If you can figure out what the hell Glenn Beck is trying to say in this totally whacked out clip, please let me know. I know it has something to do with one of his many conspiracy theories, and the Tea Party’s in there somehow, but apart from that all I can do is gaze in wonder at the insanity.
Via Right Wing Watch.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 10:57:26am |
Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich. Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich. Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich. Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich.
//
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iossarian Tue, Jun 4, 2013 10:58:13am |
Shark? We flew over the shark a couple of hours ago, honey.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 10:58:18am |
Okay…made it through all 1:48 of the video…looks like Beck is trying to cut into the Jewish vote by calling them “the damn Jews”…good luck with that, Becki-becki-becki-stan-stan man.
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euphgeek Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:00:13am |
“My crazy conspiracy theories are true, dammit!”
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iossarian Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:01:24am |
re: #4 darthstar
Okay…made it through all 1:48 of the video…looks like Beck is trying to cut into the Jewish vote by calling them “the damn Jews”…good luck with that, Becki-becki-becki-stan-stan man.
He actually said that. Bizarre.
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Timothy Watson Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:02:18am |
He’s showing how our mental health system is an absolute failure?
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A Mom Anon Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:02:35am |
Holy What the Fuck, Batman. What in the hell was that? Who was interviewing who and what in the fresh hell is the point?
Someone thinks they’re way more special and talented than they actually are. Has anyone checked this guy’s basement for bodies? Seriously.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:03:52am |
That’s some heavy-duty projection about the Juice.
WTF is up with the wig & fake stache & silly accent?
I think he’s drunk.
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Dr. Matt Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:03:56am |
When is Glenn Beck finally going to reveal that he’s actually a liberal who is doing a brilliant job of fooling the right?
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iossarian Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:05:01am |
re: #11 Vicious Babushka
That’s some heavy-duty projection about the Juice.
WTF is up with the wig & fake stache & silly accent?
I think he’s drunk.
“Heh heh… Obama really hates the Jews… heh heh… those damn Jews…”
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iossarian Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:05:39am |
re: #12 Dr. Matt
When is Glenn Beck finally going to reveal that he’s actually a liberal who is doing a brilliant job of fooling the right?
He revealed that he’s a money-grabbing charlatan who’s doing a brilliant job of fooling the right a loooong time ago.
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lawhawk Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:05:49am |
Sorry, haven’t had a chance to watch. I’m just catching up with Gov. Christie and his call for special primary for August 13 with a general election in October.
Christie calls for October election to fill Lautenberg's Senate seat [watch live] http://t.co/nL0TOzEEBX— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 4, 2013
An entertaining presser, as always.
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lawhawk Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:12:09am |
I’ve just watched the derpularity. That much crazy is just nuts. I’d say unbelievable, but Beck and a whole bunch of his followers believe it. This is their worldview.
They really believe that government death panels are coming - as if insurance companies didn’t have their own bean-counters denying payment for treatments when the costs rose above a certain level, or inflicting lifetime maximum payments, or any other similar effort.
Throw in a wee bit of Jew-baiting, and you’ve got a cavalcade of crazy.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:12:31am |
Wingnuts totally losing their shit over this:
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY TRAITORS!! George Soros Donates To RINO Chris Christie’s Re-Election Campaign… All that (cont) http://t.co/JWxK7cCK4Y— Vicki (@VickiMDonovan) June 4, 2013
George Soros Donates To RINO Chris Christie’s Re-Election Campaign… http://t.co/fMyXA6dSZE via @sharethis— MissGulchKS (@MissGulchKS) June 4, 2013
George Soros Donates To RINO Chris Christie’s Re-Election Campaign… http://t.co/Q0P3qKjCzk via @sharethis— Dee (@DeeC748) June 4, 2013
DISGUSTING NEWS!!~~~~~~George Soros Donates To Chris Christie’s Re-Election Campaign… http://t.co/F8Wl2ytMM3 via @sharethis— Dixon W Aldridge (@DixonWAldridge) June 4, 2013
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jaunte Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:13:08am |
If you can figure out what the hell Glenn Beck is trying to say in this totally whacked out clip, please let me know
Sorry, no can do.
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CriticalDragon1177 Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:13:46am |
re: #10 Kragar
yeah that pretty much sums it up.
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:14:24am |
also, “jesus gave us the constitution and obama is the anti-christ” jon mcnaughton has a new painting which is super subtle i don’t quite get it
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Ian G. Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:14:44am |
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CriticalDragon1177 Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:15:00am |
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Targetpractice Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:16:16am |
The fuck did I just watch? Glenn Beck channeling Ed Wood?
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Ian G. Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:16:32am |
re: #17 Vicious Babushka
So much for Christie’s presidential aspirations. Ah, who are we kidding? His presidential aspirations went down the tubes when he decided that the lives of his constituents on the Jersey Shore counted more than the Presidential aspirations of an android mega-zillionaire.
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Ian G. Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:17:07am |
re: #25 Targetpractice
The fuck did I just watch? Glenn Beck channeling Ed Wood?
Maybe Beck thinks “Plan 9 from Outer Space” is a documentary.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:17:46am |
re: #22 SpaceJesus
also, “jesus gave us the constitution and obama is the anti-christ” jon mcnaughton has a new painting which is super subtle i don’t quite get it
That is so lame.
This one is my favorite. LOL at the poor sad soldier eating gay wedding cake.
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jaunte Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:18:04am |
re: #22 SpaceJesus
McNaughton: “Some of these people I really like and some I don’t, but for the sake of our health, our children and our sanity, we need to take drastic action quickly.
What if we could bring them all together, put them on a desert island and quarantine them for say a hundred years?”
Like, somehow concentrate them?
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wrenchwench Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:19:02am |
re: #29 jaunte
McNaughton: “Some of these people I really like and some I don’t, but for the sake of our health, our children and our sanity, we need to take drastic action quickly.
What if we could bring them all together, put them on a desert island and quarantine them for say a hundred years?”
Like, somehow concentrate them?
Some sort of camps…
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:19:28am |
re: #29 jaunte
you mean they are like a disease? like a cancer? a cancer on the fatherland?
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Ian G. Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:19:30am |
BTW, nice hedge, Charles:
Possibly the Craziest Right Wing Video You’ll See Today
Right. Tomorrow, Michelle Malkin might explain to us how the Japanese-Americans at Manzanar were secretly training jihadists.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:20:39am |
re: #22 SpaceJesus
also, “jesus gave us the constitution and obama is the anti-christ” jon mcnaughton has a new painting which is super subtle i don’t quite get it
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lawhawk Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:20:40am |
re: #17 Vicious Babushka
So, Soros is now a red meat Republican? //////
Oh, it only works the other way. Soros can only corrupt and turn GOPers into RINOs or worse - liberals.
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CriticalDragon1177 Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:20:55am |
Charles Johnson,
I think Glen Beck is trying to tell us that the Death Panels are real, and that Obama hates Jews and wants to destroy Israel. Off course that’s nonsense, but that won’t put an end to his delusions.
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:21:21am |
re: #34 Kragar
yeah his latest stuff is way too obtuse and the meanings are way too hidden
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:21:41am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:21:51am |
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jaunte Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:22:11am |
re: #22 SpaceJesus
Why is Satan in the painting? Are you saying these people are Satanic??
I don’t know that. Perhaps most of them are just deceived. Satan is what I call the “Number One Liberal.” Liberalism is about control. Satan wants to promise you everything in exchange for your freedom. He uses lies; deceit and compulsion to have you do his bidding. In the end, you are left with nothing. How has any liberal idea ever ended well?* It is instant satisfaction at the expense of your soul. Yes, liberalism is a disease.
* I quite approve of weekends.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:22:17am |
I said it downstairs but no one who cites Cleon Skousen as an influence should be accusing anyone else of being Antisemitic. Oh and what’s up with that wig and mustache? Is that “hippie Beck” because it looks more like Ethan Hawke when he played Mr. Starbuck.
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DesertDenizen Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:22:32am |
also, “jesus gave us the constitution and obama is the anti-christ†jon mcnaughton has a new painting which is super subtle i don’t quite get it
jonmcnaughton.com
Wow, I didn’t know Sauron and the Nazgul were liberals!
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:22:52am |
James Carville may be a shape shifter - Jon McNaughton
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jaunte Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:23:36am |
re: #45 SpaceJesus
“Most of my paintings are serious in nature, (although liberals find them amusing) this one is more of a satire. This means to me, that although it is humorous on the surface, the underlying message is very serious.”
- Jon McNaughton
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wrenchwench Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:23:43am |
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:23:53am |
re: #17 Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts totally losing their shit over this:
Yeah it’s so disgusting that their fantasies about Soros being a lefty leftist are totally unfounded.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:24:38am |
That was very weird. Was that supposed to be funny?
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ramex Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:25:26am |
Wait a minute. That voice sounds familiar. Is the Tea Party apologist character supposed to be the grandson of Dr. Strangelove?
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:26:14am |
Cindy Jacobs says those with Native American/indigenous heritage need to repent for their ancestor's pagan worship: http://t.co/oF6u0h20nY— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 4, 2013
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Ian G. Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:27:15am |
re: #22 SpaceJesus
also, “jesus gave us the constitution and obama is the anti-christ” jon mcnaughton has a new painting which is super subtle i don’t quite get it
Do wingers really think New York City is some kind of hellhole? Seriously?
Someone needs to explain to McNaughton how his beloved free market works. A place where studio apartments go for 7 figures is not a place that people are trying to flee in droves because of “liberal policies”.
And I love the whole “quarantine” the “disease” idea. Hey, Radovan Karadzic is probably available for some advice on how to go about doing that.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:27:16am |
.@SteveHa_rris .@TheDailyEdge Those “lazy ass” welfare people already have jobs at #Walmart. http://t.co/jVSdpTlapX #UniteBlue #tgdn #tcot— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 4, 2013
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:27:42am |
re: #17 Vicious Babushka
Sorry to see at least three of these derpers are women. And who is the traitor here? Soros? RINO Christie? Both?
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:27:57am |
re: #46 jaunte
he wants new york city destroyed by some kind of god tornado? ok
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:28:12am |
re: #51 Gus
Only after every American of European decent repents for their ancestors’ past pagan worship. My God these people are some kind of wacky.
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:28:35am |
re: #52 Ian G.
NYC has a GDP equal to the reddest of red states combined
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Major Tom Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:28:45am |
Image: 215198-abraham-lincoln-bear-machine-gun.jpg
McNaughton, eat your heart out.
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iossarian Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:29:11am |
re: #58 Major Tom
Image: 215198-abraham-lincoln-bear-machine-gun.jpg
McNaughton, eat your heart out.
Where are the war eagles?
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:29:17am |
re: #56 HappyWarrior
Only after every American of European decent repents for their ancestors’ past pagan worship. My God these people are some kind of wacky.
Noun, verb, pagan.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:29:48am |
re: #52 Ian G.
Do wingers really think New York City is some kind of hellhole? Seriously?
Someone needs to explain to McNaughton how his beloved free market works. A place where studio apartments go for 7 figures is not a place that people are trying to flee in droves because of “liberal policies”.
And I love the whole “quarantine” the “disease” idea. Hey, Radovan Karadzic is probably available for some advice on how to go about doing that.
There’s a reason why a certain singer told us if he could make it there, he’d make it anywhere. I’ve got two cousins that moved to NYC and have done well for themselves.
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:30:16am |
i think im going to ask mcnaughton for a commission of him dressed as sailor moon
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:30:37am |
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:30:46am |
Satan is what I call the “Number One Liberal.” Liberalism is about control.
Which is why teabag Republicans want to keep wages low (control), ban abortion (control), build a wall on the Mexican border (control), force liberals to watch David Barton’s ‘history’ programs, require drug tests for those receiving public benefits, require photo IDs to vote, etc.
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Major Tom Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:30:53am |
One of my personal favorites… Jefferson sucker punching a silverback… Image: jefferson-vs-gorilla.jpg
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:31:05am |
re: #2 Gus
Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich. Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich. Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich. Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich.
//
why for you add slashes?
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:31:34am |
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:31:39am |
re: #66 Major Tom
One of my personal favorites… Jefferson sucker punching a silverback… Image: jefferson-vs-gorilla.jpg
The one with Bill Clinton is the best, hands down.
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wrenchwench Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:32:19am |
re: #51 Gus
Cindy Jacobs says those with Native American/indigenous heritage need to repent for their ancestor’s pagan worship:
Never mind the ancestors, what about those who are still worshiping pagans? I mean engaged in pagan worship.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:32:43am |
re: #65 Bulworth
Which is why teabag Republicans want to keep wages low (control), ban abortion (control), build a wall on the Mexican border (control), force liberals to watch David Barton’s ‘history’ programs, require drug tests for those receiving public benefits, require photo IDs to vote, etc.
Yeah you see cons claim that liberalism is all about control. Right, and conservatism isn’t about that. Yeah fucking right.
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:32:49am |
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Major Tom Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:33:02am |
I forgot about that one… The unzipped fly makes it… actually so many things… lol… Image: images.jpg
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A Mom Anon Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:33:48am |
re: #70 wrenchwench
Well those people are just going straight to hell missy and don’t you forget it. Not that I’m one to judge or anything….also too, Jesus Loves You!!
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:33:51am |
re: #70 wrenchwench
Never mind the ancestors, what about those who are still worshiping pagans? I mean engaged in pagan worship.
Yeah, and Martin Luther was such a swell guy.
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:35:14am |
re: #71 HappyWarrior
I could also mention attempts to ban or otherwise limit access to contraception, prohibit same sex marriage, require the teaching of evolution in public schools, mandate organized Christian prayer in schools, etc. But we won’t mention those things today.
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aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:35:33am |
re: #70 wrenchwench
Never mind the ancestors, what about those who are still worshiping pagans? I mean engaged in pagan worship.
Hellbound
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:35:56am |
re: #76 Bulworth
I could also mention attempts to ban or otherwise limit access to contraception, prohibit same sex marriage, require the teaching of evolution in public schools, mandate organized Christian prayer in schools, etc. But we won’t mention those things today.
No need to. You already made your point.
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goddamnedfrank Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:36:14am |
re: #50 ramex
Wait a minute. That voice sounds familiar. Is the Tea Party apologist character supposed to be the grandson of Dr. Strangelove?
Came for the Strangelove reference. Leaving satisfied.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:36:37am |
That’s hilarious considering that the first European American settlers came under a flag of Protestantism and Catholicism and then proceeded to slaughter the native either intentionally or through disease. If anyone has to atone it’s not the American Indians.
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aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:37:43am |
You know, death panels would be cool if they made it pay-per-view, and required cancer patients to fight each other to the death for treatment. It would pay for Obamacare without raising taxes!
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:38:12am |
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:39:08am |
Rios Warns LGBT Rights Movement Is Transforming America into Soviet Russia
Because the Soviets and Russians have always been so tolerant and worked hard to advance the LGBT cause.
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GeneJockey Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:39:31am |
re: #76 Bulworth
I could also mention attempts to ban or otherwise limit access to contraception, prohibit same sex marriage, require the teaching of evolution in public schools, mandate organized Christian prayer in schools, etc. But we won’t mention those things today.
No, no! You don’t understand! Liberals are about CONTROL, because they want to stop Conservatives from limiting access to contraception, make them legally accept same sex marriage, not teach superstition as science, and hold daily, organized, Christian-only prayers in schools.
Without Liberalism, Conservatives would be free to do those things.
//
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:39:31am |
re: #51 Gus
Does that mean that the Irish have to repent for their pagan past? Or the Greeks? Or anyone descended from Vikings?
Oh wait. She said indigenous. That means Not White. Never mind.
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A Mom Anon Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:40:34am |
re: #80 Gus
Someone needs to read some history books about the reservation religious schools and what went on there, some as late as the 1990’s. The abuse, the stealing of children from their families and the murders.
Or at the very least someone should make her read a copy of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
I really hate willfully stupid shit like this. With a passion.
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lawhawk Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:41:18am |
re: #82 aagcobb
Gonna assume that was sarcasm. And I know way too many people who are currently dealing with cancer and its after effects to know that the GOP proposals would mean death sentences if they ever lost their health insurance (like losing jobs, changing jobs, etc., or slashing and burning Medicare/Medicaid).
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:42:08am |
What a sweetheart. :)
Yeah who needs sleep! 8-hour days are for sissies!
@viciousbabushka @TheDailyEdge that's a bunch of bullshit and if they do thwy should get a second job!— MarineVet (@SteveHa_rris) June 4, 2013
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:42:39am |
Anyone need a break? Watch this color video of NYC from 1939. It’s amazing.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:43:48am |
re: #85 Kragar
Rios Warns LGBT Rights Movement Is Transforming America into Soviet Russia
Because the Soviets and Russians have always been so tolerant and worked hard to advance the LGBT cause.
Communism = Liberals = LGBT. Soviet Union was communist, therefore Soviets loved the gays. See? Simple.
//
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aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:45:03am |
re: #90 lawhawk
Gonna assume that was sarcasm. And I know way too many people who are currently dealing with cancer and its after effects to know that the GOP proposals would mean death sentences if they ever lost their health insurance (like losing jobs, changing jobs, etc., or slashing and burning Medicare/Medicaid).
I don’t even watch ultimate fighting, so yeah, I just forgot the slash. I read that the Democrats next year plan to run on Obamacare for the most part, since they can’t really run from it, and they need to point out that the GOP plan to repeal it entirely means people losing their health insurance and literally dying.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:45:41am |
Soviet and Chinese communists have a horrible record with LGBT. Many of this remains to this day. Russia remains a highly homophpbic society as does China. Cuba as well. And by horrible record that includes literally being imprisoned for being gay or worse for transsexuals.
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aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:46:21am |
re: #91 Vicious Babushka
What a sweetheart. :)
Yeah who needs sleep! 8-hour days are for sissies!
Because there are so many jobs out there just begging to be filled./
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:46:23am |
Whoa, wingnut is PISSED that I pointed out 1 Walmart store takes almost $1 million in welfare for its employees.
#unpopularopinion: #LIBERALS hate the TRUTH. .. #Obama & his administration is nothing but LIARS! #TCOT #TGDN #NRA— MarineVet (@SteveHa_rris) June 4, 2013
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:47:09am |
re: #95 Gus
Soviet and Chinese communists have a horrible record with LGBT. Many of this remains to this day. Russia remains a highly homophpbic society as does China. Cuba as well. And by horrible record that includes literally being imprisoned for being gay or worse for transsexuals.
Religious Right activist commends Russia for “preventing” gay people from “corrupting children” http://t.co/KowLUAuceU— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 3, 2013
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:47:40am |
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aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:47:58am |
re: #98 Vicious Babushka
Whoa, wingnut is PISSED that I pointed out 1 Walmart store takes almost $1 million in welfare for its employees.
You want truth, wingnut? The truth is welfare subsidizes Walmart by paying part of its employees’ salaries for it.
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:47:58am |
re: #22 SpaceJesus
also, “jesus gave us the constitution and obama is the anti-christ” jon mcnaughton has a new painting which is super subtle i don’t quite get it
You try ‘doing something about liberals’ to me and you’ll find you have quite a fight on your hands, derptard.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:48:21am |
re: #91 Vicious Babushka
Doesn’t Wal-Mart randomize the schedules for all their hourly employees? That kinda makes it hard to get a second job.
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GunstarGreen Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:48:33am |
re: #76 Bulworth
I could also mention attempts to ban or otherwise limit access to contraception, prohibit same sex marriage, require the teaching of evolution in public schools, mandate organized Christian prayer in schools, etc. But we won’t mention those things today.
It’s not about freedom, it’s about the RIGHT kind of control. They don’t want the government to not have control over your life, they want the government to control your life to make sure you align with their particular flavor of jesus-ism.
This kind of political extremism is pretty heavily correlated to religious fundamentalism. You’ll find that most people going so far as advocating ‘liberal quarantines’ also make heavy religious references while they’re at it — in this case, ‘Satan is the number-one liberal’.
Basically, this sort of person is already conditioned into an ultra-authoritarian mindset. In their minds, it’s about making sure this remains God’s Favorite Country, lest the holy wrath be brought upon them for not being pious enough.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:48:53am |
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:50:34am |
re: #103 Lidane
Doesn’t Wal-Mart randomize the schedules for all their hourly employees? That kinda makes it hard to get a second job.
It sucks so hard to work at Walmart, anybody who could get another job would leave in a heartbeat.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:51:29am |
re: #85 Kragar
Rios Warns LGBT Rights Movement Is Transforming America into Soviet Russia
Because the Soviets and Russians have always been so tolerant and worked hard to advance the LGBT cause.
Yeah I forget that part of history where the USSR was a gay rights paradise. Someone needs to remind stupid dummy here that communist regimes historically have more in common with her views on homosexuality than they don’t.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:51:55am |
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:52:06am |
re: #99 Lidane
Yeah let’s be like Russia. The country that actually punishes people for religious blasphemy. Yay.//
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:52:23am |
re: #103 Lidane
Doesn’t Wal-Mart randomize the schedules for all their hourly employees? That kinda makes it hard to get a second job.
I don’t think they intentionally do it to annoy the employees-most retail does it these days because employees having lives is less important than having “flexibility” in staffing.
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Stanghazi Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:55:06am |
re: #69 Vicious Babushka
The one with Bill Clinton is the best, hands down.
Bill Clinton has a gator. Nuf said.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:56:20am |
What is up with Bill Frist?. I got this long, detailed email with links to all kinds of stuff and links about education, Obamacare, an New England Journal of Medicine article he co-authored, and a whole lot about healthcare in foreign countries..
This bit got my attention:
Much of my global health efforts fall under the umbrella of Hope Through Healing Hands.
June 8 will be a crucial moment for global nutrition, and I encourage the U.S. to take a lead on addressing this most devastating global problem. In terms of global successes, May marked the 10th anniversary of PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief that I helped initiate in 2003. We’ve made amazing progress, and we must push on to meet our goal.
-I attended the Lwala Community Alliance (Kenya) board meeting mid-month. They’re doing such good work, and the Clinton Global Initiative has a nice write up.
-ONE’s 2013 Data Report shows findings of countries that spend more of their national budget in areas of education, agriculture, and health often finding themselves closer to the Millennium Development Goals to eradicate poverty.
He seems to be non-political in this.
and how are you?
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Dr. Matt Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:56:24am |
Mystery solved: Jack White paid Masonic Temple back taxesThe anonymous benefactor who recently paid the entire $142,000 balance in taxes to prevent Detroit’s Masonic Temple from falling into foreclosure was revealed today to be musician Jack White
Great story if you’re not familiar with it. As a former Michigander, it’s great to see our own peeps standing together.
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:56:26am |
re: #107 Vicious Babushka
I think the goals of the big box stores is to eventually not have any employees. All checkout lines will be self-checkout. Just a police guard or three at the exits to prevent stealing/looting. Then maybe cameras will replace the guards.
My local supermarket, Giant, in this case, never ceases to amaze me. Always long lines, even and especially on weekends, when the store would presumably know a lot of people will be shopping. Maybe two lines with real person cashiers, and an ever-expanding number of self-checkouts.
Also, too: get off my lawn
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Dr. Matt Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:57:32am |
re: #109 NJDhockeyfan
Best video I’ve seen on the internet in a very long time.
Great find. Thanks for sharing. Some of those fashions would fit in nicely today. 5 cent Pina Coladas!
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GeneJockey Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:57:35am |
re: #111 calochortus
I don’t think they intentionally do it to annoy the employees-most retail does it these days because employees having lives is less important than having “flexibility” in staffing.
Yep, that’s the word - “flexibility”. Businesses want more ‘flexibility’ to make folks work longer hours without paying for it, like the recent bill that would have allowed companies to give comp time instead of time-and-a-half for overtime. That way they can essentially work people for long hours at the company’s convenience, they essentially lay them off when they’re not needed, making the difference between being an FTE and a Temp almost nil.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:58:34am |
re: #113 FemNaziBitch
What is up with Bill Frist?. I got this long, detailed email with links to all kinds of stuff and links about education, Obamacare, an New England Journal of Medicine article he co-authored, and a whole lot about healthcare in foreign countries..
This bit got my attention:
He seems to be non-political in this.
and how are you?
He’s out of politics. Tends to bring sanity. Me though, I’m good.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:59:19am |
re: #117 Dr. Matt
Great find. Thanks for sharing. Some of those fashions would fit in nicely today. 5 cent Pina Coladas!
Makes me want to find a time machine.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:59:28am |
We Can Do It: Internet Gets Stupid Rosie The Cleaner Ad Campaign Pulled In 24 Hours http://t.co/nmszX8q8qE— Wonkette (@Wonkette) June 4, 2013
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:00:43pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:00:48pm |
re: #53 Vicious Babushka
had to compose a new tweet to re-tweet it.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:01:10pm |
Colorado moose falls in love with moose statue, attempts gay moose sex
A Colorado moose bull isn’t hiding his feelings for a newly-installed male moose statue in the town of Grand Lake.
Within a week of the statue going up, residents started noticing that the moose was spending more time in the town.
“He’s not too shy,” Bob Balink explained to KUSA. “There’s two things he wants to do. And one of ‘em is eat.”
“The strange thing is he’s trying to mate with a statue,” he added. “Because they’re both male.”
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:01:34pm |
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:02:30pm |
re: #104 GunstarGreen
It’s not about freedom, it’s about the RIGHT kind of control.
ding! ding! ding! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:03:49pm |
APNewsBreak: Diplomats say earthquake caused long cracks in walls of Iran's Bushehr reactor: http://t.co/XaVC9fxIy7 -BW— The Associated Press (@AP) June 4, 2013
Next, Iran to blame Zionist earthquakes.
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:04:11pm |
re: #118 GeneJockey
Even “good” employers like Costco do it. It has just become the industry standard. Decades ago I worked in retail for a while and had regular hours, but apparently that just doesn’t happen any more. Of course, stores are open more hours per day which probably does make staffing a bit harder.
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Ian G. Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:04:31pm |
re: #105 NJDhockeyfan
It’s eerie how much Rockefeller Center looks the same 74 years later.
The view from the top of The Rock has quite a bit of smog obscuring it. Too bad the enviro-nuts made us clean that up so that you can see (and breathe) better in NYC today. ////
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:04:47pm |
re: #122 Vicious Babushka
You mean I’m not defending liberty when I clean the kitchen? I haz a sad…
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GeneJockey Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:05:40pm |
re: #129 NJDhockeyfan
Next, Iran to blame Zionist earthquakes.
I’m sure Alex Jones thinks we have the capability, along with our tornado creation and direction capability.
And yet, somehow he’s not only still alive, but on the air. Totalitarianism - We R Doin It Wrong.
//
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:06:40pm |
re: #133 GeneJockey
I’m sure Alex Jones thinks we have the capability, along with our tornado creation and direction capability.
And yet, somehow he’s not only still alive, but on the air. Totalitarianism - We R Doin It Wrong.
//
Seriously Jones has been claiming we’re a totalitarian hellhole for well about a decade now. And what do you, not only is he still alive, he’s still on the air and his listeners have grown. Worst tyranny ever.
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Dr. Matt Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:06:42pm |
re: #121 NJDhockeyfan
Makes me want to find a time machine.
…..and prevent Barbara and h dubyah from breeding.
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:07:42pm |
re: #114 Dr. Matt
Great story if you’re not familiar with it. As a former Michigander, it’s great to see our own peeps standing together.
Good on Jack White; I now have serious respect for the man.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:08:07pm |
I’m sure the people at Fox are thinking, How much money will it cost to get Glenn Beck back on staff? We need his wit and intellect!
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:08:27pm |
re: #133 GeneJockey
I’m sure Alex Jones thinks we have the capability, along with our tornado creation and direction capability.
And yet, somehow he’s not only still alive, but on the air. Totalitarianism - We R Doin It Wrong.
//
No worry, he’s going to get to the bottom of this. He’s at the Bilderberg conference.
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GeneJockey Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:09:00pm |
re: #134 HappyWarrior
Seriously Jones has been claiming we’re a totalitarian hellhole for well about a decade now. And what do you, not only is he still alive, he’s still on the air and his listeners have grown. Worst tyranny ever.
And with the Dow at ever higher highs, and corporate profits at the highest level and wages at the lowest level as a percent of GDP, the worst Communism ever.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:10:50pm |
On this day in 1876, a train departing #NYC arrived in San Francisco via the First Transcontinental Railroad. #LoveNYHistory— I LOVE NEW YORK (@I_LOVE_NY) June 4, 2013
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:10:57pm |
Yes, can we show this to every young adult?
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:11:23pm |
Bill O'Reilly's parenting advice: Punish boys who like the color pink http://t.co/50igNfDwqU— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 4, 2013
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taserian Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:12:53pm |
I think I have discovered how to make any Republican unelectable:
1.- Change my name to “Goerge Soros”. (Misspelling intentional)
2.- For every GOP Candidate X:
Donate $10 dollars under this name.
3.- Cause outrage on Twitter with a sock-puppet account saying that “Goerge Soros” donated to GOP Candidate X.
- - - -
How feasible is this? Moreover, how fun would this be?
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Ace-o-aces Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:14:16pm |
re: #17 Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts totally losing their shit over this:
George Soros is a self-made billionaire who spent millions of dollars in the 1980’s fighting communism…this apparently makes him an anti-american socialist.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:14:32pm |
re: #143 Gus
Yeah show them for liking one of the way light reflects! Seriously Bill maybe you should stop giving parenting advice and work on yourself because getting all angry over boys liking a color that is associated with girls is a stupid thing to get upset over but then again I remember you’re the dude who threw a gasket when the Dixie Chicks said they were ashamed to share the same state as the President.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:14:34pm |
re: #144 taserian
I think I have discovered how to make any Republican unelectable:
1.- Change my name to “Goerge Soros”. (Misspelling intentional)
2.- For every GOP Candidate X:
Donate $10 dollars under this name.
3.- Cause outrage on Twitter with a sock-puppet account saying that “Goerge Soros” donated to GOP Candidate X.- - - -
How feasible is this? Moreover, how fun would this be?
Probaly be easier to set up a PAC and call it “Goerge Soros PAC”
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:15:20pm |
re: #147 Kragar
Probaly be easier to set up a PAC and call it “Goerge Soros PAC”
And you wouldn’t have to go with the hassle that comes with changing one’s name.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:15:28pm |
re: #144 taserian
I think I have discovered how to make any Republican unelectable:
1.- Change my name to “Goerge Soros”. (Misspelling intentional)
2.- For every GOP Candidate X:
Donate $10 dollars under this name.
3.- Cause outrage on Twitter with a sock-puppet account saying that “Goerge Soros” donated to GOP Candidate X.- - - -
How feasible is this? Moreover, how fun would this be?
That depends on how much money you are willing to throw away.
Also I do not know if it is a good idea to use a fake name with your real credit card number. This can cause all kinds of problems for you with your bank.
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Dr. Matt Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:15:44pm |
re: #145 Ace-o-aces
George Soros is a self-made billionaire who spent millions of dollars in the 1980’s fighting communism…this apparently makes him an anti-american socialist.
LIES! LIES!! Saint Ronny was fighting communism in the 80s!
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:16:33pm |
re: #145 Ace-o-aces
George Soros is a self-made billionaire who spent millions of dollars in the 1980’s fighting communism…this apparently makes him an anti-american socialist.
Seriously Soros is a lot of things but a communist he’s not.
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:16:56pm |
re: #150 Dr. Matt
Yes. In France.
Everyone knows that camembert and mineral water is the only way to defeat the Commies.
/
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:16:57pm |
re: #146 HappyWarrior
Yeah show them for liking one of the way light reflects! Seriously Bill maybe you should stop giving parenting advice and work on yourself because getting all angry over boys liking a color that is associated with girls is a stupid thing to get upset over but then again I remember you’re the dude who threw a gasket when the Dixie Chicks said they were ashamed to share the same state as the President.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:18:28pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:19:08pm |
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:19:13pm |
Men! Pro tip here. Never wear anything pink because of you do you’ll turn into a flaming homosexual within minutes!
//
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wrenchwench Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:19:53pm |
re: #139 Gus
Someone just called Oliver Willis a neo-con hawk.
What!?!?! Next someone will call him a racist!
/
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:20:18pm |
Religious Right Therapist Claims Crayon Drawings Prove Ex-Gay Therapy Works
During a program on the conservative Christian television network Daystar on homosexuality, ex-gay therapist Jerry Mungadze insisted that he can prove his sexual orientation conversion efforts work because he has observed in his patients that after therapy the “areas of the brain that were showing the homosexuality show heterosexuality…the brain is able to go back and fire the way it is supposed to be.”
But Mungadze - who only has degrees in Biblical Studies and counselor education — wasn’t talking about actual brain scans. In fact, Mungadze’s “evidence” of brain transformation relies on crayon drawings.
Warren Throckmorton reports:
Note that patients color in a map of the brain and Mungadze reads the map like a projective test. Apparently, pink relates to femininity, red to anger/aggression, and so on. He says he can tell gay people apart from straights; and when they revert to heterosexuality, he can tell by how they color between the lines.
Who needs brain scans when you have crayons?
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:21:09pm |
re: #158 wrenchwench
What!?!?! Next someone will call him a racist!
/
BRADLEY MANNING IS A HERO AND THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH ME ARE NEO-CON HAWKS!!!!11TY
//
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:21:29pm |
re: #157 Gus
Men! Pro tip here. Never wear anything pink because of you do you’ll turn into a flaming homosexual within minutes!
//
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:22:21pm |
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:24:25pm |
If that’s the case then we should punish girls if they like the color blue!
//
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:24:45pm |
re: #159 Kragar
My temporal lobes have frozen after reading that.
What do I do to restore function? Seriously, reading that was like a transorbital lobotomy.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:25:41pm |
Ohio State president retiring after taking jabs at Notre Dame, “damn Catholics”: http://t.co/y6I4wX41MC— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 4, 2013
POLITICAL CORRECTION GONE AWRY!! //
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sagehen Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:26:11pm |
re: #80 Gus
That’s hilarious considering that the first European American settlers came under a flag of Protestantism and Catholicism and then proceeded to slaughter the native either intentionally or through disease. If anyone has to atone it’s not the American Indians.
Do you watch “Longmire”?
On last night’s ep, after examing the stomach contents of a murder victim, they had to find a place that served turducken. Local bar/diner owner Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips) took offense when the deputy (Katee Sackhoff) asked if he ever served such a thing
Henry: We don’t serve turkey here. Never did, never will.
Longmire (to deputy): it’s a Thanksgiving thing.
Henry: You mean Thankstaking?
Deputy: Wow, way to hold a grudge.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:27:30pm |
re: #157 Gus
Men! Pro tip here. Never wear anything pink because of you do you’ll turn into a flaming homosexual within minutes!
//
Yep. The Rock wore a pink tutu with wings for a movie and immediately became an effeminate 90-pound twink. See?
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:29:19pm |
re: #164 Gus
If that’s the case then we should punish girls if they like the color blue!
//
Noooooooooo! Don’t take away my blue!
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:30:34pm |
That is one brave man.
Alex the Lion Stroke-King. British wildlife expert Alex Larenty, calms the savage cats with gentle foot-rubs. pic.twitter.com/7LtDV7eCjL— Earth Pics (@Earth_Pics) June 4, 2013
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:30:50pm |
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A Mom Anon Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:31:44pm |
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
Like we didn’t know that already. Or that the people he was talking to didn’t know it either….
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:32:13pm |
re: #126 Vicious Babushka
I can haz follow?
Turned out the initial RT went through even though the Twitter Supreme Being said it didn’t.
I already follow you (justafarmer4)
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sagehen Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:33:56pm |
re: #133 GeneJockey
I’m sure Alex Jones thinks we have the capability, along with our tornado creation and direction capability.
And yet, somehow he’s not only still alive, but on the air. Totalitarianism - We R Doin It Wrong.
//
There was a movie… Julia Roberts, Mel Gibson, Patrick Stewart… where we in fact did have that capability. (Gibson was a schizophrenic conspiracy nut cab driver, who fell into mortal peril when one of his nutty conspiracies turned out to be real. Stewart was the villain. Roberts was the plucky journalist who saved the day)
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:34:53pm |
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh, my…rebranding continues…
Yep no racism in the right whatsoever and the left are the real racists.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:35:17pm |
Dress a boy in blue and he won’t become a homosexual!! //
You ever see baby pic from the early 20th century? It’s hard to tell whether they’re boys or girls in many of those pics.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:35:38pm |
Rare picture of a baby great white shark. pic.twitter.com/4KhNnhGr8x— Fascinating Pictures (@Fascinatingpics) April 29, 2013
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:36:19pm |
This weekend, opponents of Planned Parenthood’s role as the largest provider of women’s health care in the U.S. sought to launch a campaign to attack our work, using the hashtag #exposePP.
Here’s what unfolded instead:
Supporters on Twitter engaged in a spontaneous takeover of the hashtag to “expose” Planned Parenthood for what it is: an organization that provides health care including routine gynecological exams, lifesaving breast and cervical cancer screenings, contraceptive services, testing and treatment for STIs including HIV, and comprehensive sex education to 3 million women, men, and adolescents a year. Check out some of our favorite personal stories shared by patients and supporters:
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:38:32pm |
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sagehen Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:39:05pm |
re: #176 Gus
Dress a boy in blue and he won’t become a homosexual!! //
You ever see baby pic from the early 20th century? It’s hard to tell whether they’re boys or girls in many of those pics.
Back then they thought pink was a boy color (because the red spectrum is stronger) and blue was for girls (because it’s the color of water, and the sky, and it’s so soothing…)
It turned around in the 1940’s.
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:39:16pm |
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh, my…rebranding continues…
Not quite as bad as it appears:
Emanuelson hasn’t backed away from his comments which, to be fair, are somewhat less egregious when you tack on the “…if they’re going to vote 9-1 for Democrats” Battleground Texas omits from his press release.
Of course, they seem to have gone with disqualifying black voters rather than appealing to them, but I’m always suspicious of quotes that end mid sentence with an ellipsis.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:40:05pm |
re: #180 sagehen
Back then they thought pink was a boy color (because the red spectrum is stronger) and blue was for girls (because it’s the color of water, and the sky, and it’s so soothing…)
It turned around in the 1940’s.
Yep, and the shoes and “dress” back then. My dad has a baby pic that we used to always tease him with. :D
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:41:19pm |
NJ DYFS officials had already placed Heinrich Hons Campbell’s older siblings - Adolf Hitler Campbell, 7, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, 6, and 5-year-old Honzlynn Jeannie Campbell - in foster care because of the alleged violence in the family’s Holland Township, N.J. home.
The Campbells gained national attention in December 2008 after a Greenwich Township, N.J. ShopRite supermarket refused to write Adolf Hitler Campbell’s name on a cake for his third birthday. The couple complained the refusal constituted discrimination.
A second store eventually honored their request, but the flap led NJ DYFS to start an investigation into the family.
Asked whether he felt wearing the Nazi uniform, complete with a swastika patch on the arm and leather boots, into court would help or hurt his case, the father said it depended on the judge.
“If they’re good judges and they’re good people, they’ll look within, not what’s on the outside,” he said.
Heath Campbell started wearing the uniform in June 2012 after forming “Hitler’s Order,” a pro-Nazi organization. He was accompanied to the hearing by a member of that organization, Bethanie White.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:42:11pm |
re: #181 calochortus
The quote should not have been truncated. However, the complete version is not really any better at all, given the GOP’s track record on voter suppression.
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A Mom Anon Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:42:34pm |
re: #182 Gus
Christening gowns aren’t exactly oozing with machismo either, by Fisher’s standards, they’re white and lacy and usually made with fabrics and trims similar to wedding gowns.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:43:31pm |
re: #185 A Mom Anon
Christening gowns aren’t exactly oozing with machismo either, by Fisher’s standards, they’re white and lacy and usually made with fabrics and trims similar to wedding gowns.
Ah! That’s what I was thinking about.
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:44:16pm |
In the meanwhile, the Pubbies in the House of Representatives continue with their laser-like focus on the economy and other serious matters.
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Occam's Guillotine Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:44:21pm |
I won’t have Lubbock to kick around much longer, at least not in person. I have arranged to sell my business to a group of employees, and I will be putting my farm and my house in town on the market.
I have bought a small farm near my mother’s ancestral home of Gordon, Texas (a little west of Fort Worth). It is a beautiful place, part of the justly famed Texas hill country. Trees grow wild there, you don’t even have to water them, and there are lots of scraggly little hills, big enough to be very pretty but small enough for me to climb. The house is 109 years old and was recently restored within an inch of its life. It also comes with a barn, a big workshop and lots of garage space. It’s several miles from I-20, close enough to give easy access to the big city, but far enough to keep yuppies and other pests at arm’s length. I was warned that there are lots of coyotes around and it might therefore be hard to raise chickens. Since I like coyotes and despise chickens, that suits me fine.
I plan to write, work on my online hobby business, and roam around aimlessly with a walking stick.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:46:02pm |
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sagehen Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:48:05pm |
re: #189 Occam’s Guillotine
I won’t have Lubbock to kick around much longer, at least not in person. I have arranged to sell my business to a group of employees,
SOCIALIST!!!
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:49:22pm |
re: #184 EPR-radar
The quote should not have been truncated. However, the complete version is not really any better at all, given the GOP’s track record on voter suppression.
It’s bad enough whole-it should be used whole. Just my humble opinion.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:52:47pm |
re: #183 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
“If they’re good judges and they’re good people, they’ll look within, not what’s on the outside,” he said
So the guy thinks wearing a nazi uniform is a good idea, and thought that naming his kids Hitler and Aryan were good ideas, and that looking within will help his case?
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lawhawk Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:52:59pm |
TIGTA report finds improper spending at the IRS:
The Internal Revenue Service spent about $49 million on 225 conferences between fiscal year 2010 and 2012, much of which was related to inappropriate expenditures, according to a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report released June 4 by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The report focuses on an August 2010 conference in Anaheim, Calif., for Small Business/Self-Employed Division managers, where IRS spent $4.1 million dollars for 2,600 people. TIGTA focused on the Anaheim conference because “it was the most expensive conference during the three-year period and because TIGTA received an allegation of excessive spending at that event,” the report said.
Approximately $3.2 million intended to hire additional IRS enforcement personnel was used to help fund the conference, TIGTA said.
Priorities are completely screwed up when you’re spending millions on a conference (when the costs could have been better controlled), and use the balance to hire enforcement personnel. It’s a lack of oversight - at the IRS and Treasury Department.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:53:50pm |
re: #193 Kragar
So the guy thinks wearing a nazi uniform is a good idea, and thought that naming his kids Hitler and Aryan were good ideas, and that looking within will help his case?
He’s trying to show his credentials to work on the GOP rebranding effort.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:54:42pm |
Yeah judge me not on being a Nazi but my other parts……….. Okay………..
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Decatur Deb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:54:48pm |
re: #194 lawhawk
TIGTA report finds improper spending at the IRS:
Priorities are completely screwed up when you’re spending millions on a conference (when the costs could have been better controlled), and use the balance to hire enforcement personnel. It’s a lack of oversight - at the IRS and Treasury Department.
It’s also the whistleblower and Inspector General processes working as intended.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:58:14pm |
A need a word to describe the sudden dread one feels when they’re about to sneeze and they have a mouthful of lemon yogurt with granola in it.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:58:27pm |
Judging people by who they are on the inside has always been a guiding principle of Nazis.
//
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 12:58:53pm |
Even tho I think this whole thing is a set-up to give the illusion that Fox and the Whacko’s are not waging a War on Women, I’ll share this:
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:03:02pm |
Is this a Huskwin?
pic.twitter.com/e4Dr6C0ZGY— Parallel Universe (@ParaIlel) May 21, 2013
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erik_t Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:03:57pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:06:55pm |
re: #194 lawhawk
TIGTA report finds improper spending at the IRS:
Priorities are completely screwed up when you’re spending millions on a conference (when the costs could have been better controlled), and use the balance to hire enforcement personnel. It’s a lack of oversight - at the IRS and Treasury Department.
dammit…they never had parties like that when I worked for the IRS…
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:08:28pm |
Bitch plz. As if any of you assholes would vote to confirm any of his nominees anyway. Obama could nominate Zombie Reagan for SCOTUS and you’d still reject him:
McConnell questions “appropriateness” of confirming new Obama judicial nominees: http://t.co/2O6JYb6pEd— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 4, 2013
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:09:56pm |
Colorado ‘birther’ radio host loses job after assaulting producer
A controversial Colorado “birther” radio host has lost his job after an in-studio brawl with a longtime associate and producer. According to Denver’s Channel 9 News, Peter Boyles was fired by KHOW in the wake of a “heated physical exchange” with producer Greg Hollenback.
What sparked the fight is unknown, but it reportedly took place on May 23, mere minutes after U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) visited the studio to announce on Boyles’ show that he is seeking the Colorado governorship in 2014. Moments later the melee erupted and Boyles was observed “throttling” his friend and coworker of 20 years.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:10:29pm |
Wow…the GOP really has a burr up their butts over Christie’s descision…pass the popcorn!
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:10:58pm |
But de Waal isn’t really trying to “save” religion from atheists like Dawkins; there’s much about religion that de Waal finds troubling and problematic. The big targets for de Waal are what he calls “top down morality” and human exceptionalism. Top down morality is linked to the assertion that morality comes to human life from somewhere “on high,” which might be taken to mean that human life receives its morality from a transcendent, out-of-this-world, divine.
But de Waal notes that top down morality isn’t a purely religious problem. He attacks, for example, the philosophical presumption mentioned earlier, that morality is a matter of reasoning—that we reason our way “up” to moral action or decision. Likewise, de Waal takes issue with human exceptionalism—the idea that morality is something that only humans are capable of—regardless of its origin. Religion is a target, for de Waal, to the extent that it supports each of these presumptions.
I don’t think I understand —or want to.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:11:21pm |
re: #207 darthstar
Wow…the GOP really has a burr up their butts over Christie’s descision…pass the popcorn!
“HOW DARE HE HOLD AN ELECTION WHEN THE SEAT IS OURS!”
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Occam's Guillotine Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:11:25pm |
Battle of Midway, 71 years ago today.
This near miraculous victory over the previously invincible Japanese fleet changed the course of the war and of history itself.
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erik_t Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:11:30pm |
re: #205 Lidane
Bitch plz. As if any of you assholes would vote to confirm any of his nominees anyway. Obama could nominate Zombie Reagan for SCOTUS and you’d still reject him:
You know what’s appropriate? Doing your fucking job.
You weren’t drafted, Mitch. You chose to seek office. Do your fucking job.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:11:30pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:11:39pm |
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erik_t Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:12:21pm |
re: #210 Occam’s Guillotine
Battle of Midway, 71 years ago today.
This near miraculous victory over the previously invincible Japanese fleet changed the course of the war and of history itself.
Nothing miraculous about it. Better tactics, better timing, better code-breaking. To call it a miracle does a disservice to the servicemen who earned that victory fair and square.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:12:39pm |
re: #198 Kragar
A need a word to describe the sudden dread one feels when they’re about to sneeze and they have a mouthful of lemon yogurt with granola in it.
ohshitsneeze
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:13:47pm |
re: #207 darthstar
Wow…the GOP really has a burr up their butts over Christie’s descision…pass the popcorn!
Really? I would’ve thought they’d be happy, since Christie’s decision effectively favors anyone who already has a sizeable bankroll for a campaign.
What, they can’t find any rich Republicans in New Jersey?
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:14:19pm |
re: #214 erik_t
Nothing miraculous about it. Better tactics, better timing, better code-breaking. To call it a miracle does a disservice to the servicemen who earned that victory fair and square.
There was also a fair element of luck to it. Catching the Japanese carriers with their decks loaded with explosives was nothing we could have planned for.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:14:39pm |
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stabby Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:15:49pm |
I’m not going to listen to Beck’s new rant, but my impression of him is that he thinks that he channels God directly. That has to be the worst bug that is almost universal to the human mind, that people want to listen to mad prophets and follow them - so much so that we have religions building whole civilizations on the stupid rants of the dead ones. So there are two classes of people, the charismatic madmen, and their followers.
If Glen Beck had a piece of pie he’d say:
God wants me to eat this pie.
And I’m going to do it [sob]
for you [sob]
because I love America so much!
[breaks down crying] SEND MONEY SO THAT WE CAN SAVE AMERICAN PIE FOR GOD!!!
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GeneJockey Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:16:16pm |
re: #214 erik_t
Nothing miraculous about it. Better tactics, better timing, better code-breaking. To call it a miracle does a disservice to the servicemen who earned that victory fair and square.
Well, really, it was somewhere in between inevitable and miraculous, with luck playing a BIG part.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:16:50pm |
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erik_t Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:17:54pm |
re: #217 Kragar
There was also a fair element of luck to it. Catching the Japanese carriers with their decks loaded with explosives was nothing we could have planned for.
It was fortuitous, but it’s not like we didn’t know when their last raids had been conducted, and we could certainly expect another wave. Japanese refueling and rearming discipline was much poorer than our own from a safety standpoint. Whoops.
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Dr. Matt Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:18:38pm |
The Susan G. Komen Foundation announced on its Facebook page Monday that the Tampa Bay area and six other cities will be dropped from the national tour in 2014.But the economy isn’t the only challenge to Komen’s fundraising efforts. The Dallas-based organization in 2012 was widely criticized for cutting its funding of Planned Parenthood. A social media firestorm led to the group changing its position, but critics on both sides remained and participation numbers dwindled.
My only comment: Good.
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Occam's Guillotine Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:29:20pm |
re: #214 erik_t
Nothing miraculous about it. Better tactics, better timing, better code-breaking. To call it a miracle does a disservice to the servicemen who earned that victory fair and square.
Chance played a great part in it. We had an inadequate scratch force, many elements of which were inadequately trained, especially for this kind of operation. Some tactics, like the high altitude B-17 attacks or the Marines’ attempts to dogfight with Zeros, had already been discredited by experience.
Equipment was inadequate in many cases, most notoriously the Mk 13 aerial torpedo.
Uncharacteristic errors by the Japanese also played a role. Through an improbable series of errors and accidents, their heretofore efficient reconnaisance was nearly a complete failure, for example.
The victory was won against enormous odds. There was a lot of luck involved, along with good intelligence and the enemy’s mistakes. To pretend otherwise is simply a falsehood, like accusing me, of all people, of doing a disservice to the heroes of the past.
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:30:27pm |
re: #222 erik_t
It was fortuitous, but it’s not like we didn’t know when their last raids had been conducted, and we could certainly expect another wave. Japanese refueling and rearming discipline was much poorer than our own from a safety standpoint. Whoops.
And the later scholarship indicating that the “miracle” of catching them with the dive bombers right when the Japanese were about to launch a strike has since been found to be wrong. The penny-packet US strikes from Midway and the USN carriers basically had kept the IJN carriers dodging around for an extended period of time and both drawn their CAP down lower, spread it around, and run a number of fighters low on fuel. At that point the Americans got an effective attack in. And dive bombers usually can only incapacitate carriers by damaging the flight decks. Poor damage control and ordnance handling procedures is what doomed the three carriers hit in the strike.
The USN had its share of poor luck as well, including the entire strike group from the USS Hornet except for the torpedo squadron going astray and never seeing anything. The IJN was ahead of the USN at that point in coordinating their strike groups and getting multiple flight deck strikes organized.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:31:33pm |
re: #193 Kragar
So the guy thinks wearing a nazi uniform is a good idea, and thought that naming his kids Hitler and Aryan were good ideas, and that looking within will help his case?
It also implies, weirdly, that he only enjoys the superficial trappings of genocidal megalomania, but is really a sweet little hunk of heaven deep down where it counts.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:35:17pm |
re: #198 Kragar
A need a word to describe the sudden dread one feels when they’re about to sneeze and they have a mouthful of lemon yogurt with granola in it.
Speienangst. From German speien, “spew”, and Angst, “fear”.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:41:15pm |
Chicken hawk Chambliss elected by attacking war hero Mex Cleland is now victim blaming? Color me unsurprised, @38_28_38 #MSTHearing— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) June 4, 2013
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:42:35pm |
Fadentötenangst: The fear that you’ve killed the thread.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:44:03pm |
re: #230 Gus
I guess free will isn’t part of the equation?
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:45:05pm |
re: #229 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi
Speienangst. From German speien, “spew”, and angst, “fear”.
Shouldn’t it be much longer, like “Abzeichnendenzitronejohgurtverspritzenereignisangst”?
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BeenHereAwhile Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:45:53pm |
re: #189 Occam’s Guillotine
I have bought a small farm near my mother’s ancestral home of Gordon, Texas (a little west of Fort Worth). It is a beautiful place, part of the justly famed Texas hill country. Trees grow wild there, you don’t even have to water them, and there are lots of scraggly little hills, big enough to be very pretty but small enough for me to climb. The house is 109 years old and was recently restored within an inch of its life. It also comes with a barn, a big workshop and lots of garage space. It’s several miles from I-20, close enough to give easy access to the big city, but far enough to keep yuppies and other pests at arm’s length. I was warned that there are lots of coyotes around and it might therefore be hard to raise chickens. Since I like coyotes and despise chickens, that suits me fine.
I plan to write, work on my online hobby business, and roam around aimlessly with a walking stick.
Should coyotes become a problem for any livestock you may obtain, get a Great Pyrenees.
My brother has a bed & breakfast ranch in rural Texas. And not thinking like Gov Good Hair that the “only good coyote is a dead coyote;” he found that using burros to protect his livestock were not as effective as Great Pyrenees.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:46:24pm |
re: #232 FemNaziBitch
I guess free will isn’t part of the equation?
Free will. Self control. Not being a psycho criminal rapist maybe too.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:46:28pm |
re: #234 BeenHereAwhile
Should coyotes become a problem for any livestock you may obtain, get a Great Pyrenees.
My brother has a bed & breakfast ranch in rural Texas. And not thinking like Gov Good Hair that the “only good coyote is a dead coyote;” he found that using burros to protect his livestock were not as effective as Great Pyrenees.
Plus they are fantastic friends to have.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:46:42pm |
re: #233 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Shouldn’t it be much longer, like “Abzeichnendenzitronejohgurtverspritzenereignisangst”?
needs more hard consonants.
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GeneJockey Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:49:15pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:49:51pm |
re: #214 erik_t
Nothing miraculous about it. Better tactics, better timing, better code-breaking. To call it a miracle does a disservice to the servicemen who earned that victory fair and square.
There was a boat load of luck involved as well. During the breaking of the newer version of the code for instance.
But most especially in the sighting of the USS Nautilus by the Japanese fleet. That caused a destroyer to be detached to chase the sub for awhile. After the sub got a way the destroyer headed back to the main fleet giving McClusky the pointer needed to find the flat tops.
To say that they had good fortune is nothing against the sailors and aviators of the US fleet. One must be ready to seize the chance when luck presents itself.
There has been much new research on this battle over the past couple of years. “Shattered Sword” which is Parshall & Tully’s wonderful account of the Japanese navy at Midway is critical to understand the battle as is the even more recent “The Battle of Midway” by Craig Symonds.
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jaunte Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:50:52pm |
Donald Rumsfeld ‘can’t tell’ if Obama wants the terrorists to win. WATCH: theatln.tc/14eRaAT
— The Atlantic Wire (@TheAtlanticWire) June 4, 2013
A member of the audience at an interview between Rumsfeld and conservative writer David Horowitz posted yesterday prompts the response. He asks, “As you go around the country, do you have … the same sort of sinking that the rest of us have, that [Obama has] actually switched sides in the war on terror?” The audience applauds.
Rumsfeld grunts. “You know, I just don’t feel competent to answer. I just can’t tell.”
What an Arschloch.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:52:54pm |
re: #240 jaunte
What an Arschloch.
Number of Bin Ladens killed by Team Rumsfeld: 0
Number of Bin Ladens killed by Team Obama: 1
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 1:55:55pm |
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AlexRogan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:00:18pm |
re: #116 NJDhockeyfan
BREAKING:
I just sold my house!
So, now you can move down here to Nashville, right?
Where I’m at.
There goes the neighborhood….
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:01:16pm |
OMG I sat down at the computer 3 HOURS ago.
I’ve frittered away the afternoon, reading and learning and sharing.
I like those kind of afternoons.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:01:17pm |
re: #244 FemNaziBitch
The proudest moment a father can have is when his 9 year old daughter crushes the soul of a grown man with sarcasm.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:01:54pm |
re: #242 Kragar
Experts: George Zimmerman’s Lawyers Are Trying To Pollute The Jury Pool
Shows they have nothing and are scared.
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:01:59pm |
re: #240 jaunte
What a contemptible asshole.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:02:46pm |
re: #247 Kragar
The proudest moment a father can have is when his 9 year old daughter crushes the soul of a grown man with sarcasm.
I have to make a photoshop with that in it.
:)
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:04:47pm |
re: #245 AlexRogan
So, now you can move down here to Nashville, right?
Where I’m at.
There goes the neighborhood….
///
Yup. My wife is going down there in a couple weeks to look at houses. I’m excited.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:05:06pm |
re: #240 jaunte
What an Arschloch.
Yeah that’s why he killed the guy that your administration couldn’t, Donnie.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:06:09pm |
re: #241 Kragar
Number of Bin Ladens killed by Team Rumsfeld: 0
Number of Bin Ladens killed by Team Obama: 1
Not to mention the fact that Qaddafi is dead too and countless others. Really, if you can’t tell who’s side Obama is on, you’re either intentionally blind (which is what Rumsfeld is) or the biggest moron ever.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:07:43pm |
re: #250 FemNaziBitch
I have to make a photoshop with that in it.
:)
“Wow, that is certainly something. It takes a special kind of talent to do that.”
“I’ve spent 6 months painting it.”
“Well, at least you’ll know what you did wrong when you do the next one.”
I heard at least one DAAAYYUMMM! from the guys in the store during that one.
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jaunte Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:08:40pm |
Rumsfeld just picked the ugliest way possible to suck up to the people who might buy his book. Nice going, mercenary.
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wrenchwench Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:08:47pm |
When you drive a car to the gym to ride a stationary bicycle you ride with Hitler.— Bike Lobby (@BicycleLobby) June 4, 2013
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bratwurst Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:09:15pm |
re: #240 jaunte
Sure glad Rumsey has a book to hawk…otherwise we might be missing out on these great insights! /
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:10:15pm |
re: #255 Kragar
“Wow, that is certainly something. It takes a special kind of talent to do that.”
“I’ve spent 6 months painting it.”
“Well, at least you’ll know what you did wrong when you do the next one.”I heard at least one DAAAYYUMMM! from the guys in the store during that one.
reminds me of the time my husband took our inside the gas station to pay. Kid was three. The employee had purple hair and all kinds of jewelry on his face and tattoos. Kid had never seen someone with so much personal adornment. He told the guy to go see the doctor, something was wrong with him.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:14:10pm |
re: #259 FemNaziBitch
reminds me of the time my husband took our inside the gas station to pay. Kid was three. The employee had purple hair and all kinds of jewelry on his face and tattoos. Kid had never seen someone with so much personal adornment. He told the guy to go see the doctor, something was wrong with him.
My daughter is a nekkid kid, she strips down to her underwear “to be comfortable” and she’s just starting a develop as puberty is kicking in.
Me: “GO PUT A SHIRT ON!”
Her: “You put a shirt on. Your boobs are bigger than mine!”
*glare*
Her: “They are manly boobs… manly.”
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AlexRogan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:18:00pm |
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh, my…rebranding continues…
Not exactly an unbiased source there, but I get the gist; here’s another source (updated, by the way):
Texas tea party leader: GOP doesn’t want black people to vote (Raw Story)
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Mattand Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:18:01pm |
re: #216 Lidane
Really? I would’ve thought they’d be happy, since Christie’s decision effectively favors anyone who already has a sizeable bankroll for a campaign.
What, they can’t find any rich Republicans in New Jersey?
We have a decidedly smaller share of “normal” Republicans, AKA, batshit crazy fundamentalist misogynists and bigots, than the rest of the country.
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BeenHereAwhile Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:18:12pm |
re: #245 AlexRogan
So, now you can move down here to Nashville, right?
Where I’m at.
There goes the neighborhood….
///
Another lizard in Nashville?
Party time!!
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:18:46pm |
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:19:00pm |
All-Male House Subcommittee Votes to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
By a party line vote of 6-4, the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice approved a bill that would ban abortions nationwide after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is based on the belief that fetuses are capable of experiencing pain after 20 weeks gestation.
When Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) first proposed the legislation, it only would have covered the District of Columbia. But Franks successfully pushed for the bill to apply nationwide following the conviction of abortion provider Kermit Gosnell.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:19:49pm |
re: #264 FemNaziBitch
File under “man didn’t have orgasm while inside women, so it’s blasphemy”
Also file under “It’s 20 fucking 13, are you fucking for real?” Sigh I hate people sometimes.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:20:05pm |
re: #263 BeenHereAwhile
Another lizard in Nashville?
Party time!!
I lived in Hendersonville back in 1972-1975. It was mostly farm land back then. I have a lot of family still there.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:20:16pm |
re: #265 Kragar
All-Male House Subcommittee Votes to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
No sexism there.//
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:20:30pm |
re: #265 Kragar
Filed under:
Focused like a laser beam
Less Government
Don’t Treat on Me
Freedom
Liberty
States Rights
10th Amendment
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:21:52pm |
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:22:57pm |
re: #257 wrenchwench
Are the bikes backing a candidate in the NYC mayoral race or are they just going to enter a bike into the race?
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:23:08pm |
Can’t the GOP just name themselves the He-Man Woman haters Club. Officially I mean, actions wise they already have.
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AlexRogan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:24:08pm |
re: #181 calochortus
Not quite as bad as it appears:
Of course, they seem to have gone with disqualifying black voters rather than appealing to them, but I’m always suspicious of quotes that end mid sentence with an ellipsis.
Not quite as bad, but still pretty heinous and damning in its original intent.
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Bulworth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:24:23pm |
re: #270 FemNaziBitch
I wonder if the Media Villagers will report on this or start to wonder what a unified teabag government might be like in 2016? They should.
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BeenHereAwhile Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:24:57pm |
re: #251 NJDhockeyfan
re: #245 AlexRogan
So, now you can move down here to Nashville, right?
Where I’m at.
There goes the neighborhood….
///
Yup. My wife is going down there in a couple weeks to look at houses. I’m excited.
FWIW, the Nashville area (being downhill in a huge watershed) is subject to sudden flooding.
Buy a residence on high ground.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:25:22pm |
re: #274 Bulworth
I wonder if the Media Villagers will report on this or start to wonder what a unified teabag government might be like in 2016? They should.
THe hardcore whacko’s think this is as it should be. Brainwashed Patriarchs and women who don’t want to be adults buy into it.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:25:53pm |
re: #273 AlexRogan
Not quite as bad, but still pretty heinous and damning in its original intent.
They don’t even seem to care about finding out why they struggle with AA voters and other minority groups. Maybe if they shut the hell up about people voting one way because of “free stuff” they might have a shot but then they’d probably do something equally stupid to offset that.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:27:41pm |
re: #275 BeenHereAwhile
FWIW, the Nashville area (being downhill in a huge watershed) is subject to sudden flooding.
Buy a residence on high ground.
I know. I saw the floods last year. The side of a little mountain would be nice. Currently I’m on the side of a big mountain.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:28:28pm |
re: #245 AlexRogan
So, now you can move down here to Nashville, right?
Where I’m at.
There goes the neighborhood….
///
Spent the first three years of my life in the Greater Nashville area (Smyrna & Murfreesboro); 60 years old now and have lived many points way north ever since but only takes a few hours in Nashville and that accent is back for months.
:D
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:28:33pm |
re: #277 HappyWarrior
They don’t even seem to care about finding out why they struggle with AA voters and other minority groups. Maybe if they shut the hell up about people voting one way because of “free stuff” they might have a shot but then they’d probably do something equally stupid to offset that.
They condensation is so blatant. They see themselves as “parents”, like G-d is the father of Heaven, they are the “Leaders with Compassion” on Earth.
They start with an world-view of unequal status.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:29:06pm |
I got to be productive.
Have a great afternoon all!
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AlexRogan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:29:43pm |
re: #280 FemNaziBitch
They condensation is so blatant. They see themselves as “parents”, like G-d is the father of Heaven, they are the “Leaders with Compassion” on Earth.
They start with an world-view of unequal status.
With them at the top of the food chain, just below God and Jesus themselves.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:30:20pm |
re: #280 FemNaziBitch
They condensation is so blatant. They see themselves as “parents”, like G-d is the father of Heaven, they are the “Leaders with Compassion” on Earth.
They start with an world-view of unequal status.
This attitude also extends to anyone who is not rich. The only reason that isn’t immediately fatal in politics is people’s delusions (e.g., 30% of the population thinks they will end up in the top 1%).
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:30:24pm |
re: #280 FemNaziBitch
They condensation is so blatant. They see themselves as “parents”, like G-d is the father of Heaven, they are the “Leaders with Compassion” on Earth.
They start with an world-view of unequal status.
A great analogy.
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AlexRogan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:32:01pm |
re: #272 HappyWarrior
Can’t the GOP just name themselves the He-Man Woman haters Club.
That’s insulting to the Little Rascals/Our Gang.
/
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:32:36pm |
Their own party report painted down what they are. They’re the party who will pat you on the pat once you have it made but they won’t lend a helping hand to help you make your fortune. They want to sell you this load of crap that they got to where they got through only their own wits and hard work. It’s like the Romney attempt to make something out of “You didn’t build that”, Obama was actually saying that we all have help along the way to our successes and Romney tried to make it out like Obama said people don’t create their own accomplishments. They really do combine the worst of laissez-faire economics with Calvinist so-con crap.
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aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:33:06pm |
re: #181 calochortus
Not quite as bad as it appears:
Of course, they seem to have gone with disqualifying black voters rather than appealing to them, but I’m always suspicious of quotes that end mid sentence with an ellipsis.
So I’m supposed to feel better that the GOP will stop trying to suppress the African-American vote if they would just vote Republican?
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:33:10pm |
re: #285 AlexRogan
That’s insulting to the Little Rascals/Our Gang.
True, true. My apologies to Spanky and all the others.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:33:18pm |
re: #272 HappyWarrior
Can’t the GOP just name themselves the He-Man Woman haters Club. Officially I mean, actions wise they already have.
I like the image of little brats in a tree house keeping out the girls because they have cooties. It fits so well with the GOP’s approach to governance these days.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:36:31pm |
re: #287 aagcobb
So I’m supposed to feel better that the GOP will stop trying to suppress the African-American vote if they would just vote Republican?
I don’t see any difference at all between the truncated quote and the full quote in terms of their relative awfulness. My only reason for preferring the full quote is to head off possible diversions about the jackass in question not being fairly quoted.
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Ming Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:43:07pm |
re: #66 Major Tom
One of my personal favorites… Jefferson sucker punching a silverback… Image: jefferson-vs-gorilla.jpg
Not a big surprise that hurting an animal can now be added to the list of right-wing lunacies.
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:44:08pm |
re: #287 aagcobb
So I’m supposed to feel better that the GOP will stop trying to suppress the African-American vote if they would just vote Republican?
I think the full quote is bad enough and shortening it allows conservatives to argue it was taken out of context.
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GeneJockey Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:47:54pm |
re: #290 EPR-radar
I don’t see any difference at all between the truncated quote and the full quote in terms of their relative awfulness.
Yeah. It boils down to the difference between “We don’t want THOSE PEOPLE voting”, and “We don’t want THOSE PEOPLE voting because THOSE PEOPLE vote for Democrats”.
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GeneJockey Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:49:09pm |
re: #286 HappyWarrior
They really do combine the worst of laissez-faire economics with Calvinist so-con crap.
With a dollop of “Prosperity Gospel” thrown in on top, for extra smugness.
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:52:50pm |
re: #294 GeneJockey
Yeah. It boils down to the difference between “We don’t want THOSE PEOPLE voting”, and “We don’t want THOSE PEOPLE voting because THOSE PEOPLE vote for Democrats”.
And I think there is a difference. Not a big difference, I’ll grant, but you don’t absolutely have to be a racist to say you’d just as soon a group that doesn’t vote for you, would just not vote at all.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 2:59:29pm |
re: #293 calochortus
I think the full quote is bad enough and shortening it allows conservatives to argue it was taken out of context.
But even with the full quote they would say it was taken out of context.
It’s that whole “don’t try to smear me with my own verbatim quotes” thing.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:05:40pm |
Google Glass bans all porn, believing the device still has other uses http://t.co/X3WstGuTX7— The AV Club (@TheAVClub) June 4, 2013
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:08:55pm |
re: #299 darthstar
Have they stopped to think what will happen with people’s vision having a tiny little screen they’ll be looking at one inch from their eye and just that one eye?
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stabby Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:09:14pm |
re: #256 jaunte
Rumsfeld just picked the ugliest way possible to suck up to the people who might buy his book. Nice going, mercenary.
He just insured that I don’t buy his book.
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Walking Spanish Down the Hall Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:09:26pm |
It’s pretty obvious the mad Beckster is beside himself with angst because the eevil left wing considers him a conspiracy nut. His proof that he isn’t is that the truth, huddled deep inside his mind shows death panels are quite real.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:09:37pm |
Please tell me Democrats are smart enough to vote “present” on this. #ACORN http://t.co/GFG2G6EUA4 via @HuffPostPol— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 4, 2013
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:10:36pm |
re: #300 Gus
Have they stopped to think what will happen with people’s vision having a tiny little screen they’ll be looking at one inch from their eye and just that one eye?
Too many young people with good eyes at Google.
I’ll pass on this little gizmo —- I’ve always had convergence issues, and driving with one eye closed in order to avoid seeing double is no fun at all.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:10:45pm |
“Is it too late to defund Saddam Hussein?” mocked Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.).
Ha!
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:11:58pm |
re: #303 darthstar
GOP sacrament #3: ritual defunding of the hate totem.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:13:21pm |
Laser like focus on stuff not related to jobs and the economy.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:13:36pm |
Keep Calm and…
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jaunte Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:14:00pm |
re: #300 Gus
Have they stopped to think what will happen with people’s vision having a tiny little screen they’ll be looking at one inch from their eye and just that one eye?
Whaddayez mean?
Image: googleye.jpg
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:14:11pm |
Conservative activists pose before House Ways and Means hearing today pic.twitter.com/T0ZUnVgGYL— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) June 4, 2013
They seem nice.
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Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:15:32pm |
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ProTARDISLiberal Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:15:40pm |
re: #15 lawhawk
Christie gains alot of points in my book for that.
Though, he is screwed on the national stage if he wants to remain a Republican.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:15:43pm |
re: #304 EPR-radar
Too many young people with good eyes at Google.
I’ll pass on this little gizmo —- I’ve always had convergence issues, and driving with one eye closed in order to avoid seeing double is no fun at all.
Bi-focals also have the near focus lens on the bottom. This tiny screen is up above.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:16:29pm |
re: #300 Gus
Have they stopped to think what will happen with people’s vision having a tiny little screen they’ll be looking at one inch from their eye and just that one eye?
It would be nice if you could tie it to the targeting mechanism for a paint ball gun on a helmet-mounted turret.
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Walking Spanish Down the Hall Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:16:37pm |
The fear of zombie organizations is a new escape from reality for the zombie minds of Beckian rwnjs.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:16:49pm |
re: #314 darthstar
It would be nice if you could tie it to the targeting mechanism for a paint ball gun on a helmet-mounted turret.
There’s an app for that.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:19:39pm |
re: #312 ProTARDISLiberal
Christie gains alot of points in my book for that.
Though, he is screwed on the national stage if he wants to remain a Republican.
If Christie were to survive the GOP primary in 2016 without getting too much stupid on record, he would be a formidable candidate in the general.
There are lots of people out there who will vote for a Republican who is not terminally creepy (e.g., Mitt Romney) or totally insane (Perry et al.)
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:19:52pm |
Wife of Alabama State Senator Goes On The Face Books To Stop These Lonely Russian Women Emailing Her Husband http://t.co/ea9mgpkfxo— Wonkette (@Wonkette) June 4, 2013
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:20:13pm |
One of the worst secretary of defense in modern history, Donald Rumsfeld standing next to racist, paranoid bigot David Horowitz and says he, “can’t tell’ if Obama wants the terrorists to win” Film at 11.
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:23:03pm |
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AlexRogan Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:23:15pm |
re: #251 NJDhockeyfan
Yup. My wife is going down there in a couple weeks to look at houses. I’m excited.
re: #275 BeenHereAwhile
FWIW, the Nashville area (being downhill in a huge watershed) is subject to sudden flooding.
Buy a residence on high ground.
re: #278 NJDhockeyfan
I know. I saw the floods last year. The side of a little mountain would be nice. Currently I’m on the side of a big mountain.
re: #279 Backwoods_Sleuth
Spent the first three years of my life in the Greater Nashville area (Smyrna & Murfreesboro); 60 years old now and have lived many points way north ever since but only takes a few hours in Nashville and that accent is back for months.
:D
Be aware of the drainage of the property of what houses you look at, as well as the properties around them; being uphill from the Cumberland River and a couple of miles away did me and my family no damn good during the 2010 floods.
What damaged our house bad enough to have to be demolished and rebuilt was flooding from runoff. Our house sits in a low spot in what Metro Codes terms a “wet-weather conveyance”; there’s a drainage ditch that runs from at least the two streets behind us that comes out beside our house and discharges across our driveway and front yard before going back into a drainage ditch at the road, then that ditch goes another street over on its way to the Cumberland. In the May 2010 floods, floodwaters from runoff backed up into our front yard high enough that Sunday morning that it was 18”-24” deep at the front end of the house (about 3’ deep at the point in the front yard where the drainage ditch resumes at the road, which was being overtopped at that point), high enough that it was coming up through the floorboards in spots on the 1st floor.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:24:07pm |
All right now. Every video from YouTube or Vimeo that you post in a comment or an LGF Page is now being saved automatically in your personal area when you post, even if there’s more than one.
Soon we’ll have a “Media Library” similar to the Image Library.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:24:59pm |
re: #322 Charles Johnson
All right now. Every video from YouTube or Vimeo that you post in a comment or an LGF Page is now being saved automatically in your personal area when you post, even if there’s more than one.
Soon we’ll have a “Media Library” similar to the Image Library.
Do I have to keep my personal area clean?
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:25:09pm |
re: #282 AlexRogan
With them at the top of the food chain, just below God and Jesus themselves.
And neither of them gets to keep Their Jobs if they fuck up one more time. //
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:25:57pm |
OUTRAGE!
British House Of Lords advances marriage equality bill http://t.co/C6o43DzAzp— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 4, 2013
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ProTARDISLiberal Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:26:09pm |
Libya asked NATO for help today.
#Libya requested #NATO security advice. Allies decided to send experts to learn details of request/identify areas we can add value. #DefMin
— AndersFogh Rasmussen (@AndersFoghR) June 4, 2013
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:26:39pm |
re: #323 darthstar
Yes, and drop and give me 10 while you’re at it.
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:26:52pm |
re: #283 EPR-radar
This attitude also extends to anyone who is not rich. The only reason that isn’t immediately fatal in politics is people’s delusions (e.g., 30% of the population thinks they will end up in the top 1%).
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:29:49pm |
re: #327 Charles Johnson
Yes, and drop and give me 10 while you’re at it.
Holy Jesus! What is that? What the fuck is that? WHAT IS THAT, PRIVATE DARTHSTAR?
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:31:06pm |
Put up a page on Watkins Glen State Park.
Also has link to the photobucket site with the full (but not yet labeled and described) set of photos from there. I also finished uploading photos from other locations visited during the trip - but they need to be sorted and titled still as well. (The CMOG set is worth looking at in my opinion even without labels. And I just took snaps of interesting stuff, not everything by a long shot. If Reine is about I hope she looks at the Tiffany stained glass photos - wonderful stuff.)
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:37:26pm |
WTF is this? “Been through hell” is he referring to the Tea Parties whose 501(c) applications were given extra scrutiny? That is “Going Through Hell”?
Witness/Victims at today's hearing have been through hell and stood up anyway. Let's support each Group they represent. #TGDN #TCOT— James Yontrofsky (@JamesYontrofsky) June 4, 2013
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:37:59pm |
*sigh*
Fox's Tantaros is mad that Obama didn't spend Memorial Day w/ veterans even though HER OWN SHOW reported that he did http://t.co/nZ2LIK2DjN— Hilary Tone (@HToneTastic) June 4, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:38:10pm |
ZOMG ITZ WORSER THEN TEH HOLOCAUSTS!!11!!!!
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bratwurst Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:39:05pm |
re: #331 Vicious Babushka
WTF is this? “Been through hell” is he referring to the Tea Parties whose 501(c) applications were given extra scrutiny? That is “Going Through Hell”?
How long until they compare their “ordeal” to the Holocaust? Assuming they haven’t done so already, of course.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:39:40pm |
Eat a bag of dicks, Ann.
Unlike inanimate objects, people have cultures and not all cultures are compatible with the culture in this country.. http://t.co/ByUe5ESc52— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) June 4, 2013
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:39:52pm |
re: #331 Vicious Babushka
I’m going to assume they’re not referring to the Senate hearings about military sexual assaults.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:40:45pm |
re: #334 bratwurst
How long until they compare their “ordeal” to the Holocaust? Assuming they haven’t done so already, of course.
Oh, that’s inevitable. They’ve been comparing Obama to Hitler since he got elected.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:41:19pm |
re: #329 Gus
Holy Jesus! What is that? What the fuck is that? WHAT IS THAT, PRIVATE DARTHSTAR?
It’s okay…he’s just rebranding.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:41:46pm |
re: #336 Lidane
I’m going to assume they’re not referring to the Senate hearings about military sexual assaults.
THOSE SLUTZ WERE ASKING FOR IT! LET MEN BE MEN!!11!!
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:42:28pm |
5 Conservative Women Who Are Alienating Female Voters http://t.co/P4SLyZd8ob #p2 #tcot— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) June 4, 2013
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Occam's Guillotine Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:42:47pm |
re: #303 darthstar
Zombie ACORN rises again to threaten the GOP!
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:43:17pm |
re: #338 darthstar
It’s okay…he’s just rebranding.
Check your gig lines, boot. Call that a high and tight? I’ve seen prettier things get scraped off the pavement. You’re a disgrace to the uniform and you made General Patton cry.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:45:16pm |
Christie is running a special election & he doesnt care what it costs but he refuses implement Obamacare cus he doesn't know what it costs.— Shugah (@Shugah) June 4, 2013
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Occam's Guillotine Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:45:25pm |
re: #341 Occam’s Guillotine
Zombie ACORN rises again to threaten the GOP!
Then again, zombies subsist mostly on brains so congressional Republicans should have little to fear from them.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:45:45pm |
re: #342 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Check your gib lines, boot. Call that a high and tight? I’ve seen prettier things get scraped off the pavement. You’re a disgrace to the uniform and you made General Patton cry.
Is that a soft g or a hard g?
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:45:57pm |
re: #343 darthstar
Okay, the GOP is seriously flipping their shit because we’re going to have a democratic election, rather than a government official just appointing someone.
What the fuck, seriously, people.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:46:13pm |
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:46:54pm |
re: #346 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Okay, the GOP is seriously flipping their shit because we’re going to have a democratic election, rather than a government official just appointing someone.
What the fuck, seriously, people.
I think holding this special election was the right thing to do.
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:46:56pm |
re: #345 darthstar
Is that a soft g or a hard g?
It’s actually gig lines, a gib is something else entirely. I fucked it up. I fucked it all up.
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:47:00pm |
re: #346 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Okay, the GOP is seriously flipping their shit because we’re going to have a democratic election, rather than a government official just appointing someone.
What the fuck, seriously, people.
But they don’t want the judges Obama wants to appoint. So appointment vs election is not the controlling variable. I wonder what else it could be?
//
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:47:33pm |
re: #346 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Okay, the GOP is seriously flipping their shit because we’re going to have a democratic election, rather than a government official just appointing someone.
What the fuck, seriously, people.
They’re flipping their shit because we’re going to have a democratic election and not just have Christie appoint a teabagger for 18 months so they have a chance at incumbency.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:48:33pm |
re: #347 thedopefishlives
Are you smart-assin’ me, soldier?!
I’m a pacifist. I’d make a shitty soldier.
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:48:42pm |
re: #325 Lidane
OUTRAGE!
You know, you wanna see some real outrage?
If the SCOTUS does a double-whammy on SSM this month - strikes down Prop 8 not only in California, but goes full-on and declares all such laws/amendments unconstitutional and strikes down DOMA as unconstitutional, the RWNJ’s are gonna go all head ‘splodey.
In that scenario, I forsee much wailing, rending of garments and gnashing of teeth - aka; impotent tears of wingnut rage.
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:48:48pm |
re: #348 Gus
I think holding this special election was the right thing to do.
I think he could have appointed a Democrat to serve out the term and that would have been fine, but it would have been political suicide for him so he’s have the election instead— but it may still be political suicide.
I dunno, Christie’s a weird dude in a weird situation. He really wasn’t, pre-Sandy, a very cross-the-aisles or bipartisan guy, any more than he had to be. I don’t know if Sandy was an actual wake-up call for him or he’s just positioning himself politically.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:49:25pm |
re: #350 Feline Fearless Leader
But they don’t want the judges Obama wants to appoint. So appointment vs election is not the controlling variable. I wonder what else it could be?
//
I really couldn’t believe it when I saw the RW attempts to make an ‘Obama is packing the courts’ argument about the 3 DC appellate vacancies.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:49:27pm |
re: #346 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Okay, the GOP is seriously flipping their shit because we’re going to have a democratic election, rather than a government official just appointing someone.
What the fuck, seriously, people.
I’m still waiting for the idiots that want to repeal the 17th Amendment to chime in. Unless I’ve already missed their bleating about Christie opting for an election.
Also, I think it’s hilarious that the GOP are protesting a move by Christie that basically favors a candidate with very deep pockets. Running for a primary, a special election, AND re-election in 2014 ain’t gonna be cheap.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:49:37pm |
re: #353 Dr Lizardo
You know, you wanna see some real outrage?
If the SCOTUS does a double-whammy on SSM this month - strikes down Prop 8 not only in California, but goes full-on and declares all such laws/amendments unconstitutional and strikes down DOMA as unconstitutional, the RWNJ’s are gonna go all head ‘splodey.
In that scenario, I forsee much wailing, rending of garments and gnashing of teeth - aka; impotent tears of wingnut rage.
I just hope someone slips a line into the majority opinion about Benghazi.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:50:15pm |
re: #352 darthstar
I’m a pacifist. I’d make a shitty soldier.
Much as I wanted in on Marine sniper duty after 9/11, I’m much the same way. Perhaps less of a pacifist, but I would still make a terrible soldier.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:51:03pm |
re: #355 EPR-radar
I really couldn’t believe it when I saw the RW attempts to make an ‘Obama is packing the courts’ argument about the 3 DC appellate vacancies.
Black POTUS trying to fill three vacancies = court packing. Duh.
////
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:51:04pm |
re: #358 thedopefishlives
Much as I wanted in on Marine sniper duty after 9/11, I’m much the same way. Perhaps less of a pacifist, but I would still make a terrible soldier.
Lots of space in this man’s army for a pacifist to haul supplies, load ordnance, or even cook.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:51:20pm |
re: #354 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
I think he could have appointed a Democrat to serve out the term and that would have been fine, but it would have been political suicide for him so he’s have the election instead— but it may still be political suicide.
I dunno, Christie’s a weird dude in a weird situation. He really wasn’t, pre-Sandy, a very cross-the-aisles or bipartisan guy, any more than he had to be. I don’t know if Sandy was an actual wake-up call for him or he’s just positioning himself politically.
Well, Dick Armey called him stupid over this. Plus what with Drudge yesterday. I think he’s too Italian for Confederates.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:51:32pm |
Texas GOP activist: “I’m going to be real honest with you, the Republican Party doesn’t want black people to vote…” http://t.co/kTkVt4aBTS— Jeremy Bird (@jeremybird) June 4, 2013
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:51:51pm |
re: #354 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
I think he could have appointed a Democrat to serve out the term and that would have been fine, but it would have been political suicide for him so he’s have the election instead— but it may still be political suicide.
I dunno, Christie’s a weird dude in a weird situation. He really wasn’t, pre-Sandy, a very cross-the-aisles or bipartisan guy, any more than he had to be. I don’t know if Sandy was an actual wake-up call for him or he’s just positioning himself politically.
I’ll need some hard evidence before I believe this is anything but (rather clever) political positioning on Christie’s part.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:51:59pm |
re: #360 Feline Fearless Leader
Lots of space in this man’s army for a pacifist to haul supplies, load ordnance, or even cook.
I’d probably wind up pulling IT duty. Military’s got a metric assload of computing that needs lookin’ after.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:52:36pm |
re: #318 darthstar
Shaddrack McGill is leading the race to be the AL politician our progressive group takes on in ‘14. Just for practice.
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:56:36pm |
re: #357 darthstar
I just hope someone slips a line into the majority opinion about Benghazi.
Heh.
We shall see; I abstain from predicting how the Supreme Court will rule, because quite often they can be full of surprises.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:56:45pm |
Ah. Porn causes rape. This time from Jeff Sessions.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:57:15pm |
WTF is with these assholes? Ugh.
http://t.co/AlGW3MspfI Jeff Sessions thinks the problem with rape is the sex part, not the violent assault part.— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) June 4, 2013
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:57:47pm |
re: #367 Dr Lizardo
Heh.
We shall see; I abstain from predicting how the Supreme Court will rule, because quite often they can be full of surprises.
For cases like this, it tends to come down to what Justice Kennedy wants, since he is often the only vote in play.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:58:16pm |
It’s the porn!
It’s what she’s wearing!
It’s the male hormones!
It’s the repeal of DADT!
It’s those harlot womens!
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:59:38pm |
Mr. Chairman, I’d just add a letter, a document here that was given to me from Morality in the Media. Pat Truman used to be in the Department of Justice. I knew him when he was there. He points out that, a picture here of a newsstand and an Air Force base exchange with, you know, sexually explicit magazines being sold. So, we live in a culture that’s awash in sexual activity. If it’s not sold on base, it’s right off base. There are videos and so forth that can be obtained, and it creates some problems, I think.
— Sessions
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Decatur Deb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:00:06pm |
re: #368 Gus
Ah. Porn causes rape. This time from Jeff Sessions.
Puhlleeez. That’s ‘Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions THE THIRD.’
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:00:18pm |
re: #370 EPR-radar
For cases like this, it tends to come down to what Justice Kennedy wants, since he is often the only vote in play.
True. Most of the prognostications I’ve read same the same thing; it all comes down to Justice Kennedy.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:00:51pm |
re: #373 Decatur Deb
Puhlleeez. That’s ‘Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions THE THIRD.’
Want to stop rape! Get rid of all the girly magazines! Problem solved! //
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:01:13pm |
Reminds me of a stereotypical clueless officer on MASH.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:01:17pm |
re: #372 Gus
People still pay for porn? WTF.
Also, more fail from the gibbering RWNJs. What a shock.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:02:06pm |
re: #377 Lidane
People still pay for porn? WTF.
Also, more fail from the gibbering RWNJs. What a shock.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:03:35pm |
re: #377 Lidane
People still pay for porn? WTF.
Also, more fail from the gibbering RWNJs. What a shock.
He represents my fair state. We don’t all have those Yankee Intertubes.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:04:08pm |
Dear Jeff Sessions. Last I checked, most Catholic priests don’t have access to porn and other such lascivious things.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:04:26pm |
re: #374 Dr Lizardo
True. Most of the prognostications I’ve read same the same thing; it all comes down to Justice Kennedy.
I can’t imagine how one would teach contemporary constitutional law in law school as a subject having any internal coherence.
E.g., “presently, many questions of US civil rights come down to how Anthony (weathervane) Kennedy is feeling on any particular day”.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:07:58pm |
America is Intolerant of Christians, Says Christian Leader at Meeting with the Vice President
…
I need to start drinking again.
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:08:12pm |
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:08:28pm |
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Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:09:02pm |
re: #382 EPR-radar
I can’t imagine how one would teach contemporary constitutional law in law school as a subject having any internal coherence.
E.g., “presently, many questions of US civil rights come down to how Anthony (weathervane) Kennedy is feeling on any particular day”.
LOL! Sadly.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:09:13pm |
South Carolina Advances Obamacare Nullification Bill http://t.co/vmE5AEV377 via @sahilkapur— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) June 4, 2013
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:10:03pm |
Only serious way to address problem of rape in military: no women, homosexuals in uniform.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) June 4, 2013
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:10:10pm |
Of course dad is still loopy.
John McCain: Women should avoid military service until sexual misconduct crisis solved http://t.co/gHG5daiVe1— NBC News US (@NBCNewsUS) June 4, 2013
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:10:13pm |
re: #389 Lidane
Let’s all shoot ourselves in the foot and then expect the federal government to bail us out anyway!
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:10:46pm |
re: #389 Lidane
South Carolina; too small for a country, and too big to be an insane asylum.
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thedopefishlives Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:11:04pm |
re: #390 Kragar
I wonder how badly he’d flip out if it was pointed out to him that his stance on rape is the same as, oh, Ahmadinejad’s.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:11:22pm |
re: #390 Kragar
Only serious way to address problem of rape in military: no women, homosexuals in society!!
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Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:11:32pm |
re: #391 Gus
Of course dad is still loopy.
What a nice “blame the victim” solution. Throw women out until we figure out how to deal with men assaulting them.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:11:32pm |
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Decatur Deb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:11:41pm |
re: #385 Kragar
America is Intolerant of Christians, Says Christian Leader at Meeting with the Vice President
…
I need to start drinking again.
Don’t start around here on a Sunday—you can’t buy it.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:12:03pm |
re: #390 Kragar
Because the women and gays are the perpetrators, no doubt.
(not enough /// in the world for this)
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:12:04pm |
MT: @BryanJFischer “no women, homosexuals in uniform” || Fuck off. Not even kindly. Just. Fuck. off. #asshole #derp— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 4, 2013
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thedopefishlives Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:12:49pm |
re: #395 Gus
Only serious way to address problem of rape in military: no women, homosexuals in society!!
You say it in jest, but I wouldn’t be surprised if someone said this in all seriousness. These people truly think there is nothing wrong with their “white males are society, everyone else can leave” worldview. White Jesus ftw!
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:13:01pm |
Fox News wants to know:
Is Obama waging psychological warfare on Americans?
by Keith Ablow
I believe that the Obama administration is conducting psychological warfare on conservative Americans. Not only that but it is also waging this war on all Americans who previously viewed themselves, their country, their Constitution and their overwhelming belief in God as a force for good in the world.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:14:10pm |
re: #402 Kragar
Fox News wants to know:
Is Obama waging psychological warfare on Americans?
by Keith Ablow
A duck goes…
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thedopefishlives Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:14:11pm |
re: #396 Feline Fearless Leader
What a nice “blame the victim” solution. Throw women out until we figure out how to deal with men assaulting them.
Not quite on the mark. “Throw women out because they are the cause of men assaulting them” is more like it. The only problem here is them uppity wimminz looking all hawt in their fatigues.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:15:06pm |
I love when Bryan Fischer tells us we need to watch out for Sharia Law, when its obvious he has no real problem with it other than the name.
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EPR-radar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:15:23pm |
re: #402 Kragar
From the article:
Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team.
Medical A-Team? What a crock.
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:15:59pm |
Ladies, important note: Stay far away from Bryan Fischer because he’ll naturally try and rape you.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:16:50pm |
re: #406 EPR-radar
From the article:
Medical A-Team? What a crock.
For “Ailes Team”. Their job is to keep his meds sort of balanced.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:17:51pm |
re: #402 Kragar
Fox News wants to know:
Is Obama waging psychological warfare on Americans?
by Keith Ablow
*headdesk*
More projection than a goddamn IMAX. These people are batshit.
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:18:26pm |
The Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwanweb) has more in common with the Republican Party than they would care to admit.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:19:11pm |
re: #406 EPR-radar
From the article:
Medical A-Team? What a crock.
I pity the fool who doesn’t accept a mandate.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:19:39pm |
re: #410 Gus
The Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwanweb) has more in common with the Republican Party than they would care to admit.
That’s because the Muslim Brotherhood is embarrassed by the similarity.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:23:51pm |
Riveting and Chilling: Victims of IRS Targeting Tell Their Stories on Capitol Hill
ZOMG ITZ WORSER THEN TEH HOLOCAUST!!11!!!!!
Some of the HORRORS:
“We’re the San Fernando Valley Patriots, not Occupy Oakland”
described the damages incurred as a result of the IRS targeting through a loss of donations, loss of personal funds and long wait times.
Coalition for Life of Iowa Susan Martinek described how the IRS essentially tried to censor her group’s peaceful protest of Planned Parenthood.
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:25:39pm |
re: #411 darthstar
I pity the fool who doesn’t accept a mandate.
Originally posted in the aftermath of the Boston bombings, but it really does apply to the RWNJs too:
FOOLS are a threat to national security. You should avoid FOOLS at all costs. It only takes one FOOL to bring down the house.— Mr. T (@MrT) April 17, 2013
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Decatur Deb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:25:54pm |
Gallup kisses Nate Silver’s ring:
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Kragar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:27:54pm |
re: #413 Vicious Babushka
“I am not here today as a serf or a vassal. I am not begging my lords for mercy. I am a born free, American woman, wife, mother and citizen and I’m telling my government that you have forgotten your place. It is not your responsibility to look out for my well being or monitor my speech. It is not your right to assert an agenda. The posts you occupy exist to preserve American liberty. You have sworn to perform that duty. And you have faltered. The abuses I will discuss today occurred on your watch. It is your responsibility to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Gerritson said through tears. “Using these agencies as weapons against citizens is scary and it feels like tyranny.”
And the award for overblown sense of victimhood goes to…
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Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:27:55pm |
Despite the warnings of @SenJohnMcCain modern women insist on leaving the house with their vaginas.— allanbrauer (@allanbrauer) June 4, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:30:12pm |
re: #416 Kragar
And the award for overblown sense of victimhood goes to…
All this whining because they had to WAAAAAAAIT SOOOO LOOOOOOONG to get their tax-free grifts!
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Lidane Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:31:20pm |
re: #413 Vicious Babushka
Riveting and Chilling: Victims of IRS Targeting Tell Their Stories on Capitol Hill
But remember, kids— lberals are the ones that are always whiny and playing the victim.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:31:31pm |
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:32:28pm |
Fucking idiots…what was that woman thinking? She’s opened the door to this kind of behavior.
Wow. You've reached a new level of disrespect, America: First Lady heckled. http://t.co/1gjdmpuC31— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) June 4, 2013
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:33:38pm |
This is an epic 1-minute summary of Gateway Pundit for the past six months. http://t.co/pB0R3sjaVy— Jesse Taylor (@jesseltaylor) June 4, 2013
| 423 |
Gus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:34:51pm |
Right Wing Media Needs a #Science Class: http://t.co/QFjTbZwWC1 // Breathtaking stupidity #fail— Dudette (@Dudette9t9) June 4, 2013
| 424 |
Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:36:54pm |
re: #421 darthstar
Fucking idiots…what was that woman thinking? She’s opened the door to this kind of behavior.
Medea Benjamin again?
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:38:02pm |
re: #423 Gus
Aesonium 2 hours ago
“Temperatures haven’t changed much since the Ice Age.”
So that’s why my house is under a hundred feet of ice.
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aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:39:59pm |
re: #353 Dr Lizardo
You know, you wanna see some real outrage?
If the SCOTUS does a double-whammy on SSM this month - strikes down Prop 8 not only in California, but goes full-on and declares all such laws/amendments unconstitutional and strikes down DOMA as unconstitutional, the RWNJ’s are gonna go all head ‘splodey.
In that scenario, I forsee much wailing, rending of garments and gnashing of teeth - aka; impotent tears of wingnut rage.
It would surprise me if Kennedy went that far, but its possible. Its not beyond the realm of possibility that Roberts will join the majority in striking down DOMA and Prop 8 to control the opinion and preserve the states’ right to define marriages for themselves.
| 427 |
aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:41:42pm |
re: #355 EPR-radar
I really couldn’t believe it when I saw the RW attempts to make an ‘Obama is packing the courts’ argument about the 3 DC appellate vacancies.
They did it because most of the senior judges were appointed by Republicans, so most DC Circuit panels are all or majority GOP.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:42:53pm |
re: #427 aagcobb
They did it because most of the senior judges were appointed by Republicans, so most DC Circuit panels are all or majority GOP.
The DC Circuit should be white and male!
| 429 |
calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:44:03pm |
I go work on something for an hour or so (OK an hour and a half) and I have to catch up on 128 posts. You couldn’t just wait for me to get back before continuing the discussion?
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gwangung Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:45:06pm |
re: #421 darthstar
Fucking idiots…what was that woman thinking? She’s opened the door to this kind of behavior.
My only statement is…who is the real problem here? President Obama? Or the idiot Republican troglodytes who are putting up all the roadblocks?
| 431 |
Dr Lizardo Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:48:33pm |
re: #426 aagcobb
It would surprise me if Kennedy went that far, but its possible. Its not beyond the realm of possibility that Roberts will join the majority in striking down DOMA and Prop 8 to control the opinion and preserve the states’ right to define marriages for themselves.
What you wrote is considered by legal types the most likely outcome. But even with that, some of the wingnuts will still have mini-freakout.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:51:10pm |
Mitt Romney doesn't really understand the concept of 'first 100 days.' http://t.co/Eno2yGlVft— New York Magazine (@NYMag) May 31, 2013
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aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:52:04pm |
re: #431 Dr Lizardo
What you wrote is considered by legal types the most likely outcome. But even with that, some of the wingnuts will still have mini-freakout.
Anything that doesn’t mandate one man-one woman marriage will cause a wingnut freakout. Its what they do.
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:52:06pm |
Ha!
@steveweinstein @theonlyadult That's an insult to scum, which has a valid purpose in the biological food chain.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 4, 2013
| 435 |
aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:53:57pm |
re: #432 darthstar
Why is Mittens still talking, and why is anyone listening to him?
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darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:55:16pm |
re: #435 aagcobb
Why is Mittens still talking, and why is anyone listening to him?
He’s talking because he’s bored and his wife hates him (and he her)…reporters at least pretend to listen to you.
| 437 |
darthstar Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:56:22pm |
Okay…time to scoot on home. Play nice in my absence.
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calochortus Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:59:13pm |
re: #436 darthstar
He’s talking because he’s bored and his wife hates him (and he her)…reporters at least pretend to listen to you.
Yes, but then people analyze what you said and your feewings can get hurt.
| 439 |
aagcobb Tue, Jun 4, 2013 4:59:19pm |
re: #436 darthstar
He’s talking because he’s bored and his wife hates him (and he her)…reporters at least pretend to listen to you.
Really? I thought he had the perfect Mormon family. What have you heard?
| 440 |
Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:00:14pm |
DUMBEST MAN ON TEH INTERNETS
What’s the problem? Doesn’t he have a website?
OUTRAGE- Capitol Police to Tea Party: Show Us Your Websites or Forget Your Rally http://t.co/xf3zl9TrLD via @gatewaypundit— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) June 4, 2013
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:06:30pm |
re: #347 thedopefishlives
Are you smart-assin’ me, soldier?!
Yes, but you’re not special in that regard, sir! //
| 442 |
lawhawk Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:09:45pm |
re: #351 darthstar
They’re flipping their shit because we’re going to have a democratic election and not just have Christie appoint a teabagger for 18 months so they have a chance at incumbency.
It’s absolutely bizarre how everyone is flipping their shit over Christie’s decision.
1) He called for a primary and early election to fill the seat.
That led to people complaining as to the added cost of the extra elections and complaints as to why he didn’t roll it into the general election in November rather than its own standalone general election.
Well, the separate election actually gives those in the State Legislature a chance to run for the US Senate without jeopardizing their legislative seats if they lose. It also potentially gives Cory Booker a quandary as to whether to cut short his term as Newark mayor - he’s been looking to run for the Senate next year, but this throws that schedule off.
2) He didn’t come out and immediately name a right winger to replace Lautenberg - one of the staunchest liberals in the Senate. The RWNJ/TP have blown gaskets over that - ignoring that Christie is representing a state where most voters are Democrats. He’d be risking his own standing in the state with such a move. He could come out and pose a moderate GOPer, or even a conservative Democrat in the interim, but nothing less than the second coming of Reagan would do (and I seriously doubt that Zombie Reagan would survive the current extreme right wing GOP thrashing about).
3) The choice for the next couple of months doesn’t actually change much as to what’s happening in Congress. The GOP is at loggerheads with Democrats on most everything, and the President would veto anything approaching his desk that he didn’t like - like say the Obamacare repeals that the House keeps passing knowing that it’s wasting everyone’s time (and money). Immigration might get done, but there’s enough of a crossover in the Senate that the seat might not make a difference.
If Booker enters early to run this year, he’d be the odds on favorite next year. People bitching about him quitting early to run ignore that circumstances and events change - and he couldn’t have foreseen this particular outcome (well, actually anyone who had been following Lautenberg knew he was in bad health and shouldn’t have run for reelection in the first place, but we’re past that…). Booker’s got name recognition and should do well statewide against anyone that the state GOP throws his way - and there’s no one really who mounts much of a threat.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:10:24pm |
| 444 |
thedopefishlives Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:10:46pm |
It’s kind of annoying how addicting Ancestry.com can be. I’m such a sucker for family research.
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:11:05pm |
re: #358 thedopefishlives
Much as I wanted in on Marine sniper duty after 9/11, I’m much the same way. Perhaps less of a pacifist, but I would still make a terrible soldier.
I’m remembering reading a bit from a British officer who commanded 3rd Commando in WWII.
All the stretcher bearers were conscientious objectors. The officer was in awe of their courage. They’d go out under the heaviest fire to look after the wounded.
There’s lots of ways to express courage and to serve your country.
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:13:51pm |
re: #381 Gus
Dear Jeff Sessions. Last I checked, most Catholic priests don’t have access to porn and other such lascivious things.
Have you read the Book of Solomon? //
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Romantic Heretic Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:23:37pm |
re: #402 Kragar
Fox News wants to know:
Is Obama waging psychological warfare on Americans?
by Keith Ablow
No, but The Ministry of Truth, I mean Fox News, is.
| 449 |
ProTARDISLiberal Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:28:38pm |
One Pop Culture lost their biscuits in speculating about who will be the next Doctor:
The Companion Doctor?
So if none of the above get the gig, should we be expecting another middle-aged white actor to step into the role of the Doctor? Not necessarily. Moffat and his producers could execute the biggest swerve of all, and transform Jenna-Louise Coleman from Doctor’s companion to Doctor.
At 27 Coleman is young, and, of course, is a woman. The switch from companion to Doctor would be an interesting one, and no doubt upset many fans. But then again, whoever is chosen will probably upset someone. Just imagine if Matt Smith faces his final battle, with Clara alongside him, and they both fall, with the Doctor losing his companion then beginning to regenerate. When the wibbly-wobbly magic of regeneration is done, just imagine those big brown eyes of Clara looking up at you. Tell me that wouldn’t be kind of cool?
In the world of Doctor Who, Clara inserted herself into every moment of the Doctor’s history, and eventually found herself in the depths of the Doctor’s timeline, where the Doctor himself said that everything and everyone was him. Surely there is there plenty of room in that storyline to explain how Clara can become the Doctor? Right?
Coleman has won over just about everyone with her portrayal of Clara, and has shown she has the charm, wit and depth to star in the show. Could she make the step from sidekick to superhero?
Essentially:Doctor-Donna on steroids. Also, Freudian shit goin’ on.
One thing I have learned out of this: News Organizations dedicated to media are shit. Also, noticing Social Activists using Doctor Who as a football.
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goddamnedfrank Tue, Jun 4, 2013 6:32:13pm |
re: #421 darthstar
Fucking idiots…what was that woman thinking? She’s opened the door to this kind of behavior.
I have a few gay friends like that heckler and I’ve got a good idea what she was thinking. They’re usually older people who’ve been activists on this issue for their entire adult lives, and they’re really, really goddamned sick of being treated like plantation house slaves by the Democratic party. Yes, the optics are kind of bad considering that gay rights have advanced under this administration more than any other, but I think they have a point, that it’s all come about out of a heel dragging, almost begrudging political calculus instead of any real sense of right and wrong.
Now there’s an argument to be made that the sort of slow and steady approach through the courts that Obama has taken is going to make gay rights almost impossible to repeal once they’re fully established, and that’s pretty much where I stand on the issue. On the other hand I’m not gay, and this isn’t my life being treated like a football, so at the same time I can see where someone like this lady has a right to be very, very angry and frustrated right now.
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Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Tue, Jun 4, 2013 6:45:49pm |
re: #450 goddamnedfrank
The plantation house slaves analogy is ugly and unnecessary, and not even a good analogy.
I wouldn’t blame any gay person for not supporting the Democrats if they decide ethics takes precedence over practicality, but in all practical reality gay rights will increase in proportion to Democrats getting national influence. I say national, because a dirty not so secret is that, especially in the South, it’s fine for Democrats to be anti-gay too.
I think that the speed with with the military has adopted to post-DADT shows that Obama has committed at least a lot of thought to his slow-and-steady approach, even if I think he could have been a lot more aggressive.
Any way, heckling his wife isn’t going to make him go “You know, I really should move faster on gay rights”.
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goddamnedfrank Tue, Jun 4, 2013 7:02:20pm |
re: #451 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
I agree with everything. My only point is that as straight men it’s intrinsically easier to look at this from a purely pragmatic point of view, and that I can understand why people who’ve been working towards their own equality for their entire adult lives are getting more than a little bit impatient.
And it’s not just in the South either. One thing that really pissed off gay rights supporters this week was seeing staunch, long term supporters like Feinstein cave on an amendment that would have allowed gays to sponsor their partners for immigration. Rightly or wrongly they’re just really, really sick of having their support taken for granted by people who’ve, in any honest analysis, only done the bare minimum in support of their cause.
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