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1 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:24:56pm

here a case of an elected idiot, one whose decision affect our lives…

2 makeitstop  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:25:06pm

As much as I dislike Greenwald, he does have a point re King.

That said, they’re both grandstanding, opportunistic assholes who kind of deserve each other.

3 Targetpractice  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:25:15pm

Arrested? No. Treated like something one finds on the bottom of their shoe after walking through a garbage patch? Most definitely.

4 EPR-radar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:25:36pm

Peter King has decided that there is not enough public stupidity relating to the Snowden mess, and wants to alleviate this deficiency.

5 engineer cat  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:28:32pm

so congressional right wing morans are busy pissing off the free republic right wing morans?

please proceed!

6 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:29:00pm

Greenwald could be taken in for questioning. But he can’t be arrested unless you have a case. Can’t just arrest him. No case, no arrest.

7 lawhawk  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:29:22pm
8 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:29:50pm

re: #6 Gus

Greenwald could be taken in for questioning. But he can’t be arrested unless you have a case. Can’t just arrest him. No case, no arrest.

Yeah stupid. What makes this worse is I believe King is a trained lawyer.

9 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:31:43pm

By all means talk to Greenwald but unless you’ve got a hellvua case, he shouldn’t be arrested. The last thing you need is a guy with a martyr complex who’s a trained lawyer being able to have a court room to air that.

10 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:32:10pm

re: #6 Gus

I’m pretty sure if you questioned him, we would find out what he has, and it would likely be illegal.

Hell, he said he was going to release more information.

Drag him to the embassy and question him as to what he meant by that.

11 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:33:10pm

re: #10 ProTARDISLiberal

How would that work, exactly?

12 engineer cat  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:33:41pm

Snowden Reveals Secret US Hacking Programs To China

my guess is that snowden will soon end up more ded ded ded than your favorite character in game of thrones

13 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:34:08pm

re: #11 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

How would that work, exactly?

Just ask Rumsfeld or Cheney, they know all about how to get people to talk…

14 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:34:28pm

re: #8 HappyWarrior

Yeah stupid. What makes this worse is I believe King is a trained lawyer.

He’s also a highly trained right wing nutjob.

15 EPR-radar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:34:48pm

re: #10 ProTARDISLiberal

I’m pretty sure if you questioned him, we would find out what he has, and it would likely be illegal.

Hell, he said he was going to release more information.

Drag him to the embassy and question him as to what he meant by that.

I suppose this counts as progress, that “hang ‘em high for the hell of it” is applied in this instance to a single person rather than indiscriminately to a group.

17 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:35:56pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

He’s also a highly trained right wing nutjob.

Of course.

18 engineer cat  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:35:57pm

re: #8 HappyWarrior

Yeah stupid. What makes this worse is I believe King is a trained lawyer.

the party clown training was stronger than the lawyer training

19 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:36:27pm

I’d rather see GG repeatedly kicked in the balls and then mocked and ignored for the rest of his life.

20 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:36:40pm

re: #18 engineer cat

the party clown training was stronger than the lawyer training

Sure was. I am glad he doesn’t dress like one though. Clowns score the crap outta me.

21 TheSwedish  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:37:27pm

Charles & Co.-

Peter King was once thrown out of a British courtroom for being, in the judge’s words, an “obvious” I.R.A. collaborator.

Y’all should make note of this every. Chance. You. Get.

I’m a believing Christian, specifically, a Protestant one, but it usually takes awful behavior from the I.R.A. to make me feel my Protestantism in my bones.

Peter King is a blood-stained bastard who does not belong in public office; were he a Muslim, I don’t think anyone would have trouble saying that.

22 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:37:30pm
23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:38:11pm

re: #16 Charles Johnson

But HE is PAID to say that. HE works for the gov’t and therefore cannot be trusted!!!!

//

24 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:38:25pm
“Too many Republicans and conservatives are becoming Michael Moores”.
~Peter King

WTF does this even mean?

25 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:38:28pm

I still think people have a misconception of the NSA. They’re not NCIS Los Angeles. It’s not like a Hollywood movie. Just like the hoax about satellites that can read postage stamps.

26 EPR-radar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:39:03pm

re: #18 engineer cat

the party clown training was stronger than the lawyer training

Some lawyers like to become simple mouthpieces for a person or ideology. Gonzales and Yoo are canonical examples, and Greenwald is trying hard to join them in infamy.

27 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:39:24pm

re: #15 EPR-radar

No, I think Greenwald is the kind of person who would divulge CIA information. He his both ideological enough, and uncaring enough for others that he would find some warped justification for it.

28 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:40:05pm

re: #25 Gus

Just like the hoax about satellites that can read postage stamps.

They can……if the postage stamp is the size of car. Duh.

29 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:40:29pm

re: #28 Dr. Matt

They can……if the postage stamp is the size of car. Duh.

Or a tennis court.

30 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:42:14pm

re: #29 Gus

Or a tennis court.

I grew up in Detroit….all our cars use to be the size of a tennis court.

31 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:42:31pm

Some People Missed the Whole Trayvon Martin Thing

As Circuit Judge Debra Nelson and the attorneys in the case work to pick six jurors and four alternates, it’s become clear that the facts behind what some call “the trial of the century” have barely registered with some Americans:

So, Democracy works when you pay attention and participate —or not?

32 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:42:52pm

re: #30 Dr. Matt

I grew up in Detroit….all our cars use to be the size of tennis court.

OMG, the Chrysler Imperial!

33 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:42:59pm

re: #21 TheSwedish

Charles & Co.-

Peter King was once thrown out of a British courtroom for being, in the judge’s words, an “obvious” I.R.A. collaborator.

Y’all should make note of this every. Chance. You. Get.

I’m a believing Christian, specifically, a Protestant one, but it usually takes awful behavior from the I.R.A. to make me feel my Protestantism in my bones.

Peter King is a blood-stained bastard who does not belong in public office; were he a Muslim, I don’t think anyone would have trouble saying that.

Why was he in a British courtroom? His IRA sympathies amuse me though given Sinn Fein is officially Marxist.

34 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:43:15pm

re: #30 Dr. Matt

I grew up in Detroit….all our cars use to be the size of tennis court.

Where? I was in Grosse Pointe Park

35 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:43:21pm

re: #19 Dr. Matt

I’d rather see GG repeatedly kicked in the balls and then mocked and ignored for the rest of his life.

I can think of three GG’s I know of, and two of them deserve that treatment.

But not THIS guy
Youtube Video

36 Mike Lamb  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:43:27pm

re: #16 Charles Johnson

NSA Chief: Surveillance Has Stopped Dozens of Potential Attacks | Reuters

Not sure this is the path we want to go down. The issue is whether the surveillance was/is legal (which it likely is). If so, let’s move on; if not, let’s bring it out into the daylight.

37 Ah_Yup  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:44:07pm

Ok no arrest. How about a swirly, a wedgie, and a few hours in a locker?

38 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:44:26pm

In the running for best tweet of the day:

39 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:44:35pm

re: #25 Gus

I still think people have a misconception of the NSA. They’re not NCIS Los Angeles. It’s not like a Hollywood movie. Just like the hoax about satellites that can read postage stamps.

If you can schedule time to have the sattellite focus in on what you want it to see when it is passing over the part of the world that “thing” is in and if there aren’t storms or massive cloud cover … .

40 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:44:37pm
41 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:44:38pm

re: #30 Dr. Matt

I grew up in Detroit….all our cars use to be the size of a tennis court.

With tugcars and a rudder.

42 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:44:46pm

re: #34 FemNaziBitch

Where? I was in Grosse Pointe Park

Sterling Heights

43 engineer cat  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:44:56pm

perusing free republic, it seems to me that congressional republicans don’t realize that the Bush Republican Patriot Act they’re defending here is not the same as the Obama Socialist Patriot Act that snowden is talking about

44 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:45:27pm

We used to have the records of this… I remember Glen Gould humming as he played. He does the same in this recording.

45 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:45:34pm
46 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:45:52pm

re: #40 Lidane

Seriously. This shit just stirs up the paranoia.

47 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:46:03pm

re: #19 Dr. Matt

I’d rather see GG repeatedly kicked in the balls and then mocked and ignored for the rest of his life.

Nice violent streak you have.

48 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:46:43pm

re: #45 Gus

Indeed Dave.

49 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:46:55pm

re: #41 Gus

With tugcars and a rudder.

My first car

50 Velvet Elvis  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:47:00pm

Greenwald would love to be arrested for this shit. It would give him even more attention.

51 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:47:14pm

re: #37 Ah_Yup

Ok no arrest. How about a swirly, a wedgie, and a few hours in a locker?

I could go with the swirlie.

I don’t think it is “technically” torture —is it?

52 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:47:38pm

re: #47 FemNaziBitch

Nice violent streak you have.

Sounded like an 80s movie to me.

53 EPR-radar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:47:53pm

re: #37 Ah_Yup

Ok no arrest. How about a swirly, a wedgie, and a few hours in a locker?

I prefer the completely non-violent approach —- becoming totally discredited as a pundit/analyst.

54 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:48:09pm

re: #49 Dr. Matt

My first car

Mine

Totaled it in the first month.

55 dragonath  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:48:10pm

re: #45 Gus

I’m sure the Chinese government thinks it’s kind of cute.

56 makeitstop  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:48:16pm

re: #44 stabby

We used to have the records of this… I remember Glen Gould humming as he played. He does the same in this recording.

Erroll Garner used to mumble as he played.

57 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:48:23pm

re: #47 FemNaziBitch

Nice violent streak you have.

It’s only violent if he doesn’t like it. TBD

58 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:48:28pm

Ah my less than 3’s for Glen Gould don’t show up. Foiled by HTML

59 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:49:09pm

re: #57 Dr. Matt

It’s only violent if he doesn’t like it. TBD

Come on doc, what man likes being kicked in the nuts.

60 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:49:44pm

re: #45 Gus

Well, talking bullshit to praise the chinese government is an attempt to show that he can lie and follow the party line unlike most Americans… he’s begging to defect.

61 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:50:29pm

re: #43 engineer cat

perusing free republic, it seems to me that congressional republicans don’t realize that the Bush Republican Patriot Act they’re defending here is not the same as the Obama Socialist Patriot Act that snowden is talking about

I think Freepers (and many other conservatives) are actually pretty confused. This isn’t a black and white situation and there is no clear narrative so they are tending to fall back on rhetoric about police states and bashing Obama.

I was amused to read the following on an unrelated website, with regards to Boehner not being enthused about the leaks:

John Boehner is a special kind of evil and qualitatively he is no different than 0bama. Crybaby pussy. And a bully, definitely an evil bully.

A crybaby pussy evil bully? I’m not sure how you get there. And it is distinctly weird to me to have a woman using “pussy” as an insult.

62 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:50:44pm

re: #59 HappyWarrior

Come on doc, what man likes being kicked in the nuts.

The internet can reveal the strangest things…..enough said.

*shudders*

63 engineer cat  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:51:06pm

re: #58 stabby

Ah my less than 3’s for Glen Gould don’t show up. Foiled by HTML

i think glen gould was a genius except once in a while i coulda stood it if he’d used the sustain pedal

64 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:51:22pm

re: #57 Dr. Matt

It’s only violent if he doesn’t like it.

true

65 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:51:54pm

re: #59 HappyWarrior

Come on doc, what man likes being kicked in the nuts.

There was a Japanese game show in which comedians lined up to be hit by a “kick you in the nuts” machine.

I think contestants bet on which ones would fall over.

Youtube probably took that video down.

66 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:52:33pm

re: #52 Gus

Sounded like an 80s movie to me.

Or “Idiocracy” - “Ow! My Balls!”

67 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:52:46pm

re: #65 stabby

There was a Japanese game show in which comedians lined up to hit by a “kick you in the nuts” machine.

I think contestants bet on which ones would fall over.

Youtube probably took that video down.

Forget it Jake, it’s Japan. Ow that hurt just reading.

68 Tigger2  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:53:03pm

re: #62 Dr. Matt

The internet can reveal the strangest things…..enough said.

*shudders*

That’s what I was thinking Google it and you will find videos.

69 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:53:04pm

re: #62 Dr. Matt

The internet can reveal the strangest things…..enough said.

*shudders*

Don’t I know it.

70 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:53:40pm

This thread has taken a very strange turn. Sorry, Charles.

71 engineer cat  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:54:05pm

re: #61 calochortus

I think Freepers (and many other conservatives) are actually pretty confused. This isn’t a black and white situation and there is no clear narrative so they are tending to fall back on rhetoric about police states and bashing Obama.

I was amused to read the following on an unrelated website, with regards to Boehner not being enthused about the leaks:

A crybaby pussy evil bully? I’m not sure how you get there. And it is distinctly weird to me to have a woman using “pussy” as an insult.

situations that are not entirely black and white are clearly the work of socialists who hate america

72 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:54:06pm

giggle

73 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:54:44pm

Glenn Greenwald is currently being held against his will in Animal House.

74 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:54:58pm

re: #71 engineer cat

situations that are not entirely black and white are clearly the work of socialists who hate america

“Praise Jesus” must be included in the black and white part.

75 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:55:36pm

re: #61 calochortus

I think Freepers (and many other conservatives) are actually pretty confused. This isn’t a black and white situation and there is no clear narrative so they are tending to fall back on rhetoric about police states and bashing Obama.

I was amused to read the following on an unrelated website, with regards to Boehner not being enthused about the leaks:

A crybaby pussy evil bully? I’m not sure how you get there. And it is distinctly weird to me to have a woman using “pussy” as an insult.

It’s just like telling someone they play a sport like a girl. I’d like to be able to play basketball like Brittney Griner. But just strike it up to Freepers just being confused. They loved these programs when one of theirs was CinC. As I’ve been saying, if right wingers have such a problem with what Obama is doing, maybe they shouldn’t have voted and support Bush’s expansion of executive power following 9/11. It was only inevitable that Obama would retain those powers especially as terrorist threats continue to exist.

76 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:56:04pm

re: #71 engineer cat

situations that are not entirely black and white are clearly the work of socialists who hate america

I believe you have hit upon a Great Truth. We are still all doomed however…

77 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:56:23pm

re: #61 calochortus

And it is distinctly weird to me to have a woman using “pussy” as an insult.

Maybe they don’t like them as much as us guys do?
//

Is it weird for man to use ‘dick’ or ‘prick’ as an insult?

78 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:56:54pm
79 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:56:54pm

Mah surprise, let me show you it:

80 Tigger2  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:58:12pm

re: #71 engineer cat

situations that are not entirely black and white are clearly the work of socialists who hate america

They have trouble with anything that is not this, years of rightwing propaganda has left them without very much critical thinking capacity. JMO

81 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:58:29pm

watching that Glen Gould video he looks so funny. He slouches so much that you might think he was elderly.

But then you see his hands flying, and that he’s bending over to whisper at his hands as he plays… :3 he’s a freaky player, but great!

82 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:58:45pm

re: #76 calochortus

I believe you have hit upon a Great Truth. We are still all doomed however…

“I’m gonna sing the Doom Song!”

83 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:58:46pm

re: #79 Lidane

Mah surprise, let me show you it:

Fucking hate this. What the fuck people. Just because a kid’s Hispanic doesn’t mean he’s an immigrant. There are many Hispanic American families who have been in this country longer than many of us Anglos. And death threats, seriously? serious-fucking-ly!

84 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:58:47pm

So, what exactly, is the ACLU filing suit over?

85 EPR-radar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:59:09pm

re: #71 engineer cat

situations that are not entirely black and white are clearly the work of socialists who hate america

Unpossible!!

All issues can be settled by consulting following sacred texts, quoted in their entirety:

1) Praise Jaysus!!! (blond, blue-eyed Nordic prosperity gospel version)

2) Obama is the antichrist!!

3) Moar gunz!!

86 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:59:16pm

re: #75 HappyWarrior

To clarify, the quote I included wasn’t from FR, it was a political thread on a hobby-related web site. I’m afraid I don’t pay enough attention at FR to know if a poster is male or female unless they state it in the post.

87 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 12:59:25pm

re: #77 GeneJockey

Maybe they don’t like them as much as us guys do?
//

Is it weird for man to use ‘dick’ or ‘prick’ as an insult?

It’s just that women usually don’t use graphic insults.

88 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:00:02pm

re: #87 FemNaziBitch

It’s just that women usually don’t use graphic insults.

You haven’t met my wife.

89 engineer cat  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:00:13pm

re: #78 Gus

one missing comma christiane and yer whole insult changes its meaning

90 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:00:15pm

re: #82 GeneJockey

“I’m gonna sing the Doom Song!”

doom doom dooomity dooom doom doom …
[6 months later]
doom doom doom doom, finished.
[points at earth]
what’s that?

91 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:00:52pm

re: #86 calochortus

To clarify, the quote I included wasn’t from FR, it was a political thread on a hobby-related web site. I’m afraid I don’t pay enough attention at FR to know if a poster is male or female unless they state it in the post.

Ah my mistake. I am not surprised at all that the GOP establishment isn’t defending Snowden and Greenwald. Why because they know that their party will have an executive who will do the same thing. The stupid ones convince themselves other wise. I don’t like Boehner but he seems to live on Planet Earth.

92 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:00:58pm

re: #89 engineer cat

one missing comma christiane and yer whole insult changes its meaning

My response.

93 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:01:18pm

re: #77 GeneJockey

Maybe they don’t like them as much as us guys do?
//

Is it weird for man to use ‘dick’ or ‘prick’ as an insult?

Yes. To me anyway.

94 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:01:24pm

Oops. Wrong Tweet. Derp. I’ll leave that one up. I blame Dr. Matt.

95 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:01:45pm

AHHHH! Annoying singing bird has been spotted by hubby. He is a Robin and is sitting on top of the apex of the roof.

Now, how to bribe the Feline Overlord to “encourage” him to leave?

96 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:01:51pm

re: #89 engineer cat

one missing comma christiane and yer whole insult changes its meaning

Take two. My response.

97 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:03:01pm

re: #61 calochortus

A crybaby pussy evil bully? I’m not sure how you get there. And it is distinctly weird to me to have a woman using “pussy” as an insult.

I always found it weird the way the British use “****” as their worst insult and throw it around a lot, both at men … but when they do use it for women it’s worse, often with “stupid” in front.

At first I was confuse, since American rhetoric is more hostile toward men, and we tend to like female parts.

98 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:04:33pm

Ha ha, word filtered!

99 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:04:53pm

re: #97 stabby

I always found it weird the way the British use “****” as their worst insult and throw it around a lot, both at men … but when they do use it for women it’s worse, often with “stupid” in front.

At first I was confuse, since American rhetoric is more hostile toward men, and we tend to like female parts.

I’ve noticed that with them watching their movies. Need to ask my two CiL’s about that. Here as you know, it’s a word that you just don’t say. Bitch is one thing but that word is another. i imagine we have a word that we casually use more that the Brits probably find more outrageous. Language is funny. Churchill had it right when he said our peoples were separated by a common language.

100 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:06:01pm
101 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:06:14pm

re: #97 stabby

I always found it weird the way the British use “****” as their worst insult and throw it around a lot, both at men … but when they do use it for women it’s worse, often with “stupid” in front.

At first I was confuse, since American rhetoric is more hostile toward men, and we tend to like female parts.

I’m afraid I’ve never really understood why the “naughty bits” were particularly good insults. Unpleasant because of the dehumanizing intent behind them of course, but silly.

102 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:06:45pm

re: #98 stabby

Ha ha, word filtered!

Yeah, took me a moment to figure out what word it was, since there are so many. But yeah, it doesn’t carry the brutality of meaning it does here.

103 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:08:27pm

re: #88 GeneJockey

You haven’t met my wife.

Yeah, I do too. Other women shy away from me.

One has to have a thick skin to hang around me.

Sounds like your wife and I would get along. at 1:36 —one of my favorite movie lines.

104 lawhawk  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:08:38pm

re: #100 Gus

Not bad … considering that it involves a guy who had a certain … moral flexibility after high school.

105 EPR-radar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:08:51pm

re: #27 ProTARDISLiberal

No, I think Greenwald is the kind of person who would divulge CIA information. He his both ideological enough, and uncaring enough for others that he would find some warped justification for it.

That all may be true, but I was commenting more on the suggestion that the US should send out some goons from the nearest US embassy to drag Glenn Greenwald in for questioning.

That is a cure that is much worse that any damage Greenwald could conceivably do with the leaked information.

106 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:09:43pm

re: #101 calochortus

I’m afraid I’ve never really understood why the “naughty bits” were particularly good insults. Unpleasant because of the dehumanizing intent behind them of course, but silly.

Yes, it is strange that the “life-giving” parts are used as insults.

107 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:09:51pm
108 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:11:02pm

I passed a group of singing Scientologists on my lunchtime walk today.

Image: 1015067_10151669704158024_985988726_o.jpg

109 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:11:35pm

re: #108 darthstar

I passed a group of singing Scientologists on my lunchtime walk today.

Image: 1015067_10151669704158024_985988726_o.jpg

And it’s 1, 2, 3, psychiatry is bad!

110 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:11:46pm

re: #108 darthstar

I passed a group of singing Scientologists on my lunchtime walk today.

Image: 1015067_10151669704158024_985988726_o.jpg

Singing Scientologists? —sounds like a South Park scene.

111 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:13:11pm

re: #108 darthstar

The only thing I’ve seen today are a few reps from Snapple handing out drinks. I think I’ve passed by the same folks three times and been handed a new flavor of Snapple each time.

At least I’m hydrated today. And for free. Heh.

112 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:13:17pm

re: #110 FemNaziBitch

Singing Scientologists? —sounds like a South Park scene.

That’s the Scientology building across the street from my office. They were happily singing in a big circle. Scientology - it’s the new Hare Krishna.

113 Christopher's Bitchins  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:14:41pm

re: #112 darthstar

Except 1 million times more frightening.

114 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:14:44pm

Cusack. Oops.

115 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:15:42pm

re: #114 Gus

Cusack. Oops.

Thought that’s who you were talking about. Always funny how actors should keep their opinions to themselves until it’s an opinion agreed with.

116 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:16:13pm

re: #106 FemNaziBitch

Yes, it is strange that the “life-giving” parts are used as insults.

People are strange.

117 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:17:09pm

re: #116 calochortus

People are strange.

But do their faces come out of the rain?

118 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:17:13pm

It’s International Falafel Day!

mmmmmmm

119 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:17:25pm

re: #115 HappyWarrior

Thought that’s who you were talking about. Always funny how actors should keep their opinions to themselves until it’s an opinion agreed with.

My basic belief is that while actors are every bit as entitled to their opinions as anyone else, their political acumen is not what they’re famous for, so why should I give a shit what they think, either way?

120 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:17:51pm

re: #117 HappyWarrior

But do their faces come out of the rain?

Only when you’re a stranger.

121 Ming  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:17:58pm

Off-topic, but an article via Andrew Sullivan about “stand your ground” and race. IMO worth a read.

122 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:18:03pm

re: #116 calochortus

People are strange.

Little boys think their parts are soooo cool.

Men have a fascination with bodily functions —farts, erections, burps.

“Look What I Can DO!!!”

123 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:18:27pm

re: #117 HappyWarrior

But do their faces come out of the rain?

No, no - that’s when YOU’RE strange. People are only strange when you’re a stranger.
//

124 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:19:09pm
125 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:19:20pm

re: #122 FemNaziBitch

Little boys think their parts are soooo cool.

Men have a fascination with bodily functions —farts, erections, burps.

“Look What I Can DO!!!”

Well, I guess when women can bring forth new life, men have to go with what they’ve got. //

126 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:19:32pm

re: #122 FemNaziBitch

Little boys think their parts are soooo cool.

Men have a fascination with bodily functions —farts, erections, burps.

“Look What I Can DO!!!”

Yes, but we’re taught that those bits are naughty.

127 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:19:52pm

re: #119 GeneJockey

My basic belief is that while actors are every bit as entitled to their opinions as anyone else, their political acumen is not what they’re famous for, so why should I give a shit what they think, either way?

Yeah that, I don’t get mad when an actor or celeb says something I don’t agree with politically but some stuff, I just roll my eyes at especially these celebs who fancy themselves vaccine experts. Jim Carrey, who I loved as a kid in Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura is a great example of that.

128 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:20:21pm

re: #124 Gus

Glenn Beck says Ted Cruz told him the US may one day curb dissent; make Beck a political prisoner t.co
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 12, 2013

Profession Victim.

129 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:20:59pm

re: #124 Gus

Oh, well - an unimpeachable source, then.
//

130 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:21:05pm

re: #126 GeneJockey

Yes, but we’re taught that those bits are naughty.

People’s unconscious fights back against anti-sexual beliefs. I suppose if it didn’t the human race would have died out.

131 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:21:25pm

re: #124 Gus

If Cruz seriously told him that then Cruz needs to just as much psychiatric help as Beck does. Really, I doubt POTUS and his high ups see Glenn Beck and think “Man that guy’s on to us, we need to curb dissent and arrest him.” They likely see Beck for the clown that he is that finds Hitler in even the most minuscule of events.

132 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:21:31pm

re: #121 Ming

Off-topic, but an article via Andrew Sullivan about “stand your ground” and race. IMO worth a read.

Unintended Consequences?

Law definitely needs to be re-examined —at least how it can be applied.

133 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:23:02pm

re: #130 stabby

People’s unconscious fights back against anti-sexual beliefs. I suppose if it didn’t the human race would have died out.

We were all f***ing long before anyone told us f***ing was bad. And it’s also a lot more fun than not f***ing, so there’s that.

134 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:23:04pm

re: #118 FemNaziBitch

It’s International Falafel Day!

mmmmmmm

Today is also Loving Day.

135 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:23:36pm

re: #8 HappyWarrior

Yeah stupid. What makes this worse is I believe King is a trained lawyer monkey.

FTFY

136 dragonath  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:24:00pm

re: #124 Gus

Ted Cruz told me pink elephants might abduct me in my sleep. Woo woo!

137 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:24:11pm

Well, we know Beck is crazy. I’m pretty sure Cruz is also crazy.

138 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:24:20pm

re: #135 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)

FTFY

Ceasar, esq.

139 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:24:46pm

re: #136 dragonath

Ted Cruz told me pink elephants might abduct me in my sleep. Woo woo!

Like the brief hallucinatory interlude in Dumbo?

140 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:24:51pm

I actually think Cruz gives Rand Paul a run for his money in the crazy department.

141 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:24:58pm
142 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:25:19pm

Ted Cruz told me to switch my car insurance to Geico.

143 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:26:53pm

re: #142 HappyWarrior

Ted Cruz told me to switch my car insurance to Geico.

Ted Cruz told me that John Cusack knows all the things!

144 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:27:12pm

re: #141 Gus

Mmmmmmmmm…..Toast……

145 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:27:17pm

We are supposed to get some intense weather this evening—some strange could formations:

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS…SOME COULD PRODUCE:
STRONG TORNADOES
DAMAGING WINDS OF 80 TO 100 MPH
ISOLATED HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

146 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:27:35pm

Gah, almost 1:30 here. Must. Do. Something. Constructive.

BBL

147 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:28:07pm

re: #146 calochortus

Gah, almost 1:30 here. Must. Do. Something. Constructive.

BBL

Procrastinating big time here.

148 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:29:10pm

re: #147 Gus

Procrastinating big time here.

I’m ready for a nap.

149 calochortus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:29:33pm

re: #147 Gus

Procrastinating big time here.

Isn’t that what LGF is for? But, lunch is long over and I got stuff to do.

150 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:29:52pm


Derp.

151 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:31:15pm

re: #150 Gus

Derp.

Why should they have to push back on a threat made by a guy who has no power to prosecute? Greenie really wants this story to be about him, him, him. As I said, you couldn’t ask for two worse people than him and Snowden to have a conversation on this issue.

152 Joanne  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:32:18pm

Ok, I am late to this game, and I have not read everybody’s posts above, but:

Did Greenwald not say that he was with this Snowden guy before he went to work at BAH? And if that is the case, this was calculated, and if they stole national secrets then, I call that treason and I say GG should be arrested.

153 TheSwedish  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:32:42pm

re: #33 HappyWarrior

King’s Wiki page is just delish. It links to a WaPo article in which he compares Gerry Adams to George Washington (!), and the courtroom was in Belfast. Apologies for the error.

STILL, as Ed Moloney of the New York Sun reports, King was in that courtroom to cheer on I.R.A. thugs on trial for murder.

154 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:33:02pm

re: #118 FemNaziBitch

It’s International Falafel Day!

mmmmmmm

OH NOM NOM

155 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:33:14pm

re: #152 Joanne

Ok, I am late to this game, and I have not read everybody’s posts above, but:

Did Greenwald not say that he was with this Snowden guy before he went to work at BAH? And if that is the case, this was calculated, and if they stole national secrets then, I call that treason and I say GG should be arrested.

Snowden started at BAH I believe three months ago. I believe Greenwald has said they were talking as early as February.

156 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:33:18pm

re: #152 Joanne

It’s almost certainly espionage and not treason.

157 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:34:13pm

re: #156 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

It’s almost certainly espionage and not treason.

Can we still call it treason if we don’t capitalize the ‘T’?
//

158 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:34:41pm

re: #157 GeneJockey

Can we still call it treason if we don’t capitalize the ‘T’?
//

no all letters have to be caps and bold
TREASON

159 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:35:29pm

re: #158 HappyWarrior

no all letters have to be caps and bold
TREASON

Needs more !!!!11!!1!

160 A Mom Anon  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:35:38pm

Well I am having a better day today. So HA. My husband FINALLY is starting a new job on Monday. Take that NSA!

161 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:35:45pm

re: #153 TheSwedish

King’s Wiki page is just delish. It links to a WaPo article in which he compares Gerry Adams to George Washington (!), and the courtroom was in Belfast. Apologies for the error.

STILL, as Ed Moloney of the New York Sun reports, King was in that courtroom to cheer on I.R.A. thugs on trial for murder.

Ah gotcha. He’s an ass. Wants to scapegoat all Muslims for terrorist sympathies but he’s actually on record on supporting a terrorist organization.

162 Joanne  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:35:48pm

re: #156 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

It’s almost certainly espionage and not treason.

Ok, let’s say that, then…an arrestable offense still.

163 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:36:07pm

re: #159 GeneJockey

Needs more !!!!11!!1!

Agh I knew I was missin’ something.

164 piratedan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:37:48pm

waiting for GG to be arrested so he can use the Palin monologue from Holy Grail…. “Come and See the Violence inherent to the System! Help Help I’m Being Repressed!

165 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:38:35pm

re: #163 HappyWarrior

Agh I knew I was missin’ something.

And hashtags. You have to put hashtags on everything now.

166 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:39:53pm

Well I called back some of those recruiters who thought they had TEH MOST PERFECTEST JOB EVER!!!

It is a DoD contract, not General Motors as I thought (the location is an old GM facility).
The pay they are offering is not much more than what I am making now.
This position is vacant every few months which means it is TEH JRRB FROM HELL.

Think I’ll keep dancing with the one that brung me.

167 makeitstop  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:40:05pm

re: #165 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

And hashtags. You have to put hashtags on everything now.

They’re the new Bacos.

168 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:42:01pm

re: #167 makeitstop

They’re the new Bacos.

Everything Nothing’s better with artificial bacon.

169 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:42:11pm

So…

Anyone know of any IT security jobs up in Los Angeles?

170 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:44:16pm

re: #153 TheSwedish

King’s Wiki page is just delish. It links to a WaPo article in which he compares Gerry Adams to George Washington (!), and the courtroom was in Belfast. Apologies for the error.

STILL, as Ed Moloney of the New York Sun reports, King was in that courtroom to cheer on I.R.A. thugs on trial for murder.

You know, I’d have thought that anyone who beat the drum for the IRA might think twice before talking about American Muslims becoming radicalized. Apparently he didn’t even think once.

171 piratedan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:44:31pm

re: #169 Kragar

no but I suspect there’s an opening in the Honolulu office…..pays about 122k a year

172 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:44:43pm

re: #169 Kragar

So…

Anyone know of any IT security jobs up in Los Angeles?

I heard there’s a sysadm opening in Hawaii … :whistles innocently:

173 makeitstop  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:45:19pm

re: #171 piratedan

no but I suspect there’s an opening in the Honolulu office…..pays about 122k a year

But you can tell everyone you’re making $200K if you want.

174 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:46:11pm

re: #173 makeitstop

But you can tell everyone you’re making $200K if you want.

But if the IRS gets wind of it, you might have some ‘splaining to do.

175 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:48:58pm

I keep reminding myself that the Obama Administration is all about THE LAW. They enforce they law as it stands, not as we wish it to be.

Regarding immigration and other issues, Obama has been consistent on that point.

176 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:50:40pm

Sage Advice for Grads: “Never Squat with Your Spurs On”

You know, I never thought of that!

177 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:53:39pm

You know one thing that is bothering me more & more?

The fact that this Snowden jack-off abandoned a loyal, loving girlfriend for leaking state secrets. What kind of asshole does that?

I hope he remains alone for the rest of his life. He has shown he cares for no one but himself, his ego, and his bizarre ideology.

178 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:55:16pm

re: #177 ProTARDISLiberal

Really, of all the shit that’s going down, that is really the most trivial. Maybe she’s glad he’s gone. Who cares.

179 makeitstop  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:55:34pm

File this under ‘apple not falling far from the tree.’

Report: Flake Apologizes For Son’s Offensive Slurs On Twitter

180 Bulworth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:56:45pm

re: #179 makeitstop

Another good, Christian young man, obviously. //

181 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:56:48pm

Good advice:

Image: run_bro.png

Heh.

182 erik_t  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:57:40pm

re: #179 makeitstop

File this under ‘apple not falling far from the tree.’

Report: Flake Apologizes For Son’s Offensive Slurs On Twitter

Least surprising story I’ve ever seen on TPM.

183 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:58:17pm

I just got my new bread mixer.

It’s quite different from the trusty old Hobart Kitchenaid that I have been using for 30 years. I’m looking forward to making awesome bread.

I’m still keeping the old Hobart.

184 piratedan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:58:42pm

re: #180 Bulworth

Pretty sure that Flake is part of the East Valley Mormon mafia that controls the politics of the Phoenix suburbs…

same crew that has given us Trent Franks and Russell Pearce of SB1040 fame

185 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 1:59:22pm

Because straight people have been completely reasonable and consistent about marriage:

186 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:00:03pm
187 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:00:09pm

re: #179 makeitstop

File this under ‘apple not falling far from the tree.’

Report: Flake Apologizes For Son’s Offensive Slurs On Twitter

In a statement to Buzzfeed, Sen. Flake said he was “disappointed” in his son’s words and apologized for the “insensitivity.”

“Insensitivity”??? How about for being a racist, homophobic asshole? Oh, right. Nothing wrong with that. Learned it at home. Just keep it off the social media, son.

188 piratedan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:00:35pm

re: #185 Lidane

he should know, he’s seen how it’s affected Newt Gingrich //

189 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:01:06pm

No more Gold-Plated Tin-Foil hats? This gives me a sad. :(

Domino #2: Gold: In a long-term bull market until October 2012, gold has been variously viewed as the “barbarous relic,” the only “true” currency and the ultimate “safe haven” against both currency collapse and runaway inflation. “Good as gold” and “gold standard” are part of our lexicon and demonstrate the yellow metal’s historic place as the basis by which true value is measured.

Recently, however, the luster is off the precious metal, and gold has been a falling domino, to say the least. Peaking at $1800/oz in October 2012, gold has fallen to interim lows of $1362/oz in April 2013, a stunning six-month decline of 24%. For the first time in recent memory, the “ultimate safe haven” is no longer deemed safe.

190 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:01:15pm

re: #183 Vicious Babushka

I just got my new bread mixer.

It’s quite different from the trusty old Hobart Kitchenaid that I have been using for 30 years. I’m looking forward to making awesome bread.

I’m still keeping the old Hobart.

Shiny!

191 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:01:32pm

re: #185 Lidane

Yum. I love unholy pretzels with coarse salt and a little hot mustard. Nom.

192 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:01:57pm

re: #185 Lidane

Will that be a soft pretzel with mustard?

193 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:01:59pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Yum. I love unholy pretzels with coarse salt and a little hot mustard. Nom.

I know, who would want a pretzel with holes in it?

194 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:02:32pm

re: #185 Lidane

195 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:03:43pm

Yep, I definitely think that nap idea I had is a good one.

bbl

196 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:04:20pm

re: #192 GeneJockey

Will that be a soft pretzel with mustard?

Nope. A jalapeno pretzel with spicy nacho cheese to dip it in.

Om nom nom.

197 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:04:44pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

Yum. I love unholy pretzels with coarse salt and a little hot mustard. Nom.

Damn it! Now I want a pretzel! The sandwich-and-apple lunch just isn’t cutting it.

198 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:05:21pm

re: #196 Lidane

Nope. A jalapeno pretzel with spicy nacho cheese to dip it in.

Om nom nom.

Burn, heretic!

199 nines09  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:05:29pm

re: #124 Gus

Beck never tells us what his bowel movements say to him. Or his toe nail clippings. Or his mirror. Or his left hand. Why not? I demand an answer.

200 Dr. Matt  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:05:41pm

re: #185 Lidane

Mike Huckabee fears gay people will turn marriage into an “unholy pretzel” t.co
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 12, 2013

With yellow mustard I hope.

201 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:05:59pm

re: #197 GeneJockey

Damn it! Now I want a pretzel! The sandwich-and-apple lunch just isn’t cutting it.

Apples always make me more hungry, not less hungry. Except in a pie.

202 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:06:24pm

re: #201 wrenchwench

Apples always make me more hungry, not less hungry. Except in a pie.

NOW I want a PIE!

203 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:07:02pm

re: #198 GeneJockey

Burn, heretic!

What? I like spicy food.

Of course, I could just go for dessert and get a cinnamon sugar pretzel with icing. Hmm.

204 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:07:37pm

re: #202 GeneJockey

NOW I want a PIE!

You’re in luck, the Pie Queen just got a new mixer. Oh, it’s for bread? You’re out of luck, then.

205 klys and whatnot  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:10:16pm

I am praying to avoid political discussions in person on this issue for the next week and a half, as my parents show up tomorrow and my in-laws on Saturday (for graduation!).

That being said, the person I feel the most sorry for in this whole thing is his ex-girlfriend. I hope the media will leave her alone so she can deal with all the fallout in private.

I do have some reservations about the programs as exist, but this isn’t terribly surprising because I was against the Patriot Act when that happened. I still think Snowden is a self-centered idiot who should be prosecuted.

206 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:10:48pm

re: #204 wrenchwench

You’re in luck, the Pie Queen just got a new mixer. Oh, it’s for bread? You’re out of luck, then.

Fat has to be cut into flour for pie dough by hand. A mixer would ruin pie dough.

Mind you, every Friday, when she talks about ‘Homemade challah’ for Sabbath, I think “MMmmmmmmmmm…..Challah…….”

207 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:12:09pm

re: #203 Lidane

What? I like spicy food.

Of course, I could just go for dessert and get a cinnamon sugar pretzel with icing. Hmm.

Say, you really ARE a heretic, aren’t you?
//

208 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:12:19pm

LOL

209 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:12:35pm

re: #178 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

For me though, it really does bother me.

If I met someone like that, I would be filled with joy. How do you decide to abandon someone like that?

I know it seems trivial but to me, it means something to me. I’m not all politics. In fact, I am trying to make myself more well-rounded.

210 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:13:52pm

re: #206 GeneJockey

Fat has to be cut into flour for pie dough by hand. A mixer would ruin pie dough.

Mind you, every Friday, when she talks about ‘Homemade challah’ for Sabbath, I think “MMmmmmmmmmm…..Challah…….”

I totally got this mixer for challah dough. Teh Hobart haz a sad, but I will still use it for cake batter.

211 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:14:29pm

re: #206 GeneJockey

Fat has to be cut into flour for pie dough by hand. A mixer would ruin pie dough.

Mind you, every Friday, when she talks about ‘Homemade challah’ for Sabbath, I think “MMmmmmmmmmm…..Challah…….”

I make an excellent pie crust myself. Never made an apple pie, though. Usually it’s pumpkin or butternut squash.

212 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:15:50pm

re: #209 ProTARDISLiberal

This is not the way to do it. You know nothing about what this girl is really like or their relationship. It’s weird to idolize her and to say you’d be filled with joy.

I applaud becoming well-rounded, but this looks like another way for you to get angry at someone and to bemoan your own lack. I guess it’s better than mass blame but still.

You don’t have to have an emotional reaction to everything.

213 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:16:01pm

re: #211 wrenchwench

I make an excellent pie crust myself. Never made an apple pie, though. Usually it’s pumpkin or butternut squash.

Blueberry pie is my favorite, but I think this week I will make Key Lime.

214 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:16:14pm

re: #211 wrenchwench

I make an excellent pie crust myself. Never made an apple pie, though. Usually it’s pumpkin or butternut squash.

I have made 3 pies in my life and they all looked like they got run over by a truck.

Except my chicken pot pies, those are beautiful.

215 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:16:44pm

I by mistake cleared the “Interactions” column in the Tweetdeck. :(

216 klys and whatnot  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:16:44pm

re: #213 Vicious Babushka

Blueberry pie is my favorite, but I think this week I will make Key Lime.

My mother-in-law makes a mean apple pie, but I don’t think we asked her to bring pie crust this time. Unfortunately. :(

217 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:17:32pm

re: #209 ProTARDISLiberal

For me though, it really does bother me.

If I met someone like that, I would be filled with joy. How do you decide to abandon someone like that?

I know it seems trivial but to me, it means something to me. I’m not all politics. In fact, I am trying to make myself more well-rounded.

I think Snowden is not well-rounded. I think he’s pretty screwed up. I think he’s so screwed up that it occurred to me this whole thing might be an elaborate way to get away from his girlfriend because he’s too much of a coward to break up with her.

218 HappyWarrior  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:18:01pm

re: #213 Vicious Babushka

Blueberry pie is my favorite, but I think this week I will make Key Lime.

It’s a good time of year for it. Key Lime that is.

219 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:18:27pm

re: #215 Vicious Babushka

I by mistake cleared the “Interactions” column in the Tweetdeck. :(

Oooh, now that I have a modern ‘puter, I can try Tweetdeck again!

220 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:18:36pm

re: #217 wrenchwench

I think Snowden is not well-rounded. I think he’s pretty screwed up. I think he’s so screwed up that it occurred to me this whole thing might be an elaborate way to get away from his girlfriend because he’s too much of a coward to break up with her.

This is a really fucked up way to break up with your girlfriend.

221 klys and whatnot  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:19:02pm

Things that suck: when you don’t notice the hairball on the towel you throw into the wash with the bedsheets.

On the 4th rinse cycle, still pulling cat hair out of the drain…

222 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:19:34pm

re: #213 Vicious Babushka

Blueberry pie is my favorite, but I think this week I will make Key Lime.

Cherry for me, though the bestest pie I’ve ever had in my life was Gooseberry - red gooseberries from bushes my Dad planted. It takes like a cup of sugar to render a pie’s worth of gooseberries edible, but the high acid translates into incredibly deep flavor.

I had this pie ONCE, then the borough had to dig up that part of the yard to get to the sewer line, destroying the bushes, and M&D didn’t replant.

223 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:20:34pm

re: #220 Vicious Babushka

This is a really fucked up way to break up with your girlfriend.

It’s a really fucked up way to do anything, unless your goal is to travel widely and briefly, and ruin your life.

224 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:21:32pm

re: #152 Joanne

Did Greenwald not say that he was with this Snowden guy before he went to work at BAH? And if that is the case, this was calculated, …

That’s a gigantic assumption, yes possible but it doesn’t just follow axiomatically in the manner you present. First off GG said they were in touch in February, depending on when in Feb that’s at most one month before Snowden would have started working at BAH, so he could very well have already had the job lined up.

225 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:23:01pm

re: #207 GeneJockey

Say, you really ARE a heretic, aren’t you?
//

You betcha! ;)

226 piratedan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:23:11pm

re: #220 Vicious Babushka
To paraphrase the “Tao of Animal House” - This requires a really stupid and futile gesture on somebodies part…. and we’re just the guy who can do it”

227 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:24:23pm

re: #224 goddamnedfrank

Or they could have gotten in touch and GG indirectly inspired him. We’ll see.

This is a complex story involving the NSA and as such it’s going to take awhile for actual details to come out.

I’d like him to come back to the US and face the consequences for his actions. If he believes the US has acted in a ‘criminal’ fashion the only thing that can hold the US to account for that is the US itself.

228 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:24:42pm
229 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:24:52pm

MORANS

230 Slap  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:27:16pm

re: #213 Vicious Babushka

A food processor can really do the job, as well. I love Cook’s Illustrated. I couldn’t locate their all-butter recipe (my personal favorite), but this one works really well, also:

seriouseats.com

231 Joanne  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:27:55pm

re: #175 FemNaziBitch

Hubby says that all the time when people go on and on about arresting bankers. He wants someone to show him a law to prosecute against. He looked and can’t find one.

232 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:28:06pm

re: #230 Slap

A food processor can really do the job, as well. I love Cook’s Illustrated. I couldn’t locate their all-butter recipe (my personal favorite), but this one works really well, also:

seriouseats.com

Vodka in pie crust!

233 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:30:49pm

I don’t understand why people are so dumb they keep retweeting fake shit like the Fake Quotes and “MLK was a Republican!” when 2 seconds of Google will show they are wrong.

I haven’t seen that THEIR R NO PICHURZ OF OBAMA HUGGING SOLIDERS LIKE THIS WUN UV GOERGE BUSH!!11!! but maybe all the wingnuts have blocked me already.

234 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:31:59pm
235 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:32:07pm

re: #227 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Or they could have gotten in touch and GG indirectly inspired him. We’ll see.

This is a complex story involving the NSA and as such it’s going to take awhile for actual details to come out.

I’d like him to come back to the US and face the consequences for his actions. If he believes the US has acted in a ‘criminal’ fashion the only thing that can hold the US to account for that is the US itself.

I think part of Snowden’s problem is that he had serious blinders on. We’re to believe that as a security administrator he was able to roam the system and see various programs and capabilities without triggering alarms. That’s plausible, but I don’t think he ever tested out his assumptions, tried to actually use these systems tap anybody to see what would happen. He just saw that the operations people had fields in which to enter email addresses, phone numbers, etc, and never having been briefed for these positions assumed that there was no real oversight or technical tripwires lurking to make sure loose cannons weren’t abusing the system, operating without specific warrant authority, tapping their ex-wives and suchlike.

236 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:32:11pm

re: #229 Vicious Babushka

MORANS

Meanwhile, other wingnuts declare him a Communist. They really need to get their story straight.

237 Joanne  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:33:04pm

re: #224 goddamnedfrank

That’s a gigantic assumption, yes possible but it doesn’t just follow axiomatically in the manner you present. First off GG said they were in touch in February, depending on when in Feb that’s at most one month before Snowden would have started working at BAH, so he could very well have already had the job lined up.

OK, you’re correct. Assumptions are bad.

I just find it difficult that GG was not an accessory before the fact because IF Snowden had not started the job already (and this would be based upon what job Snowden came from prior to that), then Snowden took that job specifically to steal national secrets, no? What would GG have wanted Snowden before he joined BHA if he didn’t have anything?

Any way you play it, it stinks like yesterday’s dead fish.

238 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:33:09pm

re: #233 Vicious Babushka

I don’t understand why people are so dumb they keep retweeting fake shit like the Fake Quotes and “MLK was a Republican!” when 2 seconds of Google will show they are wrong.

I haven’t seen that THEIR R NO PICHURZ OF OBAMA HUGGING SOLIDERS LIKE THIS WUN UV GOERGE BUSH!!11!! but maybe all the wingnuts have blocked me already.

re: #233 Vicious Babushka

Because TWIITTER IS FULL OF IDIOTS who cannot and will not learn or engage in a discussion outside their ideological bubble…

Something I have learned from you

239 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:35:02pm

So, in the middle of our 90+ degree weather, what does my dog do? Decides she wants to go outside and lay in the sun.

This is the dog in question. A Border Collie

240 Bulworth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:35:13pm

re: #233 Vicious Babushka

Even if he was a Republican at any point, what he said, and the things he did over his life, were a complete rebuke to what today’s teabag Repub party stands for. For example, he was in Memphis, the place he was killed, to campaign on behalf of city sanitation workers. He opposed, and spoke out against the Vietnam War. He was called a Communist. He was, to put it mildly, a raging advocate of Social Justice. And on and on.

241 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:35:16pm


‘Usual’ for the last week and a half, anyway.

242 piratedan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:35:17pm

re: #237 Joanne

for all we know, Snowden was a spy for the PRC and used/duped GG to give him cover while he skipped town.

243 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:35:28pm

re: #233 Vicious Babushka

I don’t understand why people are so dumb they keep retweeting fake shit like the Fake Quotes and “MLK was a Republican!” when 2 seconds of Google will show they are wrong.

Because their intended audience isn’t you, who will look it up. Their intended audience is other wingnuts, who will not only accept it as truth, but will then spread it, so that it because an accepted truth.

244 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:36:48pm

Evening Lizardim.

245 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:37:01pm

re: #239 ProTARDISLiberal

So, in the middle of our 90+ degree weather, what does my dog do? Decides she wants to go outside and lay in the sun.

Being a Border Collie, I made her come inside.

According to the grammar of your comment, that’s you in the photo.

246 Bulworth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:37:43pm

re: #233 Vicious Babushka

Maybe you could ask them if they know what MLK said about the Vietnam War, or why King was in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

247 A Mom Anon  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:38:10pm

re: #239 ProTARDISLiberal

My dog (German Shepherd/Doberman 50/50 mix, mostly black with short sleek hair) does this too. Lays in the hottest place on the deck like a little lizard,til she gets really hot and then comes in an eats ice cubes,lol. The heat must feel good on their skin I guess.

248 Slap  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:38:23pm

re: #232 Vicious Babushka

Vodka in pie crust!

Yep. Evaporates FAST.

249 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:38:34pm

re: #245 wrenchwench

I’m not the best person on grammar. Fixed it though.

250 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:38:51pm

re: #245 wrenchwench

According to the grammar of your comment, that’s you in the photo.

That’ll teach him to dangle his participles in front of you!

251 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:39:36pm

re: #237 Joanne

I just find it difficult that GG was not an accessory before the fact because IF Snowden had not started the job already (and this would be based upon what job Snowden came from prior to that), then Snowden took that job specifically to steal national secrets, no? What would GG have wanted Snowden before he joined BHA if he didn’t have anything?

We can probably assume that Snowden would have presented himself as a fellow ideologue with who’d worked previously for the NSA and CIA. That alone would have piqued GG’s interest. It’s entirely possible that Greenwald crossed the line, since he is so single minded about the issue. However against that we have to weigh the fact that he’s a highly educated, intelligent journalist with a law degree and ten years of courtroom experience. If anybody should know what kind of conduct is protected under freedom of the press and what kind isn’t it’s him.

252 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:40:23pm

re: #235 goddamnedfrank

That’d be a weird concept for a sysadmin not to get, though. But yeah, I mean, he donated to Ron Paul so blinders are a cert.

253 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:41:00pm

Birds of a feather:


254 Bulworth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:41:32pm
Glenn Beck tells 2016 hopefuls that immigration reform will destroy the country by then anyway
t.co

Oh well. Fck it then.

255 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:41:51pm
256 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:42:50pm
VDARE warns immigration reform will lead to “ethnic cleansing” & the “extinction” of white people

Because it’s totally what they’d do if they could.

257 danarchy  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:43:11pm

re: #237 Joanne

OK, you’re correct. Assumptions are bad.

I just find it difficult that GG was not an accessory before the fact because IF Snowden had not started the job already (and this would be based upon what job Snowden came from prior to that), then Snowden took that job specifically to steal national secrets, no? What would GG have wanted Snowden before he joined BHA if he didn’t have anything?

Any way you play it, it stinks like yesterday’s dead fish.

He did do IT security for both the CIA and the NSA as a private contractor before getting the job with BAH. Maybe he already had information from those positions?

258 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:44:35pm

re: #257 danarchy

Is it confirmed he actually worked for the CIA?

259 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:45:30pm

re: #257 danarchy

He did do IT security for both the CIA and the NSA as a private contractor before getting the job with BAH. Maybe he already had information from those positions?

Or maybe he’s just talking out his ass. Honestly, looking at his words, I think he just had a big head and liked to think he could hack anything or tap anyone.

260 Bulworth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:45:37pm
Glenn Beck tells 2016 hopefuls that immigration reform will destroy the country by then anyway
t.co

I guess that means I should get busy scheduling that trip to Yellowstone. Will Beck’s prediction of doom be an adequate excuse to get time off from work?

261 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:46:57pm
262 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:47:13pm

re: #260 Bulworth

I guess that means I should get busy scheduling that trip to Yellowstone. Will Beck’s prediction of doom be an adequate excuse to get time off from work?

Depends on what your boss listens to on the radio.

263 danarchy  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:47:17pm

re: #239 ProTARDISLiberal

So, in the middle of our 90+ degree weather, what does my dog do? Decides she wants to go outside and lay in the sun.

This is the dog in question. A Border Collie

My dog does that all the time and she is a norwegian elkhound. And when she decides it is too hot, instead of coming inside where the AC is running, she will dig a nice little ditch in the lawn so she can lay in the cool dirt she just uncovered.

264 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:48:15pm

re: #263 danarchy

That’s a little more destructive than my dog.

She’ll come to the door and come in.

265 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:48:31pm

More paintings from Bush

vanityfair.com

266 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:49:45pm
267 Bulworth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:50:30pm

re: #266 darthstar

Is Issa going to have a hearing? The Avengers would be good testifiers.

268 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:50:46pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

He’s also a highly trained right wing nutjob.

Are they smart enough to be trained?

269 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:51:17pm

re: #136 dragonath

Ted Cruz told me pink elephants might abduct me in my sleep. Woo woo!

better pink elephants than giant fluorescent pink slugs…

270 Bulworth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:51:51pm

re: #268 Romantic Heretic

The right wing nutjob position doesn’t require much training anyway.

271 Joanne  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:52:31pm

re: #265 darthstar

More paintings from Bush

vanityfair.com

Those cannot be real. I mean by GWB. Those are freaking creepy!

272 piratedan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:52:32pm

re: #268 Romantic Heretic

standard equipment says that they come preloaded with bigotry, ignorance and a complete inability to reconcile facts with reality

273 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:53:20pm

re: #35 stabby

I can think of three GG’s I know of, and two of them deserve that treatment.

But not THIS guy

He grew up just down the street from me. There’s a plaque outside the house.

274 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:54:21pm

TheTrueHOOHA
Ars Scholae Palatinae
Registered: Dec 29, 2001
Posts: 773

Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 5:29 pm
NSA’s new surveillance program.

That’s the sound of freedom, citizen!

arstechnica.com

275 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:54:33pm

re: #243 GeneJockey

Because their intended audience isn’t you, who will look it up. Their intended audience is other wingnuts, who will not only accept it as truth, but will then spread it, so that it because an accepted truth.

CONFIRMED. FACT.

276 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:55:11pm

re: #166 Vicious Babushka

Well I called back some of those recruiters who thought they had TEH MOST PERFECTEST JOB EVER!!!

It is a DoD contract, not General Motors as I thought (the location is an old GM facility).
The pay they are offering is not much more than what I am making now.
This position is vacant every few months which means it is TEH JRRB FROM HELL.

Think I’ll keep dancing with the one that brung me.

dammm, I was hoping for a bidding war…

277 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:57:02pm

I’m starting up a new business transporting Americans up to Canada so they can survive the coming socialist apocalypse. Email me with your particulars and we can set up a date.

278 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:59:07pm

re: #166 Vicious Babushka

Well I called back some of those recruiters who thought they had TEH MOST PERFECTEST JOB EVER!!!

It is a DoD contract, not General Motors as I thought (the location is an old GM facility).
The pay they are offering is not much more than what I am making now.
This position is vacant every few months which means it is TEH JRRB FROM HELL.

Think I’ll keep dancing with the one that brung me.

If you don’t want it, tell them you’ll take it for Booz Allen scale.

279 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:59:19pm

re: #174 GeneJockey

But if the IRS gets wind of it, you might have some ‘splaining to do.

“tip income”

280 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 2:59:22pm

re: #271 Joanne

Those cannot be real. I mean by GWB. Those are freaking creepy!

I have to think it’s satire…but if it isn’t, it’s creepy.

281 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:00:07pm

Doubt it’s him.

282 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:02:15pm

re: #271 Joanne

Those cannot be real. I mean by GWB. Those are freaking creepy!

I can’t believe those are real paintings by GWB. They look like something that somebody made in Photoshop using the “Paint Daubs” filter tool on Abu Ghraib photos.

283 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:02:45pm

Wait. Maybe.

284 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:02:46pm

re: #277 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

I’m starting up a new business transporting Americans up to Canada so they can survive the coming socialist apocalypse. Email me with your particulars and we can set up a date.

Great, I’m on my way. I would like to move my company’s liquid cash reserves up there before we move. Plz send me your bank account number so I can transfer it there. I will give you a 33% share for your effort.

285 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:03:31pm

arstechnica.com

286 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:03:39pm

re: #278 Decatur Deb

If you don’t want it, tell them you’ll take it for Booz Allen scale.

Any recruiters who call from now on, I’ll tell them my rate is $62/hr (what Snowden was making).

287 dragonath  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:03:40pm

Image: hllYr7G.jpg

Huh, look at this guy.

288 danarchy  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:04:02pm

re: #280 darthstar

I have to think it’s satire…but if it isn’t, it’s creepy.

I’m thinking satire too. The headline does say Fauxsclusive! afterall.

289 Mattand  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:04:59pm

re: #239 ProTARDISLiberal

So, in the middle of our 90+ degree weather, what does my dog do? Decides she wants to go outside and lay in the sun.

This is the dog in question. A Border Collie

Our boxer is the same. When we first got him, we warned that they aren’t warm weather dogs, due to the short snout making it difficult to cool themselves.

So what does he do on a day like today? Throw a fit to go outside, and then lay on flagstones that must easily be 95° to the touch.

Goofball.

290 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:06:01pm

re: #285 Gus

arstechnica.com

That’s him. Mole on his neck in the same spot.

291 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:06:14pm

That’s him! Same birth marks.

292 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:06:27pm

re: #285 Gus

arstechnica.com

Registered: Dec 29, 2001

He was 17 years old!

293 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:06:33pm

re: #290 Charles Johnson

That’s him. Mole on his neck in the same spot.

Break it! Now! That is… whip up a page.

294 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:07:08pm

re: #289 Mattand

Our boxer is the same. When we first got him, we warned that they aren’t warm weather dogs, due to the short snout making it difficult to cool themselves.

So what does he do on a day like today? Throw a fit to go outside, and then lay on flagstones that must easily be 95° to the touch.

Goofball.

One of our Greyhounds does the same. Goes out and lies on the hot concrete in the sun, till she’s panting, then goes and lies on the cool grass in the shade.

295 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:07:46pm

re: #293 Gus

Break it! Now! That is… whip up a page.

I’m on it - big plug to you of course.

296 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:08:13pm

re: #290 Charles Johnson

That’s him. Mole on his neck in the same spot.

MO-O-O-OLE.

297 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:08:19pm

A model, huh?

298 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:09:02pm

re: #297 Charles Johnson

A model, huh?

Didn’t they say he was a model employee?

299 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:10:09pm

re: #297 Charles Johnson

A model, huh?

Alright if I make one up really quick?

300 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:10:54pm

re: #299 Gus

Alright if I make one up really quick?

Go for it.

301 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:11:06pm

re: #299 Gus

Alright if I make one up really quick?

I think that’s what WaPo said about the ‘scoop’.

302 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:11:15pm

I grabbed all the images already.

303 A Mom Anon  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:12:57pm

re: #288 danarchy

Look at the picture/photo credits on each one…

304 piratedan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:13:48pm

wow, more investigative stuff going on here than elsewhere in the media

305 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:15:42pm

Why the hell do I care about pictures of fucking Snowden? Find one of him in an orange jumpsuit and I’ll be interested.

306 klys and whatnot  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:16:53pm

re: #305 darthstar

Why the hell do I care about pictures of fucking Snowden? Find one of him in an orange jumpsuit and I’ll be interested.

It’s mostly useful in the sense that it confirms that that was a screenname he used as opposed to someone else.

307 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:16:57pm

re: #305 darthstar

Why the hell do I care about pictures of fucking Snowden? Find one of him in an orange jumpsuit and I’ll be interested.

Goes to motivation and attitude.

308 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:17:49pm

re: #302 Charles Johnson

I grabbed all the images already.

Same here.

Made a page already.

littlegreenfootballs.com

309 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:18:13pm

Jesus…the worship continues…

310 Varek Raith  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:18:18pm

re: #277 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

I’m starting up a new business transporting Americans up to Canada so they can survive the coming socialist apocalypse. Email me with your particulars and we can set up a date.

The hell would I want to got to Canadia for?!?

311 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:21:09pm
312 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:26:08pm

re: #309 darthstar

Jesus…the worship continues…

313 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:27:43pm

re: #310 Varek Raith

The hell would I want to got to Canadia for?!?

Yer mental health.

314 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:28:07pm

re: #310 Varek Raith

The hell would I want to got to Canadia for?!?

I hear the poutine up there is excellent, eh.

315 GeneJockey  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:29:22pm

re: #310 Varek Raith

The hell would I want to got to Canadia for?!?

The politeness, the Socialized Medicine, the gun control, snow, tar sands, The Majestic Moose….

316 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:30:37pm
317 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:32:43pm

The Christian Post wants to give you this special announcement:

A Foreshock of the Antichrist

In our culture today, we see things moving toward an embracing of all faiths. We are told that we are all praying to the same god, that we are all just following different roads to the same god. But I beg to differ. I worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I worship the God of the Bible who sent Jesus Christ. There is no other God.

I think in the days to come, we will find a growing tolerance of any belief - except that “intolerant faith” as some would describe it (read: Bible-believing Christian). There will be less tolerance for that.

318 abolitionist  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:34:04pm

re: #287 dragonath

Image: hllYr7G.jpg

Huh, look at this guy.

The mole on his neck in the pic seems to match the less prominent 1 of the 2 showing in the june 6 interview video in Honk Kong. [edit] I’m slow.

319 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:37:06pm

E.W. Jackson Faces Uphill Battle Because He is a Black, Conservative, Christian

Virginia Republicans made an historical choice by selecting E.W. Jackson as their candidate to run for Lieutenant Governor this fall. For those not familiar with politics in the Old Dominion, this is something critics would say is most unusual. But then, as the saying goes, “no one ever erected a statue to critics.”

Jackson’s critics seem to overlook the fact that he is a former Marine and graduate of Harvard Law School; his credentials are overshadowed by his race-he’s black.

I thought his troubles came from being crazier than a shithouse rat. Turns out the guy is black. Who knew?
/

321 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:43:16pm

New VA GOP Director of African American Engagement Has History Of Controversial Remarks

Ellison, the director of Pastoral Relations and Church Ministries for the Virginia Pastors Coalition, is a social conservative that has called for the shuttering of Planned Parenthood and publicly supported an idea that the devastating 2009 earthquake in Haiti was linked to a pact Hatians made with the devil 200 years ago.

“Today, this African American pastor is declaring war against Planned Parenthood,” he said in 2010, according to CBN News. “We’re asking pastors to pray them out and we’re asking Planned Parenthood to leave our children alone.”

Also in 2010, Ellison said he agreed with Rev. Pat Robertson’s controversial claim that the 2009 earthquake in Haiti was caused by a “pact with the Devil” that was sealed in a voodoo ceremony on the eve of Haiti’s successful slave rebellion.

“I know his comments angered a lot of the so-called, in my opinion, liberals,” said Ellison, who said he was speaking as an emissary of the black community, according to the Washington Post. “From a spiritual standpoint, we think the Dr. Robertson was on target about Haiti, in the past, with voodoo. And we believe in the Bible that the practice of voodoo is a sin, and what caused the nation to suffer. Those who read the Bible and study the history know that what Dr. Robertson said was the truth.”

In his new role, Ellison will work to establish positive working relationships between African-American organizations and community leaders and members of the Republican Party.

Please proceed.

322 erik_t  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:46:27pm

re: #321 Kragar

New VA GOP Director of African American Engagement Has History Of Controversial Remarks

“Today, this African American pastor is declaring war against Planned Parenthood… We’re asking pastors to pray them out…”

Please proceed.

I truthfully wonder sometimes if when people say something like this, they mean it in an honest and literal way. It’s a thought process, so to speak, that is just completely inaccessible to me.

323 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:48:46pm

re: #319 Kragar

Not to mention he is a huckster of the first degree.

324 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:49:27pm
325 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:50:11pm

re: #310 Varek Raith

The hell would I want to got to Canadia for?!?

Working public healthcare?

326 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:51:44pm

re: #315 GeneJockey

The politeness, the Socialized Medicine, the gun control, snow, tar sands, The Majestic Moose….

“Majestic Moose?”
When I was a kid in Canada we had a children’s program called “You can’t do that on Television”

The girl who was the main character was called “Moose”. I used to think that was Alanis Morrissette, but it turns out that she was on later.

327 abolitionist  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:52:17pm

re: #324 darthstar

Son? What son? —senator

328 Varek Raith  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:54:08pm

dailymotion.com

329 engineer cat  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:54:41pm

re: #317 Kragar

The Christian Post wants to give you this special announcement:

A Foreshock of the Antichrist

I worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I worship the God of the Bible who sent Jesus Christ

judaism is not christianity. pick one, and don’t piggyback your religion on the faith of my ancestors

330 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 3:56:01pm

re: #329 engineer cat

People like that clown want others to forget about the 1,000+ years of pogroms and genocide.

331 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:03:13pm


The title of this essay is a rueful response to Snowden’s actions—and his reaction to what he did.

Dr. King lived with the threat of death every day of his public ministry. The fact that he finally was assassinated is merely proof of that. But he faced that life with courage, with magnanimity, with forcefulness. He didn’t write his letter in exile from Havana; he wrote it right there in a Birmingham jail, one of many times he was in jail for acts of conscience. He didn’t abandon the people and country he purported to care about; he lived their lives, shared their fears and hopes, tried to bring justice to a country which had lacked it for so long.

Mrs. Parks didn’t hightail it to Rio to rail against how evil the US government was. After her act on the bus, she accepted the mantle of civil rights symbol, which came with its own dangers. Her home was here, her people were here, and she faced any dangers with the same bravery and grace that Dr. King did.

What both Dr. King and Mrs. Parks knew was what Glenn Greenwald and Snowden refuse to acknowledge: the US, for all its many faults, is perfectable. It can change. It can grow. It can evolve. President Lincoln knew the same thing, which is why he fought to save the Union, rather than have the Great Experiment splinter into its constituent parts. When you send yourself into exile, and yet continue to speak about the country as if you have any actual care for it, then you’ve lost all right to criticize.

332 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:05:00pm


Heh

333 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:05:18pm

Image: 1238408638_superman_drinking_.gif

334 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:07:24pm

re: #324 darthstar

There goes all the good parenting pr Flake garnered by having his Marshall Islands vacation with his two youngest sons written up. Actually sounds like a really cool trip, but now I wonder what the campfire conversations were like.

335 freetoken  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:07:46pm

As the masses move:

Republicans oppose, Democrats support NSA surveillance, poll finds

A majority of Americans oppose National Security Agency programs using records gathered from telecom and Internet companies, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Fifty-three percent told Gallup they disagree with federal efforts to “compile telephone call logs and Internet communications,” with 37% saying they approved.

The poll differs from findings of a Pew Research Center/Washington Post survey released Monday, which found that 56% of Americans believe the NSA’s use of secret court orders to prevent terrorism was acceptable. In that poll, opposition was higher on a question asking whether the government should monitor everyone’s email to curtail terrorism, with 52% saying no and 45% in favor.

Three other polls released this week have found varying results in questions about the issue, with much of the outcome depending on the specific wording of questions. Pollsters typically find that kind of widespread variation on subjects that members of the public have not thought about extensively or are unfamiliar with.

The Pew poll, for example, told respondents that the NSA had been “getting secret court orders to track telephone call records … in an effort to investigate terrorism.” The Gallup poll made no mention of court orders. In addition, Pew asked if the government action was “acceptable” or “unacceptable,” while Gallup asked if people “approve” or “disapprove” – questions that can sometimes elicit different responses.

The internet pollster YouGov, in a survey done for the Huffington Post, asked whether respondents thought “collecting and analyzing Americans’ phone records” was “justified” or “unnecessary” as a “way to combat terrorism.” Asking the question that way produced a lower level of support, just 22% saying the action was “justified,” and a much higher level of people saying they were unsure, 23%.

[…]

“Polls” are what the pollsters want them to be.

336 freetoken  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:10:20pm

Apples… trees…


Flake apologizes for son’s ‘unacceptable’ behavior

338 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:14:42pm

Situation is still nasty here in Colorado Springs.

339 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:15:30pm
340 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:18:00pm
341 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:18:41pm

re: #339 darthstar

I don’t agree with much of Hayes’ reporting on the issue, but I been watching his show and the comparison was between the NSA spying program and the FBI’s surveillance of King.

342 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:20:02pm

re: #341 goddamnedfrank

I don’t agree with much of Hayes’ reporting on the issue, but I been watching his show and the comparison was between the NSA spying program and the FBI’s surveillance of King.

And they’re totally the same.

343 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:21:21pm

A planet, four times the mass of Jupiter…300 light years away.
blogs.smithsonianmag.com

344 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:21:34pm

re: #342 darthstar

And they’re totally the same.

No, they’re not. But the comparison wasn’t between Snowden and King.

345 Varek Raith  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:21:57pm

re: #343 darthstar

A planet, four times the mass of Jupiter…300 light years away.
blogs.smithsonianmag.com

No, that’s just your mo….
Nevermind.

346 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:25:16pm

re: #343 darthstar

A planet, four times the mass of Jupiter…300 light years away.
blogs.smithsonianmag.com

17 million years old, compared to our star’s 4.5 billion years.

That translates to what? 15 minutes old in Creationist time?

347 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:25:55pm

UK Journalists respond to Kilmeade’s endorsement of EDL.


“No great surprise but still disturbing that a Fox News extremist will cuddle up to a British hate extremist with a number of convictions for violence and who served time behind bars after he was caught trying to enter the U.S. with a false passport,” Kevin Maguire, associate editor of the Daily Mirror and a political columnist, wrote in an email.
348 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:26:14pm

“Fox News extremist”…that has a nice ring to it.

349 freetoken  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:26:22pm

re: #343 darthstar

A planet, four times the mass of Jupiter…300 light years away.
blogs.smithsonianmag.com

Thanks to the Kepler telescope we know that thousands, perhaps billions of planets exist out there in the universe.

Sigh… neat story, silly writer.

350 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:26:30pm

Here is a map I made on Google Earth showing the the areas under Mandatory and Voluntary Evacuation from the Black Forest Fire.

The area is a significant percentage of El Paso County.

351 Varek Raith  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:27:20pm

re: #349 freetoken

Sigh… neat story, silly writer.

Lol.

352 Varek Raith  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:28:00pm

Number of planets?
Trillions times trillions.
Next!

353 freetoken  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:28:41pm

re: #352 Varek Raith

Number of planets?
Trillions times trillions.

Inconceivable!

354 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:29:02pm

re: #349 freetoken

Sigh… neat story, silly writer.

“We’ll be traveling at about the speed of light; well over 500mph!”

Youtube Video

355 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:30:04pm

Breitbart, still Derpin’ away. (ralphie, just scroll down)

356 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:31:05pm

re: #355 Vicious Babushka

Breitbart, still Derpin’ away. (ralphie, just scroll down)

Youtube Video

357 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:31:17pm

re: #335 freetoken

As the masses move:

Republicans oppose, Democrats support NSA surveillance, poll finds

“Polls” are what the pollsters want them to be.

Yeah, I was just looking at this poll. It’s troubling is this is an accurate indicator of public opinion.
More Americans see man who leaked NSA secrets as ‘patriot’ than traitor: Poll
I suspect this has a lot to do with the press hyping scandals lately and doing a poor job explaining the context of the NSA program. The Bradley Manning fanboys and Paulians will always support these guys but they are way out on the fringe. Most Americans probably wouldn’t support this is they were better informed.

358 freetoken  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:33:38pm

re: #357 Killgore Trout

Most Americans probably wouldn’t support this is they were better informed.

Good luck with that.

Snobby urban elite I may be, yet reality remains that only a small fraction of us Americans are news-junkie enough to sort through the avalanche of commercial propaganda and construct the events in their context.

359 abolitionist  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:35:45pm

Sensenbrenner: Obama Administration’s NSA Assurances ‘a Bunch of Bunk’

By Lindsey Grudnicki
June 12, 2013 1:01 PM

Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, who introduced the PATRIOT Act on the House floor in 2001, has declared that lawmakers’ and the executive branch’s excuses about recent revelations of NSA activity are “a bunch of bunk.”

Snoden a traitor?

Sensenbrenner responded, “No, I don’t agree,” and said that he would not have known the extent of abuse by the FISA court and the NSA without Snowden’s disclosures.

360 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:35:50pm

The overwhelming response from IT professionals following the NSA leak:

Snowden is a scumball who deserves prosecution.

361 darthstar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:36:24pm
362 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:37:39pm

re: #360 Kragar

Sounds solid.

363 Lidane  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:41:00pm

re: #347 darthstar

UK Journalists respond to Kilmeade’s endorsement of EDL.

Kilmeade is right at home with the EDL:

Youtube Video

364 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:41:48pm

Reuters: Snowden as a teen online: anime and cheeky humor

The next 30 years won’t be as much fun.

Tell me why Snowden shouldn’t get as much time in the Big House as Pollard.

365 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:43:31pm

Gawker has MOAR SEXXXXY PIX.

366 stabby  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:43:41pm

re: #364 Vicious Babushka

Meh, if he gets asylum in China or Iceland they might be plenty fun.

And he’ll get the attention he obviously craves. He’s not a teen model anymore but he’ll be a better sort of celebrity than that.

367 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:45:27pm

re: #364 Vicious Babushka

Reuters: Snowden as a teen online: anime and cheeky humor

The next 30 years won’t be as much fun.

Tell me why Snowden shouldn’t get as much time in the Big House as Pollard.

Because patriotism, that’s why.

You know some wingnut will say it sometime soon.

368 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:46:45pm

re: #367 thedopefishlives

Because patriotism, that’s why.

You know some wingnut will say it sometime soon.

WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS LITTLE SHIT GETTING PAID $62/HR????

IT professionals with college degrees and 20 years of experience WANT TO KNOW.

369 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:47:28pm

re: #368 Vicious Babushka

WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS LITTLE SHIT GETTING PAID $62/HR????

IT professionals with college degrees and 20 years of experience WANT TO KNOW.

Hell, this IT professional with a college degree and only 7 years of experience wants to know. Get me a piece of that action, please!

370 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:48:53pm

re: #368 Vicious Babushka

WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS LITTLE SHIT GETTING PAID $62/HR????

IT professionals with college degrees and 20 years of experience WANT TO KNOW.

Yup. I know a dozen IT workers with clearances and more work experience who aren’t making anywhere near that in my office alone.

Me being one of them.

371 A Mom Anon  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:50:03pm

re: #359 abolitionist

So the guy who helped write and introduce this monstrosity and then ignored and scoffed at liberals who said this shit was going to happen, that the expansion of the security apparatus was going to go apeshit, and then ignored those concerns, is now concerned? Nice job there Jimbo. Who could have ever guessed such things would happen?

One thing I remember about Sensennbrenner was when he shut down lights, microphones and the CSPAN cameras when Democrats tried to have hearings about the reasons for going into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This whole thing is just fucking insane.

372 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:50:59pm

re: #365 Vicious Babushka

Gawker has MOAR SEXXXXY PIX.

Confirmed. Edward Snowden is a raging narcissist. Who knew.

373 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:52:41pm

Yeah. He’s just like MLK.

374 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:53:59pm

re: #373 Gus

Yeah. He’s just like MLK.

Maybe, if the good Dr. had a frontal lobotomy…

375 Jack Burton  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:54:01pm

re: #368 Vicious Babushka

WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS LITTLE SHIT GETTING PAID $62/HR????

IT professionals with college degrees and 20 years of experience WANT TO KNOW.

Based on 11 years or so of working in the same industry:

Working for a government contractor, likely direct billed to govt for $150/hour-ish, knows how to bullshit and/or kiss ass, and working in a high cost-of-living area.

376 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:55:34pm

I just made this discovery:

Even when he was young, Dean Stockwell was old.

Image: Sandra%20Dee%20Dunwich%20Horror%20Dean%20Stockwell%20PDVD_008001.jpg

377 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:57:35pm

re: #368 Vicious Babushka

WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS LITTLE SHIT GETTING PAID $62/HR????

IT professionals with college degrees and 20 years of experience WANT TO KNOW.

Multiply income by 1.72 to maintain standard of living from Detroit area to Honolulu.

re: #370 Kragar

Yup. I know a dozen IT workers with clearances and more work experience who aren’t making anywhere near that in my office alone.

Me being one of them.

Multiply income by 1.27 to maintain standard of living from San Diego to Honolulu.

He may have been making too much, but it’s impossible to analyze this in the absence of location. I don’t know why people keep reacting to the raw salary alone outside of this context.

378 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:58:01pm

And KKTV is showing disaster porn, homes burning in real time.

Makes me queasy.

379 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 4:59:21pm

re: #378 ProTARDISLiberal

And KKTV is showing disaster porn, homes burning in real time.

Makes me queasy.

We have ash snowing on us. The fire is in the middle of nowhere, no structures have burned, but a tiny town has been evacuated.

380 Jack Burton  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:01:17pm

Oh and he also might be a 1099, rather than a regular W-2 employee of BAH. I don’t know if that’s been revealed.

If so, his pay would translate to about what a W-2 employee would get if you reduced that by about 33-45%.

381 thedopefishlives  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:01:48pm

re: #379 wrenchwench

We have ash snowing on us. The fire is in the middle of nowhere, no structures have burned, but a tiny town has been evacuated.

Friends of mine out in Colorado say several of their co-workers have been evacuated, but that they are out of the line of fire. Still, praying.

382 Kragar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:02:37pm

Dunkin’ Donuts workers who calmly handled ranting racist woman in viral video to get reward

Informing Adar he is “under video surveillance,” she threatened legal action, tried to drag other customers into the dispute and ranted about going on a “one-way” space trip to Mars.

“I’m from Indiana and Kentucky, and up there, this shit doesn’t happen,” Chapman said, although later in the eight-minute video, she mentioned places “up there” where fast-food employees supposedly urinated on French fries.

“I want my bacon crispy and I want my people to be nice.”

Upon seeing the “dumb bitch” who served her the night before — an employee named Nithi working the drive-in window — she exploded: “You think you’re all tough big bad Arabs bombing the (World) Trade Center. I’ll show you tough.”

“Everybody on Facebook is seeing you, Nithi,” she snickered, apparently unaware that Nithi is a Hindu name. “Turn around and say hi.”

Dunkin’ Brands media chief Michelle King said Wednesday that the “difficult situation” had been handled “with grace and patience.”

“Dunkin’ Brands’ leadership has reached out to the two crew members featured in the video. Both have been invited to an internal company event in Boca Raton later this month for further recognition,” she added in a statement.

383 Joanne  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:02:52pm

re: #282 Vicious Babushka

I can’t believe those are real paintings by GWB. They look like something that somebody made in Photoshop using the “Paint Daubs” filter tool on Abu Ghraib photos.

If you’ve seen his other works, it’s not like he has any mad skillz with a paintbrush.

384 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:03:28pm

re: #379 wrenchwench

New Mexico?

The Huerfano Fire is now 75% Contained.

Also, a fire that started in the middle of Pueblo yesterday got quashed like Mr. Sweet.

Unfortunately, on the other side of Pikes Peak, by Florissant in Teller County, another fire has started.

386 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:06:24pm

re: #384 ProTARDISLiberal

New Mexico?

The Huerfano Fire is now 75% Contained.

Also, a fire that started in the middle of Pueblo yesterday got quashed like Mr. Sweet.

Unfortunately, on the other side of Pikes Peak, by Florissant in Teller County, another fire has started.

Gonna be bad all over unless and until we get a whole lot of rain. The same fire crews work the whole West, so they’re going to be spread thin.

387 EPR-radar  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:09:42pm

re: #385 Varek Raith

If the Republicans ever figure out that they could win probably elections by continuing to vote the same way on all their stupid bills, but just have no comment on anything, we’d be in real trouble.

Fortunately, stupid/evil needs to evangelize.

388 Gus  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:10:13pm

re: #384 ProTARDISLiberal

New Mexico?

The Huerfano Fire is now 75% Contained.

Also, a fire that started in the middle of Pueblo yesterday got quashed like Mr. Sweet.

Unfortunately, on the other side of Pikes Peak, by Florissant in Teller County, another fire has started.

Smokey here. Gah, can’t stand the taste of smoke.

389 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:10:33pm

Peter King’s asinine statement has caused Glenn Greenwald’s ego and self-righteousness to expand even more than I thought possible. He’s really working this, trying to make himself into a major persecuted victim.

Thanks, Peter King.

390 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:11:38pm

Turned on Chris Hayes, I think maybe for the last time. He had Greenwald on and was completely uncritical about every claim he’s made, even the ones that are now known to be false.

391 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:12:23pm

re: #389 Charles Johnson

Peter King’s asinine statement has caused Glenn Greenwald’s ego and self-righteousness to expand even more than I thought possible. He’s really working this, trying to make himself into a major persecuted victim.

Thanks, Peter King.

The more he preens the less rational he looks.

392 jaunte  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:13:12pm

re: #390 Charles Johnson

I’m listening to that; he’s going on and on defending his source’s credibility, and about what careful choices Snowden made in what to reveal.

393 Decatur Deb  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:13:38pm

re: #390 Charles Johnson

Turned on Chris Hayes, I think may for the last time. He had Greenwald on and was completely uncritical about every claim he’s made, even the ones that are now known to be false.

Anderson Cooper is floating him now.

394 jaunte  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:13:47pm

“He” meaning Greenwald.

395 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:17:18pm

re: #385 Varek Raith

Maine Republican opposes Medicaid expansion because of his manly brain

Unlike the men, the women were not considering potential costs.

And he’s not considering the add on systemic effects of uncovered people clogging up ERs due to lack of preventative care and using bankruptcy law to void hospital bills for emergency procedures that they can’t afford.

Implying that myopic idiocy is a male trait is insulting, no matter who does it.

396 jaunte  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:17:32pm
397 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:19:39pm

re: #383 Joanne

If you’ve seen his other works, it’s not like he has any mad skillz with a paintbrush.

I saw the ones of him in the shower. Threw up in my mouth.

398 Joanne  Wed, Jun 12, 2013 5:31:21pm

re: #380 Jack Burton

Oh and he also might be a 1099, rather than a regular W-2 employee of BAH. I don’t know if that’s been revealed.

If so, his pay would translate to about what a W-2 employee would get if you reduced that by about 33-45%.

A 1099 with that level of clearance?? Fuck.


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