2013 11:56:28am

re: #186 NJDhockeyfan

And lefties think she’s talking like a RWNJ.

I watched the whole video and she sounds like a RWNJ talk radio host.

Just like you. Coincidence?

So you were pointing out how ridiculous Andrea Mitchell sounds?

I’m not sure what your point is or was.


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