Jim Hoft’s Monumental Fail of the Week: Tea Party Nazi Signs Were Real

Dumbest man on Internet retains his crown
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Yesterday, the Dumbest Man on the Internet, Jim “Gateway Pundit” Hoft, flew into a shrieking rage about a Democratic fundraising letter that said:

DERP

“At one Tea Party rally this week, mobs chanted “Waterboard Obama, Waterboard Hillary!”

At another, radicals waved signs with Nazi symbols.”

Hoft posted two rants about this fundraising letter, both claiming it was a “complete lie,” and actually offering a reward to anyone who could provide proof that teabaggers were waving signs with Nazi symbols:

Disgusting! Democrats Completely Lie About Tea Party in Latest Fundraising Letter …Update: TAKE ACTION NOW | the Gateway Pundit

REWARD OFFERED to DSCC for Proof of “Nazi Symbols” at IRS Tea Party Rallies This Week | the Gateway Pundit

“THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. ANYWHERE.”

And then … what do you know! The Wall Street Journal published a photo of that Tea Party rally, and guess what?

They were waving signs with Nazi symbols! I know, right?

So what does the Internet’s Stupidest Right Wing Parrot do with this information? Is he going to donate that money to Elizabeth Warren as he promised?

Of course not, silly! He’s just pretending he was right all along.

Busted! Guy Cecil and the DSCC Ought to Be Ashamed for Smearing Tea Party to Raise Cash - Joseph Goebbels Would Be Proud | the Gateway Pundit

Hoft’s excuse is so childish and transparently ridiculous, it almost beggars belief:

These signs at the rally in Cincinnati clearly show the denunciation of Nazism not the endorsement of Nazism as Guy Cecil clearly suggested.

He took the signs completely out of context.

This hateful bastard takes the denunciation of fascist tactics completely out of context to imply the Tea Party supports National Socialism!
Joseph Goebbels would be proud.

Of course, the DSCC fundraising letter said nothing of the sort. Having seen plenty of these Nazi symbols on Tea Party signs, I assumed — correctly — that these would be comparing either Obama or a government agency to Nazis. And sure enough, that’s exactly what happened.

You didn’t think Hoft would actually pay up when he was proven wrong, did you? That’s not how the right wing blogosphere rolls. Nope, he just digs in, welches on his promise, and gets even more vitriolic and hateful — and actually compares the DSCC to Nazi Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels.

Ah, right wing blogs. Never change! You’re too pathetically hilarious the way you are.

UPDATE at 5/26/13 1:53:21 pm

Wonkette’s Gary Legum busted Dim Jim trying to change his original post to weasel out of being so wrong: Yr Wonkette Will Soon Have All of Gateway Pundit’s Monies (UPDATED)

The original post:

The sneaky edited version:

UPDATE at 5/27/13 1:54:39 pm

Predictably as clockwork, Hoft is now claiming victory, trying to welch out of his bet, and demanding apologies. My reply: Dear Jim Hoft, I’m Not Sorry.

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168 comments
1 BigPapa  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:46:44am

I’ll give Hoft one thing: he’s consistent.

2 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:48:04am

“To the thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s get ready to Duuuuuuuuummmmmmmbbbllllllllllllllllllllllllllllle!”

3 thecommodore  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:51:11am

So when shown proof that some teabaggers did, in fact, have signs with Nazi symbols, he claims the signs were being taken out of context, and then…in an act of profound irony…and derp…he invokes…Joseph Goebbels.

I can’t think of anyone more monumentally stupid than the Duke of Derp, Dim Jim Hoft.

4 BigPapa  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:52:50am

He’s like a warp, not of time, but of irony.

5 dragonath  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:55:27am

I don’t know if anyone is following the Toronto mayor controversy, but Ford’s drug dealing brother looks exactly like Biff Tannen…

Image: li-620-doug-ford-cbc.jpg

6 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:55:55am

re: #4 BigPapa

He’s like a warp, not of time, but of irony.

“Set course for Wingnuttia Prime, warp factor Hoft 8!”

7 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:56:31am

re: #5 dragonath

I don’t know if anyone is following the Toronto mayor controversy, but Ford’s drug dealing brother looks exactly like Biff Tannen…

Image: li-620-doug-ford-cbc.jpg

I have been keeping an eye on it. Toronto politics have been a mess for years,

8 jaunte  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:56:41am
“Today we are offering a reward to the DSCC if they can offer proof of Nazi symbols - carried approvingly by Tea Party activists - were seen at any of the IRS Tea Party rallies this week. We will give $3,150 to Elizabeth Warren’s favorite minority women’s support group if the DSCC can produce evidence that there were “Nazi symbols” at any of the Tea Party rallies held last Tuesday.”

Seems like the red ball cap guy in the picture is approvingly calling the IRS tax collection system the “SS.”

9 jaunte  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:59:13am

Red ballcap guy should take a moment on Memorial Day to remember how all the veterans and active duty military get paid.

10 Charles Johnson  Sun, May 26, 2013 10:59:38am

re: #8 jaunte

He added that line about “carried approvingly” later, when he knew his idiotic claims were falling apart.

11 BigPapa  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:05:33am

I think I’ve figured it out: he’s actually a left winger who wants to ridicule the right wing by being so epically stupid and douchey.

Well played, sir. Well played.

12 jaunte  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:05:46am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

I see a bunch of his commenters are going the ‘false flag’ route.

13 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:07:48am

They chanted ‘Waterboard Obama’? Really?

Wow. What assholes.

14 jaunte  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:08:08am
*liberty*liz • 17 hours ago
Thanks for the post, GP.
If the independent “proof” hasn’t surfaced by now, it doesn’t exist. And in so far as a potentially faked placard with Nazi symbols that may surface, let’s keep in mind the mindset that the Left has…It doesn’t matter if the placard is {or would be} faked, since they believe that it is {or would be} an accurate portrayal of who we are.

A.K.A. the ‘nothing is real’ approach.

15 Varek Raith  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:09:50am

re: #13 Obdicut is an Obdislut apparently

They chanted ‘Waterboard Obama’? Really?

Wow. What assholes.

Hannity first.
He said he would.
o

16 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:11:31am

Ferchrissakes, nobody likes the IRS, even people who understand what they do and why.

But this vitriol is coming from people who would have it abolished along with all taxation beyond sales tax on basic foodstuffs.

17 Targetpractice  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:11:44am

re: #14 jaunte

A.K.A. the ‘nothing is real’ approach.

Who are you gonna believe, Jim or your lyin’ eyes?!

18 HappyWarrior  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:13:25am

Does this guy ever realize how stupid he is? Rhetorical question but my god it amazes me that he can function daily without shitting himself.

19 Tigger2  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:31:40am

re: #18 HappyWarrior

Does this guy ever realize how stupid he is? Rhetorical question but my god it amazes me that he can function daily without shitting himself.

Are we really sure he doesn’t do that.

20 AntonSirius  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:32:03am

re: #18 HappyWarrior

Does this guy ever realize how stupid he is? Rhetorical question but my god it amazes me that he can function daily without shitting himself.

And what proof do you have that this is, in fact, the case? Bloggers can just as easily wear diapers as pyjamas.

21 AntonSirius  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:32:43am

(shakes fist at Tigger2)

22 Tigger2  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:37:07am

That girl on the left doesn’t even look like she’s old enough to know what the IRS is.

23 Targetpractice  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:37:58am

re: #22 Tigger2

That girl on the left doesn’t even look like she’s old enough to know what the IRS is.

“IRS? Is that a band?”

24 Tigger2  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:40:06am

re: #23 Targetpractice

“IRS? Is that a band?”

re: #23 Targetpractice

“IRS? Is that a band?”

I see no need to waste time putting a . after each letter, I’m to old I conserve my time. lol

25 Romantic Heretic  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:54:50am

re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg

I have been keeping an eye on it. Toronto politics have been a mess for years,

Oh yeah. Mike Harris’s legacy lives.

26 stabby  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:56:25am

I hate the tea party more than most, but combining the SS symbol with the IRS symbol is an attack on the IRS, not support for the Nazis.

Show me a sign that uses an Nazi symbol in a non-ironic way.

27 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 11:58:06am

re: #26 stabby

I hate the tea party more than most, but combining the SS symbol with the IRS symbol is an attack on the IRS, not support for the Nazis.

Show me a sign that uses an Nazi symbol in a non-ironic way.

That’s not an ‘ironic’ use of them. I don’t get it— you’re asking for Nazi signs being held, in, like, a pro-Nazi way? There aren’t any of those.

28 nines09  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:00:40pm

re: #26 stabby

So the IRS is SS like? Really?

29 stabby  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:01:38pm

re: #27 Obdicut is an Obdislut apparently

Yeah.

Look I understand that the IRS is necessary, but picking “radical” symbolism to attack the IRS is not even a sign that the person supports that kind of radical. The sign isn’t even proof that the carrier is unusually far right.

If that’s the only way Nazi symbolism is being used, then the fundraising letter was deliberately misleading and the people being smeared have a right to be angry.

And this is STUPID because the tea party IS racist. It’s a mistake for Democrats to overreach. They could have used real stuff.

30 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:06:48pm

re: #29 stabby

Nobody thinks that they support the Nazis, the thing is they’re using these signs to accuse the IRS of being Nazis, which is radical.

What aren’t you getting about this? You actually think the fundraising letter was accusing them of just hoisting the swastika?

31 thecommodore  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:07:28pm

re: #30 Obdicut is an Obdislut apparently

Nobody thinks that they support the Nazis, the thing is they’re using these signs to accuse the IRS of being Nazis, which is radical.

Not to mention stupid.

32 stabby  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:08:44pm

re: #30 Obdicut is an Obdislut apparently

I’ve argued with actual racists on PJ media. I’ve seen racism come out of less obvious right wingers when pushed to explain their thinking.

I would NOT be surprised if actual racist signs show up at tea party rallies.

Sure. Yes. From the title I thought this might be real.

It isn’t.

33 darthstar  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:08:48pm

I was kind of hoping the rookie Munoz would pull it out in the last four laps, but they had to finish under yellow. Still, it was good to watch the race between taking the dogs to the beach and hitting the Farmer’s Market. But what’s with the milk? Champagne, motherfuckers!

34 nines09  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:10:00pm

re: #29 stabby

I think that jerkoff did a fine job of replicating the Waffen SS symbol. That took time. That took a template. That took thought. Nobody with half a brain will miss the point. It’s like going to a folk festival and having a swastika on your love bug because it’s an ancient Indian symbol? No. Intent is there. I’m tired of it and tired of “oh well”.

35 darthstar  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:10:48pm

Hm…and Hydroxycut? It’s fucking weight loss shit! What happened to real sponsors like Winston, Marlboro, Coors, Budweiser, and Kraft?

36 stabby  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:10:48pm

It’s much less offensive than the Bush-Hitler signs we used to see. Or Obama Hitler. Or monkey Obama. Or Monkey Bush. Or even confederate flags.

37 nines09  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:11:20pm

re: #36 stabby

Who’s defending them?

38 stabby  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:11:27pm

Oops typoed… fixed.

39 Mike Lamb  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:12:33pm

re: #32 stabby

I’ve argued with actual racists on PJ media. I’ve seen racism come out of less obvious right wingers when pushed to explain their thinking.

I would NOT be surprised if actual racist signs show up at tea party rallies.

Sure. Yes. From the title I thought this might be real.

It isn’t.

What are you talking about? The whole point is that Tea Party ass clowns are comparing the IRS/Obama to Nazis. They weren’t being accused of being Nazis themselves. In all seriousness, what aren’t you getting about this? It’s essentially riffing off the right wing outrage about a lone entrant in a t shirt contest comparing Bush to Hitler.

40 stabby  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:12:55pm

re: #37 Film At 11

I’m saying (again) that if I wrote the fundraising letter, I wouldn’t have accused the tea party of carrying Nazi symbols unless I was going to make the context clear, and that wouldn’t be worth it.

41 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:13:03pm

re: #32 stabby

I’m sorry you misunderstood the newsletter, I guess?

I assumed it meant that they were hoisting signs accusing Democrats and Obama and stuff of being Nazis.

42 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:14:21pm

re: #35 darthstar

Hm…and Hydroxycut? It’s fucking weight loss shit! What happened to real sponsors like Winston, Marlboro, Coors, Budweiser, and Kraft?

Tobacco Tobacco Alcohol Alcohol and Cheese

Think of the children,,,and the cholesterol!!
/

43 nines09  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:21:03pm

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to those fortunate enough to have off. I must go enjoy myself and remember those who fought that symbol and died doing it. The SS symbol should never see the light of day ever again. That symbol to me is more offensive than a swastika. I grew up with people who dragged themselves out of Europe after WWII. I saw the tattoos of the death camps and the eyes of those who lived thru it. I heard and saw the reality of that symbol and what it truly stood for. That jerk off should be punched in the mouth. Had my fill.
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

44 Charles Johnson  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:21:36pm

re: #40 stabby

You’re actually going to fall for Jim Hoft’s excuse? That’s just sad.

Nobody said they were waving “pro-Nazi signs,” and the idea that the letter suggested such a thing is a complete fantasy.

Signs with Nazi symbolism are at every Tea Party rally - just have a look at Google Images some time. The fundraising letter was absolutely truthful.

45 Tigger2  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:22:25pm

Bob Dole thinks the the “GOP should be ‘Closed for repairs,”

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

But I don’t agree with this part.

He also assigned blame for Washington’s current state of gridlock to President Barack Obama, who he argued was failing to bridge divides between the capital’s ideological camps.

“I think that the president, he lacks communication skills with his own party, let alone the Republican Party. And he’s on the road too much,” Dole said, quipping Obama was a “good golfer.”

“I think one mistake he’s made was not getting together more with Congress early on in his first administration. There’s nothing like knowing the person you are talking to on the telephone, if you had an opportunity to sit down with that person and visit - not about anything, but just visit.”

The Republicans agreed on day one that they would not cooperate with the President no amount of talking or getting together with them would have changed anything.

46 Targetpractice  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:32:10pm

re: #45 Tigger2

Bob Dole thinks the the “GOP should be ‘Closed for repairs,”

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

But I don’t agree with this part.

He also assigned blame for Washington’s current state of gridlock to President Barack Obama, who he argued was failing to bridge divides between the capital’s ideological camps.

“I think that the president, he lacks communication skills with his own party, let alone the Republican Party. And he’s on the road too much,” Dole said, quipping Obama was a “good golfer.”

“I think one mistake he’s made was not getting together more with Congress early on in his first administration. There’s nothing like knowing the person you are talking to on the telephone, if you had an opportunity to sit down with that person and visit - not about anything, but just visit.”

The Republicans agreed on day one that they would not cooperate with the President no amount of talking or getting together with them would have changed anything.

It’s like Colin Powell telling folks, long after he’d been handed his walking papers, that he was sorry for having been involved in the propaganda campaign for Iraq. The man approved of the same sort of shit that is being done to Obama when he was office doing it to Clinton. He actually had the balls to propose that, even if the House did not approve articles of impeachment, the Senate should create a process by which the president could be drug before Congress to be publicly censured.

Sorry Bob, but you had the opportunity when you were in office to nip this shit in the bud. You aided and abetted it, fueling the fire, so you don’t get a pat on the back when you voice your disapproval after being voted out of office.

47 Kragar  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:33:41pm

Coburn: Disaster victims getting federal aid think they ‘don’t have to be responsible’

Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn (R) on Sunday said that the federal government had “created kind of a predicate, that you don’t have to be responsible for what goes on in your state” by providing aid after disasters like the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City area last week.

Less than a week after the monster tornado did billions of dollars worth of damage to his state, CBS News host Bob Schieffer asked Coburn if now was the time to reform the way the federal government budgeted for disaster aid.

“I really do,” the Oklahoma Republican agreed. “We ought to have priorities about how we fund it instead of borrowing the money, and we ought to make sure the money is actually for the emergency at hand, not for four or five years later. And not allow to bill to be actually loaded up with things that have nothing to do with the emergency at hand.”

He’s right. Be responsible. Protect yourself, prepare for the future; Don’t vote Republicans into office.

48 Kragar  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:37:01pm

Fox News analyst summarizes Obama’s drone speech: ‘Stop me before I kill again’

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume thinks it is very peculiar for President Barack Obama to call for executive power to be scaled back.

Hume noted on Fox News Sunday that Obama had “made generous use of” drone strikes.

“There’s an odd quality to this whole thing, and it is almost like he’s saying, with regard to the drone policy, ‘We need something to stop me before I kill again,’” he explained. “We can see that in his support on an unrelated matter on the shield law for journalists. He’s carried out these oversteps in pursuing journalists who are doing their job, and now he says ‘we need a shield law,’ as if to say we need a law to protect them from us.”

Its almost like Obama sees a moral issue and is responding to it.

WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?
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49 Lidane  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:38:04pm

re: #1 BigPapa

I’ll give Hoft one thing: he’s consistent.

Yep. Consistently stupid.

How does Hoft get through the day without hurting himself?

50 Targetpractice  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:39:26pm

re: #47 Kragar

Coburn: Disaster victims getting federal aid think they ‘don’t have to be responsible’

He’s right. Be responsible. Protect yourself, prepare for the future; Don’t vote Republicans into office.

Coburn then added “But don’t let that get in the way of sending money to my state, because damnit, we deserve that money!”//

It’s generally been accepted in the history of this nation that you can’t predict when major disasters will happen and you certainly can’t budget on how much you expect will be damaged if such a disaster were to happen. Not to mention the mentality that pervades government budgeting, namely that if money isn’t spent one year, then obviously it’s not needed and can be cut so a business in some assholes district can get a tax credit for not having killed any workers this quarter. Then when a disaster does happen, the purloined funds aren’t returned because “We need to set priorities!”

51 Lidane  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:42:29pm

re: #47 Kragar

He’s right. Be responsible. Protect yourself, prepare for the future; Don’t vote Republicans into office.

Sound advice for everyone.

The GOP truly are an anti-American party these days. They would rather destroy this country than ever show the slightest amount of compasison or reason. It’s insane.

52 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:48:08pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

Nobody said they were waving “pro-Nazi signs,” and the idea that the letter suggested such a thing is a complete fantasy.

No, but that’s what went into his pea brain and became his reality. which is what makes it impossible to discuss anything with these people, just be disguted with them.

53 Charles Johnson  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:52:25pm

re: #52 Sol Berdinowitz

It’s a deliberate misinterpretation, and somewhere inside that pea-sized brain Hoft probably knows he’s a dishonest weasel for doing it. He’s one of those dimwitted fanatics who will do and say anything at all.

That’s why he’s popular on the right, and gets frequent links from Drudge Report. It’s a talent, in a way — he has so little regard for accuracy or honesty that he’s completely disassociated himself from the consequences of being so wrong so much of the time. He just keeps on churning out that mountain of crap.

54 jaunte  Sun, May 26, 2013 12:57:30pm

At another site, the headline to this story is:

“Dems twist New York Times story to smear Tea Party members as Nazis”

Which is an odd thing to whine about, as it’s exactly what the sign bearers were doing: smearing their political opponents as Nazis.

55 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:00:30pm

re: #43 Film At 11

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to those fortunate enough to have off. I must go enjoy myself and remember those who fought that symbol and died doing it. The SS symbol should never see the light of day ever again. That symbol to me is more offensive than a swastika. I grew up with people who dragged themselves out of Europe after WWII. I saw the tattoos of the death camps and the eyes of those who lived thru it. I heard and saw the reality of that symbol and what it truly stood for. That jerk off should be punched in the mouth. Had my fill.
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Thanks for posting this.

And Stabby, the guy holding the sign is most likely one of your “real” racists on FR.

There is no excuse.

56 BigPapa  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:01:09pm

re: #40 stabby

I’m saying (again) that if I wrote the fundraising letter, I wouldn’t have accused the tea party of carrying Nazi symbols unless I was going to make the context clear, and that wouldn’t be worth it.

The context is pretty clear: the TP’s use Nazi imagery.

57 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:01:32pm

re: #54 jaunte

At another site, the headline to this story is:

“Dems twist New York Times story to smear Tea Party members as Nazis”

Which is an odd thing to whine about, as it’s exactly what the sign bearers were doing: smearing their political opponents as Nazis.

I remember a similar scenario when Black Flag first started performing: police came to shut down their gigs, some fans made Nazi salutes - directed at the police - which was then reported in the press in such as was as to make it sound like Black Flag was some sort of neo-nazi band…

God wins again.

58 BigPapa  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:11:23pm

I think Hoft knows exactly what he’s doing but doesn’t care. He’s a whore to the page hits no matter how nasty and contemptible his deliberate misinterpretations and propaganda are.

But the ends justify the means because socialism/go conservatism/culture warrior.

59 A Mom Anon  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:15:04pm

Sorry to go OT,but here’s another update on the accident my grandchildren were in last night:

The driver of the car was high on freaking Oxycontin. She’s my ex’s idiot girlfriend. She’s been charged with reckless driving, DUI and failure to control her vehicle. And she’s not in freaking jail which just irks the crap outta me. The kids were seat belted in, but not properly. Apparently my grandson was buckled in with my youngest grandaughter and he took the worst of the impact because he saw the driver pass out at the wheel and leaned over to shield his sister. How he ended up through the windshield and out of the backseat is beyond me, but that’s what he told my daughter after he woke up after they took him off the ventilator. My middle grandchild is actually in worse shape than the one in ICU, they still cannot determine if her jaw is broken or just dislocated because her face is so badly swollen.

My daughter wants to press charges against the driver if she’s able by law. I don’t know the laws in Ohio regarding this, but this dumbass nearly killed a total of five kids(her 2 grandchildren, btw were properly buckled into the car and were treated and released at the hospital, so was she) and something should happen to her. The cops found pills in the car FFS, why is she not in jail? It’s probably a good thing I’m 850 miles away right now or I’d be in jail for pounding the crap out of someone.

60 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:20:20pm

re: #58 BigPapa

I think Hoft knows exactly what he’s doing but doesn’t care. He’s a whore to the page hits no matter how nasty and contemptible his deliberate misinterpretations and propaganda are.

But the ends justify the means because socialism/go conservatism/culture warrior.

Hate makes me money, I’m going to roll in it, just watch!

It’s very frustrating, and easy to disregard. But then I talk to my Dad, who watches Fox. I don’t know if he’s ever seen Dim Jim, but by watching Fox he’s getting the gist of it.

They are making a lot of $ by being more and more outrageous, but like all propaganda, they succeed with a group of gullible folks.

Got to be vigilant and fight it. I’m not on Facebook, but give a huge pat on the back to you who are and post responses to the friends & relatives.

61 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:20:56pm

re: #59 A Mom Anon

she’s not in freaking jail

Why not? iirc, at least 8-12 hours is typical for someone charged with DUI if for no other purpose that they are released sober

Apparently my grandson was buckled in ,,, How he ended up through the windshield and out of the backseat is beyond me

Could be by him not being in an upright position the force sheared the straps off. How olkd is the vehicle? An older one, seatbelts not as advanced (read STRONG) as todays. They also wear over time and like any other fabric get weaker

62 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:22:53pm

re: #59 A Mom Anon

Sorry to go OT,but here’s another update on the accident my grandchildren were in last night:

The driver of the car was high on freaking Oxycontin. She’s my ex’s idiot girlfriend. She’s been charged with reckless driving, DUI and failure to control her vehicle. And she’s not in freaking jail which just irks the crap outta me. The kids were seat belted in, but not properly. Apparently my grandson was buckled in with my youngest grandaughter and he took the worst of the impact because he saw the driver pass out at the wheel and leaned over to shield his sister. How he ended up through the windshield and out of the backseat is beyond me, but that’s what he told my daughter after he woke up after they took him off the ventilator. My middle grandchild is actually in worse shape than the one in ICU, they still cannot determine if her jaw is broken or just dislocated because her face is so badly swollen.

My daughter wants to press charges against the driver if she’s able by law. I don’t know the laws in Ohio regarding this, but this dumbass nearly killed a total of five kids(her 2 grandchildren, btw were properly buckled into the car and were treated and released at the hospital, so was she) and something should happen to her. The cops found pills in the car FFS, why is she not in jail? It’s probably a good thing I’m 850 miles away right now or I’d be in jail for pounding the crap out of someone.

Anyone else would be posting bond and without a license for a year.

Bullshit, and hang in there.

63 A Mom Anon  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:26:42pm

re: #61 sattv4u2

I don’t know Satt, I’m only getting bits and pieces as the kids remember what happened. I have no idea what kind of car is was, but I’m mystified as to why they didn’t cart her ass off to jail if she was charged with DUI. This is a rural area, maybe with all the kids being hurt and being helicoptered out of there they were more focused on the kids? I don’t know.

I am so proud of my daughter though, she has been so calm and together through this whole thing. Once she gets the kids home though, she said the gloves are coming off, I kinda feel sorry(nah, not)for her dad’s girlfriend.

64 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:30:51pm

re: #63 A Mom Anon

Good thoughts are with you and yours

TRY,, (I know ,,, I know) to stay calm. Her hearing your calm voice can help a LOT

65 red panda  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:32:32pm

When I first started visiting this site I didn’t know who Jim Hoft was, and I assumed that you had found a picture of someone physically unfortunate, and you were using the photo to further ridicule the guy.

But nope, that’s really him.

66 Charles Johnson  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:42:10pm

Comment for Hoft’s pathetic post:

It’s not ridiculous. Charles Johnson at LGF spent a couple of years trying to convince everybody that Tea Party organizers were ALL, every single one of them, a closet Neo-Nazi. No, I’m not kidding.

I AM NOT KIDDING!

67 CuriousLurker  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:46:06pm

re: #59 A Mom Anon

Sorry to go OT,but here’s another update on the accident my grandchildren were in last night:

The driver of the car was high on freaking Oxycontin. She’s my ex’s idiot girlfriend. She’s been charged with reckless driving, DUI and failure to control her vehicle. And she’s not in freaking jail which just irks the crap outta me. The kids were seat belted in, but not properly. Apparently my grandson was buckled in with my youngest grandaughter and he took the worst of the impact because he saw the driver pass out at the wheel and leaned over to shield his sister. How he ended up through the windshield and out of the backseat is beyond me, but that’s what he told my daughter after he woke up after they took him off the ventilator. My middle grandchild is actually in worse shape than the one in ICU, they still cannot determine if her jaw is broken or just dislocated because her face is so badly swollen.

My daughter wants to press charges against the driver if she’s able by law. I don’t know the laws in Ohio regarding this, but this dumbass nearly killed a total of five kids(her 2 grandchildren, btw were properly buckled into the car and were treated and released at the hospital, so was she) and something should happen to her. The cops found pills in the car FFS, why is she not in jail? It’s probably a good thing I’m 850 miles away right now or I’d be in jail for pounding the crap out of someone.

Wow, just read your earlier posts to catch up on what’s going on with your grandkids and son’s friend. Scary stuff—I’m glad your grandkids seem to be mostly out of the woods. Very sad about the 19-year-old with the aneurysm. Her poor parents must be devastated. It’s weird, isn’t it? Young, healthy former cheerleader has aneurysm and dies within a day or two; largely sedentary, not-very-healthy, middle-aged woman has aneurysm and bounces right back. Life (and death) seems so capricious sometimes.

I was given a scrip for oxycodone when I got out of the hospital and there’s no way I’d have gotten behind the wheel of a car after taking it—the woman should be in jail.

Sending prayers & good thoughts to you & yours. {{AMA}}

68 Charles Johnson  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:46:47pm

Wonkette has a screenshot of Hoft’s attempted edit to make himself look better:

wonkette.com

69 jaunte  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:50:11pm

Wonkette:

“…It was Marcus and Hoft and their legions of perpetually butthurt poop ferrets who made the jump to “LIBERALS ARE CALLING US NAZIS!!1!!!”

Not calling them Nazis, just poop ferrets. POOPFERRET OUTRAGE!

70 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:55:31pm

I fetched a pamphlet on the rules and regulations that cover the display of Nazi symbols in Germany.

Seems the debate was kicked off by people using them in clearly anti-Nazi propaganda, but a civil servant in Stuttgart simply said that the law is the law and a swastika is a swastika, and the latter are forbidden and actually banned the sale of anti-Nazi posters and T-shirts.

So now there is a law that clarifies that you can display them if they are clearly anti-nazi in nature.

Then some reight-wing fellow invented a brand called “Lonsdaple”

The gag here being that if you wear a Lonsdaple T-shirt with an open shirt over it, you hide the first and last two letters and leave the letters NSDAP visible…the initials of the Nazi Party.

So now there is a law that says you can wear a Lonsdaple shirt only as long as you do not wear another shirt over it in a manner that hides the first and last two letters.

No fooling.

71 Charles Johnson  Sun, May 26, 2013 1:57:22pm

re: #59 A Mom Anon

Yikes, what a mess. I’m really sorry to hear about your grandchildren - hope they recover fully as quickly as possible.

72 Charles Johnson  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:01:24pm

Wait a minute - I thought I was supposed to be irrelevant?

73 jaunte  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:02:11pm

Rick Perry vetoes 501(c)4 transparency bill

“…The bill, proposed by state Sen. Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo), would have prevented people from using social welfare nonprofit organizations — known formally as 501(c)4 organizations — to circumvent campaign finance laws.

Senator Kel Seliger (R- Amarillo):

“This is a sad day for integrity and transparency in Texas. Governor Perry’s veto of SB 346 legalizes money laundering in Texas elections. The Governor’s veto is ironic since money laundering is illegal in other endeavors. As other states have stepped forward to ban election money laundering by dark money 501c4 non-profit corporations, it is embarrassing that the Lone Star state is now an official safe haven for political money launderers.
kfyo.com

74 jaunte  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:04:20pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

I guess he needed a momentary break from broadcasting his lesbian sex fantasies.

75 simoom  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:07:30pm

Even though New Hampshire Dems still control the Governorship, and took back the House and the Executive Council in 2012, one body of congress is plenty to force mindbogglingly poor policy decisions on the rest:

nhpr.org

GOP Budget Writers Vote Down Medicaid Expansion

Saying there’s simply too much uncertainty, top Senate budget writers voted 4-2 against expanding the state’s Medicaid program on Wednesday.

Senate President Peter Bragdon (R-Milford) says he has concerns the Federal government won’t be able to meets its promises to fund the expansion long-term.

…

“I’m not a big fan of spending a whole lot of money on something that seems to me to have some doubts as to whether or not it is effective,” says Bragdon. He’s instead calling for the creation of a study commission that would look into issues surrounding expansion.

…

The Federal Government will cover 100% of the costs of expansion through 2017, phasing down to 90% through 2020. GOP lawmakers say there is no guarantee, though, that Washington will fully meet its obligation.

…

An independent study found expansion will provide roughly 60,000 additional New Hampshire residents with health coverage, and bring $2.5 billion in federal money into the economy. It comes with an estimated $27 million price tag to the state.

concordmonitor.com

Medicaid expansion vote worries state’s health care providers

Mental health centers and local hospitals that were encouraged earlier this year by the House’s vote to expand Medicaid are troubled that some Senate Republicans intend to halt that move.

Last week, the Senate Finance Committee voted, 4-2, along party lines to take expanded Medicaid out of the state budget and instead study expansion’s impact on the state. Senate President Peter Bragdon, a Milford Republican, proposed a $200,000 study commission in place of expansion, citing skepticism that the federal government will honor its promise to pay the bulk of the expense.

Jay Couture, president of the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association, said expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act would provide the state’s 10 community mental health centers an additional $13.6 million over two years for the uncompensated care they must provide.

…

Steve Anhen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, described the move as a step in the wrong direction.

…

Anhen, Couture and other health care providers said expanding Medicaid insurance to more people will allow them to seek preventive, less-expensive care they now put off because they can’t afford it. Instead, they said, the uninsured go to emergency rooms when they are too ill to put off care any longer, making treatment more costly and often less effective.

…

Bragdon and his three Republican colleagues on Senate finance, Sen. Bob Odell, a Lempster Republican, Sen. Chuck Morse, a Salem Republican and Sen. Jeanie Forrester, a Meredith Republican, disagreed. They voted with Bragdon to study expansion instead, saying there is too little evidence that expansion will lower costs or improve health care outcomes.

76 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:09:07pm

re: #75 simoom

Make it fail, then blame the government for being a failure…

77 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:09:40pm

Red Sox win, Yankees Lose

Good day, so far

NOW,,, if the Pacers can take game 3 tonight, the long quiet drive home from work tonight will be that much more pleasant!!

78 Kragar  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:13:28pm

My 11 year old decided she could cut her own hair.

So, now we get to take her in to get it fixed.

79 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:17:12pm

re: #78 Kragar

My 11 year old decided she could cut her own hair.

So, now we get to take her in to get it fixed.

Coulda been worse
She coulda decided she could cut MOMS hair, while mom was asleep!!

80 austin_blue  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:18:09pm

re: #11 BigPapa

I think I’ve figured it out: he’s actually a left winger who wants to ridicule the right wing by being so epically stupid and douchey.

Well played, sir. Well played.

Ah! That makes perfect sense. Oh, wait, what’s on that fake check behind him?

Oh noes! It’s a conspiracy!!

81 A Mom Anon  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:18:40pm

re: #78 Kragar

LOL, my youngest grandaughter just did this last week. She actually didn’t mess it up TOO bad,a few snips and she had herself a cute little pixie type hair cut. It ain’t a proper childhood without at least one hair disaster.

82 darthstar  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:20:01pm

re: #68 Charles Johnson

Wonkette has a screenshot of Hoft’s attempted edit to make himself look better:

wonkette.com

This is great:

Today is a day that ends with a “y,” which can only mean one thing: Jim Hoft, the Stupidest Man on the Internet, has pooped on the carpet again and is standing over it wagging his tail and hoping we will pet him and tell him he is a good boy.

83 Tigger2  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:24:17pm

re: #81 A Mom Anon

LOL, my youngest grandaughter just did this last week. She actually didn’t mess it up TOO bad,a few snips and she had herself a cute little pixie type hair cut. It ain’t a proper childhood without at least one hair disaster.

When my daughter was that age her and all her friends got together and decided to cut each others hair, Hilarity and disaster followed.

84 RadicalModerate  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:25:28pm

It’s really revealing that Tea Partiers go through such pains to claim that they don’t have Nazi symbols at their rallies (even going so far as to claim that the political left are the ones who do it), while at the same time welcoming with open arms individuals and organizations who have very direct associations with neo-Nazi groups.

Youth for Western Civilization Takes ‘Patriot’ Plunge

Rose, who has a B.A. in international relations and is fluent in German, is a recent a graduate of the Jerry Falwell-founded Liberty University (home to Mat Staver and Matt Barber of the Liberty Counsel, an anti-gay, anti-Muslim organization that has also flirted with the Patriot movement). He has for some time served as YWC’s unofficial ambassador to Europe. In April 2011, he met in Antwerp with members of the far-right Belgian political party Vlaams Belang, which opposes multiculturalism, advocates for strict limits on immigration, and whose members have traveled in the past to meet with American hate group leaders. A month later, he appeared at the “March for Freedom,” an international anti-Muslim demonstration in Cologne, Germany.

According to his YWC biography (which is unintentionally revealing about the quality of his education at Liberty: the young man apparently doesn’t understand the origin of the term “Tea Party”), Rose is “active in the Tea Party movements both in the United States and in Europe” and lives in Bucharest, Romania.

85 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:26:30pm

re: #84 RadicalModerate

Him claiming that he’s active doesn’t really mean that he is active in them, though. I can claim that.

86 RadicalModerate  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:34:18pm

re: #85 Obdicut is an Obdislut apparently

That may be the case here (this was just the first that I remembered), but there are a number of other documented cases of Tea Party groups associating themselves with people like Russell Pearce, Tony Perkins, and even David Duke, and groups like the League of the South and Council of Conservative Citizens. Hell, groups like VDARE even go as far as organizing Tea Party rallies.

edit:
just remembered another one:

Tea Party Nation Head Defends Pat Buchanan: The Real ‘Racist Nuts’ Are In Color Of Change

87 Kragar  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:37:34pm

Hume erupts after Juan Williams says call for leak probes ‘came from Republicans’

“Eric Holder did not conduct the probe that led people to somehow come to the madhouse conclusion that James Rosen is somehow a co-conspirator, is somehow to be suspected,” he continued. “He signed the affidavit as attorney general of the United States, he did not conduct the probe.”

“The problem is that it went to Holder and he okayed it!” Hume exclaimed. “Are you saying he’s not ultimately responsible as the head man of the Justice Department?”

“That’s why he’s being asked to look at it,” Williams insisted. “He’s the exact right person as the attorney general of the United States to see what prosecutors did.”

“Wasn’t he supposed to see all that before he signed off on the affidavit?” Hume shouted.

“You can’t see everything,” Williams replied.

“What you do know is, when that affidavit came to him, rife with assertions that this reporter doing his job was acting in a criminal way, he okayed it!” Hume shot back.

“In this case, the Rosen case, he had nothing to do with it,” Williams argued. “All he was doing was signing an affidavit sent to him by his underlings.”

88 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:39:23pm

re: #86 RadicalModerate

Oh, sure, the Council of Concerned Citizens and other outright racist groups have been welcomed.

89 RadicalModerate  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:42:47pm

re: #88 Obdicut is an Obdislut apparently

Oh, sure, the Council of Concerned Citizens and other outright racist groups have been welcomed.

Does this count?

White Nationalist Tea Partier Co-Chairing South Carolina Governor Re-Election Committee

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced in February the co-chairs of her statewide grassroots re-election steering committee. Included on the steering committee is, Roan Garcia-Quintana a Tea Party activist who serves at the same on the board of the largest white nationalist organization in the country, the Council of Conservative Citizens—the lineal descendant of the Jim Crow-era white Citizens Councils.

90 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:53:25pm

These guys will just try to wiggle out of any association with such groups until cornered and then insist the groups are not racist, just “racial realists”.

91 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 2:56:15pm

re: #68 Charles Johnson

Wonkette has a screenshot of Hoft’s attempted edit to make himself look better:

wonkette.com

Bad Stupidest Man on the Internet! That’s a very bad Stupidest Man on the Internet!

92 bratwurst  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:01:18pm
93 PhillyPretzel  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:02:53pm

re: #92 bratwurst

Oy vey here we go again. I hope I am wrong.

94 PhillyPretzel  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:07:03pm

re: #92 bratwurst

Reuters also has that story. This does not look good. reuters.com

95 stabby  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:07:40pm

re: #90 Sol Berdinowitz

These guys will just try to wiggle out of any association with such groups until cornered and then insist the groups are not racist, just “racial realists”.

I wonder if they’re that stupid. Anyone who says the words “race realist” might as well sew swastika monograms into all his coats.

96 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:17:09pm

re: #95 stabby

I wonder if they’re that stupid. Anyone who says the words “race realist” might as well sew swastika monograms into all his coats.

They believe they have the numbers to prove their position. The numbers they have do lead us to a conclusion but it isn’t the one they claim.

97 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:17:47pm

re: #95 stabby

I wonder if they’re that stupid. Anyone who says the words “race realist” might as well sew swastika monograms into all his coats.

no, they have their shields up full..they will deflect it and call you a reverse racist for fixating on race, etc., they will tell you that the NAACP is a racist organization and remind you that the Democratic party gave us Jim Crow, etc…

and you can just throw your hands up and go home at that point…

98 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:18:57pm

re: #97 Sol Berdinowitz

no, they have their shields up full..they will deflect it and call you a reverse racist for fixating on race, etc., they will tell you that the NAACP is a racist organization and remind you that the Democratic party gave us Jim Crow, etc…

and you can just throw your hands up and go home at that point…

Or you can drill down with a few questions and expose their corn kernel sized brain.

99 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:20:46pm

presstv.ir

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah clinically dead: Report says

100 ProTARDISLiberal  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:21:48pm

re: #99 sattv4u2

Let’s be careful about believing Iran. We need a more believable source.

101 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:24:44pm

re: #100 ProTARDISLiberal

Let’s be careful about believing Iran. We need a more believable source.

Yup.. The Saudis and Iranians have been having a pissing match as of late


hosted.ap.org

Saudi Arabia warns against Iran’s nuclear program

102 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:26:09pm

That stated, he is 89 and has had health issues

103 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:26:53pm

re: #99 sattv4u2

presstv.ir

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah clinically dead: Report says

What does that mean to us, today? Less tornado relief?

104 austin_blue  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:26:54pm

re: #73 jaunte

Rick Perry vetoes 501(c)4 transparency bill

Senator Kel Seliger (R- Amarillo):

Yay! I won a hundred dollars! I bet a friend he’d not sign the bill. He said, “No way, it’s got huge bipartisan support.”

Heh heh. Never underestimate the rigidly disciplined stupidity of Governor Goodhair.

105 Kid A  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:32:35pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

Comment for Hoft’s pathetic post:

I AM NOT KIDDING!

And a reply to that comment…

Charles was right. The Tea Party is a right wing reactionary party. It’s not much of a step from that to full blown fascism.

106 Kid A  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:34:23pm

re: #104 austin_blue

Yay! I won a hundred dollars! I bet a friend he’d not sign the bill. He said, “No way, it’s got huge bipartisan support.”

Heh heh. Never underestimate the rigidly disciplined stupidity of Governor Goodhair.

The Dumbest Man on the Internet was dropped on his head at birth, and Goodhair went to Texas A&M.

107 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:47:45pm

re: #98 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Or you can drill down with a few questions and expose their corn kernel sized brain.

for your own amusement, it will not register with them at all, that was my point

108 EdEncho  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:48:41pm

I must admit that I am certainly guilty of more than my share of Bush-Nazi rhetoric and posts during those very dark years (Grandpa Prescott’s firm trading with them aside) but at some point it just gets to be ridiculous.

There are more than enough legitimate reasons to ridicule the know nothing, neo-Confederate, racist, Koch Brothers manipulated hordes that are the so-called “Tea Party” without having to play the Nazi card.

This sort of crap really only plays to their perpetual persecution complexes, let’s just call a spade a spade for a change.

They are really the 21st Century version of the Confederacy.

A Confederacy of Dunces I might add with due credit to John Kennedy Toole for the moniker.

Just my two cents

EE

109 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:50:15pm

re: #108 EdEncho

Er.

Again, the issue is that they were waving signs accusing the IRS of being Nazis.

110 EdEncho  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:57:50pm

re: #109 Obdicut is an Obdislut apparently

Really, the IRS SHOULD be investigating these groups, after Citizen’s United there was a massive infusion of Koch-Adelson-Rove dark money to these useful idiots. Many of them were probably nothing more than local Meet Up groups of borderline geriatrics whose highlight of their week was gathering in the parking lot of their local Waffle Houses and dancing around with “Where is My Birth Certificate” signs but the majority should have been scrutinized.

Hell, I detest the IRS personally but find that the influence of dirty money from the likes of the Kochs (whose family fortune was made by daddy Fred building oil refineries for Stalin) is a menace to whatever remains of our nearly decimated beyond repair political system.

Again, the teabaggers are nothing more than know-nothing, racist idiots who are incapable of individual thought.

EE

111 Dr Lizardo  Sun, May 26, 2013 3:58:31pm

re: #70 Sol Berdinowitz

I fetched a pamphlet on the rules and regulations that cover the display of Nazi symbols in Germany.

Seems the debate was kicked off by people using them in clearly anti-Nazi propaganda, but a civil servant in Stuttgart simply said that the law is the law and a swastika is a swastika, and the latter are forbidden and actually banned the sale of anti-Nazi posters and T-shirts.

So now there is a law that clarifies that you can display them if they are clearly anti-nazi in nature.

Then some reight-wing fellow invented a brand called “Lonsdaple”

The gag here being that if you wear a Lonsdaple T-shirt with an open shirt over it, you hide the first and last two letters and leave the letters NSDAP visible…the initials of the Nazi Party.

So now there is a law that says you can wear a Lonsdaple shirt only as long as you do not wear another shirt over it in a manner that hides the first and last two letters.

No fooling.

Actually, it’s ‘LONSDALE’.

There’s another brand out there associated with the far-right in Germany, ‘Thor Steinar’. Ironically, these days it’s owned by a Dubai-based company. There’s a parody clothing label called ‘Storch Heinar’, which satirizes the ‘Nordic’ look of the original.

112 ProTARDISLiberal  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:05:03pm

Finished my first playthrough of New Vegas.

Now need to find Dr. Who mods. I want to do a Doctor Playthrough.

113 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:07:48pm

I just thought of a good one:

“Out damned Hoft! Out I say!”

114 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:07:52pm

re: #108 EdEncho

This sort of crap really only plays to their perpetual persecution complexes, let’s just call a spade a spade for a change.

YOU RACIST!!!

/

115 Kragar  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:08:11pm

America’s top Catholic calls for renewed wave of anti-LGBT sentiment

“Be a witness for the truth of marriage in word and action,” the conference ordered American Catholics. “Take advantage of opportunities to speak about marriage’s unique meaning in conversation with friends, family, neighbors or co-workers. Share the truth in love.”

The bulletin adds that, while “there are many ways to protect the basic human rights of all,” true Christians should oppose extending the rights of marriage to LGBT people because doing so “serves no one’s rights, least of all those of children.”

The bulletins are issued by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the conference and America’s highest-ranking Catholic, who gave both the closing prayer at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential nominating ceremony and the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The New York-based cardinal faced criticism from within the church last Easter when a board member of the New York Roman Catholic archdiocese abruptly resigned, citing Dolan’s mocking response to a pro-LGBT charity that sought help from the church on behalf of homeless youths.

116 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:10:25pm

re: #63 A Mom Anon

I don’t know Satt, I’m only getting bits and pieces as the kids remember what happened. I have no idea what kind of car is was, but I’m mystified as to why they didn’t cart her ass off to jail if she was charged with DUI. This is a rural area, maybe with all the kids being hurt and being helicoptered out of there they were more focused on the kids? I don’t know.

I am so proud of my daughter though, she has been so calm and together through this whole thing. Once she gets the kids home though, she said the gloves are coming off, I kinda feel sorry(nah, not)for her dad’s girlfriend.

I wonder if this is possibly one of those areas where Law enforcement/the local Sheriff’s office have had budget cutbacks and therefore don’t take as many people into custody as they should?

Also, my thoughts and prayers are with your family.

117 engineer cat  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:11:00pm

more stories of the fail of man and original stupidity

118 Eclectic Cyborg  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:11:19pm

re: #115 Kragar

America’s top Catholic calls for renewed wave of anti-LGBT sentiment

“Did I F—-ing stutter?!”

119 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:11:27pm

re: #111 Dr Lizardo

Actually, it’s ‘LONSDALE’.

There’s another brand out there associated with the far-right in Germany, ‘Thor Steinar’. Ironically, these days it’s owned by a Dubai-based company. There’s a parody clothing label called ‘Storch Heinar’, which satirizes the ‘Nordic’ look of the original.

There is a real brand called Lonsdale, which they used to wear with the letters covered just showing the NS…it inspired some idiot to come up with “Lonsdaple”

A lot of the stuff is forbidden in Germany, but just drive over the border to Poland or Czechoslovakia and you can find it at any flea market or roadside stand…

120 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:15:19pm

re: #115 Kragar

Cue one depressing conversation with my parents.

121 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:15:39pm

re: #115 Kragar

America’s top Catholic calls for renewed wave of anti-LGBT sentiment

Dolan is trying to hold onto his power. As he is quite aware, history will not look favorably on him.

Forward.

122 compound_Idaho  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:17:48pm

re: #89 RadicalModerate

For being a white nationalist, he is not very good at it; Hispanic surname (two actually) supporting an Indian-American candidate.

123 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:18:32pm

re: #119 Sol Berdinowitz

There is a real brand called Lonsdale, which they used to wear with the letters covered just showing the NS…it inspired some idiot to come up with “Lonsdaple”

A lot of the stuff is forbidden in Germany, but just drive over the border to Poland or Czechoslovakia and you can find it at any flea market or roadside stand…

Great stuff! This one is my favorite

124 Kragar  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:18:51pm

re: #121 Stanghazi

Dolan is trying to hold onto his power. As he is quite aware, history will not look favorably on him.

Forward.

Because when it comes to the safety of your kids, the guys who covered up multiple pedophiles for decades are the people you should trust.

125 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:19:59pm

re: #124 Kragar

Because when it comes to the safety of your kids, the guys who covered up multiple pedophiles for decades are the people you should trust.

you beat me to that comment

126 engineer cat  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:21:28pm

re: #123 Sol Berdinowitz

Great stuff! This one is my favorite

Frauen Girlieshirt

ja ich liebe mich some deutschlish

127 Kragar  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:23:00pm

Georgia man threatens to sue if he can’t tell strangers’ children about Jesus

Cleveland, GA resident Daryl Banther and his 8-year-old son were reportedly handing out religious pamphlets and questionnaires at an annual celebration in Ringgold when he was confronted by the city manager and chief of police, who interrupted his proselytizing because a parent filed a police report about a strange man in the parking lot approaching children.

He left after repeated requests and was not arrested, but Banther vowed to return the next day. He then contacted the media and informed a reporter for WTVC-TV that he did just that, came back on Saturday night, and was not hassled at all.

Appearing on camera, he claimed that Christians no longer have any rights in America, then seemed aghast that an atheist could possibly file a lawsuit to force government officials to stop showing a preference for a religion.

“They were all harassing me because I have a constitutional right to do what I was doing,” Banther insisted. “If I’m anything else, I have rights,” he said. “…But as a Christian, we have rights no more. They’re taking all the Christian rights away and I’m going to stand for what’s right this time.”

Your rights don’t include harassing people or their children, shit for brains.

128 Dr Lizardo  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:23:18pm

re: #119 Sol Berdinowitz

There is a real brand called Lonsdale, which they used to wear with the letters covered just showing the NS…it inspired some idiot to come up with “Lonsdaple”

A lot of the stuff is forbidden in Germany, but just drive over the border to Poland or Czechoslovakia and you can find it at any flea market or roadside stand…

OK. I’ve never seen ‘Lonsdaple’ here in the Czech Republic, but I’ve certainly seen the original - it’s a fairly popular label.

Never seen anyone wearing ‘Thor Steinar’ - it’s not illegal - but even in Berlin I didn’t see anyone wearing it; I did, however, see plenty of ‘Storch Heinar’, but then I was living in Kreuzberg, which is a fairly leftie sort of part of town. A nice place, actually - I lived in a wohngemeinschaft, which was interesting.

129 Sol Berdinowitz  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:25:51pm

re: #128 Dr Lizardo

OK. I’ve never seen ‘Lonsdaple’ here in the Czech Republic, but I’ve certainly seen the original - it’s a fairly popular label.

Never seen anyone wearing ‘Thor Steinar’ - it’s not illegal - but even in Berlin I didn’t see anyone wearing it; I did, however, see plenty of ‘Storch Heinar’, but then I was living in Kreuzberg, which is a fairly leftie sort of part of town. A nice place, actually - I lived in a wohngemeinschaft, which was interesting.

Consdaple or Lonsdaple are listed as being neo-Nazi pseudo “brands” that daring nazis wear with an open shirt over them, tempting the law…

130 The Ghost of a Flea  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:32:41pm

Lemme get this straight…the:

populist,
anti-intellectual,
conspiracy-theory touting,
nativist and nationalist,
military fetishist,
revanchist,

political movement that demagogues about how everybody but them is an international socialist conspired to degrade the country morally and financially, and , ahem, “accidentally” keeps rubbing elbows with scientific racists and white nationalists is using Nazi imagery to demonize their opponents?

Balls. Nerveless, sensation-less steroid-inflated balls, but balls nonetheless.

131 freetoken  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:40:35pm

The story about King Abdullah’s death is still kicking about - has any final determination been made about this?

132 chadu  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:43:35pm

re: #59 A Mom Anon

AMA:

I am so very sorry this happened, and I support your drive to justice.

133 Killgore Trout  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:44:14pm

Looks like the UK’s reaction to the beheading is going to be less than perfect….
Terror in Woolwich: Theresa May moves to ban extremists who don’t advocate violence (Typo in headline)

Theresa May, the Home Secretary, warned that there were thousands of people judged to be at risk of being radicalised as she set out moves to deprive hardliners of platforms for their views. They include plans to ban more organisations accused of fomenting division and to tighten the rules on their access to the internet, as well as the revival of plans for a “snooper’s charter”.

But the moves threaten to provoke a freedom-of-speech row as organisations which stop short of advocating terrorism could be banned under the proposals, which will be considered by a Whitehall task force headed by David Cameron.
….
Ms May also signalled fresh action to ensure messages preaching jihad are removed from the internet. She said that new police rules had led to more than 5,500 unacceptable postings being deleted, but she wanted to examine whether officers should be given further powers.

134 jamesfirecat  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:44:27pm

re: #36 stabby

It’s much less offensive than the Bush-Hitler signs we used to see. Or Obama Hitler. Or monkey Obama. Or Monkey Bush. Or even confederate flags.

Why is monkey bush offensive? It does not belong on even the same field as money Obama.

135 Killgore Trout  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:45:29pm

re: #131 freetoken

The story about King Abdullah’s death is still kicking about - has any final determination been made about this?

Still no reports in the press.

136 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:46:01pm

re: #134 jamesfirecat

Money Obama, the arch-capitalist plutocrat on Alternate Earth B, the one where George Free Waterfall Bush invented perfect solar cells.

137 Killgore Trout  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:48:24pm

Hate preachers facing a TV ban: And Google could be forced by law to block extremist websites
That would apply to youtube as well. Of course the material would still be easily available with a little extra effort and I seriously doubt this would result in a reduction in terrorism.

138 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:48:59pm

re: #131 freetoken

The story about King Abdullah’s death is still kicking about - has any final determination been made about this?

Lots of posturing back and forth

presstv.ir

rt.com

hosted.ap.org

139 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:50:55pm

re: #137 Killgore Trout

Hate preachers facing a TV ban: And Google could be forced by law to block extremist websites
That would apply to youtube as well. Of course the material would still be easily available with a little extra effort and I seriously doubt this would result in a reduction in terrorism.

or hate preaching

140 Killgore Trout  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:53:24pm

re: #139 sattv4u2

or hate preaching

Just look how banning Christianity worked out for the Romans.

141 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:54:47pm

re: #140 Killgore Trout

Just look how banning Christianity worked out for the Romans.

heh

142 Cheechako  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:55:36pm

Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000:

An auctioneer says one of Apple’s first computers _ a functioning 1976 model _ has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000).

German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company’s founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family garage.

Breker claims it is one of only six known remaining functioning models in the world. Breker already sold one last year for 492,000 euros.

It says the computer bears Wozniak’s signature. An old business transaction letter from the late Jobs also was included.

The Apple 1, which was sold for $666 in 1976, consisted of only the circuit board. A case, a keyboard and a screen had to be bought separately.

143 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:59:10pm

re: #59 A Mom Anon

I am very sorry to hear about these latest developments. The boy sounds like a very good young man trying to protect his sister like that.

If you and your daughter have not yet done so, get a lawyer. You have to get moving now, especially being a long weekend, to prevent evidence from being lost and to keep pressure on the system to prevent the guilty from walking.

My prayers are, as I said this morning, with you and yours for as long as you wish.

144 Beauzeaux  Sun, May 26, 2013 4:59:31pm

—welches on his promise—-

Would “Indian giver” be OK?

145 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:00:55pm

ha

146 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:03:15pm

re: #137 Killgore Trout

The Daily Mail

Press TV

The ROMANS

Thanks for your continued contributions.

147 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:04:30pm

re: #146 Stanghazi

The Daily Mail

Press TV

The ROMANS

Thanks for your continued contributions.

ummm,, I linked to Press TV (as an answer to a query)

And the Romans was sarcasm

But you knew that, didn’t you

148 Killgore Trout  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:06:19pm

re: #141 sattv4u2

But they got some nice cathederals out of the deal so they got that goin’ for them…which is nice.

149 sattv4u2  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:07:18pm

re: #148 Killgore Trout

But they got some nice cathederals out of the deal so they got that goin’ for them…which is nice.

Not to mention that whole City/ State tourist attraction!!

150 freetoken  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:14:05pm

re: #137 Killgore Trout

Love the scary lighting of the bearded guy. Shooting with lights from below makes the eyebrows look like horns.

151 Mich-again  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:14:36pm

Whenever I see pictures of Tea Party people it seems most of them are old and fat. With all the health problems that come along with being old and fat you would think they would embrace National health care.

152 Kragar  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:17:13pm

re: #151 Mich-again

Whenever I see pictures of Tea Party people it seems most of them are old and fat. With all the health problems that come along with being old and fat you would think they would embrace National health care.

“We didn’t have proper health care and look at us! Why should anyone else have it?”

153 calochortus  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:17:48pm

re: #151 Mich-again

I don’t know that they are all fat, but they do tend to be older. On Medicare. They’re afraid that the amount of healthcare available is limited and other people getting needed care will cut into their own healthcare. Which they earned…//

154 freetoken  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:18:26pm

re: #146 Stanghazi

The Daily Mail

Press TV

The ROMANS

Next up - THE HUNS!!

Youtube Video

155 Killgore Trout  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:18:38pm

re: #150 freetoken

Love the scary lighting of the bearded guy. Shooting with lights from below makes the eyebrows look like horns.

Yeah, that seems to be the favorite pic of Chaudary these days. I’m seeing it used quite a bit. I think editors choose it to demonize him but I suspect he likes it, makes him look threatening. It’d be better if they got a pic of him in shorts with mismatched socks eating a corndog.

156 Stanghazi  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:19:18pm

re: #154 freetoken

Next up - THE HUNS!!

[Embedded content]

ha
!!

157 Mich-again  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:23:09pm

re: #152 Kragar

“We didn’t have proper health care and look at us! Why should anyone else have it?”

They conveniently ignore that before the Affordable Care Act, health insurance was already a form of socialism.

158 freetoken  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:30:56pm

re: #157 Mich-again

Just try taking away their Social Security and watch them scream.

159 BigPapa  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:37:30pm

There’s no doubt Hoft is a moron. But he’s clever.

I think he sees things happen in real time and is extremely careless about perceiving and framing them. Then he obfuscates or tells little white lies to cover, because as I’ve said before, the ends justify the means.


Clever? Sure
Smart? Probably not.
Wise? Oh hell no.

160 stabby  Sun, May 26, 2013 5:58:34pm

re: #158 freetoken

Just try taking away their Social Security and watch them scream.

And yet the Republican’s plans to lower tax rates below what’s sustainable will end Social Security and Medicare.

And who is in the front of the line to vote for that? The tea party!

161 Decatur Deb  Sun, May 26, 2013 6:20:05pm

Baja Alabama is too overcast for the planetary conjunction. It should be working its way west.

162 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, May 27, 2013 8:52:15am

re: #27 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

That’s not an ‘ironic’ use of them. I don’t get it— you’re asking for Nazi signs being held, in, like, a pro-Nazi way? There aren’t any of those.

I wuld have assumed that was what the letter meant, if I had received it. Not a mistake, I don’t think. Because ‘held signs implying the IRS is like the SS’ is not actually as shocking. Stupid, but not shocking.

I see Dim Jim’s point on this one.

163 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, May 27, 2013 8:54:51am

re: #41 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

I’m sorry you misunderstood the newsletter, I guess?

I assumed it meant that they were hoisting signs accusing Democrats and Obama and stuff of being Nazis.

My husband didn’t, BTW. My response was spoiled by having seen the context of this post, so I just read him the wording. His eyes got big. When he saw the actual signs, he relaxed. He heard the letter to mean they were themselves Nazi supporters.

164 Charles Johnson  Mon, May 27, 2013 9:47:06am

Oh good grief.

Jim Hoft deliberately misinterprets a purely factual statement, an uncontroversial factual statement, that simply states what everyone already knows, that Tea Partiers often carry signs with Nazi symbols, and you’re going to take this at face value?

I guess this is a lesson in why Hoft does this kind of deceptive BS - because some people will believe it.

165 Charles Johnson  Mon, May 27, 2013 9:51:16am

This is me, very disappointed.

166 Charles Johnson  Mon, May 27, 2013 9:56:20am

re: #43 Film At 11

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to those fortunate enough to have off. I must go enjoy myself and remember those who fought that symbol and died doing it. The SS symbol should never see the light of day ever again. That symbol to me is more offensive than a swastika. I grew up with people who dragged themselves out of Europe after WWII. I saw the tattoos of the death camps and the eyes of those who lived thru it. I heard and saw the reality of that symbol and what it truly stood for. That jerk off should be punched in the mouth. Had my fill.
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Quoted for truth.

167 wrenchwench  Mon, May 27, 2013 11:33:43am
168 Vicious Babushka  Mon, May 27, 2013 11:42:44am

Here is Jim Hoft’s Apology From Yr Wonkette.

We are very, very sorry, that you are so stupid. We are sorry that reading is haaaaaaard for you. Have you considered Hooked on Phonics?


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