1 | wheat-dogghazi Thu, Jun 20, 2013 10:05:10pm |
Oooo! An untouched thread — my very first.
2 | Dark_Falcon Thu, Jun 20, 2013 10:10:28pm |
re: #1 wheat-dogghazi
Oooo! An untouched thread — my very first.
Putting in ‘first’ like that is traditionally frowned upon here.
3 | wheat-dogghazi Thu, Jun 20, 2013 10:13:59pm |
My bad. I had nothing else to say. Though I wonder why every reference to Erika Harald has to mention she was a former Miss America. That doesn’t seem to be the most pertinent characteristic considering the remarks made about her.
4 | Dark_Falcon Thu, Jun 20, 2013 10:15:43pm |
re: #3 wheat-dogghazi
My bad. I had nothing else to say. Though I wonder why every reference to Erika Harald has to mention she was a former Miss America. That doesn’t seem to be the most pertinent characteristic considering the remarks made about her.
It’s about relating a person to the reason for their initial fame, IMO.
5 | wheat-dogghazi Thu, Jun 20, 2013 10:18:27pm |
re: #4 Dark_Falcon
I suppose, but I’d refer to it later in the story, unless the writer is suggesting that attacking a former Miss America is as bad as making racist remarks about African-Americans.
6 | Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Jun 20, 2013 10:42:19pm |
Miss America is a cultural institution, a showcase of American values and aspirations. To cast aspersions on her is like criticizing the Free market.
7 | Kragar Thu, Jun 20, 2013 10:52:52pm |
8 | Sol Berdinowitz Thu, Jun 20, 2013 11:43:00pm |
You see? Untreated Gay has killed the thread!
9 | Kragar Thu, Jun 20, 2013 11:48:22pm |
1st Amendment: “All sects and denominations of CHRISTIANS are placed upon the same equal footing.” Salmon Chase, SCOTUS— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) June 20, 2013
As Chase quote indicates, exclusive purpose of 1st Amendment was to protect the free exercise of the CHRISTIAN faith.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) June 21, 2013
10 | Cheechako Thu, Jun 20, 2013 11:50:57pm |
Well, a few minutes ago it was the summer solstice, 18 hours and 18 minutes of daylight along with 5 hours and 42 minutes of twilight here in my home town. Now the days start getting shorter. A few seconds a day for the first week or two, then a few minutes shorter per day for several weeks leading to each succeeding day being 5-8 minutes shorter in a few months.
Just a normal part of the cycle of life.
I do prefer the winter solstice more than the summer solstice as looking forward to more daylight is much better for the spirit than looking at more darkness in the coming months.
11 | Targetpractice Thu, Jun 20, 2013 11:58:27pm |
re: #9 Kragar
Yeah, uh, bullshit.
Salmon Chase wrote that line as Chief of the Maryland General Court in 1796, when the state of Maryland was still under its own Constitution which did in fact have Christianity as the state’s established religion. The state constitution was not rewritten until 1851, when the establishment of Christianity as the state religion was removed. And that was rendered moot by the 14th Amendment, which applied the 1st Amendment to the states as well as the federal government.
In short, Bryan’s talking out of his ass…again.
12 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:12:02am |
re: #9 Kragar
1st Amendment: “All sects and denominations of CHRISTIANS are placed upon the same equal footing.” Salmon Chase, SCOTUS
But that would not be enough for Bryan.
he would insist that his own personal version of the CHRISTIAN faith is the only valid one, and exclude Mormons and any church that ordains women or gays.
13 | Kragar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:19:58am |
re: #11 Targetpractice
Yeah, uh, bullshit.
Salmon Chase wrote that line as Chief of the Maryland General Court in 1796, when the state of Maryland was still under its own Constitution which did in fact have Christianity as the state’s established religion. The state constitution was not rewritten until 1851, when the establishment of Christianity as the state religion was removed. And that was rendered moot by the 14th Amendment, which applied the 1st Amendment to the states as well as the federal government.
In short, Bryan’s talking out of his ass…again.
You’re talking about a guy who thinks 2000 year old folktales beats generations of scientific studies and observations.
14 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:23:24am |
re: #13 Kragar
You’re talking about a guy who thinks 2000 year old folktales beats generations of scientific studies and observations.
Bryan Fischer, never met a bullshit quote he wouldn’t repeat without a second thought…or a first one for that matter.
16 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:46:39am |
re: #10 Cheechako
Perhaps they timed it to coincide with the solstice, but here is a video from China’s Shenzhou 10 crew now in orbit. They answered questions from students and did some simple physics demos. It’s a lot less entertaining than Chris Hadfield’s work, but still interesting to watch.
17 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:49:31am |
re: #16 wheat-dogghazi
Ground control to Major Wong…
18 | Single-handed sailor Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:57:04am |
That is a pretty big module. I’m impressed. They are advancing quite fast.
19 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Jun 21, 2013 1:03:52am |
re: #17 Sol Berdinowitz
Ground control to Major Wong…
Ouch!
In fact, the woman giving the lessons is Wang* Yaping, China’s second woman in space. The others are Nie Haisheng, her props manager, and Zhang Xiaoguang, the cameraman.
* Pronounced “wong”. She’s a captain in the Chinese air force.
20 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Jun 21, 2013 1:13:10am |
re: #18 Single-handed sailor
That is a pretty big module. I’m impressed. They are advancing quite fast.
Ditto. They’re on a fast track, benefiting from the experience of the USA, Russia and the European Space Agency. The module is Tiangong 1 (“heavenly palace”), and this is the last visit to it. China will let its orbit decay and it will burn up on descent. A larger Tiangong 2 is scheduled to be launched later this year, and another two years later — the first module of a full-fledged space station to be completed by 2020.
Next up, a noodle shop at Tranquility Base.
/ only partly joking on that last part
21 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Jun 21, 2013 2:15:40am |
Wikileaks has a private jet fueled up and waiting for Snowden to flee to Iceland, assuming Iceland wants him.
“We have really done all we can do. We have a plane and all the logistics in place. Now we are only awaiting a response from the [Icelandic] government,” added the boss of Datacell, which handles donations to WikiLeaks.
The private jet belongs to a Chinese firm and has been chartered at a cost of more than US$240,000 thanks to individual contributions received by Datacell, he said.
23 | Kragar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 2:51:09am |
Flooding may force 100,000 from west Canada homes
As many as 100,000 people could be forced from their homes by heavy flooding in western Canada, Calgary city officials said, while mudslides forced the closure of the Trans-Canada Highway, isolating the mountain resort towns of Banff and Canmore.
Torrential rains and widespread flooding throughout southern Alberta on Thursday washed out roads and bridges, left at least one person missing and caused cars, couches and refrigerators to float away. Communities were hit hard just south of Calgary, a city of more than a million people that hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics.
24 | sagehen Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:00:11am |
Kim Kardiashian and Kanye West have named their child (drumroll please)….
North.
(I think I just threw up a little)
25 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:02:14am |
re: #24 sagehen
Kim Kardiashian and Kanye West have named their child (drumroll please)….
North.
(I think I just threw up a little)
Child number 2 will be named Northwest, so they can seat North by Northwest at the table.
{sorry}
26 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:03:36am |
re: #24 sagehen
Kim Kardiashian and Kanye West have named their child (drumroll please)….
North.
(I think I just threw up a little)
North Kardashian? That’s a funny-sounding name.
/
27 | sagehen Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:05:12am |
The best tweet response read off on msnbc’s morning show…
What? “Key” and “Wild” were already taken?
28 | Kragar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:26:56am |
re: #24 sagehen
Kim Kardiashian and Kanye West have named their child (drumroll please)….
North.
(I think I just threw up a little)
The real question:
I should give a flying fuck what these 2 morons name their kid because?
29 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:29:49am |
re: #28 Kragar
Will Smith style, they’ll probably spend millions at some point creating a vanity project for the kid to be in.
Reason #20004 not to be famous: your kids will almost definitely be fucked up unless you’re an amazing human being (aka Jeff Bridges).
30 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:30:23am |
re: #28 Kragar
The real question:
I should give a flying fuck what these 2 morons name their kid because?
24/7 news cycle needs a break from latest political scandal.
meanwhile an ad that really jumps the shark
31 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:38:40am |
re: #30 Sol Berdinowitz
24/7 news cycle needs a break from latest political scandal.
meanwhile an ad that really jumps the shark
In Russia, shark jumps you.
32 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:43:44am |
re: #31 Dr Lizardo
In Russia, shark jumps you.
Yes, especially if you use wrong feminine hygiene product
33 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:46:45am |
Maybe next they’ll do a riff on Brick Tamland’s line in “Anchorman” about bears.
34 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 3:49:42am |
re: #33 Dr Lizardo
Maybe next they’ll do a riff on Brick Tamland’s line in “Anchorman” about bears.
It’s mentioned in the comments to the site.
35 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 4:44:28am |
re: #24 sagehen
Kim Kardiashian and Kanye West have named their child (drumroll please)….
North.
(I think I just threw up a little)
I thought all Kardashians have to have a K name?
36 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:02:10am |
Well, last night I downloaded the “Complete Bach Organ Works” and also an album of Bach works that have been repurposed for full orchestra (the Stowkowski arrangements)
I have to say there is something about the “Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor” that just sends chills when played on the pipe organ. When it’s orchestrated, it’s like somebody said “Let’s play Bach like it was Wagner!”
37 | Stoatly Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:04:54am |
I, for one, welcome our new French robotic feline overlords
Youtube Video
38 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:19:42am |
Breaking: An arrest warrant has been issued for #Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez in connection with the murder of Odin Lloyd.— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_RealUpdates) June 21, 2013
39 | compound_Idaho Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:38:46am |
re: #10 Cheechako
Well, a few minutes ago it was the summer solstice, 18 hours and 18 minutes of daylight along with 5 hours and 42 minutes of twilight here in my home town. Now the days start getting shorter. A few seconds a day for the first week or two, then a few minutes shorter per day for several weeks leading to each succeeding day being 5-8 minutes shorter in a few months.
Just a normal part of the cycle of life.
I do prefer the winter solstice more than the summer solstice as looking forward to more daylight is much better for the spirit than looking at more darkness in the coming months.
Sunset will continue to get later for a few more days. Unless you rise before the sun, it will seem like the the day is getting longer for a few more days.
40 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:41:45am |
Summer solstice: crowds gather at Stonehenge to watch the sunrise http://t.co/zq0KdzA3Yy Photo: Lewis Whyld/PA pic.twitter.com/BMDYYRjtaY— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 21, 2013
41 | Shiplord Kirel Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:48:38am |
I was born in Salisbury, just 8 miles from Stonehenge, 64 years ago today.
I’ve mentioned before that I briefly dated a New Age type girl who thought being born on the solstice so close to Stonehenge must have endowed me with great paranormal powers. She was very disappointed to learn that I didn’t believe in such powers. She once announced that she was going to Peru for a big meeting or conclave or whatever they call it at a magnetic convergence on a sacred Inca landing pad for alien spacecraft. She said there were rumors that Jesus Christ himself would return on the first craft to land. I told her to be sure and get pictures.
42 | Mattand Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:52:21am |
re: #9 Kragar
I actually say this all time: most Americans interpret “freedom of religion” as “freedom to be some form of ONLY Christian”.
What’s also funny about Fischer’s derps is that for a good chunk of our history, other forms of Christianity were considered suspect/shit upon.
The man understands history the way an amoeba understands particle physics.
43 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:53:56am |
re: #42 Mattand
I actually say this all time: most Americans interpret “freedom of religion” as “freedom to be some form of ONLY Christian”.
What’s also funny about Fischer’s derps is that for a good chunk of our history, other forms of Christianity were considered suspect/shit upon.
The man understands history the way an amoeba understands particle physics.
Jewish magazine (1850): The United States is Not a Christian Nation.
44 | Mattand Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:54:32am |
45 | Mattand Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:55:22am |
re: #43 Vicious Babushka
Jewish magazine (1850): The United States is Not a Christian Nation.
LOL, I’m sure that went over well back in 1850.
46 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:57:05am |
re: #45 Mattand
LOL, I’m sure that went over well back in 1850.
Actually there were Christian subscribers and contributors to The Occident. Although its primary audience was Jewish readers it did engage in interfaith conversation.
47 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:59:30am |
re: #24 sagehen
Kim Kardiashian and Kanye West have named their child (drumroll please)….
North.
(I think I just threw up a little)
I read they wanted Easton (Easton West), but I suppose that was more of a boys name.
But how much worse is that than Apple or Suri or … or … or ….
Celebs. They’re just like us.
48 | Mattand Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:00:19am |
re: #46 Vicious Babushka
Actually there were Christian subscribers and contributors to The Occident. Although its primary audience was Jewish readers it did engage in interfaith conversation.
That blows my mind. I’m just so used to reading about the systemic discrimination this county has had since its founding, it’s amazing to find out about stuff like that.
49 | Political Atheist Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:01:01am |
Good Morning! Today I take a swim in the jury pool. Every time my name comes up I get bounced to civil court. Civil duty and interesting. I just hope if I get picked it’s a short trial.
50 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:01:02am |
re: #29 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Will Smith style, they’ll probably spend millions at some point creating a vanity project for the kid to be in.
Reason #20004 not to be famous: your kids will almost definitely be fucked up unless you’re an amazing human being (aka Jeff Bridges).
Yeah, Kanye West is a self-centered dick. That kid should be wrapped loosely.
51 | A Mom Anon Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:09:35am |
re: #50 Joanne
Kim Kardashian is just as self centered. I wonder how much attention they’ll pay to the kid once that new baby smell wears off? What disgusts me is the bidding wars over the first published photos. It’s gross. In a country where a big share of kids go to bed hungry, it nauseates me that people like this acquire the wealth of hundreds, if not thousands. Barf.
52 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:09:46am |
re: #41 Occam’s Guillotine
I remeber the hullabaloo surrounding the Harmonc Convergence in 1987: all the crystalheads in and around Flagstaff, Arizona were totally worked up over it.
I even made up special necklaces for my friends: Fruit Loops strung on dental floss.
You see, harmonically balanced. the tooth-rotting sugar in the Fruit Loops was balanced by the cleansing powers of the dental floss…
53 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:09:59am |
re: #24 sagehen
Kim Kardiashian and Kanye West have named their child (drumroll please)….
North.
(I think I just threw up a little)
Plenty of regular folks name their kids odd stuff. Heck, there’s that family in NJ that decided to name their kids after Nazi leaders.
Some countries have to authorize the use of a name (Iceland comes to mind).
Kardiashian and West can name their kid whatever they want. Wont matter to me. I’m not the one who has to live with the name (and consider changing it once I get old enough). But I’m surprised they didn’t go with Key… West.
54 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:11:35am |
re: #51 A Mom Anon
Well, the only reason she’s famous is because she made a sex tape, that begat a reality show, which began another couple of ones, but she’s transformed that notoriety in to a sizable fortune.
I’m frankly surprised they didn’t get paid for naming rights.
55 | wheat-dogghazi Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:13:38am |
re: #53 lawhawk
I foresee years of “Where’s North?” followed by “That way!” and random finger pointing in one cardinal direction or another.
56 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:16:23am |
Russ Tice, Bush-Era Whistleblower, Claims NSA Ordered Wiretap Of Barack Obama In 2004 http://t.co/fT4qKAPHch— Tom Wellborn (@TLW3) June 21, 2013
57 | A Mom Anon Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:16:41am |
re: #54 lawhawk
I know. It’s just gross. It’s not like this family wasn’t doing ok before all that. I’m pretty sure Robert Kardashian didn’t die broke. I suppose I could give Kim(or most likely her mom) credit for being savvy enough to make something out of crapola, but I am pissed off I even have to know what the hell a Kardashian is.
58 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:16:50am |
re: #55 wheat-dogghazi
They’re no Cary Grant, (or Eva Marie Saint, or James Mason) that’s for sure. /
59 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:21:50am |
re: #56 Joanne
Bush-Era Whistleblower, Claims NSA Ordered Wiretap Of Barack Obama In 2004
No question, American politics has become a bad caricature of itself.
60 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:21:52am |
Love this…..#gop monopoly ……#UniteBlue #LibCrib pic.twitter.com/1mW4WvjBeZ— Kim Feldpausch (@kimfeldpausch) June 21, 2013
61 | Feline Fearless Leader Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:22:29am |
Well, the only reason she’s famous is because she made a sex tape, that begat a reality show, which began another couple of ones, but she’s transformed that notoriety in to a sizable fortune.I’m frankly surprised they didn’t get paid for naming rights.
I think the real threat is the mother (Kris Jenner?). She has been the driving force behind popularizing her kids and has essentially gotten each one worked over in turn through their 20s (and they sort of disappear once they pass 30). And you can already see her hooks starting to work on Bruce’s teenage daughters (from an earlier marriage I believe.)
62 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:23:11am |
re: #51 A Mom Anon
Kim Kardashian is just as self centered. I wonder how much attention they’ll pay to the kid once that new baby smell wears off? What disgusts me is the bidding wars over the first published photos. It’s gross. In a country where a big share of kids go to bed hungry, it nauseates me that people like this acquire the wealth of hundreds, if not thousands. Barf.
Thousands, to be sure. Kardashian’s net worth is in the low double digit millions. West’s is surely much, much higher.
And exactly what Lawhawk said @54. It’s disgusting.
63 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:25:01am |
LOL
Great sign….#UniteBlue #libcrib pic.twitter.com/L4JvFcX0hy— Kim Feldpausch (@kimfeldpausch) June 21, 2013
64 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:29:27am |
Personally, I think Christie is screwed no matter what. He’s not going to get through a primary. Period.
Although…is NJ an open primary? He might make it through if dems can vote in the GOP primary. Off to Google.
A haymaker from Rand Paul on Christie over the special election in this me & @mkraju piece http://t.co/sUFSiswaVq— maggie haberman (@maggiepolitico) June 21, 2013
65 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:30:30am |
re: #64 Joanne
Nope, closed primary in NJ. Christie is done until, or rather if, the GOP ever gains sanity.
Doesn’t look good.
66 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:44:15am |
re: #47 Joanne
I read they wanted Easton (Easton West), but I suppose that was more of a boys name.
But how much worse is that than Apple or Suri or … or … or ….
Celebs. They’re just like us.
Celebs (esp of mediocre talent) are industrially popular. Mass adulation is their stock in trade. It would be a surprise if the naming of pop culture babies didn’t involve as much research and development as Ford Motors put into the Edsel.
67 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:45:14am |
re: #47 Joanne
I read they wanted Easton (Easton West), but I suppose that was more of a boys name.
But how much worse is that than Apple or Suri or … or … or ….
Celebs. They’re just like us.
Suri is not a weird name. I have known some girls named Suri, years before Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes knew each other.
As for Apple, I understand Gwyneth had to go to court to fight Steve Jobs and Paul McCartney for the rights to use that name. //
68 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:45:54am |
DERP
Whatever else you want to say, Obama's repeated claim that NSA can't/doesn't listen to Americans' phone calls without a warrant is… false.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 21, 2013
69 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:46:57am |
More inanities from Paul this AM:
Rand Paul says refugees are just a bunch of welfare deadbeats: http://t.co/5YvOiY1nTX— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 21, 2013
70 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:48:05am |
re: #69 lawhawk
More inanities from Paul this AM:
If Rand Paul was in the Senate in 1938, he would have warned against accepting Jewish refugees because they will take welfare and are probably Communists.
71 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:52:16am |
re: #70 Vicious Babushka
If Rand Paul was in the Senate in 1938, he would have warned against accepting Jewish refugees because they will take welfare and are probably Communists.
Aren’t they grateful for the democracy we helped install there?
72 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:52:44am |
re: #49 Political Atheist
Good Morning! Today I take a swim in the jury pool. Every time my name comes up I get bounced to civil court. Civil duty and interesting. I just hope if I get picked it’s a short trial.
Got that earlier this year. Homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle plus hit & run. They were planning for a week long trial but the guy plead out the day before the trial was to have started.
73 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Jun 21, 2013 6:59:30am |
re: #70 Vicious Babushka
If Rand Paul was in the Senate in 1938, he would have warned against accepting Jewish refugees because they will take welfare and are probably Communists.
He’d probably have wanted the navy to sink the S.S. St. Louis.
74 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:00:05am |
re: #72 William Barnett-Lewis
Got that earlier this year. Homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle plus hit & run. They were planning for a week long trial but the guy plead out the day before the trial was to have started.
Been through voir dire three times, bounced each time. My friend is one of the town’s few defense lawyers.
75 | Feline Fearless Leader Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:06:09am |
My experience as a alternate a year or so ago for a criminal trial actually soured me a bit to a jury trial since I wonder that if you did a non-jury trial in front of just a judge (or panel of judges?) the lawyers would cut out all the b.s. emotional tricks and just present the evidence - and hopefully do it competently.
76 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:07:19am |
So……hopefully, around the first week of July, I’ll be moving into a new apartment. It’s not much - a studio with a kitchenette, about 310 sq.ft., but it has a stunning view of the Beskydy Forest and on a clear day, you can see the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy Mountains, a part of the Western Carpathians. It’s in a quiet neighborhood, and all the neighbors are mostly middle-aged folks, with a few young families thrown into the mix.
Can’t complain about the price; $175.00 per month including utilities. The view is awesomesauce.
Today was hazy, but on a clear day, I can see a mountain called ‘Lysá Hora’, which translates into English as…..get this; “Bald Mountain”.
Sweet.
77 | Stoatly Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:12:32am |
re: #75 Feline Fearless Leader
They would have to use different tricks and tactics, yes
But they’d still try to game the result
78 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:26:45am |
Has Greenwald opined on this yet?
Sweeping Protests in Brazil Pull in an Array of Grievances http://t.co/jXGIkMwClO— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 21, 2013
79 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:30:07am |
re: #78 Vicious Babushka
Has Greenwald opined on this yet?
Surprised Snowden hasn’t piped up and gone “Oh yeah, we hacked Brazil too.”
80 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:33:11am |
MT @GOPANTIUSA: Apologies to the GOP! The President DID MEET with TERRORISTS! #UniteBlue #tcot #tgdn pic.twitter.com/DjSzd5WTwC— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 21, 2013
81 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:34:04am |
Lawhawk just tweeted that the picture was actually taken in 1983, and the Wiki page has a disclaimer that the people may be Pakistanis pretending to be Afghani.
82 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:39:48am |
re: #11 Targetpractice
Yeah, uh, bullshit.
Salmon Chase wrote that line as Chief of the Maryland General Court in 1796, when the state of Maryland was still under its own Constitution which did in fact have Christianity as the state’s established religion. The state constitution was not rewritten until 1851, when the establishment of Christianity as the state religion was removed. And that was rendered moot by the 14th Amendment, which applied the 1st Amendment to the states as well as the federal government.
In short, Bryan’s talking out of his ass…again.
Salmon Chase was Chief Justice from 1864-1873. He was born in 1808, so he could not have been Maryland General Court chief in 1796.
83 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:39:48am |
re: #81 Vicious Babushka
Lawhawk just tweeted that the picture was actually taken in 1983, and the Wiki page has a disclaimer that the people may be Pakistanis pretending to be Afghani.
Close enough, though I don’t know if Talis would have a woman on a high-level delegation.
84 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:42:16am |
re: #83 Decatur Deb
Close enough, though I don’t know if Talis would have a woman on a high-level delegation.
they were going for the publicity effect - just because they are fundamentalists does not mean they are not media savvy
85 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:45:27am |
re: #84 Sol Berdinowitz
they were going for the publicity effect - just because they are fundamentalists does not mean they are not media savvy
Trying to envision Bryan Fischer with a gay ASL interpreter.
86 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:45:54am |
re: #82 Vicious Babushka
Salmon Chase was Chief Justice from 1864-1873.
Apparently I didn’t even read my own link last night, because the Chase in question is Samuel Chase, who was an Associate Justice from 1796 to 1811 and one of the signers of the DOI. In other words, Bryan is not only quoting a totally irrelevant case, he’s attributing the quote to the wrong man.
87 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:46:52am |
re: #86 Targetpractice
Apparently I didn’t even read my own link last night, because the Chase in question is Samuel Chase, who was an Associate Justice from 1796 to 1811 and one of the signers of the DOI. In other words, Bryan is not only quoting a totally irrelevant case, he’s attributing the quote to the wrong man.
LOL FAIL
88 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:47:00am |
re: #86 Targetpractice
In other words, Bryan is not only quoting a totally irrelevant case, he’s attributing the quote to the wrong man.
So he is talking both into and out of his ass at the same time…
89 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 7:48:00am |
re: #88 Sol Berdinowitz
So he is talking both into and out of his ass at the same time…
To the surprise of absolutely no one.
90 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:00:03am |
Glenn is still Derping that NSA is totally LISTENING IN on everybody’s phone calls.
I want to know how they even have the sheer number of employees required to do that, especially if they are being paid $62/hr.
91 | sagehen Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:03:46am |
re: #69 lawhawk
More inanities from Paul this AM:
Aren’t the Iraq refugee applications from people who became refugees because they’re in danger from their neighbors who hate them for helping our troops?
92 | Stanghazi Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:08:06am |
Does someone here have that whacky why we hate Obama list they can repost? The one that included seals?
93 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:14:02am |
Blarney! The Faux Outrage Over Obama’s Belfast Comments http://t.co/Q3svDpoOrm via @thedailybeast— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 21, 2013
94 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:15:48am |
re: #91 sagehen
Aren’t the Iraq refugee applications from people who became refugees because they’re in danger from their neighbors who hate them for helping our troops?
Yeah, that pool of applicants would include those who are endangered because they helped US forces and reconstruction efforts. Screw those folks now, and if the US embarks in future conflicts or nation building efforts, you’re going to see a reluctance to help if things may go sour into the future because we’re simply going to turn out backs on those who we made commitments to. Not good for long term foreign policy.
95 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:16:37am |
Hundreds of pro-choice Texans took over a b.s. abortion hearing last night http://t.co/elIe7Bsn6S— Jezebel (@Jezebel) June 21, 2013
96 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:34:22am |
Taxation #TeaParty #tcot #tgdn #UniteBlue #LibCrib pic.twitter.com/HT7rAQzZgB— nhdogmom (@nhdogmom) June 21, 2013
97 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:35:55am |
re: #93 lawhawk
The Faux Outrage Over Obama’s Belfast Comments
These people ahve no idea of what is going on in Northern ireland: Catholic and Protestant kids go to separate schools, where they are indoctrinated in the “us-versus-them” mentality from the very start.
Just the way Jesus would have wanted it
98 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:40:04am |
IT’S JUST A CARTOON!
The class politics of Pixar's “Monsters University” http://t.co/ZHElX7s7Zv— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 21, 2013
99 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:40:21am |
Crud. My power cord for this beast is broken and when the battery dies that’s it till I can get another one from Amazon. I don’t think my even more antiquated Powerbook 3400 can pull this web site up - I’ll see what class-zila does with it but if not, back when I can.
100 | BigPapa Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:44:01am |
Sockholm Syndrome
Being hostage to the incessant need to create sock puppets for validation or other trollish motivations.
101 | wrenchwench Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:45:14am |
re: #99 William Barnett-Lewis
Crud. My power cord for this beast is broken and when the battery dies that’s it till I can get another one from Amazon. I don’t think my even more antiquated Powerbook 3400 can pull this web site up - I’ll see what class-zila does with it but if not, back when I can.
I lost internet yesterday from 2 PM until late at night. It was interesting doing business over the phone that I would have done at least partly on the computer. I think it worked to my advantage in one case, generating a little sympathy that caused a guy to help me more than he might have.
102 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:45:21am |
Ted Cruz says he wants to abolish the IRS and have a flat tax. And who do plan to have collect your “flat tax” you dumb ass. #UniteBlue— Greg Zeszotarski (@cowguy001) June 20, 2013
103 | Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:47:31am |
re: #102 Vicious Babushka
Ted Cruz says he wants to abolish the IRS and have a flat tax. And who do plan to have collect your “flat tax” you dumb ass
Sovereign Citizens should be able to decide how much their government deserves.
104 | Dr. Matt Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:47:51am |
Report: Michigan families to receive average of $138 in insurance rebates
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday that 222,051 Michigan residents will benefit from $18,609,808 in rebates from insurance companies this summer, averaging $138 per family, thanks to the Affordable Care Act.
105 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:49:49am |
re: #102 Vicious Babushka
You send a check to Congress, C.O. Ted Cruz. I’m sure he’ll make sure it gets to the right place.
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106 | RadicalModerate Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:59:46am |
re: #95 lawhawk
Jezebel ✔ @Jezebel
Hundreds of pro-choice Texans took over a b.s. abortion hearing last night bit.ly
They had over 300 women show up to testify against the bill, which would have effectively banned abortion statewide with the exception of two or three clinics. Republican legislators tried to force the bill through during a special session which would require only a simple majority vote to pass versus a 2/3 majority that failed during the regular legislative session.
Emotional 10-hour abortion hearing ends without a vote on bills
After more than 10 hours of testimony, and one loud protest that led to a brief recess so order could be restored, the House State Affairs Committee closed its hearing on two abortion bills at 3:40 a.m. Friday without taking a vote on either measure.
Around midnight, as the hearing that began around 4:45 p.m. continued without a break, Chairman Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, announced that the committee would receive only one more hour of testimony on House Bill 60, a sweeping abortion regulation measure, saying the comments had become repetitive and unhelpful to the committee’s decision.
The news was greeted with increasingly angry shouts from several hundred people in the audience, most of them opponents of the bills. Several shouted that that they had been waiting to speak since 1 p.m., the original start time of the hearing that was delayed about four hours by extended House debate on three redistricting bills.
107 | bratwurst Fri, Jun 21, 2013 8:59:55am |
Glenn Beck: Tea Party Rally ‘Is Going to be Written About in Future History Books’
(Personaly, I think his “jeans and bow tie” look is more likely to go down in infamy.)
108 | Dr. Matt Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:01:58am |
re: #107 bratwurst
99.9% of America didn’t even know it happened or has already forgot that it did happen.
109 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:09:40am |
re: #99 William Barnett-Lewis
Crud. My power cord for this beast is broken and when the battery dies that’s it till I can get another one from Amazon. I don’t think my even more antiquated Powerbook 3400 can pull this web site up - I’ll see what class-zila does with it but if not, back when I can.
Look for an iGo. You can get tips for it for a multitude of electronic devices. It usually comes with 10 or so of the most popular and there are dozens upon dozens of tips for varied computers and devices.
And you can get it at Radio Shack or the like.
Good luck!
110 | jaunte Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:10:11am |
Today’s essential conservative legislation, municipal division:
Law proposed in St. Louis to prohibit wearing pants below the waist. Obv. targeting young black men. http://t.co/UrruvQHS1L #TwibDocket
— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) June 21, 2013
111 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:22:03am |
re: #109 Joanne
Look for an iGo. You can get tips for it for a multitude of electronic devices. It usually comes with 10 or so of the most popular and there are dozens upon dozens of tips for varied computers and devices.
And you can get it at Radio Shack or the like.
Good luck!
Found a new one at Amazon for $13 with expidited shipping so I ordered that. About to log out so I can try to see how badly my old Powerbook misshandles this web site.
112 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:23:41am |
Magazine preview: How a Harvard scientist, a #bee whisperer, and a retired entrepreneur rescued an embattled insect http://t.co/3TZLzzLljE— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) June 21, 2013
113 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:23:55am |
re: #110 jaunte
Today’s essential conservative legislation, municipal division:
Is “sagging” still even a style? I thought Obama said PULL UP YOUR PANTS AMERICA!
114 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:24:38am |
re: #113 Vicious Babushka
It’s falling somewhat out of favor, but I still see the pants that are actually made to be worn around your knees and they’re just frickin’ hilarious. It’s like a fashion for stilts, but in reverse.
115 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:26:01am |
Sagging won’t be a problem ‘til they do it with kilts.
116 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:26:47am |
re: #114 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
It’s falling somewhat out of favor, but I still see the pants that are actually made to be work around your knees and they’re just frickin’ hilarious. It’s like a fashion for stilts, but in reverse.
MC Hammer could actually dance in his silly pants. I don’t see how it’s possible to dance wearing saggy pants, but I’m sure there must be videos out there.
117 | jaunte Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:27:28am |
re: #113 Vicious Babushka
It’s not for me, but I think whoever is behind this is probably also worried about ‘big government telling us what to do.’
118 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:29:57am |
re: #110 jaunte
All of St. Louis’ other outstanding problems have been solved, so they’re moving on to sartorial choices. /super … and likely unconstitutional (attire covered as free speech so long as genitals are covered and not in violation of obscenity laws), and likely also likely to be abused by police in unequal enforcement (relying on common sense to impose the fines may lead to some groups being unfairly targeted - particularly minorities).
119 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:31:39am |
White people have an irrational fear of young Black men wearing saggy pants. But think about it: if somebody wearing saggy pants snatched your purse or iphone, how fast do you think he could run?
120 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:33:51am |
re: #116 Vicious Babushka
Tight jeans would actually be harder to dance in. I think all you can do in tight jeans is the white boy point.
121 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:36:29am |
re: #120 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
Tight jeans would actually be harder to dance in. I think all you can do in tight jeans is the white boy point.
Well yeah but they now make tight jeans of stretchy material (jeggings?) to make it easier to move around in.
122 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:36:50am |
NB: I do not wear tight jeans or jeggings.
123 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:37:20am |
re: #121 Vicious Babushka
I’m not even wearing pants.
124 | efuseakay Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:38:03am |
re: #88 Sol Berdinowitz
So he is talking both into and out of his ass at the same time…
Human Centipede 3!
125 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:38:37am |
re: #123 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
I’m not even wearing pants.
Finally! Someone who realizes that Hitler Wore Pants!
126 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:47:06am |
re: #111 William Barnett-Lewis
Found a new one at Amazon for $13 with expidited shipping so I ordered that. About to log out so I can try to see how badly my old Powerbook mishandles this web site.
Nope. Can’t even get the login screen to pop-up. It claims JavaScript is enabled but nothing that requires it works right. Perhaps if there were a mobile version as Classilla tries to mimic those? The boss is letting me use her laptop for now while she’s at work for the weekend so hopefully the new adapter will get here soon.
127 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:48:08am |
Good response to a shitty idea that should never have been allowed:
We were wrong: http://t.co/0pBCvYKqvH— Kickstarter (@kickstarter) June 21, 2013
128 | Gus Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:53:29am |
More link bait. “FBI Director acknowledges that surveillance drones have been used against US citizens.” See what they’re doing here?
129 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:55:50am |
Mornin’ everyone…
So John Boehner met his Waterloo in Farmville. Gotta say, I did not see that comin'.— Bill Harnsberger (@BillinPortland) June 21, 2013
130 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:56:36am |
Apparently putting Crystal glasses against the wall is not longer in vogue.
Guardian reports British spy agency taps fiber-optic cables for access to world's communications, documents show http://t.co/tlIZ7Fp917— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) June 21, 2013
131 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:58:36am |
GOHMERT!
Texas Rep. Gohmert says poor people are buying king crab legs with food stamps: http://t.co/bMlr5v8CoG— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 21, 2013
132 | jaunte Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:59:15am |
re: #130 darthstar
“Mastering The Internet” sounds like an adult education course.
133 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:00:01am |
“These days if ur in yr 60s, u really didnt grow up in the 'Old South'. More like u grew up in the Civil Rights Era” http://t.co/9ynxC8NHf3— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 21, 2013
134 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:00:08am |
GOP War on Poor continues
Ohio GOP to raise taxes on the poor, elderly http://t.co/PHaTbSMsjc #4jobs #2futures #p2 #tcot #pjnet— Blue DuPage (@BlueDuPage) June 21, 2013
135 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:00:58am |
Collapse feared in Bensalem communication tower fire
BENSALEM, Pa. - June 21, 2013 (WPVI) — Officials are on the scene of a communications tower that caught on fire in Bensalem, Bucks County.
Crews were dispatched shortly after 11:00 a.m. Friday to the 2200 block of
The tower is located in the rear of the Bensalem Public Works building.Chopper 6 is over the scene where a clearly weakened tower can be seen leaning to one side. Officials fear the tower may collapse.
Impossible. Fire does not melt steel!
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136 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:01:13am |
I knew that fucker lied on his resume! I said it! On the twitter!
@kurteichenwald I want to see the resume he sent Booz Allen to get the job.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 18, 2013
And now, look!
Exclusive: NSA contractor hired Snowden despite concerns about resume discrepancies http://t.co/kUBhRdEDaP via @reuters— allanbrauer (@allanbrauer) June 21, 2013
137 | Gus Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:03:31am |
re: #136 darthstar
I knew that fucker lied on his resume! I said it! On the twitter!
He coached someone to lie at Ars Technica. Wasn’t anything major but someone asked what to do if they never finished college (earn a degree) and he told them to just put “pursing bachelors in _________.”
138 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:03:59am |
re: #136 darthstar
I knew that fucker lied on his resume! I said it! On the twitter!
LYING COCKSUCKER!!!
Snowden, who disclosed top secret documents about U.S. surveillance of telephone and Internet data after leaving his job as a systems administrator at an NSA facility in Hawaii, was hired this spring after he convinced his screeners that his description of his education was truthful, said the source, who is not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
…snip…According to sources familiar with the matter, Snowden, a high school dropout who later passed the high school equivalency test known as the GED, stated on his resume earlier this year he attended computer-related classes at Johns Hopkins University, a Tokyo campus of the University of Maryland and the University of Liverpool in Britain.
According to the sources, the resume stated that Snowden “estimated” he would receive a master’s degree in computer security from Liverpool sometime this year.
139 | Gus Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:04:46am |
Writing my first resume, how can I make a college dropout look ok?
TheTrueHOOHA
Ars Scholae Palatinae
Registered: Dec 29, 2001
Posts: 773
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:52 am
“Pursuing Bachelor’s in…”Then say two years completed.
140 | Kragar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:05:33am |
Beck: Tea Party Rally ‘Is Going to be Written About in Future History Books’
As we noted yesterday, Glenn Beck now believes that Tea Party and 9/12 activists are the new leaders of the civil rights movement, so it only stands to reason that the anti-IRS/anti-immigration rally they held outside the Capitol earlier this week “is going to be written about in future history books.”
Beck understood that this pronouncement might sound far-fetched, but so did his warnings of an economic collapse and the rise of the caliphate … but that is only because Beck is just too far ahead of everyone else and so it takes time for things to develop as he predicted and people to realize that he was right all along.
And so it will be with this new civil rights movement, which everyone will understand maybe in a year from now as it becomes “a movement that our great, great grandchildren and their children will read about”:
141 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:06:12am |
I hope Booz Allen is inundated with resumes from unemployed IT workers with authentic degrees and 20 years of industry experience, who then send copies of their resumes and applications to the news media.
142 | Flounder Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:06:19am |
World War Z starts today, daughter and I can’t wait to see it, anyone else?!
143 | Kragar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:06:59am |
re: #142 Flounder
World War Z starts today, daughter and I can’t wait to see it, anyone else?!
Don’t get me started.
144 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:07:28am |
re: #140 Kragar
Beck: Tea Party Rally ‘Is Going to be Written About in Future History Books’
Phantasts.
145 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:08:15am |
Yikes. Near miss between two airplanes over NYC last week.
The Embraer jet flying out of LGA had a near miss with a 747 which had a missed approach on JFK - putting the near miss over Queens. A few sources claim that the planes were within a few hundred feet - normal separation is 3 miles.
146 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:08:48am |
147 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:09:31am |
re: #145 lawhawk
Yikes. Near miss between two airplanes over NYC last week.
The Embraer jet flying out of LGA had a near miss with a 747 which had a missed approach on JFK - putting the near miss over Queens. A few sources claim that the planes were within a few hundred feet - normal separation is 3 miles.
I’ll bet some passengers on the Embraer had to spend the rest of the flight sitting in crapped pants.
148 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:11:13am |
re: #138 darthstar
LYING COCKSUCKER!!!
In other words he lied his ass off to get the job for the purpose of digging through classified files. Remind me again how this guy is a “hero”?
149 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:12:34am |
re: #148 Targetpractice
Remind me again how this guy is a “hero”?
Because freedom! And no gubmint seekrits!
150 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:12:49am |
re: #148 Targetpractice
In other words he lied his ass off to get the job for the purpose of digging through classified files. Remind me again how this guy is a “hero”?
I want to know why BAH even gave him the time of day when there are more educated, qualified candidates who are unemployed.
151 | Kragar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:13:17am |
re: #150 Vicious Babushka
I want to know why BAH even gave him the time of day when there are more educated, qualified candidates who are unemployed.
His dad.
152 | wrenchwench Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:13:57am |
Just had a nice customer in here. Fresh haircut, clean clothes (somebody starched and ironed his shirt to within an inch of its life), nice turquoise rosary around his neck, shirt unbuttoned just enough to see the praying hands tattoo, and REEKING OF PATCHOULI.
WHY?!?
He was here for over an hour. It will take at least that long to get the aroma out of here.
153 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:16:17am |
@pizzmoe @allanbrauer The Romneys are on food stamps? Well, Mitt is unemployed right now and Ann is lobbying to get their hovel renovated.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 21, 2013
154 | Flounder Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:16:22am |
re#143 Kragar
I’ve heard it will be a flop, but my daughter thinks Brad Pitt is hot. I tell her I think Brad Pitt is hot too, but it creeps her out.
155 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:16:50am |
re: #152 wrenchwench
I hate the smell of patchouli. It reminds me of the dreadlocked hippies and college students who think that dousing themselves in patchouli beats taking a shower.
156 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:17:32am |
I just looked at someone's twitter id and it started with “Investigative Journalist for Breitbart News Network” Ok— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 21, 2013
157 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:17:55am |
re: #113 Vicious Babushka
Is “sagging” still even a style? I thought Obama said PULL UP YOUR PANTS AMERICA!
I’ve seen it here in the Czech Republic, which is insanely humorous when you see a bunch of pasty 20-something Central Europeans proving their street cred by greeting each other with, “What is up, my n****r?”
Makes me laugh everytime.
158 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:19:28am |
re: #136 darthstar
I knew that fucker lied on his resume! I said it! On the twitter!
As long as you do not say you got the degree, a potential employer cannot obtain your school records. Schools only confirm whether you received the degree or not (possibly GPA, not sure about that).
When I went to work for a company, they asked me about the “discrepancy” as my U had no record me - not just of my not yet graduating - and I pointed to the bullet on my resume that said roughly “near completion of BA in blah with a 3.8/4.0 GPA, member of multiple national honor societies, etc.” because I would never say I had graduated when I had not.
As to how BAH handled it, they could have done a verbal (like a defense of a dissertation) to determine if he had knowledge and then said FTW as to the actual degree.
I take issue with this approach, though, because if the federal government requires a degree, so should contractors.
159 | Interesting Times Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:21:44am |
re: #156 darthstar
I just looked at someone's twitter id and it started with “Investigative Journalist for Breitbart News Network” Ok— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 21, 2013
…a title worth about as much as “chief employee background checker at Booz Allen”
160 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:23:02am |
re: #158 Joanne
As long as you do not say you got the degree, a potential employer cannot obtain your school records. Schools only confirm whether you received the degree or not (possibly GPA, not sure about that).
When I went to work for a company, they asked me about the “discrepancy” as my U had no record me - not just of my not yet graduating - and I pointed to the bullet on my resume that said roughly “near completion of BA in blah with a 3.8/4.0 GPA, member of multiple national honor societies, etc.” because I would never say I had graduated when I had not.
As to how BAH handled it, they could have done a verbal (like a defense of a dissertation) to determine if he had knowledge and then said FTW as to the actual degree.
I take issue with this approach, though, because if the federal government requires a degree, so should contractors.
Still, he’s claiming to have been in the process of obtaining a master’s when we’ve not even seen proof that he obtained an associate’s degree, let alone a bachelor’s.
161 | wrenchwench Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:23:22am |
re: #155 Lidane
I hate the smell of patchouli. It reminds me of the dreadlocked hippies and college students who think that dousing themselves in patchouli beats taking a shower.
Exactly. Why would someone who obviously bathed within the last 6 hours and looks like he just stepped out of the confessional do that to himself (and me)?
162 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:23:32am |
re: #160 Targetpractice
Still, he’s claiming to have been in the process of obtaining a master’s when we’ve not even seen proof that he obtained an associate’s degree, let alone a bachelor’s.
I guess he thought he could take a GED for those degrees?
163 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:25:30am |
re: #151 Kragar
His dad.
Something that would at least be illegal in a Military or Civil Service hire.
164 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:26:26am |
re: #163 Decatur Deb
Something that would at least be illegal in a Military or Civil Service hire.
Is there still a Civil Service exam requirement? Or is that obsolete because of contracting?
165 | Kragar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:26:42am |
re: #163 Decatur Deb
Something that would at least be illegal in a Military or Civil Service hire.
Why do you think we’ve been getting so much push to privatize everything?
166 | Kragar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:27:01am |
re: #164 Vicious Babushka
Is there still a Civil Service exam requirement? Or is that obsolete because of contracting?
Haha, you’re so funny.
/
167 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:29:23am |
re: #164 Vicious Babushka
Is there still a Civil Service exam requirement? Or is that obsolete because of contracting?
Depending on career field and level, exams have been de-emphasised since the Carter administration. They were discriminatory (in both good and bad ways).
168 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:29:36am |
re: #159 Interesting Times
…a title worth about as much as “chief employee background checker at Booz Allen”
A title that reads “Making shit up based on the barest sliver of fact” would assuredly be far more honest, but somehow, not as catchy.
It’s like a lot of young American women like to say they’re models, because they’ve posted photos of themselves on Instagram or Facebook. I met one the other day here, a 22-year old English teacher. My lady friend and I were out shopping (my lady friend is 28; yeah, I know, she’s sorta youngish for me) and she overheard us talking English and started talking to us.
My lady friend (who’s better looking, btw) said, “Model? Interesting profession. I just started working as an engineer for the European Space Agency”.
Heh.
170 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:33:43am |
re: #160 Targetpractice
Agreed. Apparently no one sought to verify any educational claims. Which means that no one did any verification at all. For companies accessing top secret (higher) clearances.
Seriously, if there are to be private firms in intelligence (which, sorry, I am completely against), they should be checking each other’s work in verifying clearances, background, etc. Outsourcing the background checks to the same firm who initially did it, well, fox, meet hen house.
171 | wrenchwench Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:35:16am |
re: #168 Dr Lizardo
(my lady friend is 28; yeah, I know, she’s sorta youngish for me)
I don’t care how old you are. If she’s 28, she’s old enough to decide whose lady friend she wants to be. She sounds pretty smart.
I was 26 when I met my gentleman friend who happens to be 19 years older than me (and 7 years older than my stepmother).
172 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:35:35am |
re: #170 Joanne
Agreed. Apparently no one sought to verify any educational claims. Which means that no one did any verification at all. For companies accessing top secret (higher) clearances.
Seriously, if there are to be private firms in intelligence (which, sorry, I am completely against), they should be checking each other’s work in verifying clearances, background, etc. Outsourcing the background checks to the same firm who initially did it, well, fox, meet hen house.
I still remember a recruiter last year who was asking me about gaps in my resume, asked what I was doing “between 3/1987 and 9/1987”
My youngest daughter was born in March 1987.
173 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:36:48am |
Great to see WH Press Corps finally embracing diversity. Well, compared to usual, they were a Rainbow Nation today: pic.twitter.com/DGCSlAv7P6— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 21, 2013
175 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:38:17am |
re: #171 wrenchwench
I’m only 43, so it’s not that huge of an age difference; 15 years.
She is smart, and intelligence is something I find a desirable trait. I once dated a young woman who, will stunningly beautiful, was dumber than the proverbial bag of hammers.
176 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:38:17am |
re: #173 darthstar
How can you tell which ones are gay?
178 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:39:17am |
Seriously, GOP, you love your tax breaks so much, how about a tax break for hiring someone who has been unemployed for minimally six months - and retaining them for minimally six months? That way, if a firm needs a specific skill set they can still hire it, but if there is someone out there who can’t get a job due to must-be-currently-employed bias, that helps alleviate the backlog of people who fall into that bias.
But that would never happen because it would actually help Americans. Can’t have that.
179 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:39:21am |
re: #177 Kragar
Off to a picnic, see you all later.
Is this a family lynching or an office lynching?
180 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:39:43am |
re: #173 darthstar
White linen suit dude is rockin’ it. Even with dark socks. He don’t give a fuck.
182 | Decatur Deb Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:40:52am |
re: #180 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
White linen suit dude is rockin’ it. Even with dark socks. He don’t give a fuck.
Henry James or Colonel Sanders—you decide.
183 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:41:11am |
Message>RT @steveweinstein Dump GOP and look what happens: California’s jobless rate sinks to lowest level since 2008 http://t.co/1OeSZMYzjJ— Ken (@Kennymack1971) June 21, 2013
184 | Feline Fearless Leader Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:45:06am |
Good afternoon Lizards! Warm (low 80s) and sunny (as always) here in Philly.
Have four friends from Pittsburgh arriving on a train in a few hours to visit for the weekend. Just got done returning from a grocery and booze shopping trip in order to stock the fridge for the evenings. Daylight will be used for touristing and visiting various eateries within walking distance.
The two Scotch drinkers will be pointed to a nearby state liquor store so that they can select their own brand.
185 | GeneJockey Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:46:25am |
re: #161 wrenchwench
Exactly. Why would someone who obviously bathed within the last 6 hours and looks like he just stepped out of the confessional do that to himself (and me)?
“My nostrils flared at the scent of his cologne - Pyramid Patchouli. There was only one joker in LA sensitive enough to wear that scent, and I had to find out who he was…”
187 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:47:47am |
re: #142 Flounder
World War Z starts today, daughter and I can’t wait to see it, anyone else?!
I’m interested in reading the book. Not sure if I will see the movie.
188 | CuriousLurker Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:48:13am |
re: #171 wrenchwench
I don’t care how old you are. If she’s 28, she’s old enough to decide whose lady friend she wants to be. She sounds pretty smart.
I was 26 when I met my gentleman friend who happens to be 19 years older than me (and 7 years older than my stepmother).
This. My dad was 18 years older than my mom.
Hi, everyone. *waves*
189 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:48:31am |
Greenwald Debunks Himself: NSA Targeting of a U.S. Citizen Requires a Warrant http://t.co/f2SfoKOWcM— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) June 21, 2013
190 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:49:36am |
191 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:49:44am |
@bobcesca_go .@ggreenwald should block himself. His tweets are doing more damage to his reputation than his poorly written articles.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 21, 2013
192 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:49:46am |
re: #188 CuriousLurker
This. My dad was 18 years older than my mom.
Hi, everyone. *waves*
My daughter is 1 year older than her husband. Is this bad?
193 | Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:50:23am |
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
::head meet desk::
‘Highly Questionable’ Method: Bra Searches by Lakeland Police are Criticized by State Attorney
Bra searches? Sounds like something thought up by some college guys.
194 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:50:47am |
DERP
NOTE: British spy agency shares its mass internet tapping largesse with NSA http://t.co/6UR5QjvKsk— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 21, 2013
195 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:51:10am |
re: #188 CuriousLurker
This. My dad was 18 years older than my mom.
Hi, everyone. *waves*
My friend Sally, who just sent me back excellent notes on my novel, is 18 years younger than her husband. They’ve been married for 20+ years now.
196 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:51:53am |
re: #189 darthstar
Socky McSockpuppet:
But except when a US citizen is specifically targeted, the court orders used by the NSA to obtain that information as part of Prism are these general FAA orders, not individualized warrants specific to any individual.
Once armed with these general orders, the NSA is empowered to compel telephone and internet companies to turn over to it the communications of any individual identified by the NSA. The Fisa court plays no role in the selection of those individuals, nor does it monitor who is selected by the NSA.
The NSA’s ability to collect and retain the communications of people in the US, even without a warrant, has fuelled congressional demands for an estimate of how many Americans have been caught up in surveillance.
197 | CuriousLurker Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:51:55am |
re: #192 Vicious Babushka
My daughter is 1 year older than her husband. Is this bad?
Nope, works both ways as far as I’m concerned. ;)
198 | GeneJockey Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:52:33am |
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
::head meet desk::
‘Highly Questionable’ Method: Bra Searches by Lakeland Police are Criticized by State Attorney
Are balloons being smuggled?
//
199 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:53:17am |
200 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:53:35am |
More from Socky:
The Guardian is publishing in full two documents submitted to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (known as the Fisa court), signed by Attorney General Eric Holder and stamped 29 July 2009. They detail the procedures the NSA is required to follow to target “non-US persons” under its foreign intelligence powers and what the agency does to minimize data collected on US citizens and residents in the course of that surveillance.
201 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:54:26am |
re: #171 wrenchwench
I don’t care how old you are. If she’s 28, she’s old enough to decide whose lady friend she wants to be. She sounds pretty smart.
I was 26 when I met my gentleman friend who happens to be 19 years older than me (and 7 years older than my stepmother).
My first husband was 13 years older than me and we were married 19 years when he died.
My current husband is three years younger than me.
Both lovely men. Age is just a number.
202 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:55:02am |
@ThePlumLineGS Was it ever?— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 21, 2013
203 | CuriousLurker Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:55:31am |
OT: In other news, I have Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter and graham crackers. Nom, nom, nom…
204 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:55:34am |
*FACE PALM*
When I've been saying that goal of NSA & partners is to eliminate privacy worldwide, this is the kind of thing I mean http://t.co/6UR5QjvKsk— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 21, 2013
205 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:55:45am |
re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg
Bra searches? Sounds like something thought up by some college guys.
The cop’s rationalization? “LAPD does it!”
206 | Gus Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:55:54am |
.@ggreenwald says “Exclusive!” I say: @slashdot May 23, 2001: “NSA Tapping Underwater Fiber Optics.” Again, 2001! http://t.co/M6q3x4W7PU— Wieland (@lawscribe) June 21, 2013
207 | GeneJockey Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:56:15am |
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
Age is just a number.
I’ll tell myself that the next time I wake up feeling like I did today - I was feeling all 132 of the 55 years I’ve been alive.
//
208 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:56:54am |
Great thing about Mitch McConnell's speech is he openly concedes IRS scandal isn't about facts anymore http://t.co/mBDFnoK5Pd— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 21, 2013
It was never about facts. If it was, then the TIGTA report would have barely received a fraction of the coverage that it did, and the real question would be why the IRS isn’t closely checking every single entity that seeks the nonprofit status to avoid fraud or tax evasion. But Issa and others have turned it into a political football despite absolutely no evidence that the WH was ever involved in any fashion in the IRS “targeting” of TP entities, which made up only a fraction of all entities checked for compliance on their applications for nonprofit status under 501(c)(4).
209 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:57:28am |
re: #203 CuriousLurker
OT: In other news, I have Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter and graham crackers. Nom, nom, nom…
I hope you brought enough for EVERYONE, missy!!!
210 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:58:19am |
re: #192 Vicious Babushka
My daughter is 1 year older than her husband. Is this bad?
I had a situation in 2009 where I was six months older than my then-girlfriend’s mother.
Awkward.
211 | William of Orange Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:58:49am |
And this is why we don’t patent human genomes.
Otherwise the doctors would be bound with their hands to stay away from the patents and miracles like this one cannot happen!!
Major kudos to the doctors!!
212 | A Mom Anon Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:58:55am |
re: #119 Vicious Babushka
I think people should realize that today’s teenagers really don’t have a ethnic or racial component to how they dress, musical tastes, etc. The saggy pants thing was/is a thing here in mostly white suburbia too. My son went through that crap for a couple of years and every time I went to his school I saw more than one kid wearing their pants like that, none of them black, even though is was against the dress code.
My mom is such a freaking racist it’s insane. Yesterday she was lamenting that Underground Atlanta is overrun by blacks and that the stores only cater to “them”. I asked her what the hell she meant by that and she complained about the loud music and all the stores selling brightly colored clothing and nothing that catered to white people. I think she meant old white ladies who are racist like herself. I told her that her grandkids generation honestly mostly could give a damn about race, they date each other, befriend each other, like the same music, same cars same clothes. It’s a generation gap, not a race thing.
It’s stupid to pass laws about modes of dress, this is America for fuck’s sake. Aren’t there much bigger fish these politicians could be frying?
213 | makeitstop Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:59:37am |
re: #195 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
My friend Sally, who just sent me back excellent notes on my novel, is 18 years younger than her husband. They’ve been married for 20+ years now.
I’m 22 years older than my wife, and 2 years younger than my mother-in-law.
But the family likes me, I like them, and my wife and I also kinda like each other, so it’s all good. :)
214 | Gus Fri, Jun 21, 2013 10:59:42am |
? 2001 ? Spy agency taps into undersea cable By Neil King Jr. May 23, 2001 11:50 AM PT http://t.co/n9nsLfrvcT— Gus (@Gus_802) June 21, 2013
215 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:00:06am |
Valdimir Putin Offers to Have New Ring Made for Robert Kraft, Patriots - http://t.co/9REHtIMALu #Patriots— NE Patriots News (@NEPatriotsNews) June 21, 2013
216 | CuriousLurker Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:01:20am |
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
I hope you brought enough for EVERYONE, missy!!!
You know what’s missing? A jar of Marshmallow Fluff—instant s’mores.
217 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:01:25am |
Well, my commute home tonight might well be screwed.
A tanker truck collided with a NJ Transit train, and there’s no service on the Main/Bergen Line with no ETA on restored service.
218 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:02:02am |
219 | Gus Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:02:59am |
@lawscribe @slashdot If you think this is all nothing new, you must be furious that it's marked Top Secret right: an abuse of secrecy power?— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 21, 2013
220 | wrenchwench Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:03:39am |
@ANDREWTI #whitesoupremacists— Geoffrey Plauger (@eatyself) June 21, 2013
222 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:04:04am |
re: #219 Gus
So he’s admitting that he has his paws on Top Secret documents, isn’t that like a major felony?
223 | GeneJockey Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:04:41am |
re: #212 A Mom Anon
It’s stupid to pass laws about modes of dress, this is America for fuck’s sake. Aren’t there much bigger fish these politicians could be frying?
Like defunding the nonexistent ACORN again, or fruitlessly voting to repeal Obamacare, for example?
//
224 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:04:49am |
225 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:05:11am |
re: #218 Dr Lizardo
You made me do this.
[Embedded content]
bwahahahaaa! Loved that scene.
I was actually thinking of the nuns during my Catholic grade school days, and that scene made me laugh out loud the first time I saw Blazing Saddles.
226 | wrenchwench Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:05:39am |
re: #219 Gus
Prediction: @lawscribe to be blocked by 5 PM eastern.
227 | makeitstop Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:06:26am |
re: #226 wrenchwench
Prediction: @lawscribe to be blocked by 5 PM eastern.
I’ll give him a half hour.
228 | GeneJockey Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:06:28am |
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
bwahahahaaa! Loved that scene.
I was actually thinking of the nuns during my Catholic grade school days, and that scene made me laugh out loud the first time I saw Blazing Saddles.
I always wondered what Miss Harper (Six Foot Two, Shotgun Sue) would have done if a student actually DID have enough gum for everyone.
229 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:07:18am |
re: #228 GeneJockey
I always wondered what Miss Harper (Six Foot Two, Shotgun Sue) would have done if a student actually DID have enough gum for everyone.
My dad made sure to bring gum for the whole class in 1928!
230 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:09:18am |
re: #219 Gus
Glenn, the only person who claims it’s marked “Top Secret” is you.
231 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:09:55am |
re: #219 Gus
only if it's double secret probation @ggreenwald If you think this is all nothing new, you must be furious that it's marked Top Secret right
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) June 21, 2013
232 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:11:36am |
Mental health break:
Puppies, sitting in a box. pic.twitter.com/wM5O1zNUA2— Emergency Cute Stuff (@EmergencyPuppy) June 21, 2013
233 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:12:09am |
BREAKING: Police: 4 people shot at law firm, Wal-Mart before suspect shot by officers in North Carolina.— The Associated Press (@AP) June 21, 2013
234 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:12:21am |
Snowden lied about everything else, why wouldn’t he lie that the docs he stole are “Top Secret.” He could add a bogus “TS” header with his Sooper Seekrit Admin Privileges.
235 | Stanghazi Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:12:37am |
re: #215 NJDhockeyfan
Blah blah blah, thought he said it was in the Kremlin museum?
236 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:15:13am |
Chris Christie says consolidating Oct special election w Nov general election is “not happening.” WATCH: http://t.co/Lf76kd8z0A (Corrected)— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) June 21, 2013
237 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:19:05am |
re: #236 Lidane
This is good news for John McCain.
238 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:19:46am |
I must admit that The Sargent is LOVING this!!! #horizon #secretlifeofcats pic.twitter.com/3GCel44GGa— Ms Williams (@rophotographs) June 13, 2013
240 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:20:51am |
241 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:22:15am |
After losing lawsuit against Tesla, New York auto dealers back legislation to block direct car sales http://t.co/9rBtEOp54F by @beijingdou— The Next Web (@TheNextWeb) June 21, 2013
242 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:23:40am |
This is an exercise program I can do…
243 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:24:44am |
244 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:24:54am |
re: #236 Lidane
Accurate Title: “Christie Sheds Thin Veneer Of Non-Partisanship.”
245 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:25:28am |
Yes, in 2 weeks we've gone from the NSA “watching your every keystroke” to “inadvertent” captures that are destroyed.— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) June 21, 2013
246 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:26:25am |
Report: Alleged Klansman targeted Gov. Andrew Cuomo with death ray device: http://t.co/dLIhYHSJ3m— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 21, 2013
247 | Targetpractice Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:26:43am |
re: #245 Vicious Babushka
Bad part is that most folks tuned out 2 weeks ago, so as far as they’re concerned, the original “revelations” are still valid.
248 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:26:54am |
re: #243 Lidane
How about this one?
[Embedded content]
Not if anyone is watching…that includes the dogs and cats who already find me altogether too amusing.
249 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:27:17am |
re: #243 Lidane
How about this one?
I totally want to see all the guys do this. I am right behind ya, boys! ;-)
250 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:27:25am |
re: #234 Vicious Babushka
Oh, it’s entirely possible that the docs were TS, and that they haven’t been reclassified to a lower level or declassified altogether.
Socky is just moving goalposts and ignoring that his so-called blockbuster breaking news is rehashing news from a decade ago. And we’re supposed to act shocked and surprised that governments are putting taps on undersea fiber cables?
251 | GeneJockey Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:27:43am |
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is an exercise program I can do…
When I tell people that I own Greyhounds, they assume they have to be walked long distances every day. Little do they know that they prefer to spend most of their time like this…
252 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:29:14am |
re: #247 Targetpractice
Bad part is that most folks tuned out 2 weeks ago, so as far as they’re concerned, the original “revelations” are still valid.
Wingnuts are still Tweeting the meme that “ZOMG NSA IS LISTENING IN TO EVERY PHONE CALL!!11!! READING EVERY TWEET & EMAIL!!11!!” but they still post their obsessive Obama hate even though IN AN ACTUAL TYRANNICAL DICTATORSHIP IT WOULD GET THEM KILLED.
253 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:29:56am |
re: #243 Lidane
How about this one?
I love the Prancersize LLC bit. Does she sell the jacket, pearls or the camel-toe leggings? Inquiring minds and all.
254 | darthstar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:30:38am |
After losing lawsuit against Tesla, New York auto dealers back legislation to block direct car sales http://t.co/9rBtEOp54F by @beijingdou— The Next Web (@TheNextWeb) June 21, 2013
255 | Gus Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:33:27am |
#Lastflight just landed! http://t.co/rIm2WBPBFY— FedEx (@FedEx) June 21, 2013
256 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:34:52am |
re: #251 GeneJockey
When I tell people that I own Greyhounds, they assume they have to be walked long distances every day. Little do they know that they prefer to spend most of their time like this…
Like my American English Coonhound when she gets the sofa all to herself.
257 | Joanne Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:35:52am |
This story is…uhm…nuts.
140 LB TESTICLES: Man angry after surgery for elephantiasis leaves him w/ 1 inch penis (WATCH) http://t.co/78aswdjRZk pic.twitter.com/RNWYHQW9h9— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) June 21, 2013
258 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:37:37am |
re: #257 Joanne
This never happened and I never saw it. Not real. Look over there. I think I saw a duck. I’m going to go look at the duck.
259 | Feline Fearless Leader Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:38:23am |
re: #250 lawhawk
Oh, it’s entirely possible that the docs were TS, and that they haven’t been reclassified to a lower level or declassified altogether.
Socky is just moving goalposts and ignoring that his so-called blockbuster breaking news is rehashing news from a decade ago. And we’re supposed to act shocked and surprised that governments are putting taps on undersea fiber cables?
Not to mention that the big deal was spying on Americans and tapping undersea fiber cables is not quite domestic spying.
260 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:39:48am |
Leahy: GOP border security amendment is “a Christmas wish list for Haliburton”: http://t.co/MUkRNCfuwN— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 21, 2013
261 | jaunte Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:40:28am |
re: #260 Lidane
Leahy:
“…it is an understatement to say that this is not the amendment I would have drafted. It is a disappointment to me and to many. The modification to my amendment reads like a Christmas wish list for Halliburton. I am sure there are federal contracting firms high-fiving at the prospect of all of the spending demanded by Senate Republicans in this amendment. The litany of expensive services, technology, and hardware mandated by this package is combined with an inexplicable waiver of many normal contracting rules. This is a potential recipe for waste, fraud and abuse. It is astounding to me how far in the past the hard lessons we learned in Iraq appear to be. All of us should remember the disgraceful conduct demonstrated by some private companies in Iraq which was uncovered by the work of the Special Inspector General for Iraq. These border provisions will require significant congressional oversight. “
262 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:42:41am |
re: #260 Lidane
GOP: Party of big spending as long as it’s on really useless shit.
263 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:43:43am |
*FACE PALM*
Precisely, yes: on surveillance fears RT @quinnnorton being less concerned about them is a privilege of not being a target of them.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 21, 2013
264 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:45:12am |
re: #252 Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts are still Tweeting the meme that “ZOMG NSA IS LISTENING IN TO EVERY PHONE CALL!!11!! READING EVERY TWEET & EMAIL!!11!!” but they still post their obsessive Obama hate even though IN AN ACTUAL TYRANNICAL DICTATORSHIP IT WOULD GET THEM KILLED.
Indeed.
In an actual dictatorship, these folks would all be either dead or incarcerated.
To restore my sanity, I’m spending some time with an old childhood friend.
Jonny Quest.
265 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:45:14am |
Wingnuts are Tweeting this silly turd CONFIRMED. FACT. pulled out of somebody’s rear end.
Obama fun fact #uniteblue :p pic.twitter.com/lIiSXsvw3R— Jennifer (@jensicilian) June 21, 2013
266 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:47:17am |
Is there someplace to see “Fun Facts” 1-300?
267 | Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:50:07am |
re: #266 Vicious Babushka
Is there someplace to see “Fun Facts” 1-300?
It’s just “He’s Nigerian!” repeated 300 times only they don’t say Nigerian.
268 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:51:59am |
re: #267 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
It’s just “He’s Nigerian!” repeated 300 times only they don’t say Nigerian.
Those who Tweeted “Fun Facts” 1-300 have been disappeared into FEMA camps.
Oh wait.
269 | EPR-radar Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:54:13am |
re: #262 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut
GOP: Party of big spending as long as it’s on really useless shit.
“Deficits don’t matter”. Also, the GOP has no problem with big spending that ends up in the coffers of its big business backers.
270 | Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:57:05am |
re: #268 Vicious Babushka
Those who Tweeted “Fun Facts” 1-300 have been disappeared into FEMA camps.
Oh wait.
I can’t remember who posted that graphic the other night, so I tried the google machine…couldn’t find the graphic but I did find this:
barack-obama.100factsabout.com
So much to like in this list.
271 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 11:57:59am |
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
I can’t remember who posted that graphic the other night, so I tried the google machine…couldn’t find the graphic but I did find this:
barack-obama.100factsabout.com
So much to like in this list.
I posted that graphic from Twitter but I can’t find it now. But I’m sure it will be reTweeted, this Derp does not die.
272 | lawhawk Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:02:31pm |
re: #265 Vicious Babushka
Seeing how there were a couple of million jobs created by the President since he took office (recouping the jobs lost in the recession, plus new job growth), if we assume that 75 went on Food Stamps for each new job created, then nearly 1/3 of the nation is now on SNAP (the successor to the food stamps program). Clearly false. But as you say - the derp will not die.
273 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:03:32pm |
re: #272 lawhawk
Seeing how there were a couple of million jobs created by the President since he took office (recouping the jobs lost in the recession, plus new job growth), if we assume that 75 went on Food Stamps for each new job created, then nearly 1/3 of the nation is now on SNAP (the successor to the food stamps program). Clearly false. But as you say - the derp will not die.
I think it’s also listed on the “100 Reasons to Impeach!” graphic that’s been going around, but which I can’t find now.
274 | William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:03:57pm |
re: #255 Gus
Nice looking jets but they were some of the noisiest things ever flown. The only thing worse when I lived under the approach to the Madison airport was when the Air Force would bring in C-5’s.
275 | Varek Raith Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:08:52pm |
276 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:08:55pm |
DERP
The fact that Paula Deen's comments are so uniquely shocking (and they are) is proof that racism is not as common as Leftists claim.— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) June 21, 2013
277 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:09:00pm |
278 | Vicious Babushka Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:09:33pm |
Shorter @Paula_Deen: I'm old & I'm from the south & I don't condone racism or discrimination except when I do, which is, like, all the time.— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) June 21, 2013
279 | Lidane Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:10:07pm |
re: #277 NJDhockeyfan
That episode of South Park had my crying with laughter, especially when Randy and the other men started bouncing around town. XD
280 | Varek Raith Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:10:34pm |
re: #276 Vicious Babushka
DERP
Uh, yeah, sure chief.
Has nothing to do with the fact that she is kind of famous. Or somesuch.
Nope!
281 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:11:03pm |
Holy cow!
#BREAKING: PHOTO - Downtown #Calgary underwater. Mandatory evacuation underway #CalgaryFlood #PrayForCalgary #yyc pic.twitter.com/rAOcICoA5s— Vandon Gene (@vandongene) June 21, 2013
282 | GeneJockey Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:12:06pm |
re: #264 Dr Lizardo
Indeed.
In an actual dictatorship, these folks would all be either dead or incarcerated.
To restore my sanity, I’m spending some time with an old childhood friend.
Jonny Quest.
Not Rusty Venture?
283 | Weet Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:13:56pm |
re: #139 Gus
Writing my first resume, how can I make a college dropout look ok?
TheTrueHOOHA:
“Pursuing Bachelor’s in…”
Then say two years completed.
Good to know.
Sowdum lies, and teaches others how to. Great source there Greenbeck!
284 | A Mom Anon Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:14:41pm |
re: #276 Vicious Babushka
Someone needs to get out of the house more. I can show him some stuff that might make him rethink that idiocy. Good lord, the conversation I just had with my mom yesterday was my dose of racism for the rest of the next few months. He should come on down to GA, I could take him on a very revealing guided tour.
285 | GeneJockey Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:15:57pm |
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
Like my American English Coonhound when she gets the sofa all to herself.
When we got our first Greyhound, my wife tried to coax her up onto the couch. I said, “Are you NUTS? Do you ever want to use your couch again?”
286 | Dr Lizardo Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:16:38pm |
re: #282 GeneJockey
Not Rusty Venture?
I like Venture Bros. as well, but Jonny Quest is, in my book, one of the greatest toons of all time. And the music, especially the theme music!! Epic fusion jazz.
287 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Jun 21, 2013 12:19:47pm |
re: #279 Lidane
That episode of South Park had my crying with laughter, especially when Randy and the other men started bouncing around town. XD
Heh.