Daily Caller Cooks Up Another Stupid Scandal, Commenters Spew Vile Racism

“Umbrellagate?” Are they serious?
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The mind-numbingly stupid right wing fake outrage of the day: yes, now they’re even going after the President for asking Marines to hold umbrellas for himself and the Turkish Prime Minister. I just can’t even.

The hacks at wingnut propaganda site The Daily Caller lead the charge, but it’s on every single right wing blog and media website, of course, because they do this stuff in lockstep unison like good little authoritarians: Obama Breaches Marine Umbrella Protocol | the Daily Caller.

Did Obama “breach protocol?” Let’s see what the Marine Corps has to say about it:

Seeing a Marine with this particular accessory is “extremely rare,” Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Greg Wolf explained, but because the president’s the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, if he says “hold my umbrella,” it’s permissible.

The sad thing is that this laughable story actually ended up on the front pages of the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Times and the Los Angeles Times.

This is why the wingnut lockstep army does this kind of freakishly moronic outrage-mongering — because the mainstream media enables it.

Meanwhile, again as usual, the commenters for the Daily Caller’s rage-inducing article are, yes, spewing all kinds of vile racism. They got the subtext right away — it’s a white man holding an umbrella for a black President.

I thought afro-sheen was waterproof?

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Just another occasion where Obama shows his “superiority” to any and everyone around him. Shameful.

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Just another example of the illegitimate Kenyan illegal alien’s arrogance, ignorance, and contempt for the military - and the Marine Corps in particular.

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Next they’ll be carrying shopping bags for Michelle as she strolls ‘Miracle Mile’ looking for a bargain.

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I would roll that umbrella up and shove it where the sun don’t shine. Kenyan Fraud. III%

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The MONKEY BOY BATH HOUSE QUEEN WOULD MELT if SHE GOT WET!!!!!

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Too funny! The first black man given the opportunity to run the most powerful country on earth and he turns out to be no different than all the other two bit corrupt black dictators around the world. For all the world to see no less. Way to go BO!

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Someone…please throw some shoes at this Kenyan clown!!

On and on it goes — currently there are more than 1700 comments, almost all spewing hatred and deranged conspiracy theories. The right wing base in all its glory.

Also see
Guest Post From a U.S. Marine About Barack Obama’s Shocking and Disgusting Use of an Umbrella

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160 comments
1 klys and whatnot  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:33:31am

Cry wolf some more, guys. Just keep crying.

I think there’s a echo out there.

2 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:33:39am

The Wonkette post is so awesome.

3 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:34:48am

I lack the words….

4 Single-handed sailor  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:35:26am

Allow me to retort.

A Reply to M. Joseph Sheppard by Eric Steinberg, once and always USMC

Shut your cockholster, you civilian sack of shit.

It has come to my attention that there is a dickwad committing fuckery out there, a certain “M. Joseph Sheppard” (R- FauxBrigade) who styles himself an authority on, well, anything at all, but most gallingly on the subject of Marine Corps Uniform Regulations. This subhuman motile turd has the effrontery to misquote the regulations of my beloved Corps, an offense that shall not go unpunished; indeed, the crimes of this cancerous, corrupt lesion against Nature, Man, and USMC are so grave that they may require the most extreme sanction*, if only to insure that the ass****/charlatan in question will never again pronounce the word “Marine,” nor scrawl it with his soon-to-be-shattered hand**. Even now a tribunal is being assembled, to be followed by a posse and then a lynch mob***. And then the Dead Hooker Disposal Unit****.

This will not stand! I, for one, will not sit idly by whilst that venereal skinflap, “Sheppard,” besmirches the glory of the United States Marine Corps with his outright lies, and his continued existence. God, and The Corps, fashioned my brother Marines and me into weapons; hammered the weakness out of us; and sharpened our fighting spirits for the very purpose of beating the Holy Living Fuck out of puke-scented twats like this “Sheppard,” and that is what we shall do. The ghost of Chesty Puller has spoken to me, and I have communed with the spirit of Smedley Darlington Butler, and they both told me to crack this dumb motherfuckers’ skull, right after I rip off his stupid fucking baseball cap and fistfuck him with it*****. Who am I to argue with a direct lawful order? So stand the fuck by, Mr. Shitstain Umbrella Fucker — this here jarhead is about to administer some corrective action.

Echo Three Sierra OUT.

Oh yeah — Semper Fi.

5 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:35:38am

Umbrellagate was obviously created by Obama to draw attention away from the AP, IRS, and Benghazi scandals.
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6 jaunte  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:36:01am

THERE’S A STAR-AND-CRESCENT IN THE PICTURE!!!

7 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:36:11am

Is it any wonder nobody takes these nutbars seriously whenever something really wild comes down the pipe? They spend every day in a state of perpetual outrage, how could you tell one “scandal” from another?

8 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:36:54am


9 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:37:32am

re: #8 Vicious Babushka

Whammy.

10 Big Steve  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:39:54am

Actually I liked the picture because the Marine is so AT ATTENTION even with his left arm folded perfectly. Whoever the Marine is, he gets an “A” in my opinion.

11 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:41:40am

Heh, the ad that popped up alongside this post for Youtube Comedy Week.

12 jaunte  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:41:54am

Also at the Daily Caller: Mickey Kaus has discovered the Obama administration’s double-secret false-flag reverse-mojo to hide their ‘amnesty’ plans:

In its most fiendish strategem yet, Team Obama has launched a series of not-quite-devastating but press-obsessing scandals against itself!
The confluence of the Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi and AP stories means that dreadful details of the Schumer-Rubio bill will get pushed off the front pages.
dailycaller.com

13 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:42:22am
The MONKEY BOY BATH HOUSE QUEEN WOULD MELT if SHE GOT WET!!!!!

[…]

Too funny! The first black man given the opportunity to run the most powerful country on earth and he turns out to be no different than all the other two bit corrupt black dictators around the world. For all the world to see no less. Way to go BO!

[…]

Someone…please throw some shoes at this Kenyan clown!!

The only racism here is you people pointing out the racism!!!

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14 Eclectic Cyborg  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:42:30am

My wife and I saw Dave Matthews last month and it poured rain almost the entire set. I graciously held an umbrella over her head for a good portion of it. Does that make me unpatriotic?

15 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:42:56am

re: #12 jaunte

Also at the Daily Caller: Mickey Kaus has discovered the Obama administration’s double-secret false-flag reverse-mojo to hide their ‘amnesty’ plans:

Beck said the same thing:

Beck: Release of AP and IRS Scandals Timed to Cover-Up Benghazi

16 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:43:08am
Also at the Daily Caller: Mickey Kaus

Oh, Mickey Kaus writes for The Daily Caller?

My surprise, let me show you it.

17 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:46:32am

Reposted from downstairs:

White House, June 24, 1906.

DARLING ETHEL:
To-day as I was marching to church, with Sloane some 25 yards behind, I suddenly saw two terriers racing to attack a kitten which was walking down the sidewalk. I bounced forward with my umbrella, and after some active work put to flight the dogs while Sloane captured the kitten, which was a friendly, helpless little thing, evidently too well accustomed to being taken care of to know how to shift for itself.

That’s right- saving kittens from fierce predators before you were even born.

18 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:46:44am

re: #10 Big Steve

Actually I liked the picture because the Marine is so AT ATTENTION even with his left arm folded perfectly. Whoever the Marine is, he gets an “A” in my opinion.

It’s actually a variation on parade rest, but other than that, yeah. Ceremonial troops; Marines, the Army’s Old Guard & those of the AF & Navy; are hard core men and women who give honor to our nation simply by existing.

19 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:47:24am

MORE UMBRELLA ESCAPADES

In one article, Teddy Jr recalled his first time in Washington, “…..when father was civil service commissioner I often walked to the office with him. On the way down he would talk history to me—not the dry history of dates and charters, but the history where you yourself in your imagination could assume the role of the principal actors, as every well-constructed boy wishes to do when interested. During every battle we would stop and father would draw out the full plan in the dust in the gutter with the tip of his umbrella. Long before the European war had broken over the world father would discuss with us military training and the necessity for every man being able to take his part.”[4]

20 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:47:50am

I’m waiting to hear testimony from the umbrellagate Whistleblowers.

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21 Political Atheist  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:49:33am

Let’s see. Obama can order Marines to attack, defend, shoot people or go into lethal harms way. He “”“should have sent them to Benghazi to fight”“”

But what he is absolutely allowed to do is ask a Marine for a little help with an umbrella or two.

Hmmm. Fascinating thought “process” there. Process like how McNuggets are made maybe.

22 Dr Lizardo  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:53:15am

re: #21 Political Atheist

Let’s see. Obama can order Marines to attack, defend, shoot people or go into lethal harms way. He “”“should have sent them to Benghazi to fight”“”

But what he is absolutely allowed to do is ask for a little help with an umbrella or two.

Hmmm. Fascinating thought “process” there. Process like how McNuggets are made maybe.

Mental McNuggets? Sort of has a ring to it.

Like ‘mental midgets’.

23 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:55:19am

Fox News hires Allen West for his ‘valuable point of view’

Please proceed.

24 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:55:28am

Image: obama-erdogan-580.jpg

Oh my god, holding a umbrella for a muslim! What’s this country coming to?

25 Evelena  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:56:27am

Full Disclosure About Me: (so you do not assume that I am far left/far right)
I like Reagan. His strength made me feel safe.
I like Clinton. What I wouldn’t give to have him as POTUS again!
I do not Bush. I could go on and on for the reasons I do not, but why bother?
I do not like Obama. It is not because of this that I don’t like him. I have so many, many, many reasons why I want him out of The White House. Some of you will most likely disagree and I am not trying to start a debate here, so I won’t get into that.

I will say that I feel that him having a Marine hold his umbrella was in poor taste and absolutely wrong. Being that he is our commander in chief, I do feel that he should have someone hold his umbrella if need be during his speeches, I just feel that he could of had a White House staff member do it. And the fact that he said, “they’re going to look good next to us,” makes my blood boil. I understand it was his idea of a joke, but it seems a little belittling to me. Marines are heroes. They need not stand next to anyone to “look good”.

You may interested in this article recently listed on the MSN dashboard: now.msn.com
It says that a male Marine can’t hold an umbrella while wearing his uniform. It does go against the U.S. Marine Corps policy but because he is POTUS, it is permissible. Being that obama doesn’t even know how to say Marine Corps, I doubt if he knew that there is such a regulation. But regardless if he knew it or not, or if it was permissible or not, I still feel it was in poor taste.
But, that’s just me!

26 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:57:21am

re: #21 Political Atheist

Let’s see. Obama can order Marines to attack, defend, shoot people or go into lethal harms way. He “”“should have sent them to Benghazi to fight”“”

But what he is absolutely allowed to do is ask a Marine for a little help with an umbrella or two.

Hmmm. Fascinating thought “process” there. Process like how McNuggets are made maybe.

According to the Wingnut Style of Argument, Which Can Fit Into A Tweet, Everything Is A Dichotomy:

Obama can [play golf, have a Marine hold his umbrella, eat breakfast, invite Beyonce to the White House, yada yada yada]

BUT NOT SEND IN A RESCUE TEAM TO BENGHAZI!!11!!

27 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:57:38am

Here we go.

28 jaunte  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:57:44am

Allahpundit:
“I’m sure this has been done before by other presidents, simply because the optics are sufficiently bad that Team O wouldn’t have tried it without precedent to cite in its defense.”

Yeah, right, they had several meetings about it I’m sure.

29 erik_t  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:58:10am
Being that obama doesn’t even know how to say Marine Corps, I doubt if he knew that there is such a regulation.

Show me on the doll where the president blacked at you.

30 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:58:11am

I liked Reagan. His alzheimer’s made me feel smart and together.

31 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:58:48am

I liked Washington. His teeth made me feel like I had superior dental care.

32 A Mom Anon  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:58:50am

Dumbrella.

These people need to be ridiculed as often and as loud as possible. Forever. What frightens me is that a lot of them are out on the roads driving around when I’m not sure they could open a box of cereal without hurting themselves or taking out half a city block.

33 wrenchwench  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:59:02am

re: #25 Evelena

It says that a male Marine can’t hold an umbrella while wearing his uniform. It does go against the U.S. Marine Corps policy but because he is POTUS, it is permissible. Being that obama doesn’t even know how to say Marine Corps, I doubt if he knew that there is such a regulation. But regardless if he knew it or not, or if it was permissible or not, I still feel it was in poor taste.
But, that’s just me!

Yep, just you. The Marines seem to disagree.

34 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:59:06am

re: #25 Evelena

I like Reagan. His strength made me feel safe.

His strength didn’t make 241 U.S. Marines safe!

Sorry. Could. Not. Help. Myself.

35 jaunte  Fri, May 17, 2013 11:59:16am

I like long Erdogans on the beach with the rain pattering on my forehead.

36 stabby  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:02:31pm

re: #25 Evelena

Not only a stupid argument, but you think we care about your opinion of Bush and Clinton.

Image: MEME-Grumpy-cat_1.jpg

37 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:03:00pm

re: #25 Evelena

Yeah I agree, forcing the Marine to hold an umbrella was the biggest abuse of executive privilege since Joe Biden forced a private to wash his 1981 Trans Am.

38 wrenchwench  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:03:59pm

re: #25 Evelena

Also: Greetings, hatchling.

39 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:04:40pm

re: #38 wrenchwench

Also: Greetings, hatchling.

Awesome. “Welcome to the blog! Have a zillion down-dings. You have also been promoted to director-general of the IRS.”

40 Varek Raith  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:05:30pm

Geez, maybe Obama should’ve flown a Harrier to this conference.
Then it’d be all good.

41 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:05:33pm

re: #25 Evelena

I’m trying to find a way to answer you nicely but I’m sorry to say that I’ve failed.

Stop. Being. Stupid.

Thank you.

42 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:06:01pm

Correction: 220 U.S. Marines, 18 U.S. Navy & 3 U.S. Army. That’s BENGHAZI*60.

43 erik_t  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:06:28pm

re: #39 iossarian

Awesome. “Welcome to the blog! Have a zillion down-dings. You have also been promoted to director-general of the IRS.”

All of the best of us started off that way.

(shifty eyes)

44 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:06:29pm

re: #34 Vicious Babushka

His strength didn’t make 241 U.S. Marines safe!

Sorry. Could. Not. Help. Myself.

And 58 French troops and 6 Civilians as well. He was an incompetent hack.

45 stabby  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:06:45pm

re: #38 wrenchwench

Also: Greetings, hatchling.

Heh heh

NSFW Image: You-Think-This-Is-A-Game-Cat-Meme.png

46 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:06:58pm

Okay, what if:

Erdogan has an umbrella but Obama doesn’t

OMG SUBORDINATE TO ISLAM AAAAAH

47 jaunte  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:07:27pm

twitter.com

48 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:07:59pm

re: #47 jaunte

twitter.com

Whoa, awesome sideburns!

49 subterraneanhomesickalien  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:08:24pm

OT:

Some seriously cute shit to keep you all from guzzling that strychnine out in the tool shed, after contemplating, that if humans can take offense to something like this, then is it really all worth it?

Not as cute as my three year old niece singing Man in the Box, but close.

Link

Seriously try not to lapse into a diabetic coma from viewing this.

50 Political Atheist  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:08:41pm

re: #25 Evelena

Ya might see where those regulations and alleged protocols fit in as compared to a direct order from the President Of the United States. AKA the NCA or National Command authority.

51 stabby  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:09:04pm

I wish I could use Imgur to hide filenames, but for some reason it doesn’t seem to work with firefox and my adblockers.

52 allegro  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:09:12pm

re: #25 Evelena

Of all the meaningful topics discussed here, the fact that you registered today and spent all that time on your fainting couch crafting this lengthy manuscript over a fucking umbrella tells me one thing: you have too much time on your hands. Well, two things: you also have a strange sense of priorities.

Take up dog walking perhaps? Get a little fresh air? Pick up some poop, yanno, something constructive?

53 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:10:02pm

I love how people still can’t let go Obama mispronouncing “Corps” even though that happened a million years ago.

54 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:10:35pm
55 erik_t  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:10:44pm

re: #53 dragonath

I love how people still can’t let go Obama mispronouncing “Corps” even though that happened a million years ago.

57 STATES11111ITY!

56 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:11:17pm

re: #53 dragonath

I love how people still can’t let go Obama mispronouncing “Corps” even though that happened a million years ago.

IT’S A FRENCH WORD THE FRENCH CHEESE MAH BRAINZ AAAAGGGGHHHHHH

57 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:11:19pm

re: #25 Evelena

As a former Marine, please allow to tell you to take your load of utter and complete horseshit and go fuck yourself.

58 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:13:17pm

re: #57 Kragar

As a former Marine, please allow to tell you to take your load of utter and complete horseshit and go fuck yourself.

“Former” Marine?

59 lawhawk  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:13:19pm

You really don’t think that the Office of the Chief of Protocol would know what the rules and regulations are, or that if the President requested the Marines to hold the umbrellas that they could do so - by operation of fact that as Commander in Chief he was issuing a lawful order?

Exceedingly rare, but not unheard of.

Oh, and there are 4 Marines attached to the White House detail at any given time. It’s one of the most prestigious postings. If the President asks, they’re going to go ahead and honor requests from the President, even if it is contrary to the regulation on umbrellas.

But really, this is what the GOP and right wing want to spend their time arguing about? That the President, while doing a presser with the Turkish leader, was having Marines hold an umbrella?

Well, I guess Benghazi and IRS and AP are going so well that they needed another nontroversy to hang their hat on. Oh wait, the Benghazi isn’t really taking off, the IRS scandal exposes what the real problem is - a tax code that Congress enacted that is full of problems, and the AP scandal could be solved if the GOP accepts Democrats’ plans for a media shield law, that is if they don’t accept the fact that the Administration was doing what the GOP had been demanding all along - to find and prosecute those leaking documents to the media.

60 lawhawk  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:14:22pm

re: #44 William Barnett-Lewis

And another 63 dead in the 1983 Beirut embassy bombing, including 17 Americans (1 Marine).

61 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:14:50pm

re: #58 Targetpractice

“Former” Marine?

Former active duty, been out for over 10 years.

Don’t start that shit with me, I’m not in the mood.

62 A Mom Anon  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:16:39pm

re: #49 subterraneanhomesickalien

OMG. I may need insulin now.

63 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:16:47pm

re: #44 William Barnett-Lewis

And 58 French troops and 6 Civilians as well. He was an incompetent hack.

But he blew his nose on the flag so that makes him a REAL PATRIOT!

64 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:17:18pm

re: #61 Kragar

Former active duty, been out for over 10 years.

Don’t start that shit with me, I’m not in the mood.

No shit to start, just every Marine I ever rubbed shoulders with made it clear that you may be out, but you’re still a Marine.

65 geoffm33  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:18:43pm

I picture President Obama at his next presser channeling Allen Iverson…

“I mean, listen. We in here talking about Umbrellas. Not jobs. Not jobs. Not Jobs. Umbrellas.”

Youtube Video
66 wrenchwench  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:21:50pm

I have found the actual problem here.

67 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:22:35pm

re: #64 Targetpractice

No shit to start, just every Marine I ever rubbed shoulders with made it clear that you may be out, but you’re still a Marine.

Former:
Adjective
1) having previously filled a particular role or been a particular thing.
2) Of or occurring in the past or an earlier period.

68 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:23:01pm

re: #66 wrenchwench

Vote fraud! ACORN!

69 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:23:05pm

re: #67 Kragar

Former:
Adjective
1) having previously filled a particular role or been a particular thing.
2) Of or occurring in the past or an earlier period.

Fair enough. No disrespect meant.

70 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:23:07pm

re: #66 wrenchwench

I have found the actual problem here.

Oh! I think you’re *right*!

71 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:24:16pm

*FACE PALM*


No, it’s fucking NOT.

72 A Mom Anon  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:24:43pm

re: #66 wrenchwench

Would you like your internets for here or to go? (whispers*did you notice, he’s black?*)

73 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:25:30pm

re: #71 Vicious Babushka

IRS ASSAULTED Mah LIBERTAA

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74 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:27:24pm

Issa Subpoenas Benghazi Investigator Pickering

On Friday, Issa responded with a letter of his own, expressing disappointment at Pickering’s refusal to meet behind-closed-doors.

“In light of your continuing refusal to appear voluntarily for a transcribed interview, however, I have found it necessary to issue a subpoena to compel your appearance at a deposition,” Issa wrote, according to Government Executive.

Pickering’s private deposition is scheduled to be held at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 23. He told Government Executive that he hadn’t heard about the subpoena yet.

75 leftynyc  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:29:20pm

re: #74 Kragar

Issa Subpoenas Benghazi Investigator Pickering

What a gigantic dick….I need a lawyer to tell me if this is possible but can Pickering’s lawyer immediately post a transcript of that deposition?

76 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:29:45pm

re: #74 Kragar

Issa Subpoenas Benghazi Investigator Pickering

Pickering’s reply should be three words: “Go fuck yourself.”

77 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:32:39pm

re: #76 Targetpractice

Pickering’s reply should be three words: “Go fuck yourself.”

I would show up, sit down in front of the panel, then not say a fucking word the whole time.

78 erik_t  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:35:04pm

re: #77 Kragar

I would show up, sit down in front of the panel, then not say a fucking word the whole time.

Preferably with muddy boots up on the table.

Issa deserves nothing but abject contempt.

79 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:35:27pm

re: #77 Kragar

I would show up, sit down in front of the panel, then not say a fucking word the whole time.

“Mr Pickering…*long-winded bullshit question*”
“I refuse to answer.”

Issa can compel him to appear, he can’t compel him to answer.

80 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:36:10pm

re: #79 Targetpractice

“Mr Pickering…*long-winded bullshit question*”
“I refuse to answer.”

Issa can compel him to appear, he can’t compel him to answer.

“No habla de bullshito.”

81 Lidane  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:37:26pm
82 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:37:50pm

“Mr Pickering…*long-winded bullshit question*”

“Sorry, I was doing a sudoku. Could you repeat that?”

83 Mattand  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:37:54pm

re: #25 Evelena

Full Disclousre about me: Evelena, I think you’re a fucking idiot.

84 Big Steve  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:39:59pm

I have been out of town and off the grid the last week or so but I noticed that we are not talking about the IRS scandal much at this site. Or maybe I just missed the debate. But I do want to say “Thanks ALOT” to the IRS for absolutely positively feeding the beast so perfectly. Lets take groups that are focused around their paranoia about the government and current administration and do the one thing that proves that paranoia right. No matter what part of the political spectrum you are on, it gives us the willies to think that the the IRS is acting with a political bent or that its employees would.

85 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:40:20pm

re: #81 Lidane

Good. It’s time for the White House to hold the line on this. Congress has to either agree to change spending patterns (which means compromise) or pay for the costs that are already incurred.

86 Shiplord Kirel  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:40:55pm

The Marines look great in this video. Their uniforms and bearing are perfect. It is detestable for the ignorant RWNJs to claim that this action somehow demeans the Marines. I think it might be a good idea to have them around anytime the press rabble is there, just to emphasize official dignity for the sake of contrast.

87 stabby  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:42:30pm

re: #81 Lidane

Well, good.

If congress doesn’t do its job, perhaps the possibly extreme harm done to the economy will be fixed by the Republican party imploding and not being elected anymore.

88 kirkspencer  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:43:25pm

re: #75 leftynyc

What a gigantic dick….I need a lawyer to tell me if this is possible but can Pickering’s lawyer immediately post a transcript of that deposition?

It depends on how the deposition is classified.

89 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:43:39pm

re: #86 Shiplord Kirel

To be fair, we’re dealing with people who can’t figure out why it’s illegal (and probably disrespectful) for a private citizen to take their AK-47s into Arlington National Cemetery.

90 erik_t  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:43:58pm

re: #84 Big Steve

I have been out of town and off the grid the last week or so but I noticed that we are not talking about the IRS scandal much at this site. Or maybe I just missed the debate. But I do want to say “Thanks ALOT” to the IRS for absolutely positively feeding the beast so perfectly. Lets take groups that are focused around their paranoia about the government and current administration and do the one thing that proves that paranoia right. No matter what part of the political spectrum you are on, it gives us the willies to think that the the IRS is acting with a political bent or that its employees would.

Sounds like an imprecisely-written law was applied badly and some folks got fucking fired. Perhaps you can enlighten us, Steve, what more need we say?

91 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:45:16pm

When will someone be fired/imprisoned because of umbrellagate?!

/

92 lawhawk  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:45:50pm
93 engineer cat  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:45:57pm

re: #25 Evelena

Full Disclosure About Me: (so you do not assume that I am far left/far right)
I like Reagan. His strength made me feel safe.
I like Clinton. What I wouldn’t give to have him as POTUS again!
I do not Bush. I could go on and on for the reasons I do not, but why bother?
!

i appreciate it that some people still take the trouble to do Concern Troll in the classic style

94 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:46:31pm

re: #81 Lidane

And thus we get to the GOP’s big reason for pushing these scandals hard, namely that with the CBO’s new debt forecast, they have nowhere to turn. The “debt explosion” is no more, deficits are falling, and healthcare spending has virtually flatlined. There’s nowhere near enough money in the discretionary spending to cover another debt ceiling hike, “entitlement reform” is wildly unpopular when people actually hear what the GOP wants, and “tax reform” that does nothing to raise revenues is likewise a major joke.

95 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:46:43pm

re: #93 engineer cat

i appreciate it that some people still take the trouble to do Concern Troll in the classic style

“First, let me establish my reasonable-person bona fides…”

96 steve_davis  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:46:58pm

re: #33 wrenchwench

Yep, just you. The Marines seem to disagree.

re: #53 dragonath

I love how people still can’t let go Obama mispronouncing “Corps” even though that happened a million years ago.

Ain’t it remarkable? They remember that utterly irrelevant moment, and yet none of them remember the president kicking the Republican Caucus’ ass, both during a televised Q&A session where he skull-fucked Eric Cantor AND Virginia Foxx, and during the healthcare debate. In fact, one of the quickest ways of shutting down a teleprompter-troll in an online argument is to bring up “that time the president turned an impromptu hour-long Q&A with the republican caucus into an hour and-a-half” because he’d eaten his way through half their idiotic talking points and realized this was like a grandmaster’s first-round in a Swiss, under accelerated pairings. He beat them without ever having to come out of book.

97 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:48:17pm

BREAKING NEWS!

Darrell Issa announces two weeks of investigative hearings into the shocking abuse of umbrellas by this so-called President. Subpoenas have been issued for Turkish PM Erdogan and the two Marines who were forced into abetting this appalling abuse of Presidential power.

Featuring Jason Chaffetz as the Angriest Guy in the Room, with half-time entertainment by Louie “Bumps” Gohmert.

98 stabby  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:48:45pm

re: #93 engineer cat

classics as memes

Image: nyannight_web.jpg

Image: koalasource_web1.jpg

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99 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:48:48pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

BREAKING NEWS!

Darrell Issa announces two weeks of investigative hearings into the shocking abuse of umbrellas by this so-called President. Subpoenas have been issued for Turkish PM Erdogan and the two Marines who were forced into abetting this appalling abuse of Presidential power.

Featuring Jason Chaffetz as the Angriest Guy in the Room, with half-time entertainment by Louie “Bumps” Gohmert.

What’s sad is that it’s not even that implausible.

100 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:48:56pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

I will not have you cast aspersions on my asparagas!

101 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:48:59pm

re: #91 Bulworth

When will someone be fired/imprisoned because of umbrellagate?!

/

Obviously the Marines need to court martialed and given dishonorable discharges for obeying an unlawful order from a Muslim pretender in the White House.
///

102 jaunte  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:49:11pm

*thunderous asparagus from the crowd*

103 wrenchwench  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:49:33pm

Of course there’s the new fear that those Marines might be gay, and you know the possible implications of sharing an umbrella….

Youtube Video
104 Lidane  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:49:59pm

GOP Rebranding:

105 Varek Raith  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:50:16pm

re: #101 Kragar

So…
If the PotUS asked you to hold an umbrella…
/

106 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:50:16pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

BREAKING NEWS!

Darrell Issa announces two weeks of investigative hearings into the shocking abuse of umbrellas by this so-called President. Subpoenas have been issued for Turkish PM Erdogan and the two Marines who were forced into abetting this appalling abuse of Presidential power.

Featuring Jason Chaffetz as the Angriest Guy in the Room, with half-time entertainment by Louie “Bumps” Gohmert.

“You’ll pay for the whole seat BUT YOU’LL ONLY USE THE EDGE!”

107 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:50:22pm

re: #101 Kragar

That was my thought too.

Obey unlawful orders to torture detainees? No problem. The security of the United States is at stake!

Hold an umbrella? WORST THING EVAR

108 palomino  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:50:45pm

re: #90 erik_t

Sounds like an imprecisely-written law was applied badly and some folks got fucking fired. Perhaps you can enlighten us, Steve, what more need we say?

That it’s the end of the world, it’s another fill-in-the-blank-Gate, Obama should be impeached, blah blah. The GOP has nothing new (other than typical full-on obstructionism), so they vote to repeal Obamacare for the 37th time and obsess over every federal govt. mistake as if it were grounds for the president to be impeached.

109 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:51:03pm

re: #105 Varek Raith

So…
If the PotUS asked you to hold an umbrella…
/

TYRANNY!11!1!!!

110 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:51:40pm

re: #108 palomino

That it’s the end of the world, it’s another fill-in-the-blank-Gate, Obama should be impeached, blah blah. The GOP has nothing new (other than typical full-on obstructionism), so they vote to repeal Obamacare for the 37th time and obsess over every federal govt. mistake as if it were grounds for the president to be impeached.

No, apparently we need to pay close attention because someone in the IRS has been promoted/moved to a different position of responsibility.

There’s more to this than meets the eye. Much more.

111 Amory Blaine  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:51:57pm

“Look Everyone!! I can hold it all by myself!!”

112 lawhawk  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:52:01pm

re: #84 Big Steve

It has been addressed a couple of times, but let’s step back and look at the issue’s actual facts.

The TIGTA issued a report. That report came out following the early leak last Friday that the IRS may have improperly treated certain applicants for 501(c)(4) status. The report however indicates that TP/conservative type groups comprised 30% of the total number scrutinized by the IRS group that is supposed to examine all applicants.

The kinds of questions are invasive, but that’s due in part to the fact that the law doesn’t actually state what constitutes a given level of (some, substantial, etc.) political activity that would invalidate the applicant’s status as a 501(c) entity.

The solution is not firing IRS officials, but to fix the law. One fix could be to clarify that any lobbying or political activity invalidates 501(c) status and they’d have to register as a 527.

The training that the IRS examiners got was incomplete and led to problems, but that’s because the underlying law was a mess on the subject. Trying to fix the problem on the fly as new political issues came up added to the mess - TP applicants soared, and other entities rushed to get registered as well to take advantage of 501(c) status - and examiners couldn’t keep up with the registrations.

113 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:52:52pm

So with CBS busting the GOP’s chops on their Benghazi bullshit email scam, I wonder what CBS’s professional concern troll, Sheryl Atkisson has to say? She’s been Very Concerned about Benghazi-gate for a long time.

114 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:52:56pm

re: #111 Amory Blaine

“Look Everyone!! I can hold it all by myself!!”

FRANK AND BEANS!

115 Lidane  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:53:22pm

He seems reasonable:

116 steve_davis  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:53:27pm

re: #88 kirkspencer

It depends on how the deposition is classified.

If Pickering really wants to, he can just have his lawyer respond that he refuses to appear before a Star Chamber, and that he wants to appear in front of a public hearing. I mean, at some point Issa would have to concede that demanding a witness appear privately before the commission when the witness wants to appear publicly just has really bad optics to it.

117 Sionainn  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:53:46pm

re: #49 subterraneanhomesickalien

OT:

Some seriously cute shit to keep you all from guzzling that strychnine out in the tool shed, after contemplating, that if humans can take offense to something like this, then is it really all worth it?

Not as cute as my three year old niece singing Man in the Box, but close.

Link

Seriously try not to lapse into a diabetic coma from viewing this.

That was cute, but I was too distracted by the child not being correctly belted in the car seat that I couldn’t enjoy it.

118 Kragar  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:54:05pm

re: #115 Lidane

He seems reasonable:

It would be irresponsible not to speculate….

119 wrenchwench  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:54:57pm

re: #113 Bulworth

So with CBS busting the GOP’s chops on their Benghazi bullshit email scam, I wonder what CBS’s professional concern troll, Sheryl Atkisson has to say? She’s been Very Concerned about Benghazi-gate for a long time.

She was also Very Concerned about Fast & Furious. How much Concern can one woman muster?

120 Amory Blaine  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:55:57pm

re: #115 Lidane

He seems reasonable:

You know I’m really glad they dropped the whole “we’re better than liberals”, civilized ,family values bullshit they’ve been lying about for 30 fucking years. These conservatives truly are shitstained souls not worthy of any respect.

121 leftynyc  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:55:58pm

re: #115 Lidane

I seriously need a shower after reading that.

122 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:56:25pm

re: #115 Lidane

The full rant is even sweeter. What a nice, Christian young man.

/

123 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:56:55pm

re: #116 steve_davis

If Pickering really wants to, he can just have his lawyer respond that he refuses to appear before a Star Chamber, and that he wants to appear in front of a public hearing. I mean, at some point Issa would have to concede that demanding a witness appear privately before the commission when the witness wants to appear publicly just has really bad optics to it.

This is Darrell Issa that we’re talking about here. He’ll have Pickering drug into that deposition by his thumbs if it means getting what he wants. That way after it’s all over, cherry-picked portions of that “secret” deposition can be subsequently “leaked” to the press, with the knowledge that if Pickering publicly denies such, the GOP will call him a liar.

124 palomino  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:58:02pm

re: #110 iossarian

No, apparently we need to pay close attention because someone in the IRS has been promoted/moved to a different position of responsibility.

There’s more to this than meets the eye. Much more.

Who does Obama think he is? Getting 6 hours of sleep most nights. Ridiculous.

He should spend all that extra time finding out exactly what every IRS agent is doing.

125 leftynyc  Fri, May 17, 2013 12:58:16pm

re: #123 Targetpractice


Couldn’t Pickering appear on all the Sunday shows and actually call Issa and pals liars? Couldn’t he demand they release the entire deposition and are only afraid to because they’re lying?

126 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:00:04pm

re: #125 leftynyc

The Sunday shows would have to first check with President John McCain to see if Pickering can take McCain’s usual spot.

127 goddamnedfrank  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:02:27pm

re: #123 Targetpractice

This is Darrell Issa that we’re talking about here. He’ll have Pickering drug into that deposition by his thumbs if it means getting what he wants. That way after it’s all over, cherry-picked portions of that “secret” deposition can be subsequently “leaked” to the press, with the knowledge that if Pickering publicly denies such, the GOP will call him a liar.

If I were Pickering I’d place a digital voice recorder on the table in plain view and use my opening statement to announce that as public employees conducting public business on public property absolutely nobody in the room has any reasonable expectation to privacy, and that the recording would be uploaded to social media.

128 Dr Lizardo  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:03:59pm

re: #127 goddamnedfrank

If I were Pickering I’d place a digital voice recorder on the table in plain view and use my opening statement to announce that as public employees conducting public business on public property absolutely nobody in the room has any reasonable expectation to privacy, and that the recording would be uploaded to social media.

Issa would adjourn within 10 seconds. And that’s being generous.

129 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:04:22pm

re: #124 palomino

Who does Obama think he is? Getting 6 hours of sleep most nights. Ridiculous.

He should spend all that extra time finding out exactly what every IRS agent is doing.

The stupidest thing about the whole IRS fake scandal is that there’s not even any evidence (that I’ve seen) that the agents were actually politically motivated. If I’m given a 10,000 row excel spreadsheet and someone says “find all the political groups on this list and by the way you have two hours”, am I going to start word-searching for “tea party” in the name? Of course I fucking am because that’s a quick way to start filtering.

Now that’s not to say that the agents didn’t have political biases - maybe they did. But it’s a million miles away from, I don’t know, some hypothetical situation where the White House instructs the Department of Justice to fire a bunch of people because they are suspected of having Democratic leanings, and replacing them with under-qualified Republican boosters.

But no, we have to wait for Republican hacks to come up with more doctored bullshit revealing why Obama is personally responsible for initiating armageddon via his meddling in low-level bureaucracy.

130 kirkspencer  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:04:48pm

re: #84 Big Steve

I have been out of town and off the grid the last week or so but I noticed that we are not talking about the IRS scandal much at this site. Or maybe I just missed the debate. But I do want to say “Thanks ALOT” to the IRS for absolutely positively feeding the beast so perfectly. Lets take groups that are focused around their paranoia about the government and current administration and do the one thing that proves that paranoia right. No matter what part of the political spectrum you are on, it gives us the willies to think that the the IRS is acting with a political bent or that its employees would.

Actually it’s getting rather fun in wingnut land as they chase the wrong rabbit.

The IG investigated on three subjects, two of which had a subordinate question. Paraphrasing both subject and response:

1) Was Tea Party (etc) political label used (wrongfully) as a test to send applications for special review as political organization? /yes/
2) Were applications in the political review suffering excessive delays? /yes/
2a) Were the delays discriminatory; were only the Tea Party et al applications being so delayed? /no/
3) Were applying organizations sent follow-up questions that were unnecessary and excessive? /yes/
3a) Were these requests discriminatory going only or predominately to Tea Party et al? /no/

Pay attention to the “no” reports above. See, the RWNJ raging is about the delays (question 2). As a consequence they’re talking lawsuits and RICOs and a host of other things that aren’t going to happen; that are basically going to reinforce the “raving lunatic” meme. It’s driven in part because the IRS has always been a target. But … we’ve got people with three of a kind acting like they’ve got a straight flush.

Minor digression but I’m waiting for the investigation and recommendations of question four. See, originally the IG was going to pursue four questions per congressional request. But because the fourth required different areas of investigation and a few other things it was made separate. From the report:

“Lastly, several members of Congress requested that the IRS investigate whether existing social welfare organizations are improperly engaged in a substantial, or even predominant, amount of campaign activity.

…

12 A future audit is being considered to assess how the EO function monitors I.R.C. §§ 501(c)(4)-(6) organizations to ensure that political campaign intervention does not constitute their primary activity.”

131 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:05:18pm

re: #125 leftynyc

Couldn’t Pickering appear on all the Sunday shows and actually call Issa and pals liars? Couldn’t he demand they release the entire deposition and are only afraid to because they’re lying?

Remember, with the GOP it’s “Do as I say” rules only. Issa will balk at the idea that the deposition is of public interest and say that Pickering got what he wanted, which was to set the record straight. If the public wants answers, it should be asking the White House.

132 leftynyc  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:06:00pm

And now for something completely different:

blog.sfgate.com

A Denver couple decided to change their baby’s diaper in the seating area of a Starbuck’s when they realized the coffee shop’s restroom wasn’t equipped with a changing table. Ruth and Alex Burgos were making a Friday night coffee run with their 1-year-old son Thiago when they were faced with the must-change nappy.

“As a mother, you have to do what you have to do. Wherever you have to do it,” Ruth told 9News. “I just kind of wiped him off, cleaned him off as quickly as I could.”

Frankly, if I was sitting at a nearby table drinking my latte and munching a scone, I would have been very pissed off.

133 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:07:36pm

re: #111 Amory Blaine

“Look Everyone!! I can hold it all by myself!!”

GWB: “How does this cone of silence thing work anyways?”

134 leftynyc  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:07:59pm

re: #131 Targetpractice


I can’t believe the optics of the Ambassador wanting things to be public vs the asshole who wants to keep it behind closed doors would help the right at all.

135 kirkspencer  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:08:12pm

re: #128 Dr Lizardo

Issa would adjourn within 10 seconds. And that’s being generous.

No, he’d probably open with something like “this is a hearing which may touch upon classified intelligence subjects and as such it is closed. Until completion the contents of what is said here are to be considered secret pending appropriate review.”

It’s a tricksy place but Issa’s been there before.

136 erik_t  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:08:45pm

re: #132 leftynyc

And now for something completely different:

blog.sfgate.com

The argument for public breastfeeding is very clear and simple: the only reason anyone could object is because they’re a whiny prude.

This is obviously not the case with public changing. There are health and cleanliness issues like whoah.

137 iossarian  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:09:33pm

re: #135 kirkspencer

No, he’d probably open with something like “this is a hearing which may touch upon classified intelligence subjects and as such it is closed. Until completion the contents of what is said here are to be considered secret pending appropriate review our decision that leaking suitably-altered portions of the testimony is to our political advantage.”

It’s a tricksy place but Issa’s been there before.

Fixed.

138 leftynyc  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:09:35pm

re: #136 erik_t

My feelings exactly. I have no objection to breastfeeding in restaurants. This is just plain gross.

139 Lidane  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:09:55pm
140 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:10:37pm

re: #135 kirkspencer

Issa/Media: all this information is Classified so we don’t want your testimony in public or you to record any of this but When Is Obama going to release all the Benghazi emails???!!!>?!>>11>1>!!>.!

141 Amory Blaine  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:11:49pm

re: #115 Lidane

He seems reasonable:

Every radio market in the country is beaming this kind of vile political speech. Coast to coast. All day. Everyday.

142 Targetpractice  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:13:41pm

re: #134 leftynyc

I can’t believe the optics of the Ambassador wanting things to be public vs the asshole who wants to keep it behind closed doors would help the right at all.

Any outrage over that will last however long it takes for the “leaks” to begin. When that happens, of course the GOP will bluster and accuse Pickering or Democrats of leaking the contents of a closed session that involved classified subjects of a critical nature.

143 kirkspencer  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:14:14pm

re: #140 Bulworth

Issa/Media: all this information is Classified so we don’t want your testimony in public or you to record any of this but When Is Obama going to release all the Benghazi emails???!!!>?!>>11>1>!!>.!

heh. A point I recently made to some conservative friends that have caused them to blink:

The released emails prove that the Republicans lied about at least some of their evidence. As of yet the administration has not been proven to have lied on this. So are you demanding these additional emails to prove the Republicans were lying about everything instead of just the things we can check?

144 A Mom Anon  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:15:10pm

re: #138 leftynyc

Yep, I have a hard time believing that there was no other alternative. The car, take the stroller outside, maybe find a neighboring business, etc.

(edited to add)
I never left home without a couple of old towels rolled up and stuffed into the diaper bag so I’d always have a clean surface to lay the baby on. My “baby” is 19 and I still carry old towels in my car to clean up after the dog, mud off the shoes, etc. A trick I learned from my grandma, she never threw any old towels or washcloths away, she used them for every type of cleaning you can think of, lining kitchen drawers, stuffing for stuffed animals, you name it.

145 Amory Blaine  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:20:07pm

re: #144 A Mom Anon

The kicker would be the changer leaning over and asking “can I use your napkin?”

146 Bulworth  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:21:06pm

money.cnn.com

Only Marxist anti-colonialism can explain this

147 Amory Blaine  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:24:12pm

re: #146 Bulworth

All part of the evil plot my friend…

148 Dr Lizardo  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:24:46pm

Looks like BitCoin has hit a snag.

US authorities seized the accounts of a Bitcoin digital currency exchange operator, claiming it was functioning as an “unlicensed money service business,” court documents showed Friday.

A warrant revealed by the Department of Homeland Security showed a judge signed the seizure order Tuesday for the accounts of Mutum Sigillum LCC, a subsidiary of Japan-based Mt. Gox, the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange.

The warrant said the account based on the electronic payments platform Dwolla and held at Veridian Credit Union “was used to move money” as “part of an unlicensed money service” in violation of US law.

Money laundering concerns, perhaps?

rawstory.com

149 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:25:54pm

re: #146 Bulworth

Pretty amazing considering the stock market bottomed out around 6600. In fact, I remember how how people were complaining about how the stock market “was lower under Obama” until mid 2010 or so.

150 engineer cat  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:26:01pm

re: #25 Evelena

Full Disclosure About Me: (so you do not assume that I am

Full Disclosure About Me: (please assume that i am an off the charts and fully radical member of the cynics party bound to offend everybody and if i don’t i want to know what went wrong)

i liked reagan : it was hard to dislike the genial actor who was too slow to realize he was merely the entertaining front man for a drive to take american society back to industrial revolution level ass-fucking of the common man

i liked clinton : he made such a good, intelligent appearance and wonderful speeches about compassion while doing not much of anything and presiding over a vaguely right of center administration and conducting his degrading and immature assignations

i disliked bush : his tone varied between pissyness and sanctimoniousness while he promoted revenue policies designed to fuck the budget

i like obama : another well meaning, dignified, classic old fashioned moderate conservative utterly helpless in the face of machinations of veteran politicians utterly without morals. i despair when i see how easily he was deceived by the ‘sequester’ gambit

151 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:28:03pm
152 dragonath  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:31:27pm

Gallup: Public interest in IRS, Benghazi stories below average

Imagine, most of the population isn’t interested in these stories after the Republicans cried wolf for the 10,000,000th time.

That’s what happens when the latest outrage is Umbrellagate.

153 jvic  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:34:13pm

Speaking as a conservative:

facepalm

154 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:40:00pm

Yikes!

155 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 17, 2013 1:46:13pm

re: #49 subterraneanhomesickalien

OT:

Seriously try not to lapse into a diabetic coma from viewing this.

TOO SOON for jokes about diabetic coma!

156 kerFuFFler  Fri, May 17, 2013 2:27:35pm

Here’s a guy holding an umbrella over Reagan and the First Lady. He is not in a military uniform though. Is that what is bothering these wingnuts, that a marine provided that service?

answers.com

157 bubba zanetti  Fri, May 17, 2013 2:31:21pm

ZOMG WHITE HOUSE HIP HOP UMBRELLA BBQ

Youtube Video
158 jamesfirecat  Fri, May 17, 2013 3:06:02pm

re: #25 Evelena

Full Disclosure About Me: (so you do not assume that I am far left/far right)
I like Reagan. His strength made me feel safe.
I like Clinton. What I wouldn’t give to have him as POTUS again!
I do not Bush. I could go on and on for the reasons I do not, but why bother?
I do not like Obama. It is not because of this that I don’t like him. I have so many, many, many reasons why I want him out of The White House. Some of you will most likely disagree and I am not trying to start a debate here, so I won’t get into that.

I will say that I feel that him having a Marine hold his umbrella was in poor taste and absolutely wrong. Being that he is our commander in chief, I do feel that he should have someone hold his umbrella if need be during his speeches, I just feel that he could of had a White House staff member do it. And the fact that he said, “they’re going to look good next to us,” makes my blood boil. I understand it was his idea of a joke, but it seems a little belittling to me. Marines are heroes. They need not stand next to anyone to “look good”.

You may interested in this article recently listed on the MSN dashboard: now.msn.com
It says that a male Marine can’t hold an umbrella while wearing his uniform. It does go against the U.S. Marine Corps policy but because he is POTUS, it is permissible. Being that obama doesn’t even know how to say Marine Corps, I doubt if he knew that there is such a regulation. But regardless if he knew it or not, or if it was permissible or not, I still feel it was in poor taste.
But, that’s just me!

Obama is commander in chief, the guy in charge should not have to hold his own umbrella it’s simple military chain of command.

Would you expect a general to hold his own umbrella if a private was standing next to him?

159 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Fri, May 17, 2013 4:03:38pm

re: #140 Bulworth

Issa/Media: all this information is Classified so we don’t want your testimony in public or you to record any of this but When Is Obama going to release all the Benghazi emails???!!!>?!>>11>1>!!>.!

What kind of weird assed regular expression (regex) search string is that? I tried it on my server and all it found was porn.

160 ReamWorks SKG  Fri, May 17, 2013 4:49:26pm

The President was trying to handle a situation to avoid his guest being uncomfortable. He didn’t want the Prime Minister to be in a wet suit the rest of the day. Sometimes you have to think on your feet.


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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ...
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ...
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